Kill One Monster, Stack One Poison, and I Alone Will Poison My Way Across the World!
Chapter 51: Elder Zhan Appears, Fear of Harming the Innocent!
Zhao Xuan watched Su Chen's back as he walked towards that black rift, when suddenly, a thought struck him.
His eyes unknowingly turned red.
He whipped his head around and exchanged a glance with his other three teammates.
Everyone saw the same thing in each other's eyes—deep admiration!
"Student Su Chen!"
Zhao Xuan took a deep breath and said loudly, "I understand now! You're going to the center of the rift to hold back that Bone Dragon and buy time for everyone to survive, aren't you!"
The warrior beside him also said with a look of gratitude, "Brother, there are no words to thank you enough for such a great kindness! Although I can't beat a level 30 Abyssal monster, if you're going to risk your life, count me in! At worst, I'll just die, and I can still block an attack for you!"
"I, I'll go too! My mana has recovered a bit, I can heal you!"
The priest girl also nodded vigorously, tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes.
The step Su Chen was about to take came to an abrupt halt.
He turned his head and looked at these four passionate youths.
Seriously, what is even going on?
Have you been reading too many cliché novels? Your imagination is way too active.
Buying time for everyone... do I even know you people? Why would I buy time?
"Stop."
Su Chen raised his hand, his mouth twitching twice.
"I have no intention of saving anyone," Su Chen explained, "I just purely think there are a lot of monsters over there and want to go over and farm them, understand?"
Zhao Xuan was stunned for a moment.
Immediately after, he revealed a smile that said, "I understand you, but I won't let you bear this alone."
"I understand! You don't need to say anything more!"
"..."
"Whatever you want. Follow if you want, just stay far away."
Su Chen was speechless, too lazy to waste more breath, and turned to leave.
He wanted them to stay away... because he was afraid the burst staff would cause splash damage to them.
This is reality, not a game; there is no setting that nullifies friendly fire.
His Poison cannot be dispelled; if it touches them, even a god couldn't save them.
However, it didn't matter if he brought them along.
With more people, the target is bigger, which might attract more monsters, saving him from running around the map to find them.
"Quick! Keep up!"
At Zhao Xuan's command, the four of them immediately followed closely behind Su Chen.
They had walked for less than a minute.
"Roar—!"
In the air, five Abyssal Flame Demon Guards spotted them and roared as they launched a charge.
Zhao Xuan subconsciously raised his longsword, preparing to engage the enemy.
Su Chen tapped his staff lightly on the ground.
A dozen Corrosive Snake Guards appeared instantly.
"Swish, swish, swish—"
Five streaks of dark green Poison shot out from the ground, accurately hitting the five Flame Demon Guards.
The next second.
"-11698078!"
"-11690849!"
"-11693620!"
...
The five Flame Demon Guards melted directly into a pool of green water in mid-air.
[Notification: Over-level kill of 5 Level 30 Abyssal Flame Demon Guards, gained Points: 30000, gained Experience: 60000.]
[Notification: Triggered trait [Doom Siphon]... Current stack limit: 4222 layers.]
Su Chen didn't even glance at it and continued walking forward.
Zhao Xuan's hand holding the longsword froze in mid-air.
The other three were also wearing bewildered expressions.
Seriously.
Are these really Abyssal Flame Demon Guards?
How come it feels like they're just stray dogs on the side of the road, kicked to death by Su Chen with a casual foot?
Meanwhile.
On the other end of the Frenzied Sand Gobi.
Screams tore through the sandstorm.
Dozens of elite students from various cities were running wildly across the Gobi like headless flies.
Their small bodies were as fragile as paper under the black-fire giant axes of the level 30 Abyssal Flame Demon Guards.
"Help!"
"My teleportation scroll won't work!"
A Flame Demon Guard swooped down, its giant axe burning with black fire, whistling with a shrill wind as it chopped towards a mage who had fallen to the ground.
Just as the giant axe was about to fall.
"Boom!"
The dark red clouds in the sky were forcibly torn apart by an extremely terrifying force.
A withered hand with bulging veins reached out from the rift and directly grabbed the head of that level 30 elite Flame Demon Guard.
"Bang!"
Without any flashy skills, relying solely on pure physical strength.
The Flame Demon Guard's head instantly exploded like a crushed watermelon!
Black blood and flames splattered everywhere.
The next moment.
Space distorted.
An old man wearing old-fashioned robes with white hair and beard stepped out from the rift.
A titan of the Huaguo education world, a high-level job changer, General Zhan Wuji!
The face that usually wore a kind smile was now filled with cold murderous intent.
The surging magic power around his body even made the surrounding sand dunes tremble slightly.
"All Dahua students! Gather towards the white light area immediately!"
He roared.
"Hum—"
A blinding, pure white pillar of light descended from the sky.
The pillar of light transformed into a huge hemispherical shield with a radius of 100 meters on the Gobi, covering dozens of fleeing examinees inside.
"Elder Zhan! It's Elder Zhan who came to save us!"
"We're saved!"
The examinees who hid inside the white shield wept with joy, as if they had grasped the final straw of hope.
But General Zhan Wuji's forehead had already seeped out fine beads of sweat.
"Abyss... no, there are also Demons..."
He stared fixedly at the black rift in the sky and said angrily, "How dare you run wild in Dahua's college entrance exam dungeon. Do you really think this old man's blade has grown dull?"
"Hehehehe..."
A burst of laughter that was bewitchingly charming yet hair-raising came from the rift.
The black mist dispersed.
A woman with a seductive figure, wearing revealing dark red leather armor, walked out slowly.
Her skin was a sickly pale, and her eyes were eerie vertical pupils.
It was exactly Bai Zhi whom Su Chen had met earlier at the Professionals Chamber of Commerce in Tianhe City!
No, now she should be called Zhi Bai.
"General Zhan Wuji, what a great display of power."
Zhi Bai licked her scarlet lips, her eyes full of mockery, "What? Surprised?"
General Zhan Wuji stared at her, not speaking, but the muscles at the corner of his eyes were twitching madly.
Zhi Bai, a high-level Demon commander.
Most skilled at disguise, she had always been involved in Demon spy operations among various human countries and was an extremely troublesome enemy!
"You don't even know that your own life-bound skill has been stolen; you humans are truly getting worse with each generation."
Zhi Bai covered her mouth and chuckled, her laughter full of mockery.
"You... what did you say?!"
General Zhan Wuji's pupils shrank, and his heart sank violently.
He finally understood what was going on.
The reason he was called the anchor of the education world was precisely because of his SS-rank hidden class [Void World Constructor].
His core skill could construct a completely independent virtual dungeon.
The dungeon had many uses.
When facing enemies, he could forcibly drag them into it.
They would be trapped in an endless virtual killing array, unable to escape until they died in battle!
When assisting, he could construct various virtual monsters used to hone the combat skills of the younger generation.
The annual Huaguo college entrance exam dungeons were constructed by his own hands.
But he never expected that the Demons would actually use some unknown method to silently steal his skill.
They not only invaded the dungeon he constructed but also forcibly tampered with the data, locking the dungeon, causing him to be unable to teleport people out.
The current situation was... this dungeon was equivalent to having two creators at the same time.
Two drivers were fighting for control of the same car!
The Demons had replaced all the virtual monsters originally used for testing with a real Abyssal army!
"I have to say, the dungeon you constructed is indeed complex, with impeccable underlying logic; in this virtual dungeon, whether it's monsters or characters, the highest level can only be suppressed to level 30."
Zhi Bai's eyes were full of smugness: "But for these greenhouse flowers who aren't even level 20, level 30 Abyssal elite monsters are enough to tear them into pieces."
"..."
General Zhan Wuji clenched his fists tightly.
As the creator of the dungeon, he certainly had a way to solve the current predicament.
The simplest and most brutal way was to pull the plug and destroy the entire virtual dungeon!
The power of this plane collapse was enough to instantly wipe out the monsters inside.
This move was one he had used to kill countless powerhouses in the past, and it had never failed!
But now...
If he forcibly destroyed the dungeon, the spatial turbulence generated by the dungeon's collapse would indiscriminately kill all living beings inside!
The Demons would die.
The Abyssal monsters would die.
But these hundreds of city top scorers, the future hope of Dahua, would also be buried with them!
General Zhan Wuji's body trembled slightly due to extreme anger and frustration.
A term couldn't help but rise in his mind—fear of harming the innocent!
His projection only had level 30, and facing endless Abyssal monsters, he would also be entangled.
What's more, there was a high-level Demon eyeing him like a tiger watching its prey.
He could only watch helplessly as more and more Flame Demon Guards began to gather, attempting to attack the shield he had descended.
"Desperate? Old thing."
Zhi Bai's eyes became incomparably cruel, "Then just enjoy this slaughter."
She raised her hand and ordered the Flame Demon Guards to launch the final charge.
Immediately.
Hundreds of Abyssal Flame Demon Guards swooped down, frantically starting to hack at that layer of white shield.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Every time an axe fell, the light shield would tremble violently, and the light on its surface dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Crack..."
A faint sound of shattering rang out.
A crack appeared on the surface of the light shield.
General Zhan Wuji's face turned ashen.
With his level 30 ability in the dungeon... the shield probably wouldn't last much longer.
He could indeed slap a Flame Demon Guard to death, but once the shield shattered, those city top scorers below would be instantly crushed into meat paste by the Abyssal army.
And he, was powerless!
General Zhan Wuji closed his eyes in pain.
"I never expected that I, General Zhan Wuji, having crisscrossed the world my whole life and prided myself on being unrivaled, would, due to carelessness, fail to notice the Demon conspiracy, leading to the fall of so many talents of our Huaguo..."
Just as the light shield was teetering and about to completely shatter.
"Snap!"
A weak attack hit the armor of a Flame Demon Guard.
The Flame Demon Guard's action of swinging its giant axe suddenly stiffened.
Its entire body turned an eerie green.
The next second.
The dark red armor, along with its flesh and bones, instantly turned into a pool of green pus and drifted down.
This scene happened too suddenly.
Everyone present was stunned.
What was going on?
Chapter 52: The Demon Race Appears! Su Chen's Trump Card!
Everyone was shocked by the scene before them.
The Flame Demon Guards had over a thousand points in their four dimensions; placed among students, they should have been invincible.
So, the question arose.
Since General Zhan Wuji hadn't made a move, who had killed them?
However.
This was only the beginning.
Just as everyone was filled with suspicion, a faint burst of fire suddenly exploded where the Flame Demon Guardhad originally died.
"Boom!"
The fire instantly engulfed seven or eight Flame Demon Guards who were frantically hacking at the shield nearby.
Immediately after.
"- 12167461!"
"- 12170232!"
"- 12173003!"
"..."
A series of terrifying tens-of-millions-level damage numbers swept across the screen like a waterfall!
Those seven or eight Flame Demon Guards couldn't even finish turning around before they dissolved into green liquid amidst a teeth-grinding sound of dissolution.
And then.
A chain reaction of explosions occurred again!
The Poison spread frantically through the dense crowd of monsters like a plague.
In just a few seconds.
The hundreds of Abyssal Flame Demon Guards surrounding the white light shield dissolved in droves, like dominoes being pushed over.
Across the entire Gobi Desert, apart from the green pus covering the ground, not even a single monster bone remained.
Dead silence.
A silence as deep as death.
Inside the light shield.
The students who had been closing their eyes, waiting for death, opened them blankly, looking at the green pus all over the ground, their brains completely unable to think.
General Zhan Wuji's mouth opened slightly; even he was shocked by the scene before him.
"Tens-of-millions-level damage?!"
He even doubted if his old eyes were failing him.
Under the level 30 restriction, even a Mage with a full set of Mythic-grade equipment might not be able to produce such heaven-defying data!
This damage, even if it hit his real body, wouldn't it leave him bruised and battered?
Suddenly.
A name came to General Zhan Wuji's mind.
"Could it be that kid named Su Chen?"
As the creator of the Abyss Dungeon for the college entrance exam, he had naturally seen the results of the previous exams.
In the first exam, the damage Su Chen dealt to the training dummy was a staggering ten million points!
He had even dealt over a hundred million in burst damage, directly melting a Deep Sea Meteor Frost Crystal.
When Deputy Director Song Yi reported it to him at the time, he thought the people below had gone crazy.
But the problem was... a training dummy was a training dummy, and a monster was a monster.
The Abyss-corrupted monsters had their four dimensions greatly enhanced, not to mention the debuffs brought by the Abyss.
The damage Su Chen caused should have been drastically reduced.
"Could it be... True Damage?"
General Zhan Wuji was a veteran of many battles, and a terrifying conjecture quickly surfaced in his mind.
True Damage... was extremely rare.
For a level 20 Mage, having a means to deal True Damage was already shocking enough.
What was even more absurd was that the damage Su Chen dealt was too heaven-defying, right?
Ten million True Damage per second?
Does he have no shame?
"It seems... this kid's SSS-grade profession has even greater potential than I imagined."
General Zhan Wuji's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he instantly made a decision in his heart.
No matter what.
Even if the other students couldn't be saved, Su Chen's survival must be guaranteed.
And in the sky not far away, new Flame Demon Guards emerged from the Abyss Rift in droves.
One characteristic of the Abyssal army was that it was continuous, almost endless!
But the smile on Zhi Bai's face froze slightly.
Her strange vertical pupils stared fixedly at the green liquid on the ground, filled with wariness.
"Could it be... that a Human Race powerhouse has come in to save the day? But, in General Zhan Wuji's dungeon space, others shouldn't be able to enter!"
Zhi Bai was filled with suspicion; General Zhan Wuji had been famous for a long time, and who knows if he still had other trump cards.
She had even prepared to run away.
Just then.
"Scatter! Make all the Flame Demon Guards scatter! Increase the distance! This kid's Poison cannot spread on its own; it must rely on the explosion splash after a kill!"
A cold, sinister voice came from the depths of the black fog.
As the voice fell, the Flame Demon Guards quickly retreated, putting a huge distance between each other.
A phantom, completely shrouded in a tattered black robe, with a face that couldn't even be seen, slowly descended from the rift.
"Rift Demon Shadow?!"
General Zhan Wuji's expression sank.
No wonder it could forcibly access the Abyss coordinates in his dungeon; it was actually the Rift Demon Shadow!
The Abyss was not a puppet or ally of the Demon Race.
They were disasters, catastrophes, destruction; they would never ally with any force!
Their purpose was long since unfathomable; they would attack all intelligent life on Blue Star indiscriminately.
News of Demon Race cities being attacked and devoured by the Abyss was not uncommon.
But to say who among the Demon Race could temporarily control the monsters of the Abyss and turn them to their own use, it was probably only this Rift Demon Shadow.
His research on the Abyss was extremely deep.
In the databases of various human countries, he was one of the most dangerous figures.
Even if he faced him in his true form, General Zhan Wujihad no certainty of victory.
"It's actually the Rift Demon Shadow?!"
"I heard he caused a tragedy in Donghai City ten years ago! A city with a population of over a million turned into a dead city!"
"That's right, my father died in battle there!"
"It's over, I'm afraid we're going to be finished here today..."
"..."
The students were in despair.
The Rift Demon Shadow had a truly fearsome reputation.
Now there were two Demon Race powerhouses, plus an endless Abyssal army.
It was almost a dead end!
And at this moment, the Rift Demon Shadow didn't look at General Zhan Wuji, nor did he look at those students.
His eyes, which looked like two burning ghostly lights, locked directly onto several figures on a distant sand dune.
It was Su Chen and Zhao Xuan and the others, who had arrived late.
"Long time no see, kid."
The Rift Demon Shadow's voice was icy, his eyes almost spitting fire.
It was this kid who had looted his legendary item, the soul stealing secret note!
That was his foundation!
His heart had been bleeding every day for the past few days.
Zhi Bai followed the Rift Demon Shadow's gaze and looked over.
She covered her mouth and laughed coquettishly: "I was wondering who it was, so it's Student Su Chen... long time no see."
In the distance.
Su Chen stopped walking and looked up at the two Demons who called his name.
He was naturally no stranger to the Rift Demon Shadow.
Previously in the Abyss Dungeon, he had been poisoned to the point of breaking his defense, and he had kindly gifted him a legendary item.
And that enchanting female Demon was also an acquaintance.
It was Bai Zhi, whom he had met several times at the Professionals Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Tianhe City.
"Bai Zhi... Zhi Bai... have you been planning this for a long time?"
Su Chen thought thoughtfully.
This Demon Race... they can really hide.
After spending time together a few times, Su Chen really hadn't noticed any abnormalities.
It seems this world is even more dangerous than he imagined; he must be more cautious in the future.
"Hehe, that's right, you have to thank yourself for this."
Zhi Bai laughed coquettishly: "Originally, it wouldn't have been that easy for us to lock onto the dungeon coordinates. I secretly did something to those twenty-three skill stones, and only then did we confirm the coordinates; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to invade."
"..."
Su Chen's heart sank, and he asked: "Is Branch President Zhang Ze also a member of the Demon Race?"
"That's not the case, he's just a businessman."
"That's good."
"Why, are you very concerned about him?"
"No, I'm afraid he'll swallow the equipment I consigned."
"..."
The corner of Zhi Bai's mouth twitched violently.
No, with things so tense right now, you're worried about your crappy equipment?
"Enough, don't waste any more words with this kid."
The Rift Demon Shadow interrupted their conversation.
"Why waste so much breath with him? Remember, be decisive in your actions; many people have died from talking too much."
"Cackle, you're still as cautious as ever."
Zhi Bai laughed coquettishly a few times, unconcerned.
Since when does a cat catch a mouse without teasing it a few times?
"..."
General Zhan Wuji snorted: "Student Su Chen, don't panic, the old man will definitely be able to protect you today."
"Can you protect him?"
The Rift Demon Shadow sneered.
He looked directly at Su Chen: "Kid, hand over... that thing, and I can spare your life today. You know what I'm asking for."
"What thing?"
Su Chen looked blank: "If you don't say it, how would I know what it is?"
"..."
The Rift Demon Shadow was furious.
Damn!
This kid clearly saw that he didn't want to make the existence of the soul stealing secret note public.
The Rift Demon Shadow said in a gloomy tone:
"Hehe, I see you're not going to shed tears until you see the coffin."
"If I kill you, I can still take it back!"
"Your Poison attribute damage ticks once per second and requires an attack to be applied, and your Poison cannot spread on its own; it can only rely on your staff's burst affix!"
"But your burst range is only 2 meters!"
"Secondly, your cooldown for summoning the Snake Guardis 30 seconds. That dog head can breathe fire, but the range is only 50 meters."
"Finally, you still have life-saving skills like petrification and creating illusions, am I right?"
"..."
Su Chen's expression was calm, but his heart sank slightly.
He really deserves to be a veteran Demon powerhouse.
Truly disgusting.
Previously in the Abyss Dungeon, this guy had also hidden in the dark to observe, seeing through all his skills and ensuring everything was foolproof before coming out.
Today, he must have been observing him from the shadows for a long time.
He is indeed an extremely dangerous enemy.
And the Rift Demon Shadow, who was usually ruthless and decisive, was now talking at length.
On one hand, it was to strike at his self-confidence.
On the other hand.
It was deliberately said for the students to hear.
Even if General Zhan Wuji protected them today, Su Chen's abilities would be exposed to the public.
And at this moment, the Rift Demon Shadow's goal had been achieved.
He waved his hand, and thousands of Flame Demon Guards in the sky kept a distance of two meters and slowly approached Su Chen.
"Roar —!"
At the same time.
The Abyssal Bone Dragon circling in the air waved its huge bone wings, preparing to attack Su Chen.
"Kid, I've already figured out your bottom line; surrender obediently."
"Oh, is that so?"
Su Chen smiled.
Figured out my bottom line?
Then let me show you my real trump card.
He slowly raised the staff in his hand.
At the top of the staff, energy intertwined with pitch black and purple suddenly emerged.
He shouted in a low voice: "Abyss Rift!"
Chapter 53: Clearing the Screen in One Move, the Power of the Abyss Rift!
Following Su Chen's low shout, the space in the sky warped slightly.
Within the ranks of the Flame Demon Guard army, which resembled a black tide, a black crack over twenty meters long suddenly tore open.
The Abyss Rift emitted an eerie black light, pulling everything around it like a small black hole.
The position where this rift appeared was extremely clever.
It not only covered dozens of Flame Demon Guards but also enveloped the two demons in mid-air within its weak suction range.
However, the moment the Abyss Rift appeared, the pupils of the Rift Demon Shadow, who had been standing beside Zhi Bai, constricted violently.
Without saying a word, his body transformed directly into a mass of pitch-black mist.
With a flash, his figure had already appeared several kilometers to the rear.
The next moment, "-1219!" "-1108!" "-1204!" "..." A series of four-digit damage numbers popped up.
Zhi Bai was swayed by the weak suction.
She steadied herself, glanced at the two-digit damage number floating above her head, then looked at the Rift Demon Shadow in the distance who had already run out of sight, and laughed in anger.
"Hahaha!" Zhi Bai laughed until she trembled. "I thought this kid was holding back some world-destroying ultimate move! It's just a skill from Abyssal equipment; big sister has seen this many times."
The Abyss Rift was a skill from the set bonus of certain two-piece Abyssal equipment.
Having lurked in the Professionals Chamber of Commercefor so many years, how could she not recognize it?
This thing looked quite powerful; as long as it could kill monsters, it could spread infinitely.
But the problem was also obvious: the damage of the Abyss Rift itself was not high.
It was only useful for bullying weaklings.
Look at this.
Even with Su Chen's spirit value of 2771, affected by the Abyss DEBUFF, he could only deal damage of just over 1000.
"Damage that can't even kill a Flame Demon Guard, and you have the nerve to bring it out and embarrass yourself?"
She glanced at the Rift Demon Shadow, who was hiding far away, and laughed, "You really are getting worse as you age, actually running away in fear from such trashy skills. You've truly disgraced our Demon race—"
Before she could finish her sentence, her voice stopped abruptly.
Because she discovered that after coming into contact with that Abyss Rift, her skin had somehow been coated with a faint, dark green sheen.
In her status bar, a new DEBUFF named [Poison] had appeared.
The next second, "-12186858!" "-12189629!" "-12192400!" "..." Damage numbers of over ten million exploded above the heads of those Flame Demon Guards without any warning!
There was no struggle.
Dozens of Flame Demon Guards instantly melted into pools of green pus emitting white smoke.
Meanwhile, in mid-air, "Ah—!!!" A scream of extreme agony erupted from Zhi Bai's mouth.
"-12195171!" An eight-digit blood-red number soared from above her head.
Her body instantly curled up like a shrimp.
The intense pain made her completely lose her reason.
"What the hell is this?!" Zhi Bai screamed hysterically.
This, in turn, surprised Su Chen.
Ten million damage... and she didn't die?
Zhi Bai was indeed an expert of the Demon race; her reaction was fast.
She quickly pulled a potion emitting a golden light from her backpack, uncorked it, tilted her head back, and frantically gulped it down.
"Gulp, gulp..." A golden light flickered on her body.
Then, that layer of dark green halo remained firmly stuck to her body.
Like a maggot on a bone, there was no sign of it dissipating.
"Why can't it be dispelled?!" Zhi Bai panicked completely.
"This is an Epic-grade purification potion!! Why isn't it working?!"
Hearing this, Su Chen smiled.
Purification potion? Sorry, his Poison cannot be dispelled.
Even Mythic-grade potions are useless!
At this moment, Zhi Bai turned her head violently, her eyes fixed on the Rift Demon Shadow hiding a kilometer away.
"Rift Demon Shadow!! You son of a bitch!!" Zhi Baicompletely lost her composure.
"You knew it all along, didn't you?! Why didn't you call out to me when you ran?!"
The Rift Demon Shadow in the distance said nothing, only watching the dozens of pools of green water below with terrified eyes.
Dammit! I was almost poisoned myself, how would I have had time to take you with me?
He had already experienced the taste of being poisoned once.
He didn't want to suffer Su Chen's Poison a second time!
However, Zhi Bai's angry cursing was soon drowned out by a deafening sound of space tearing.
"Crack!" At the spot where those dozens of Flame Demon Guards had turned into green water, the Abyss Rift, which had originally been just one, suddenly began to fission.
Dozens of brand-new black cracks, each 20 meters long, burst open in the sky.
This was the terror of the Abyss Rift.
It was similar to the burst entry of the burst staff.
As long as a monster died, it could be continuously triggered and stacked!
The only difference was... the range of the Abyss Rift was larger and wider, reaching 20 meters!
Another series of terrifying damage numbers popped up.
"-12278301!" "-12281072!" "-12283843!" "..." Hundreds of Flame Demon Guards melted instantly.
Immediately after, a new round of fission occurred.
A hundred... a thousand... In less than five seconds, the Abyss Rift completed five fissions.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!!" The entire sky was dyed an eerie black.
Thousands of Abyss Rifts over twenty meters long were densely intertwined above the Gobi Desert like a giant black spiderweb.
The whole world was illuminated in black and purple.
Green pus fell from the sky like raindrops, splattering onto the sandy ground.
In the blink of an eye, the entire Gobi Desert was stained with a creepy dark green.
[Notification: Abyssal monsters have rushed out of the Abyss Rift; they will attack all living things indiscriminately!]
Suddenly, the system popped up a warning notification.
A few monsters with bull horns and holding eerie totems appeared from the rift.
Then, before Su Chen even cast Scouting Spell, they melted into pools of green pus in a state of shock.
In the face of Poison's current damage of over ten million per tick, whether it was the Flame Demon Guards or the monsters that walked out of the Abyss Rift, all died upon contact.
One move.
Instantly cleared the screen!
The originally mighty Abyssal army was instantly wiped out.
In the sky, not a single standing Abyssal monster could be seen anymore.
Only the crisscrossing black cracks remained, along with countless pools of green poisonous water emitting pungent white smoke.
[Notification: Killed level 30 Abyssal Flame Demon Guard * 2450 above your level, obtained points: 14700000, obtained experience: 29400000.]
[Notification: Killed level 30 Abyssal Demon General * 120 above your level, obtained points: 720000, obtained experience: 1440000.]
[Notification: Triggered trait [Doom Siphon]... current Poison stack limit: 6912 layers.]
Su Chen looked at the frantically jumping system notifications, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Awesome!
This wave not only harvested a large amount of points and experience, but also directly stacked over 2500 layers of Poison.
This is what you call grinding monsters!
Furthermore, it was far from over.
The Abyss Rift exists for five seconds, and in the sky, Flame Demon Guards were still emerging endlessly.
"Holy crap, isn't this a perpetual motion machine?" Su Chenwatched the non-stop system notifications, his eyes glowing.
"Abyss invasion, right? Bring more!"
Chapter 54: Where Did My Massive Epic-Grade BOSS Go?
Inside the light barrier, there was dead silence.
The students were completely petrified.
They tilted their heads, staring blankly at the dense purple-black web of cracks in the sky, as well as the green Poisonraining down from the heavens.
"What... just happened?"
"He... he killed all the monsters? With just one move?"
"Those damage numbers in the tens of millions... were they dealt by him?"
"Holy crap, my old man uses Poison too. He's a Third-Turn Assassin, and his damage per tick is only a few hundred. He's often shunned and can't even get into dungeons, yet you're telling me... he deals over ten million per tick?!"
"I just want to know, how high are his panel attributes exactly?"
"..."
The students were all in an uproar.
They wouldn't dare believe, even if killed, that Su Chen... had actually wiped out thousands of Abyssal Flame Demon Guards with just a single move.
Before, when they saw Su Chen's transcript, although they were amazed by his grades, they were still unconvinced in their hearts.
After all, who isn't a genius?
But now... watching Su Chen, who was still continuously killing Flame Demon Guards and treating the abyss exit like a food serving window, their mouths twitched one by one.
Is this guy even human?
They are both students, how can the gap be so huge?
At this moment, General Zhan Wuji still had both hands pressed against the light barrier.
This knowledgeable titan of the education sector also had his eyes widened, his lips trembling slightly.
He had lived for most of his life and had participated in countless abyssal crusade battles.
He had met countless mages, among whom were many famous and world-renowned Archmages.
But he swore that he had never seen any mage, at level 20, withstand the abyss's debuff and deal ten million damage.
Nor had he ever seen anyone who could wipe out over two thousand high-tier abyssal monsters clean within five seconds.
After the shock, General Zhan Wuji's combat mind quickly began to operate.
"It seems Rift Demon Shadow was right; this little guy needs to attack to apply Poison."
"That damage of over ten million is his DOT damage."
"Furthermore, the damage that pops up each time is different."
"No! The damage increases in a regular pattern; each increase is a fixed value, like an arithmetic progression, and the increase occurs after killing a monster."
"Could it be... that he gets stronger by killing monsters?"
"..."
In just a few short seconds, General Zhan Wuji had analyzed most of Su Chen's class characteristics.
And after reaching his conclusion, he couldn't help but gasp.
"A class that gets stronger just by killing monsters? Truly unheard of; isn't this infinite growth?"
"This little guy's class... is even more powerful than I imagined."
"..."
In the distance, mid-air.
Zhi Bai had already disappeared, presumably having run away.
Rift Demon Shadow looked at the Gobi desert, which was almost dyed green, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.
Over two thousand abyssal monsters.
Five seconds.
All dead.
Not even a residue left.
"Just how many trump cards does this kid have?!"
Rift Demon Shadow muttered to himself.
He thought he had already figured out Su Chen's trump cards.
Unexpectedly, he was still hiding such a massive trump card!
He took a deep breath and looked toward the massive Abyssal Bone Dragon with six heads above the altar.
That was the trump card of this operation, which he had gone to great lengths to secure: a level 30 Epic-Grade BOSS!
"Let me see if you have any other trump cards. An Abyssal-corrupted Epic-Grade BOSS isn't something that can be one-shot by ten million damage!"
Rift Demon Shadow quickly issued his instructions.
This Epic-Grade BOSS's HP was not as fragile as the Flame Demon Guards.
Su Chen's damage was high, but he was ultimately a squishy mage; as long as he was touched once, he would die!
However, he understood clearly. Su Chen still had Petrification and Phantom as two life-saving means.
But the cooldowns for both were not short; even if he could force out one life-saving measure, it would be a guaranteed win for the subsequent battle.
"Roar—!"
The Bone Dragon's six heads emitted a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar.
Its bone wings, which blotted out the sky, flapped, kicking up waves of black sandstorms.
It opened its abyssal maw, and a ball of extremely compressed, eerie blue dragon breath condensed frantically within its mouth; a terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire Gobi.
"Holy crap, the Epic-Grade BOSS is charging down!!"
"Help, this is an Epic-Grade BOSS!!"
"..."
The students were in a panic.
An Epic-Grade BOSS is not something ordinary people can fight.
Generally speaking, it takes hundreds, or even thousands of people, to grind a same-level Epic-Grade BOSS to death.
In human history, there are records of armies being wiped out by Epic-Grade BOSSes.
And this dragon had even been strengthened by the abyss!
General Zhan Wuji calmly watched the diving Bone Dragon and slowly lowered his right hand, which had been maintaining the shield.
"I'm really being looked down upon."
He gave a bitter smile. Did they really take him for air?
Just now, he was only hesitant because he had to maintain the shield to protect the students.
But now... Zhi Bai had been beaten away, and the Flame Demon Guards were being spawn-camped; they died the moment they appeared.
He was now free to act. An Epic-Grade BOSS was not something he took seriously!
Just as he was preparing to act, Su Chen suddenly sighed.
"Since you are so eager to deliver equipment, I won't be polite."
He lightly fired a basic attack at the Bone Dragon.
"-14!"
A pathetic two-digit damage number popped up. For an Epic-Grade BOSS, it didn't even count as an itch.
Immediately after, he slowly raised his right hand and, aiming at the massive Bone Dragon in the sky, made a grasping motion in the void.
"Myriad Poison Explosion."
The moment the skill was activated, the Abyssal Bone Dragon's massive body suddenly froze in mid-air.
The ball of dragon breath in its mouth, which was about to be unleashed, instantly extinguished.
The next moment, a ball of ink-green luster, dense to the extreme, exploded violently.
"-19153152!"
A massive damage number nearing two hundred million slowly floated up from above the Bone Dragon's head.
"Crack..."
The massive Epic-Grade dragon didn't even emit a wail.
Its huge skeleton disintegrated in mid-air with a boom, turning into green pus that filled the sky, raining down onto the Gobi desert.
[Notification: Successfully killed a level 30 Epic-Grade BOSS, Abyssal Bone Dragon, above your level. Gained points: 10,000,000. Gained EXP: 60,000,000.]
[Notification: Triggered trait [Doom Siphon]... Current Poison stack limit: 6913 stacks.]
Su Chen gently released his clenched right hand. Satisfying!
An Epic-Grade BOSS... actually provided 60,000,000 EXP directly.
How many levels would this raise him?
However, he heard that after reaching level 20, leveling up becomes extremely difficult.
Ordinary people might take months, or even years, to level up once.
But adding the previous EXP, he should be able to level up a few times, right?
In mid-air, Rift Demon Shadow looked at the pus raining down from the sky and was completely dumbfounded.
Wait, where did my massive Epic-Grade BOSS go?
Chapter 55: The Rift Demon Shadow's Trump Card! So You Want to Outnumber Me, Huh?
Inside the entire light barrier, silence fell once again.
Only the sound of heavy breathing and the howling wind whipping up yellow sand remained.
The students' eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at the pus raining down outside the light barrier.
A level 30 Epic-grade BOSS.
An Abyssal-corrupted Bone Dragon.
Just like that... gone?
"Gulp."
Someone swallowed hard, breaking the suffocating silence.
"Am... am I blind?"
"That bone dragon... exploded?"
"He just pinched his hand..."
"What the hell kind of class is this? He cleared thousands of level 30 Abyssal monsters in one move, and then one-shot an Epic-grade BOSS in another! Is he really a freshman in the same year as us?!"
"..."
The students erupted into chaos.
The way they looked at Su Chen had changed from looking at a classmate to looking at some kind of freak.
General Zhan Wuji, however, understood at a glance.
"It's the burst skill he used during the first exam."
A sharp glint flickered in his eyes.
He had assumed that such a terrifying burst skill must have a very long cooldown.
After all, in this world, it was normal for some powerful skills to have cooldowns of several days or even months.
Now it seemed he had underestimated Su Chen once again!
At this moment.
The priest girl in Zhao Xuan's team asked with a trembling voice: "Elder Zhan... what exactly is that skill with the black rifts outside? How can it have such terrifying clearing power?"
In the sky outside the light barrier, black rifts crisscrossed, still emitting a faint suction force.
The students pricked up their ears.
They were also curious: what kind of terrifying skill was this?
General Zhan Wuji remained with one hand pressed against the light barrier.
After several seconds, he let out a long, heavy sigh.
"That is not a conventional skill."
General Zhan Wuji's voice was somewhat dry.
He looked at the rifts outside, a flash of deep agitation crossing his eyes.
"That is the affix skill of Abyss equipment — [Abyss Rift]."
"Only a very small number of set equipment dropped in Abyss Dungeons have the possibility of carrying this special affix."
"And the special thing about this skill is that as long as it kills a monster, the rift will continuously fission. Theoretically... as long as there are enough monsters, it can spread infinitely."
Hearing General Zhan Wuji's explanation, the students gasped once again.
An infinitely spreading skill?
That is too freakish!
But General Zhan Wuji was a hundred times more shocked than these students at this moment.
He recognized [Abyss Rift], so he naturally knew the skill's shortcoming—the damage wasn't high!
Under normal circumstances.
With a freshman's spirit attribute, and after magic damage is reduced to 10%, the damage of an Abyss Rift would be at most a few dozen points.
It wouldn't be able to kill a level 30 Abyssal monster at all, let alone trigger the fission mechanism!
Yet, Su Chen had done it.
"Little guy, let me see how far you can go."
Expectation appeared in General Zhan Wuji's eyes.
He wondered if this little guy had any more surprises in store.
Mid-air.
The ghostly light beneath Rift Demon Shadow's mask flickered violently.
Holy crap, what kind of skill is this?
It can actually one-shot a level 30 Epic-grade BOSS... the damage must be over a hundred million!
What is the mechanism of this skill?
How long is the cooldown?
Can he use it again?
His brain raced, evaluating the upcoming battle.
What made Rift Demon Shadow feel even more terrified was that from just now until now, Su Chen hadn't even caught his breath once!
Just how many trump cards did he still have?
For the first time, a trace of irrepressible fear rose in Rift Demon Shadow's heart.
"No, I must fight no matter what. I must retrieve the soul stealing secret note!"
Rift Demon Shadow gritted his teeth.
The current situation was very unfavorable; Su Chen was simply too bizarre, and General Zhan Wuji was lurking nearby like a tiger watching its prey.
Under normal circumstances, he would have already slipped away.
But the soul stealing secret note was simply too important; he absolutely could not leave just like that!
At this moment, there were still sporadic Flame Demon Guards falling out of the remaining Abyssal passages in the sky.
But before they even had time to see the world clearly, the moment they touched an Abyss Rift, they would instantly turn into green pus, contributing a string of EXP to Su Chen.
"The Flame Demon Guards are completely useless; they're just farming EXP for this kid."
Rift Demon Shadow waved his hand and cut off the Abyssal passages in the rear.
The Abyssal passages stopped.
A few seconds later.
With no new monsters to kill, the Abyss Rift cast by Su Chen finally dissipated.
The sky returned to its original red color.
Rift Demon Shadow stared down at Su Chen, the black mist on his body beginning to roll and expand frantically.
"Kid, I was too arrogant to treat you like a little brat before. I admit you are very strong, a rival worthy of matching me!"
Rift Demon Shadow's voice was icy.
"But your performance ends here!"
"Hum—!"
Accompanied by a piercing humming sound, the space around Rift Demon Shadow began to twist violently.
One, two, three...
Black phantom images identical to his true form kept separating from his body!
In the blink of an eye.
A full thirty Rift Demon Shadows appeared in the sky!
Each clone exuded the terrifying pressure of a powerful member of the Demon race!
Thirty identical, icy gazes locked firmly onto Su Chen inside the light barrier.
"Hiss—!"
Inside the light barrier.
The students gasped in shock.
"Holy crap?! 30 clones?! Identical?"
"Every single one is so strong! I can't tell the difference between the true form and the clones at all!"
"What kind of skill is this? Why are the Demon race's skills so bizarre?"
"..."
The students, who had just rekindled a glimmer of hope, instantly felt like they had fallen into an ice cave.
"Kid, be careful!"
General Zhan Wuji stopped slacking off, his tone unprecedentedly grave.
"That is Rift Demon Shadow's signature ultimate move — [Demon Shadow Clone]!"
"He can summon clones equal to his level cap!"
"He is currently restricted to level 30 by the dungeon, so he can summon thirty!"
"Furthermore, these clones are not phantoms; every one of them possesses 100% of the true form's strength and skills!"
"Their duration also matches his level, which means thirty minutes!"
"..."
As his voice fell.
The entire light barrier instantly fell into a deathly silence.
"Thirty powerful Demon warriors... each with 100% strength..."
"How do you fight this? Thirty against one, even Elder Zhan couldn't deal with thirty Demon warriors of the same level simultaneously!"
"It's over... this time it's really over."
"..."
Despair spread among the students once again.
Hearing General Zhan Wuji's words, Su Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
This skill... is so strong!
This wasn't one of those clones created casually to draw aggro.
It was the real deal—clones possessing 100% of the true form's strength.
What was even more absurd was that.
Judging by Elder Zhan's meaning, each clone's skills were calculated independently.
"The clone limit equals the level cap. Rift Demon Shadow's true form has to be at least level 140, so doesn't that mean he could summon over 140 clones?!"
"I really want to steal it over!"
"Unfortunately, the soul stealing secret note is on cooldown."
"..."
Su Chen sighed.
Such a strong skill, yet it's not mine. How frustrating!
He looked up at the thirty uniform black-robed figures in the sky.
Then, Su Chen glanced at his status bar, where his [Poison] limit had already stacked to 6,913 layers, and a smile curled the corners of his mouth.
So you like to outnumber me, huh?