BXBX NOVEL Chapter 231 - 231: Highly Toxic Skeleton
“How do I get to the Kantelu Ruins?” Song Jian asked.
“The entrance to the Kantelu Ruins is right under your feet!” The Goblin merchant pointed at a sewer cover Song Jian was stepping on.
“You can’t be serious…” Song Jian glanced at the sewer cover beneath his feet, feeling a sense of dread.
“I was wondering why you were stuck in this deserted alley. So it’s because the entrance is here. But are you sure we have to go through the sewer? Can’t we just take the road above?” Song Jian was inwardly somewhat resistant.
“There’s no other way. This is the only passage to the Kantelu Ruins. Getting to the Kantelu Ruins is no easy task; you must be prepared!” said the Goblin merchant Canaan, with a serious face.
“If I had known I would have to crawl through a sewer, 1 wouldn’t have taken this task!” Song Jian mumbled, lifting the sewer cover with one hand, and a foul, rotten smell immediately struck him.
“Are you sure you want to go down?” Song Jian pointed at the already lifted sewer entrance, seeking confirmation once again.
“I’m very sure. Let’s hurry up and not waste any more time. Don’t forget, you signed a contract!” Canaan took out a palm-sized mask from his parcel and threw it to Song Jian, saying, “Wear this to filter the poisonous gas inside.”
It was a gas mask, shaped to fit exactly over the mouth and nose of a face.
When put on, it covered the mouth and nose, but did not interfere with speech, albeit making it slightly muffled.
The Goblin merchant looked at the large parcel on his shoulder, furrowed his brows, and then chanted a few spells. The parcel, almost the same size as his body, began to shrink slowly, finally becoming palm-sized and hung around his waist.
After watching the Goblin merchant crawl into the sewer first, Song Jian hesitated for a moment before following.
The sewer was not as filthy as Song Jian had imagined, but it was slightly damp. On the walls of the passage, there were algae plants emitting a faint glow. Although it was dark, the plants’ light allowed them to hardly see their surroundings.
The moment Song Jian entered the sewer, he received a system prompt.
System: You have entered a special area “Kantelu Maze” with a danger level of 3;
System: The monsters in Kantelu Maze range from level 10 to level 30, with the minimum entry level for players being 10, and the maximum 15;
“Special area? Danger level 3? Damn it, there are level 30 monsters here!” Song Jian was startled. He was only level 11 now, and although he was not far from level 12, it didn’t make much difference against level 30 monsters;
“Did you know there are level 30 monsters here?” Song Jian asked.
“Of course, why else would 1 hire you as an escort?” The Goblin merchant Canaan glanced at Song Jian and said, “If we run into really powerful monsters, your job is to hold them off and cover my escape!”
Song Jian:”… Was that too realistic?”
Canaan walked ahead, with Song Jian following behind him. After traveling less than ten meters, they encountered their first monster!
It was a skeleton exuding a pale green aura, which had been leaning against the sewer wall. Sensing the presence of the living, the skeleton slowly stood up, with two clusters of ghostly green flames rising in its eyes.
“Lvio Venomous Skeleton (Ordinary), Vitality Points: 690/690, Traits: Rapid Attack, High Toxicity;”
“Monster, Monster!” Canaan jumped back in fright, hiding behind Song Jian, and shouted, “Kill it, kill it!”
“I know, it’s just a level 10 ordinary monster, can you be quiet?” Song Jian was a little annoyed, Canaan’s shrill voice echoed through the sewer and gave him a headache.
Perhaps because they couldn’t see the sun in the sewer, the attributes of the monsters here were not halved, which made Song Jian’s task much more difficult.
Clack clack clack-
The Venomous Skeleton held a bone knife over a foot long and lunged towards Song Jian;
Song Jian swung his sword and slashed at it;
Sword Silk!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
Three silver threads with a sharp aura appeared in the air around Song Jian, and after exploring for a while like tentacles in midair, they simultaneously lashed towards the highly toxic skeleton.
With a sharp sound of tearing through the air, the silver Sword Silks struck the highly toxic skeleton, immediately causing bone fragments to fly everywhere and more than half of its Vitality Points plummeted.
“Awesome!” Song Jian had a satisfied smile on his face as his long sword fiercely chopped down on the highly toxic skeleton.
Ignoring the heavy blow, the highly toxic skeleton still raised its bone knife and slashed towards Song Jian. The moment it high-raised the bone knife, its attack speed suddenly increased, leaving a faint afterimage in the air.
Clang clang clang-
Song Jian felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and in an instant, the highly toxic skeleton had actually slashed three times in a row. A ghostly green color emerged from Song Jian’s shoulder and began to spread.
“You’re poisoned, you’ve been poisoned!” Canaan, hiding on the side, pointed at Song Jian’s shoulder with a terrified yell.
Song Jian swung his left hand forward violently, and a silver light flashed briefly in the sewer.
Sword Finger!
The silver Sword Qi chopped down on the highly toxic skeleton’s shoulder, even severing its entire right arm.
Boom!
Song Jian suddenly kicked the skeleton with his right leg, pushing it back several steps and causing it to fall to the ground.
It was then that Song Jian noticed the ghostly green on his shoulder.
At this moment, the ghostly green color of the highly toxic poison, which had originally spread to an area the size of a palm, began to fade slowly and eventually disappeared.
Song Jian grinned, as his innate skill “Thick-skinned” had been upgraded to level 8. With high resistance to the “poisoned” effect, it would be quite difficult for the toxin to take effect on him from a mere level 10 ordinary monster.
“Do you have Detox elixirs?” With a puzzled face, Canaan looked at Song Jian and asked.
“Do you have any? Bring out a few bottles. The monsters here have a poisonous attack. If I get poisoned, don’t even think of reaching the Kantelu Ruins!” Song Jian asked casually.
Originally it was just a casual question, Song Jian didn’t think that the stingy goblin merchant would be willing to give him Detox Elixirs. Unexpectedly, Canaan hesitated for a long time and then took out a bundle of elixirs emitting a dark glow and handed them over.
Song Jian was taken aback and grabbed it.
“Detox Elixir (Ordinary): After use removes a Level 3 or below poisoned effect and has a mandatory immune effect against that poison for the next 30 seconds.”
“Thanks!” Song Jian looked at Canaan with surprise and put the bundle of twelve Detox Elixirs into his inventory.
The highly toxic skeleton on the other side had already wobbled up from the ground, its entire arm severed and the bone knife fallen on the ground. Yet, it still didn’t give up attacking and continued to charge towards Song Jian.
Earth Teeth Assault!
Song Jian stomped his right foot on the ground, and an ivory-shaped qi gathered on the ground. With a “whoosh” sound, it rushed towards the highly toxic skeleton.
“Smack-”
Earth Teeth Assault hit the highly toxic skeleton and harvested the remaining vitality points. At that moment, the highly toxic skeleton’s body shattered like bowling pins hit by a bowling ball, and its body parts flew in all directions.
Boom-
A bundle of transparent flames burned fiercely, turning the highly toxic skeleton into a pile of black ashes. Several items scattered around the black ashes, radiating a milky-white glow.