Chapter 1108: Poison Effect and Pure Accidental Joy

Shoes!

Level 70 Red Legend heavy armor shoes.

Su Sheng's eyes lit up as he looked at his feet; the pair of level 60 epic shoes—Cheetah battle boots—that he had been quite satisfied with now seemed completely unsatisfactory.

Although the Cheetah battle boots' Cheetah stance allows entering a stealth state, which can be convenient for certain actions.

But aside from that, the other attributes are utterly crushed by this new level‑70 plague‑stepping shoe.

As for distribution?

Undoubtedly, in the end this legendary shoe fell into Su Sheng's hands.

As for the other members, Su Sheng also gave sufficient point compensation.

Level 70 requires nothing else; just equip it directly.

Of course, the Cheetah battle boots are kept temporarily in the backpack. If future stealth actions are needed, swapping to the Cheetah battle boots will be more convenient.

Then he checked the attributes.

Base Damage Increase 220, Agility +100, Constitution +120, HP bonus +4000.

Additionally, two minor attributes changed: magic defense +100 and strength -180, but those two entries are useless to Su Sheng, so he simply ignored them.

After equipping, Su Sheng's attack and defense total 12,265!

He hasn't even reached level 80, yet these stats are already absurdly overpowered.

His HP also reached 109,770!

At the same time, Su Sheng tried moving a bit, and where he stepped a green footprint remained on the ground.

The footprint lasts 5 seconds; as long as he retraces the footprint's path, his movement speed increases.

It's a modest improvement, better than nothing.

In small‑scale skirmish combat this is quite good, but since he has Lion Hunt, this skill can only be considered a modest embellishment.

Thus, this boss battle is completely over.

At this moment, the remaining Priests, under Zhang Zhi's coordination, swiftly detoxify the remaining players.

Those who haven't been detoxified yet are kept alive by the group Healing Technique.

This plague is truly disgusting…

Its duration is unlimited, lasting until death, and the per‑second HP loss is extremely exaggerated.

Therefore, even though the battle ended, the BOSS is dead, and loot has been divided, many players remain poisoned, continuing to lose HP; over 30 players were eliminated before the plague finally stabilized.

Su Sheng glanced at the plague footprint beneath his feet, curious about how much HP loss it would cause if poisoned.

Also, the dagger in Chen Guan's hand seems to have a similar plague effect.

…that dagger ultimately fell into Chen Guan's hands.

"Come, Kong Lang, let's set up a sparring arena and test this plague's effect."

Watching the players steadily detoxifying, Su Sheng was suddenly inspired and said to Chen Guan,

Arena sparring is a form of peaceful duel. Once arena sparring is activated, players who die on the sparring platform incur no penalty.

"Alright!"

Chen Guan naturally did not refuse; he readied his new weapon, equally curious about its effect.

Then the two set up an arena.

The Yanhuang members present cast curious glances.

"Come, you attack me first, let's see what the poison effect looks like."

Su Sheng addressed Chen Guan.

Both sides were not truly fighting; they were merely testing equipment effects.

Chen Guan did not hesitate; brandishing the dagger, he walked over and launched a series of normal attacks at Su Sheng.

However, Su Sheng's stats are so extreme that Chen Guan's normal attacks all dealt double‑digit damage, with only occasional critical hits reaching triple digits.

"Chairman, your stats are truly over the top," Chen Guan couldn't help but comment.

Of course, this is basically without any skill usage, and there were no Weak Spot Attacks or back attacks.

An assassin's hallmark is burst damage, as well as back attacks and Weak Spot Attacks.

Thus it's normal for an assassin's frontal normal attacks to deal little damage, especially against someone with Su Sheng's extreme stats.

Su Sheng chuckled, saying nothing more.

However, it seems the plague's trigger chance isn't high; after five hits it still hadn't activated.

It wasn't until the seventh hit that the plague effect finally triggered.

-666

-666

…

The numbers flashing above Su Sheng left everyone utterly confused.

Are these damage figures even serious?

Su Sheng was also a bit shocked, then glanced at the Combat State.

Plague (Poisoned)

HP loss 1000 per second (Resilience Resistance)

Duration 5 seconds.

Targets below Commander Rank (including Commander Rank), when poisoned, also suffer Forbidden Healing.

Su Sheng looked at this poison attribute and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Not bad; as long as it's not a Lord-level Boss, you can still get Forbidden Healing for 5 seconds."

Su Sheng opened his mouth in praise.

It really is not bad; this poisoned state, although not as twisted as the plague of this Boss, still provides a certain advantage when fighting a Boss.

Although it cannot take effect on Lord-level Bosses and Overlord-level Bosses, for a Lord-level Boss at the current stage, just watching is enough.

The Yanhuang Guild elite all went out; even seriously battling this wild Commander-level Boss almost resulted in a crash, let alone a Lord-level Boss—just think of that skeletal dragon.

What? We once fought a pseudo-Lord-level Boss in a Dungeon!?

So this Lord-level Boss has a lot of padding; its health is only 40 million, and during the final 10% Rage Blood Axis it self‑destructed for special reasons. Otherwise whether it could be beaten would be another matter.

As for Overlord-level?

You could consider looking for YiSiLanDiEr to see how many hits he needs to crush you.

"Hey~ Forbidden Healing effect, not bad, not bad." Chen Guan also looked at the combat prompt and smiled.

"Come, try to catch my poisoned effect."

Su Sheng walked a few steps, gesturing at the plague mark beneath his feet.

Chen Guan naturally did not hesitate, then walked over and stepped onto the plague mark.

At this moment, almost everyone's plague toxin had already been cleared, yet no one left, just watching the two Chairmen cause trouble here.

It's no wonder Su Sheng is playful; mainly this boss's toxin effect is too twisted.

But after a while, Su Sheng finally understood just how low the "extremely low probability" described on this equipment truly is.

Su Sheng walked a few steps, leaving footprints, and Chen Guan followed the whole way.

Almost two minutes had passed, and Chen Guan, who stayed almost the entire time on the plague mark, did not get poisoned.

"Extremely low probability—this probability is really too low," Su Sheng couldn't help but complain.

He recalled the description of his Hunting Skill and wondered just how low "extremely low probability" really is.

Just as Su Sheng was grumbling in his mind…

"Poisoned, Chairman," Chen Guan said, his head turning green.

-400

-400

-400

…

Su Sheng looked at the poisoned state popping out of Chen Guan's head and couldn't help but look a bit gloomy.

Why is this damage lower than the poison Chen Guan just inflicted on himself?

Logically, Chen Guan's toughness shouldn't be higher than his own.

Then Su Sheng glanced at the Combat State prompt.

Ding~

Combat prompt: Target Kong Lang, stepping on the Plague Path, enters poisoned state.

Poisoned state deducts 400 health per second.

Duration is infinite.

Su Sheng saw this and raised his eyebrows.

Although the health‑drain per second is low, the infinite duration does have its merits.

Unless the Boss also has Purification, if you can get the Boss into a poisoned state, given the current Boss strength, spending four or five hours on a raid would yield very considerable damage.

For example, the Rat King Boss we just fought took several hours to finish.

One minute is sixty seconds; one hour is sixty minutes.

That is, one hour equals 60×60 = 3,600 seconds!!

Without Purification, at 400 damage per second… 3,600×400 = 1,440,000, meaning that just this poisoned state can output over a million damage in an hour.

Of course, Su Sheng actually understands.

This would require the most ideal conditions; with such an extremely low probability… only heaven knows whether the Boss can be poisoned after the whole fight. After all, the chance only triggers on the plague footprints, and that probability is so low that Su Sheng gets a headache just thinking about it.

Moreover, the Boss's toughness shouldn't be low; after toughness resistance, the damage shouldn't be this high.

In the ideal case, whether it can be dealt is still a question, but regardless, it's at least a nice extra.

"Alright, since the Boss is finished, everyone can disperse; go do your work," Su Sheng took down the arena and said cheerfully.

"Haha, I'll also head back to submit the quest."

Zhu Meng Junjie also laughed, saying that this quest item is already the final part of their quest; once obtained, they can turn in the quest for a reward.

Then everyone dispersed like that…

Each pulled out a Return City Ticket.

But before leaving, Su Sheng stared at a spot not far from the cave entrance, did nothing else, and also took out a Return City Scroll.

Soon, everyone inside the Cave had already left.

About a minute later.

At the cave entrance, a petite figure walked in.

"Yanhuang Guild, huh."

"But that loot just now really makes people envious," the petite figure muttered to herself.

At that moment, the petite figure's expression shifted and she opened a Private Chat.

"Tiantian, how's the situation?"

Seeing Jiang Hai Tange's name in the Private Chat list, the petite figure raised an eyebrow and answered honestly.

"Two reds, two oranges—just looking at me makes my eyes water."

That's right, this person is indeed the Group Leader of the Assassin Guild of Tian Sheng Changge.

The Tian Sheng Changge Assassin Guild Group Leader… a petite girl with an adorably cute name, called Tian Tian.

But anyone who underestimates her because of her cute appearance will certainly die a terrible death.

Just now, Tian Tian was at the cave entrance, watching Yanhuang finish up on this side.

"Wow, so abundant—why haven't you taken the chance to strike?"

"Did you forget who I'm up against?"

"... But if I had known the loot was this plentiful, I'd have found a way to take it, even if it meant offending Yanhuang."

…

Su Sheng, of course, doesn't know Jiang Hai Tange, and just stops his foot to pound his chest; even if he knew, he wouldn't mind.

It was only Su Sheng, who had returned to Yanhuang Town to recuperate, who received an unexpected mail.

NPC!!

A mail from an NPC.

Lin Qiankun:

Mo Wen, little friend of Qian Chen, long time no see—could you come to the Chief of Demon Suppression Office for a chat?

Looking at this mail, Su Sheng wore a stunned expression.

NPCs can still contact players via mail?

Lin Qiankun, together with Zhu Que, forms the Chief of Demon Suppression Office, a heroic unit NPC, whom I met while doing Demon Suppression series missions, and have greeted a few times since, such as during the last expansion's Demon Siege.

Also during the previous Undead Calamity, Su Sheng saw this heroic unit in battle.

So far, the two known NPC heroic units formed by Zhu Que here are: one is the city lord, the other is this Chief of Demon Suppression Office.

I wonder why he's looking for me? Could there be another quest?

He checked the game time—still two or three hours left. With nothing else to do, Su Sheng headed straight to the Teleport Array to see what he wanted.

Earlier, Su Sheng asked Shen Wang, and they said this Dungeon would take about two days.

So tomorrow he'll have to act alone.

Given that, if Lin Qiankun has a quest, that would be perfect.

Su Sheng passed through the Teleport Array and quickly arrived at Zhuque Main City, heading straight for the Chief of Demon Suppression Office.

Normally, without a quest, players can't enter the Chief of Demon Suppression Office. But if Su Sheng remembers correctly, he once earned that so‑called Demon Suppression reputation while doing Demon Suppression quests.

Thus, when Su Sheng entered the Chief of Demon Suppression Office, he faced no obstruction.

Soon Su Sheng made his way directly to the hall of the Chief of Demon Suppression Office and met Lin Qiankun.

"Little friend, we meet again," Lin Qiankun said with a cheerful smile, looking at Su Sheng.

"Chief, long time no see," Su Sheng replied politely; for such heroic unit NPCs, it's best to treat them like normal people.

Lin Qiankun sized Su Sheng up from head to toe, smiled and nodded: "Long time no see, little friend—your strength has grown rapidly."

"Hehe, luck, luck," Su Sheng said, showing no hint of awkwardness about dealing with numbers.

"Enough chatter, I won't say more. I called you here mainly to thank you for the intelligence you provided during the Demon Siege."

"Also during the last Undead Calamity, I saw you actively fighting the enemy."

"We've been discussing what reward to give you."

Su Sheng, upon hearing this, couldn't help but feel delighted—there's an unexpected reward?

But why give it after such a long time?

Never mind, as long as it's there, that's a pure...

Lin Qiankun continued with a bright smile: "But now seeing your rapid growth, I..."

"I have two rewards for you; you can choose one."

After that, Lin Qiankun took out two items and placed them on the table.