Chapter 87: This Mist Is Toxic

Spider God Island got its name simply because the entrance to this dungeon was located on an island in the middle of a lake.

This lake-center island was not large in area, and there were no monsters on it, so a small city had been built here to provide lodging for professionals who came to grind monsters and level up inside Spider God Island.

As for the Spider God Island dungeon space, that was a very large region.

The Abyss Demon Lair covered a vast range; each layer's footprint was equivalent to that of an ordinary city.

Although Spider God Island could not compare to the combined total area of all eight layers of the Abyss, it was still as large as four layers of the Abyss put together.

Moreover, the monsters active within it were even more densely packed.

This was because they did not have a particularly strict territorial hierarchy, though as a general rule, the closer to the Demon Spider Temple, the higher the monsters' levels.

But even in the deepest layer, there were monsters of only a dozen or so levels.

All of the monsters were arachnid types.

Once inside the dungeon, as far as the eye could see, it was densely packed with spiders and spiderwebs everywhere; the crevices of the mountains and the spaces between the trees were all filled with webs.

Furthermore, many areas were shrouded in toxic mist of various colors.

Gaudy and multicolored, it looked bizarre and terrifying! Any professional entering Spider God Island had to bring plenty of antidote potions and a cleric with skills to remove negative status effects.

Poison-attribute damage was also a type of spell damage, so Lu Zheng, who possessed the passive skill Mana Annihilation, simply ignored this kind of damage.

Seeing the spiders filling his view and the toxic mist permeating the air, not only did he not show any expression of disgust, he was actually rather excited.

This place was very suitable for letting Xiang Liu level up!

Xiang Liu was a water-attribute, poison-attribute divine pet; in this kind of environment, its growth rate would absolutely skyrocket.

Its two skills, used here, could be said to be right within its domain! 【Skill: Myriad Poison Demon Body (Passive)】

【Effect: Within a certain range, absorbs all poison-attribute damage and converts it into mana points or experience points】

This place was saturated with toxic mist; the moment Xiang Liu appeared, the toxic mist actively drifted toward it, then continuously merged into its body and was absorbed!

【Skill: Poison Mist Demon Miasma】

【Effect: Consumes a minimum of 10,000 mana points to create a field of toxic mist miasma, assimilating and absorbing all other poison-attribute creatures or toxins, merging them into the toxic mist to strengthen its effect】

After Xiang Liu released the toxic mist, the mist directly refined those poison spiders, using their toxin energy and converting it into part of the toxic mist.

The poison spiders that filled the view now became nourishment for this Poison Mist Demon Miasma, causing it to continuously expand.

The speed at which Xiang Liu gained experience points was soaring rapidly, because the Poison Mist Demon Miasma was spreading faster and faster, and the area it affected was growing larger and larger!

Fortunately, there were no living people to be seen around the area where Lu Zheng had released Xiang Liu; otherwise, ordinary professionals below the fifth tier would be gone after just two breaths.

The toxic mist's damage was extremely potent, with a very pronounced corrosive effect.

Whether poison spiders or spiderwebs, anything touched by this mist melted into pus and ultimately became part of the toxic mist.

After one hour, the toxic mist had already occupied one-third of the entire Spider God Island.

This one-third was not a wedge-shaped sector, but a ring-shaped zone.

The entire Spider God Island was now divided into three parts.

The first part was the inner circle, occupying one-twelfth of the entire Spider God Island, which was the activity range of the Spider God High Priestess and the subordinates she led.

The second part was the middle ring, occupying one-third of Spider God Island's area, now shrouded in dark brown, extremely thick Poison Mist Demon Miasma. The third part was the outer ring, occupying seven-twelfths of Spider God Island, which was the activity zone for other professionals.

Right now, the professionals inside Spider God Island were in an uproar.

From the time the Spider God Island dungeon had existed until now, such a massive change had never occurred before.

A toxic mist that devoured all living creatures had actually spread from the interior to such a large area, and was on the verge of swallowing the entire dungeon! The vast majority of professionals fled the dungeon in a panic.

After someone exposed a video of a Level 235 Hundred-Eyed Demon Spider being engulfed by the toxic mist and dissolving into pus within a single breath, it scared those professionals into running for their lives, nearly causing a stampede at the exit!

The upheaval on Spider God Island was immediately reported back to the main city; keenly aware of what terrifying existence was involved, the City Lord's Mansion made arrangements at once.

Vice City Lord Helen Dongfang and the Saint-rank professional Wind Fire Sword Saint Yan Shu came together to Spider God Island.

As one of the two major Saint-rank dungeons of Tiannan City, the stability of the Spider God Island dungeon was tied to the leveling-up concerns of countless professionals.

And most critically, the demigod-rank Spider God High Priestess within—once she went berserk and left the core area of the Spider God Island dungeon, she would cause massive casualties.

Therefore, they had to investigate clearly what exactly had happened inside.

But when the two arrived inside Spider God Island, they found that the situation was even more serious than they had initially imagined.

The Wind Fire Sword Saint Yan Shu slightly sensed the damaging properties of the toxic mist, and his expression changed drastically!

He even couldn't help but swear outright.

"Holy shit! Fifty thousand HP lost per second! This toxic mist is way too overbearing!"

As soon as these words came out, Helene Dongfang subconsciously retreated a few steps.

She was now level 278, which was late-stage fifth-tier strength, with only 3.6 million HP; if she were contaminated by this toxin and could not cure it, in seventy-two seconds—a minute and a half—she would be dead! And Yan Shu's next sentence made her retreat another two steps.

"Master-rank antidote potions are actually useless! Only Grandmaster-rank antidote potions can provide thirty seconds of resistance!"

Antidote potions were inherently very difficult to concoct, and Grandmaster-rank antidote potions were even more so—priced but unavailable on the market! Even for a Saint-rank professional like Yan Shu, he only had twenty bottles on hand, enough to support him entering the toxic mist for a total of only ten minutes.

He looked at Helene Dongfang with a grave expression.

"You can't go into this toxic mist. Give me all the Grandmaster-rank antidote potions you have on you. I'll go in once to confirm what exactly happened. If by chance the Demon Spider Temple has opened, we need to have time to respond!"

Helene Dongfang immediately took out eight bottles of Grandmaster-rank antidote potions and said, "I'll wait fifteen minutes for you. If you don't come out in fifteen minutes, I'll have to report it immediately and get the War God to step in!"

"Fine! I'll try to go and come back as fast as I can!"

After Yan Shu finished speaking, he immediately activated his protective skill and flew rapidly toward the interior.

Lu Zheng would not actively harm people.

From the very beginning of the toxic mist's spread, he had discovered that Xiang Liu could also perceive everything around it through this toxic mist, including whether there were people or monsters and the like.

Therefore, even though the toxic mist had spread to such a large area, it had not harmed a single professional.

And he had not expected anyone to enter of their own accord.

Upon learning that someone had been poisoned, he immediately teleported over this way, and happened to run right into Yan Shu, who had just entered the toxic mist.

Seeing clearly that it was Lu Zheng, Yan Shu's expression changed, and he immediately produced a bottle of antidote potion and said, "Why are you here? This mist is highly toxic—quickly, drink this antidote potion!"

Lu Zheng received feedback from Xiang Liu and learned that this was the person who had just been poisoned, joking, "This mist is poisonous? Then I really must have a taste of it!"

(End of this chapter)