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Chapter 1325 - Chapter 1325 Chapter 1327 Toxin

Chapter 1325: Chapter 1327: Toxin Chapter 1325: Chapter 1327: Toxin These Abyss players were all elites of the recruitment mission, the cream of the crop among all players involved in the Abyss invasion storyline. They survived other players and story characters only to die at the hands of their own kind, the Abyssal human warriors–a bitter irony indeed.

Tens of Abyssal Warriors formed dozens of rows within the narrow passage. With scores of spears thrown, these demonized Abyss players had nowhere to dodge and were all pierced and killed by the projectiles.

The indifferent-faced Abyssal Warriors approached, confirmed the players’ deaths, and began to collect the spoils left on their bodies.

When players died, most items in their inventory would disappear, but the equipment in their equipment slots mostly remained.

The gear on these elite players was far superior to that of ordinary players and was coveted by the Abyssal Warriors.

“Continue the search, see if there are any rats that slipped through,” a leader coldly instructed, looking at the player bodies still marked by traces of Abyssal demons.

Hundreds of Abyssal Warriors began to move along the mining tunnels, heading towards the various pits. The leader hesitated as he glanced back at the freshly dug passage, a look of indecision on his face.

He knew that by following the mining tunnel deeper, one could enter the underground rifts and from there reach the realm where the Abyssal Magic Vine thrived.

He hesitated over whether to seal the passage, but after a moment, he shook his head, turned, and left. After the great battle, he couldn’t believe anyone would dare to venture deeper into the mines–it would be a certain death.

Only after everyone had left did Song Jian emerge from a nearby mine pit. The Stealth Skill might be exposed in front of Legendary Realm powerhouses, but it was remarkably effective against these Abyssal Warriors, who were of lower levels than Song Jian. Some of the warriors had even checked the mine pit he was in without discovering anything.

Song Jian looked at the dissolving bodies of the Abyss players and felt an inexplicable sadness. If these players didn’t have special revival abilities like “Enemy of Death God,” their death in the game meant silent obliteration in the real world, as if they had never existed at all.

Stepping over the bodies, Song Jian ducked and entered through the newly excavated passage, continuing deeper into the mine.

The deeper he went, the higher the quality of the Purple Crystal ore in the mine. Seeing the dark purple glow in the surrounding mine pits, Song Jian couldn’t help but be tempted. After all, these were ores worth hundreds of billions, even trillions of Doomsday Coins, and even with that amount of money, one couldn’t simply purchase Purple Crystals–it was a currency more solid than Doomsday Coins!

“It’s like walking in the vault of the Central Bank…” Song Jian muttered to himself.

As Song Jian struggled to suppress his greed and continued deeper into the mines, a faint “crack” suddenly reached his ears, coming from one of the pits.

Just as Song Jian hesitated whether to check it out, the “crack” noise started occurring repeatedly, as if all the Purple Crystal ore in the entire pit was shattering at the same time.

Song Jian’s face turned pale, and without hesitation, he ran towards the nearest mine pit. Reaching the edge, he saw that all the Purple Crystals on the walls had developed crack lines that continued to spread like spider webs.

Peering through these cracks, he saw dark purple roots steadily draining the energy from the Purple Crystal ore.

If before Song Jian had witnessed the Abyssal Magic Vine extracting energy from the Purple Crystal ore in a gentle manner, now it was recklessly and violently siphoning energy from all the Purple Crystal ores.

With such extraction, more than half of the energy in the Purple Crystal ores would be wasted. Song Jian saw purple mist continuously drifting swiftly out of the cracks within the crystal mines.

“Damn it, the Abyssal Magic Vine must have suffered severe injuries and is now extracting energy from all the high-quality Purple Crystal ores to heal!” Song Jian’s brow furrowed. In his mind, if he could kill the gravely injured Abyssal Magic Vine, those high-quality Purple Crystal ores would ultimately end up in his pocket. But now, it seemed impossible. Watching countless billions, trillions worth of ore disappear before his eyes, Song Jian felt as if someone had violently grasped his heart, causing him unbearable pain.

“My ores, damn it!” Gritting his teeth, Song Jian suddenly increased his running speed, not minding at all whether he exposed himself.

Just as Song Jian arrived at the underground fissure, ready to continue burrowing down, a dark purple vine as thick as an arm, as if lying in ambush for a long time, suddenly burst out from a piece of the rocky wall beside the crack. Like a venomous snake, it lunged at Song Jian.

At that moment, Song Jian had focused all his attention on scouting ahead and didn’t notice the purple vine emerging from the side of the rock wall.

By the time he sensed the danger, it was already too late. The purple vine charged over rapidly, its ferocious gaping maw clamping down viciously on his shoulder.

Instantly, blood splattered, and Song Jian even felt his shoulder bones emit a “creaking, grinding” noise.

With a backhand slash, he cut off the vine that had lashed out at him with his Sky-breaking Sword, the severed end spurting a large amount of dark purple fluid. The chopped segment of the vine writhed like a snake, slowly retracting, while the segment on Song Jian’s shoulder, like a wolf, bit down hard and showed no sign of letting go.

Song Jian, clenching his teeth, swung his Sky-breaking Sword, cutting the vine on his shoulder into several pieces and then gouged out several fangs that had penetrated his flesh. Only then did he pull out a bottle of high-level healing potion and gulped it down.

The wound on his shoulder oozed purplish-black blood and swelled up like a steamed bun around the edges. From the wound as the center, numerous dark purple lines spread outwards like veins, slowly radiating further away.

Clearly, the toxin of the Abyssal Magic Vine was much more potent than ordinary toxins. If a regular player were bitten like this, they probably would not be able to counteract it without an Epic Quality or higher Detox Elixir.

Song Jian’s innate skill, “Immortal Body,” was triggered, and a purple-gold light shimmered in the skill bar. The previously slowly encroaching lines seemed to be suppressed, their spread turned sluggish and finally, the lines began to retract back towards the wound.

A large amount of purplish-black blood gushed from the injury site. In a short while, the blood turned from purplish-black back to red as the toxin was expelled from his body. The ferocious wound began to heal at a visibly fast speed and soon formed a thick scab.

Song Jian moved his left arm a bit, feeling only a faint pain that was no longer a nuisance. Gazing at the dark abyssal rift, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Song Jian’s mouth.

“It looks like the injuries of the Abyssal Magic Vine are even more serious than I thought…” Song Jian muttered to himself, and with renewed confidence, he continued to make his way deeper into the underground fissure.

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