10: Kill the boss, get the mythical ring

At this moment, the boss, in pain, continuously used its venom spray.

In an instant, Ye Xiao's Miasma state was stacked to 485 layers.

However, this caused minimal damage to Ye Xiao, who possessed high poison resistance and nearly 90,000 health points.

Compared to the boss, Ye Xiao seemed more like a boss himself.

With a clear understanding, Ye Xiao proceeded unhurriedly.

He constantly used Fireball to keep the boss engaged.

In the blink of an eye, the Plague Source Grub's health bar had dropped below half.

At this point, a red light emanated from the Plague Source Grub, and the lake water below surged directly into its body.

Ye Xiao knew this was the Plague Source Grub activating Life Tide.

Its health bar instantly shot up a significant amount.

"It's truly tenacious, but it's only delaying the inevitable."

Ye Xiao's movements, however, did not stop in the slightest.

Fireball combined with the poisoning effect of Venomous Assault.

The Plague Source Grub's health bar plummeted again.

It didn't even have time to activate a second Life Tide before its body exploded under Ye Xiao's dense Fireball bombardment.

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【Ding! You have killed the Plague Source Grub. The experience gained has been stored in the experience pool. Please upgrade as soon as possible.】

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the Secret Realm Guardian's Key.】

【Ding! Congratulations, you have cleared the Miasma Hidden Forest. Scoring in progress...】

【Ding! Your score is SSS Grade. You have received Mythical Grade Treasure Chest * 1.】

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It actually gave an SSS Grade directly?

Ye Xiao was stunned when he saw the message.

But after he reacted, he didn't find it surprising.

Compared to other Secret Realms, the monsters in the Miasma Hidden Forest Secret Realm were not particularly strong; the only difficulty was the poisonous miasma within the Secret Realm.

Generally speaking, even in the later stages, Professionals would not deliberately stack poison resistance.

Let alone in the early stages; even if you wanted to stack it, you couldn't stack much.

This was the fundamental reason why the Miasma Hidden Forest had remained unconquered until now.

Excluding this point, the difficulty of the entire Secret Realm was even lower than some ordinary Level 10 Secret Realms.

So, it wasn't difficult for Ye Xiao to conquer it.

Coupled with his intelligence, which far surpassed others of the same level, and his terrifying Fireball.

Getting an SSS Grade was only natural.

What invigorated Ye Xiao, however, was the drop of another Mythical Grade Treasure Chest.

Without a second thought, Ye Xiao opened it directly.

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【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the ring of plague origin (Mythical).】

【ring of plague origin (Mythical)】

【Agility + 70】

【Intelligence + 50】

【Effect: When your health drops to 20%, absorb the stacked poisoning status on enemies. Each stack restores 3% of your maximum health. Cooldown: 5 minutes.】

【Wearing Level: Level 20】

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Ye Xiao's eyes lit up; it was indeed Mythical Grade equipment.

It did not disappoint him.

If it had been before entering the Miasma Hidden Forest, the ring of plague origin's attributes were indeed not as powerful as the endless chain of life.

But for Ye Xiao now, the compatibility between the ring of plague origin and him was perfect.

The basic attributes went without saying.

The unique effect attribute was Ye Xiao's first health recovery skill.

And the recovery amount did not depend on the four main stats, only on the poisoning skill's status.

Coincidentally, Ye Xiao had 120 stacks of Venomous Assault on him.

For ordinary people, the maximum number of Venomous Assault stacks was only ten.

At most, it would restore 30% of their maximum health at once.

But for Ye Xiao, he could stack the Venomous Assault poisoning status to 1200 layers in 0.5 seconds.

Once his health dropped to 20%, he could instantly fully restore his health bar.

It was simply a life-saving divine skill.

So far, Ye Xiao possessed two pieces of Mythical Grade equipment.

Although both were low-level, their effects were enough to benefit him for life.

He joyfully equipped the ring of plague origin.

Afterward, Ye Xiao took out the Secret Realm Key and inserted it into the small hole on the Secret Realm Token.

Buzz!

A slight ripple.

Immediately after, all Professionals in the entire Eternal World received a world announcement again.

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【Ding! World Announcement: Player "Night Shadow" has perfectly cleared the Miasma Hidden Forest with an SSS Grade evaluation, becoming the controller of the Miasma Hidden Forest Secret Realm.】

【Ding! World Announcement: Player "Night Shadow" has perfectly cleared the Miasma Hidden Forest with an SSS Grade evaluation, becoming the controller of the Miasma Hidden Forest Secret Realm.】

【Ding! World Announcement: Player "Night Shadow" has perfectly cleared the Miasma Hidden Forest with an SSS Grade evaluation, becoming the controller of the Miasma Hidden Forest Secret Realm.】

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The world announcement message popped up three times consecutively.

This once again caused the previously quiet chat channel to erupt.

"God-damn World Announcement! How long has it been? Why is it Night Shadow again?"

"It's outrageous! Two consecutive SSS Grade evaluations. Who can tell me how he did it?"

"Wait, isn't the Miasma Hidden Forest an Unowned Secret Realm for Level 20? Night Shadow just cleared the Novice Realm an hour ago. How did he get in?"

"Holy crap! You didn't mention it, and I didn't think of that. Which of the Eight Great Families does this descendant come from? How can his leveling speed be so fast?"

"Nonsense! If I remember correctly, the fastest record to reach Level 20 was from that person from the Zhao Family, one of the Blue Star's Eight Great Families, but it took him almost a day to reach Level 20. Night Shadow only took an hour; that's too exaggerated."

"You're wrong. Level 20 is a prerequisite for entering the Secret Realm. Doesn't it take time for him to conquer the Secret Realm?"

"Hiss! Could it be that he had already reached Level 20 when he came out of the Novice Realm? That's impossible, isn't it?"

"Wait, could it be that Night Shadow's awakened Talent is related to experience bonuses?"

"If that's the case, learning a few experience-boosting skills in the early stages could indeed allow him to level up to Level 20 so quickly."

"That's not right either. Who would ruin their future by only learning experience-boosting skills? Furthermore, even if there really was such a foolish guy who only learned experience-boosting skills, not to mention the Miasma Hidden Forest, he wouldn't have had enough damage to clear the previous Novice Realm, would he?"

...For a time, all chat channels were discussing Night Shadow.

However, Ye Xiao, who was in the Secret Realm, did not have time to look at these discussions.

Because, after the boss was killed,

The originally calm lake water, for some unknown reason, rapidly receded.

As if something was draining it dry.

Soon, the bottom of the lake was revealed.

If it were just that, it would be fine.

The key point was that after the lake bottom was completely exposed,

Ye Xiao actually saw several corpses.

Someone had been here before?

And judging by the decomposition of the corpses, these people hadn't been here for too long.

This discovery astonished Ye Xiao.

With a hint of curiosity, Ye Xiao approached the corpses.

However, before he could observe carefully,

Ye Xiao's gaze was firmly attracted by several stones next to the corpses.

After some hesitation, Ye Xiao picked up one of them.

The result of this look, however, caused a huge wave to surge in Ye Xiao's heart.

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【Skill Upgrade Stone (Incomplete): After use, it can increase the level of your ordinary skills.】