33: Please go to your death.

With three attributes weakened by 50%, Lin Yue was still deep within the range of the Poison Fog, and his health was constantly being reduced.

The key was that the Poison Fog's duration was a full ten seconds; over twenty-five thousand health points simply vanished into thin air.

This was the damage value even under the poison resistance reduction of the purple shadow set; Lin Yue took a deep breath, and it was no wonder the player from his past life couldn't defeat the Apothecary.

While enveloped by the Poison Fog, Lin Yue didn't stop; one Fireball Spell after another, under his control, accurately struck the same spot on the Magic Shield.

Repeating the same trick!

To break the Magic Shield, he still had to find a weak point and focus his fire.

However, affected by the attribute weakening, Lin Yue's attack frequency and damage values were significantly impacted.

Purify!

In a moment of desperation, Lin Yue could only frown and use the Purify skill, the cost being a ten-minute cooldown.

Fortunately, after the first round of Poison Fog was released, there was a cooldown period; taking advantage of this gap, Lin Yue outputted damage frantically, Fireball Spells pouring out like machine-gun bullets.

"Hmph, stop struggling. Once I kill you, no one will be able to stop me from killing the Village Chief."

The flames of hatred surged, and in the blink of an eye, the hideous Apothecary appeared before Lin Yue, a pitch-black dagger glowing green less than a centimeter from Lin Yue's neck.

Fortunately, Lin Yue was constantly paying attention to the Apothecary's movements; the moment the opponent ambushed, the Gale Technique was already deployed.

With wind at his feet, Lin Yue slightly turned sideways, dodging the poisonous fatal blow.

Boom!

The Fireball Spell, carrying the power of lightning, descended, directly blasting the Apothecary back several steps and sending his body into a stiff state.

Meanwhile, Lin Yue continuously widened the distance, his staff waving non-stop as Fireball Spells with rolling heat waves swept toward the Apothecary.

The Apothecary's speed wasn't slow either; Lin Yue's Fireball Spell had just been launched, yet he had already recovered from the stiff state and pulled away.

Moreover, for a supposedly frail Apothecary, his reactions were much faster than Lin Yue had imagined.

He estimated that before becoming an Apothecary, this guy was an agile Assassin.

But this wasn't enough to stump Lin Yue.

Under the effect of Purify, Lin Yue's Casting Speed was unaffected; with three Fireball Spells per second, he could completely block the Apothecary from getting close to him.

Furthermore, with the bonus of up to 70% Accuracy, Lin Yue didn't miss a single shot, leaving the Apothecary with nowhere to hide.

The Apothecary also knew Lin Yue's attack speed was fast and his angles were tricky, leaving no room to dodge; before the Magic Shield expired, he simply stopped trying to evade.

He just tanked Lin Yue's Fireball Spells head-on, rapidly closing in on Lin Yue's position.

Meanwhile, a second venomous dagger appeared in the Apothecary's hand; with dual blades in hand, an "I own the world" Aura radiated out.

Immediately after, Lin Yue was startled.

An Assassin who could wield dual blades was no longer at the level of an ordinary Assassin.

Almost at the same time the opponent raised his hand, Lin Yue immediately pulled back to avoid the attack, but he still couldn't dodge the second strike.

"Ding! You have been affected by venom and will continue to lose health."

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...Lin Yue felt his scalp go numb; although the venom coated on the dagger was weaker than the Poison Fog skill, it lasted longer, instantly putting him under maximum pressure.

Especially since the Apothecary could fight at both long and close range, with attributes that weren't weak at all, combined with the Magic Shield skill, it really made Lin Yue feel disgusted.

"Boom!"

Purify had already been used and couldn't be used again for a short time; Lin Yue could only increase his output intensity, striving to break the Magic Shield in the shortest time possible.

-99% magic damage was truly disgusting.

Coupled with the Apothecary's agile movements, Lin Yue's Fireball Spell occasionally lost its aim.

With the Magic Shield's protection, landing a critical hit was even harder.

Truly a damn freak!

Lin Yue cursed under his breath; it had been nearly a minute since they started fighting, and he still hadn't broken the Magic Shield.

The next second, Lin Yue's expression changed; the Apothecary suddenly gave up close combat and pulled away from Lin Yue, then his body swelled violently.

"Bang!"

The Poison Fog's cooldown ended, and the opponent immediately began a long-range strike.

"Ding! You have been affected by the poison effect. You have entered a weakened state: spell power -50%, movement speed -50%, Casting Speed -50%."

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...Lin Yue: "???"

What kind of god-tier NPC is this? Not only is he fast with high damage, but he also comes with various poison weakening debuffs; it's like he doesn't treat players as human at all.

The Poison Fog skill deals full-screen damage, covering the entire living room, leaving Lin Yue with no room to maneuver.

One could say this was the most troublesome NPC Lin Yue had encountered since the server opened.

"If this continues, I'm afraid I won't last the five minutes it takes for the Village Chief to recover."

Lin Yue's expression turned grim; his health had dropped below half, with only about fifty thousand health points remaining.

Although he still hadn't used the effect of Vibrant Life, the opponent's health was still near full.

"Adventurer, your strength is decent. It's not too late to come back to my side; I will still give you the treasure of the gods."

The Apothecary grinned hideously, seemingly appreciating talent, as he advised Lin Yue.

"Sorry, you're not worthy!"

Lin Yue was very calm; he knew that defecting now would indeed grant him the treasure of the gods, but he just didn't want the Apothecary to be so arrogant.

He remembered that when he first received the quest to collect the treasure of the gods, the quest penalty had already warned Lin Yue that he would be seen as a thorn in the side of the Demon Race; thinking about it, this was all likely just a trial from the gods.

If he didn't dare to fight the Apothecary even with his current freakish attributes, his heart would not be able to accept such a result.

With that thought.

Lin Yue no longer held back.

The eight hundred plus Elementary Skill Scrolls he obtained from farming dungeons were now ready to be used.

"Ding! Your Purify skill has been upgraded to 2-star!"

"Ding! Your Purify skill has been upgraded to 3-star!"

"Ding! Your Purify skill has been upgraded to 4-star!"

"Ding! Your Vibrant Life skill has been upgraded to 3-star!"

...Over eight hundred Elementary Skill Scrolls turned into streams of light and merged into Lin Yue's body.

Purify: 4-star.

Effect: When affected by a crowd control skill, you can immediately break free and clear your own negative status effects.

Cooldown: 1 minute.

Consumption: 10 MP

Proficiency: 5/100,000

(Note: 1-star to 2-star 1,000; 2-star to 3-star 10,000; 3-star to 4-star 50,000)

Vibrant Life (Special Passive Skill): 3-star.

Effect 1: You gain a Recovery Aura, restoring health +400 per second.

Effect 2: When health drops to 30%, it will recover 5% health per second until health reaches 65%. (Cooldown: 40 minutes)

Experience: 0/100,000 (Special skill Experience can only be obtained through Skill Scrolls.)

All scrolls were consumed, and the skills were significantly improved.

Lin Yue looked at the arrogant Apothecary with a calm gaze and said indifferently.

"Now, you can please go die!"