I Only have One Skill, But I Can Put A Hole Through The Planet - Chapter 30

In the snake monster pit.

After using his [ Fireball ] to get rid of Zhang Ming…

Zhang Ming dropped a pair of white rank shields upon death.

Su Chen accepted the “gifts” graciously.

Once Su Chen had finished picking up the equipment, he then brought out his own Illumination Pearl. Much to his shock, however, the snake monsters had already returned!

Their mouths were wide open and there was venom dripping out of their fangs!

They were slowly slithering towards Su Chen.

Their numbers seemed to be endless!

However, before their shadows could threaten the glow from Su Chen’s Illumination Pearl…

A brilliant blue flame shot out, enveloping them in flames!

As the flames spread, more and more of them turned into white orbs of light and vanished into thin air!

It looked as if a flaming blue monster had devoured them.

All that was left of them were their fangs, skin, as well as some Gold Coins.

However, much to Su Chen’s chagrin, the snake monsters that had avoided the flames did not seem to be intimidated by their brethren’s death. Rather, it seemed to have the opposite effect of riling them up instead.

Su Chen realized that he needed a different plan.

He leaped up into the air, and while dodging several lunging snake monsters, he then activated [ Lifesteal ] !

HP +100!

Once Fireball’s cooldown was over, Su Chen launched the ability once again and doused the battlefield in flames.

The originally dark pit of the snake monsters was now enveloped in blue flames.

A few minutes later.

All the snake monsters had turned into white orbs of light, providing Su Chen with vast amounts of experience points.

Aside from that, the materials and Gold Coins that they dropped had also provided Su Chen with a small fortune.

After putting his staff away and consuming a bottle of Greater Fine Wine to recover his stamina, he then set off to collect the materials scattered across the ground.

As he looked through the venomous fangs on the ground, Su Chen’s thoughts subconsciously went back to Qin Muxue and her murky purple mixture he had spotted previously.

The venom in these fangs are the real deal. They managed to drop my Spirit values below 70, and they even caused my vision to flicker.

Perhaps they’ll be of use?

An idea flashed past Su Chen’s mind.

Wait a minute.

It took that many snake bites for my vision to barely start blurring…

Perhaps these monsters’ venom aren’t really that potent.

Once Su Chen had finished collecting the fangs, he then stood up and started exploring the pit with his Illumination Pearl. After walking forward for a while, he soon spotted two paths that seemed to lead deeper into the lair.

One of the paths was as large as an adult.

The other one was massive.

Clearly, the two level 15 Bosses that Xue Feng had mentioned earlier was located within the paths.

Su Chen considered whether killing the two level 15 snake Bosses and taking their fangs were worth the risk of dying.

If there was only one of them, then Su Chen would not hesitate. After all, he could use his dodging skills to kite it to death.

However, the reality was that there were two of them. In that case, he might not be able to successfully kite them.

Forget it, I’ll just wait until I’m level 15 and return while wearing the [ Jade Tide Wrist Guards ] …

Swoosh!

Right as Su Chen was heading towards the adult-height path…

Suddenly, a ball of dark purple slime was fired in his direction!

186!

Upon closer inspection, the source of the attack was a level 15 crimson snake.

Due to how suddenly it had appeared, Su Chen was caught off guard and he was unable to dodge the attack in time.

Whoosh!

Another poisonous shot was fired!

This time, however, the attack came not from the crimson snake, but a different snake with a dark blue shade instead.

The red and blue snakes were both one-meter thick, and they were lunging at Su Chen one after another!

Seeing how fast the snakes were lunging at him, Su Chen decided it was best not to engage them. He activated his boots’ skill, “Seeking Plums in the Midst of Snow” immediately!

His Agility increased by 8 points!

After dodging both their strikes, he finally arrived at the path that was as tall as an adult.

However, right as he was about to leave, he encountered yet another little snake that leaped out of the adult-height path. It blocked Su Chen’s escape route and had managed to sink its fangs into Su Chen’s shoulder.

99!

A damage value instantly jumped out.

Su Chen steadied himself and understood that he had encountered a “family of three” snakes!

In that case, there’s no longer any point in running away.

After killing the snakes from earlier, Su Chen had gained a massive number of experience points.

His EXP bar was now 71% filled.

Seeing how adamant these two Bosses are in making me stay, I might as well turn them into EXP for me to reach level 15!

Taking advantage of Su Chen’s momentary pause after being struck by the little snake’s venom, the two Bosses then lowered their heads and fired their venom blasts once more!

After casting [ Lifesteal ] on the little snake, Su Chen then activated “Seeking Plums in the Midst of Snow” once more!

Su Chen used his sudden burst of acceleration to propel himself away from the scene.

Following this, he then chugged down a bottle of [ Greater Fine Wine ] and [ Exquisite Wine ].

His Elemental Power had temporarily increased from 970 to 1,010!

Via the effects of [ Lifesteal ] and the wine, Su Chen had managed to recover his 1,000+ HP fully.

His green rank [ Jade Spirit Necklace ] was activated, and all of his cooldowns had been reduced by 10%!

Meanwhile [ Blue Cloud Bangle ] had also been activated, and as such, all his Mage class skills would have their cooldowns reduced by another 5%!

At the same time, he had also activated [ Storm Staff ]’s ability, which would grant him an additional 50 points of damage for each skill cast within a minute!

Su Chen had activated all the active skills on all his equipment!

As a result, his [ Fireball ]’s downtime had been reduced to 2.1 seconds!

[ Fireball ]’s skill damage increased to 1,060 points!

It was even imbued with the “Melt” and “Burn” enhancements!

Su Chen waved his staff and upon spotting an opening, he immediately unleashed his [ Fireball ] to hit all three snakes at the same time!

961!

982!

1,033!

Owing to their different Defense stats, each snake had taken a different amount of damage!

The damage that had been inflicted on the little snake had surpassed 1,000!

The HP of the little snake had been reduced by one-third. It let out a pained cry and immediately retreated back into the cave of the two adult snakes!

However, since both snake Bosses had only around 7,000 HP, both of them had also taken quite a hit from Su Chen’s attack!

Moreover, they had also been knocked back by Su Chen’s attack.

Upon realizing that Su Chen was out of their biting range, they then fired out their venom blasts again!

199!

Su Chen only managed to dodge one of the blasts.

However, that blast alone had cost him one-fifth of his 1,000+ HP!

After a quick [ Lifesteal ] cast, Su Chen once again returned his health to 900 HP.

Since [ Lifesteal ] had a 2 second downtime whereas [ Fireball ] had a 2.1 second downtime, Su Chen was able to cast both spells without any interruption!

After consuming a MP potion…

976!

192.

985!

206.

199.

991!

232.

1006!

Su Chen made use of his Agility to maneuver and dodge the two Bosses’ attacks.

His HP constantly fluctuated between 300 – 700 points.

However, Su Chen’s damage was gradually increasing. “Melt” was taking effect, and once their defenses had been completely eroded, Su Chen would be able to deal “Burn” damage to them!

Despite being struck by the venom blasts several times, Su Chen was not particularly worried, as there was no danger of being poisoned by those projectiles.

Things were different with the venomous fangs, however, as Su Chen felt that his Spirit would drop below 50 upon getting struck. Should that happen, he would be in deep trouble!

As he continued to kite the Bosses around, his stamina began depleting at an alarming rate. At some point, it had even reached 52 points. Fortunately for him, he had purchased several bottles of wines before taking on the quest.

Finally!

After around 10 minutes of kiting the Bosses around…

The red and blue snakes turned into two streaks of white light and dissipated!

Su Chen had managed to bring down two level 15 Bosses despite only being level 13!

Defeating two Bosses at the same time was a much tougher challenge than fighting a single level 20 Boss. Sure, they might have lower HP, but since they were well coordinated and were extremely fast, Su Chen had deemed it a rather troublesome encounter.

He would even go as far as to claim that it was equivalent to fighting a single level 25 Boss!

“Congratulations! [ Su Chen ] has successfully leveled up to level 14!”

“HP +100, MP +100…”

Just as Su Chen had predicted, he had leveled up from the ordeal. At the same time, the EXP he had received was in excess, and it had managed to fill 14.89% of his level 14 EXP bar!

A flash of green light could be seen as a large bunch of materials and Gold Coins poured out, as well as a peculiar item that had a silver glow to it.

Looking from afar, it seemed to be a piece of paper.

His curiosity piqued, Su Chen temporarily suppressed the though of killing the little snake and slowly walked forward.

After taking a look at it, Su Chen’s lips curled into a smile.

It was…

A Guardian Map Fragment!