Chapter 580: Poisonous Valley

“When Knife Light and the others left, they seemed to have taken some antidote potions,” Guo Huai recalled.

“How many bottles of master-level antidote potions did they take?” Nie Yan asked. Ordinary antidote potions were useless; at the very least, they needed master-level ones to be effective.

“Seemed like about two bottles.”

Since Nan Nan, who kept a low profile, started wearing the Necklace of Longing, he had crafted a large number of master-level potions, including many master-level antidote potions. Before Cui Can Knife Light and others went to the Poisonous Valley, they were equipped with master-level potions, though only in limited quantities. This item was extremely rare, and no one wanted to waste them recklessly, so they thought two bottles would be sufficient.

“Two bottles are far from enough,” Nie Yan shook his head. He had a deep understanding of how powerful the Poisonous Mist Scorpion in the Poisonous Valley was from his previous life. Back then, he had joined a thousand-man team there, and without a doubt, they were wiped out, with only a few surviving.

At that time, the team totaled more than a thousand people, among them over a hundred were level 100+, and others were at least level 90+. They didn’t have top professional players, and the highest level was apparently a level 130 Great Swordsman, equipped with a large number of scrolls and potions, and their supplies were extremely comprehensive, yet they were still wiped out without any doubt. Comparing that, Cui Can Knife Light and others were in danger.

That Poisonous Mist Scorpion would require everyone to be at least level 100+ before they could attempt to fight it!

“How many bottles of potions do we have left?” Nie Yan asked.

“About nine bottles left.”

Only nine bottles, definitely not enough! Nie Yan frowned slightly and said, “Bring them all over and send them to the teleportation array!”

“Okay,” Guo Huai replied, and instructed his subordinates to retrieve the antidote potions from the Starry Sky Pharmacy and rush them to the teleportation array.

Nie Yan was already waiting there. He took the nine master-level antidote potions and put them into his backpack, then sat on the teleportation to Trak Town. After leaving the town, he mounted the Dark-winged Dragon and flew off directly.

Generally, going to the Poisonous Valley required teleporting to Link Town first, then riding across the wilderness for about an hour to arrive. Nie Yan took a shortcut. North of Trak Town were high mountains and steep ridges. For ordinary players, it might take several days to cross there to reach the Poisonous Valley, but for Nie Yan, these rugged mountain paths were nothing, because he was going by air.

At the speed of the Dark-winged Dragon, he estimated he could arrive in at most three minutes.

Just as Nie Yan was rushing quickly toward the Poisonous Valley, Cui Can Knife Light, Shui Se Yan Tou, and others were leading their team in facing a giant scorpion.

This scorpion was huge, its entire body covered with black metallic-shiny armor, like a giant tank, with a pair of giant claws in front and a long tail raised high, ending in a sharp barb.

Level 110 boss, five million HP!

The Poisonous Mist Scorpion was too strong, and Cui Can Knife Light and others were in a tough battle.

More than twenty shield warriors led by Cui Can Knife Light were holding the line against the Poisonous Mist Scorpion. Already, dozens of corpses lay around the scorpion. Outside, six or seven hundred mages kept waving their staves, launching waves of magical attacks at the Poisonous Mist Scorpion, but each spell only caused one or two hundred points of damage. The damage output was really not impressive. If not for Cui Can Knife Light’s level 100 equipment and strong defense, they would have been wiped out already.

After five or six minutes, as the Poisonous Mist Scorpion’s HP dropped below 25%, they could see it.

“Everyone be careful, use control skills! It’s susceptible to control!” Cui Can Knife Light shouted.

Several rogues quickly rushed toward the Poisonous Mist Scorpion, their control skills making it pause for a few seconds. But soon, the Poisonous Mist Scorpion awakened again and opened its mouth.

“Everyone, watch out!” Cui Can Knife Light noticed something was wrong and shouted.

“It’s poison mist again!”

“Retreat!”

“Holy Paladins, purify quickly!”

The Poisonous Mist Scorpion suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a thick black mist, which spread rapidly.

The nearby warriors quickly retreated, while Cui Can Knife Light quickly drank a master-level antidote potion. The effect of a master-level potion was very strong. As for high-level antidote potions, they had already tried them and found them completely ineffective.

Cui Can Knife Light stood firm against the Poisonous Mist Scorpion, while the other warriors quickly evacuated.

This mist completely enveloped the Poisonous Mist Scorpion, and players outside couldn’t clearly see the scorpion’s body in the center. More than ten warriors and rogues, unable to withstand the mist’s corrosion, fell to the ground one by one.

Beams of holy light fell onto the mist, canceling it out bit by bit, and the mist gradually thinned.

Two or three minutes later, the mist gradually dissipated. When the players looked at the Poisonous Mist Scorpion again, they found its HP had returned to full.

Within the mist, the Poisonous Mist Scorpion’s HP recovery speed was simply monstrous!

“Damn it!” Cui Can Knife Light couldn’t help but curse.

After the Poisonous Mist Scorpion’s HP recovered, it began a massacre, continuously swinging its giant claws, knocking down warrior after warrior. Suddenly, its tail stabbed toward Cui Can Knife Light.

“Block!”

Cui Can Knife Light shouted grimly, raising his large shield. With a loud “Boom,” he deflected the Poisonous Mist Scorpion’s tail.

After blocking the attack, Cui Can Knife Light’s skin instantly turned emerald green, and his HP rapidly dropped, making it seem like he was about to die. The following players, such as Dai Bao Da Ge Qi Zi and Li Li Hua Sha, quickly used healing skills to save him.

The number of deaths in the team soon exceeded fifty. Every time they reduced the Poisonous Mist Scorpion’s HP below 25%, it would use its poison mist skill to restore HP.

“We need some strong crowd control!” Cui Can Knife Light said gloomily. If someone could control the Poisonous Mist Scorpion when it was exhaling its poison mist, then there would be no problem.

“No good. Even if we have strong crowd control, it won’t work. Its resistance and dodge are too high,” Wang Zhe Tian Xia from a distance said. They had tried before. Out of five strong control skills, only one was effective. Even the strongest control couldn’t do anything to it.

“Let’s go,” Shui Se Yan Tou spoke up. Continuing like this would only increase the casualties without any results.

“Boss Knife Light, more poison scorpions have spawned at the exit of the valley. We can’t get out!” the mages behind anxiously said in the team chat.

Looking toward the exit of the valley behind, hundreds of poison scorpions had already spawned. If they retreated into the valley, they would be attacked from both sides.

“It seems like we’re going to be wiped out,” Cui Can Knife Light thought gloomily. Although being wiped out wasn’t something unfamiliar, a wipe was a huge loss for the team.

“How many people have random teleport scrolls? Those who do can leave first.”

Among the thousand people, only a few dozen had random teleport scrolls. These scrolls were too rare to meet the needs of so many people.

Just as they were talking, the Poisonous Mist Scorpion broke through the warriors’ encirclement and made contact with the second line of Paladins, slaughtering more than thirty of them. The players from Niu Ren Tribe retreated while fighting, but a wipe was unavoidable.

“Everyone, take off your equipment to minimize losses. Try to find a hidden place to die so that when you resurrect after running your corpse, you’ll lose less experience.”

Cui Can Knife Light, Shui Se Yan Tou, and others quickly arranged for this. When facing an inevitable wipe, if handled correctly, losses could be reduced by more than half.

One by one, the Paladins fell under the Poisonous Mist Scorpion’s giant claws, and the splattering blood drove the scorpion into a frenzy.

Nie Yan rode the Dark-winged Dragon, circling in the sky. Below, dense clouds covered the view. Looking into the distance, he saw only a vast expanse of clouds, with only a few mountain peaks visible.

He couldn’t find the Poisonous Valley, searching above until he saw a patch of black clouds far away, as if stained with ink. That was it! Those black clouds were filled with poison.

Nie Yan’s heart leaped with joy. He controlled the Dark-winged Dragon to fly in that direction while chanting a spell.

Soon, the Dark-winged Dragon arrived above the black clouds.

After completing a spell, the Dark-winged Dragon suddenly vanished, recalled by Nie Yan, and Nie Yan began to fall downward.

If the Dark-winged Dragon touched the poison mist, although it wouldn’t die immediately, it would definitely be severely affected. Therefore, Nie Yan decided to recall it.

As he was about to plunge into the black clouds, Nie Yan drank a master-level antidote potion and rapidly descended.

Penetrating the thick cloud layer, Nie Yan saw the situation below. Nearly a thousand players were gathered around a giant scorpion, with a large number of corpses already on the ground.

“Guo Huai said Nie Yan is on his way here.”

“By the time Nie Yan arrives, we’ll probably already be wiped out,” Cui Can Knife Light sighed.

“Look over there!”

“Where?”

“In the sky!”

The players nearby looked in the direction the player was pointing, seeing a figure falling from the sky, getting closer and closer to the ground.

“It’s Boss Nie Yan!” someone shouted excitedly.

They had originally given up all hope, but Nie Yan’s appearance reignited a glimmer of hope in their hearts. They had an inexplicable trust in Nie Yan, and perhaps Nie Yan could turn the tide.

“That Nie Yan really is fast. All team members, listen up! Put all your equipment back on; we’ll give it another try!” Cui Can Knife Light said grimly in the team chat, charging toward the Poisonous Mist Scorpion. A shield strike landed with a loud thud, and the Poisonous Mist Scorpion took a few steps back.

Li Li Hua Sha, Dai Bao Da Ge Qi Zi, and others quickly applied healing spells to Cui Can Knife Light.

The entire team quickly adjusted their formation and began to fight the Poisonous Mist Scorpion again. Two hundred or so corpses lay on the ground, but at least the damage dealers were still alive. There were still over a hundred tanks in the front line, so for now, it should be okay.

The mages waved their staves again, continuing their magical attacks.

Nie Yan’s descent speed was fast, and as he was about to hit the ground, he used a Feather Fall skill, significantly slowing his fall. With a “Boom,” he landed on the ground, and a damage number of over 2000 floated above his head.

To save time, Nie Yan used the Feather Fall gem only when he was close to the ground. Everything went as he had anticipated; this fall damage was not enough to kill him instantly.

“All Elemental and Arcane Mages, listen up! Use fire magic. Arcane Mages, don’t use fire magic that deals shadow corrosion damage!” Nie Yan shouted in the team chat.

“Understood!” All the Elemental and Arcane Mages replied in unison, their voices shaking the sky.

Nie Yan’s sudden appearance reignited their morale!