Chapter 172: 7.10

"Because what I want is that man, XuanLake, I shall kill him for my collection!" 

"Advanced Wisp Guide!" XuanLake chanted a skill and lit up the whole cave. The previously dark and damp cave was finally bright as day, and the first thing they saw was a female on the cave ceiling. She was a beautiful woman but had a very long tongue and hissed when the bright light exposed her true appearance. 

She didn't have legs. Instead, from the waist down below, it was a long snake tail with a barbed end. Probably her deadly venom was on her tail. 

"B—Big sis Lily?!" Yunyu was astonished because this was out of his expectation at all. It was also not mentioned in the backstory that PoisonLily was actually a monster!

[S—She is a monster?!]

[Pupa: Though, not specified. But it seems so. Wait, let me appraise her status.]

'Legendary PoisonLily || Level 110 || Health 100% || Passive: Enchanting Beauty'

'Extra Information: Floor 75th Boss, Legendary PoisonLily. Often went out to kidnap unsuspecting players to loot their gear. Likes eating strong player.'

Yunyu gulped. He didn't dare to gaze upon that abomination hanging on the ceiling because PoisonLily was eyeing them like they were tasty prey. He slowly stepped back and pulled XuanLake with him, "B—Big brother Xuan, let's go…"

XuanLake stared at the legendary monster, and he had a smirk on his face, "Yunyu, try to find a hiding spot. I want to kill this thing."

"B—Brother Xuan! She is level 110! We will die!" Yunyu said desperately.

"I suggest you run, Yunyu. Because this cave has been turned into my domain, anything that dies here will not be able to respawn. This is floor 75th of Tower of God," PoisonLily said. She hissed hungrily at XuanLake, "I really want to eat him. He would be a tasty feast."

"Try," XuanLake provoked, "I will slay you and take that precious tail of yours."

XuanLake summoned two swords and activated his passive, 'Dual wield.'

PoisonLily opened her mouth, and a sword came out of her mouth. The sword oozed a black liquid that was poisonous and could kill with one slash, "I love when a man thinks he can defeat me. Their desperation tastes better!"

XuanLake and PoisonLily charged at each other with their swords. 

CLANK! 

Their swords clashed, but not long because XuanLake realized that PoisonLily's sword could easily corrode his swords. Lily's sword was not only poisonous but also had a corrosion effect. 

In less than a minute, his two swords were corroded and disappeared. XuanLake gritted his teeth, he summoned two new swords, but this time, he enchanted the swords first, "Advance Poison Resistance!" 

PoisonLily laughed, "Even that kind of resistance won't save you! Take this!" 

PoisonLily opened her mouth, and darts of poisonous needles came out of her mouth. XuanLake dodged by jumping around, but PoisonLily continued shooting the needles until some parts of the cave were destroyed. 

Xuanlake dashed towards PoisonLily, aiming for her head. 

However, PoisonLily was faster. She recoiled far and spouted venom out of her mouth. XuanLake dodged the venomous spit, but he was a bit too late. He was grazed and affected by the toxin. 

Yunyu used his own appraisal to check on XuanLake's status, 'XuanLake (Poisoned) HP 90%.' 

Yunyu also saw how XuanLake's Hp continued decreasing because of the poison, "Use your antidote!" Yunyu yelled to remind XuanLake. 

XuanLake knew that. Because his gaze started getting blurry, and his breath was heavy. He took out an antidote from his storage, but PoisonLily didn't let him. She attacked nonstop every time XuanLake wanted to take the antidote. 

The situation was getting worse as Yunyu saw that XuanLake's HP was at 50% already, "Ahahaha! Where is that pride you have before? You haven't scratch me at all, but I already take half of your HP!"

XuanLake was breathing heavily. Truthfully, he could just enter debug mode and kill this monster quickly. But debug mode contained extraordinary strength. If he accidentally destroyed the cave alongside PoisonLily, then it might also kill Yunyu for real.

XuanLake glanced at Yunyu, who was staring at him anxiously, "Run now!" XuanLake screamed. He was the one who brought Yunyu here. But in the end, he didn't want this kid to die, at least to not see him in a pathetic state.

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 15%.]

"I will not leave you alone!" Yunyu rushed towards weakened XuanLake with an antidote from his pocket. But PoisonLily shot a poisonous needle in front of Yunyu's feet, "Gyah!" Yunyu retreated because the poison needles almost hit him.

"Don't disturb me, Yunyu. You are a cute kid, but I don't need a nuisance," PoisonLily warned. 

Yunyu glared at PoisonLily. He didn't care about pretending at this point. He just didn't want XuanLake to die. But they were still in a cave. Considering the amount of damage he did with that Burning Mandala attack in the meadow, he might destroy everything and killed XuanLake if he was not careful.

Thus, Yunyu created two balls of water on his hand and chanted a spell, "Yunyu… Aqua mist!" 

From Yunyu's hand, the two balls of water swirled and created mist on the air, blurring PoisonLily's view.

"Wha—" PoisonLily could not see anything due to thick mist. She tried attacking randomly with her poisonous needle, hoping that one of it could hit XuanLake or Yunyu. But it seemed that all her attack got eaten by the mist.

"Goddamn it!" PoisonLily cursed. She used her skill to detect Yunyu and Xuan's location, "Heat Detection!"

But she still saw nothing. The mist was very thick that it obstructed anything. Not even her advanced skill could penetrate the mist. 

Yunyu rushed towards XuanLake and gave him an antidote, "Drink this, we need to run away now!" 

XuanLake, whose HP was already 25%, drank the antidote and drank a health potion to recover. He stared at Yunyu and asked, "Who are you?"

"I will tell you later. The mist will clear up soon. We need to go!" Yunyu said. He pulled XuanLake's arm and rushed to leave the huge cave.

But the mist cleared up too quickly. PoisonLily finally noticed them about to leave the cave. She grinned and slithered quickly towards the exit. She landed right in front of XuanLake and Yunyu, "You will not go anywhere!"

PoisonLily used her barbed tail and struck Yunyu and XuanLake. Yunyu jumped back to dodge, but he tripped because he was carrying XuanLake. 

"My my, Yunyu, I really don't want to hurt you, but you insist on taking my prey away," PoisonLily grinned. 

Yunyu was still recovering from the fall, but he still clenched XuanLake tightly. He gritted his teeth and yelled, "Brother Xuan is not your prey! He is a lot stronger if he wants to!"

"Really? But he looks weak compared to me~" PoisonLily taunted, "Honestly, I know that he wants to bring you here because he needs a meat shield in case of emergency. Why not make a deal then, XuanLake?"

"You can leave this place, but you should leave Yunyu with me," PoisonLily smirked, "This is your true intention, right? Why would you bring a level 30 player with you into an unknown dungeon inside Ander Forest? You know he cannot fight at all."

"N—No! Brother Xuan said that he will not sacrifice me! Right, Brother Xuan?" Yunyu turned his head on XuanLake for an answer. But XuanLake said nothing. 

Because it was the truth, he wanted to sacrifice Yunyu at first.

"… Brother Xuan?"

XuanLake had something in his mind, 'I believe PoisonLily will not eat Yunyu. She just wants to taunt me. Based on my appraisal, she likes to eat strong players and play with cute things…'

XuanLake raised his head and made up his mind. He had a plan, "I accept, let me go, and I will leave Yunyu with you."