Chapter 109: Toxic Potions! Wilderness! |
After some research, from the dozen or so artificial toxins in front of him, Leo managed to analyze the formulas of only three.
It was obvious that these three were Tier 1 toxic potions, while the others had likely already surpassed Tier 1.
He would need to raise his Alchemy level to the corresponding tier before he could analyze them.
“These three Tier 1 toxins—one is the hallucinogenic Dream Phantasm Potion, one is the skin-targeting Numbing Wind Poison, and one is the Gut-Piercing Poison that causes diarrhea and dehydration.”
Leo immediately deduced the formulas and preparation methods of these three toxins in his mind.
As Tier 1 toxic potions, their compositions were not complicated.
Moreover, one caused hallucinations, one caused skin numbness and itching, and one was essentially a laxative.
It seemed that the effectiveness of these three Tier 1 toxic potions was not particularly strong.
Additionally, for knights and Quasi-Knights who had mastered the Breathing Technique, their physiques far surpassed ordinary people. These Tier 1 toxic potions would have little effect on them.
Only then could he analyze higher-tier toxin formulas.
Clearly, Lady Manta had no idea that Leo possessed the ability to directly analyze potion formulas through observation.
“After you prepare them, you can test them on mice. But remember—after using them, the mice must be burned.”
After speaking, Lady Manta handed the key directly to Leo and quickly left the Potion Laboratory.
Clearly, after Leo had assisted her in producing a Tier 3 potion, she now trusted him greatly.
Meanwhile, Leo took advantage of this opportunity to quickly push the final bit of his 【Alchemy】 experience.
“Then I’ll start by preparing a Tier 1 Dream Phantasm Potion.”
Leo quickly returned to his room to begin potion-making.
However, the moment he entered his room, he first activated the Shared State.
Along the way, his eagle had been tracking those wilderness knights.
Every so often, Leo would activate the Shared State to check on the situation. As long as he activated it, the Tracking experience would steadily increase.
At the same time, Leo marked their movements on the map beside him.
Those wilderness knights avoided official roads and had now plunged deep into a forest.
After exiting the Shared State, Leo began making potions.
“The Dream Phantasm Potion requires Ancient Vine Flower, mercury, red sand stone…”
Leo took out the corresponding materials and carefully ground them in a mortar.
By the next day, Leo looked at his panel.
【Alchemy (Green) Level 2 1/100 (Spirit +0.2, able to prepare Tier 2 potions)】
This skill had finally reached Level 2.
Leo’s Spirit Attribute had also increased to 1.7.
After the increase in Spirit Attribute, Leo felt especially refreshed, and the mental fatigue caused by potion-making was greatly alleviated.
After this day, Leo had already produced all three Tier 1 toxic potions he had analyzed.
Immediately afterward, he returned to the Potion Laboratory and took out the sealed box.
Opening it, Leo carefully examined the remaining potions one by one.
As expected, after his 【Alchemy】 skill reached Level 2, he successfully analyzed five more Tier 2 toxins.
Leo first picked up a blue glass test tube.
“Tier 2 toxin—Poseidon’s Tears. Possesses a powerful suffocation effect. Those below the Knight Realm will slowly suffocate to death after ingestion.”
Leo’s eyes widened instantly.
The very first toxin gave him a surprise.
Poseidon’s Tears.
He didn’t know who had named it, but it sounded incredibly domineering!
Suffocation to death—this was good!
However, upon further thought, Leo quickly frowned.
“Required materials: purple coral, deep-sea merfolk oil, violet rock ore…” Leo was immediately stumped by the first two ingredients.
These materials seemed to come from the sea—completely unavailable in inland areas like Blackstone City.
“At least I’ve mastered one toxin formula.” Leo set down the bottle of Poseidon’s Tears and continued examining the others.
“Tier 2 toxin—Crimson Rose’s Lament. Seems to target males. After ingestion, once aroused, the lower body experiences intense stabbing pain, rendering them incapable of intercourse. Effective below Mid-tier Knight.”
“Th-this… what kind of vicious female poison master came up with this… Looks like she must’ve been deeply hurt by a man to create something so cruel.” Leo felt somewhat speechless.
However, he had most of the materials for this one.
It was just that the effect wasn’t very satisfying.
It was more for torment than killing.
And it had a specific condition—the target had to feel desire.
Leo continued.
“Tier 2 Sunset Dusk—a slow-acting poison. Its effect varies by realm. For Quasi-Knights, continuous ingestion for one month leads to death. For those in the Knight Realm, it requires half a year of continuous ingestion before death occurs.”
“Tier 2 Withering of Hundred Herbs—after ingestion, directly attacks internal organs, causing loss of digestive function. Those without the Breathing Technique cannot resist it—tasting it leads to death. Ineffective against those above the Knight Realm.”
“Tier 2 Endless Torrent—a powerful laxative. Ineffective against those above the Knight Realm.”
Leo examined each toxin in turn.
Things were not as smooth as he had imagined.
Each of these five toxins had different effects.
Comparing them with the materials he currently possessed—
Among all the Tier 2 toxins, he could only produce three for now: Endless Torrent, Crimson Rose’s Lament, and Sunset Dusk.
But the first two could not directly kill.
The third, Sunset Dusk, was too slow.
Especially for knights—it required half a year of continuous ingestion… In his previous life, someone might have already died from eating gutter oil for half a year.
After weighing his options, Leo ultimately chose Crimson Rose’s Lament.
“When the Kingdom Merchant Caravan arrives later, I’ll find a way to acquire the materials for the other toxic potions.”
Leo felt that toxic potions in this world weren’t particularly powerful.
In martial arts novels from his previous life, many powerful warriors would die from a single dose of poison.
But these Tier 2 toxins were mostly ineffective against those above the Knight Realm.
“It seems using poison to deal with knights is quite difficult.” Leo reconsidered—he also needed to break through to the Knight Realm as soon as possible.
At that time, he would be able to use Black Aura Coating, and his resistance to poison would increase significantly—a qualitative leap.
While crafting poison, he continued gathering intelligence on those wilderness knights.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
Since those bastards dared to target his territory, he would let them understand what it meant to touch a dragon’s reverse scale.
“Hmm…” Leo felt that after spending so much time with Eve Sova, he had unknowingly picked up her bad habit of showing off.
Better to stay low-key, develop steadily, and proceed step by step—he shouldn’t learn from her.
“Time to start saving money.”
Leo took out the twenty silver coins he currently had, stuffed them into an envelope, and locked it in the drawer.
He hadn’t expected his family’s financial situation to be this dire.
Now that he had the ability, he had to help his father share the burden.
Or eliminate the burden altogether.
……
In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.
Night fell, deep within the dense forest along the wasteland border.
Among the shadowy trees, a massive ancient tree stood like a giant hand pressed down upon the earth.
Its trunk was seven to eight meters wide, resembling a towering structure.
With a creak, a wooden door in the trunk suddenly opened, and crimson candlelight spilled out.
“Damn it! You stupid pig! You stink to hell. Do you believe I’ll shove my sword into your filthy fat ass!”
A curse rang out, and the short, chubby attendant was kicked straight out of the doorway.
His pants were soaked, stained yellow, and emitted a foul stench.
His stomach had been uncomfortable for a while.
He had felt like passing gas—but instead, he had soiled himself.
The pockmarked attendant climbed up from the ground, muttering curses. “Damn it, what’s going on lately? First I kept getting heart pains, and now I’ve got diarrhea.”
As he muttered, his eyes rolled. “Damn it… could it be something wrong with the food and drink at the brothel?”
After getting paid earlier, he had gone to the nearby wasteland town to have some fun.
But just as things were about to begin, a sudden pain struck.
In the end, he spent the money but got nothing done.
After going back and forth for a while, he finally ate some bread and returned.
Thinking about it made him furious.
And now he had just been kicked out by his knight master, leaving him even more resentful. Tugging at his waistband, he grabbed the flask at his waist and took a swig.