My health recovery is incredibly fast.

But Xia Zuo doesn't need to go through that trouble.

He is a poison alchemist.

If you want to precisely eliminate a few targets within a large group, Shazor is far more adept than the Witcher and the shopkeeper's mage.

This requires the use of a trigger-based lethal toxin.

This type of toxin is prepared in duplicate, one as a trigger and the other as a latency agent.

Latent agents are transmitted through air, water, and food. Once inhaled or ingested by a target, they remain dormant in the body for an extended period without causing any adverse effects. Once the incubation period ends, the agent disintegrates and becomes ineffective.

The trigger is administered via injection, oral administration, or the Crimson Curse. When combined with the latent agent, it forms a highly toxic substance that kills the target within seconds.

Xia Zuo avoided the Stonejaw Monster mage and used his cloud form to wander around the Stonejaw Monster's cave for two days, collecting enough Stonejaw Monster creature materials.

He set up a temporary shelter south of the glacier, an ice cave hidden beneath the snow.

Xia Zuo took out a portable alchemy device from his folded pocket and spent three days analyzing the collected Stonejaw Monster biological materials to identify a compound toxin that was highly toxic to the Stonejaw Monster.

He went full steam ahead, immersing himself in the art of poison making.

In the end, they obtained hundreds of bottles of highly concentrated luring agent, along with 10 corresponding bottles of triggering agent.

The wind direction above the frozen lake is extremely chaotic, with gales from all directions converging here, hissing and clashing with each other.

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Releasing a latent agent aerosol on a frozen lake is not a good option.

Moreover, the luring agent mist has a very faint toxic glow, which may be detected by the Stonejaw Monster Mage.

After much thought, Xia Zuo came up with a good idea.

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The Stonejaw Monster eats fish from the icy lake year-round.

It's time to give them a change of pace.

Xia Zuo took a detour to the forest east of the frozen lake and captured more than a dozen large, mutated giant bears.

These mutated giant bears have a layer of fat as thick as three fingers, and the yellowish-brown fat, after processing, can be used as candles.

The meat of the mutated giant bear has different textures and tastes depending on the part of the animal, and humans can only eat a few parts.

But in the eyes of the Stonejaw Monster, the entire body of the demonized giant bear is food.

Every time Xia Zuo catches a demonized giant bear, he injects the latent agent into various parts of the bear in dozens of doses, ensuring that every layer of flesh and fat, inside and out, is covered with the latent agent.

He drove the mutated giant bear, which he had already dealt with, toward the frozen lake.

The Stonejaw Monsters easily discovered the group of wounded, mutated giant bears and used sheer numbers to hunt them down.

The Stonejawed Monster Mage also made his move.

Five Stonejaw Monster mages stood together, protected by Stonejaw Monster guards.

They raised their stone staffs and summoned five frozen earth golems.

These five puppets were twice the height of humans, and billowing cold air emanated from their white shells.

The Stonejawed Mage controlled his frozen earth golems to charge into the center of the battlefield and fight against the wounded and berserk demonic giant bear.

Xia Zuo witnessed the power of the frozen earth golem for the first time. The golem was far more agile than it appeared, and its series of difficult moves, such as running and jumping, high jumps and slams, and rolling and dodging, were incredibly smooth.

The frozen golem's thick fists slammed into the snow, leaving large patches of frosty white earth.

The fierce and swift figure immediately put Xia Zuo on guard.

No wonder Rexor specifically emphasized in the intelligence report that the Stonejaw Mage must not be allowed to summon the Frozen Golem.

Xia Zuo secretly rejoiced that he had not chosen to confront them head-on.

The Stonejaw Monster successfully killed the demonized giant bear, at the cost of more than 30 lives.

They transported the corpses of their own kind back to the frozen lake to process them together with the carcasses of the demonized giant bears.

Remove the tendons, peel off the skin, remove the fat, and cut the meat into chunks.

Air-dried meat chunks, rendered fat into candles, and used tendons and hides to make leather garments and short bows.

Everything is developing in the direction Xia Zuo had predicted.

The toxic glow emanating from the fat and flesh of the demonized giant bear did not arouse the suspicion of the Stonejawed Monster Mage.

It's perfectly normal for monsters to have toxins in their bodies.

After disposing of the giant bear and its companions' corpses, the Stonejaw Monsters began to celebrate the harvest.

They lit candles made from bear fat on the shores of the frozen lake and inside caves.

The warm firelight illuminated their writhing figures.

Fragrant (for the Stonejaw Monster only) bear meat skewers are freshly baked from a simple earthen oven.

Xia Zuo lay prostrate on a nearby hilltop, his eyes gleaming with a faint, emerald light.

Watching the Stonejaw Monsters devour the giant bear meat rich in luring agents, watching the thin mist produced by the burning candles being inhaled by the Stonejaw Monsters…

Xia Zuo smiled with satisfaction.

The Stonejaw Monsters are a bunch of simple-minded, incredibly resourceful humanoid monsters. They managed to infect their entire race with the Latent Agent Toxin in just one day.

The first phase of Xia Zuo's plan has been officially completed.

Now, it's time to move on to the next stage. (Important note: If readers cannot open the old domain txt80.com, they can access this site through the alternative domain 8080txt.com.)

Chapter 96 Crimson Poison

The stone-jawed monsters were reveling in the cave, and heavy breathing began to emerge from their boisterous cheers.

As a race of monsters with a strong desire to reproduce, the first thing they do after eating and drinking their fill is pretty much the same: they mate with great effort, fall down panting, and then fall into a deep sleep.

Xia Zuo waited quietly for the right opportunity.

He temporarily withdrew his gaze from the appalling scene and returned to his ice cave to prepare.

What methods are used to inject or administer triggers to specific targets?

Xia Zuo has a brilliant idea.

He hand-drew a map of the Stonejaw Monster's cave.

The combination of Blood Servant and Crimson Poison Curse is perfect for the current situation.

He currently has 50 points of [Spirit], which is equivalent to 200 Spirit slots.

There are 100 small elements and 1 large element in the ocean of spirits, currently occupying 110 spirit slots.

The spiritual medium that carries knowledge of bait occupies 40 spiritual slots.

The remaining 50 spirit slots are idle.

That is, there are about 12 points of mental attribute value, which Xia Zuo can freely allocate.

He plans to create 10 Blood Element Minions, each responsible for a section of the Stonejaw Cave.

First, mark the target with Blood Minions, then clear the target area by area.

During this process, the Blood Element servants will reclaim [Vitality] on behalf of Xia Zuo – Xia Zuo has experimented with this and it is indeed feasible.

Xia Zuo spent some time, using a revival potion, to create 10 Blood Element Minions with 200 HP each, numbered 1 to 10.

He controlled 10 minions, who flew out of the ice cave together and braved the cold wind to enter the cave of the Stonejaw Monster.

The Blood Element servants flew close to the cave ceiling, arriving at the designated location in half an hour, and locked onto all targets with Blood Element markings.

After confirming that most of the stone-jawed monsters in the cave were asleep, Xia Zuo began to set up the magic array for the Crimson Poison Ritual.

【Crimson Poison Curse】As a high-level spell exclusive to poison alchemists, it has a strange spell activation principle, hidden spell fluctuations, and casting conditions that ignore spatial and geographical restrictions.

All of this requires the cooperation of the Crimson Poison Array; otherwise, Xia Zuo would be unable to accurately locate the target of the spell, causing the spell to unexpectedly backfire and bring the curse upon himself.

Xia Zuo poured the trigger into an open porcelain jar, immersed his left hand in the venom of the trigger, and gently pressed the magic circle on the table with his right hand.

He activated [Toxin Sensing] and watched the changes in the light on the magic circle.

A nearly transparent ring floats directly above the magic circle.

The trigger venom flowed into Xia Zuo's left palm, and countless tiny green specks floated out from Xia Zuo's right hand.

These green dots of light floated slowly upwards and were swallowed by the transparent ring.

Xia Zuo focused his attention on the perspective of Blood Element Servant No. 1.

He manipulated the servant to come to the first target.

This is a stone-jawed monster curled up on its side, fast asleep while hugging the leg bone of a giant bear.

Servant Number 1 burrowed between his nostrils, scattering a handful of green light like a moth flapping its wings.

Next, Minion Number 1 flew towards another target.

Repeat this step more than ten times until the first area is completely covered in toxicity.

Everything proceeded silently, without alerting any of the stone-jawed monsters.

Xia Zuo raised his right hand and wrote down the current time in the notebook next to the magic circle.

[20:14 PM.]

Based on observations over the past few days, the Stonejaw Monster's cave patrol team starts from the leader's residence deep inside the cave and ends at the cave entrance.

Every half hour, a patrol team would set off, conduct a round of patrols within 30 minutes, and then return to the camp next to the chief's residence.

The previous patrol ended 2 minutes ago.

Theoretically, the patrol team might not discover the dead body until 28 minutes later.

Xia Zuo still has plenty of time.

He glanced at the perspective of Servant Number 1.

The dozen or so stone-jawed monsters that had been given the trigger were twitching slightly, reaching out and grabbing wildly as if having a nightmare, making gurgling whimpering sounds from their throats.