My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 301: Cleansing Affixes

Early the next morning.

"When our tribe moved here, we discovered this cave. However, it is filled with poisonous gas, deadly upon contact, and ordinary people find it difficult to approach. I advise you to be careful, sir."

Wenfu pointed to a deep cave ahead and said.

Although the group was only outside the cave, they could see yellowish-brown mist drifting inside.

Li Rui walked to the cave entrance, and his sense of danger immediately sounded the alarm; this poisonous mist was indeed formidable.

"Be careful, sir."

Wenfu spoke again, "Once, a member of our tribe practiced detoxification and anti-corrosion techniques and insisted on entering the cave despite the risks. I advised against it, but he insisted, and after entering the cave, he never returned."

Li Rui said, "No worries, I have a way to deal with it."

He walked to the cave entrance, checked the situation inside, and then said, "Everyone, please wait for a moment. I’ll be back soon."

With that, he didn’t wait for a response and dashed into the cave with determined strides.

"Wait, sir!"

Wenfu and Yuan Erliang were shocked and tried to stop him, but it was too late; his figure had already disappeared.

With the Blue Silver Lamp Ring illuminating his path, Li Rui dashed inside, feeling the poisonous gas eroding his body; its power was significant.

Poison Barrier, activate.

He first used the skill of the manager’s coat to enhance his poison resistance, which significantly reduced the erosion efficiency of the gas.

He continued to run forward, realizing that the cave entrance was perilous, so much so that even he could hardly withstand it. It was narrow and deep, and he didn’t know how long it extended; relying solely on the Poison Barrier wouldn’t be enough.

Moreover, at this moment, the poison had entered his body and was starting to damage his bodily functions.

However, Li Rui remained unflustered because he activated the Sustained Life skill.

After upgrading to a basic level, this skill’s duration was extended to 20 seconds. Once activated, it immediately began repairing the corroded body.

Using Reviving Peach Mist wouldn’t achieve the same effect because that skill was mainly for healing external injuries, beneficial for group recovery but not very effective against elemental damage.

In contrast, Sustained Life was a comprehensive recovery; it could restore any damage to himself, though it required a high mana cost and had a cooldown period.

Fortunately, Li Rui had high spirit attributes, a long mana bar, and various means, so he wasn’t afraid of consumption.

Thumping along, he dashed forward for another minute and a half. By this time, Sustained Life had entered cooldown, and the poison began to corrode his body again. If not for his robust physique, he would have collapsed by now.

Yet he wasn’t worried, for he had a potion on his person that increased his poison resistance by 80%. He obtained this Epic Level item at Peach Blossom Spring and had never had the chance to use it—until now, serving as his ultimate trump card in entering this place.

Before he needed to resort to using the item, the path turned, and he reached the end of the cave.

In the poison-filled space, there was a piece of yellow paper floating in mid-air, seemingly a type of talisman. Clearly, this was the treasure of this place.

Li Rui didn’t have time to look closely. He grabbed the object and stuffed it into his inventory before activating Time Reversal.

He returned to his position nine seconds earlier, still in the middle of the poisonous cave, and not yet out of danger.

However, the miraculous thing about this Time Reversal skill was that, upon returning to a previous state, it only failed to reset its own cooldown, while other skills could be reset. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

So he reactivated Sustained Life and dashed toward the exit.

Thumping along!

Finally, Li Rui emerged from the poisonous cave.

Yuan Erliang leaped for joy, chirping excitedly, while Wenfu was left speechless in shock.

"In and out of such a perilous place completely unscathed? Truly superhuman; I am beyond impressed."

Li Rui modestly exchanged a few words before having time to check the item in his inventory.

[Polarity Transformation Refining Talisman.]

[Quality: Special.]

[Effect: Resets an equipment attribute to random. (3/3)]

He was overjoyed; indeed, the Secret Realm battlefield had such special items, and he found it so quickly.

He didn’t rush to use it, as there were others around him.

"I initially doubted when you claimed to have single-handedly slain the Yangmo Cauldron; perhaps there was some exaggeration. But now I see I underestimated you. Shame on me."

Wenfu then led the group back to the cavern, drank, ate, rested, and prepared supplies before seeing Li Rui off.

"Who knows when we shall meet again after this farewell. Take care, sir."

"You too, Master of the Cave, take care."

After bidding farewell to the cultural demon, Li Rui continued on his northward journey, accompanied by dozens of people from the cave.

It wasn’t until the Herculean mounted him and Yuan Erliang resumed their run through the forest that he finally had the chance to study the refining of attributes.

The Blood Soul Ring was now legendary equipment with two useless attributes: one enhanced the spell effects of the Blood Evil Sect, and the other was an attribute.

After some thought, the attribute boosted physique, spirit, and erosion—three aspects in total. The first two were useful, but the last wasn’t; replacing it would mean rerolling all three together, which wasn’t worthwhile.

So he decided to first get rid of the Blood Evil Sect attribute, as it was unlikely he’d ever learn those spells.

He removed the ring, covered it with the yellow talisman paper, and selected the refining option, focusing on the second attribute.

[Special Effect: Blood Evil Sect spell effects increased by 10%.]

[Replace with random new attribute?]

Yes.

[Gained new special effect: Increased sharp weapon damage by 8%.]

Useless, but since the talisman allowed for three uses, Li Rui tried again.

[Gained new special effect: Healing skills increased by 9%.]

Hmm.....

This effect was passable, but the problem was that Li Rui wasn’t a dedicated healer; it was useful, but not very.

"Could it be that I’m just too unlucky, unable to roll a good attribute?"

Glancing at Yuan Erliang, who was fast asleep in the basket, Li Rui shook him awake.

"Hold this ring."

The little monkey demon was clueless but obeyed.

Then Li Rui covered the talisman on his hand and selected the attribute again.

[Gained new special effect: Spell Penetration +10%.]

"Hahaha! Well done!"

The yellow paper turned to ash, but Li Rui was overjoyed.

The spell penetration attribute was extremely useful. Previously, a Great Fire Bell Spell didn’t reduce the tough-skinned Xuan Hong to ashes; now, it would be different.

Moreover, the stronger the enemy, the higher the resistance, making penetration effects more pronounced.

Although Yuan Erliang didn’t understand what had just happened, he also hopped around joyfully.

Satisfied, Li Rui eagerly anticipated what other treasures this giant island might contain.

"Sir."

At that moment, the Herculean suddenly stopped. "Once we pass through this valley, we’ll arrive at East Wangze State."

Upon hearing this, Li Rui immediately said, "Don’t rush. Find a suitable place to stop. I’ll scout ahead."

So the Herculean stopped on a secluded path by the valley.

"Rest here while I scout the path ahead."

Carrying Yuan Erliang, Li Rui deftly maneuvered through the forest. With his animal instincts, he avoided detection by wild beasts and solitary members of the demon race. After exiting the valley, he reached a wooded area where he spotted a large tree with a mark carved in its base.

Delighted, he recognized it as a Dragon Country gathering mark, indicating not only friendly presence nearby but also pointing the way forward.

"Come on! Forward!"

Li Rui returned to fetch the Herculean, then continued northward.