Lu Jun and the others were assigned under the second-in-command of the Pushini army, Wangkos.
This stern military officer had little regard for "greenhouse flowers." If not for Commander Fenna's direct instructions, he would never have dispatched them to restrain the Poison Gold Mummy clans, who posed a grave threat to the army.
At this moment, the vast army had already advanced to ten li outside the mirage pyramid, only to be blocked by masses of undead spread across several hills.
The main army mages launched a frontal assault on the principal hilltop, while the National Institute Team circled around the hillside, tasked with handling the Poison Gold Mummies positioned midway.
Guan Yu complained: "Damn it, we just arrived and they shove us straight into the most dangerous spot, against the nastiest enemies. Do they even treat us as human?!"
"No need to think, this was arranged by the national instructors."
Lu Jun spoke calmly, casting him a faint glance. "If you have grievances, tell them directly."
Once those words fell, certain members of the squad fell silent.
The group stepped onto the slope, gazing upward. The yellowish land was blanketed with a wide expanse of golden-green, glimmering and rippling under the sunlight, layer upon layer, vast and magnificent.
It was none other than the Poison Gold Mummy clans, arrayed neatly like wooden stakes in a phalanx, nailed to the ground in slumber. A foul stench mixed with dense venom spread across the air.
The moment the National Institute Team intruded upon this domain, the mummies suddenly awakened. Their crimson eyes snapped open, emitting sharp, shrill cries.
Every Poison Gold Mummy was a Commander-level elite fiend. Hundreds of them scattered across the hillside. These creatures were cunning, never engaging mages head-on. In combat, they always cast their poisonous magic from afar.
Woooooo!
At once, the Poison Gold Mummies collectively opened their mouths, spewing out a vast wave of thick venomous mist, glowing golden-green, rolling like smoke and dust. It surged downward from above, sweeping in like a monstrous tide, irresistible and overwhelming.
The Poisonous Tide was terrifying in power, its toxins dread-inducing. Wherever it passed, forests, mountains, and lands were submerged, grasses withered, the earth cracked yellow and dry, all life suffocated!
Nan Jue quickly reminded: "Careful!"
Lu Jun and Zhao Manyan were instantly alert, hurriedly drawing the Star Constellations of the Advanced-level Water Element. One after another, Water Curtain Heaven Domes rose up, soaring dozens of meters high, magnificent and grand.
One manifested as a pitch-black, heavy Iron Wall, gleaming with metallic luster. The other shone in pure azure blue, crystalline as gems, inscribed with faint totemic patterns. Judging by aura alone, it was scarcely weaker than the first.
Rumble!!
The golden-green toxic tide crashed violently against the two towering Water Curtain Heaven Domes, producing sizzling corrosive sounds.
The azure crystalline water wall quickly corroded halfway through, its entirety tainted into golden-green poisonous water. Only the Water Curtain Heaven Dome condensed from the Soul Seed, Dark Matter Heavy Water, remained immovable and towering. Every droplet was as solid as black steel, firmly withstanding the venomous tide.
The National Institute members' faces hardened. Guan Yu frowned, saying: "We've blocked it, but how do we even strike the mummies?"
"I have a way, follow me in!"
Seeing this, Lu Jun recalled something, and released his own armor magic equipment. A suit of lofty, sinister, dark-cyan battle armor spread over his body. Snake-scale-like plates unfurled inch by inch, layering seamlessly, its streamlined curves resembling the body of a dragon-serpent.
This was a High-grade Magic Equipment, the Profound Serpent Armor, endowed with the totem serpent's ability of immunity to all poisons. Save for the world's rarest and most exotic toxins, all others could be rendered harmless.
This magic equipment, refined over such a long time, was finally showing its worth.
Before, he had hardly needed defensive equipment. Whether with Water Element, Space Element, or even Metal Element, he already possessed defensive techniques.
Yet facing the Poison Gold Mummies now, Lu Jun realized he still had one shortcoming—insufficient resistance to toxins. With the Profound Serpent Armor, combined with the physical resilience of his four-stage Blood Qi cultivation, ordinary poisons posed little threat.
But if he were struck with a terrifying exotic venom, that would be troublesome. He would have to call upon the divine healers of Parthenon Temple.
"Unless at the fourth Awakening of Super-level I draw into Light Element or Healing Element, there's no point in hoping for detoxification abilities."
Lu Jun shook his head, not believing his luck would be so rotten as to encounter such an enemy. Once his physique improved further, reaching the Ninth Stage of Blood Qi, it would suffice.
For now, at least, the toxins of Commander-level Poison Gold Mummies were no unsolvable problem.
Thus, donning the Profound Serpent Armor, he plunged headlong into the mountains and plains of venomous fog.
Mo Fan was dumbstruck. The toxins he himself had to avoid at all costs—Lu Jun was outright immune to?!
Just as Lu Jun charged into the vast sea of gold-green poisonous mist, a soft magnetic female voice cried out from below, "That man from China, wait a moment! How could you rush into the Poison Gold Mummies' toxic formation like this?"
Hearing this, Lu Jun frowned slightly and looked down toward the mountain's base.
Several pure and holy female mages stood there. They were dressed in white gowns, spotless, with an extraordinary aura. Though on the battlefield, they looked like merciful white-clad angels, each of them guarded loyally by a knight at their side.
They were the Parthenon trainee maidens. According to the hierarchy of the temple, they were the lowest-ranked members, sent to suffer in places like this.
Even so, the Egyptian military still valued them greatly. In order to deal with the Poison Gold Mummy tribe, they had specially transferred the scarce Parthenon female mages to cooperate with the Chinese National Team's operations. Even Xin Xia was among them.
Lu Jun saw that the one calling out was a Parthenon female mage with a gentle appearance. Under the fitted white gown, slender branches bore rich fruit.
Immediately, he lost interest in her words and ferociously led the charge. The poison of mere Commander-level monsters could not stop him.
That woman stomped her foot, muttering, "He just won't listen."
Afterwards, she sketched one constellation after another, intricate and exquisite stars intertwining. Emerald green, pale gold, blazing white—all kinds of radiances flashed brilliantly.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Halfway up the mountain, just as Lu Jun was about to rush into the Poison Gold Mummies' formation, suddenly beams of light fell from the sky, covering him from head to toe. Vast streams of magical energy surged into his body.
High-level Healing Magic—[Aquarius Ewer]
High-level Light Magic—[Holy Word ]!
Mid-level Blessing Magic— [ Empower]!
Lu Jun was first enveloped by the emerald-green radiance brimming with the aura of life. Behind him, an Aquarius star map intertwined vividly, as though he carried on his back a jade-green vessel, with endless vitality constantly nourishing his limbs and bones, refreshing his spirit.
Then, brilliant golden radiance sprinkled down, countless threads like fine feathers weaving together, layering over the dark-ink Snake Armor with an additional robe of glazed light-feather brilliance. It carried awe-inspiring sanctity and forcefully repelled the poisonous mist around him.
At the moment of descent, the intense purifying force even caused the gold-green poisonous mist within dozens of meters to flare violently, clearing away into clean, colorless, scentless air.
Finally came the profound blazing white—the power of benediction—placing a noble, pure halo over Lu Jun, expelling the toxins. The poison that did seep in weakened greatly.
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