He glanced down at it.

The cracked and warped floor tiles beneath his feet were covered with a layer of dark, fungal-like substance, like an indelible stain, which began to spread to his body.

The surface of the boots that came into contact with it quickly became old and peeling, as if it hadn't been washed for months.

During this process, the boots' durability also drops rapidly.

At the current speed.

Three minutes at most.

His newly acquired Lost Hunter boots will soon be completely ruined.

The same dark substance also fell from above, staining his body. Under the corrosive influence of this strange substance, the natural damage rate of his equipment increased a thousandfold in an instant.

I realized this.

Su Bai immediately removed the devil mask and the cleansing pendant.

He wouldn't feel bad even if the Demon-Sealing Holy Sword was destroyed, since all his stats came from the Soul Fusion Defense Tower. Equipment that simply increased his panel attributes was dispensable to him.

Equipment with special abilities, such as the Devil Mask, is extremely rare, with only a handful available throughout the entire game, making it exceptionally valuable.

As for the Primordial Light Demon Blade...

If this top-tier magical artifact were to break so easily, the four sages, who are demigods, wouldn't have gone to such lengths to simply seal it away.

"The darkness before my eyes may just be an illusion preventing me from escaping..."

Su Bai fell into deep thought.

Having already clearly learned that this illusion was a deadly trap set by humans, he had to make counterintuitive deductions for every choice he faced.

Since he instinctively fears the darkness and the unknown.

The more this is explained, the more it becomes clear.

The darker the place, the more likely there is an escape route.

“But… even if we escape, we’ll still have to face those three guys, and our chances of survival are slim.” Su Bai took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. “Why don’t we look for any usable items in this room?”