Strategy Succeeded, Treasure Chest Unlocked!

The ferocious strength of the giant jaw spider boss directly created a huge crater where John was standing.

Luckily, John had improved his agility. With nearly 7 points of agility, he had surpassed most ordinary people and was now on par with a parkour expert.

Additionally, with the combat skills from John's memory, he could easily dodge the attacks of the giant jaw spider boss.

John created some distance and pulled out a pre-prepared mixed snake venom healing potion, throwing it at the giant jaw spider boss.

The potion bottle was smashed by the boss's chelicerae, splashing the emerald green healing potion directly onto its compound eyes.

Just as the spider boss was about to attack again, it felt something wrong with its eyes and immediately started screeching in pain, abandoning its pursuit of John and frantically scratching its eyes with its claws.

John took out a few more potions.

It seemed even the powerful mixed snake venom needed a larger dose to affect such a large creature like the giant jaw spider boss.

He once again threw away the therapeutic drug mixed with succinylcholine.

The potion hit its head and entered its body through the compound eyes, noticeably slowing the spider boss down.

Seizing the opportunity, John, with a katana in one hand and a snake venom potion in the other, quickly approached. He climbed onto the spider boss's abdomen, slashing its bristles with his katana, and swiftly moved to where the thorax meets the abdomen - its only weak spot from the front.

John gripped his katana tightly and thrust it into the gap.

With a "thud," the blade of the samurai sword plunged into it.

A large amount of black blood spurted out. John bit open another vial of snake venom and shoved it directly into the wound.

The spider boss started shaking violently, its nerve center located just under the thorax, and the potent neurotoxin in the mixed snake venom quickly took effect.

John leaped down from its back, creating a safe distance.

Black viscous liquid began oozing from the spider boss's fierce mouth, its internal organs melting from the snake venom, clearly the effect of the Fine-scale Serpent's potent poison.

The healing potion mixed with the venom accelerated the spread of the poison.

In just half a minute, the spider boss's struggles became sluggish.

The red light in its numerous compound eyes gradually faded. Like a puppet with its strings cut, it lay motionless on the ground.

[Killed the giant jaw spider boss, gained 200 experience points]

[Leveled up to 3]

[Attribute Point +1, Skill Point +1]

[Current Experience: 40/300 points]

John approached the spider boss's corpse and activated his talent skill: Toxin Extraction.

[Gained giant jaw spider boss venom x1, spider compound eyes x8, spider bristles x64, spider venom fangs x4]

John looked at the items that had dropped from the monster, now stored in his system inventory. After awakening, he gained a storage space where collected items were automatically stored.

He invested the newly acquired skill points into the healing potion.

[Grade C Healing Potion +1---->+2]

[Cooldown reduced by 1 hour]

[Current cooldown: 22 hours 42 minutes]

John closed the system panel and continued deeper into the cave.

Soon, he found a treasure chest on a circular altar at the very end of the cave.

This chest, guarded by the boss within the portal to another world, could easily be obtained after defeating the boss. Rumor has it that some top-tier stealth players could even steal the chest without alerting the boss.

However, such theft often incites the wrath of the portal's boss and, with larger portals appearing later on, could lead to massive disturbances. Hence, this kind of action was strictly forbidden.

John opened the treasure chest to find a pair of boots glowing with a faint blue light.

[Congratulations, you have obtained—Boots of Agility]

[Item Name: Boots of Agility]

[Quality: Common]

[Attributes: Agility +2]

[Special Effects: None]

[Description: A pair of ordinary boots that can be found anywhere. They have a strange smell. Who knows how often their last owner washed their feet.]

Item quality is divided into Common, Fine, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythic six levels.

This ordinary quality prop only provides 2 agility points and no special effects. It is a equipment only worn by beginners.

John wrinkled his nose, faintly smelling something foul, distinct even in the dank cave.

But boots can indeed provide 2-point attributes. Although they only have 2 points, they are still crucial in the early stages.

"Ding, test for toxic substances. Do you want to extract them?"

John's lips twitched, thankful he hadn't immediately put on the boots.

Activating his talent skill Toxin Extraction again, the light on the boots flashed, and wisps of black smoke were collected.

[Gained: Athlete's Foot Fungus]

John was surprised. He hadn't expected this fungus to be extractable.

What effect would it have if mixed into a healing potion?

Based on current experiments, the active agents in the healing potion would stimulate the toxin to act quickly. The same should apply to bacteria and fungi. He decided to test the effects when he had the chance.

John stored the Boots of Agility in his system backpack, sighing softly, "The early stages of the portals to other worlds are too simple, and the rewards are too meager…"

John was eager to become stronger, perhaps a bit too impatient. He had to take it step by step. With only one potion left, he wasn't equipped for a new battle. He decided to wait until the cooldown of the healing potion ended.

He put his baseball cap back on, pulling the brim down to cover his face, and headed towards the portal to the other world.

John stepped out of the portal, and the space around him fluctuated. Soon, he was back in the mall. The black energy door behind him began to collapse, shrinking back into the energy sphere it had been before.

The floating energy sphere dulled and gradually lost its glow, falling to the ground. After successfully conquering the portal to another world, the energy sphere turned into an [Awakening Crystal]. It was a very precious item.

John bent down to pick it up, quickening his pace to leave.

The early portals to other worlds were relatively easy, but the awakeners were also newbies, making it somewhat challenging.

For instance, to clear a C-grade giant jaw spider cave without any injuries, it would require a team of more than seven experienced awakeners.

Before his rebirth, John was one of the top six-tier awakeners among humans, with combat experience that couldn't just be described as rich—it was as deep as the ocean.

Even without awakening as a Poison Master, facing the giant jaw spider boss, John could have killed it with some effort, just not as quickly.

John entered the last stall of the bathroom on the second floor of the mall, stood on the toilet, and pushed open the ceiling above to retrieve a golf club bag he had stashed there earlier.

He quickly changed into a new set of clothes, swapped his baseball cap for a mask, and packed the blood-stained clothes into the bag, adding five-centimeter insoles to his shoes.

He was almost unrecognizable now, even to those who had just seen him.

Then, John exited the bathroom, entered the emergency passage, and made his way to the underground parking lot, stuffing the golf club bag into the trunk of his car.

He got into the driver's seat, started the car, and headed for the exit.

As John approached the exit of the parking garage, he found it already surrounded by police.

A police officer stopped the car, signaling for him to roll down the window: "Good evening, sir. May I ask why you didn't come out during the evacuation just now?"

"I got separated from my girlfriend, and I couldn't get through to her phone. I was worried she might be in danger, so I stayed near the car waiting for her." John explained.

The officer pointed to a police booth nearby: "If your girlfriend is missing, please go over there to report it."

"No need, I just got in touch with her. She's safe, so I came out," John said, looking directly at the officer with sincere eyes, not showing any sign of lying.

"That's good to hear. But for standard checks, please cooperate with us to ensure no one took advantage of the situation to steal anything from the mall," another officer approached, leaning in to check the car's interior and backseat, making sure there were no suspicious items or packages.

He then gestured towards the trunk,

"Sir, could you open the trunk for us to take a look?"