Soul Collision

It's possible that Lister's rank was lower, or perhaps he had a past grudge against Roland, which made him not the first target of the Soul-Devouring Spider's attack.

The attack was primarily directed at Roland, with a giant, barbed limb plunging straight Roland his chest.

This time, however, things didn't go as planned. A hint of disdain flashed across Roland's face as his body instantly entered photon form.

The giant arthropod pierced through Roland's body, embedding itself into the rocky cave floor along the underground skeleton.

Photon-transformed Roland cannot be harmed by simple physical attacks.

Seeing this, the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother did not detach its massive limbs.

Beneath his cold face, a slight smile played at the corners of his lips, and his eyes held the same disdain and sarcasm.

This made Roland's heart tighten, and alarm bells rang immediately.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The human face pattern on the swollen abdomen of the mother body Twist again, as if imposing some kind of restraint or restriction on Roland.

His body flashed with yellow light continuously, and his photon-like body became very unstable, constantly switching between physical form and energy form.

Until a certain moment, the mother suddenly pulled the limbs away.

The sharp barbs pierced a large hole in Roland's chest, which was in its physical form!

Having succeeded in its attack, the Soul-Devouring Spider gave him no chance to catch his breath.

The massive segmented limbs plunged towards him again.

Seeing that his health was about to run out, Lister stopped waiting and saw what was happening.

If they don't act soon, Roland might really die from the Mother's series of attacks.

Gripping the Shadowless Blade tightly in his hand, his chilling killing intent completely locked onto the mother entity.

The next instant, Lister used his rear foot to generate momentum and Flash.

When it reappeared, it was already in front of Roland, and at the same time, it lunged forward and slashed at the two attacking limbs.

Seeing this, the mocking expression on the face of the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother deepened.

Although Lister's aura was very strong, especially the killing intent emanating from him, it put immense pressure on her.

But being only a level 15 being, she never took it seriously from the start.

The two downward-pointing limbs suddenly increased in speed and then thrust towards Lister's face.

In the end, the Shadowless Blade struck the two attacking limbs directly.

"Sizzle~!"

With just a simple collision, the spider's abdomen instantly curled up and tightened, accompanied by a sharp, piercing roar.

The mocking expression on the face of the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother had vanished, replaced by a look of utter pain.

The anticipated scenario of the limbs knocking the blade and Lister away did not occur.

Instead, it was Lister's blade that sliced through her limbs with incredible ease, severing both limbs instantly.

The blade's forward momentum remained undiminished, ultimately striking the human face on her spider's abdomen.

The profound, soul-deep pain caused her to momentarily freeze in agony.

"Attack: Deals -381 damage, Sharp Blade activated, ignores defense -8093 points, true damage: -99332 points."

He tested the quality of the mother spider with one strike, and to be honest, the damage he dealt to it, ignoring defense, was less than 10,000 points. The immunity of the Soul-Devouring Spider mother spider was higher than he had imagined.

Seeing that Roland was still recovering from severe shortness of breath, Lister no longer hesitated.

Continue charging forward with your sword drawn, unleashing your Potential Burst skill.

The Soul Blade Domain unfolded, instantly shrouding the entire cave in shadow. The energy of the Shadowless Blade surged, along with a significant increase in attack speed and movement speed.

In the blink of an eye, it had rushed back to the mother's body.

Although the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother was in pain, her recovery speed was much faster than Roland's.

The next moment, brand new limbs grew back, as if they had never been severed.

Two segments of the leg were firmly gripping the ground, while the other six attacked Lister with all their might.

"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~!"

The ground was filled with the sounds of spider legs piercing and scraping.

The mother body's movement speed and attack speed were both faster than Lister had imagined.

As expected of its incredible four-dimensional attributes, the mother's four basic attributes are also enhanced by passive skills.

With a total of 333 points of agility, he is much faster than Lister's 280 points of agility.

Even with the enhancement of the Soul Blade Domain's attributes, it's difficult to directly contend with the opponent.

Lagging behind in rank and attributes.

What truly allowed Lister to evade these arthropod attacks was his combat potential.

Now, with his combat potential after the Third Advancement, aided by the perception of Killing Intent Wave, he can predict 90% of the mother's attacks.

Even if you don't anticipate it, you can easily adjust and dodge it based on your perception of the Killing Intent Wave.

Just as he got completely close, a sudden, violent roar erupted.

The different sources of sound surprised Lister, and he couldn't help but look up.

Indeed, this time the roar did not come from the spider's abdomen, but from the mouth of its human-faced upper body.

"Attacked: Affected by Soul-Devouring Roar,... Damage taken: -1203 points, -1439 points..."

The soul attack of Soul-Devouring Roar suddenly increased several times.

In just a few seconds, Lister's health dropped by nearly 30,000 points.

Even more dangerously, his upward movement was seized upon by the Mother Soul Spider.

Those blood-red pupils finally met Lister's eyes.

In an instant, Lister felt his soul being locked in place.

However, the locking force, or rather, the opponent's soul power, was not as strong as he had imagined.

The next instant, he was pulled into a space of consciousness.

A gigantic Phantom of a spider's soul appeared behind the mother of the Soul-Devouring Spider.

His entire body was enveloped in a flowing gray mist, which completely locked onto Lister's aura.

As for the mother Soul-Devouring Spider herself, her scarlet eyes were fixed on him, and a smile was appearing on her lips.

But that smile quickly vanished.

This special space of will is the specific attack area of the Mother Soul Sight.

A unique collision between her and the souls of other life forms.

They thought that under the watchful gaze of her very soul, Lister's soul was fragile and vulnerable, just like Roland's, subject to her bullying and devouring.

However, when Lister's phantom soul Phantom appeared, the mother's expression was somewhat blank.

Enveloped in extreme killing intent, Lister's soul stood majestically like an ancient giant.

Its size was several times larger than the essence of her soul.

Despite the indifferent gaze and extreme killing intent emanating from the Soul Giant, the Mother herself felt a chill.

The spider's soul essence, which had always been invincible behind him, was now trembling like an ordinary little spider.

Lister quickly adapted to this space of consciousness.

With a single, loose grip, the giant soul behind him also grasped a massive blade made of gray mist, mirroring his movement.

With a simple forward slash, the giant blade formed from gray mist, carrying unparalleled sharpness, struck directly at the small spider that was the very essence of the opponent's soul.

The moment the attack was completed, both sides immediately regained consciousness.

"Attack: Subjected to the attack judgment of the enemy's Soul Sight, the Robust Soul has taken effect, the judgment level has been upgraded, the soul level difference has been finalized, and damage dealt is -337773 points."

As expected, even though the Soul-Devouring Spider can gather and store soul power, the strength of the soul it can contain is limited.

He might be slightly stronger than a typical Quasi-Hegemon, but he's far inferior to Lister.

The Robust Soul itself makes Lister's soul absolutely powerful, not to mention the improvement in the soul's rank assessment.

Under the attack of this Soul Sight, a pure collision of soul strength, the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother was directly devoured.

Just like Roland before him, he stood frozen in place.

He allowed Lister to slash at the human face pattern on the man's abdomen.