Looking at the burning area not far away, Mo Shuying felt a little regretful. There hadn't been much high-proof alcohol in that izakaya, and low-alcohol sake couldn't be used, so he had only made two bottles. Looking at it now, that was too few.
Saa!
The wolf spider leader, still wreathed in flames, charged out of the ring of fire. A faint black glow flickered over its body, somehow barely blocking the flames' burning. The moment it broke free of the fire, it rushed toward the direction the Molotov cocktails had come from.
The wolf spider leader had escaped, but its four smaller spiders were not strong enough. Unable to withstand the scorching flames, they were quickly burned to death, and Mo Shuying received successive notifications of experience being credited.
"Ding~ Congratulations on killing the low-level monster, demon spider. Gained 5 experience. Experience meets the level-up requirement. Level increased."
Mo Shuying, who was relocating, shuddered slightly. He had leveled up.
Having reached level two, he glanced at his attributes.
[Mo Shuying] Class: Assassin Level: 2 HP: 3811 ATK: 998 Abilities: Strength E, Endurance E, Dexterity C, Mana E+, Luck C Noble Phantasm: Pride of the Madman (A). Class Skill: Presence Concealment A+ Personal Skill: Storm Gathering A++
Only an hour had passed since he obtained Storm Gathering, yet the one point of attack and one point of spell power it added had become 10 ATK.
"This... leveling up only gave me 100 HP and 100 ATK? That's so little!"
Mo Shuying remembered that in the game he had played, those Heroic Spirits gained more than 100 in attributes with every level. His increase of exactly 100 points was already quite low.
Moreover, his physical abilities had not improved at all.
"Forget it. I'll deal with the problem first."
Mo Shuying did not dwell on the matter of attribute growth for long, because he knew there was still a big one left to deal with.
Saa!!
The wolf spider leader charged recklessly toward where Mo Shuying had been standing, but unfortunately for it, it was destined to miss.
Having found nothing, the wolf spider leader went mad. Venom kept spraying from its mouth as it wildly fired in every direction, while the black glow on its body rapidly dimmed.
Seeing this, Mo Shuying figured it was about time to finish this monster off. He drew the loaded revolver.
"I bloom amid slaughter, like a flower at dawn. Tch, I suddenly feel a little like an Assassin."
Mo Shuying was only thirty meters from the wolf spider leader, still within the revolver's effective range. He raised the revolver, aimed at the wolf spider leader, adjusted his breathing, and then—
Bang!
The gunshot echoed through the silent street of this silent world, immediately followed by the wolf spider leader's shriek!
Saa!!
The wolf spider leader had been shot. The bullet struck its bloated abdomen dead-on, leaving a bloody hole as disgusting black slime continuously spilled out.
After that shot, Mo Shuying's position was exposed. The enraged wolf spider leader abruptly turned its head! Its eight spider legs sprang like coiled springs, turning it into a massive cannonball that slammed toward Mo Shuying's location!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
What greeted it were four bullets gleaming with metallic light.
Pfft! Pfft!
Only two of the four bullets hit the wolf spider leader this time. One shattered one of its front legs, while the other was incredibly lucky, blasting out its eye! It burrowed in through the eye and blew open the wolf spider leader's head!
Thud!
The wolf spider leader's enormous body crashed to the ground and slid for some distance. Its head had suffered a fatal wound; its body twitched, but it made no further movements.
Soon after—
"Ding~ Congratulations on killing the low-level monster, demon spider leader. Gained 25 experience."
He had dealt with it!
Buzz!
The instant the demon spider leader died, a force flowed into Mo Shuying's body. At the same time, it seemed as though he heard the voice of the world by his ear.
It was an indescribable sound. Its rough meaning was that it was a reward for Mo Shuying resisting the first attack, granting a slight improvement to his physical abilities. Yet it also told him one thing: among the seven guardians, he had been the slowest to eliminate his enemies, so he had received the smallest enhancement.
Mo Shuying did not care. It was already pretty impressive for an ordinary person like him to deal with these monsters. What more could he ask for?
As for the improvement to his physical fitness—
Mo Shuying clenched his fist, then looked at his attributes again. His hand seemed to have gained a little strength, but the status panel had not changed at all.
That smallest enhancement really was small.
Mo Shuying smiled indifferently. At that moment, something dropped from the dissipating corpse of the demon spider leader.
Clink~
It was a thumb-sized crystal that emitted a faint glow. Mo Shuying stepped forward and picked it up. It felt hard in his hand, and its hardness should have been considerable.
"Ding~ Skill stone detected. Open it to obtain the skill within?"
A notification sounded, and Mo Shuying's eyes lit up.
"Open it!"
The instant he spoke, the skill stone vanished from Mo Shuying's hand. Countless profound pieces of information flooded into his mind.
"Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Personal Skill [Demon Spider Drain D]."
Demon Spider Drain (D): Consumes mana to activate and maintain. While active, increases attack speed. Successful attacks restore HP equal to 1% of the damage dealt.
A D-rank active skill!
Looking at the skill description, Mo Shuying felt that it was quite good.
Just because it was only a D-rank skill did not mean it was useless. To Heroic Spirits, there were no particularly useless skills.
Mo Shuying activated Demon Spider Drain. A dark phantom of a demon spider flashed over his body, and Mo Shuying clearly felt his body become much lighter. His punches became faster and sharper. As for the healing effect, there was no target to test it on for now.
"Not bad. It doesn't consume much mana either."
Feeling his mana drain away, it was basically the same as Presence Concealment. In other words, as long as Mo Shuying wished it, he could keep it active indefinitely. With such a gain, Mo Shuying had made a huge profit from this battle.
Soon, the last remnants of the demon spider leader's body disappeared as well, and this Singularity space returned to peace.
After thinking for a moment, Mo Shuying headed toward the intersection where the demon spiders had appeared, intending to see how they had entered this space.
But when Mo Shuying reached the intersection, the black vortex that had transported the demon spiders was already gone. There was not the slightest sign of anything unusual nearby.
"They should have appeared out of thin air somewhere around here. I wonder if there'll be a next time. If there is, will it still be in this place?"
Mo Shuying felt certain that an attack like today's would not happen only once. The enemies afterward would only grow stronger. For the sake of his own life, Mo Shuying decided to take action. He had no intention of waiting helplessly for death. Since he had transmigrated here, he had to live well.
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