All Torment

As soon as the Dream-Weaving Spider landed before her, Hu Liena lunged forward.

Sidestepping the spider's raised and swiftly descending leg, Hu Liena countered with a punch to the joint of the creature's limb.

With a crisp "crack," the joint buckled instantly, and silver light leaked from the fracture.

Hu Liena followed up by kicking the side of the Dream-Weaving Spider, sending it reeling backward.

She was about to continue her pursuit of Duan Fan.

However, she realized that Duan Fan had already put distance between them.

At the same time, a dull "hissing" sound behind her—like something being woven—immediately caught Hu Liena's attention.

Hu Liena looked back, her expression darkening instantly.

She saw the first Dream-Weaving Spider that Duan Fan had drawn spitting out strands of silvery-white silk.

Those threads did not fly toward her; instead, they intertwined and coiled in mid-air, as if shaped by a pair of invisible hands.

The outline of a Giant Spider was quickly being woven together by the silk.

Hu Liena felt a sense of foreboding and wanted to move in to stop it.

However, the Dream-Weaving Spider she had just repelled rushed at her again, giving her no chance to interrupt the process.

Hu Liena gritted her teeth.

The third Soul Ring on her body lit up.

Pink light radiated from her, her fingernails grew sharper and longer, her pupils turned into vertical slits, and her soul power surged, spreading an invisible pressure in all directions.

This was her third soul skill, Demon Fox Transformation, which significantly boosted all her attributes upon activation.

With the power and speed gained from Demon Fox Transformation, Hu Liena kicked the second Dream-Weaving Spider away. Ignoring the first spider that was still weaving the Giant Spider, she charged toward Duan Fan with a clear objective.

As it turned out, Duan Fan seemed to have anticipated her intentions, as he had already shifted his position behind the first Dream-Weaving Spider.

If Hu Liena wanted to get close to Duan Fan, she still had to face the Dream-Weaving Spider.

And it wasn't just the Dream-Weaving Spider.

The first Dream-Weaving Spider had finished its work, and the Giant Spider had already landed, its two black holes on its cephalothorax staring at Hu Liena like eyes.

Even more irritatingly, the second Dream-Weaving Spider had also begun to weave; the sound of the silk coiling was like a demonic chant, making Hu Liena increasingly restless.

If she turned back to deal with those two spiders now, she would certainly be attacked by the two in front of her.

But if she ignored them, she would only face more spiders after taking these two down.

In particular, Duan Fan controlled his positioning perfectly, leaving her no openings.

Furthermore, Duan Fan's hands never paused; even while changing positions, he continued to draw.

Silver lines danced continuously, and the outline of a third Dream-Weaving Spider was nearly complete.

Hu Liena's expression grew increasingly grim.

I can't drag this out!

If this drags on, I'll definitely lose!

A thirty-fifth-level Soul Exalt losing to a junior who is only a Soul Master?

If this gets out, it would be too embarrassing!

Calm down!

Stay calm!

Hu Liena took a deep breath, steadying her mind.

She stopped ignoring the spiders behind her and faced the two in front of her head-on.

She even abandoned the idea of bypassing the spiders to go straight for Duan Fan.

She had already tried that, and it was impossible to get around them.

What she had to do now was completely destroy the blocking spiders, or else more would keep appearing.

Having made up her mind, Hu Liena charged directly at the Giant Spider woven from silk.

She punched the Giant Spider back, then seized the opportunity to slip past its side, condensing soul power into her left hand and clawing at the body of the first Dream-Weaving Spider.

This Dream-Weaving Spider had already been injured by Hu Liena once, and its movements were much slower than before.

Hu Liena's sharp claws pierced directly into the gap in the spider's carapace. With a forceful rip, a large chunk of the shell and the soft tissue beneath were torn away.

She followed up with a kick, shattering the Dream-Weaving Spider's abdomen.

The first Dream-Weaving Spider finally stopped moving, its massive body dissolving into silver light particles that dissipated into the air.

The Giant Spider woven from silk did not vanish with the fall of the first Dream-Weaving Spider. Instead, it seized the opening Hu Liena created while killing the first spider, raised its leg, and lunged at her.

Hu Liena was completely calm now. Facing the Giant Spider's attack, she showed no panic, reacting with lightning speed to dodge to the side.

As the Giant Spider's leg descended, Hu Liena delivered a roundhouse kick, snapping the limb clean off.

The Giant Spider's stance became unstable. Seizing this opportunity, Hu Liena lunged forward, her fists raining down in alternating strikes, each blow carrying an explosion of soul power.

"Bang, bang, bang--!"

The Giant Spider's carapace shattered, bodily fluids splattered, and it soon dissipated into silver specks of light.

Hu Liena straightened her body and caught her breath.

Before she could even make a slight adjustment, two more spiders charged toward her.

It turned out that the second Dream-Weaving Spider Duan Fan had drawn had just finished weaving, and it was now attacking alongside the Giant Spider.

Hu Liena had no choice but to engage in battle once again.

At the same time, the third Dream-Weaving Spider was drawn by Duan Fan, shielding him while it also began to weave a Giant Spider.

Seeing this, Hu Liena's delicate brows knitted together.

She felt as if there were an endless supply of spiders to kill.

If Duan Fan had controlled all three spiders to attack her at once, she would have had an easier time, as she could have finished them all off in one go.

But Duan Fan refused to do so, consistently maintaining the number of attacking spiders at two while keeping one in front of him for protection.

This made things incredibly frustrating for Hu Liena.

She desperately wanted to break this cycle.

Consequently, while battling the two spiders, Hu Liena tried every possible way to get closer to Duan Fan, hoping to use her second soul skill, Charm, to incapacitate him.

However, Duan Fan seemed to have seen through her intentions in advance; he gave her absolutely no opportunity to use Charm, always maintaining a certain distance from her.

Furthermore, he was always able to control the spiders to block her path, forcing Hu Liena's Charm to land on the spiders instead.

And the spiders were immune to Charm.

As time passed, the third Dream-Weaving Spider that Duan Fan had drawn also finished weaving a Giant Spider.

By the time Hu Liena had just finished off the second Dream-Weaving Spider and the Giant Spider woven from silk, she had to face a new cycle.

Watching Duan Fan standing not far ahead of her, yet being unable to reach him, was agonizing.

However, Hu Liena possessed thirty-five levels of soul power after all, and since she hadn't released too many soul skills, she was able to keep going.

Relying on her tenacious willpower, Hu Liena finished off the two spiders of the third round, watching as they turned into silver light and dissipated.

After killing the last spider, Hu Liena panted, her eyes looking slightly weary as she gazed at Duan Fan.

She thought it was finally over.

Unexpectedly, Duan Fan had completed another drawing at some point, and a fourth Dream-Weaving Spider landed on the ground.

Hu Liena collapsed on the spot, resting her hands on her knees to catch her breath, and shook her head in surrender: "I'm not fighting anymore."