One, two, three... In the blink of an eye, three little insects appeared in different locations.
The spider king paused briefly, then struck the nearest small insect with lightning speed.
But in the next moment, the light of the Energy Pulse shone from the insect in another direction.
The Spider King turned around instantly, changing its attack trajectory.
However, when the attack landed, it shattered only an Afterimage.
This move was a new talent Wen Jing gained after receiving Jiang Qin's Empowerment Stone as a reward from the academy: [ Afterimage Leap ].
Then she spent fifty Skill Points to upgrade it along with her existing [ Basic Invisibility ] and [ Gravity Silk ], ultimately creating a new ability.
[ Phase Jump ].
This ability still leaves a residual image of oneself in place, but when combined with Wen Jing's own invisibility and Gravity Silk abilities, the false residual image lasts longer and can even be disguised as mass.
At the same time, the most crucial point is that the interval between Phase Jump is extremely short, and the fluctuations are subtle.
This can be considered Wen Jing's first ability to move through space.
In her current hands, combined with her combat awareness, she could create amazing plays.
The basic use is to combine this ability with the effect of the Isolation Layer to confuse the enemy, such as deliberately leaving an aura at the location of the afterimage while isolating the aura at the location of the real body.
Furthermore, one can silently jump back before the previous afterimage disappears, replacing the afterimage with one's own physical form.
In this way, the effect is not much different from that of the high-level talent ' Clone '.
The Ice Domain can help the Spider King detect intruders, but it cannot identify Wen Jing's true form in such a short time.
Because she wouldn't just stand there waiting for the other party to identify her; in fact, when her jumping speed is fast enough, you could say that her true form is everywhere.
The evolution of this ability has given Wen Jing a significant boost in both his survivability and overall combat strength.
Although it cost a lot of Skill Points, it was still worth it.
"Sizzle--"
In an instant, beams of light flashed continuously from different angles within the nest, leaving the apex predator, originally skilled in assassination within the Ice Domain, in a predicament where it was unable to focus on its target.
The insect's form was elusive, and even though the Spider King was extremely fast, it couldn't discern which one was the real insect, and its attacks could never truly land.
Correspondingly, every attack Wen Jing launched landed squarely in the Spider King's lair.
Energy Pulse is not Wen Jing's most lethal combat skill, but it is the most effective ranged attack against underground creatures.
The intense heat might only cause moderate damage to the spider king, but it would be fatal to the other young spiders here.
Where the light passed, there was only a pile of charred spider corpses.
More importantly, the special ice-blue silk threads under the Spider King's feet, which were different from the other Frost Vein Silk, also showed signs of melting under Wen Jing's deliberate attack.
Finally, when a large number of spiderlings nearby had died, patches of damage appeared on the ice-blue web.
The strange pressure around them lessened, and cracks appeared in the Spider King's Ice Domain.
Chapter 127
When cracks appeared in the Ice Domain, the Spider King noticed it. Already irritable, it simply stopped and ceased its futile pursuit of Wen Jing.
The Spider King's aura suddenly darkened, and then it let out a high-frequency shriek.
With this action, the surviving spiderlings around it rushed towards it.
Then Wen Jing saw the Spider King open its huge mouth and devour several baby spiders in one go, ravenously eating them as they surged towards it.
So it turns out that Frost Spider do eat their own kind, they just don't usually do!
The spiderlings, each the size of a washbasin, surged forward in droves, accompanied by gushing blue blood. In this utterly devastating scene, the Spider King's energy was clearly replenished, and an additional layer of ferocity crept into its rising aura, causing the temperature of the burrow to Extreme Speed once more.
Wen Jing wasn't about to let it have its way, so he immediately used Phase Jump to attack the Spider King's face.
However, in the next instant, the Spider King's body was instantly covered with a layer of extremely cold and hard frost armor.
"Bang!"
With Wen Jing's current physical strength and power, coupled with the twelve-fold amplification of his attack using the Energy Amplification Method, he struck the Frost Armor squarely.
In an instant, ice crystals scattered everywhere.
The tiny insect pierced the spider king's Thick Armor like a bullet, causing him to stagger backward.
But after a few steps, it regained its footing, and the shattered frost armor re-frozen and reinforced itself.
Conversely, after the attack, Wen Jing trembled violently, using his energy to dispel and melt the extreme cold from his body.
This frost armor not only has extremely strong defense, but also inflicts cold 'reflect damage'.
It looks similar to the crystalline armor on a surface- Bulbasaur, but in reality, its strength is on a completely different level.
Meanwhile, the ice armor on the Spider King's body continued to thicken and stack up.
After the previous battles, upon realizing it couldn't catch up with Wen Jing, it immediately changed its battle strategy, abandoning agility and turning the enhancement of its Ice Domain into a defense against itself!
"Hiss!"
I can't catch you, and you can't hurt me.
The spider king let out a provocative hiss at Wen Jing in the sky, continuing to devour the young spiders to replenish its energy and begin repairing its domain.
The beam of Energy Pulse lit up again, but this time the Spider King had more options after switching to a defensive stance.
"Click click click..."
Frost armor Extreme Speed extended from its back, transforming in the blink of an eye into an umbrella-shaped ice canopy that covered the spiderlings below.
Wen Jing's Energy Pulse landed on the ice armor, and most of the energy and heat were directly dissipated by the ice armor, which was not enough to burn the spiderlings below.
The extent of their injuries alone was not enough to stop them from rushing forward to be devoured by the spider king.
Damn it! These were all her favorites!
The enemy's physical defenses were already impenetrable, Wen Jing tilted his head back and unleashed a mental attack.
Howl of the Hunt!
An invisible Mental Shock swept across the entire cavern. She had spent all her self-study time on Complete Explanation of Mental Power Basics, making this ultimate move significantly more powerful than before.
However, Howl of the Hunt, as one of her special moves, also consumes a lot of resources and requires time to recover after use. It can only be used once in a normal battle, so timing is crucial.
The next moment, the swarm of spiderlings that had been approaching the Spider King suddenly stopped, rolled to the ground, and were stunned.
The Spider King himself staggered, seemingly frozen in shock.
Seeing this, the little insect flashed forward and charged towards its opponent.
However, at that moment, the Spider King's dark blue compound eyes suddenly shone with a cold and cruel light.
The long-planned attack was finally unleashed. A burst of extremely cold breath suddenly spewed from its mouth. This torrent of low temperature, which seemed capable of freezing everything, was also Frost Vein Silk.
Even if it can't freeze the prey it hits, the subsequent web can bind and entangle it.
This is also the Spider King's deadly move.
Compared to ordinary spiders, or other ordinary Wilderness Beast, the Spider King, as the king of its kind and a special individual, possesses a greater degree of intelligence than most other Wilderness Beast that act primarily on instinct.
Wen Jing's two previous explorations had already made the Spider King remember this mysterious and powerful creature deeply.
The Howl of the Hunt, which could harm it, made it wary and on guard.
Therefore, even though they were at a disadvantage in the early stages of the battle, Wen Jing refrained from using his ultimate move, and the Spider King also refrained from using his ultimate move.
This is the moment we've been waiting for—to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!
The Spider King endured the impact of the Howl of the Hunt and unleashed Frost Vein Impact instantly enveloped the little insect.
The insect vanished in the next instant.
If it were any other opponent, the Spider King would assume that the enemy had already vaporized in the extreme cold. But when it faced Wen Jing, it made its limbs move restlessly, looking around to sense its surroundings.
"Click..."
The next moment, the Spider King suddenly looked up, its eight compound eyes all staring straight up at the top.
It will dissipate; it will only remain a phantom!
The Spider King, located on the ground, was too late to stop it; he could only see the tiny insect rush into the top structure of the nest, which was riddled with holes from the Energy Pulse during the battle.
"Break!"
Extreme Speed, Sharpness, Energy Amplification Method, Gravity Silk... all the energy in Wen Jing's body erupted, rushing towards that crucial weak point in the dome.
"Boom..."
It was just a single blow, but at that moment it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing the entire cavern bedrock above the nest to begin to collapse.
Countless enormous rocks, broken crystal pillars, and the remnants of thick spiderwebs... crashed down from above as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were splitting apart.
Having anticipated Wen Jing, with his agile and light body, used the gravity of the falling objects as a fulcrum, leaping forward in the collapse as if stepping on stairs.
The 'stairs' she had stepped on all then attacked the unprepared Spider King and his offspring.
For the third attempt to conquer the Spider King's Nest, Wen Jing made ample preparations, which naturally went beyond just the [ Phase Jump ] ability.
Having dared to venture into the Spider King's lair for an away game, how could she possibly consider only strength and engage in a turn-based strategy?
Moreover, having experienced the previous two tests, Wen Jing knew that she had very limited means of combat against the Spider King, who had been living here for an unknown amount of time.
Frost Vein Silk is like showing off one's limited skills in front of an expert; its most effective use is Howl of the Hunt cannot be used multiple times in battle.
Moreover, even if she uses every means at her disposal, she is not entirely confident of victory.
The Spider King possesses a cunning that other Wilderness Beast lack, but its ability to utilize the environment is still inferior to that of civilized humans.
During the cleanup operation before arriving at the Spider King's lair, Wen Jing explored the terrain of the upper-level cave space. She memorized it and specially constructed a complete geological model for it, and also devised a corresponding blasting procedure.