Your Majesty, Save Me
Su Mu stood high in the sky, watching this scene, and nodded to himself.
The four monsters didn't coordinate well, but each of them was extremely capable of fighting alone.
Little Drill Wind's knife skills were precise to the millimeter, White Bone Spirit's combat awareness was like a chess player placing a piece, and Benbo'erba and Babo'erben's mobility between land and water was unmatched.
They don't need to cooperate, because each of them is a top-tier fighter in its own field.
Meanwhile, the Azure Green Lion King, who was in the distance, did not participate in the battle from beginning to end.
It lay prostrate on the throne atop the main peak of Lion Camel Ridge, its dark red vertical pupils occasionally glancing across the battlefield before closing again. Its posture resembled that of a true demon king watching his lesser demons clear away weeds.
It wouldn't even glance at a monster of that level.
Su Mu was slightly surprised. The Green Lion King displayed its own pride even without his command. This proved that his dungeon monsters possessed intelligence beyond normal comprehension.
He had previously learned that the ability to mold monsters into something with this level of intelligence usually occurs after the First Transcendence. Of course, from what he knew, the intelligence level after the First Transcendence wasn't this high.
But at least it proves that intelligence is a good thing. The further the game progresses, the higher the monster's intelligence becomes, which means its combat ability is stronger. This is because only with higher intelligence can one master more and more powerful forces.
After the lord fell to the ground, a card that glowed with a dark green light dropped from his hand.
[Name: Deep Valley Spider Nest Lord Card]
[Grade: C]
[Level: 1]
[Blood: 8200/8200]
[Attack: 680]
[Defense: 420]
[Agility: 180]
[Skills: Venom Fountain, Egg Sac Burst, Spider Queen's Pressure, Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, Lord's Command]
[Note: This is a creature card formed from the fifteenth wave of bosses in Spider Nest Deep Valley. It combines Egg Laying and crowd control abilities and can be used to create high-level spider-type dungeon creatures.]
Su Mu carefully put away the cards. The third spider card was completely different from the previous two. It focused on Egg Laying, controlling the field, and dominating. If the game continued, more different types of spider cards should drop in the later waves.
He glanced at the experience bar. After completing the fifteenth wave, his experience had accumulated to nearly forty percent. His Momentum Points had also been full twice, and he had unleashed "Years Like a Blade" and "Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water" once each.
Su Mu withdrew his gaze and continued to wait for the next wave of monsters to emerge.
Waves sixteen through nineteen consisted entirely of elite monsters.
Each one is a level 26 or higher Deep Valley Elite Poison Spider, larger than ordinary venomous spiders, with dark red markings on its carapace and eight strong, powerful limbs.
The number also doubled again: 2,000 in the sixteenth wave, 2,500 in the seventeenth wave, 3,000 in the eighteenth wave, and 3,500 in the nineteenth wave.
But Su Mu had been fighting for over an hour, and the number of monsters had been steadily increasing since the eleventh wave.
By the nineteenth wave, the entire valley was almost completely filled with spiders, their densely packed segments moving about on the ground, making a sound like the tide.
Little Drill Wind were still fighting, but their pace had slowed down.
It's not because we can't beat them.
It's not that there are so many of them, but that after one batch is killed, another batch comes along, as if they can never be killed off.
Little Drill Wind's short sword had already left afterimages, and White Bone Spirit's bone whip was so powerful that its trajectory was almost invisible. Benbo'erba and Babo'erben back and forth between the water and the land, killing the elite poisonous spiders that tried to flank them one by one.
When the nineteenth wave was finished, Su Mu glanced at the time.
Nearly an hour has passed since we entered the instance.
But he didn't find it long.
Because the experience bar keeps increasing, and the Momentum Points keeps accumulating.
The alternating release of the Years Like a Blade and the Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water caused the catalytic speed of the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven to be more than twice as fast as it would be outside.
What pleased him even more was the rank.
After defeating the nineteenth wave, his level increased from seventeen to eighteen.
Benbo'erba and Babo'erben reached level sixteen at the same time, and the Green Lion King also reached level sixteen.
While the Golden-Winged Great Peng King was still in a semi-embedded state, its level had already risen to level eleven.
Su Mu glanced at the panel.
[Name: Golden-Winged Great Peng King (Semi-embedded, 4/5)]
[Rank: S]
[Level: 11]
[Blood: 504000/504000]
[Attack: 61600/61600]
[Defense: 22400/22400]
[Agility: 50400]
[Combat Index: 694400]
[Skills: Sky-Rending Claw, Golden Feather Storm, Soaring Through the Nine Heavens, Peng Strikes the Vast Sky, Peng Screeches Across the Nine Heavens]
The twentieth wave.
Heavy footsteps echoed from the depths of the crevice.
A giant spider crawled out of its nest.
It was larger than any of the previous ones, with eight limbs supporting it on the ground, each as thick as an adult's waist.
Its entire body was covered in a jet-black carapace, covered with dark red patterns, like dried-up blood vessels. Eight dark gold eyes were arranged on either side of its forehead, with a cold, eerie light emanating from their vertical pupils.
Su Mu unleashed his Appraisal.
[Monster Identification]
[Name: Deep Valley Spider Emperor (BOSS)]
[Rank: SS]
[Level: 32]
[Blood: 1,680,000/1,680,000]
[Attack: 142000/142000]
[Defense: 86000]
[Agility: 24800]
[Combat Index: 1,540,000]
[Skills: Heavenly Net and Earthly Web (Large-area spider web control, those entangled cannot move for 10 seconds), Venom Fountain (Large-area venom, dealing 3.0x damage and inflicting continuous poison), Spider Emperor's Pressure (Reduces all attributes of all enemies within range by 25%), Summon Spider Swarm (Summons a large number of elite venomous spiders), Death Entanglement (Sprays high-strength silk from the mouth, completely enveloping the target, rendering them unable to move and causing continuous poison damage), Carapace Regeneration (When health is below 30%, the shell automatically repairs, restoring 20% health)]
[Note: Spider Nest Deep Valley's final boss. Possesses extremely high movement speed and well-rounded combat abilities, making it one of the most dangerous bosses in medium-sized nests.]
Combat index: 1.54 million.
Their attributes almost completely overwhelmed Little Drill Wind.
As soon as the Spider Emperor appeared, it sprayed a web at Little Drill Wind.
Little Drill Wind dodged to the side, but the Spider Emperor was faster than any of the previous bosses.
Its eight limbs moved rapidly across the ground, its body like a black lightning bolt, instantly closing in on Little Drill Wind. Little Drill Wind swung its blade, but the Spider Emperor merely sidestepped, the blade grazing its carapace and sending sparks flying.
Then the Spider Emperor opened its mouth.
A thick thread shot out from its mouth at a speed too fast to see clearly.
Little Drill Wind instinctively tried to dodge, but the silk thread suddenly unfurled in the air, like a tightening net, enveloping its entire body. The thread tightened, binding Little Drill Wind tightly.
The toxin seeped out from the threads, and Little Drill Wind's health instantly dropped by one-fifth.
The White Bone Spirit charged forward, unleashing a curtain of fire with her bone whip. The Spider Emperor countered with a claw strike, deflecting the bone whip and sending the White Bone Spirit Demon staggering back several meters, losing nearly 20% of her health.
Benbo'erba and Babo'erben out of the water, attempting to flank the catfish demons. But the Spider Emperor simply unleashed a spider web, forcing both catfish demons back simultaneously.
The Little Drill Wind struggled desperately within the thread, but the thread tightened more and more.
It raised its head and let out a roar.
"Your Majesty, save me!"