Hell Dungeon Cleared, Bountiful Rewards

On the main peak of Lion Camel Ridge, the Green Lion King opened his eyes.

It slowly rose from its throne, its golden mane glowing faintly in the dim gray light. Then it took a step and vanished from the main peak.

The next moment, it appeared before the Spider Emperor.

The Spider Emperor clearly hadn't anticipated this opponent. All eight of its eyes locked onto the Green Lion King, and it once again spewed out silk threads from its mouth.

The Death Entanglement, powerful enough to completely envelop Little Drill Wind, shot towards the Green Lion King.

The Green Lion King did not dodge.

It simply opened its mouth and gently inhaled.

The thick silk thread, as if drawn by an invisible force, flew straight into its mouth and was swallowed.

The Spider Emperor paused for a moment, then spat out another mouthful of venom. The Green Lion King inhaled again, swallowing the venom as well.

The Spider Emperor finally realized that this opponent was different from the previous ones. It used all eight of its limbs to push off, its body retreating rapidly, trying to create distance. But the Green Lion King was faster. It simply took a step and reappeared in front of the Spider Emperor.

Then it raised one paw.

The claw slammed onto the Spider Emperor's carapace.

No skills were used, no supernatural powers were employed. Just a gentle tap.

The Spider Emperor's massive body was struck as if by a mountain, sending it flying to the side and crashing into the mountain wall of its nest, sending rocks flying everywhere.

A huge crack appeared on its shell, and dark red blood gushed out from the crack.

The Spider Emperor let out a painful hiss, its abdomen contracting as it summoned a large number of elite venomous spiders. Hundreds of elite venomous spiders surged out from the depths of the nest and pounced on the Green Lion King.

The Green Lion King ignored them.

It only took one step forward.

The demonic aura emanating from its body acted like an invisible wall, keeping all the elite poisonous spiders out.

They tried desperately to get closer, but it was as if they had run into an invisible wall, unable to move an inch.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Spider Emperor unleashed its Death Entanglement once more.

This time it fired three threads, simultaneously encircling from three directions.

The Green Lion King did not dodge. It simply inhaled lightly, and three threads flew into its mouth at the same time.

Then it lowered its head and looked at the Spider Emperor.

His dark red vertical pupils held a clear disdain.

It raised its claws again and slapped them onto the Spider Emperor's skull.

This claw strike was several times heavier than before, shattering the Spider Emperor's skull and dimming its dark golden eyes. Its body twitched a few times before collapsing with a crash.

From the moment the Green Lion King made his move to the moment the Spider Emperor fell, less than ten breaths elapsed.

Su Mu stood high in the sky, watching this scene unfold.

The Green Lion King's combat index is 1.54 million, not much higher than the Spider Emperor's.

But it played extremely casually, like an adult teasing a child.

It didn't use any skills or devouring abilities; it simply crushed the Spider Emperor with the most basic claw strikes and intimidation.

Su Mu could see it clearly.

The Green Lion King's actual combat value is far higher than the 1.54 million shown on the panel.

Judging from its effortless performance in battle, its actual combat value is probably as high as 1.8 to 1.9 million, or even close to 2 million.

This is the true power of the Demon King in Journey to the West.

The moment he killed the Spider Emperor, a warm power surged into Su Mu's Soul Space.

Then a notification popped up.

[Years Like a Blade - Proficiency Increase: Level 2 → Level 3]

[Effect Improvement: The time-based catalysis duration for non-living units has been increased from "2 years" to "4 years". The catalysis duration for living units has been increased from "2 days" to "4 days". The cooldown time has been reduced from 8 minutes to 6 minutes. The Momentum Points remains unchanged.]

Su Mu was stunned, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

Level 3.

The Years Like a Blade has been upgraded from level two to level three, and its cooldown time has been reduced from eight minutes to six minutes.

The catalytic time for non-living units has increased from two years to four years.

This means that he catalyzes the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven twice as fast as before.

With the addition of the replica of "Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water," it's actually four times the original value.

The Stone Left Over from Mending Heavens had accumulated over six hundred years of "age." Now, each catalysis takes four years, occurring every six minutes, and with replication, it takes eight years. One hour can catalyze eighty years.

The birth of Sun Wukong happened much faster than he had previously estimated.

After the Spider Emperor fell, it dropped a card.

[Name: Deep Valley Spider Emperor Card]

[Grade: A]

[Level: 1]

[Blood: 16800/16800]

[Attack: 1420/1420]

[Defense: 860]

[Agility: 248]

[Skills: Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, Venom Fountain, Spider Emperor's Pressure, Summon Spider Swarm, Death Entanglement, Carapace Regeneration]

[Note: This is a creature card formed from the final boss of Spider Nest Deep Valley. It possesses extremely high combat intelligence and a comprehensive skill set, and can be used to create high-level spider-type dungeon creatures.]

Su Mu carefully put the cards away.

Including the previous three, there are a total of four spider cards: Brood Nest Spider Queen, Web-Weaving Spider Queen, Deep Valley Spider Nest Lord, and Deep Valley Spider Emperor. Each card has a different skill set, and each card can create Spider Demon with a different personality and fighting style.

Su Mu looked at his harvest.

My experience has reached 20% of level 18.

Four spider cards, along with a large quantity of spider silk, spider eggs, venom sacs, and other materials.

These things are perfect for building the Pansi Cave. In the original story, the Pansi Cave is incredibly complex, filled with spider webs and teeming with small spiders.

The Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven are 620 years old.

Unfortunately, my current Soul Power is still more than that of the Golden-Winged Great Peng King. After the Golden-Winged Great Peng King is fully integrated, there will also be the White Elephant King. My Soul Power is becoming increasingly insufficient.

Su Mu shook his head, then, with a thought, chose to exit the instance.