His current position was in the opposite direction of the matured creature, already at the greatest distance within the nest. If it wanted to come over, at its previous moving speed, it surely wouldn’t be that fast.
Gauss adjusted his breathing, his body accumulating Magic Power.
Finally, the three smaller ones glided in front of him, entering attack range.
"Boom!"
Gauss’s gaze suddenly turned grave.
Three Magic Missiles directly locked onto the body of the smallest one; in his Perception, its upper body seemed relatively weak.
"Buzz!!" The Magic Missiles tore through the air, accurately blasting into the abdomen of its upper body.
The Magic Field generated powerful destructive force, and the waxen upper body quickly exploded under the destruction of the Missile Field.
Then came the second, and the third missile.
The demon was directly cut in half by the three Missiles, its upper body falling to the ground.
Is that it?
Gauss was about to say, after all, they are of the same species, how could it be so weak, but soon he realized something was wrong.
The Adventurer’s Handbook didn’t register a kill.
His 4/5 progress didn’t budge an inch.
Sure enough, the next moment, the blasted upper body, surrounded by spider web-like mucus as if it was alive, rapidly flowed on the ground, reassembling itself.
Was its upper body insignificant? What really mattered was the spider lower half with three pairs of legs? At least for the non-mature individuals, it was so.
Gauss thought.
Meanwhile, he dodged the kicks of the other two demons.
Although not as powerful as the matured form, that fierce wind was already beginning to reveal its form.
An average human, if caught by such a kick, would likely be sliced in half from bottom to top.
He quickly recalled the earlier details in his mind.
At the spot where it was previously cut in half, a kind of red light seemed to flow upward from below, and it was at that moment that the shattered upper body quickly restored itself.
From the torso downward, there seemed to be its core.
And its spider-form lower body, the shell was hard, with high strength, so he could only...
Gauss formed a plan in his mind.
He looked again to the distant pale guard, seemingly sitting firmly in its spot.
Even with the battle starting, it had no sign of joining in, impartial like a dragonfly captain.
"Phew!"
He equipped a fresh Gauss Force Field once again, ignoring the two slightly larger individuals.
Gauss intended to focus his fierce attacks on the smallest one.
Raising his hand, the tip of his staff flickered with azure light.
Gauss slightly frowned, feeling the flow of Magic Power becoming a bit sluggish.
But gritting his teeth, he managed to successfully release the Magic Missiles.
"Boom!" The smallest individual, which had painstakingly just reformed, was cut in half again.
Exposing the hollow core below.
There it is!
Gauss narrowed his eyes, and after locking onto the specific position, he quickly gathered the somewhat sluggish Magic Power.
"Magic Missile!"
The azure ball-shaped Missile shot out of his hand.
Accurately hitting that glowing red torso just beneath it.
Pale mucus splattered everywhere.
The three Missiles directly exploded from within the center of its lower body!
"Thump," a muffled explosion sounded.
The previously still-moving spider-shaped lower body stopped completely.
"Killed Elite Demon Spider Ghost*1"
"Received the title [Ghost Clan Slayer], which will upgrade as the number of kills increases."
"Current effect: Ghost Energy Resistance. When battling Spider Ghosts and related advanced Ghost creatures, you gain extra resistance against Ghost Energy."
"Activated elite demon number five, unlocking Elite Road Stage 2..."
"Unlocking..."
In front of Gauss, the text flashed rapidly.
He breathed a sigh of relief; the target was successfully achieved.
But he felt so tired...
He felt his body and mental state becoming inexplicably fatigued.
Seeing the two other Spider Ghosts lunging towards him, he had no desire to fight.
Even the mature Spider Ghost, after he killed one of its kin, didn’t have any intention of coming over.
He didn’t want to continue fighting either.
His physical condition was too poor! There was something wrong with the environment in this nest!
"Retreat!"
Beneath the sleeve of his robe, the gradually dulled Magic Power surged towards the Teleportation Scroll.
The Teleportation Scroll, once infused with Magic Power, gradually activated.
It was at this moment.
The adult Spider Ghost, which had been ignoring everything, suddenly moved!
Its gaze locked straight onto Gauss’s position.
As if realizing that Gauss could escape through some special means, the Spider Ghost’s body was instantly wrapped in a pale special energy.
"Thud!"
Blade-sharp legs, wrapped in the pale energy, unleashed a terrifying force.
"Swoosh!!!" The body, like it was tearing through the air, step by step, leaving afterimages, rapidly closing in on Gauss.
Indeed, during the entire chase before, it had been conserving its strength.
Gauss felt a bit fearful, but thankfully, he had purposely created some distance; otherwise, at the start, inside the nest, or during the chase outside, if he triggered the Teleportation Scroll, he would have been directly cut down by its authentic show of strength!
His eyelids became increasingly heavy, and his consciousness slowly blurred.
He only saw a body moving as swiftly as a phantom rapidly approaching, expanding quickly in his blurred vision.
"Boom!!"
The leaping Spider Ghost, its pale fluid-wrapped legs cleaving down like a battle-axe!
This attack was without reservation, unleashing full strength.
If it touched Gauss for even a moment, this attack could instantly shatter his protection and cleanly slice him in half.
The heavy air pressed down overwhelming.
"Thud!"
The legs cleaved down, effortlessly breaking apart Gauss’s figure.
The ground was also left with a clear, massive cut from the aftershocks!
However, the next moment, Gauss’s figure shattered; it was merely an afterimage.
The activated Teleportation Scroll managed to whisk Gauss away from the spot just before the deadly strike landed.
"Ugh!!!" The adult Spider Ghost emitted a sharp roar.
The roar carried a sense of anger—having thought it had everything under control, only to be played with in the end.
Three hundred meters might not be too far in the outside world, but in the winding maze passages, it was like one or two kilometers, if not more—enough to escape the pursuit of most enemies.
Three hundred meters away.
Somewhere in the passage.
A silhouette suddenly appeared aboveground.
"Bang!"
The body crashed onto the ground, not rising for a long time.
A dark-haired man lay sound asleep on the stone ground.
And at the end of the passage, around the corner.
A half-snake man with golden-yellow scales on his lower half was humming a little tune.
With no one else around, his solo exploration made him feel somewhat relaxed.
Suddenly, he seemed to catch a familiar scent of his kind in the air.
Tilted his raised head.
He quickly slithered toward the direction of the scent.
On the passage floor, he indeed saw a familiar figure.
"Huh? Isn’t this that guy?"
"Why did he lie down and fall asleep here?"
He quickly glanced around.
There wasn’t a camping ground, and not far away, a few spore mosquitoes seemed to have set their sights on him.
After some thought, the half-snake man picked him up.
Alright.
Pick him up and take him out.