Chapter 41: The Dark Lord's Domain, Infinite Monsters!
A divine aura suddenly flooded the earth, immediately followed by a resounding dragon's roar.
The glowing lights around the Little Divine Dragon gradually faded away, and a brand-new Little Divine Dragon reappeared before Su Mu.
Its body, which was previously only a little over two meters long, had suddenly grown to six meters. With a wingspan of more than ten meters, its entire body burned with black flames. Its once crimson eyes now featured golden pupils, transforming it into a dual-pupiled dragon.
The shifting of its dual pupils seemed to mimic the creation of heaven and earth, and a terrifying aura made Su Mu's entire scalp tingle.
[Pet: Little Divine Dragon]
[Combat Power: 400,000 (Diamond Tier 4)]
[Level: LV3 (Juvenile Dragon, capable of hunting on its own)]
[Loyalty: 100%]
Upon reading the Little Divine Dragon's stats, a surge of pleasant surprise instantly filled Su Mu's chest.
The Little Divine Dragon had truly succeeded in its nirvana rebirth, becoming a Diamond Tier 4 juvenile dragon that had actually surpassed Saber Slash in strength.
Now, Su Mu had no choice but to acknowledge the importance of bloodlines. Originally, the three Little Divine Dragons had the lowest strength among them, but who would have thought that after a casual nirvana, one of them would directly soar to become the strongest.
The current combat power ranking was: NO.1 Little Divine Dragon (Diamond 4), NO.2 Saber Slash (Diamond 1), while he, the master himself, was the weakest at NO.3 (Platinum 8).
"Comparing a human to a divine beast is enough to make someone die of frustration."
Su Mu muttered with a resentful look in his eyes. Although he was a somewhat lazy master who rarely participated in combat, he still shouldn't have fallen this far behind.
Over there, as soon as the Little Divine Dragon completed its evolution, it unleashed its divine might. With a single breath of dragon flame, it blasted the demon spider more than ten meters away, causing it to crash heavily against a stone wall.
[System Prompt: Little Divine Dragon deals 200,000 damage to the Demon Spider, reducing its vitality by half.]
Hearing this, Su Mu was once again astounded by the Little Divine Dragon's terrifying combat prowess.
Crack, crack, crack! Accompanied by a series of crisp snapping sounds, Saber Slash also automatically broke free from confinement, the ice encasing its entire body shattering into tiny shards that fell away.
Without a second word, Saber Slash charged forward and unleashed a frenzy of attacks against the Demon Spider.
[Saber Slash deals 30,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 30,000 points.]
[Saber Slash deals 50,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 50,000 points.]
[Saber Slash deals 60,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 60,000 points.]
The system's notifications kept ringing in Su Mu's ears.
Su Mu instantly panicked. The plan he had formulated as the master was no longer working; this monster was about to be beaten to death by his two pet babies.
If he didn't make a move now, he wouldn't get any experience points.
Su Mu immediately rushed forward shamelessly, hacking wildly at the dying Ice-Silk Spider.
[Host deals 50,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 50,000 points.]
[Host deals 60,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 60,000 points.]
[Host deals 50,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 50,000 points.]
[Host deals 60,000 damage to the Ice-Silk Demon Spider, experience increased by 60,000 points.]
With Su Mu's attacks, his experience points began to skyrocket. In the blink of an eye, he cleared a minor sub-level, advancing from Platinum 8 to Platinum 9, leaving him just one level away from reaching Diamond.
Boom! Right at that moment, Saber Slash swung its blade fiercely, directly blowing the Demon Spider to pieces on the spot.
A blinding burst of flame erupted before the two of them, and the powerful heatwave forced them to take a few steps back.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the Demon Spider was gone—not even a scrap of it remained.
"I was careless; didn't manage to collect its blood."
Su Mu muttered, casting a resentful glance at the Little Divine Dragon before instructing it:
"Little Divine Dragon, stay outside and keep watch for us. Saber Slash and I can handle the remaining monsters inside."
Seeming to sense that Su Mu was displeased, the Little Divine Dragon immediately flew down to the ground, wanting to rub its head against Su Mu's face just like it used to.
However, it was far too tall now, standing twice as tall as Su Mu even on all fours. With no other choice, it could only lie flat on the ground and nudge its head against Su Mu's chest.
Only then did Su Mu happily pat the Little Divine Dragon's head with a smile, saying, "All right, you performed outstandingly in combat today. Someday, I'll go catch a female dragon to be your wife."
Seeming utterly disinterested in this topic, the Little Divine Dragon flapped its wings with a swish and flew back up into the sky to patrol.
"Saber Slash, let's go."
In high spirits, Su Mu led Saber Slash into the cavern. Inside the cave, there were now only seven minor demon spiders below Platinum 6. With his and Saber Slash's strength, they could easily handle them.
As long as they held back their strikes a little, they should be able to gather enough demon spider blood.
Li Mei hadn't specified the exact grade required for the demon spider's blood; the general range was that anything above the Gold tier would be sufficient.
The cave was deep, vast, and pitch black, but under the Holographic Eye, it was as bright as day.
After walking only a few steps, Su Mu discovered a large pile of human skeletons. It seemed many adventurers had visited this place before, only to be consumed as food by the demon spiders.
"Damn demon spiders."
Su Mu cursed bitterly and continued forward.
Soon, Su Mu found the seven baby demon spiders. Just like the adult demon spider, they were ugly in appearance and exuded an immensely evil aura.
One of the baby demon spiders was using several of its claws to hold a human skull, gnawing on it frantically. The rustling sound made Su Mu's hair stand on end.
Only then did Su Mu realize that after these demon spiders ate humans, they didn't even spare the bones. How truly evil.
"Indeed a bunch of disgusting and evil creatures. Saber Slash, hurry up and wipe them out; I don't want to look at these rotten things."
Su Mu commanded.
Hearing this, Saber Slash charged forward, a blue blade of light enveloping all the demon spiders.
[Saber Slash slays a Platinum 4 Demon Spider, experience increased by 40,000 points.]
[Saber Slash slays a Platinum 5 Demon Spider, experience increased by 50,000 points.]
[Saber Slash slays a Platinum 3 Demon Spider, experience increased by 30,000 points.]
[Saber Slash slays a Platinum 4 Demon Spider, experience increased by 40,000 points.]
The system notifications kept ringing.
In no time, Saber Slash had slaughtered all the demon spiders.
Its sword strikes were executed with great skill, piercing only the vital points of the demon spiders so that their corpses remained intact. Green blood gushed out in streams from their necks.
Seeing this, Su Mu hurriedly took out the bottles he had prepared in advance and collected all the demon spider blood.
It completely filled a large bottle.
Naturally, the corpses of the demon spiders were not left behind either, as they were excellent materials for making armor.
With a casual wave of his hand, Su Mu swept them into his storage ring.
After that, Su Mu began searching around the demon spider's nest to see if there were any valuable treasures. Yet, after searching high and low, apart from the bones of beasts and humans, there wasn't even a single spiritual stone.
Deeply annoyed, Su Mu fiercely kicked over a nest that a demon spider had woven for itself out of spider silk, and cursed bitterly, "Damned things, you only know how to eat people, yet you didn't even leave a single spiritual stone for me!"
Just at that moment, a round egg the size of a goose egg suddenly rolled out from the nest.
"What on earth is this? Is it a demon spider egg? Should I take it home? I wonder if it can hatch a little demon spider?"
After a moment of thought, Su Mu decided to keep the demon spider egg after all. Although he had killed this nest of demon spiders, raising this little demon spider could be considered a gesture of conscience toward heaven and earth.