Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
Chu You stopped moving, because he saw a cluster of spiders blocking the whole path not too far ahead, and they showed no signs of retreating.
Chu You glanced at his health value. At this point in time, his health had already recovered back to full capacity, then he added the 5 attribute points he earned from levelling up to his strength level, increasing the attack power to 52.
With the gaze of an old hand, he scanned the surroundings of the environment. Chu You realized that there was really no ‘safe area.’ Then he tried to carefully recall the route he’d come from, but he did not discover anything. This meant that he had to force his way in. From there, he had to find terrain to hide himself. If not, there were no other solutions left.
Going through the instance alone, the reason why the nightmare mode was known as the death mode was because one needed to go through many deaths to accumulate experience in order to uncover a solution that worked. One needed to go through multiple trial and errors to find a path of feasible gist, and that was because one needed to identify it more clearly.
Once the player got spotted by any monsters in the instance, no matter how far the player ran, and no matter the distance between the player and the monster, it would still be able to find the player. As long as the player did not exit the instance game, the monster would be able to trace the player by his scent. Instances of breaking away from hostility would never occur, unless the player managed to find a place to ‘hide.’
If the player went offline halfway, once he came online again, he would be shocked to see that he had already exited the instance, and was standing outside the entrance gates of the instance game.
Therefore, such a hidden spot definitely existed, it just depended on whether the players could find the critical point.
This instance was said to be the easiest instance game; the monsters inside were all level 5 one-star elites. For this instance to appear in the mission of the amateur region, its difficulty level was certainly not that high. There were not many side roads here; that hidden spot must be located in an area that was easy to find. Of course, this was according to a reincarnated person like Chu You.
Chu You took a deep breath, since he had already clearly figured out the problem. From now on, he had to depend on his ability to clearly understand his observations.
Chu You bent down, and got into his ready state, the floating bar reflecting his stamina completely full at 100.
At this moment, he moved!
Chu You’s tall and slender figure lunged in front to attack, sprinting towards the group of elite monsters ahead at high speed.
Getting closer, getting closer, just about to touch!
Upon entering the ten meter boundary, the first white sac spider discovered the trespasser. Simultaneously, its companions behind also spotted Chu You after being alerted. This happened before Chu You even entered the area of sensory perception of the white sac spider.
Tightly packed shouts emerged at this moment, howling while charging at Chu You to attack.
When both parties were only three meters apart, about to enter the attacking boundary of the white sac spiders, Chu You jumped in astonishment. With tremendous spurt force, Chu You’s entire body was sent flying in mid-air.
The white sac spiders raised their heads one after another, looking at their enemy in mid-air.
Then, Chu You fell into the crowd of spiders!
Immediately, the white sac spiders from all corners launched their attack towards Chu You at the same time.
His health plunged by a large chunk abruptly. However, Chu You showed no signs of stopping. He continued to charge forward when his legs just reached the ground. After the leap just now, Chu You’s current position was now nearer to the back.Together with his rapid speed, some white sac spiders’ attacks were already futile.
In a split second, Chu You dashed out from the crowd of monsters, with some bloodstains, and a sense of pain being transmitted. This game was extremely realistic. It even came with the feeling of pain, which was not too strong, just enough to cause one to feel discomfort, like the feeling of a mosquito bite.
Chu You’s expression did not change. After dashing out, he hurriedly observed the two ends of the surroundings. He realized there were no routes leading to the depths, and a large group of white sac spiders were chasing him, after his life behind him. They would never give up on such a delicious meal.
It was as if all the elite monsters had gathered at that place; no monsters could be spotted ahead. Not long after, Chu You spotted the cave in front. One gigantic scary figure was guarding it. Chu You knew that thing was the ultimate head of the instance game.
The route ahead led to a dead end, the route behind him spelled death…then in this case, the hideout must be along this path.
With his meticulous thinking, Chu You managed to decide on a spot very quickly.
The terrain here was slightly more wide. Chu You spotted a stone pillar which stood three meters above the ground. There were traces of water seeping out, and the remaining part of the terrain was clear at a glance. Nothing unusual.
This must be it!
Chu You sprinted to this stone pillar swifty, as he leaped forward.
His body pounced on top of the stone pillar at once, both his hands gripping on to the boundary of the top region of the pillar. He immediately exerted his strength to prop up his body. Chu You realized that on top of the pillar was a well. This stone pillar was hollow, and its interior was filled to the brim with water. Its top was circular, its entrance only big enough to fit one person.
Without even thinking, Chu You immediately jumped inside the stone pillar, his whole body disappearing into the pillar.
At this moment, the white sac spiders had already all gathered around the pillar Chu You was at, and some spiders straightaway started to climb the pillar. In no time, they had already reached the top of the pillar.
However, when they saw that Chu You had already disappeared without a trace, the originally vengeful white sac spiders soon returned to their original state. They relayed this message onto their peers quickly, and after receiving the message, the spiders surrounding the pillar gradually headed to where they came from.
The spiders on top also started to climb down, and they started to disperse as well.
After holding his breath in the water for 10 seconds, Chu You’s health started to decrease.
-10, -10, -10.
10 points were deducted from his health every 2 seconds. From beneath the water surface, Chu You could roughly tell that there were no longer any figures of spiders. Then, he floated up from the bottom of the pillar.
After glancing at the situation of the surroundings, he realized that the white sac spiders were heading towards where they came from. At this moment, Chu You’s gaze fell on a spider.
He noticed that this white sac spider had fallen behind its pack, and it’s straggle was quite significant. He took a look at his own health and thought that he was still able to withstand two strikes of attack by the white sac spiders.
This was already enough to Chu You.
Without further ado, he jumped down quickly and chased after the straggling spider. He then proceeded to lure it right next to the stone pillar. According to how he played in the game in his previous life, he got rid of this white sac spider.
He counted, and there were still nine more elite spiders upfront.
Chu You decided to to think about it more after his health and stamina had recovered. With that, he sat down.
After 10 minutes had passed, Chu You recovered back to his original state, and from there he stood up again.
Chu You decided to get rid of those nine spiders first. You must know how hard it is to be able to chance upon an elite monster during the amateur stage. Out in the field, players do not care about whether they can actually kill the monsters. Instead, they act before thinking, grabbing the first sign of hatred.
According to his tactics before, attracting the nine spiders, jumping into the well within the pillar, and just when they cooled down from being vengeful, climbing up immediately… A straggling spider would appear, and he’d chase after it at once and kill it.
Although this method was time consuming, this was the fastest way to gain experience as of now. Chu You did not find it to be a hassle in the slightest bit. Looking at his growth in experience, this delighted him internally. This was so much faster than promoting levels in the field. You have to know that the level 5 elites in the field, apart from the head, were all normal monsters.
After defeating them all, Chu You officially walked towards the position where the head spider (the spider boss) was standing.
That was a den. One gigantic spider with a body as big as a lioness and a purplish brown body with patterns on its back quietly crawled there.
What surprised Chu You was, behind the head spider, there was a treasure box on the stone table shining brightly.
White sac spider head, level 5, one star elite, type ‘Leader level’.
Just when Chu You took one step into the limestone cave, at this moment when his leg had stepped onto the web, this head spider which was quietly lying low suddenly awakened, but it did not move. It continued to stay there and waited calmly. A tiny crack appeared before its eyes, it could sense that its prey was about to fall into its trap.
What surprised the white sac spider was, the prey seemed to have stopped moving.
Chu You stopped moving. When he stepped onto the web earlier, he realized that there seemed to be an effect of movements slowing down here. At this instant, he realized that this might be a trap.
Hence, Chu You paused at the entrance, and the two parties seemed to have held up against each other’s strength unknowingly.
Chu You knew that if this was a normal player, even if he noticed the discrepancy, the fact that the head spider was still immobile would mislead the player into entering the cave and waking up the angry head spider, forming a ‘normal start’. Never would the player have thought that when he was very near the head spider, this enormous and incomparingly sly head spider would suddenly attack the player. It was already too late at that point.
Now it was just a battle to see which party had more patience.
Chu You was clear about some rules in the game, hence he was obviously more patient.
However, after five minutes, just when Chu You also couldn’t help but grow slightly suspicious, this sly spider also lost its patience.
The head spider immediately locked its eyes on Chu You, standing up furiously! At this moment, Chu You was on guard from head to toe, knowing that he must not be negligent.
The white sac spider suddenly moved forward at rapid speed, its eight legs resembling gym equipment, moving at a very fast pace, almost on par with Chu You’s sprinting pace.
Chu You turned around and ran.
The cave was full of webs, with the power to slow down movements, definitely not a good place to fight one on one. If he had hastily entered, his speed would have been reduced greatly by now.
After exiting the cave, Chu You felt more relaxed. The scary figure behind him had also exited the cave, in hot pursuit of Chu You, refusing to let him go.
Once again, Chu You arrived at the lower half of the stone pillar; this was the ultimate battleground.
Chu You stopped for a moment, and the head spider caught up, launching a menacing attack on Chu You.
He leaned on the stone pillar and continued to dodge, waiting for the chance to retaliate.
-17
This was Chu You’s first injury. The health of the head spider was high, and it had thick defense, making it hard to deal with.
But who was Chu You? He was a revived player. With his plentiful experience from his previous life, he had already developed into a certified brilliant hunter, and that was patience.
Knowing the light and slow nature of the situation, Chu You put in his full attention, knowing that he couldn’t afford to be careless in the slightest bit. Dealing with the head spider, any mishaps could lead to a possibility of getting attacked.
He must grasp the tempo of the battle, advancing gradually in a loop. He couldn’t act too hastily.
After every instance of the head spider launching three strikes, then Chu You could grab hold of the chance to wield his sword. Its fatality was low. However, the good thing about this fighting style was that the health of the head spider would decrease gradually.
As his body was agile, and with the addition of his form type, as well as the protection of the terrain, Chu You was not even scared in the least of the head spider’s attack. Just when the head spider’s health dropped by half, it displayed its capabilities!
It did not direct its venom at Chu You. Instead, it launched its green poison into the air.
The poison rained down like dense raindrops; this was unavoidable. Some of it landed onto Chu You.
-15, -15, -15.
The effects of the venom were taking place, and the health would decrease by 15 every three seconds. This went on for 30 seconds.
After 30 seconds, Chu You would lose 150 points from his health, the good thing being that Chu You kept adding points to his stamina. The stamina also increased the health and not just the attacking power.
Chu You did not panic; his body was calm, his mind was clear, and again he wielded his sword.
After spitting out the venom, the head spider continued to attack Chu You.
At this moment, the head spider’s attacking pattern tweaked a bit. After a normal attack, it would spit its venom at Chu You through tiny balls of its green poison.
The tiny balls of green venom moved at high speeds. After Chu You dodged them, they landed on the rock walls, forming a substance that stuck together.
If shot by it, not only would you directly suffer the fatality it brought, but one needed to also withstand the negative consequences of the green venom.
Every time the head spider repeated this action, Chu You would use the stone pillar as a fulcrum, circling around and revealing half of his body at the other end to wield his sword.
Slowly, the head spider’s health dropped by 90%, not left with many hit points. At this instant, it understood this fighting style and was absolutely furious. However, its level of intelligence was not high, only seeing through the tricks just when it was about to lose its life.
Once again, the head spider showed another skill while looking up at the sky. However, this time it was no longer poison, but a large amount of cobwebs.
The webs had the effect of slowing down things, limiting the speed and the actions of an individual significantly if it got stuck onto you.
Chu You hurriedly ran away from this place, exactly what the head spider wanted, which was to successfully drive its damned prey out of this protected area.
Realizing that Chu You had escaped, the head spider stopped spitting out webs, immediately giving chase as it launched another green ball in Chu You’s direction.
Chu You managed to dodge it in time, and also understood that this had come to the life and death stage.
Chu You already had demented thoughts before, and now he was even more fearless. Looking at his own health, which had almost fully recovered, the head spider never used its venom rain spitting tactic again afterwards. Hence, in the upcoming showdown, Chu You’s health also increased bit by bit gradually.
Sparring? Come at me then!
Chu You let out a low growl, stepping his leg at the back, and the two rivals got nearer to each other quickly!
The gigantic mouth of the head spider came attacking in Chu You’s direction. Chu You jumped into the air, controlling his body shape, gripping tightly onto the handle of his sword in one hand, the sharp ends of his sword facing down, ruthlessly piercing through the skull of the head spider. Chu You’s legs landed accurately on its back.
The head spider let out a growl, shaking his body to get rid of Chu You who was on its back. Its third leg, on the left, with a sharp end sweeped in Chu You’s direction!
-81
Immediately, Chu You’s current health dropped by half.
Chu You was not shocked and he smiled instead, a dark part of his heart being stimulated.
Actually, as an individual, Chu You did not like intellectual fighting styles. He preferred the barbarous method of fighting with their fleshy bodies instead.
It’s either you die or I die, there is no ‘most tragic’ but instead only ‘even more tragic’!
Chu You roared with laughter, with derangement, he entered an intense sparring of brutal masculinity with no room to back out.
-21!
-83!
-23!
-81!
Die!!