33: Section 33

Now that I'm covered in all these miscellaneous bits and pieces, I'm really not used to it.

I might as well use the Female Spider Carapace (Cuirass) as a vessel and give it a massive upgrade and reforging.

The radiance of Creation gradually began to spread.

Accompanied by the flow of energy.

The Ethereal Spider Silk that was about to dissipate gradually transferred and took root on the Female Spider Carapace (Cuirass). During this process, Su Ming followed a mysterious intuition, constantly adjusting the supernatural structure of his Creation.

At the same time.

In his backpack, a large amount of materials evaporated into thin air.

Mithril!

Arcanite Bars!

36 sets of Spider Carapaces!

A large batch of Spider Silk!

A total of 108 Spider Legs!

And of course, the Queen's Gland he had just obtained not long ago!

Three minutes passed, and everything returned to normal.

But the iconic Spider-Man-like totem on the chest of the Female Spider Carapace proved that someone had once again tinkered together a piece of gear that was quite beyond the norm and utterly ridiculous!

[Equipment: empresss grudge (Deep Purple)]

[Category: Cuirass]

[Attributes: Defense +50, Intelligence +2]

[Effect ①: Spell Damage and Healing effects +20% extra]

[Effect ③: Grudge Spider Silk (You will possess 36 strands of Grudge Spider Silk and can freely switch them between different forms [Limbs, Silk, Web]! Note: Integrating more Ethereal Spider Silk can strengthen this effect)]

[Description: The Spider empresss grudge gathers here... Don't ask where the empresss grudge came from.]

[PS: Oh no, a spider with 36 legs? Man, your tastes are shocking! — Eternal Jungle Overlord · Spider Empress · Elise!]

Su Ming: "..."

Who the hell has 36 legs!

As if sensing what Su Ming was thinking.

Shua shua shua!—

A full 36 strands of Grudge Spider Silk extended from the back of Su Ming's vest!

Su Ming was completely dumbfounded.

He watched helplessly as the 36 strands of Grudge Spider Silk instantly mutated into 36 translucent, hideous arthropod limbs!

Ah, this...

There really are 36 legs!

Su Ming sighed softly, holding his forehead.

Having 36 extra ethereal limbs that were flexible, retractable, and changed at will... who wouldn't like that?

But if you're saying I should rely on these things, then forget it.

No matter how intimidating these limbs looked, their essence was still spider silk.

They were fine for showing off and scaring people, but using them in battle would be courting death.

With a thought.

The 36 limbs instantly returned to their spider silk form.

Fluorescence shot out, weaving into a spider web!

Su Ming leaped up, standing in mid-air upon the nearly transparent web.

His brain worked at high speed, completing path planning in an instant. Some of the silk quietly retracted according to Su Ming's will, while others quickly extended, sticking to distant large trees. In the process, Su Ming's body used this pull to walk through the air like the wind.

En route.

Giant Night Bats hanging upside down from other trees took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

But Su Ming sensed them in advance.

With a subtle change of direction, he dodged the Night Bat's pounce and thrust a spear through its skull with a backhand strike.

Blood splattered, and Su Ming turned at the same time.

He locked onto a canopy where a large number of Giant Night Bats were perched and swung himself over. While in mid-air, he had already transformed into an Abyss Demon Spider.

Dark Erosion Domain expanded!

The Grudge Spider Silk carried Su Ming in his Abyss Demon Spider form, and he swung like a pendulum, crashing deep into the canopy!

For a time, the corpses of Giant Night Bats fell to the ground one after another.

Their souls were extracted, and then during the process of mutating into Ethereal Spider Silk, they were assimilated and absorbed by the Grudge Spider Silk. This further intensified Su Ming's lethality.

Among the reasons for this,

was that the Abyss Demon Spider's body structure was better suited for slaughter, and also due to the Night Bats' own flaws.

Since they couldn't fly, calling them stationary targets was basically correct!

The battle ended.

Su Ming deactivated his Demon Spider transformation.

Returning to his Dark Erosion Spider Demon form, he strode with his eight long legs, controlling the 36 even tougher strands of Grudge Spider Silk as he traversed various parts of the forest surrounding Crow Ridge.

...

That night.

Su Ming, covered in blood, returned to the Northern Shelter.

Outside the shelter.

The light snow that had lasted for several days finally stopped, but the temperature in the Northern Lands had dropped to over forty degrees below zero!

In sharp contrast,

was the comfortable, spring-like room temperature inside the shelter.

Seeing Su Ming return, Moyi said without looking up:

"Hurry up and clean up that smell on you. The scent of blood is too heavy. I really don't know why you're so keen on fighting."

"Nonsense!" Su Ming rolled his eyes, casting a Cleaning Spell on himself while complaining, "How can I get stronger without fighting?"

He changed out of his equipment, replacing it with a set of daily wear that Zhixin had personally generated using code.

"I see!" Moyi smiled brightly, looking up from the monitoring light screen in front of her and giving Su Ming a teasing grin. "We never understood before; you clearly haven't undergone genetic modification, and you don't have silent super-genes in your body, yet you show an extraordinary growth rate..."

"Hee hee, you've let the cat out of the bag!"

"When it comes to baiting people into talking, you're the best!"

Su Ming gave Moyi a thumbs up with a look of admiration.

He was being quite supportive, one could say.

Chapter 38: Suspected Bronze Dragon Sighting

Originally, such a conversation was just a joke.

The Angels had long been curious about Su Ming's performance of mysteriously gaining a boost in combat power every once in a while.

But both sides had a silent understanding.

Su Ming never interfered in Angel internal affairs.

The Angels were also unwilling to probe into Su Ming's secrets that he didn't want to put on the table.

However.

Zhixin took it seriously!

"You can get stronger just by fighting?"

Zhixin didn't even care about the work in her hands anymore. She reached out and pulled up another light screen, building a mathematical model while negating:

"Impossible, that is a one hundred percent false proposition!"

"Fighting can only accumulate experience and improve skills, but it cannot make you stronger!"

"Especially, it cannot cause you to undergo this kind of near-complete physical transformation and evolution!"

"Su Ming, take a piece of advice from your big sister, why don't we study hard, okay?"

Su Ming: "..."

First of all, I'm really not out of my mind!

Secondly...

As the primary person responsible for guiding him, teaching him knowledge, and broadening his horizons, Zhixin could be a teacher!

But she couldn't be a nagging mother hen!

That maternal radiance on you is way too much!

Pa!—

Moyi held her forehead.

Between laughter and tears, she flicked Zhixin's forehead with her finger.

"Are you silly? You're already a Right Wing Guard, how can you still be so honest? We were just joking."

Emmm...

The sound was crisp and loud; it's a good head!

Wuu wuu!—

With a whimper, Zhixin held her head and squatted down defensively, looking aggrieved.

Her pair of snow-white wings were even twitching...

Hehe...

So cute...

"Alright, stop acting like that!"

Moyi was helpless; Zhixin's cuteness overload didn't discriminate between men and women; even she would take heavy damage.

She reached out to pull Zhixin up, only to see Zhixin's large eyes filled with crystalline tears.

Hiss!—

This is a cuteness overload critical hit!

Zhixin really knows how to play!

Moyi, who had watched Zhixin grow up, expressed: My health bar is empty!

She hastily gave Zhixin a big hug, patting her back to comfort her while making all sorts of gentle promises.

Su Ming listened from the side, his expression becoming more and more strange.

Listen to what Moyi was promising?

From data recording to editing analysis reports, and then to the construction of the shelter's security system!

Tsk tsk, what kind of new-era corporate slave is this?

Suddenly.

When Su Ming and Zhixin's eyes met.

Where were there any star-like tears in this girl's eyes? All there was was a young girl's cunning...

Emmm...