51: Chapter 51 The Changes in the Spirit-Eroding Thousand-Silk Armor!

Under Lin Mo's vigilant gaze.

Soon, a figure appeared before Lin Mo.

It was a massive spider, pitch-black all over, with light purple patterns on its legs.

Unlike the size of the Shadow Toad.

This creature was a full person's size.

The dense cluster of eyes on its head made one's scalp tingle.

[Shadow Pattern Spider]

[Combat Power: Tier 1, Level 2]

[Strength: 120]

[Spirit: 120]

[Agility: 120]

[Stamina: 80]

[Talent: None]

[Skills: Silk Binding, Venomous Fangs]

[Silk Binding: Active skill, releases spider silk to entangle and bind the target; the bound target will be unable to move, and this effect lasts for one minute.]

[Venomous Fangs: Active skill, after activation, the Shadow Pattern Spider's next bite attack will carry spider venom; after being poisoned, attributes are reduced by 15%, and 1% of maximum health is deducted per second for eight seconds; this effect cannot be stacked.]

Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared to the Shadow Toad, this Shadow Pattern Spider was much weaker.

Its skill combination wasn't as insidious.

Upon appearing, this Shadow Pattern Spider locked onto Lin Mo immediately.

Lin Mo's figure was reflected in every one of its dense compound eyes.

It moved its eight long legs and charged rapidly toward Lin Mo.

Rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle!

After reaching the skill activation distance.

It immediately spat out a large amount of spider silk.

The white spider silk came hurtling toward Lin Mo's face.

Lin Mo pushed off with his feet, his Agility of 600 points instantly erupting into terrifying speed, allowing him to narrowly dodge the Shadow Pattern Spider's attack.

Then, with a swift stroke of his blade, Lin Mo struck.

He cut the Shadow Pattern Spider's head clean in two.

Then he took its crystal core.

This kind of small monster didn't offer any special rewards.

Even the organ materials on its body had no collection value due to insufficient strength.

Just as Lin Mo was about to leave the Shadow Pattern Spider's corpse behind.

He suddenly sensed some strange fluctuations in the surrounding airflow.

"Hmm?"

Lin Mo frowned and looked around.

Underground, such airflow fluctuations appearing suddenly should only be caused by a creature moving.

The Shadow Pattern Spider from just a moment ago also caused some fluctuations.

Could another Shadow Pattern Spider have come?

But he didn't seem to hear the distinct sound the Shadow Pattern Spider made when it moved.

Moreover, based on the magnitude of the airflow fluctuations, the creature causing the change should be much smaller than the Shadow Pattern Spider.

Instead, there were quite a few of them.

Just as Lin Mo thought he was about to face new monsters.

The abnormal fluctuations suddenly stopped.

Did they all stop at the corner?

A guess flashed through Lin Mo's mind.

Could these monsters be waiting for him to leave?

After thinking about it, Lin Mo stepped back.

He planned to wait and see what happened first.

And just after Lin Mo retreated to the back of the passage, leaving the Shadow Pattern Spider's corpse outside.

The airflow that had just stopped began to move again!

Then, under Lin Mo's gaze.

One after another, Shadow Toads scrambled out from the corner.

Lin Mo roughly counted at least ten of them.

These Shadow Toads were all heading for the Shadow Pattern Spider's corpse.

They scrambled to jump beside the Shadow Pattern Spider's corpse.

Then, staring at the Shadow Pattern Spider's split-open head.

With a flick of their tongues, they lapped up quite a bit of the liquid spilling from the Shadow Pattern Spider's head.

In the blink of an eye, they had eaten everything inside its head.

Then they didn't stop, but jumped onto the Shadow Pattern Spider's body, which was a full person's height.

With a light scratch from the claws on their feet, they cut the Shadow Pattern Spider's body into small pieces, and with another roll of their tongues, swallowed them into their stomachs.

A smile appeared on Lin Mo's face as he witnessed all of this.

So... this Shadow Pattern Spider was the Shadow Toad's food!

Wouldn't that make things easier?

As long as he killed one Shadow Pattern Spider, he could use its corpse to lure the surrounding Shadow Toads to come and feed.

Shadow Toads while feeding could not maintain their stealth state.

In this way, not only would the danger level be greatly reduced, but it would also improve his killing efficiency.

Once he killed this group of Shadow Toads, he could just collect the surrounding soul-calming moss one by one.

It was simply worry-free and effortless.

As for why previous adventurers hadn't discovered this point.

Lin Mo quickly figured it out.

First, not everyone could possess such keen perception like him.

The blessing brought by the Saint Body Initial Qi wasn't just a change in numbers.

But a comprehensive enhancement of the senses.

Only with such powerful senses as his could one perceive the changes in the surrounding airflow.

Secondly, it also had to do with these Shadow Toads being cautious enough.

Even with the temptation of the Shadow Pattern Spider's corpse, they wouldn't rashly approach, but would choose to hide in the front.

If an adventurer approached, multiple Shadow Toads in a stealth state would be enough to instantly kill them.

Or else, they would feel the urge to retreat and leave voluntarily.

But regardless of which choice, it led to them being unable to discover the hidden characteristics of these two creatures.

After figuring this out, Lin Mo no longer hesitated.

He grabbed his steel blade and rushed out directly.

Although these Shadow Toads were feeding, after seeing Lin Mo, they all gave up their food and turned to attack Lin Mo instead.

It was a pity.

The reason Shadow Toads could make people fearful was their disgusting stealth ability.

And the special synergy where skill damage could double while in a stealth state.

Now, the strength of the Shadow Toads in their normal state couldn't cause much impact on Lin Mo at all.

Facing the attacks of these ten Shadow Toads.

Lin Mo didn't dodge or avoid, letting them land on his body.

The Saint Body Initial Qi could immunize against 15% of physical damage, and the soul-eroding thousand-silk armor could immunize against another 5% of all damage.

Coupled with Lin Mo's terrifying Stamina attribute.

With the layers of stacking, after these Shadow Toads activated their Shadow Leap Kill skill.

The damage dealt to Lin Mo could only deduct about 3% of Lin Mo's health.

However, at the very moment these attacks hit.

Lin Mo suddenly could feel a change in the soul-eroding thousand-silk armor on his body!

The 5% of damage from these attacks that was immunized turned into some kind of peculiar energy.

It was all absorbed into the soul-eroding thousand-silk armor!

And the appearance of the soul-eroding thousand-silk armor also changed.

On Lin Mo's back.

Eight dark green long spears, resembling spider legs, actually appeared.

The absorbed energy all went into these eight long spears.

However, although they were called long spears, if one looked closely, this thing was actually made of the same material as the Thorny Vine Pillars.

It was just that it had been refined into eight pieces through a special technique.

Not only that, Lin Mo also discovered.

These eight long spears were incredibly hard, and they could also adjust and change according to his will.

They could actually assist in his combat.

Lin Mo swung his steel blade to attack the Shadow Toads while trying to control these eight long spears.

One of the long spears pierced fiercely into the body of a Shadow Toad that was about to attack!