Chapter 58: Stabbing Through a Giant Spider Nest!

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As Frank advanced through the new instant hunting domain he created, he used many Skills at the same time to enhance their proficiency, such as 'Dirt', 'Body Aura', and even 'Gust'.

And as he wandered around with Ruby, he began to discover many differences between it and the others he had been or created before.

For instance, this Hunting Domain had changed from its original appearance. Unlike the one he made within the World's Gate, which remained as the same temple, this one modified the forests around and made them into an intricate labyrinth filled with spiderwebs and spiders everywhere, and as he approached the 'center' of this labyrinth, he felt an ominous presence slowly awakening within.

"Could that be the Boss? But the Quest says that it will generate one, isn't it?" wondered Frank, as he pounced towards the left, evading a Rank 2 Giant Venomous Spider that tried to bite him with its enormous fangs.

Ruby jumped out of his shoulder as she grew in size, biting the spider's abdomen as greenish blood and innards exploded into the surroundings, the spider shrieked in agony as it was then finished by Ruby through a strong fire breath attack.

"Good work, Ruby! It seems that we are fighting Rank 2 monsters now… this is mostly why they are becoming rarer…" said Frank, using Inspect into a Spider that was crawling over the trees, waiting for an opportunity to jump over him or Ruby.

[Name: Nameless.

[Race: Giant Venomous Spider.

[Types: Arachnid/Poison

[Monster Rank: 2

[Level: 1

[Health Points: 85/85

[Mana Points: 25/25

[Strength: 45

[Defense: 32

[Magic: 19

[Resistance: 25

[Agility: 45

[Passive Skills: [Poison Immunity], [Strong Jaw: Level 3], [Spatial Maneuver: Level 2]

[Active Skills: [Poison Fangs: Level 4], [Bite: Level 2], [Spider Thread: Level 3], [Stealth: Level 1]

"This one is chunkier… Rank 2 Monsters really have a big difference in stats compared to Rank 1… And that Poison Fangs is level 4! I would surely die before even developing a Poison Resistance with that attack…" thought Frank as he carefully kept enhancing his body with the Body Aura and Bronze Skin skills, alongside the Mana Aura for an extra layer of protection.

"Grshyaaaaa!"

The Spider quickly attacked as it thought that Frank had lowered its guard, only to find itself trapped within Frank's Mana Threads.

"Although I am not as skillful as you with your Spider Threads, at least I can produce these whenever I want… Bind!" said Frank, conjuring the Bind Spell that could only be used when Mana Thread was already entangling an enemy.

Bind enhanced the mana thread's power and strength, trapping the spider within as it fell hopelessly into the ground.

"This spends a lot of mana, more than I can regenerate, so I better dispose of you straight away!" said Frank, conjuring several spheres of mana and raining the struggling spider with them, making it disappear within an explosion of black smoke.

Frank glanced in Ruby's direction as he sensed that she was in danger, rushing towards her and finding her cornered by two spiders.

Although her ability to burn them was pretty good, especially because these monsters were weak to her fire, her mouth had suddenly been covered in a spider web and was tightly closed to the point that she was having difficulties exuding her fire breath, in fact, her throat was beginning to bulge as she overly accumulated the gases produced within her throat and lungs to create the flames of her breath, Frank feared that if she continued recklessly trying to unleash fire, her throat would explode alongside her lungs.

Ruby used her claws and tail to slap the spiders whose fangs could not penetrate her iron-like scales, but this struggle quickly came to an end as Frank bind one of the spiders while making the other two fall back through Flying Mana Spears.

"Giishiiiaaaa…!" roared the bind spider, quickly meeting its end by Frank's spear.

Crash!

"Ruby, stop accumulating flames, it's dangerous!" said Frank, cutting the threads off her mouth as Ruby unleashed a gigantic breath of flames that released itself like a burning explosion, burning alive the other two spiders within seconds.

BOOM!

With all of the spiders turned into black smoke, Ruby gasped for air for a little while as Frank caressed her.

"Don't be so rash… And I am sorry for losing you for a bit, stay at my side," said Frank.

"Grawr!" said Ruby, as if nodding.

Frank glanced at the dropped items, finding that the monsters in these domains were similar to the ones on Earth, dropping Magic Crystals instead of Mana Cores.

Frank quickly picked the crystals as Ruby devoured one, her mana core was not formed yet, and eating a magic crystal certainly did not create the mana core either, but it seemed that her vigor and mana recovered through this rough method of consumption.

"These things don't let corpses for you to eat, huh? Don't worry, I will give you something tasty whenever we finish this place, we have around ten spiders left to kill before the boss, let's continue!" said Frank, as Ruby followed him from behind with a happy groan.

The pair rushed around the forest, clashing against the gigantic spiders.

A group of three spiders greeted them again through their typical ambushes, one of them had tried the same trick as before, covering Ruby's mouth, which came to an end very quickly as Frank broke the spider's balance with his Gust, the spiderweb ended up covering one of the other two spiders, making it an easy kill for Ruby's overpowered fire breath. Meanwhile, Frank used his Spinning Mana Bullet to devastate the one that managed to escape and was planning on biting his legs.

The three spiders quickly turned into black smoke, as the pair grabbed the magic crystals dropped and quickly confronted yet another group of three, not a few meters afterward!

"As we advance through the forest, they're getting more organized, now they're always in groups of three! Are they learning somehow?" wondered Frank, using his Sonar Wave Skill to unleash a small echo that showed him the nearby monsters approaching.

"There are four more a few meters away… Shit! Let's hurry up before we get cornered!" said Frank.

"Grawr!"

Frank used his great senses and flexibility to quickly make quick work of the nearest spider, while another slightly brushed his leg with its fangs before it was thrown away by his Gust Skill.

"I actually got hit by the poison nonetheless…" muttered Frank, as he felt a sharp pain rushing into his leg, which he forcefully suppressed through his Gift of Life Skill using Life Energy to battle against the poison, slowly eroding it and curing himself within a few seconds.

"With such a small dose, I suppose I barely did it…" sighed Frank as he glanced at Ruby's finish the third spider with a strong, fire-covered bite.

Ding!

[Due to surviving a lethal poison attack, you have acquired the [Poison and Toxin Resistance: Level 1] Skill!]

"This makes sense, I suppose…" thought Frank, as he imagined that reaching level ten on this skill might bring him immunity to the poison and toxin attributes.

"Grawwr!"

With Ruby's groan, both of them glanced at the group of four Spiders approaching, all of them seemed to be jumping over the treetops as they quickly ambushed the pair with their spiderwebs, trying to cover them entirely with these threads straight away for an easy kill!

"Ruby! Fire Breath!" said Frank, commanding Ruby as she roared, releasing a powerful breath of fire that quickly burn down the spiderwebs.

Flash!

"Giisshaaaaa!" roared a spider, sneaking behind Frank's through her high leveled Stealth Skill, but through Frank's Detection and Sonar Waves, he managed to detect her in time, shielding himself with his Mana Aura combined with his Gust, throwing a strong wave of pure mana and wind towards the spider as it bounced back by it.

"GRIII…!"

"Flying Mana Spears!"

Frank unleashed a barrage of spears made of transparent energy that flew towards the unbalanced spider, clashing towards its multiple times until it exploded into black smoke.

Boom!

"No time to lose… Sharp Spear! Penetrating Stab!"

Frank unleashed two Spear Techniques one after another against the nearest spider. The attacks unleashed clashed over the spider like two shockwaves, making it lose balance and falling into the ground while shrieking in agony and then disappearing into black smoke.

"By using my Spear Technique, I feel like I am getting better and better at handling this weapon, despite not learning actual knowledge from people…"

Frank glanced at Ruby again as she remained at his side while unleashing fire breath and making one of the spiders stand back.

"Giishyaa…!" meanwhile, the other roared behind Frank!

Frank quickly saw his Mana recovering back gain as he conjured a large spinning mana bullet, throwing it towards another sneaky spider that tried to use Stealth behind Frank.

The sphere exploded into the spider's face, making it disappear into black smoke with a 'boom!'.

And as Frank did this, Ruby quickly disposed of the remaining spider with her flames.

Both of them sighed in relief as Frank glanced at the System notifications, he had completed the Boss quest and given 30 App Points alongside the 'Dungeon Boss Room Unlocking' instead of 'Boss Summon'…

"Wait, Dungeon Boss Room Unlocking?!" said Frank, as the roar of an intimidating beast resonated within the depths of the forest.

[An ominous presence has been detected!]

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