Chapter 79: Rapid Leveling Below Level 25, This Is the Place

The students outside the Dungeon Hall were all waiting for Jiang Chen to emerge, to see whether he had broken a new record again.

Time ticked away second by second; an hour passed, and Jiang Chen still had not appeared.

People outside began to feel some disappointment; some thought this was normal, after all Jiang Chen had previously created a new record by discovering a new method.

But his performance in the Spider Nest was just average.

"Even if he didn't set a new record, being able to solo the Nightmare Difficulty instance is already quite impressive."

"Indeed, but to be fair, the gap between Normal Difficulty and Nightmare Difficulty in the Spider Nest Instance isn't as large as in other instances."

"Yes, at least the Small Spiders' strength is the same; only their numbers are higher."

"Stop watching; he probably won't set a new record this time."

Chu Yao stood aside, listening to the discussion, but she held a different view.

Even without solid evidence to back it up, she felt that things shouldn't be that way.

Regardless of the students' chatter outside, Jiang Chen kept advancing inside the instance, having already cleared the entire instance once.

"There are a total of 108 Caves, of which 60 contain Small Spiders."

"She didn't know whether that's fixed or random."

"Next time she goes in, she'll find out."

Jiang Chen checked his Experience Value; it had already risen to level 18 (70%).

One instance added 70% Experience Value, and that was achieved without being very familiar with the instance, so the efficiency was very high.

Jiang Chen believed that next time he entered, the Experience Value would increase as usual, and it would take even less time.

"Now is the time to go see

see the BOSS."

Passing through one Cave after another, Jiang Chen moved toward the deeper part of the instance.

The Spider Nest's scale was enormous; Caves followed one after another, forming a maze‑like map.

If he didn't have a complete mental map, he could lose his way here, searching for ages without finding the correct passage.

Finally, after about ten minutes, he arrived at the correct path leading deeper.

The Entrance to the passage was blocked by a thick spider web.

The Skeleton Warriors swung their big blades, trying to cut through the spider web.

The spider web was incredibly tough, not easy to slash.

It wasn't that the Skeleton Warriors weren't trying; the method simply didn't work.

If a mage were present, magical attacks could easily clear those spider webs.

After nearly five minutes of effort, the Skeleton Warriors finally succeeded in opening the road.

Then they entered the passage, and Jiang Chen followed behind them.

After passing through the passage, they finally reached the end of the instance.

In a massive Cave, they encountered the instance's BOSS: a gigantic spider, its diameter about seven to eight meters.

It had eight spider legs, each fifteen meters long, nearly twice the length of its body.

The legs were covered with spiny hairs that glimmered like steel.

One can imagine that being slashed by those legs would be either death or serious injury.

The moment Jiang Chen entered the instance, the BOSS had already noticed his presence.

Jiang Chen swiftly summoned 112 Skeleton Warriors, who brandished their big blades and charged at the BOSS.

At the same time, Jiang Chen used Detection Technique to lock onto the BOSS's location.

The Detection Technique also fell onto the BOSS.

"Spider King (Chief

leader‑level monster)"

"Level: 21"

"Strength: 5000"

"Agility: 3500"

"Spirit: 500"

"Constitution: 4000"

"Skills: Spit Web, Acid, Wind Whirl"

His Strength is greater than that of the Mutated Turtle, and his Agility is higher, but correspondingly his Constitution is weaker.

He has three skills; Jiang Chen can decipher the first two, but what exactly is the third skill, Wind Whirl?

The Spider King reacted, opening its mouth to spit out a massive spider web.

Skill: Spit Web!

The Skeleton Warriors dodged quickly, yet a few failed to evade and were caught by the spider web falling from the sky.

They were trapped by the web, brandishing their blades in an attempt to slash through it.

The spider web was unexpectedly sturdy, making it impossible to cut through for a while.

The Spider King repeatedly activated the Spit Web skill, ensnaring a dozen Skeleton Warriors.

At this moment, the Skeleton Warriors had already rushed to its feet, swinging their blades to strike.

Some Skeleton Warriors leapt high, soaring ten meters upward, charging onto its body.

The Spider King quickly retreated, trying to avoid the leaping Skeleton Warriors.

A red flame flashed above its head and merged into its body.

The Spider King instantly let out a mournful scream.

Then a red aura enveloped his head, and a shackles pattern appeared.

His movement speed instantly dropped by half.

Skill: Soul Burn!

Skill: Slow Curse!

Jiang Chen joined the squad, interrupting the Spider King's actions and cursing him; the Skeleton Warrior smoothly leapt onto the Spider King and activated its skill.

Skill: Rage Power!

The Spider King's defense was far inferior to that of the Mutated Turtle, and under the Skeleton Warrior's fierce attack, it was severely wounded in an instant.

It thrashed wildly, its eight spider legs like massive clubs sweeping back and forth.

Simultaneously

At the same time, it spewed streams of sour, foul‑smelling green liquid from its mouth.

Skill: Acid!

The green liquid was highly corrosive; when it landed on the Skeleton Warrior, it emitted a sizzle and released wisps of light smoke.

Jiang Chen sensed that the Skeleton Warrior had been injured.

"We must finish this quickly!"

Jiang Chen thought to himself that the Skeleton Warrior's attacks grew even fiercer, and he continued to use Soul Burn to strike.

The Spider King's wounds worsened, and it finally let out a Scream.

Its whole body recoiled sharply, its eight massive legs coiling like a constricting python.

The spines on its massive legs faced outward as the Spider King began to spin violently, sweeping the cavern like a top.

Skill: Wind Sweep.

A sudden gale blew through the Cave.

Those struck by it, the Skeleton Warriors, were blasted away.

Cracks appeared on their bones; the skill's power was considerable.

The Spider King activated the skill "Wind and Lightning", sweeping the Skeleton Warriors away before charging at Jiang Chen.

A Skeleton Warrior rushed to Jiang Chen's side, hoisting him high to evade the Spider King's sweep.

After sweeping three rounds, the Spider King finally halted.

The Skeleton Warriors surrounded him again.

Although the Skeleton Warriors were somewhat injured, their bones riddled with cracks, it did not affect their attack power.

Jiang Chen was not worried; he had seen Skeleton Warriors at level 1, which were truly miserable.

Just like ones pulled from a junk heap.

Now it's really much better.

The cavern echoed again with the sound of hammering, accompanied by the Spider King's wail.

The Spider King suddenly leapt high, hanging upside down from the ceiling of the Cave.

It kept emitting sharp cries.

The Cave trembled continuously, holes appearing around, and a Small Spider crawled out from each.

The Small Spiders were densely numerous.

Roughly, the count was in the thousands.

The Spider King fell back underground, like a king of a swarm, commanding its army.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen showed no panic at all; instead, he smiled.

"Going to his own death."

Soul Burn flashed, and a Small Spider died instantly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The entire Cave burst like fireworks, with explosions sounding continuously.

It exploded over a hundred times in succession.

Only when Jiang Chen's Spiritual Power was nearly depleted did the explosions cease.

The Spider King wavered, its massive legs covered in wound‑filled gore, tattered and ruined.

It did not understand what had happened.

How it had been blown to pieces.

Then a Skeleton Warrior went up and delivered the final blow.

"Killed Spider King, Experience +66230"

"Obtained Silver-level Weapon: Spider Dagger"

"Obtained Low-level Monster Core"

"Spider Dagger: Silver-level, Agility +40, Constitution +40, Assassin skill damage increased 8%, usable after level 20"

"When entering the Instance, experience was less than 1%, now it is 81%."

"A complete Instance can boost experience by 80%."

"It just took too much time, 1 hour 32 minutes, unable to break the record."

"Looks like we need to try again, breaking through the Instance in one go; setting a record grants points and Contribution Points, cannot miss it."

Jiang Chen left the Instance.

After three hours, there were few people outside the Instance.

Unlike before when he set the record, it was overcrowded.

"Classmate finally came out, huh."

Did you clear the Instance?

Even if you didn't clear it, that's fine; this Instance has a lot of monsters, and fighting alone is tiring.

Outside, the few people talking with Jiang Chen were all well‑meaning.

Everyone is a student of Shenlong University, all are

classmates.

Maybe sometime we'll form parties and run Instances together.

When we meet normally, we're also relatively friendly.

Jiang Chen said softly, "Thanks, I cleared it."

Really?

You really cleared it?

Jiang Chen nodded, "Cleared."

Impressive, classmate, you actually Solo Ran a Nightmare Level Spider Nest.

This Instance may have plenty of experience materials, but its Difficulty isn't low; with so many monsters, only a profession like yours could Solo Run it.

Chu Yao, seeing Jiang Chen safe and sound, let out a sigh of relief, "I'm just glad you're okay."

Somehow, even though she'd only known Jiang Chen for a few hours, she inexplicably felt a fondness for him in her heart...