Chapter 29: This Demon King is clearly super strong but excessively cautious

"Petrified Skin!"

Dark yellow light wrapped around Luo Yan, putting a layer of impenetrable armor over his skin.

"This should be a spell to increase defense!"

Long Xing Qian Li stared intently at Lord Demon King, the flames swaying in the skeleton's eye sockets faintly glowing.

That was the intuition of a warrior.

If this layer of defense were added, even facing the siege of five cave spiders, she would have 90% confidence in hard-tanking it!

That wasn't all!

The chanting of the spell continued, and the magic wand in Luo Yan's hand continued to wave.

This time, what condensed at the tip of the wand was cyan-green light, which transformed into a pair of transparent wings in the pitch-black space, slapping onto his shoulders like waves rushing onto a beach.

"Swift as the Wind!"

In an instant, Luo Yan felt as light as a swallow, as if he were standing on the shoulders of a griffin.

"I understand this! It should be an agility buff!" Hu Wan stared intently, shrewd light flashing in the skeleton's eyes, yet his head was a mess.

Why would a mage use an agility buff? Obviously, he wasn't the only one who couldn't guess the Demon King's thoughts; the players present couldn't understand it either, but they didn't take it to heart.

After all, those dazzling halos popped up one after another, making people overwhelmed.

"Mana Amplification!"

"Bone Strengthening!"

"Ice Splash!"

"Bark Armor!"

"Thorn Shield!"

"Wind Barrier!"

"Dust Shadow!"

"Nether Armor!"

"..."

Luo Yan chanted twelve spells in one breath, stacking all the buffs that could be stacked.

No joke, his five-dimensional attributes were now top-tier, and he would even dare to have a fight with classmate Yige.

Ask why it's Yige?

That's naturally because only he wouldn't fight back.

Although these spells were just basic operations, the little players from Earth obviously didn't know.

This set of flashy operations left the surrounding players dumbfounded and stunned.

Bai Li swallowed his saliva and said the first sentence since entering the labyrinth.

"Good guy... is our Lord Demon King too cautious?"

Unlike his previous careless image, Long Xing Wan Li's face showed an interested expression, rubbing his chin and seriously studying this Demon King's "battle tactics."

"A bit interesting... Maybe in the setting, experts in this game world fight like this."

As the saying goes, plan before moving, move without losing appropriateness; don't strike unless you do, and once you strike, it's a fatal blow! High!

Really high!

Qian Li was the same, rubbing her chin and pondering.

"So that's it... In other words, is this actually a demonstration by the development team for us?"

Hu Wan: "Wonderful... so there was this layer of meaning."

Worthy of being a big guild.

He felt that compared to these guys, he was like a fake professional player.

Pairs of eyes looked at Ye Zhiqiu in unison, and the latter couldn't help but be confused.

"Why are you looking at me? I can't cast spells..."

Wan Li laughed heartily.

"I know you can't cast spells, just curious how you see this matter?"

"How can I see it, he and I aren't even in the same tier... Anyway, let's keep watching, I'm quite curious how the battle power ceiling of this world fights." Ye Zhiqiu said, unable to laugh or cry.

Speaking of which, the buffs were stacked, this time it should finally be time to grind monsters, right? However, just as Ye Zhiqiu was thinking this, he saw the Demon King take out a small blue potion bottle from somewhere and drink it down in one gulp.

There was nothing to complain about here.

He consumed quite a bit of mana just now, so replenishing it was reasonable.

But what made Ye Zhiqiu confused was that the familiar spell drifted into his ears again.

Good guy—

Again?! The dazzling halo flickered once more, this time landing on the head of the zombie swinging a greatsword nearby.

This guy's presence was so low that it had been standing here for a while, and the players hadn't discovered its existence.

The usually calm Hu Wan couldn't help but vomit blood this time.

"Damn! Not finished yet?!"

Just as his voice fell, that majestic gaze looked over here.

He quickly closed his mouth, but unfortunately, the respected Lord Demon King had already set his sights on him.

Just as Hu Wan was wondering what this guy was going to do, he saw the latter reach into his bosom, take out a test tube stuffed with a cork, and stuff it into his hand.

"Drink it."

Drink it??? Brother, I'm a skeleton! Hu Wan looked blankly at the potion in his hand, pointed at himself, and seeing the Demon King nod approvingly, he finally bit the bullet, pulled out the cork, and poured it down his chin.

The thick ointment slid down his spine to his crotch like jelly.

As expected, it had no taste at all.

After all, he didn't even have an esophagus, so however much he drank, it all spilled out.

However, even though all the potion he drank spilled out, the Demon King had a satisfied expression, as if this was the effect he wanted.

"Very good."

That lord nodded approvingly, waved his magic wand, and placed the "Swift as the Wind" buff on his forehead.

"Go."

"Don't leave my sight, attract the attention of those cave spiders as much as possible."

"Leave the rest to me."

As the voice fell, Hu Wan watched the Demon King reach out and gently push him.

Aggro monsters? He was indeed good at this.

But he and Ye Zhiqiu had already tried, the spiders here were all full and had no interest in his skeleton frame at all—

Just as Hu Wan thought this, a creepy feeling suddenly crawled all over his body, and then the sound of "chi chi chi" came from the side. He suddenly twisted his body to look to the side, only to see the cave spider that had ignored him earlier, for some reason, acting like it had taken drugs, its dense red eyes staring intently at him.

What's the situation?!

Before he could think, the cave spider suddenly contracted its abdomen.

This action was spitting silk!

In the previous series of battles, he had long been familiar with the habits of these cave spiders.

Therefore, the moment he saw that familiar pre-swing action, his body moved almost instinctively, and he dodged the flying "old phlegm" with a lunge and a crouch.

"So fast!!" Qian Li looked at the smooth operation in surprise, her gaze almost unable to keep up with his movements.

Not just her—

Including Hu Wan himself, the 5 players present all showed surprised expressions.

"So light!"

Glancing at the buff named "Swift as the Wind" in the status bar, Hu Wan looked at the spider on the side, and the fighting spirit in his heart gradually boiled up.

If it was this speed—

He had 100% confidence that he could kite this group of spiders to death! However, just as he thought this, thousands of scarlet gazes emerged from the darkness, looming.

Those gazes were filled with longing... or rather, hunger.

Just by meeting those gazes, Hu Wan felt his heart stop.

Even though he, standing here, didn't have a heart.

Whoosh—! The sound of breaking air brushed past him, and the bone-quality spear pierced through the spider that had spat silk at him earlier, pinning it firmly to the wall.

Hu Wan suddenly woke up.

At the same time, he heard the Demon King's roar.

"Don't just stand there, run! Fast!"

"Damn—"

Facing the surging "spider tide," Hu Wan didn't even have time to curse, and could only bite the bullet and rush forward.

The whooshing sounds of breaking air brushed past his shoulders!

Among them were both the "old phlegm" shot by the spiders and the bone spears shot by the Demon King waving his magic wand.

Although Hu Wan was just running for his life at first, scurrying around the pillars, he soon found the trick.

Just as Brother Ye said, these spiders had poor close-range vision!

It was more dangerous to keep a distance from them, so it was better to keep a distance of 5 to 10 steps and roam!

Cave spiders were not united with each other; used to living alone, they were suddenly crowded together, and now they were eyeing the same prey, so they would also fight among themselves.

And then there was the NPC, the Demon King!

The bone spears shot by that lord seemed to have no pattern, but in fact, they had opened a path for him.

Combining these clues, he had successfully found the optimal solution to clear the level—

That was to run to where there were many spiders! Follow the trajectory of the bone spear shots!

Keep a distance of 5 to 10 steps from the closest spider and run! It can be done!!!

"Ah ah ah! I'll fight you to the death!!!"

Accompanied by a creaking roar, Hu Wan, who had regained his confidence, no longer retreated, and the fighting spirit that had been extinguished because his SAN value was dropping wildly reignited! His movement became more and more steady!

More and more spiders gathered in the main hall, like a mudslide rolling in the labyrinth! Seeing this, the players felt their scalps go numb, and at the same time, they silently prayed for Hu Wan in their hearts.

Being eyed by bugs several times their size, that feeling could only be understood by those who had faced it.

And if the number of these bugs was multiplied by n, even the most determined person would probably break down.

Thinking that if Brother Hu Wan couldn't hold on, the next one to go up would be themselves, everyone suddenly regretted taking this quest a bit.

"This guy... is a strong one." Qian Li sighed sincerely.

"Indeed, both awareness and operation are top-notch, and there is also the ability to adapt to circumstances; this kind of talent cannot be learned." Wan Li nodded, giving an objective evaluation, and then sighed with regret, "It's a pity this brother already has a guild, so it's not convenient for me to recruit him."

Bai Li didn't speak, just stared intently at the rhythm of that guy's kiting, trying to copy this set of operations.

Ye Zhiqiu was the same, staring intently at his good brother's back, rubbing his chin and pondering.

After a long time.

He suddenly said.

"So that's it..."

Hearing his low self-talk, Wan Li immediately turned to look at him and asked with a smile.

"Did you discover something?"

Ye Zhiqiu nodded.

"It's pheromones."

Wan Li was stunned.

"Pher... pheromones?"

"It's the thing Hu Wan drank! And to be precise... it should be sex pheromones!"

Staring at that black sea of spiders, a glimmer of excitement burned in Ye Zhiqiu's skeleton eyes.

"Full and warm, one thinks of lust... I didn't expect that!"

Wan Li: "......?"

Qian Li: "......"

Bai Li: "!"

On the other side, Luo Yan, who was covering the players' movement in the spider sea with bone spears, seeing that the timing was mature, changed his chanting smoothly after throwing the last bone spear.

Watching that bone spear stick into the ground not far away, Hu Wan initially thought the Demon King had missed, but heard his good brother's urgent call.

"The rhythm of the spell has changed! Quickly go to the position of that bone spear!"

No time to hesitate.

Hu Wan didn't doubt Brother Ye's judgment at all, took a run-up, and flew over.

Almost the moment he hugged that bone spear, the whistling sound like a storm took away his hearing.

For a moment, he felt an attack plane sweep over his head.

"Rockfall Rain!"

The whistling stone bullets poured down like raindrops, indiscriminately covering every inch of space around him! The spider webs were easily torn apart, and dark red blood splashed! Wherever the stone bullets passed, the ground was full of spiders with their bellies up and smashed broken limbs! Even the "frontal armor" that was indestructible in the eyes of the players was like paper in front of that overwhelming power, torn apart without any obstruction!

Excitement flickered in Ye Zhiqiu's pupils, looking at the Demon King's figure, he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

That was the power he craved! In the blink of an eye, hundreds of cave spiders had turned to dust and vanished! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 30 =====