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This time, before Luo Kai even jumped off the platform, a huge spider crawled out from the depths of the train tracks.

It had a slender body, its empty eye sockets emitting a faint green glow, completely black and hairless, with a gaping mouth full of sharp, fierce teeth.

The monster's elongating limbs were sharp at the ends and embedded into the wall of the platform, causing its body to hang from the ceiling like a bat.

"Yo, not hiding anymore, huh?"

Luo Kai looked up, sneering. Read latest stories on My Virtual Library Empire

The monster's cold, green eyes shimmered in the dark, observing Luo Kai right below, then shifting to the young man standing not too far away, its limbs fidgety.

It took a diving posture but seemed to dread something, delaying its attack.

All of a sudden, the creature leaped to the side, dodging the flames that came at it, then opened its mouth and let out a silent screech at Luo Kai!

In the next instant, it pounced, its numerous slender limbs spreading out like a vast net, nearly enveloping the whole middle platform.

Xu Shuo, who had been standing at the edge of the stairs, stepped back half a step to dodge the rapidly falling sharp limbs, whereas Luo Kai was trapped inside the encirclement.

These slender limbs were ten centimeters in diameter, incredibly strong, like steel bars piercing the ground, creating a cage.

Luo Kai intended to charge out of the circle, but as he approached the edge, several upright limbs suddenly transformed into vine-like tendrils that wrapped around him, carrying a powerful constricting force!

Pff!

The constricting limbs quickly tightened. Although the force was within Luo Kai's capacity to resist, the black barbs embedded themselves into his flesh and blood.

Luo Kai's expression changed subtly, and he immediately dispersed into several clusters of flames.

However, before the flames could slip through the gaps in the limbs and escape the cage, the monster's massive body melted in an instant, turning into a heap of sticky black matter that sprawled towards the flames!

Xu Shuo, watching from outside, hesitated for a moment, then abruptly raised his hand, his powerful spiritual power spreading out as telekinesis.

"Boom!"

The monster's huge body occupying the entire platform trembled, then in the next moment, disintegrated like dandelion fluff, the dark sticky matter turning to dust.

Xu Shuo's complexion turned pale, and he frowned.

He had trouble controlling the power he was emitting precisely.

In fact, he had only intended to dissipate the dark matter to buy Luo Kai some time, but the telekinesis, through darkness, spread to the monster's whole body, directly ravaging its power structure.

Even if those black matters were bizarre, they were also a form of power; once the structure formed by power was destroyed, the organization vanished as well.

As a result, Xu Shuo released too much spiritual power, and the monster was once again brutally killed.

The first time Xu Shuo managed with ease, but after using it a second time like this, he felt a familiar sense of dizziness and nausea from his brain.

Dissipating an Abyss Creature's power seemed even more difficult than dissolving Quantum State Long Xunyin's.

At this moment, the flames in midair shook violently, then several clusters merged into one and flared into Luo Kai's form.

He landed on the ground and immediately covered his mouth, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

"Bro, was that...indiscriminate attack?" Luo Kai said, forcing a smile.

The blood he spat out flowed in his hand, absorbed automatically by the Life-bound Sword, not a drop wasted.

In that split second, Luo Kai felt an incomprehensible force assault, piercing through the flame's substitute and invading his true body.

But that seemed to be just the aftermath.

Because the directly hit monster was reduced to powder.

Luo Kai glanced at the young man's face, which had clearly turned somewhat pale, and secretly criticized in his heart: He must have taken out his family's tool and used it, and it seems he still couldn't handle it well, huh?

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Indeed, whenever something unknown happens to this guy, we must be vigilant!

Although he couldn't specifically tell what ability Xu Shuo had used, any attack that could directly affect the real body must be related to the player's spiritual power.

Such related items or abilities were very rare in the Script Space.

Because to some extent, the images that players projected into the Script Space were a convergence of their souls and spiritual power, that is, "consciousness".

Once a player's consciousness dissipated in the Script Space, it was as if they were brain dead in the outside world.

And while the external flesh and blood may die, as long as one's consciousness still exists, it is even possible to create another vessel to carry the consciousness.

Therefore, most players prefer to cultivate their soul and spiritual power over physical training—though the terrifying presence of the Abyss always looming behind them and applying pressure is also a reason.

Otherwise, do you think the "Psychic Power Boost of 10 points" reward that's always given after a game in the Script Space is merely a token gesture?

Because only by continually enhancing their spiritual power can low-rank players withstand the increasingly high-level Abyssal erosion and enter higher-level scripts to further enrich themselves.

And those who didn't make it through have naturally been eliminated.

Each stage of the upgrade assessment scripts actually tests the limits of what players can endure.

The stronger your spiritual power, the more scripts you can play, and the more rewards you can get!

Luo Kai's spiritual power wasn't particularly strong, but his constitution was unique, so as long as he didn't actively seek death, the erosion from the Abyss could basically be blocked outside his body.

So far, apart from having a narrow escape in a level four assessment script, he hadn't encountered any Abyss creature that used mental attacks aimed at a player's consciousness—constant Abyssal erosion didn't count.

And as one's level rose and one gained more experience, they would more or less prepare abilities and items to protect their consciousness.

But just now, he had actually been affected by the spiritual power of a level two player?!

Luo Kai looked puzzled, and apart from suspecting the other had gotten hold of a relatively powerful item, his mind didn't venture to ponder deeper matters for the time being.@@novelbin@@

However, it seemed the rookie hadn't yet gotten the hang of releasing his spiritual power effectively.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have injured his own allies.

"Actually, I could have resisted it myself just now, and you didn't need to strain yourself over such a thing," Luo Kai considered for a moment and then sincerely voiced this reality, subtly hinting that the other should stop using skills on allies that were hard to control but carried significant lethality.

Xu Shuo, upon hearing this, glanced at him and said, "Split fifty-fifty."

While speaking, he turned his head back towards the train tracks.

Luo Kai was momentarily stunned, his thoughts whirled for a few moments, and after studying the young man's reaction, it dawned on him!

He couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, speechless.

After a while, Luo Kai gave a thumbs-up, both helpless and admiring, and said, "Brother, you truly are business-minded! Clear accounting, I like it!"

Xu Shuo emphasized, "I am not a businessman."

"Oh, you truly are corporate-minded!" Luo Kai had no objection and switched terms.

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Xu Shuo was eyeing the profits brought by that Abyss creature.

Last time in the village when they fought creatures, he had joined as an outside support without exerting much effort, so he didn't receive any share of the rewards after the Abyss creature was dealt with, taking only the agreed-upon companion fee from Luo Kai.

This time, his actions with Luo Kai in the city were akin to a partnership between the two, and Xu Shuo didn't have a hiring fee.

That meant he could only try to get a bit more from the creature.

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