61: A wise person knows what to do and what not to do!

She struggled to lift her beautiful head,

her deep purple pupils, which had once captivated all beings but were now dim and unfocused,

penetrated the heat waves rising from the lava, staring fixedly, without blinking, at him.

Aria's aura was extremely weak at this moment,

and she had absolutely no strength left to resist.

If he wished,

he could continue the devouring state until Aria was completely consumed, gaining a large amount of evolution points.

However,

the moment this thought arose,

Su Chen immediately crushed it!

The reason was simple:

He had once promised Aria

that he would only absorb the Divine Power within her body and never eat her.

Su Chen didn't consider himself a benevolent person,

but,

a gentleman does some things and not others!

Some lines cannot be crossed!

Besides... Su Chen couldn't help but recall the desperate girl on the altar,

She had suffered enough hardship and betrayal.

"Oooom—!!!"

A piercing shriek, like a snapping lute string, rang out!

The dark purple bridge that forcefully connected their soul origins was violently severed by Su Chen's will!

The terrifying suction force originating from the infinite devouring system instantly stopped!

The extremely weak and exhausted Aria lost the pull of the soul link,

her body swayed, and she nearly fell from the black rock.

A strong, cold, dark purple tentacle promptly wrapped around her slender waist, gently supporting her.

"I'm sorry,"

Su Chen's voice, transmitted through elemental force vibration, lacked the previous savagery and carried a hint of guilt,

"What happened just now... was not my intention."

Hearing Su Chen's words,

Aria's body stiffened,

her pale cheeks filled with astonishment.

She hadn't expected

that this Big Guy could actually resist the temptation to eat her.

One must know that,

if he had completely devoured her,

the immense energy gained might have been enough for this Big Guy to evolve directly to Rank 30.

He... was truly different.

Aria struggled to turn her neck, looking up at Su Chen's massive eyes, which were now unusually calm, even carrying a hint of clumsy apology.

In those eyes, there was no longer the previous savage killing intent, nor the greedy desire to devour,

only an almost clumsy sincerity... and a strange sense of security that involuntarily allowed her taut nerves to relax?

She had never experienced this feeling since becoming the World-Ending Spider Queen.

"Tha... thank you."

Her voice was soft, carrying an awkwardness born of unfamiliarity.

The proud Spider Queen rarely thanked anyone.

"Why thank me?"

Su Chen's massive Spider Emperor body began to shrink, the terrifying carapace covering his entire body flowing, softening, and disappearing like a living thing.

The horrifying spider legs reverted into relatively soft, giant tentacles.

He returned to his original Kraken form, only his physique seemed even larger and more solid, and the bone spurs on the edges of his tentacles gleamed with a dark metallic luster.

Su Chen used a tentacle to sheepishly scratch his huge, smooth head,

"I was the one who couldn't control myself, and I almost went back on my word and ate you..."

Su Chen genuinely felt a little embarrassed.

He had, this time, taken both food and spoils,

taking full advantage of Aria.

Not only did he absorb a large amount of Power of the Spider God from Aria, awakening an incredibly powerful trump card skill,

he also devoured a large amount of flesh and blood energy from Aria's body,

advancing ten ranks in succession,

and even awakening Aria's A-rank Space Talent and an A+-rank Space Skill.

Aria shook her head calmly and said sincerely,

"No, my thanks to you are genuine. Just now, you could have completely eaten me and converted me into your benefit. But you didn't."

Saying this,

Aria extended her only intact right hand toward Su Chen,

"Let's formally introduce ourselves. I'm not called Dead Spider Spirit. You can call me... Aria."

Su Chen wrapped a tentacle around Aria's palm and shook it slightly,

"Uh, I'm not called Big Guy either. You can call me Su Chen."

At this point,

Su Chen's giant eyes swept over Aria's half-shriveled, sunken, and shocking body,

his tone becoming somewhat awkward:

"I don't know how to compensate you for making you like this... How about... I try using my talent to help suppress that curse on you?"

The word "Curse" was like a massive rock thrown into a calm lake!

On Aria's ashen face, her dim purple pupils suddenly burst forth with an incredible, almost dazzling light!

Her ruined body suddenly tensed up, and her remaining right hand fiercely gripped the tentacle Su Chen had wrapped around her!

"If... if you can truly suppress the curse..."

Her voice trembled violently from extreme excitement and disbelief,

every word seemed squeezed out from the depths of her soul,

"I, Aria... owe you an enormous debt of gratitude! I will never forget it!"

"Oh, don't worry about debts or favors!"

Su Chen was flustered by her intense reaction, and his massive tentacle gently patted her back,

"If I don't help you fix it, I... I won't be able to live with myself!"

As his voice fell,

The SSS-rank [Ocean Dominator] Talent—Activated!

Hiss—!

An invisible suction force instantly erupted from Su Chen's tentacle!

However,

this time it was no longer plunder, but guidance!

The Curse Power within Aria's body, which writhed madly like a billion poisonous snakes and gnawed at her soul,

seemed to have met its natural nemesis, letting out a silent shriek!

The violent, chaotic energy flow was forcefully captured and bound by the faint blue light!

Su Chen's will, like the most skilled charioteer, guided the power of the Ocean Dominator, beginning to analyze, convert, and channel it!

The malicious curse energy originating from the Spider God, under the absolute suppression of the SSS-rank talent, was like a wild horse being bridled; it whinnied and struggled unwillingly, but was ultimately forced into submission!

Aria's body suddenly arched!

A groan, suppressed to the extreme and mixed with pain and immense relief, escaped from between her tightly clenched teeth.

She gripped Su Chen's tentacle tightly, her knuckles turning white from the effort, her body shaking violently and uncontrollably.

She could feel it with absolute clarity!

The terrifying Curse Power—which was like maggots clinging to bone, tormenting her soul day and night, eroding her flesh, and constantly threatening to drag her into the abyss of complete arachnid transformation—was being forcefully suppressed!

The insane whispers that almost tore her consciousness apart... were rapidly weakening and subsiding!

After a few breaths, the blue light at the tip of Su Chen's tentacle retracted, and it slowly moved away.

The hideous purplish-black mark on Aria's waist and abdomen, though still present, was much duller in color, and the edges that had writhed like living things had completely stilled.

A long-lost, almost luxurious sense of ease, like warm spring water, instantly flowed through her battered nerve endings.

She stared blankly down at the "quiet" curse mark on her waist, then abruptly looked up at Su Chen.

On her exquisitely beautiful face,

an unnatural flush appeared for the first time, caused by immense shock and ecstasy.

"It's suppressed... it's really... suppressed..."

Her voice held a dreamlike trance, and unbelievable waves surged in her deep purple eyes,

"Is this... the power of an SSS-rank talent?! It is truly... overbearing... peerless!"