131: Chapter 131 Commander

"Are you ever going to stop!"

Su Xiaoxiao had just appeared and hadn't even steadied herself before a new attack arrived.

She could only grit her teeth and channel her lightning spiritual power once more.

"Blink!"

"Blink!"

"Blink!"

In the forest, a blue flash of lightning carried four figures as it flickered frantically, weaving perilously between the dense rain of venom and sharp claws.

But this was not a long-term solution.

"Ugh..."

Li Murou was being dragged by her collar by Su Xiaoxiao, tossed back and forth like an accessory, and the intense sensation of weightlessness made her stomach churn violently.

She clutched her instrument tightly in her hands, but she couldn't find a chance to strike back at all.

"How are we supposed to deal with this! Captain Chen!"

Li Murou shouted with a sobbing tone:

"Dragging things out like this isn't working! If we keep going like this, Xiao Xiao is going to run out of energy soon! Plus, all this shaking makes it impossible for me to aim; even if I cast a skill, it'll just hit thin air!"

Landing once more, Su Xiaoxiao's face had turned pale, sweat on her forehead had dampened her bangs, and her breathing had become rapid.

"Captain Chen... I can hold on for another minute."

Su Xiaoxiao said, gritting her teeth.

Chen Xi looked at the dense, clinging swarm of Shadow Poison Spiders before him, his brows knitting tightly together.

The situation was even worse than he had anticipated.

This was the terror of a Third-Tier Fierce Beast.

The comprehensive suppression brought by their levels and attributes made them thick-skinned and agile.

Faced with an encirclement of this magnitude, Su Xiaoxiao's skills were easily evaded. If Li Murou's crowd-control skills couldn't immobilize a large area at once, the remaining Shadow Poison Spiders would interrupt her casting.

"We must find a way to group them together..."

Chen Xi's brain raced, but on this ever-changing battlefield, making this pack of cunning hunters obediently do as he wished was easier said than done.

Just at this critical juncture.

Ye Fei, who was also being held by her collar by Su Xiaoxiao and whose face was deathly pale, suddenly widened her eyes, as if she had discovered something incredible.

She struggled to overcome her dizziness and shouted loudly:

"Captain!"

"I... I think I hear them communicating!"

"Communicating?!"

The few people moving at high speed were all stunned upon hearing this.

Su Xiaoxiao performed another extreme Blink, stopping on a thick tree trunk, and asked while panting:

"What communication? Aren't they just screeching randomly?"

"No! It's not random screeching!"

Ye Fei closed her eyes, as if listening to some special frequency carried on the wind.

Her face was pale, but her eyes were exceptionally determined:

"I don't know if it's just my imagination... but I vaguely feel that the consciousness of these Third-Tier Fierce Beasts is connected!"

"In that direction... there is a king among them! All the attack commands are being issued by it!"

Ye Fei opened her eyes abruptly and pointed towards a shadow in the distance directly in front:

"Right there! The one that hasn't moved!"

They followed the direction of her finger and looked.

They saw that on the outermost edge of the encirclement, a Shadow Poison Spider lying on a rock was quietly watching the battlefield.

At first glance, it looked exactly like the other Shadow Poison Spiders.

They all had black fur, compound eyes, and human-face patterns.

But if one looked closely, one would discover that its abdomen was a size larger than the other Shadow Poison Spiders, and the patterns on its back were darker, faintly revealing a dark golden luster.

"Is that it?"

Chen Xi's eyes narrowed.

"Yes!"

Ye Fei nodded affirmatively:

"I can feel it, all the 'voices' are coming from it!"

Seeing this scene, a flash of inspiration instantly crossed Chen Xi's mind.

Capture the leader first!

Since this swarm of Shadow Poison Spiders had organization and discipline, it meant that they highly valued this "commander".

If he attacked it, how would the other Shadow Poison Spiders react?

"Got it!"

Chen Xi's right hand flipped abruptly, and a card appeared at his fingertips.

"Xiao Xiao, steady your stance! Give me one second!"

"Okay!"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded.

Chen Xi's gaze was like a torch, locking onto that "Spider King", and with a sharp flick of his wrist, the card transformed into a stream of light and shot out!

"【Fireball】! Go!"

Whoosh—!

The card shattered in mid-air, instantly transforming into a scorching fireball with a diameter of one meter.

Although the damage wasn't high, the momentum was massive, carrying a whistling wind as it headed straight for the Shadow Poison Spider that was lying on the rock issuing commands.

In this instant, a miracle happened.

The dozens of Shadow Poison Spiders that had been frantically besieging Chen Xi and his group seemed to sense a huge threat.

"Screech—!!!"

A sharp hiss resounded through the forest.

All the Shadow Poison Spiders, without any hesitation, even abandoned the prey they were about to catch and turned around abruptly!

They acted as if they had gone mad, pouncing towards that fireball.

"Puchi!"

The closest Shadow Poison Spider actually leaped high into the air, using its own abdomen—which wasn't particularly hard—to forcefully collide with the fireball!

"Boom!"

The fireball exploded.

The Shadow Poison Spider's abdomen was burned with a tiny, almost invisible hole.

But this was only the beginning.

The other Shadow Poison Spiders didn't scatter but quickly gathered, surrounding that "Spider King" in multiple layers, building an airtight wall of flesh with their own bodies!

Even if that fire caused no damage at all, they instinctively chose to protect it with their lives.

"Just as I thought..."

Watching this scene, the light in Chen Xi's eyes intensified greatly.

"Ye Fei, what you said is true! They really do have a commander!"

At the same time, with the withdrawal and gathering of the Shadow Poison Spiders, the originally dense encirclement instantly disintegrated.

A large vacant area appeared around the four of them, and that suffocating sense of oppression vanished completely.

"Whew..."

Su Xiaoxiao let out a long breath, her legs softening, and she almost collapsed. Finally, she didn't have to risk her life blinking with three teammates in tow anymore.

But now was not the time to rest.

At this very moment, dozens of Third-Tier Fierce Beasts were squeezed together, just like a huge, immobile target.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Chen Xi turned his head abruptly, looked at Li Murou beside him, and shouted loudly:

"Mu Rou! Opportunity!"

Although Li Murou's stomach was still churning, seeing this perfect scene of grouped monsters, she instantly entered the zone.

Her eyes sharpened, and she set up her electronic keyboard again.

"Quiet down... for big sister!"

Li Murou took a deep breath, and her slender fingers strummed fiercely across the strings.

"Zheng—!!!"

【Sorrowful Elegy】!

A visible, deep-blue ripple of sound waves swept out in a fan shape, instantly covering that "spider ball" squeezed together.

Under normal circumstances, these Shadow Poison Spiders might have been able to dodge it with their high agility.

But now, in order to protect the Spider King, they were squeezed so tightly that there was nowhere to hide!

"Hum!"

The sound wave passed through their bodies.

All the spiders froze in unison.

That sorrow and sluggishness originating from the depths of their souls made their defensive formation instantly become incredibly rigid.

The Shadow Poison Spiders wanted to scatter, but discovered that their legs had slowed down completely, and they wouldn't obey them at all.

"Hit!"