Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 40 Hidden MVP
Just as Yang Xu was thinking, he heard a scream from the mountain spider in front of him. It waved its front limbs, shook off the three people who were besieging it, and then suddenly turned around and fled into the depths of the mountain path.

"Come on!"

Bei Wang Xingchen was in a killing spree, so he took the lead and chased after him, with his gun in hand. The other three also hurriedly followed.

However, the four people who were busy chasing the monster did not notice that Yang Xu, who was at the end, gradually fell behind.

At the back of the cave, after leaving the sight of others, Yang Xu finally had no more worries. He turned around and turned into another passage, heading straight for the nearest baby spider.

When we reached the end of the cave, the mountain road ahead suddenly opened up, revealing a flat open space.

The ground here is even more slippery, covered with spider slime and green spider eggs.

And the breath of the young spider is deep in this plain.

Yang Xu gripped the hatchet tightly and approached carefully.

After staring at the pile of spider eggs on the ground for a long time, I finally made out the outline of a spider.

This spider is only the size of a manhole cover, hidden behind a tangled spider web, and the patterns on its body almost blend in with the surrounding environment.

If he didn't have the ability to perceive and lock the location in advance, he really wouldn't be able to find this little thing for a while.

At this time, the spider was hiding under the spider web, motionless, but its eyes were staring straight in his direction, and it was obvious that it had already discovered him.

Yang Xu was no longer polite. He rolled a fireball with his hands and threw it at the spider web.

The fireball exploded with a loud bang, and mucus and flames splashed everywhere, igniting the surrounding spider webs. For a moment, the cave was ablaze with flames.

Amidst a sharp scream, a black shadow broke through the fire curtain and flew straight towards Yang Xu.

Yang Xu was prepared for this and dodged sideways, then raised the hatchet in his hand and slashed it across the black shadow.

"clang!"

With a pleasant collision sound, the two sides separated immediately.

The black shadow fell on the mountain wall on the other side, finally revealing the shape of the spider. Its eight exaggerated spider legs were twice as long as its body, and a long knife mark on the back shell was clearly visible.

As the spider revealed its true form, a prompt finally popped up on Yang Xu's panel: Encountered a 1-star mirror ghost, jumping spider (LV6).

Level six monster!
The level is higher than Yang Xu imagined, and the speed of this thing's attack is quite fast. It is another speed-type mirror ghost.

The jumping spider on the mountain wall was looking down from above, and the murderous aura on its body was rising rapidly.

After a few seconds of preparation, he kicked off with his hind legs and turned into a black shadow again, jumping towards Yang Xu.

Yang Xu gripped the hilt of the knife tightly, staring at the trajectory of the black shadow.

To be honest, while the jumping spider was fast, it wasn't enough to frighten him. Last night during the training at the Stopping Realm, he'd managed to dodge even the Stopper's torrential downpour of attacks, let alone a mere spider.

Simply dodging is not difficult. The real difficulty lies in how to accurately counterattack and hit the opponent in the instant of dodging.

Just like the first time he swung his knife, he missed. The knife was originally aimed at the spider's mouthparts, but ended up cutting on the carapace. Not only did it fail to hurt the spider, but it also made his palm numb.

Counterattack while dodging is something he couldn't train in the world of stopping, because he had no chance to fight back when facing the one who stopped him.

Of course, if Yang Xu was willing to use the time stop, he would definitely be able to hit the spider easily.

However, he didn't want to rely on Time Stop all the time. In his view, Time Stop was a trump card to be used to save the situation at a critical moment, not a common means. After all, the cooldown was as long as half a minute, and in a real life-or-death struggle, it would only have a chance to be used once.

He needed to figure out a set of conventional combat methods as soon as possible to fill the long cooling period of the time stop.

In this regard, Yang Xu actually has his own advantages, which is that mysterious perception ability.

He still doesn't know what this ability is, but in short, with the help of this perception, every tiny movement of the spider cannot escape his eyes. He even feels that he can vaguely predict the posture and direction of the spider's next attack.

The black shadow suddenly attacked from mid-air and arrived in an instant.

At the moment of collision, Yang Xu dodged sideways and drew his sword at the same time!

"puff!"

Amidst the dull sounds, the two sides separated again.

The spider bounced up immediately after landing, and was pulled by a spider silk and swung to the other side of the rock wall.

There was a horrible wound in the lower abdomen, and green blood was dripping.

hit!
Yang Xu was delighted. The attack was still slightly off target, but it was a significant improvement over the previous time, already very close to his ideal counterattack effect. Hit in the vitals, the jumping spider on the rock wall lost its composure. It let out a sharp hiss, flexed its hind legs, and after gathering strength, launched itself out like a cannonball once more.

The jumping spider's attack method was very simple, it only jumped back and forth and charged, which gave Yang Xu time to adjust. How could he miss such a rare opportunity to practice?

"clang!"

Another pleasant clash sounded, and Yang Xu shook his head in dissatisfaction. He had been too hasty in striking out with his sword, causing it to deviate slightly and strike the carapace again. As expected, aiming for a precise hit every time in an instant wasn't easy.

The spider in front was ready to dive again. Yang Xu hurriedly held his breath and waited for the next attack.

In the next few minutes, the figures of both sides kept crossing each other on the field, and each collision would bring out a sound that was either dull or sharp.

The difference is that the spider began to have more and more wounds on its body, while Yang Xu remained unharmed.

During this process, Yang Xu's control over the attack became more and more proficient, and the hitting points became more and more accurate.

Five minutes later, the jumping spider, which had suffered a series of injuries, finally ran out of vitality and turned into evil spirit while screaming and dissipated.

[You killed a level 6 jumping spider, gaining 61 experience points, 6 points, and 1 jumping spider fragment.]

[During combat, if you hit the same vital point of a jumping spider three times in a row within 1 second, you will receive an additional 'Jumping Spider Fragment'*1.]

[Jumping Spider Fragment: After using, temporarily gain the "Flying Cornice" skill, greatly increasing the jumping height and distance.]

The skills that come with the jumping spider fragments are quite interesting. They directly enhance the jumping ability. It cannot be said that they are completely useless. They are still somewhat useful in some special situations. At least they are much better than lighting a lamp or something.

Yang Xu didn't have time to examine his catch. Jumping spiders' lives were tied to their mothers; if the mother died, all the spiders would instantly die. It was unclear how far those four had gone in killing the mountain spiders. In short, they had to race against time.

Yang Xu hurriedly gathered up the fragments and headed straight for the next spiderling...

……

Deep in the cave, the battle between Zijin and his group has reached its final stage.

As Beiwang Xingchen fired the last shot, the mountain spider, which had already been covered in wounds, was blown away and crashed into the mountain wall. Its life was finally completely reduced to zero. The entire mirror ghost shattered into pieces from top to bottom, and finally turned into a ball of evil spirit and dissipated.

[Monster Defeat Dungeon - Mountain Spider, Completed!]

You and four other administrators teamed up to kill a level 21 Mirror Ghost Mountain Spider. Each member of the team gained 125 experience points and 19 points.

[A five-person team kills a level 21 Mirror Ghost Mountain Spider and obtains 3 Mountain Spider Fragments, which will be randomly distributed to team members.]

Looking at the familiar message prompts, the four people finally breathed a sigh of relief after the fierce battle. They sat down on the spot, took out various supplies and medicines, ate and drank, and recovered.

Except for Lanshan, the healer, who was still okay, the other three melee fighters were in a mess.

"Speaking of which, this one today seems to be more powerful than usual."

Beiwang Xingchen gnawed on a piece of bread, frowning and complaining.

As the team's vanguard, always fighting on the front lines against monsters, he was most aware of the monsters' strength. This mountain spider today was noticeably more ferocious than those they had faced before.

"Well, but this monster's blood recovery ability seems to be relatively weak, and it was killed much faster than last time." Zijin nodded.

"Really?"

Beiwang Xingchen was stunned. He was the busiest one in the battle and had never paid attention to the time.

"Yes, our average time for killing a mountain spider the last few times was 27 minutes and 32 seconds, but today's one only took 15 minutes and 15 seconds," Lanshan said, accurately reciting the time. As the healer in the team's safest combat position, Lanshan was usually responsible for compiling various team statistics and occasionally recording combat sequences for the team to review.

It is not surprising that there are some fluctuations in combat data during normal times, but today's crusade was so short that it can no longer be described as fluctuations.

"Haha, my new treasure is really working!" Beiwang Xingchen's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he excitedly touched the spear in his hand. The spear was surrounded by a faint blue light and was a rare weapon.

Beiwang Xingchen's original weapon was of excellent grade, which was actually considered qualified for a two-star administrator.

But he was the team's core damage dealer, so how could he be content with just being "passable"? A few days ago, he'd finally gotten this new weapon, which was perfectly satisfactory in every way. Unfortunately, after testing it for the past two days, he'd discovered it wasn't significantly better than his previous weapon, leaving him feeling frustrated. He could only explain it away by saying it was new and still in the process of getting used to.

Upon hearing that the team's crusade time had been greatly shortened, Beiwang Xingchen immediately regained his strength, believing that his new weapon had worked.

"The weapons will be improved, but it's impossible to improve so much at once. The time is almost cut in half. This is too scary." Qingke poured him a basin of cold water.

"What else could be going on? Could it be that there are no jumping spiders in this dungeon?" Beiwang Xingchen frowned.

"Impossible. Currently, there's no example in the Mirror World where a jumping spider doesn't spawn when subduing a mountain spider. At least one will spawn, unless someone kills it first. Hmm..." Zijin said subconsciously. Then she suddenly remembered something and looked around: "Huh? Where's that Taoist boy?"

(End of this chapter)