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Chapter 75 Let me show you my special skill
"Hey Chu Hengkong, there's a limit to how much you can show off," Vande said, glancing sideways. "There are a maximum of 18 tasks. How many can you possibly complete in a single day?"

Chu Hengkong had just left Yingshi Town and stepped into the western plains. The plains were still quiet during the day, and the steel giant was nowhere to be seen.

According to Qisu, the giant only moves at night, but Vande didn't quite believe it. He still felt uneasy, always feeling that the thing might suddenly appear out of nowhere and smash him into a pulp.

Chu Hengkong looked around for a while, and after confirming that no one was around, he squatted down. He took out a dark metal box from his pocket, and Fan De curiously leaned over to take a look. He saw that the box was labeled: "Multi-functional Auxiliary Magic Spider Puppet V658".

Chu Hengkong opened the box and scattered a handful of small, steel-bead-like objects. Upon landing, these small steel beads automatically absorbed the surrounding soil, forming six legs and a small head, resembling a metal spider.

"12 mushrooms, 8 round stones, 7 tall grasses over 2 meters tall..."

Chu Hengkong took out the mission briefing and explained it to them one by one. The Demon Spider Puppets gathered around and listened attentively. They quickly scattered and ran to various parts of the grassland to search for their targets, leaving Fan De, who was watching from the sidelines, dumbfounded.

"So convenient, what kind of mechanical art is this?"

"The signature product of Magic Scholar comes from a dusty island called Dustless Land." Chu Hengkong took out the matching control crystal screen from the box and carefully adjusted it. "It's very convenient for finding directions and things. I use it often when I'm working."

“Magic manipulation techniques… I think I vaguely remember them,” Vande muttered. “They’re probably related to some sensitive technology, which I’ve sealed away.”

"A seal?" Chu Hengkong raised an eyebrow.

"I've read countless books in the past, but a significant portion of that knowledge was deliberately sealed away because it was too dangerous. Otherwise, if my fate were corrupted, I'd have nowhere to cry..." Vande said, on the verge of tears. "But now that I'm with you, this jinx, it doesn't matter whether I know it or not..."

Chu Hengkong listened to its mutterings while observing the screen. The crystal screen was initially empty, but soon it began to display "terrain" layer by layer as the magical spider puppets moved, drawing a simple map.

Chu Hengkong glanced at it a few times and roughly understood what was going on. He first ran to a large tree and kicked the trunk in half. He used his tentacles to wrap around the trunk and, with one hand like a knife, chopped and carved the trunk into a plank with his bare hands. He then took out another small black box from his pocket and placed it on the wood. Two pairs of tires grew from the sides of the plank, making it a skateboard.

Chu Hengkong sped forward on his skateboard, heading towards the northern part of the grassland. Fan De had already scurried into his pocket, praising it repeatedly: "Are the Magic Scholar's gadgets this convenient? Are there any others? Let me borrow them and take a look."

"There are many headquarters, I only brought two with me." Chu Hengkong said with a hint of regret, "If you had summoned them later, this wouldn't have happened."

"It's been a whole day, can't we just stop talking about the summoning?" Vande said dejectedly.

"Let's get to something useful. What did you learn last night?"

“This place is strange,” Van Der said confidently. “Do you understand the concept of a divine kingdom?”

"don't know."

"The pinnacle of the totem worship system, the final form of the Ancient Dragon City, is the Promised Land ruled by the Ancient Dragon 'God Lord' of Quantity 7. The super bigwigs of Quantity 7 have become part of the Submerged Realm; you can surely see the stars they represent if you observe the night sky," Vande said. "But last night I stared at the stars for a long time and couldn't find the star of the 'Netherworld God Lord' Sakura Dragon. Do you think that makes sense?"

“That’s unreasonable,” Chu Hengkong said. “It’s as unreasonable as the people of the Divine Kingdom asking me to kill strange beasts.”

The power of the ancient dragon of point 7 should far exceed their imagination. It is highly unlikely that such a dragon would allow a corner of its divine kingdom to become a barren mountain.

There might be a problem with the Netherworld God Kingdom. I just hope it's not so big that even an intruder like me can't survive.

The grassland, though vast, was deserted and quiet, undisturbed by any strange beasts. Vande, huddled in his pocket, hummed an unpleasant song out of boredom. Chu Hengkong occasionally extended his tentacles to pick up mushrooms or round stones he saw along the way, but his haul was meager. This route didn't connect to the collection points marked by the townspeople; after all, his primary target was the spider.

About an hour after leaving the town, Chu Hengkong finally caught a whiff of movement, like the soft, rustling sound of a blade scraping across pebbles. Not far ahead lay a swamp, and within it, a strange figure could be vaguely seen. He jumped off his skateboard, hid in the tall grass, and stared intently into the swamp—

“…This spider is really a spider,” Chu Hengkong said.

Van der displayed a calm despair: "There must be something wrong with either my common sense or the common sense of the people of God's Kingdom."

That thing was indeed a spider, unmistakably a spider from any angle. It had a two-sectioned body, four pairs of legs and chelicerae, and a round head with eight compound eyes. Structurally, it would be hard to find a more standard spider. However, it was about 8 meters tall, its body covered with a layer of steel armor at least half a palm thick, each of its legs had four nozzles for high mobility, there were three gun muzzles on each side of its head, and its eight compound eyes flashed with lasers.

*Whoosh. Whoosh.* The giant spider emitted a strange electromagnetic sound as it moved, emitting scanning lasers from its eyes and circling to scan its surroundings. To avoid the barrage, Chu Hengkong began circling the spider, uttering a heartfelt sigh: "The evolution of life is truly amazing..."

"Evolve my ass! How on earth do I evolve from a spider into a 'spider-type'?!" Vande was utterly devastated.

"This is what people often refer to as the wisdom of using tools that evolved in the face of harsh survival conditions."

"Forget using tools, this has become a tool! It's a Spider-Type Mobile Combat Beast!! And stop talking nonsense, that thing is looking over here, its eyes are glowing!!!"

The mechanical spider had its sights set on the two, and its compound eyes began flashing at a high frequency. The next moment, eight high-heat laser beams pierced the air, striking the two figures hidden in the tall grass!

Without a word, Chu Hengkong turned and mounted his skateboard, creating distance. The mechanical spider followed closely behind, its immense power kicking up clouds of dust behind it, its six mechanical legs creating the momentum of a thousand-strong army. At the same time, its compound eye lasers continued to fire continuously. This thing was incredibly destructive; any tall grass grazed by it turned to ashes without even a chance to burn.

Chu Hengkong maneuvered his skateboard, dodging and weaving as if he had eyes in the back of his head to evade the laser pursuit. Seeing the enemy's agility, the mechanical spider changed its tactics. It extinguished the lasers in its eyes, and four rows of launch ports opened on its body, instantly firing sixteen missiles that followed closely behind the skateboard!
Chu Hengkong turned sharply, riding the skateboard backward. He drew his rock blade with one hand and swung it casually. The blade seemed to have a strange elasticity, and the missile was deflected upon contact, crashing into the spider itself instead.

Missiles exploded one after another, and the mechanical spider was shrouded in smoke and dust. Vande was overjoyed: "Great opportunity! Let's use the trick we used to take down the centipede now!"

Chu Hengkong casually sheathed his sword, sighing heavily, "Alas... I don't know why I have no motivation to fight today, I don't want to fight..."

"You're telling me this now?!"

"At times like these, my partner will take the initiative to cut the enemy to pieces before I can speak."

"Your partner's initiative is terrifyingly high. Are you two a killer duo?"

Chu Hengkong didn't retaliate. He dodged the missile with acrobatic-like acrobatic feats and casually pulled the Vande from his pocket. Vande sat on his palm, its eyes numb and vacant.

"What do you think you're doing, you little brat?"

Chu Hengkong raised his right hand high, directing his eyes to the bright sunlight: "So today, you'll be in charge of the battle. Go, Vande!"

"You're totally planning to get me killed! Seriously, can't you show some respect for the enemy? That thing has stopped firing missiles! It looks really angry!"

The mechanical spider's missiles stopped silently. It trembled slightly, seemingly trembling with anger at the two idiots in front of it... Suddenly, a new launch port opened on the mechanical spider's back, and hundreds of proportionally shrunk spiders jumped out, leaping forward with the agility of fleas, spraying spider silk to attack!
Chu Hengkong shook his head repeatedly, then flicked his whip in the air, using the shockwave to shatter the spider silk: "The spider is starting to spit on you."

"If I didn't lack a mouth, I'd spit on you right now!!" Vande roared in fury. "So you just want to see what I'm capable of, huh? Fine! Go around in circles like a spider and whip the ground with your tentacles until I yell 'stop!'"

Chu Hengkong did as instructed, running and merrily scooping up dirt with his tentacles. Slime remained on the ground after each scoop, forming several small silver dots. After six scoops, Vande leaped up, pointing his long tentacles at the spider like guns: "Fire!"

The remaining slime on the ground sprang up at the command, transforming into six transparent ropes that firmly bound the mechanical spider in the center. These transparent slime ropes possessed astonishing adhesive strength, binding not only the spider's main body but also the smaller spiders within it. The mecha spider struggled fiercely but couldn't break free, like a small insect trapped in a spiderweb.

Vande, with his many tentacles on his hips, laughed loudly: "See this? This is my unique skill, the slime trap."

"That's quite creative," Chu Hengkong nodded. "But what if it gets violently dismantled?"

The mechanical spider's eyes flashed, and it was about to fire another laser to shatter the slime binding. But Vande was no longer flustered. It jumped off Chu Heng's empty hand, touched the slime net with its tentacles, and spoke in a faint and hazy voice.

"Don't move," it said.

The mechanical spider stopped moving immediately, frozen in place like a stone, completely giving up resistance, utterly lifeless. Vandal turned around, his eyes gleaming with the light of twilight.

"And this is my true secret technique, the one that makes me invincible throughout the world—"

It said proudly, "Hypnosis!"

(End of this chapter)