"Shit!" Victor cursed in disbelief as he saw the notification, and his stomach dropped when he felt the aura around the Spider King rising rapidly.

Grrrr!

Victor’s eyelids shrank when he saw the Spider King’s eyes turn blood-red as he let out a guttural roar like a mindless beast and vanished from his place, seemingly teleporting directly in front of him.

"Heavens, his speed has increased," Victor muttered as he hurriedly crossed his arms.

Bang!

"Ugh!"

Even while wearing the armor, Victor felt the weight of the blow and was flung backward.

Grrr!

The Spider King charged again, but this time Victor was ready. He turned into lightning as he dodged the attack and counterattacked with his Black Lightning Claw.

This cat-and-mouse chase continued for about ten minutes before Victor grew frustrated.

"No, I can’t drag this out. The more time passes, the stronger he will get, and if too much time passes, he will advance to Tier 5, and I will be fucked... I need to take a risk," Victor muttered under his breath as he watched the Spider King charge at him.

Roar!

The Spider King let out a defiant roar as he directly launched a punch toward him.

"Flame Infusion."

"Moonlight Descent."

"Gravity Manipulation."

"Chest Armor Deactivation."

Victor immediately activated all of his skills, and his eyes turned fierce as he aimed his sword directly at the King’s chest instead of targeting his fist to block the attack.

He even removed the white armor covering his chest to lure the King into attacking him.

Neither of them dodged.

The Spider King’s fist, laced with immense power, punched straight through Victor’s chest.

At the same time, Victor’s sword, covered with blue flames and black lightning, stabbed directly into the Spider King’s body.

Blood burst from both of their mouths.

"Fuck!"

Victor gritted his teeth as veins bulged on his forehead and his eyes turned bloodshot from the pain.

If not for his Yin Flames, he would have died—or at the very least been crippled.

He had to take the risk, as even if the King was behaving like a mindless beast, he would not have attacked him head-on otherwise.

"Armor Activation," Victor said with a grin as the white armor reappeared on his chest, directly trapping the King’s hand inside his body.

The King’s eyes regained some clarity as he realized he could not pull his hand out.

Both of them were impaled.

Victor’s injuries were clearly worse, venom burning through his organs.

Blood spilled from his mouth and nose, but white flames surged within his body, rapidly repairing the damage.

"Die!"

Victor’s eyes turned fierce as a Black Lightning Claw formed in his hand, and he pierced the King’s body, aiming directly for the heart.

"Explode!"

The venom inside Victor exploded with even greater force.

His wounds tore wider, and his body nearly split apart.

"Ugh!"

A hoarse cry escaped Victor’s throat.

Blood poured freely, but his grip did not loosen.

"You are going to die. I can feel it—I am going to break through," the Spider King said with a malicious smile as his appearance started to transform and black armor-like skin began to form.

"The one who’s dying is you!" Victor roared.

"Flame Infusion!"

Blue flames appeared on his Black Lightning Claw, which was gripping the heart of the Spider King.

Victor, without hesitation, ripped the heart out of his body, and under the shocked and horrified gaze of the Spider King, he crushed it.

The moment the heart shattered, the Spider King’s life force collapsed.

"Huff... Huff... fuck, that was close." Victor directly fell onto his knees as the armor and Yin Flame Crown rapidly regenerated his organs and neutralized the venom in his body.

[Ding Dong]

[You have killed Tier 4 Spider Queen]

[You have killed Tier 4 Spider King]

[100% Drop Rate has been triggered]

[You have received 2 Tier 4 Monster Cores]

[You have received Tier 3 Knight Summoning Contract x20]

[You have received Soul Fragments x100]

[You have received Phantom Assassin Bloodline Awakening Scroll]

[You have received Warlock Altar Scroll]

"Well, at least the rewards are rich." Victor mumbled and then stood up and looked around.

"Sigh, it’s going to take a lot of effort and resources to fix the damage to the land." Victor sighed as he rubbed his temples, and his eyebrows twitched when he saw the huge craters all around him. Well, he could not abandon the territory as this was part of the Silvernum Territory.

’At least I’m not poor thanks to my 100% drop rate and can afford to fix this,’ Victor thought inwardly.

Just at this moment, Victor felt two familiar auras rushing at full speed in his direction.

"Mm?" He raised his head slightly and, looking over his shoulder, noticed two silhouettes rushing toward his location.

These two silhouettes were naturally Rina and Emily.

The faces of the two women were already pale before they saw the scene before them. But when they got close enough to get a better look, they both stopped, and their already pale faces turned paper-white in the blink of an eye...

"What... What... How... This destruction..." Rina could not form any words as she looked at the devastation. Emily was also not much different from Rina.

Wherever their eyes landed, there was only destruction, and blue flames roared wildly across the land as if they wanted to consume any organism that dared to get close to them.

There were some mangled corpses of different kinds of spiders lying on the ground that seemed to have survived being burned, but they were also slowly being consumed by the roaring flames. A bloody mist hung in the air along with the smoke. The bloody mist that surrounded the area immediately began to dye their armor, clothes, and bodies red.

"Ah, it’s you two girls." Victor said in a slightly playful and extremely haughty voice, attracting the two women’s attention, but the girls did not share his playfulness as they looked at him with wide eyes filled with terror. His white armor had already turned red from the dried blood.

"Heavens! Victor, are you really a Tier 1?" After Rina regained her composure, she could not help but voice her thoughts. Even Emily beside her rapidly nodded her head in agreement.

"Hah... it’s due to my Warlock Bloodline, nothing special." Victor said with a smile that made both women want to punch him in the face.

’Nothing special my head... why isn’t my bloodline nothing special like yours?’ Rina cursed inwardly.

She watched as Victor turned toward the raging flames and raised his hand.