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[Chapter 134 Comments]

[Adam_Balch_7324: It's getting kinda dicey]

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A moment ago.

The students returned to their own rooms, picking up their weapons.

Mia didn't have a weapon, but she still had the Eye of Truth, planning to use it to discern the enemy's true form.

Before leaving the room, Mia asked, "Haruka. We are in an extremely dangerous situation. Since the enemy looks similar to the one appearing in your world, I'm going to ask this: Does essence affect the enemy? Can it defeat them?"

"More or less, yes. However, if the teacher finds it hard to defeat it, I'm afraid that this being is extremely powerful. So, ordinary attacks won't be useful."

"That is enough to know." Mia nodded. "We should regroup with the others first before going down."

"Let me grab a few more talismans." Haruka was storing a lot of talismans all around her body and pockets. She tossed a talisman at Mia. "This is the same Spirit Repelling Talisman. If you activate it, it should be able to withstand the enemy's power for a bit."

"Got it. Thanks." Mia accepted it and rushed to the door. But before she opened the door, she suddenly noticed another fluctuation of energy. But this time, the source came from Haruka's talismans—the ones she planted on the wall.

"!!!" Both of them couldn't help but turn around, finding the talisman turning black as the power was extinguished.

"Danger!" Haruka shouted. A black ball suddenly appeared in the middle of the room, expanding and forming a giant spider.

"Haruka!" Mia formed a teddy bear and tossed it to the spider. The latter was already waving its sharp front leg, trying to slash Haruka.

Luckily, the teddy bear was fast enough and punched down the leg, causing it to miss Haruka.

However, the spider instantly changed to the other leg and chopped the teddy bear.

Haruka panicked at first, but she knew she couldn't waste the chance that Mia had provided. She hurriedly ran toward the door while taking out two talismans.

The first talisman formed a star-shaped barrier that blocked the corridor while the other talisman flew straight to the spider before releasing a weird pattern of fluctuation. Surprisingly, the spider's body glitched as though it were about to be erased.

"!!!" Mia noticed that slight detail, but the talisman got ripped apart by the spider right after.

Mia opened the door and shouted, "We have to go. The others might be fighting the same thing!"
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As she said, the other groups were also facing the same spider.

In the room next to them, Luca had formed a barrier to block the spider while Aurora created an escape route.

In another room, there was a series of clicking sounds as Avalon was clashing with the spider.

Oliver said, "Avalon. We have to leave and regroup with the others."

"This spider is not letting me leave." Avalon clicked his tongue. Even though it was just a spider, every strike felt like a swordsman's swing. It was skillful enough to prevent Avalon from going to the left, which was the direction of the exit.

Fortunately, Oliver hurriedly took out a big fridge from his inventory and let it drop on top of the spider's head.

Bam!

The spider was knocked down to the floor, allowing Avalon to escape.

Meanwhile, Lancelot blocked the spider's leg with his shield. Lucas shouted, "That spider is oozing a lot of essence. It's just a summoned being."

"It's this strong even though it's only a summoned being?" Lancelot felt a bit numb from taking the enemy's attack. However, they soon heard a banging sound from the opposite room.

"It seems someone is leaving. We should also go."

Lancelot agreed and started retreating.

The remaining two groups were rather different from the rest. The first one was Maya and Serena. While Maya was powerful, if she used all her weaponry inside the hotel, she might destroy it. It wasn't something she could afford.

So, the only thing she could do was grab the spider's legs with her exoskeleton and say, "Serena. Go out and get some help!"

Serena knew that she would be useless, so she was the first one to run away by herself.

The exact opposite situation actually occurred in Li Wei and Jayden's room. Li Wei stopped the left front leg with his sword while Jayden grabbed the other leg.

"We can't destroy anything yet. Remember what the teacher said?" Li Wei reminded Jayden who was the most hot headed person in the class.

"I know that. But this spider is weird."

"Yeah. It feels like they are responding to our essence… No, it could be said that the spider is linked to my essence. I can't sense yours, but I'm pretty sure the spider appears because of us."

"So, we are the trigger for the appearance of this spider? If that's the case, the others are also in danger. If we bring this spider out, it will just cause them more problems…"

"Do you think what I'm thinking?" Li Wei smirked.

"I take the right." Jayden accepted the challenge.

"Remember. Don't destroy anything." Li Wei gave the last warning before they exchanged nods.

In that instant, Jayden spun his body and stepped onto the bed before striking the spider with his fist.

On the other side, Li Wei avoided the spider's strike before moving between the television and bed, positioning himself so that Jayden didn't blow this spider away and destroy everything behind him.

When Jayden struck the spider's body, Li Wei also hit the spider's legs with all his strength. As expected, the legs were as hard as metal, but this was enough since his job was only to scare the spider.

Bam!

"Mhmm…" Li Wei clenched his sword tighter. It was indeed hard for him to stop Jayden's brute strength. But when it stopped, he could see black blood coming out of the other side, indicating that Jayden had broken through the spider's skin.

The spider ended up tilting to the side, so Li Wei sliced it while shouting, "I'll kill it!"

"!!!" Jayden noticed Li Wei's murderous intent and jumped away until his back hit the wall.

A crescent-shaped light appeared for a split second, hitting half of the spider's body. One second later, the black liquid inside the spider spurted out of the wound, ultimately killing the spider.

Li Wei hurriedly avoided it since he didn't want to be drenched in this strange liquid. Although they didn't destroy anything, half of the room was actually dyed black. "This is…"

Li Wei gulped down, thinking he was in trouble. On the other hand, Jayden said, "We didn't destroy anything. Dirtying the room isn't included in the agreement. Anyway, we have to help the others."

As much as Li Wei wanted to think about the punishment from the teacher, he agreed with Jayden that it wasn't the time for it.

They were the only team that managed to kill the spider.

Before they came out, they heard Serena banging on their door, asking for help.

Both of them ceased any conversation and rushed outside, finding Serena's room wide open. Maya was holding the spider's back.

"The same?" Li Wei asked.

"Of course. Let's kill it. If it's truly connected to our essence, it means that these are not the only spiders. The other floors that have fighters with a lot of essence will be targeted as well."

"In that case, let's kill all these spiders and have our group help them. We should clear the ground floor where we promised to meet the teacher." Li Wei nodded.

"I don't know what you two are talking about, but…" Serena handed them a vial of potion. "Drink it. It will boost your strength."

The two nodded, not having any options to choose. Serena had even taken out a bottle of perfume that when the aroma was inhaled, it would stimulate one's muscles.

On the other side, Mia's group and Luca's group were the first to come out of their rooms, only to find out that the other was attacked as well. If they brought them together, it would cause the same problem.

"Kh. We have to kill the spiders." Lucas gritted his teeth.

Fortunately for them, Mia was here. She had studied a lot under Theo, so she could see the most optimal solution with their current situation. "Serena. Give us a potion to boost Lancelot's strength. Lancelot is to stop the spider by himself. Lucas should come here and stop the spider. Haruka and I will kill the spider."

"!!!" They were shocked to hear Mia giving an order, especially with the fact that she wanted to let Lancelot fight by himself.

But Lancelot understood the assignment. He said, "Lucas, Go! The sooner you kill the spider, the faster you can kill the one in front of me. I'll buy you some time!"

Seeing Serena rushing toward them, Lucas hurriedly entered Mia's room and formed a barrier. This time, the barrier was shaped to match the spider's contour. This way, the spider had to break the barrier apart if it wanted to move.

Now that the spider was stopped, Mia said, "Haruka. Use that talisman again. I'll deal the killing blow."

Haruka nodded and tossed the talisman. When it reached the spider's body, its body began to glitch.

On the other hand, Mia had covered her right hand with a glove made from the teddy bear's paw. She punched the spider while shouting, "Fist of Purification!"

Surprisingly, the spider disappeared after that punch as though she was amplifying Haruka's power.

Despite killing the spider, Mia didn't seem happy. "As expected, it's only a summoned being. It doesn't have any rational thoughts. I believe it's only trying to kill anyone near it."

The reason for Mia's confidence was her first Authority, Deception. If the spider had a consciousness, it would turn her fist into something other than Purification. But considering it didn't change, it ended up turning into the way she made it.

Mia turned to Haruka. "We have to help Lancelot. Hurry!"

These four groups were trying to handle their own spiders. However, there were two groups stuck inside their room. The first one was Aurora and Luca.

Luca formed numerous small barriers in the hallway. Unlike Lucas who had an offensive barrier and was able to form the barrier to defeat his enemy, her barrier could be divided and focused on the strength of each barrier.

However, when she split the barrier, its power was also weakened. Each strike of the spider destroyed one small barrier. So, Luca had to summon them continuously, albeit the production rate couldn't keep up.

Seeing Luca in danger, Aurora pointed her arrow at the spider. She was hesitating to shoot. If she used too much strength, it would destroy the room. If she didn't use enough strength, it would just be repelled.

"Aurora!" Luca gritted her teeth, feeling a bit frustrated since Aurora couldn't make up her mind.

In the end, Aurora released her arrow, but it was too weak as the spider easily deflected it.

At the same time, Avalon and Oliver were surprised by what happened to the spider after Oliver dropped the fridge. Despite its strong attack power, the spider's defense was pretty weak.

The head was bleeding and the weird liquid was flowing out. "What the hell is this?"

Oliver tried to store the spider in his inventory, but it was useless. "I can't store it. It's not an object…"

"So, what is it?"

"I'm not sure. It might just be an essence. I can't store only essence after all. But the weird thing is that… If it were purely made of essence, why would a physical item affect it?"

Yes. Oliver and Avalon weren't trapped inside the room because they were having a hard time with the spider. Instead, they were just trying to figure out what the spider was.

Despite Theo's worries, these were the students he had taught for a few months. They had improved rapidly and finally became a bit more independent.