Wizards begin by accessing the Inspiration panel.

Chapter 108 The Soul-Devouring Spider's Innate Abilities

No wonder the ancient books say that brain-eating monsters are almost the nemesis of wizard apprentices. If a level three wizard apprentice were to encounter one, he would most likely lose his life.

With its incredibly fast movement speed and extremely high magic resistance, the series of level zero magic spells that wizard apprentices have painstakingly mastered, such as Slow, Weakness, Lesser Shadow Bolt, and Shadow Shock, will be meaningless in this battle.

Damn! Luckily I had enough summoned creatures, otherwise, it would have been a real dead end!

At this moment, the two brain-eating monsters in front of Richard suddenly launched another attack, trying to bypass the skeleton warrior in front and the sword and shield skeleton on his right rear to attack Richard from behind.

The brain-eating monster was moving too fast, and after several attempts, the two skeletons' defenses were in grave danger!

Just as Richard was about to send out the sword and shield skeleton on his left rear side as well.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from behind. Richard immediately bent down, and the sword and shield skeleton on his right rear reacted quickly, raising its shield to block the attack for Richard. This startled Richard so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Upon closer inspection, another brain-eating monster appeared behind them, locked in combat with the sword-and-shield skeleton on their right rear side.

There are three cunning brain-eating monsters in total!!!

At the start of the battle, a brain-eating monster was sent to distract the enemy. When the second one appeared, it ambushed and killed the sword-and-shield skeleton guarding the cave entrance.

The most insidious part is that the third one is slow to appear, leading people to mistakenly believe that there are only two brain-eating monsters.

If he hadn't had three skeletons protecting him, and had kept a sword and shield skeleton by his side as a guard, he would probably be in grave danger this time.

The Soul-Eating Spider in his arms was trembling, seemingly terrified of the brain-eating monster before him. It seemed that this newly hatched battle pet was completely unreliable.

At this moment, the last brain-eating monster to appear, with an exceptionally strong physique, suddenly rushed up. An invisible ripple instantly impacted the entire arena. The three skeleton guards in the arena froze, and Richard's brain felt as if it had been struck heavily by a hammer!

Oh no, this is the innate sorcery of a mature brain-eating monster: infrasound shock!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the three brain-eating monsters instantly bypassed the skeletons in front of them and charged straight at Richard.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle"

The brain-eating monster's claws rubbed violently against the Bone Armor's shield!

Each claw carries away large chunks of bone dust.

In less than two seconds, the bone armor technique was pierced!

Now, Richard and the three brain-eating monsters are separated only by a thin layer of dark elemental shield.

Seeing that the brain-eating monster was about to bite him, Richard immediately aimed at one of the brain-eating monsters, mobilized the pure mental energy in his mind, and instantly launched a secondary mental shock.

The brain-eating monster was clearly taken aback, not expecting that its easy prey could fight back. It was stunned for a moment!

This brief pause of less than half a second was seized by Richard, who, at such close range, shot an arrow at its naked brain. A scream was heard on the spot, and the brain-eating monster was killed instantly by Richard.

[Is absorbable energy detected? Will it be absorbed?]

"yes!"

[Gained 3543 energy points.]

The other two brain-eating monsters were immediately startled, but intensified their attack.

The next second, the dark element shield shattered!

Richard immediately used the instant-cast dark elemental shield from the black jade ring.

A thin black membrane enveloped Richard's entire body once again.

The two brain-eating monsters, who thought the battle was about to end, were clearly taken aback when they saw the shield reappear. Meanwhile, the skeleton warrior had already recovered from the infrasonic shock and instantly used a shield slam to knock one of the brain-eating monsters off course.

Meanwhile, the other brain-eating monster crashed heavily into the dark element shield, and Richard instantly felt that his dark element shield was about to shatter.

He quickly focused his mental energy to strengthen his frontal defense. Although the brain-eating monster's attacks were not powerful, they had a strong energy-absorbing property. A light bite or a claw could tear a large part of the energy on the shield, leaving it hollow.

Once the other two sword and shield skeletons realized what was happening, the battle turned in Richard's favor.

With one less brain-eating monster attacking him, Richard's pressure was greatly reduced.

After casting Bone Armor on himself again, Richard activated a secret technique to possess a skeleton, instantly possessing a sword and shield skeleton. With lightning speed, he thrust out his sword, piercing through a brain-eating monster that was in a standoff.

The brain-eating monster seemed never to have expected that the clumsy sword and shield skeleton it had once seen would suddenly become so fast.

The sword-and-shield skeleton then stabbed several times with lightning speed, piercing the brain-eating monster in front of it thoroughly until it was dead, before resuming its normal rhythm of movement.

It was Richard's secret technique of possessing the skeleton, combined with the high-frequency vibration of a master-level sword technique!

[Is absorbable energy detected? Will it be absorbed?]

"yes!"

[Gained 3691 energy points.]

Upon seeing this, the other brain-eating monster immediately turned around and prepared to flee in panic.

It would have been better if it hadn't run away, because once it did, it turned its back to Richard and could no longer quickly dodge Richard's arrows.

Richard spared no effort, guiding the arrows every time.

After several arrows, one finally hit the brain-eating monster that couldn't dodge in time!

After firing several more arrows, they finally took down another brain-eating monster.

[Is absorbable energy detected? Will it be absorbed?]

"yes!"

[Gained 3982 energy points.]

"Huff, huff." Richard gasped for breath as he slowly retreated back into the cave.

If it weren't for his mastery of archery and swordsmanship, and his abnormally powerful skeleton summoning, any other wizard apprentice, even a level three wizard apprentice, would probably have met their end on the spot!

The brain-eating monster can use infrasound and absorb energy, making it a natural nemesis of wizard apprentices. It seems that these abilities were born to counter wizard apprentices!

Unfortunately, he encountered Richard, a freakish wizard apprentice who could summon four skeletons at once.

As soon as the battle ended, the juvenile Soul-Devouring Spiders seemed to become lively again!

Richard took one look and laughed in anger, spitting out, "What use are you, you little thing! You actually need your master to protect your battle pet."

Suddenly, the Soul-Eating Spider climbed off Richard's body and onto the Brain-Eating Monster's body, where it began to suck something up.

Hey! Isn't this your nemesis? Why is it feasting now that it's dead?

Suddenly, Richard felt an extremely fine yet pure stream of unowned spiritual energy emanating from the tiny Soul-Devouring Spider. Like a trickle flowing into the ocean, it flowed into Richard's spiritual sea. Most importantly, it also contained a trace of pure soul energy.

Instantly, a tingling, exhilarating sensation made Richard feel like he was floating on air!

Richard guessed that this feeling of pleasure was probably ten times greater than the legendary "betel nut and tobacco, boundless magical power" from his previous life!

After the Soul-Eating Spider finished consuming three brain-eating monsters, Richard also experienced a blissful state three times in a row.

This made Richard almost unable to walk steadily!

Just like an ordinary person who has drunk several kilograms of aged Moutai and whose eyes become blurry.

This...this is what Instructor Seres meant by slightly improving aptitude?

This effect is absolutely explosive!

Richard immediately pulled up the panel to take a look.

[Attributes]: Strength 4.5, Agility 4.7, Constitution 4.4, Spirit 13.5

Wow! My mental strength has increased by about two points.

Wow! This effect is almost as good as a bottle of prophet potion.

But how could the effect be so amazing? Richard couldn't figure it out for a moment.

If this continues, wouldn't he be able to take off from the spot, constantly killing monsters and continuously increasing his total mental power?

After pondering for a while, Li realized that this might be related to the targets that the Soul-Eating Spider consumed. For example, the Brain-Eating Monster had a considerable amount of mental energy, which resulted in a very strong feedback effect after the Soul-Eating Spider consumed souls.

However, the effect would probably not be as good against other monsters.

Of course, these are just Richard's guesses; they can be verified by actual testing later.

Once the Soul-Eating Spiders had finished feeding, Richard prepared to order the Skeleton Warriors to throw the three brain-eating monster corpses far away, lest the smell of blood attract other monsters from the darkness.

But then the small Soul-Devouring Spider leaped onto the body of the larger Brain-Eating Monster and began to burrow into its body through its mouth.

Richard was stunned for a moment. Could it be that...?

Suddenly, the brain-eating monster, which had been dead for a long time, stood up, startling Richard so much that he hurriedly backed away.

The next second, Richard received a mental signal from the Soul-Devouring Spider, which essentially said that it could possess the opponent's body and control them in battle.

This immediately delighted Richard, but after a careful discussion, he gradually calmed down.

It turns out that the Soul-Eating Spider, which was still in its infancy, could not use the Brain-Eating Monster's innate abilities even after possessing its body; it could only control the other's body to fight.

Moreover, the possession of the Soul-Eating Spider has many limitations. For example, the target's body must be basically intact. If the body has had its spine removed, the Soul-Eating Spider will paralyze the target and render them completely powerless.

Of course, this will change as the Soul-Eating Spider grows stronger.

For Richard, having another sharp-attack brain-eating monster was certainly a great thing, but the fact that he couldn't use his innate abilities was a real pity. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have found a worthy opponent among wizard apprentices.

With three skeletons guarding the door this time, Richard felt much more at ease.

Richard casually leaned against a rock wall and fell into deep thought.

It seems that being teleported here isn't necessarily a bad thing. If there are indeed many monsters here, then if I'm careful and keep killing them...

Richard licked his lips and hissed.

This is like heaven for me!

However, we still need to improve our strength as much as possible. Perhaps we can adopt the strategy of using war to sustain war!

Richard immediately pulled up the panel and saw a striking [Energy Points]: 17130.

This is the energy point provided by the previous Iron-Striped Lizard, plus the energy points from the three Brain Eaters, totaling over 17,000 points.

This gives him a lot of options right now.

After thinking it over, Richard decided to upgrade the Dark Element Shield first, since the panel showed: Dark Element Shield (Master 99%, Effect: Thickness Conversion), and that 99% looked extremely unpleasant.

Just 1% away from becoming a Grandmaster!

Moreover, Richard was also eager to know what surprises awaited him with the Grandmaster-level Dark Element Shield.

(End of this chapter)