I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

Seeing this, the spider nearby quickly began to construct a teleportation spell, while thinking to itself: Hang in there, just a little longer, and I'll take everyone to the other side soon.

Waves surged on the sea surface; that was the Demon King moving. The Demon King couldn't fly, but she was fast enough to run freely on the water. At this moment, she came directly across the sea.

Kurumi Tokisaki fired a bullet that could briefly stop the Demon King's time, but she didn't expect the Demon King on the water to be more agile than she had imagined. He could dodge the bullet by simply using the water's surface as leverage, and even had the strength to return a magic bullet to Kurumi Tokisaki.

Karl blocked the Demon King's attack again, and at the same time flew forward and collided with the Demon King.

Chapter Five: Hold Back

The Demon King is very strong; if she weren't strong, she wouldn't be the Demon King.

To obtain the title of Demon King in this world, one must possess the strength of a Demon King. The girl Demon King before us not only possesses this strength, but is also the strongest Demon King in history.

However, she was still no match for Karl, and in fact, she was in more danger than an ordinary person when fighting Karl.

Karl's body becomes harder than any other material when subjected to impact.

In this situation, if it were an ordinary person, a punch to Karl would be almost like hitting a steel plate; at most, the recoil would injure a few finger bones.

But someone like the Demon King is a problem. She is much stronger and has no self-protective limits on her strength. If Karl stands still and lets her hit him, she might break his entire arm.

So when Karl and the Demon King were about to collide, facing the Demon King's delicate supersonic fist, Karl chose to slowly catch it with his palm and then guide it to the side.

The wind from the Demon King's punch created a massive wave hundreds of feet high on the sea.

Now Carl understands why Superman is always beaten by villains much weaker than himself; it's all out of mercy.

Superman's battles usually take place in cities, not on the open sea. If Superman dodges or redirects his attacks elsewhere, it can easily cause huge casualties. It's better for him to just take the attack head-on and then dissipate the force as he's being knocked away, since he won't get hurt anyway.

Moreover, pretending to be attacked and knocked away not only prevents the criminals from hitting you half to death instead of achieving any effect, but also saves the criminals some face.

The demon girl, having failed in her first attack, immediately pursued, unleashing a rapid barrage of punches and kicks, simultaneously channeling a massive amount of magic. Countless circular magic circles formed a net thousands of meters long.

Karl's combat strategy remained unchanged: either dodge or deflect attacks, and he would not choose to take the hit head-on as long as the attack would not hit the Spider Girl and Kurumi Tokisaki behind him.

But this is pointless.

Karl looked at the waves created by the Demon King and had an idea.

The fight between the two took place at supersonic speed. At this moment, the waves had not yet completely receded. Karl retreated a hundred meters and took a deep breath.

Then he exhaled, and an extremely cold airflow poured out of Karl's mouth, instantly freezing the hundred-foot-high waves, along with the young demon queen.

Everything happened so fast that Spider Girl and Kurumi Tokisaki couldn't keep up at all. From their perspective, they didn't even know if the Demon King had dodged Kurumi's bullets. They only saw the Demon King and Karl collide, followed by a huge wave and an explosive roar. Just from the sound, they knew the power was absolutely terrifying.

Only after the fight ended did they see the result: Karl stopped exhaling, and the Demon King was sealed in ice. Clearly, the Demon King had lost this battle.

Pop, pop, pop.

"Wow, that's amazing. It seems you weren't just bragging when you said you could do it all by yourself, Superman." Tokisaki Kurumi clapped and said.

Carl gave a shy smile befitting Superman and said, "You flatter me. I can only act with peace of mind when you're protecting Spider-Man."

Just as they were talking, the huge block of ice started to crack, and cracks began to appear on its surface. With Karl deliberately holding back, the Demon King would soon be able to escape. Tokisaki Kurumi instantly became alert and pointed her gun at the Demon King inside the ice block.

Fortunately, the spider's teleportation spell had finished casting, and the three of them instantly disappeared from the sea.

When they reappeared, the three of them had arrived in a dungeon called the Great Labyrinth of Elro.

"Where am I?" Kurumi Tokisaki asked, puzzled.

Karl, with his super hearing, could hear the sounds of the entire maze. The sounds of monsters fighting in the distance reached his ears, and he immediately realized where he was.

So Karl said, "It must be an underground labyrinth, filled with the sounds of monsters."

"But I didn't hear anything." Tokisaki Kurumi felt that the surroundings were as quiet as could be.

“My senses are a little more developed than humans’,” Karl casually explained.

Kurumi Tokisaki and Spider-Girl only thought that Karl had better hearing, completely unaware that when he said "more advanced," he meant being able to eavesdrop on an entire city.

Carl looked at the underground labyrinth with some curiosity using his X-ray vision; such a magical structure could not possibly exist on Earth.

Elro's Great Labyrinth is a paradise for monsters and the birthplace of the Spider.

Spider's teleportation magic can only take him to places he has been before, and the Great Labyrinth is currently the furthest place from the Demon King, so Spider has returned to his birth point.

Having memories of being human, the spider naturally didn't like this place. When she grew up and was no longer in danger and had resolved the pressure of survival, she kept trying to find a way to leave the maze. Not long ago, she finally got her wish.

But then they immediately encountered the maze boss, the Spider Queen. After finally managing to temporarily resolve the situation, they ran into the Demon King. "What a miserable life," the spider thought.

"Thank...thank you," the spider said with difficulty as it walked up to Karl on its eight legs.

Seeing this, Kurumi Tokisaki teased, "Spider-ko, why have you become so shy? Are you blushing because you saw a handsome guy?"

It has to be said that Karl looks really good now. His features are upright and resolute, and his body is like a statue built with the golden ratio, full of power and beauty. Coupled with Karl's deliberately sunny smile, the title of handsome man is completely appropriate.

Spider-Girl had to admit this, but she wasn't shy; it was just social anxiety.

At this moment, she was already complaining in her heart: Don't get so close! I'm a homebody! And why does the party ticket have to last for a month? Can't you be a little more humane? This is just as annoying as a forced class reunion or company team building.

What did she just say? She asked if I was shy. So I just need to say no, right? I'm going to say it now, I really want it, 10, 9, 8...

"No." That was the last sentence.

Carl knew that Spider-Girl had memories of being a shut-in, so he guessed that Spider-Girl was socially awkward: "Miss Spider-Girl is probably not used to interacting with people."

Spider silently gave Karl a thumbs up.

Kurumi Tokisaki asked in confusion, "But Spider-Girl is very active in the group chat, isn't she?"

This is normal; it's important to understand the difference between social anxiety and communication difficulties.

Communication disorder is not knowing how to speak and not being able to think of complete sentences.

Social anxiety stems from not knowing what to say. Sometimes, you might have two long papers in your head, but you don't know whether you should say them or not, or you worry that there might be something wrong with what you say. You struggle with this for a long time, and in the end, you can't say a single word.

Spider is the latter; when someone stands in front of her, she never knows what to say.

Previously, there was no face-to-face interaction in the group, so the feeling of communicating with people wasn't very real.

Now, even if you let Spider-Man type and communicate in the group, it won't work anymore, because this face-to-face typing is just like passing notes. How can someone who can happily exchange notes and chat with others be called socially anxious?

Chapter Six: Shop and Rotation Pool

Carl wanted to leave a good impression on his fellow group members and be a good person, so he took the initiative to change the subject and ease Spider's embarrassment.

"Let me just let everyone know what's going on in the group chat first, so that no one will worry."

"Ah."

Spider gave a reluctant reply, then sent a message in the group chat.

[Spider]: We're safe now, don't worry.

[The Doctor Who Doesn't Slack Off]: I'm so glad you're all alright. Has the Demon King been defeated?

When you think of a demon king, you think of villains and heroes. For a doctor who is familiar with otaku culture, the idea of ​​a hero defeating a demon king is a very romantic thing.

[Superman]: No, I just temporarily blocked her movements.

[The Doctor Who Doesn't Slack Off]: That's true. It's unlikely that the Demon King can be defeated so easily. It's already good that he was able to escape unscathed.

[Time Spirit]: I think it's hard to say who will win if the fight continues. Superman was just being modest before. He held off the Demon King all by himself during the battle. If he had gone up to finish him off while the Demon King was immobilized, the Demon King might already be dead.

[Superman]: We don't even know how Spider-Man offended the Demon King yet, it wouldn't be good to rashly kill him.

This message caught Tokisaki Kurumi's attention. She wondered if Superman was a lawful good person. She said to Carl, "Superman, you're not saying this because the Demon King is good-looking, are you?"

Of course not, it's just because the Demon King is still useful.

In terms of looks, Tokisaki Kurumi is much prettier than the still-growing loli-like Demon King. Her slender body is wrapped in a black and red dress, and her waterfall-like black bangs cover her left eye, leaving only her wine-red right eye exposed. When she walks and sways, you can occasionally see the golden pupils hidden under her bangs, which adds a touch of mystery. No wonder she is more popular than the heroine.

Even so, Karl didn't pay much attention to its charm.

The Demon King is the same; to Karl, the Demon King is like an NPC with an exclamation mark above his head, who brings him main quests and helps him understand the situation of this world.

“No, appearances don’t determine one’s inner character. I will not tolerate evil, but the situation is still unclear. By the way, what does Spider-Child think?” Karl said.

The task was issued by Spider-Man, so it mainly depends on Spider-Man's ideas.

[Spider]: That's fine. The Demon King doesn't know spatial magic. I'll take care of him from now on.

Spider-Girl typed briefly in the group chat, roughly meaning that she would leave the Demon King to deal with later.

Spider has her own pride. Of course she'll back down if she can't win, but if there's a chance of victory, she'll fight with all her might. When Spider was still very weak, she defeated a powerful earth dragon that was much stronger than her. Countless times she was on the verge of death, which made her fearless in the face of challenges.

Although the gap between us and the Demon King is now so vast it's despairing, the Demon King's spatial magic is only at level two, which is practically nonexistent. The mark the spider left on the Demon King can display his location in real time, so as long as we're careful, we won't be caught by the Demon King.

Since the client herself has said so, others will naturally respect her opinion.

The Demon King incident has come to a temporary end. Due to the effect of the party tickets, Karl and Kurumi Tokisaki will stay in this world for another month before the system sends them back.

With plenty of time, Carl decided to first learn about the chat group.

[Superman]: By the way, everyone, what are the points mentioned in the mission for?

Carl's question received enthusiastic answers from the group members.

[Time Sprite]: It has two main functions. One is that if you want to send something to other group members' worlds, then the points are the shipping fee. By the way, you can't send any living objects, not even a single cell, so the dead head has never gotten any meat.

[The Doctor Who Doesn't Slack Off]: Points have many uses, the most important being that you can buy things in the group's shop. The shop is divided into a system shop that sells ordinary items and a rotating pool of special items.

[The Doctor Who Doesn't Slack Off]: The rotating pool changes every month and consists of items from the group members' worlds. Superman, you just joined, so there shouldn't be any items from your world in the shop yet.

Following the guidance of his fellow group members, Karl opened the shop interface.

The interface maintains the chat group's consistent minimalist style, simply divided into two areas: the system shop and the rotation pool.

The system shop sells system items and various common items.

A party pass worth 500 points (enough for one month to participate in parties in other group members' worlds).

Task voucher: 10 points (grants the qualification to post tasks; rewards are at your own expense.)

Stay Pass: 100 points (allows you to stay in the mission world for one more day.)

There are also common items like bicycles and flashlights, most of which are very cheap, costing only one or two points. Incidentally, there are no organic materials in them; they are all industrial products.

Carl arrived at the rotation pool interface.

Just like what the group members said, the rotating pool in the store is full of items from the group members' world.

1000 points for the Primal Heart