Academic gathering with Lich colleagues

"Slippery! Not enough friction! The Spinal Wheel can't get full acceleration! And without speed, the driver is just a sitting duck! This driver of the Hellhound is like a spider, toying with the driver!"

"So, what are the strategies for manipulating players?"

"The fighter has started running again! He's not attacking, but circling the edge of our arena! Is he making a last-ditch effort?!"

"By the Demon God! The Wheel of the Spine! It's running on the wall!"

Hard ice spikes appeared on the surface of the white spinal wheel, piercing the wall of the Black Abyss Arena stands like spiked boots.

"That's right! The gooey environment created by the hellhounds can't be maintained on our straight walls. The player is taking advantage of the environment! The Spinal Wheel is accelerating!"

What can a rapidly spinning spinal wheel do?

“It can…it can…it can run on the protective light barrier.” Bigbie’s voice trembled as it watched with the spectators in the stands as the spinning spinal wheel spiraled upwards along the protective light barrier in the center of the arena, as if flying through the void.

"Faced with the almost flying spinal wheel, the hellhound's attack was completely ineffective!"

"But are there more ways to manipulate players? You know, this just means neither side can do anything to the other!"

"It's snowing..."

"Don't forget! The player in control is an ice elementalist. That's right, he's creating a massive snowfall across the arena, accelerating the cooling of the lava. The rapidly spinning spinal wheel is creating a huge cyclone, drawing out the high temperatures from the arena. At that moment, the Hellhound will face a violent collision at maximum speed that it can't dodge!"

"The hellhound is spewing more lava to steal away the dissipating heat, and the situation has entered a tug-of-war! Will the hellhound's flames go out first, or will the manipulating magic run out first!"

Within the wheel of the spine, the mandible opens and closes slightly.

"Ha! A tug-of-war! What an idiot commentator, I'm the spider."

The spinning spinal wheel bounced, detached from the light barrier, and began to fall through the air toward the raging fire on the ground.

Snowflakes, stirred up by the snow, danced in the air, along with a hidden weapon within them.

Ice-blade spider silk. High-temperature resistant, hard spider silk, spread across the ground with the snowflakes like a goddess's veil falling from the sky. It was already set up when manipulating the climbers to ascend the light wall and witness the snowfall.

It's time to close the net.

As the spinal wheel spun rapidly, the ice-blade spider silk that had already wrapped around the entire arena tightened instantly, binding the hellhound and its keeper together like a pretzel.

The immense speed translates into powerful traction, lifting them off the ground.

What came towards them were ferocious ice blades that had condensed from the gaps in the rotating spinal wheel.

Chapter 202 The Eldest Brother, the Flexibility Master

"Well done, maneuver!" Shift praised his brother in the break room.

Lyle was satisfied with the performance of the maneuver, but still had one question.

"Manipulator, when you were charging on the ground earlier, couldn't you have just thrown out spider silk to entangle your opponent? Why did it take so long to stalemate?"

……

"A fantastic performance! And it got even better afterward!"

"Next up, also from the Necromancer Figure Company! He is a sculptor of art, a collector of miracles of life! Colorful! Brilliant! Elegant and charming! Mr. Shining!"

Mr. Manipulation was very dissatisfied with the even more exaggerated rhetoric.

"How dare he say that? No wonder he's a guy with scales on his face."

A shimmering light accompanied the wheel of his spine as he strode out amidst the cheers of the audience. His scales changed colors like a dazzling carousel; they were quite beautiful.

His opponent was accompanied by a plant monster, a rather large vine that had already taken over half the land through soil propagation. The vines crawling on the ground bent towards the shimmering light like venomous snakes. If the referee hadn't given the order yet, they probably would have already launched an attack.

Shining brightly as he looked at his opponent.

“I’m not manipulating things to give you time to struggle for the sake of looks and visual effects. Besides… aren’t you a monster breeding club? Why don’t the things you raise have scales? Are you prejudiced against reptiles? Damn discriminators, you’ve got another damn reason. Let’s end this quickly, I need to earn money to buy more shiny things.”

Game start!

Even before the vines began to move, the gleaming spinal wheel lay on its side, like a toppled door slamming down on Mr. Glitter's head. A gap was torn open in the mass of flesh at the center of the spinal wheel, engulfing Mr. Glitter within.

The spinal wheel lay flat on the ground, forming a solid protective wall.

Of course, that's not all.

Shining listened to the sound of vines striking his spine, like the beat of a drumbeat striking his soul.

He glanced at his opponent one last time through the gap in the spinal wheel.

"Spin, Wheel of Strangulation!"

The flanks of the Spinal Wheel ejected crystalline, glass-like scales, and flesh, pulling the skeleton, began to rotate around Mr. Shining. It was a giant meat grinder; now, calling it a lawnmower would be more appropriate.

A raging storm of sharp blades slashed at the surrounding vegetation. Only the shimmering eye of the storm remained standing.

The storm has begun to move.

With gleaming footsteps, it moves toward its opponent.

It's very slow, but the deterrent effect is much stronger.

The spinal wheel is spraying fine scales outwards, which, driven by the storm, form another layer of razor-sharp storm. The storm is expanding, and no one can escape it.

"Mr. Shining has shown us his invincible prowess the moment he appeared! Think about it, friends, how are you going to deal with this storm!"

"But don't forget, such power requires even greater expenditure of energy, and I'm afraid Mr. Shining won't be able to maintain it for long!"

The plant manipulator dodges the flying scales, hardens its vine bark to resist the powerful tearing force, and simultaneously burrows its tiny but tough roots into the ground.

Since the surface storm is raging, let's launch an attack from underground!

Persistence pays off. The limited rootstock broke through the blockade of the spinal wheel, peeking out from near the shimmering light. The head of the rootstock twisted into a sharp cone, piercing towards the shimmering light.

However, it weakened after shining for about half a meter.

"The Bavra monitor lizard prefers to prey on a small snake called the leaf flash snake, which can burrow into the roots of plants and escape rapidly along the vascular tissues of leaves. In order to avoid starvation, the Bavra monitor lizard has evolved a type of scale, a type of scale that causes plants to wither and shrivel. The scale is a symbol of life."

"Well, I can't cover the entire arena with my own area yet, so I need to scout for enemies."

"I am grateful for my love of scales, because my scales used to fall off from time to time, and I felt like I was losing my wealth, so I had to develop a new spell."

To search for the scales and bones.

"My scales automatically attach to the nearest bone, so you should be about the same size as me by now."

"Luckily, your magical beast is a damned plant, so in this arena, the only ones with real bones are you, me, and the Wheel of the Spine."

"I've found you."

A gleaming hand was raised high, and the fleshy ligaments connecting it to the body, used to transmit magic, snapped one by one.

The storm began to tilt, and even the gleaming, raised palms began to be cut by the storm, shreds of cloth flying everywhere, deep enough to expose bone.

"Tear him apart! Typhoon!"

The Spinal Wheel was thrown out with all its might like a collar, along with the terrifying storm, shattering its opponent into pieces.

……

Inside the lounge, Lyle was fixing the shiny, severed hand. His right arm had been detached last while he was controlling the storm, and the magic connecting it to it had been shattered by the frenzied power.

"Your hand will need at least two days to recover, until the magic circuits in your bones heal."

"It's okay, boss, I still have scales." Shining pieced together a prosthetic limb from a complex array of scales, and it actually worked quite well.

The controller looked at him and snorted.

"Considering how miserable you are, I won't pursue your arrogant behavior in your introduction."

She waved her hand dismissively, looking quite serious.

"Yes, I am injured now and need to rest. I will try to minimize my activity in the future."

……

"Next up is our Necromancer Figure Club's third gladiator. The rule-abiding law-abiding! An unexpected genius! Andrei's rising star! He is also the elder brother of the previous two Necromancer Figure Club gladiators, their kind and approachable big brother! Besides Mr. Plague Doctor, the second biggest in the Necromancer Figure Club! Mr. Adaptability!"

Hearing the cheers outside, Lyle desperately grabbed his excited companions, and Nia also reached out to help.

"Don't get agitated! Shanliang, you're injured and need to rest!"

"Go and make the wounded old man a wounded soldier! I want to make the old man a wounded soldier right now!"

"Keep calm and collected. Victory or defeat is the most important thing!"

"No! Adaptability is child's play. I don't want this victory anymore, I want to beat him! I'll take on the opponents from now on! I want to hear my big brother's screams, and if they're not loud enough, we'll start over!"

In the end, Lyle didn't let them out; after all, he wouldn't be the one to suffer.

Mr. Flexibility's opponent was a tall, silent figure who hadn't spoken at first.

But seeing Mr. Flexibility's trembling shoulders, he couldn't help but speak up.

"Are you scared?" The opponent's voice was icy.

"No, I'm just happy. After all, people need to find some fun after they die."

The opponent did not understand Mr. Flexibility's words.

Mr. Flexibility suddenly curled his lip and said in an aggressive voice.

"You'll be my source of amusement."

Chapter 203 Prince of the Abyss, Lyrtos

Faced with Mr. Flexibility's threat, his opponent showed no fear or discouragement.

He had a sullen face.

"Aren't you curious? Where is my monster? I've already studied your strange necromancer creation. It's powerful, but it has weaknesses. It's very fast, able to charge on the ground and even in the air. But what about underground? My monster is a burrowing worm. It's much faster and more terrifying in the soil and rocks than on the surface."

"Your enemy comes from a place you can't see; you can never catch us."

After speaking, the sandworm manipulator leaped into the air. The ground beneath his feet cracked open, and a sharp, cone-shaped black shadow swiftly burrowed into the earth, leaving only a narrow hole, which watched over the manipulator like an eye. The empty darkness mocked the manipulator and the heavy, spinal wheel behind him.

"Hehehehe..."

In the open space, Bian Tong clutched his stomach and laughed.