The Magician of Sound

"Scree!" The spider screamed when he felt his butt was pierced by something.

Kai and Jacob immediately leaped backward because they knew the spider would release its web from there. And it turned out they were right. The moment it spurted out, the shadow spear melted due to the poison.

Still, Kai looked at the spider and saw how the hole was dripping out blood. He had noticed this place earlier from when the spider released its web when he was about to strike its butt. The place that was protected like that was bound to be one of its weaknesses. And he developed a simple but devious plan to get the first strike.

And due to that strike, the spider turned around, looking at Kai and Jacob with its red eyes. Realizing that the spider was focusing on them, they took another leap back to make a distance.

"We succeeded." Kai thought while smiling. 'The plan is to bring its attention to us for the time being while damaging its body. Luckily, the first strike succeeded. In this case, we can focus on striking its butt or eyes. I will be doing the opposite and continuously hit its legs. I believe it will start crumbling soon.'

"We have no change of plan. Keep attacking the eyes and butt." Kai commanded when Jacob was about to attack.

After nodding to Kai, he leaped toward the spider.

The spider shot out a poisonous thread, but Jacob had expected it and jumped to the side, only to meet its right leg.

Jacob struck the leg with his hammer after noticing that the head had turned around and was about to shoot another string toward him. However, he put only a bit of force to this strike, allowing the spider to pinch him to the ground. But before he touched the ground, a green magic circle appeared, blowing him away. Of course, the direction was where the spider's head couldn't spit its string.

It was the support from Kai, so he was not going to waste it. The moment he slipped, he stepped on the ground and launched him back to the air. Taking another spin, he struck the floor with his hammer. "Force Lance!"

A dark green line appeared from his hammer, running through the ground like a cable before a magic circle appeared right below the spider's head.

It pulled the ground and turned it into a spike that struck the spider from below.

"Nice one." Kai smiled and placed his hand on the ground, creating a black magic circle. "Shadow Manipulation. Bind!"

Michelle had created a technique to control the shape of her shadow, and Kai's creativity added spice to her magic. One of the results was this magic. A few chain-shaped shadows emerged from within the magic circle, flying toward the spider and clutching its body.

"Now!" Kai shouted, knowing the chance would only be a few seconds.

Seeing how the chains were able to restrain the spider, the supports immediately released another barrage of magic toward its eyes.

"Scree!" The spider released out a roar before a series of explosions occurred.

*Boom Boom Boom!*

By the looks of it, the magic hit the eyes, but the spider moved its giant body and blew the winds.

"…" Kai frowned. Others might not notice it, but he listened to the sound and realized what happened. 'The chain cannot contain him because of the lack of strength in the magic itself. However, as a surprise, it can stop him for a few seconds. But it seems there are toxins everywhere other than its body, eyes, and mouth. The chains melted in a split second, and the spider let the magic hit his head instead of eyes.'

This monster was indeed a troublesome opponent. The spider let out another scream before it leaped toward Kai with its giant body.

"Seriously?" Kai twitched his eyebrows and leaped back. Unfortunately, the spider moved one step ahead and shot out its string from the mouth.

"Sound Blast."

"Oscillation Shield."

Kai used a two-layered shield. The outer one was his Sound Blast, protecting him from the string by blowing it away in all directions. Luckily, he was going backward, so the residual coming above him and below him either flew to the sky or stuck on the ground.

At the same time, this was the first time he received an attack like this, so he used his Oscillation Shield to ensure his safety.

Seeing this, Jacob appeared next to the spider and swung his hammer. The spider had predicted this as it moved its front leg already.

"!!!" Jacob sensed the incoming leg and stopped his swing for a split second, allowing the spider to strike on that hammer instead of him. "That is dangerous. To think this spider intelligence is so high…"

Jacob had no choice other than retreating. He glanced at his hammer and found a hole in the middle of his hammer. "That poison is annoying as well. If that spider doesn't have this poison, we can easily win."

He clicked his teeth, glancing at Kai, who was still struggling with the string.

Suddenly, a few magic flew toward the spider's eyes again, trying to blind the spider.

*Boom Boom Boom!*

This time was a bit different. Xin and Drey moved to the eyes, trying to destroy at least one of them.

After getting into this situation a few times, the spider seemed to have understood something. The moment the two women came into his vision, he stopped spurting string and leaped to the sky, headbutting the two.

"What?!" Obviously, the duo was startled. They immediately raised their weapon and used it to ensure they didn't touch a single string of their body,

Kai listened to the sound and clicked his tongue. He used his Sound Blast to move as fastest he could to grab the two women and flew to the sky.

Jacob felt relieved when he saw the two women were saved and immediately used himself to distract the spider even for a few seconds.

Kai glanced at the two and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Yes. We didn't get hit. Thank you."

"Good." Kai landed on the ground and released the two before looking at the spider. 'What to do? As much as I want to teleport this guy to the sky, it is probably the worst move. Not only can the spider spurt out strings to cover the entire town, but it could also use its string to land safely. Even if we somehow were able to let him fall, I bet it won't die…'

He was searching for a way to severely injure the spider, but nothing came into his mind.

"Excuse me, I think I noticed something…" Drey tugged Kai's arm.

"What is it?"

"The spider seems to easily lose its movement. For example, the spider can walk straight, but it's hard for it to walk in a different direction unless it turns its giant body. As for the jumping part…" Drey paused for a moment, not very sure about the latter.

Xin understood the last part and gave her input. "He is weak in jumping to a diagonal direction… But I think diagonal to the back is more severe. That's why I believe we should attack the spider from the side instead of the front and the back."

"That's right. The spider still has a blind spot on the side and the back, despite having six eyes. That's why we should prioritize this attack pattern. Then, we can return to aim the eyes if the situation goes wrong." Drey added.

Kai furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the spider with a serious expression. "I see… if that were the case, we could go according to your way."

Drey and Xin exchanged looks and smiled before jumping toward the spider again.

Kai, on the other hand, took another serious look at the spider's movement. "What are we going to do…"

"I am wondering what to do as well. Although your power has been strengthened, it still lacks compared to the spider's defense…And it's especially useless against its poison."

"Do you think you have another technique to increase my strength?" Kai asked.

"No. You have seen the technique… In fact, we haven't used our original strategy…"

"I am sorry. The spider is moving a bit too weird, so I can't utilize it properly."

"We need a solution, not an excuse."

Kai thought for a moment as an idea came into his mind. "I will try to use the attack pattern I polish in the fight with Rapakha. I believe I can pressure the spider a bit with that kind of attack."

"Gah!" When he just got an idea, he heard his teammates letting out a sound, so he turned around.

Kai glanced at the others, who somehow got blown away by the spider.

The spider turned around, locking its eyes on Kai. It seemed the spider felt Kai more dangerous than the others.

"…" Kai squinted his eyes, focusing on the spider. He released his instinct to the fullest extent, preparing to have a full brawl fight with this spider.

The spider seemed to notice this aura as well, and his body flinched a little as if it was startled by Kai's sudden Lion Instinct.

It stood there for a few seconds before the two released its ferocity, and the spider charged forward.

Yet, the brawl got stopped because of interference from someone who finally appeared in the fight.

"Lightning Piercer." A female's voice rang in his ears as an arrow flew toward the spider, specifically its eyes.

The moment it saw the arrow, the spider halted its step to let the arrow miss. Kai didn't know why, but the spider should be able to easily use its hard head to block such an attack. But the reality was different.

For whatever reason, it avoided Tasha's attack as the person herself appeared on one of the buildings near them, saying. "Haha… Who needs me? I have come!"