I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [255]

The earth trembled beneath them.

Kumoko could clearly feel it—a massive force was gathering behind her.

I can’t block it. I have to dodge.

That conclusion came instantly in her accelerated thought process.

Her brain issued the command, and her body was just about to move laterally to evade the incoming attack.

But before she could act, the handsome young man beside her gently caught hold of one of her forelimbs.

“Don’t worry.” Zhongli looked calmly in the direction of the threat. “This is a good chance for me to test the offensive power of your world’s skill system. I may not have fully parsed it yet, but I do know that your mother—the Queen Taratect—is one of only four remaining Ancient Beasts in this world. Their mother was the pet of a deity known as a Primordial Divine Beast.”

“A rare opportunity to measure the strength of this system.”

Kumoko froze.

She wanted to say something—but didn’t get the chance. Because as soon as Zhongli finished speaking, a terrifying black torrent surged toward them, engulfing both of them in an instant.

Her mind went completely blank.

Her thoughts scattered in all directions.

—Sorry, Sensei… I guess I won’t be going back to Earth.
—Sorry, Mom… I wanted to eat cup noodles one more time.
—Wait… I think I’ve been living alone this whole time…
—That’s not right… wasn’t I…

Her consciousness drifted in chaos for several seconds—until the black breath finally dissipated.

Kumoko blinked in confusion at her surroundings. The once-lush forest had been reduced to a scorched, blackened wasteland. Every tree, every bird, every beast—completely annihilated by that one attack.

—I’m not dead?

She raised her two scythe-like forelimbs, inspecting her body with a puzzled look.

A faint golden, transparent ring hovered around her—like thick armor, sturdy and radiant.

“Just a simple technique,” Zhongli said casually, as if he’d barely lifted a finger.

Kumoko turned to look at him and saw the same golden ring hovering in front of his body.

“Oh! Ooh~!!” Kumoko shouted in amazement, raising one claw in excitement. “Mr.Zhongli is so amazing!”

Zhongli didn’t react to the compliment. His face remained serene as he gave her a quiet reminder: “She’s coming.”

And before his words even finished—

A massive spider dropped from the sky.

Absurdly huge—easily ten meters tall.

Eight huge eyes gleamed atop a towering body. Its massive limbs and monstrous form evoked not so much a poisonous spider as a primal beast torn from humanity’s deepest nightmares.

Kumoko didn’t hesitate—she cast Appraisal on the Queen Taratect at once.

What she saw far exceeded her expectations.

Attack, defense, magic, resistance, speed—every stat exceeded 20,000.

Even though her parallel minds had launched a soul-based attack earlier, leaving the Queen in a weakened state with significantly reduced stats—she still operated at a level far, far beyond Kumoko’s limits.

An average stat of 18,000. That was more than five times stronger than Araba, the Earth Dragon—the toughest foe Kumoko had ever faced.

—There’s no way I can win this!
—This is way beyond what I imagined!

Kumoko couldn’t stop the panicked screams echoing inside her own head.

—I don’t see any path to victory.
—Which means I’ve got no choice but to rely on Mr. Zhongli…

Her eyes shifted toward him.

He stood there, framed by the golden ring, emanating an aura of transcendence—as if he were a god. It made her want to bow in reverence.

“Rrraaaaghhh!!”

The Queen Taratect let out a deafening roar. The sound didn’t resemble a spider’s screech at all—more like a dinosaur or kaiju from a monster movie, roaring with primal fury.

It tried to intimidate the small human before it.

“You’re wasting your time,” Zhongli said softly. The pressure from the Queen’s roar dissipated several meters in front of him, dispersed by the gentle golden light.

“Your connection to your superior—the Primordial Divine Beast—was severed the moment you stepped into my presence. Whatever happens here, she’ll know nothing of it.”

“So don’t bother stalling. Come at me with everything you’ve got.”

Whether it understood his words or not—

The Queen Taratect suddenly stomped the ground and charged, shaking the earth beneath her with every step.

Her enormous frame combined with a speed exceeding the sound barrier created a tsunami of destruction. Dust, rock, and charred debris exploded in all directions, scarring the land even more than before.

She was more terrifying than any movie monster Kumoko had ever seen. Just moving caused devastation on the level of a natural disaster.

But Zhongli remained calm.

He lifted his right hand slightly and gently pressed toward the incoming behemoth.

And then—

The Queen Taratect slammed into something as solid as diamond.

Her momentum stopped dead. Her limbs buckled, several of them snapping on the spot. Crimson blood sprayed across the battlefield.

Even her seemingly invincible carapace cracked under the pressure. Massive fractures spidered across her body.

“RRAAAGHHH—!”

The Queen howled again.

But this time, the roar held no menace, no dominance—only pain and a touch of despair.

Kumoko’s eight eyes were wide in shock.

The whole confrontation—from appearance to end—was over in mere seconds.

Fortunately, thanks to her High-Speed Thought Processing skill, she could process events at a pace far beyond normal perception. She only froze for a fraction of a second before she recovered.

She had just opened her mouth to shower Zhongli with praise when—

She felt it again.

A massive surge of energy flared to life.

The Queen Taratect, already collapsed and near death, suddenly opened her mouth wide.

A breath of dark magic, many times larger and more concentrated than before, erupted forth.

This time, it wasn’t from far away—it was less than a hundred meters from where Kumoko and Zhongli stood. The ultra-compressed black magic tore through the air like a blade meant to erase everything it touched.

In less than a second, it reached them.

Kumoko’s body couldn’t even respond—there was no time to dodge.

In that moment, all she could do was shut her eyes and hope Zhongli would act in time.

“Open your eyes. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Zhongli’s calm voice rang out amid the sea of black light—so steady and reassuring that her panic began to fade.

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