Beginning of the decisive battle.

Punk, unaware of what Bilan was up to in his mage tower, once again engaged in another battle with the high priest.

In the fiery surroundings, Punk kept unleashing more than a dozen bursts of kinetic energy. The high priest, with spider-like limbs, matched Punk's speed, even with Punk blessing himself for extra swiftness. Using his many dry limbs, the high priest skillfully dodged each of Punk's "kinetic energy bursts" one after the other.

And during this process, the high priest also completed another spell:

"This is the spell that Goddess Ti Xiaer bestowed on me. It is a modified spell. You will be destroyed under the wisdom of Goddess Ti Xiaer."

Accompanied by the high priest's angry words, dozens of palm-sized blazing red flame spiders emerged from his side. These spiders had huge bright-red glowing abdomens, and there seemed to be a terrifying amount of energy trapped inside them that was giving off a dangerous atmosphere.

Seeing the appearance of the flame spiders, Punk did not hesitate to retreat quickly. With the system's analysis, he almost immediately recognized which spell's modified version this spell actually was. The conclusion of the system analysis was presented in his mind. Punk was somewhat shocked by the result.

[Spell name: Unknown.]

[Spell Status: Moderately modified.]

[Prototype Spell: Official-level Summoning Spell-Selfexploding Firewolf: Summoned a fire elemental wolf that could Self-destruct to attack the enemy.]

[Expected negative effects of the modification: Reduced power, reduced spell defence, reduced the intelligence level of the virtual soul of the summoned creatures, and reduce the ability to break through defences.]

[Expected positive effects of the modification: Strengthen mobility, increased the number of summoned creatures, Continuous attack ability, and reduce mana consumption.]

Punk stared seriously at the dozens of spiders exploding towards him with great speed. The modified spell's prototype had potent lethality, but Punk wasn't certain about the impact of these little creatures. Since the enemy used them, he guessed they couldn't be too weak.

"Should I use No. 1 to stop them?"

Punk decided to abandon the nearly finished damaging spell and swiftly covered the Flesh Golem's body with a layer of "iron armor." He employed an Official-level summoning spell, creating a defensive shield of iron armor.

Punk didn't want these spiders getting close. Given their large number in the small inner room, he aimed to have No. 1 take care of them.

With the iron armor on, No. 1 resembled a simplified version of Iron Man. It confidently moved toward a spider, swinging its sharp claw at the small creature on the ground.

"Boom!!"

The massive explosion created a rush of fast-moving air, causing No. 1 to stagger for several steps from the shockwave.

"What happened?"

Punk gazed at the spot where the spider had exploded, narrowing his eyes.

Even though Punk had never used or seen it in action, he had some idea about the "Exploding Fire Wolf" spell. This spell usually killed by creating a blast of high-temperature flames. However, the tiny flame-spiders in front of him seemed to release a strong, burning shockwave instead.

Even though the Flesh Golem endured less damage in this situation, if it staggered a few steps every time a spider was killed, it would be challenging for it to eliminate all the little spiders quickly.

"Boy, do you still have time for distraction?"

The high priest grinned and threw a ball made of dozens of flame spiders using mage hand. The ball made of many flame spiders exuded a hot red light and quickly expanded in midair.

"Damn it!"

Punk's eyes narrowed slightly. He quickly calculated the trajectory of the flame spider ball in his mind and then rolled a few times on the ground disregarding the impact.

"Boom…"

The spider ball that exploded in midair erupted with a terrifying shock wave, and the ceiling of the cave was blown into a large hole. A large amount of fragmented soil and rock fell into the sea of fire.

Punk stood up in a corner and swiftly dodged the falling rocks. The force of the shockwave from the spider ball surprised him, and he tasted a hint of sweetness in his mouth. Sadly, the explosion also caused internal injuries.

"Hahaha, you still lack enough combat experience. Don't bother trying to predict my next move,".

The high priest laughed wildly and began preparing another spider ball. Realizing that Punk struggled to handle the exploding spiders, he kept summoning groups of flame spiders. These troublesome creatures split into two groups—one to confront No. 1 and the other crawling up the high priest's body, gathering into a ball.

"Take one more. How long can you hide?"

Tauntingly, the high priest hurled the Spider-Ball at Punk.

"Why should I hide? If I can't avoid it, then use it. Isn't that what you taught me just a moment ago?" Punk retorted.

This time, Punk didn't attempt any avoidance. He intended to exploit the enemy's "explosive spider ball," so he cast a "kinetic energy suppression" spell at the Spider ball still near the high priest.

"Do you believe this can stop me?"

The high priest roared and moved to the side. The eight articulated limbs allowed him to move faster than the speed spell (swiftness spell) in straight lines, so it was not a problem for him to avoid the kinetic energy suppression spell.

"It's not over yet."

Punk sneered inwardly and, simultaneously, directed No. 1 to stop its frantic attempt to intercept the self-exploding spiders. Instead, he commanded it to use today's final Steel-Binding spell to obstruct the high priest's escape.

With the system's analysis, the placement of the steel bindings was highly accurate. The high priest, in the midst of a speedy retreat, couldn't make sharp turns. He could only witness a sudden emergence of numerous steel branches in front of him, colliding with them.

This was one of the things Punk figured out after analyzing the actions of the high priest. He found that the few seemingly skinny but actually very powerful limbs could provide the high priest with great speed, but unlike his speed spell(swiftness spell), the high priest didn't have good flexibility. Therefore, in the face of obstacles that suddenly appeared in front of him, the high priest, moving at an extreme speed, could only run into it.

The high priest, who crashed into a large group of steel branches, could not believe that Punk would completely ignore the outburst of the spider on the other side.

"Isn't he afraid of being besieged by a group of spiders? Or does he want to die together?"

The trapped high priest knew that he would not be able to dodge the upcoming attack, but he still turned his head with the last bit of his effort...

What he saw horrified him.

He saw three big pool of acid were blocking the way of the second group of flame spiders. The spiders in front walked into the acid pool unhesitatingly, which caused them to blow up in the middle of the acid pool. Such spontaneous explosions also detonated the following spiders behind them.

"I knew even a mage at the official level like you couldn't control so many spiders simultaneously. I guessed you programmed these guys to blow themselves up if they got hurt. Though their acid attacks are weakened by high-temperature evaporation, it's still enough to harm a few spiders. And this group of spiders' wisdom is so pathetic that they can't even recognize the danger of the acid pool, and even after seeing their companions dying in front of them, they still walked in. Why do you think the person who invented the spell "Exploding Fire Wolf" bothered to use virtual soul while casting this spell?"

Punk looked at the high priest's horrified expression indifferently and muttered in a low voice. After analyzing the abilities of these spiders, he judged that this modified spell was not suitable for frontal combat at all. Otherwise, just one AOE spell could destroy all the little spiders. Its purpose should be concealed assassinations. On a frontal battlefield, even if the enemy was caught off guard, countering it was still too easy.

"I have to admit that this spell is indeed very good, but..."

Punk glanced coldly at the high priest, who had been swallowed by the heatwave.

"I'm afraid this guy didn't expect that my Golem still had a second engraved spell, on top of that an AOE spell, right?"

The terrifying spider ball exploded instantly under the effect of "kinetic energy suppression," and flames and shock waves swallowed the high priest's entire body along with his miserable screams. If there was no more accident, it was almost impossible for the high priest to escape unscathed after getting hit by such a violent explosion at such close range.

But Punk didn't let his guard down. Even though his opponent leaned more towards offense as a defense, that didn't guarantee the lack of an excellent life-saving method.

Unfortunately, he sensed the information he least wanted to perceive—a subtle space fluctuation!