Chapter 56: Cunning Dungeon Spirit

'Roar'

All of a sudden, a loud evil spirit beast's roar made everyone shift their gazes from Beck to the portal.

Finally, the rank 3 evil spirit beast that was struggling to get out of the portal came out.

It looked like a hedgehog with sharp spikes all over its body; however, it roared like a tiger while looking at the 14 participants in the hall.

"Be careful. It might release its spikes anytime."

Lucas asked Beck and Luna to be careful as he was thinking of a way to kill it while dodging its spikes.

'Swoosh'

All of a sudden, when everyone was thinking that the evil spirit beast would release its spike, it rushed forward.

Even though it was three meters in height, the rank 3 evil spirit beast's speed was fast as it instantly appeared in front of a small group of three participants.

'Th..this is...'

The three participants didn't have a chance to even raise their weapons as they were killed by the beast.

<Notification:- The winners of this round will be given the spell scrolls to bring out of the dungeon>

Just when everyone was thinking about what they have to do, the dungeon spirit's voice resounded in the hall, making everyone pleasantly surprised.

'Huh?'

'We can bring them out?'

'Excellent.'

'As long as I survive this round, I can gain the intermediate spell which I can exchange for many good items for my cultivation.'

With the dungeon spirit's word, the silent hall became a little cheerful and they became determined to kill the evil spirit beast at any cost.

"Brother Spencer, shall we wait until all the participants are killed before attacking that evil spirit beast?"

Tom, with a cunning look on his face, suggested his big brother.

"You know me very well, little brother. Let them die."

However, the three brothers from the weapon pavilion were having different thoughts. They are not showing any signs of fear and have absolute confidence in killing the rank 3 evil spirit beast as long as they work as a team.

'Roar'

As for the hedgehog, it looked at the remaining participants who were in different directions and kept its head low as the spikes on its back raised.

"Stand behind me, I will take care of it."

Lucas tightened his grip around the short swords in his hands as he stood in front of Beck and Luna.

There was nothing for them to hide in the hall. So, Lucas decided to deflect the spike released by the evil spirit beasts.

"There is no need to risk your life for that."

However, just as Lucas stood in front of them, Beck hurriedly replied to Lucas before giving some order to her white lion, "Ada, full transformation."

'Roar'

As soon as Beck finished her order, the three-meter white lion turned into a five-meter lion with its mane touching the ground.

And the eye-catching thing in the transformed white lion was there were two huge wings on its back.

'Swoosh'

The transformation didn't stop there as the white feathered wings turned into metal as it guarded Lucas and the two girls.

'Holy heavens...is this the legendary winged white lion?'

All the participants were shocked when they saw the winged white lion.

'Damn it...let's hurry up and hide behind it.'

'Do you dare to go near it?'

'Didn't you forget how it killed the young masters from the Grayeye family?'

However, they didn't have the luxury to enjoy the beauty of the legendary spirit beast as they still had to protect themselves from the hedgehog that was going to release its spikes anytime now.

Some thought of going near the white lion to protect themselves; however, imagining the sight of the white lion eating Zak and Judah, no one dared to go near it.

'Chances of survival by deflecting the spikes are more compared to going near the white lion.'

That was the only thought in their heads as they readied their weapons to deflect the spikes.

"Brother Spencer, looks like we will be having a fight with them after the portal closes."

Kyle muttered to his big brother.

"I think the transformation is only temporary. I think our chances of winning against them are high."

The second brother Tom said his own thoughts while looking at the lion in the distance.

"Let's see."

As for Spencer, he casually nodded his head before saying, "Anyway, stand behind me."

As soon as he finished his words, Spencer took a huge sword out of thin air and placed it in front of him.

'Chuck'

'Swoosh'

'Swoosh'

Soon, the evil spirit beast released hundreds of spikes covering the entire hall.

'Puchi'

'Clang'

'Clang'

'Puchi'

'Aargh'

Other than Lucas' team and Spencer's team, there was another team of two that survived the spike attack. As for the remaining participants, they tried their best; however, they were unable to dodge the spikes and died.

<Hint:- The rank 3 evil spirit beast is in a weakened state. Kill it before it recovers its spikes again>

<The team that kills the evil spirit beast will be given basic spells for all the team members of their choosing from a set of three basic rare spells>

<Also, the three teams combined points are very close to one another. The 100 points gained from this evil spirit beast will make the team with the least points to get the first place>

The dungeon spirit gave them a hint regarding the evil spirit beasts when it saw that no one was taking the initiative to kill the spirit beast. So, along with a hint, it increased the reward.

At the same time, the dungeon spirit played with their heads.

'What? The additional reward?'

Everyone was excited when they heard the dungeon spirit' hint and reward.

Currently, they can't see the points of other teams; however, as long as they killed the rank 3 evil spirit beast, they would not only get the intermediate spell but a basic spell of their choosing from a list.

Overall, they have to kill the spirit beast; otherwise, they would lose the intermediate spell even if they had the highest points right now.

"Looks like we are killing it."

All three teams decided to kill the evil spirit beasts for the rewards as they eyed the other two teams.

"As long as you let our weapon pavilion kill the evil spirit beast, we will let you live."

Spencer didn't attack the evil spirit directly as he looked at Lucas's team and the other team before giving them a warning in a slow voice.

'Beck, how long can your white lion maintain its current form?'

Lucas didn't bother to answer as he asked Beck about the white lion.

'For four more minutes.'

Beck replied in a low voice while looking at the three brothers from the weapon pavilion.

'Good.'

Lucas revealed a slight smile on his face as he replied to Spencer, "Let's see who has the ability to kill it."

"Good"

Spencer shook his head in pity when he heard Lucas' words as he looked at the other team before asking, "What about you?"

"As long as you give us one intermediate spell and one basic spell, we will be happy to assist you in taking care of your problems."

Markus replied to Spencer with an eerie smile on his face.

"You"

Both Tom and Kyle were furious when they heard Markcus's words; however, Spencer stopped them before nodding his head at Markus.

"I agree to your deal."

"Brother, what are you saying?"

"We can deal with these two teams and the evil spirit beast without any problem."

When they heard their big brother's words, both Kyle and Tom hurriedly asked Spencer about it.

"Keep quiet."

Spencer only said two words to calm them as he continued saying, "If you try to do anything funny while we are fighting, then you will wish you were never born.

"The same thing goes for you too. If you try to fool us by not giving the spells, you wish you were not born."

Max, who was silent until now, replied to Spencer making the three brothers raise their brows.

"Good. Go and kill them."

Spencer nodded his head as he asked them to kill Lucas' team while his team was going to kill the evil spirit beast.

"Sure."

With eerie smiles on their faces, Max and Markus rushed towards Lucas and his team.

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