The young couple, Niu Gang and Guan Xiaoya, cautiously stepped through the dark forest.

  Niu Gang, a sturdy warrior confidently leading the way, reassured Guan Xiaoya, a priest nervously gripping her staff. "Don’t worry, Xiaoya, I'll protect you."

  Suddenly, a swift, chilling wind swept above them.

  "What’s that?" Guan Xiaoya gasped, looking upward. Before either could react, sticky spider silk bound them tightly to a tree!

  A massive spider, its bck body covered with hundreds of eerie eyes, descended slowly, suspended by silk.

  [Nurturer (Lv1)][Grade: Bronze]

  "Help! It's a spider!" Niu Gang shouted in panic.

  Nearby, hidden within shadows, Lin Ze watched calmly. "A Bronze-level mini-boss... this is exactly what I need."

  Suddenly, numerous smaller spiders swarmed from the trees toward the immobilized couple.

  [Nurturer's Offspring Spider (Lv1)][Grade: Common]

  Unable to free themselves, the pair could only scream as the spiders attacked, swiftly draining their lifespans.

  As the smaller spiders fed, Lin Ze seized his moment. Emerging silently from the shadows, he struck fiercely at the boss spider's rge compound eye.

  -338 (Weak Point Attack)!

  Before the monster could react, Lin Ze vanished again, leaving it bewildered.

  Twenty-six seconds ter, Lin Ze reappeared, striking another precise blow.

  -338 (Weak Point Attack)!

  The boss spider, enraged and confused, unleashed a barrage of silk attacks, but Lin Ze, anticipating this, had already retreated safely.

  Once the chaos settled, Lin Ze calmly returned, delivering another critical strike.

  -338 (Weak Point Attack)!

  With its health dropping rapidly, the Nurturer panicked, attempting to flee into the trees.

  Lin Ze quickly picked up a stone and hurled it forcefully at the fleeing creature, hitting its vulnerable underside.

  -279 (Weak Point Attack)!

  One final stone struck home, ending the monster’s life.

  [You have killed 'Nurturer (Bronze-level)'.][You gained 300 experience points.][Congratutions on reaching level 2!][You gained 2 Evolution Points!][Shell Town Level Leaderboard unlocked, you gained 1 Reputation Point!]

  Simultaneously, a system announcement echoed across Shell Town:

  [Pyer 'Shadow' has defeated 'Nurturer (Bronze-level)' and reached level 2 first. Shell Town Level Leaderboard is now avaible!]

  Within Shell Town, the announcement left pyers, including Sister Pear’s team and the recently revived Niu Gang and Guan Xiaoya, utterly astonished.