Seeing that Mo Liuli was clearly unreliable at the moment, An Xiaoxiao stepped forward and spoke to Wang Chen with a serious expression.
"Even if you can control demonic spiders, there must be a limit. At your current level, controlling thirteen of them should already be your maximum."
She glanced toward the dozens of monsters surrounding them.
"There are still many more spiders here. This isn't something you can handle right now. We should retreat."
From her perspective, this was simply common sense.
For a control type profession around level ten or so, being able to control ten monsters at once was already an incredible feat.
And Wang Chen was not even a control class.
In her mind, what Wang Chen had already done was pushing the absolute limit.
It was not that they doubted him.
It was simply the logic of this world.
But Wang Chen did not listen to their warnings.
Instead, he smiled.
"Do you really have so little faith in me?"
An Xiaoxiao and Li Mengmeng were both stunned.
"What do you mean?"
Wang Chen raised his hand casually.
"As many as they send, I can control."
"The more the better."
Then he turned his head.
"Liu Qiang. Use your skills."
Liu Qiang clenched his teeth.
"Alright. Let's do it."
Seeing Wang Chen's confidence, he gripped his magic staff tightly and squeezed every last drop of mana from his body.
One skill after another exploded across the battlefield like fireworks.
Mental disruption.
Confusion.
Distortion.
The effects overlapped and spread through the swarm of spiders.
At the same time, Wang Chen released every single Infiltrator he had.
Hundreds of mechanical spiders surged forward like a metallic tide.
They climbed onto the demonic spiders and launched their invasion.
Under the shocked gaze of the two girls, the monsters began to change.
Electric currents flashed across their bodies.
Their limbs trembled.
Their eyes dimmed.
Then their bodies transformed.
One after another, the demonic spiders fell under Wang Chen's control.
Only a few minutes passed.
But more than twenty spiders had already been converted.
When Wang Chen finally reached the limit of what he could control, he immediately issued another command.
The mechanical spiders turned on the remaining monsters.
They bit.
They tore.
They shredded the remaining spiders until they were severely wounded and unable to resist.
At the same time, golden light flashed around Wang Chen.
His level increased again.
Level 20.
Wang Chen's heart jumped with excitement.
Level twenty meant something extremely important.
He could now unlock new troop types.
And new buildings.
His mechanical empire was about to evolve again.
"You can control this many monsters at once?"
Li Mengmeng and An Xiaoxiao were completely stunned.
Every time Wang Chen acted, he shattered their understanding of what was possible.
Every single time.
"I knew it… I knew he could…"
Suddenly a strange voice came from the side.
"Ah…!"
Mo Liuli suddenly collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily.
Her face was flushed red as she looked at Wang Chen with pure admiration.
It was as if she had just reached some kind of overwhelming climax.
Her voice trembled as she spoke.
"I knew he would do it…"
Wang Chen simply ignored her.
He waved his hand toward the others.
"What are you standing there for?"
"Finish them off and take the experience."
Under Wang Chen's command, the massive mechanical spiders dragged the heavily wounded monsters toward the group.
"Th… thank you."
The two girls' faces turned red.
They suddenly felt that their earlier doubts had made them look ridiculous.
The four of them divided the remaining spiders.
Each person killed more than three monsters.
Light flashed repeatedly as they all leveled up once or twice.
As for the materials that dropped, the girls gathered everything and handed it over to Wang Chen without hesitation.
Among the loot were several decent pieces of equipment.
However, Wang Chen hesitated.
He did not absorb them.
Most of the equipment had abilities related to spider silk.
What he wanted right now was a rare flying type item that could be integrated into his back armor.
That would allow him to unlock a flight skill.
As for his abdominal armor, he was even more cautious.
He absolutely did not want to absorb something strange and end up shooting spider silk from his belly button.
Just imagining it made him uncomfortable.
These items would be better sold.
Later, he could visit the Treasure Gathering Merchant Guild and see if there were more suitable pieces of equipment.
When the time came, he would upgrade the entire Super Divine Armament.
An Xiaoxiao walked over.
"Should we continue clearing the dungeon?"
Her voice carried hesitation.
Deeper inside the dungeon, they might encounter nearly a hundred demonic spiders.
The difficulty would increase drastically.
Without powerful area damage abilities, it would be nearly impossible to survive.
Wang Chen frowned slightly.
Because she was right.
Even he could not handle that many spiders alone.
And Liu Qiang had already exhausted his mana.
He could not provide the mental disruption needed for control.
Even at full strength, Liu Qiang could never cover nearly a hundred monsters with his abilities.
Without that chaos, Wang Chen's Infiltrators would lose their advantage.
And if even a few spiders targeted Li Mengmeng or An Xiaoxiao instead of him, the situation would become disastrous.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Chen finally spoke.
"Let's move forward and scout first."
"We will decide after we see the situation."
The two girls nodded.
But deep down, they were not very optimistic.
Soon, the group began walking deeper into the abyss.
Darkness swallowed them step by step.
But while they advanced through the dungeon, Wang Chen's consciousness quietly entered his mechanical space.
He wanted to see what new troops and structures had been unlocked after reaching level twenty.
Because whatever appeared there…
might determine whether they could survive the boss that awaited them ahead.