Strongest Radioactive System-Chapter 346: Spider Boss
The cavern trembled.
A shiver ran down Volk’s spine as a deep, guttural chittering filled the air.
He squinted into the darkness. The smaller spiders had all fled. Their corpses littered the ground in heaps, their black ichor staining the cavern floor. The silence that followed was thick, suffocating.
Then—
THUD.
A single step.
The entire cavern shook.
Volk’s eyes widened. His muscles tensed.
THUD. THUD.
Another step.
The tremors grew stronger. Dust and loose rocks rained down from the ceiling, the very walls of the cave quivering under the sheer weight of what was approaching.
From the abyssal depths of the cavern, eight massive, glowing eyes slowly blinked open.
The darkness itself seemed to breathe.
Then it moved.
Volk exhaled slowly. His fingers curled into fists, knuckles cracking like gunfire.
The air grew thick, heavy with the scent of something ancient, something primal. The weight of its presence pressed down on him, crushing, suffocating, making even the simple act of breathing feel wrong.
Then—
A leg emerged from the darkness.
It was massive—twisted, jagged, covered in thick, black chitin that gleamed in the dim light. The surface was scarred, cracked, as if it had weathered countless battles and emerged unscathed.
Then another leg.
Then another.
Then another.
The sheer size of it was monstrous.
The ground groaned beneath its weight as it stepped forward, the cavern shuddering like a dying beast.
Volk had fought big monsters before. He had crushed them beneath his fists, shattered their bones, ripped them apart with his bare hands.
But this—
This thing was in a league of its own.
The intensity of its presence grew with every step it took.
It was slow.
It was deliberate.
It was unrushed.
As if it knew it had nothing to fear.
Volk’s breath came out in a slow, controlled exhale. His muscles tensed. His senses sharpened.
THUD.
It was closer now.
The cavern walls seemed to warp around its presence, as if reality itself was bending under the weight of its existence.
The ground beneath Volk’s feet cracked, unable to handle the sheer gravity of the thing that was approaching.
Then—
It emerged.
The largest spider Volk had ever seen.
It dwarfed everything else in the cavern. Its body was colossal, its legs like massive pillars that could crush mountains. Its abdomen was bloated, covered in thick, pulsating veins that glowed faintly with an eerie, bioluminescent light.
Its head—if it could even be called that—was a grotesque fusion of mandibles, fangs, and layered chitin. Eight enormous eyes gleamed like molten gold, staring down at him with an intelligence far beyond that of a simple beast.
Its fangs dripped with venom thick enough to sizzle against the stone below.
It did not attack.
It did not roar.
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It simply stood there.
Watching.
Observing.
As if judging him.
The intensity of its presence was suffocating.
Volk gritted his teeth. His heart pounded like a war drum, his muscles coiled like loaded springs.
Then—
The spider took one more step.
And now—
It was right in front of him.
The moment stretched, silent and tense. Then—
Volk grinned. A sharp, toothy grin. His knuckles cracked as he clenched his fists. His massive, muscle-packed ogre body tensed like a coiled spring.
Then—
He exploded forward.
BOOM!
The force of his charge shattered the ground beneath his feet, sending a shockwave rippling through the cavern. His muscles bulged, veins surging with raw power. Dust and debris erupted in his wake as he launched himself at the monstrous spider with the force of a living missile.
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The spider moved.
SHK-SHK-SHK!
Its enormous legs skittered, shifting with terrifying speed. The cavern trembled as it reared up, its fangs dripping venom, its chitinous body casting an immense shadow over Volk.
Volk twisted midair—
WHAM!
His fist slammed into the spider’s leg. The impact was like a cannon blast, sending a shockwave through the cavern. Chitin cracked—just barely. The spider staggered, but it wasn’t enough to bring it down.
It struck back—
SWOOSH!
A massive leg swept toward him like a battering ram.
Volk roared—
BOOM!
He met the attack with a punch of his own. The sheer force of their collision sent both of them skidding back, cracking the stone beneath them. The air howled with the sound of their clash.
Then the spider lunged.
Its grotesque, fanged maw snapped forward, trying to take Volk’s head off in a single bite.
SHING!
Volk ducked, barely avoiding the monstrous fangs as they sank into the stone behind him. Venom hissed and bubbled as it melted through solid rock.
He twisted—
BAM! BAM! BAM!
A flurry of punches rained down on the spider’s head, each strike booming like thunder.
But—
The spider didn’t even flinch.
Its exoskeleton was too damn tough.
Volk’s fists ached from the impact, but he grit his teeth and kept swinging.
The spider retaliated.
SPLAT!
A web shot from its spinnerets—fast, precise.
Volk dodged—barely. The webbing splattered against the wall behind him, instantly hardening like steel.
Another shot—
FWIP!
Volk twisted, but the second web caught his arm.
SNAP!
He ripped it apart with brute strength—
But the spider was already on him.
Its legs moved with inhuman speed, stabbing down like spears.
CLANG!
Volk raised his arms in a desperate guard as the first leg struck. The sheer force sent him skidding backward, his feet carving trenches into the stone.
SHK! SHK! SHK!
Another leg. Then another. A relentless onslaught. Each strike was like a battering ram, shaking the cavern, breaking the ground beneath them.
Volk dodged, twisted, countered with crushing blows—
But it wasn’t enough.
The spider wasn’t fighting like a beast. It was fighting smart.
It was testing him.
And then—
It changed tactics.
SPLAT-SPLAT-SPLAT!
A barrage of webbing shot toward him from multiple directions.
Too many.
Too fast.
Volk tried to dodge, but—
SNAP!
A webline wrapped around his leg.
Then another.
And another.
SHINK! SHINK! SHINK!
More and more strands latched onto his limbs, yanking him backward. His muscles bulged, veins straining as he tried to rip free—
But this time—
It wasn’t just one web.
It was hundreds.
The spider yanked.
Volk slammed into the ground. The impact cratered the stone beneath him. He growled, struggling, roaring, muscles swelling with effort.
But the spider was relentless.
More webbing piled onto him, layer after layer, wrapping around his legs, his arms, his torso, his neck.
The world darkened as the thick, sticky threads buried him alive.
His struggles slowed.
His roars became muffled.
The last thing he saw before darkness swallowed him was the spider’s massive, gleaming eyes staring down at him.
Then—
Everything went black.
The darkness pressed in. The webbing constricted around him, suffocating, tightening like an iron cage. Volk could barely move. His muscles bulged, veins pulsing, but the sheer weight of the silk refused to give.
His breath came in ragged growls. His body screamed for movement.
His instincts roared at him.
And then—
A single thought ignited in his mind.
No.
His blood boiled. His heart slammed against his ribs, each beat like a war drum.
No!
His teeth clenched. His bones creaked under the sheer pressure of his rage.
NO!
And then—
BOOM!
A shockwave erupted from within the cocoon, the force of it shaking the cavern walls. Cracks spiderwebbed through the stone as Volk’s body twitched beneath the layers of silk.
The spider, looming above, flinched.
Its many eyes twitched in confusion. Its legs skittered uneasily across the rocky floor.
Then—
The cocoon pulsed.
A tremor ran through it.
The spider froze.
Another pulse—stronger this time.
THUMP!
Then another.
THUMP!
And another.
THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP!
The pulsations grew wild, violent, like something inside was about to detonate. The entire cocoon shook, trembling like it was about to explode.
And then—
RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!
A monstrous roar split the air.
The cavern shuddered.
Then—
CRACK!
A single, massive tear split through the cocoon. Strands of silk snapped like whipcords, writhing in the air like severed limbs.
The spider screeched in alarm.
It scrambled back, its legs clicking wildly as it sensed the danger.
But it was too late.
BOOOOOOM!
The entire cocoon exploded.
A blast of force tore through the cavern, sending rock and debris flying. Dust and shattered stone erupted outward as a single, monstrous figure emerged from the wreckage.
Volk.
His skin was drenched in sweat and webbing, his muscles swollen with fury. His chest heaved, his breath coming in heavy, animalistic growls. His entire body radiated power, steam rising from his skin.
His eyes—
Were locked onto the spider alone.
A slow, wicked grin spread across his angry green face.
He flexed his fingers, feeling the raw strength coursing through his veins.
Then, he took a step forward.
CRACK. CRACK. CRACK.
The ground beneath him splintered.
CRACK. CRACK. CRACK.
He took another.
CRUNCH.
A stone shattered beneath his foot.
The spider flinched.
Volk grinned wider.
And then, in a voice that rumbled like a coming violent storm that ready to destroy everything on its path—
He laughed.
