Lucius stood before the steel cage while looking at the poison spider rampaging inside it. Its loud screeches were echoing around the room, making Lucius frown.

    Lucius could not stand its screeches anymore, so he turned to the system and made his hack: "System, hack it and put it too sleep. I have enough and no interest in dealing with its annoying screams."

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    [Hack Initiation: Sleep Mode]

    [Cost Required: 0.5 Hack Points.]

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    The system hacked it and put the spider to sleep. Lucius looked at the sleeping spider, crossing his arms and smirked. "That''s better. Now that it had stopped screaming, let''s check it."

    He turned to the system and pointed at the beast, "Display the beast''s data. I want to know how useful it is before evolving it."

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    [Species: Poison Spider]

    [Element: Poison]

    [Level: 2 Star]

    [Stats:]

    [Str: E (2★)]

    [Vit: F (2★)]

    [Agi: E (2★)]

    [Int: F (2★)]

    [Skills:]

    [Poison Fang: Bites the enemy, injecting a weak poison that deals damage over time.]

    [Toxic Web: Spins a sticky web infused with poison, slowing and damaging trapped enemies.]

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    Lucius looked at the screen and read the data. He chuckled and thoughtfully said, "That''s not bad. Your skills are good, but your stats are pretty laughable. Fortunately for you, I am here."

    He turned back to the system. "Show me the evolution options that I can give to his poor poison spider."

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    [Evolution Options for 2-Star Poison Spider:]

    [3-Star Poison Fang Spider: 10 HP]

    [3-Star Acid Web Spider: 10 HP]

    [3-Star Venom Spider: 100 HP]

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    [Species: Venom Spider]

    [Element: Poison]

    [Level: 3 Star]

    [Stats:]

    [Str: D (3★)]

    [Vit: D (3★)]

    [Agi: D (3★)]

    [Int: D (3★)]

    [Skills:]

    [Venomous Bite: Bites the enemy with fangs dripping in poison, dealing initial damage and inflicting poison over time.]

    [Poison Thread: Shoots a sticky, poisonous thread to immobilize enemies and deal continuous poison damage.]

    [Toxic Burst: Releases a cloud of venom around itself, damaging and poisoning nearby enemies.]

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    Lucius read the Venom Spider''s new data and chuckled. "D-Tier across the board, huh. Your skills are quite good too. They will be in shock after scanning you, but still, I am not finished."

    Lucius looked at the system again and smirked. "Wake it from its sleep and make it more aggressive—fierce, but not uncontrollable."

    Lucius further clarified his intentions to ensure the system didn''t make a mistake, saying, "What I want is that its personality will be more aggressive, not rampaging around like a buff."

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    [Hack Initiation: Personality Adjustment → Increased Aggression]

    [Hack Initiation: Sleep Mode Erasure]

    [Resources Required: 5 Hack Points.]

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    The spider twitched as it was being hacked by the system. Its personality then changed. It had become even more aggressive than before.

    Lucius looked at the new personality of the venom spider and smirked. "Perfect. You will be a surprise they won''t see coming, especially those Kryndals."

    He reached the beast ring on the table and put the aggressive Venom Spider inside it before it could even attack Lucius.

    Lucius leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms while looking at the empty room. "All that''s left is to wait. They think they''ve set a trap for me, but they''ve only handed me the means to outshine them all."

    He chuckled as he glanced at the door, thinking about what their expressions would be. "Kaelix''s family thought they killed me. Instead, they''ve given me an opportunity to humiliate them further."

    "Let them see what true strategy looks like. This isn''t just an exam—it''s a stage. And I intend to steal the spotlight." Lucius said while laughing evilly in wait.