Chapter 1013

Everyone was shocked: "How can this be!" The Young Master was going into the wolf's den alone?

Wanqi Feng said: "Whether you follow or not, the result is the same. Since it's a negotiation, we must show sincerity." The Bailong people could not refute.

Wanqi Feng looked at them, sighing secretly in his heart. Since the pier and freight yard didn't explode, and Island Master He faked his death, the explosives they had set up had likely been resolved by the opponent; where else did he have chips?

The word "negotiation" was just said for the clansmen to hear. He thought about it, and they had no second way out, so they could only beg Island Master He for mercy.

This was truly the most helpless and shameful way to do things.

But whether it was Qiu Hu or other residents of the archipelago, they all said that the Island Master was very reasonable. He and these four hundred clansmen had indeed not made a move tonight; if they talked to the other side properly, there might be hope.

Let's give it a try; at worst, we die together.

Even if we die, we should die knowing why.

……

Ye Qing's gourd was pressed against the spider demon, and he also issued an order, shouting "collect" twice, but Zhu Erniang's sturdy body remained in place and did not disappear.

What was going on!

The highly toxic poison specially prepared by State Preceptor Shuangye was clearly still in its effective period, and the spider demon couldn't move at all.

Why couldn't he collect it?

Hou Er behind him suddenly said: "Knock the little spiders on its back down!"

Could these things be interfering? Everyone moved one after another, dragging the few little spiders down.

Ye Qing tried again, still unable to collect it! In other words, either the magic treasure was wrong, or the spider demon was not "unable to move" at all! Was it waiting for everyone to walk into the trap? Sweat seeped out on Ye Qing's forehead, and he said quickly: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"

Everyone had been cooperating on the battlefield for a long time, and they retreated upon hearing the sound, without any hesitation.

But at this moment, in the direction everyone was retreating, two handfuls of spider silk shot out silently from the tree shadows, hitting the backs of two teammates.

The force was full, but it didn't work! Ye Qing's subordinate had a wild wolf with oily and lush fur, but the spider silk, which was said to be sticky to everything, hit the wolf fur and actually slipped off.

The Beijia squad knew very well that they might face Zhu Erniang's spider army, and the stickiness of the spider silk was extraordinary, so they applied a special grease to themselves in advance, which couldn't be washed off with water and was particularly slippery.

No matter how sticky the spider silk was, it couldn't stick when it hit the grease.

"Behind!" The two teammates reminded everyone.

But just as they turned around, they found a flash of cyan-green light on their bodies, and their physical sensation was actually very refreshing.

Afterward, the layer of carefully applied grease was... gone! Cleansing Spell.

The opponent actually cast a Cleansing Spell on them?

In ancient times, this was a small spell that every practitioner knew, having no offensive power but being very practical, cleaning clothes, ornaments, and even cleaning up, so you wouldn't sweat while doing housework.

But in the present world, who would waste precious true power to clean? They all had disciples to do the work.

Because there was no lethality, everyone's protective aura wasn't even triggered. But the mud and branches stuck to their bodies during the fight were cleaned away along with the grease.

The one who utilized the Cleansing Spell was of course Zhu Erniang, and it shot out two more clusters of spider silk, changing targets and dragging them back.

These two reacted quickly, not only shouting loudly but also swinging their blades backward.

But the spider silk's toughness was astonishing, and they didn't have enough magic power, so no matter how they hacked, they couldn't cut it.

Ye Qing and the others turned back in shock, only to see a huge figure appearing in the forest at some point, pressing their two companions down and wrapping them into white cocoons.

The movement was extremely proficient, carrying a cruel beauty.

The companions were bound, without any power to resist.

The mountain-like size, the bright star map on the abdomen...

Who else could it be but Zhu Erniang? But, but, how could there be two Zhu Erniangs! Everyone subconsciously looked at the giant spider that was working, then looked at the dull Zhu Erniang behind them.

You couldn't say they were completely different, you could only say they were exactly the same, but, but...

Ye Qing suddenly realized: "We were dealing with a spider molt just now! Do it again!"

Why was the "Zhu Erniang" in the back dull and easy to deal with? The best explanation was that it was just a discarded molt!

Yu Zecheng had been tracking Zhu Erniang for a long time, and everyone had observed its way of moving the whole clan, which was to fill a few molts with offspring to manipulate the spider molt forward.

But the way the spider offspring controlled the spider molt was dull; it couldn't be as open and close as Zhu Erniang's true self, at most it could only walk and stop, but it had no ability to attack.

Yu Zecheng originally planned to launch an attack the next time Zhu Erniang moved, but unexpectedly it ran to the island in the south to build a nest and received He Lingchuan's protection, so it stayed there and didn't leave.

Now Zhu Erniang used the spider molt to deceive them! Ye Qing and the others had just seen the giant spider appear, and its eight legs were moving very fast, and it was rushing to rescue He Lingchuan, with a tide of offspring around it, rushing forward as if it didn't want to live, so they didn't even think and identified it as Zhu Erniang.

Besides the target Zhu Erniang, where else on the archipelago could there be such a large spider? Who else could command so many earth cave spiders? Never expected that this was an empty shell! As for why the empty shell's actions were so smooth just now—

Ye Qing thought of the scene when Zhu Erniang moved; the spider molt filled with countless little spiders could stand up and walk, which was already good, it was simply walking with zombie steps.

Who knew it could be so flexible when running! Sure enough, Zhu Erniang had been showing weakness to the enemy, misleading them.

It used the spider molt to deceive the Beijia people's eyes, causing their side to make a fierce move, and all the firepower was concentrated and poured out, but when they looked closely...

It all hit an empty target.

Ye Qing's worry was that they didn't have many of the specially prepared poisons left.

Even a goshawk fighting a rabbit uses its full strength, let alone facing a great demon like Zhu Erniang? Ye Qing was worried that the medicine effect wouldn't be enough; just that moment ago, seven or eight out of ten of the toxins produced by State Preceptor Shuangye were used up.

Taking the remaining two or three parts to deal with Zhu Erniang's true body, how much effect could it have? He was drumming in his heart.

But this kind of worry couldn't be known by others; Captain Yu wasn't here, so he could only command everyone to attack again.

The teammate behind him quickly formed a hand seal and threw a stone ball at Zhu Erniang.

The stone ball was less than palm-sized, emitting a pale green light, but as soon as it touched the ground, its volume expanded rapidly. After only two breaths, it turned into a stone python ten zhang long, with a waist comparable to a round table! This treasure was named "Kun Lao," refined from the heart of an aging mountain range, capable of transforming into a shape on the ground according to the user's will, releasing the power contained within the mountain heart.

Although the stone python was huge, its movements were very nimble; it sprang up from the ground and pounced on Zhu Erniang.

The earth cave spider had a body full of poisonous thorns, but the stone python was fearless; Zhu Erniang's offspring still attacked like a tide, but they couldn't hurt the giant python at all.

The latter dodged twice with lightness far exceeding its own weight, then sprayed a spider web at it.

The Earth Cave Spider Queen's web had astonishing stickiness and toughness, which should have stuck this thing to the ground and unable to move, but the stone python rolled on the ground and sank into the ground, leaving the spider web on the ground.

A few breaths later, the stone python emerged from another piece of ground and took Zhu Erniang again.

As long as the target was tightened, the others would find a way to capture it.

Ye Qing was about to step forward when two handfuls of dark red spider silk suddenly hit from the cliff above, silently sticking to the back of his neck and back.

He only felt a chill and stickiness behind him, and his body was flying through the clouds.

Oh no!

He backhanded his blade into the stone wall to fix himself.

But the opponent's strength was astonishingly great; with a fierce tug, the stone wall was scraped by Ye Qing's blade, producing a pile of sparks.

During the body's rotation, he looked up and saw a huge body, a round abdomen, a bright star map on the abdomen, and eight long legs with thorns...

Another, another Zhu Erniang?

Ye Qing's mind went blank. The spider demon that caught him moved nimbly and had infinite strength; it definitely couldn't be a spider molt.

Was his previous deduction wrong?

How many Zhu Erniangs were there at the scene!

Afterward, the spider demon's size expanded rapidly in his field of vision.

"Captain Ye!"

Other teammates shouted urgently, and two rushed over to rescue. A black shadow flashed from the forest behind the giant rock, like a stone shot from a slingshot, hitting the two flying with a bang.

These two came fast and went even faster; before they could even scream, they were knocked off the cliff.

Under the faint light, the monster that newly joined the melee also revealed its true form: it had broad shoulders and a wide body, wearing bronze-colored battle armor; the Beijia people thought it was a bronze-armored warrior summoned by the opponent just by looking at its back. However, when this thing turned around, it was a giant ape standing over a zhang tall, with fangs turned outward, a face like an evil ghost, and blood-red eyeballs emitting faint light in the dark night.

Like humans, it had thick armor protecting key parts, but this hundreds-of-jin-heavy thick armor didn't hinder its actions at all.

Once the giant ape came out, it went straight for the stone python.

Among the opponents Zhu Erniang had experienced, this stone python's attack power couldn't be considered fierce, but its stone shell was hard and it wasn't a flesh-and-blood body, so it didn't fear spider venom, strong acid, or spider webs.

An enemy that even spider silk couldn't bind, Zhu Erniang had actually encountered twice tonight.

Being entangled by the stone python, it couldn't free its claws to attack the Beijia people.

Zhu Erniang became more and more frightened as it fought. The Northern Demon Kingdom had indeed figured out its habits, and the weapons they brought out weren't earth-shattering, but every one of them targeted it.

As expected of the Demon Kingdom, their dissection of demons was deeper than humans.

Living to its age, of course it knew that magic treasures weren't better the more powerful they were, but that they should be effective and follow the way of mutual generation and restraint.

After all, in the current environment, the more powerful the magic treasure, the more energy it consumed and the less sustainable it was.

If it weren't for He Lingchuan's invitation to settle in the Yangshan Archipelago, its end tonight would be worrying.

At this time, the Ghost Ape killed from the side, grabbed the stone python's big head, and casually dug out its two glowing green eyes.

"What's the use of digging out eyes!" The little monkey was still too young; Zhu Erniang pounced over and lifted the stone python's tail, making it completely leave the ground so it couldn't escape, before pointing out, "Dig its heart core!"

It had rich combat experience and saw at a glance that the stone python could borrow force from the ground, so it had to isolate it from the ground to deal with it.

Before the words fell, the giant python fiercely coiled around the Ghost Ape, tightening with force.

(End of chapter)