Chapter 1015

That's also a demon immortal, a very troublesome one.

It turns out this thing survived too, and it has thrown itself into Bekka's embrace.

Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has waned, monsters like Zhu Erniang can still scrape by; the indestructible Nine Deaths Reversal Grass has not perished, which is hardly surprising.

But for well-known reasons, the Bekka people brought not its true form, but the bone pods on the Nine Deaths Reversal Grass; as soon as it touches water and falls to the ground, it can transform into a temporary avatar of the Wood Lodging True Lord, possessing part of its combat power.

Of course, this fighting method also consumes a great deal of spiritual power.

At this moment, the spider sisters' channel was arguing: "Come on! What are you two stubbornly standing here for? There's nothing behind you to guard. The Wood Lodging True Lord's avatar must have a time limit!"

"You know that too?"

"You drag him along, and when the time's up, you win!"

"Is it you who can fight or me? Bekka's tactics are tailor-made for you; they know you'll definitely run, Zhu Er run!" This was the elder sister, "I won't run!"

Ye Qing was running and fighting, casually saying: "Hou Er, bee venom!"

Their mission remained unchanged: still to capture Zhu Erniang. Although a giant ape had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, disrupting the plan, with the Wood Lodging True Lord's help, the mission still had hope of completion.

Hou Er and he were old battle companions, usually coordinating seamlessly on the battlefield. But this time he shouted twice, and Hou Er gave no response at all.

Ye Qing immediately sensed something wrong, turned around and looked—where was Hou Er's figure on the scene? In such fierce combat, where had Hou Er gone? Ye Qing's heart gave a sudden jolt, for at a glance he noticed the number of teammates was wrong!

Yu Zeheng's group of fifteen had arrived at the Yangshan Islands; he himself brought two guards to temporarily stay at the Warm Fragrance Studio, the white bird was killed by He Lingchuan, so those rushing to Dongbu of Soding Island for combat should still be eleven! Including six humans and five monsters.

But now Ye Qing looked closely and saw only five companions left!

Five more had vanished silently, including the companion who had just been knocked off the cliff, who had not reappeared.

He immediately shouted: "Everyone be careful, there are still……"

Before the word "ambush" could be spoken, his neck felt a light touch, then a stickiness, and he was hit by spider silk.

Again? These little spiders really won't learn!

Ye Qing casually swung his blade backward, hoping to cut the spider silk.

But this swing felt like chopping on malt syrup—gritty and sticky, and he couldn't pull his blade back.

He turned his head and saw a rotund figure, eight long legs covered in bristles, and a beautiful star chart on the abdomen……

Again and again and again?

Is this spider demon's imagination truly barren, with no other template for mimicry?

He was about to speak when another handful of spider silk sprayed out, precisely sealing his mouth.

This plump spider pounced on him, and in two moves wrapped him into a big twisted dough, with extremely practiced motions.

Then, before his eyes remained only a vast white exp……

Did his companions also disappear like this?

Ye Qing finally felt something was wrong.

The way this thing sprays its web differs from other cave spiders, and the web's strength is completely different—could it be……could this spider queen be real? On the Yangshan Islands, how many spider queens are there! Such a powerful monster, yet it hides nearby to launch sneak attacks, disregarding its status! No martial virtue!

The spider queen bound him into a white cocoon, then flung him backward; naturally, the cave spiders caught him and swiftly transported him far away.

Other Bekka people finally sensed something wrong, turned around and gave chase: "Captain Ye!"

Two who charged too hard, upon entering the forest, struck something soft and bounced back.

It was spider silk.

Very fine and drifting spider silk, in the dark forest, amidst tangled branches and leaves, basically invisible to the naked eye.

The spider queen's product—these two bumped into it and couldn't break free, like moths caught in a net.

Hmm, three left.

Of course, no Bekka person knows that the one fighting hand-in-hand with the ghost ape is Zhu Danniang, while the one hiding aside to sneak attack is Zhu Erniang.

The remaining three Bekka people looked at the three great monsters in the field, exchanged glances, and knew tonight's mission had utterly failed.

They turned and ran, in unison.

Zhu Erniang strode after them.

The Wood Lodging True Lord paid no heed to the changes here, after all its commission was merely to subdue the spider demons and the giant ape.

The three little wooden figures grew larger and larger, already reaching ordinary human height—the cave spiders had been beaten to corpses strewn across the ground by the Bekka squad, and the wooden figures could absorb nutrients anywhere on the ground.

After the Nine Deaths Reversal Grass became a demon, it can consume flesh and blood to nourish itself.

However, after the wooden figures grew larger, the ghost ape was pleased, for the staff now had use. After Dong Rui's enhancement, its sensitivity greatly increased, and with an eye at the back of the head, it was not easy for the wooden figures to sneak up on it.

The wooden figures also knew Zhu Danniang was tough-skinned, so they only set their attack targets on those few big eyeballs.

The little spiders frenziedly swarmed onto Elder Sister Laozu Sect's forehead, thoroughly protecting this weak point.

As the Bekka numbers dwindled, the spider army's numerical advantage began to show.

Suddenly one of the wooden figures stopped, tilted its head.

This motion resembled a person thinking.

Then it climbed onto a large stone and, with a puff, burst out a large amount of spores! These spores were as fine as millet, still bearing down, and upon exploding, they drifted downwind toward two targets.

The wooden figure itself dissolved, but the spore rain fell abundantly, like a sudden yellow snowfall, quantity unknown.

They are not affected by the weight of rain.

Some spores first touched the ground, landing on cave spiders and Bekka corpses, immediately burrowing in to suck their fill of flesh and blood, then sprouting stems and branches……

The ghost ape also had wounds on its body; countless spores rushed in to adhere, even attempting to bore into its mouth and nose.

These things suck blood more ferociously than anything; the ghost ape was drained into loud howls, Zhu Danniang raised her silk-reeling device, precisely applying a thick spider-silk bandage to its wounds, isolating the spores from the wounds.

At the same time, it also wove several large nets at astonishing speed, hanging them before itself and the ghost ape; most of the drifting spores were caught by it.

The cave spider queen's dense weave can even temporarily block flowing water; blocking most spores is no problem.

But these spores actually flew upward, seeking to bypass the spider net and attack the two.

And on the ground, within merely three or five breaths, nearly a thousand wooden figures rose up—just as agile as their elders, just as lethal, and just as prone to explosive reproduction.

The ghost ape saw it was bad, spat out several mouthfuls of green fire, and wiped out a large batch of spores.

However, the number of spores was simply too great; after spitting out more than a dozen mouthfuls of fire, it grew tired, and relative to the total amount, it had consumed hardly any.

The wooden figures on the ground, however, were locked in battle with the spider army, growing rapidly with the aid of flesh and blood.

This batch of wooden figures attacked Zhu Xiuer and the ghost ape while clinging to each other, taking root freely on each other's bodies.

Soon, several hundred wooden figures grew into two colossi, three zhang tall yet remarkably agile. The ghost ape carelessly had one leg grabbed, and with a backhand strike, hit the wooden giant's arm with its staff, producing only a dull thud that snapped a few wooden tendons, leaving the wooden giant's arm unharmed.

It spat two mouthfuls of green fire; the wooden giant did indeed catch fire, but the wound quickly secreted an amber-like liquid that stopped the flames from spreading further.

The two sides grappled, locked in a stalemate for the moment.

But if left to keep growing, the ghost ape's strength would not match it.

This is the trouble with the Wood Lodging True Monarch: no matter single combat, there is always a form suited to deal with you.

At this moment, Zhu Erniang, who had been pursuing the Between Between Between Beijia people, pushed through the thicket and returned, intending to join the battlefield.

Zhu Xiuer stopped her: "Don't come, you'll break the ward!"

Zhu Erniang blinked: "What ward?"

"The wind ward!" Zhu Xiuer, entangled by the wood demon and unable to free herself, could only give verbal guidance to her sister: "Right under your feet, hurry!"

Zhu Erniang felt with her eight legs along the roadside for a large boulder: "This one?"

"No no! The opposite direction!"

The Wood Lodging True Monarch's avatar seemed to sense the threat, turned, and walked toward Zhu Erniang.

Zhu Xiuer forcefully spat several mouthfuls of acidic liquid, and the giant ape struck it on the back of the head with its staff. Likely dazed from the blow to the head, the wood demon finally turned its head again.

Fortunately, this thing was merely an avatar; its wooden head was far less sharp than the true form's.

At this moment, Zhu Erniang felt another large stone with her limbs: "This one?"

The roadside was full of large stones, truly hard to find.

"It should be!"

Zhu Erniang, while digging, asked it: "What do you mean 'should'! Can you be sure?"

This stone was twice as large as the previous one, deeply buried in the mud.

The little spiders also swarmed over, dragging away soil.

Zhu Xiuer hurriedly said: "Sure, sure, just lift it!"

The boulder shifted, and Zhu Erniang, exerting herself suddenly, flipped it over with its belly to the sky.

Alas—

A sixteenth-level gale suddenly swept across the entire mountaintop.

The four colossi in the battle were caught off guard, even being blown forward and backward by the great wind.

With their tonnage shaken by the storm, let alone the light spores, which were instantly sucked halfway up into the sky with a whoosh and vanished in an instant.

Even the running little wooden figures were blown away without a trace.

What Zhu Erniang had pulled up was the wind lion guardian guarding this mountaintop.

He Lingchuan had once brought back several wind lion guardians from the Piaomiao Sect; recently, he ordered artisans to copy the gourd ladle, engraving the ancient formation on the undersides of ordinary large stones, then had disciples of Ying Mountain carry out some refinement.

For over two thousand years, the Piaomiao Sect's wind lion guardians have been able to withstand the subterranean meridian god wind; their formation is miraculous, needless to say. But He Lingchuan also understands that the main reason the meridian god wind does not touch the wind lion guardian wards is that the former mountain guardian god beast, the Great Wind Demon, signed an agreement with the Piaomiao Sect not to harm the sect.

He Lingchuan did not sign such a protection agreement, therefore the high imitation wind lion guardians of the Shan Shan Islands cannot block that magnitude of gale wind, and they also require xuan crystal to activate.

But it doesn't matter; no matter how fierce the hurricane at sea, it is qualitatively different from the meridian god wind. Moreover, the Piaomiao Sect's wind ward formation, after verification and modification by several masters of Panlong City, is quite energy-efficient; although it also consumes xuan crystal, the usage is only about one-tenth of that of an ordinary wind ward.

A xuan crystal the size of a mung bean can maintain a ward for twenty-six shichen.

(End of Chapter)