[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree":3,"chapter-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1154270,1499,"Chapter 169 - 164 Spider Empress Mission","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>Chapter 169: Chapter 164 Spider Empress Mission\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, eight colossal Blood Moons illuminated, casting a sinister crimson glow, hanging high in the sky…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, those weren’t moons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were four pairs of blood-red eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gaze was indifferent, fierce, mad, furious… staring directly at the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, several players felt a piercing chill sweep from head to toe, their minds going blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is that?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the giant eyes moved, accompanied by a thunderous roar, a massive shadow enveloping their tiny bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming pressure descended upon them, causing several players to instinctively shiver, their movements sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked up, shocked at the terrifying creature before them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic body that blocked out the sky, with sinister, metal-like spider legs gleaming coldly, and barbed, insect-like armor shining like a steel plate…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an Earth Cave Spider of enormous size, tens of meters tall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its presence, the players felt so insignificant, like ants beneath a foot in a previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when facing Black Dragon Mairrel, they had never felt like this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath it, countless small, numerous large, and several gigantic Earth Cave Spiders began to gather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clustered around the colossal spider, as if guarding their master…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the spiders stared coldly at the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their movements were synchronized, their gaze icy, sending shivers down one’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*We’ve really messed up this time…*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several players, shocked in their hearts, turned and fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they escaped, the colossal Earth Cave Spider let out an enraged howl once more,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screaaah——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice was filled with uncontrollable anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, one could see scorched marks on its carapace…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left by the recent explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following its command, an army of countless spiders instantly chased after the players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal spider also moved its massive, slender legs, following them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it moved and collided, the entire mine shaft began to collapse, the ground shaking as if an earthquake had struck…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Array drawn by the players also shattered as the shaft collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit! The Array’s destroyed! Move!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could there be such a giant creature? This size is so broken!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop talking, just run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several players reached the Skywell and began desperately climbing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, under the oppressive pressure, their speed was still too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spider army quickly caught up, overwhelming them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screaaah——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal spider let out another screech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, all of Rivendell began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening? An earthquake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I just heard something…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All players exploring within Rivendell became alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, they were shocked to find countless Earth Cave Spiders surging out from various places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Cave Spiders, eyes bloodshot, started attacking the players frantically, as if they had lost their minds, startling them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s driving these spiders mad?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way, there are too many! Pull back outside the ruins…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players exploring in various relic buildings fell into chaos and began retreating under the threat of the spider swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screaaah——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just then, everyone heard an enraged roar once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players retreated from the depths of the ruins, reaching the surface of Rivendell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the tremors in the ground had become even more intense…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, someone saw Hu Lu and a team member awkwardly scrambling out of a mine shaft, fleeing frantically…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players were momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the server’s most powerful battle team, it was the first time they had seen Hu Lu in such a sorry state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hu Lu, what happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run! The big spider is coming!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf Warrior player fleeing with Hu Lu shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big spider?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other players were momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it another giant spider guarding an underground cave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rivendell also has a guardian spider?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, it’s even bigger!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf Warrior shouted back as he ran faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bigger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how big?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players were dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still wanted to ask more, but saw the ground suddenly split open, and amidst scattering rocks, a metallic spider leg several dozen meters long protruded…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the spider leg several dozen meters long, they all instinctively exclaimed with the classic Tianchao people’s phrase…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the spider leg, countless small Earth Cave Spiders crawled out from the ground fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gathered on the ground, densely packed, their numbers quickly breaching a hundred, then a thousand in an instant…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like… a swarm of locusts covering the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just couldn’t fly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, the ground shook once more, and an awe-inspiring figure broke through the earth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a gigantic Earth Cave Spider standing dozens of meters tall…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar in appearance to ordinary Earth Cave Spiders, but with a much larger belly, a more menacing look, and a shell that gleamed with a metallic sheen, its eight red eyes hung like blood moons…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the enormous figure, the players were all stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Where was this a big spider, it was super-sized!* they thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Compared to this, the spiders guarding the underground cave were nothing!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shivered and then sprinted off in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they ran, they continued to exclaim,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Is this the real BOSS? Was the underground world’s guardian just an elite monster?*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Could the plans have been wrong? This difficulty doesn’t seem like it’s for the Black Iron level!*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Did a player provoke it early?*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the spiders were even faster…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screaaah——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sharp scream, all the Earth Cave Spiders began to chase down the players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not good! They’re so fast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are too many of them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah! I’ve been caught!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, screams (fake ones) echoed throughout Rivendell’s various locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gigantic Earth Cave Spider followed too, raising its slender legs, striking the fleeing players with precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*This BOSS is too powerful!*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Damn… another monster that’s broken as hell! Can’t the developers make something a bit more normal?*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha! Look! Look! It’s skewering them like candy! Hahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop laughing, quit staring! Run! Or you’ll be skewered too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players were in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Finally drawn out, just as I thought, it really is the mother of Earth Cave Spiders!*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the massive Earth Cave Spider before her, Eve felt a surge of joy as she switched perspectives through the players’ view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roughly… a Gold Upper Peak, with about twenty thousand subordinates! But, the majority are small Earth Cave Spiders with only Apprentice-level strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the players risking their lives, she had roughly figured out its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Rank was a watershed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching the Golden Rank meant truly being a higher existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For demon beasts, reaching the Golden Rank also signified the beginning of wisdom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*This spider… I must take it! With it, I’ll have the entire community of Earth Cave Spiders! And there’s a chance of getting a Golden Rank believer!*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve was tempted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Additionally, if I can subdue the Earth Cave Spider Empress, I can also offer some benefits to the players… If I remember correctly, an early player has been clamoring on the forums about wanting a mount system. Hehe, I wonder if they’d like spiders?*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve thought with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at the chaotic yet excited players taking screenshots, waved her hand, and issued a new task:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[WARNING! WARNING!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Players “Hu Lu,” “I’m Invincible,” “Optimist,” and “Chopin” triggered a hidden BOSS!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hidden BOSS mission initiated——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Description:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As one of the most enigmatic swarm-intelligence species in Segis World, Earth Cave Spiders have always lived underground.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[They have occupied Rivendell for millennia, presenting a formidable challenge for the Elf Clan to completely reclaim this great city…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[However, as a unique species with collective intelligence, controlling the Spider Empress presents the Elf Clan with the hope of dominating the entire Earth Cave Spider enclave, thereby swiftly gaining control over Rivendell!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Now, the Spider Empress, dormant in the depths of the ruins, has been awakened…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s time to make a move!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target: Spider Empress (Level 100\u002FGolden Upper)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Target: Defeat and subdue the Spider Empress]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Rewards: Mount system, 3 perfect resurrection chances, massive experience points, and contribution]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Tip: The Spider Empress is formidable, only by summoning the embodiment of the Goddess can it be successfully defeated and subdued!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brave Chosen Ones, for the honor of the Goddess and Elf Clan, fight!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Emergency System Notice:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Players “Hu Lu,” “I’m Invincible,” “Optimist,” and “Chopin” triggered a sacrificial system glitch]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sacrificial patch has been fixed, the sacrificial system will no longer support live sacrifices]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spider Empress? Mount system? Sacrifice glitch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the barrage of new messages, the players were left dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>",1424,"2026-06-03T12:38:19.555Z","2026-06-03T12:38:27.252Z",1,"novelbin.me","6ab47b66f0181b9635b8f64115164126bbfe7ef230364ff1626c45890417b77a","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-170","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-168",1431,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Felf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-cover.jpg"]