Chapter 67: I Only Slept for a Few Decades, Right?

Xi Luo and the E-Rabbit's whispered conversation was naturally heard crystal clear by Li Li Boyang on the altar.

Yet at this moment, Li Li Boyang had no mind to dwell on it, but instead threw himself wholeheartedly into this ritual.

Hoo!

He was seen holding a yellow silk, quietly sensing that surge of dragon vein restlessness coming from the depths of the earth.

And upon that yellow silk was depicted, unmistakably, the topography of the Hundred Lands' mountain ranges, along with the specific locations of the corresponding dragon vein nodes.

When Li Li Boyang bit his finger and drew Talisman and Incantation on the yellow silk, the sky above the Flying Peak suddenly grew gloomy.

This Talisman and Incantation was the original version of the 【Energy Talisman】.

Combined with this altar and Li Li Boyang's heart-blood, the influence of the 【Energy Talisman】 was sufficient to expand across the entire Hundred Lands' mountain ranges.

"Here it comes again..."

The great black dog in the Ghost and Demon Cliff Cave solemnly opened its eyes.

This was not the first time Li Li Boyang had summoned wind and rain, but it was absolutely the loudest disturbance yet.

Even if his true form was sealed within the black dog's body...

Even if his physical body was trapped within this Ghost and Demon Cliff Cave...

That surge of restlessness from the depths of the earth still caused the great black dog to feel a lingering sense of dread.

The great black dog believed that, looking across the entire Hundred Lands' mountain ranges, it certainly wasn't the only one feeling this way.

"What is that brat planning to do?"

Crimson eyes seemed to pierce through the darkness, and the great black dog's voice sounded unusually low at this moment.

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"Flying Peak?"

When the disturbance of the earth veins reached the depths of the forest, an existence that had been in slumber there for several decades was startled awake.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

Six slender jointed legs suddenly burst from the soil, slicing through the nearest few large trees like the sharpest blades.

Immediately after, a massive body connected to those six jointed legs slowly crawled out from the earth.

It was a huge spider, pitch black all over, with a size approaching ten meters.

Just the diameter of those six slender jointed legs alone was thicker than a typical large tree.

Therefore, when this pitch-black giant spider fully revealed itself, the entire forest fell silent.

"What noise has that stupid cat made this time?"

Terrifying compound eyes blinked frequently, and a fearsome mouthparts rapidly opened and closed...

This giant spider actually emitted a voice like that of a young girl, sounding eerie and sinister.

Just at this moment, countless tiny spiders that induced arachnophobia in anyone who saw them crawled out from beneath her, quickly covering nearly half the forest.

Those tiny spiders rustled as they crawled outward.

Vaguely, one could even hear a sound resembling an infant's cry.

In fact, these small spiders were not only the offspring of the Spider Queen, but also counted as her avatars.

Through these small spiders, the Spider Queen could clearly understand exactly what was happening in her territory.

Most bizarrely, these small spiders were not siblings born from the same egg.

Every single one of these small spiders possessed its own exclusive ability, and their appearances also differed slightly from other members of their kind.

From specializing in silk-spinning to being adept at toxins, to joint regeneration...

The Spider Queen was most skilled at hybridizing with other spider species, or even insects, to then breed unique new varieties of spiders.

Even her initial conflict with Xi Luo arose because the Spider Queen had taken a liking to the Sleepy Bugs near Flying Peak, wanting to hybridize a "Death-Sleep Spider" capable of plunging creatures into deep slumber.

The result was predictable: Xi Luo simply did not indulge the Spider Queen, and a single fire nearly burned her to death.

Even so, the Spider Queen, who had once ruled the forest, fell into a deep slumber lasting several decades, only to be awakened now by the disturbance of the earth veins.

"Xiao Gui, go check Flying Peak."

After a brief moment of contemplation, the Spider Queen suddenly shuddered her body.

The next second, a pure white silkworm cocoon rolled down from the Spider Queen's abdomen.

Then, that silkworm cocoon split open from within, giving birth to a peculiar spider with a ghost face on its back and wings.

"As you command, my mother."

The childish voice conveyed a tone of solemnity and seriousness.

This spider named "Xiao Gui" was not only a rare intelligent individual among the Spider Queen's descendants, but also the only variant spider capable of speaking human language.

The ghost face on her back was that of a young child, and the voice emanated from that ghost face's mouth.

Buzzzzzz...

Fluttering its wings at a high frequency like a dragonfly, Xiao Gui quickly flew away from the Spider Queen's territory, disappearing in the direction of Flying Peak.

"Such a huge disturbance; it certainly cannot be the work of that stupid cat."

Using the unique timekeeping method of spiders, the Spider Queen quickly determined her awakening time.

Only a few short decades had passed since she fell asleep; that stupid cat could not possibly have made such progress.

In other words, although the culprit behind this disturbance originated from Flying Peak, it was not necessarily that stupid cat.

"Could it be the handiwork of that witch?"

As a native of the Hundred Lands' mountain ranges, the Spider Queen had naturally heard of the deeds of the Huaijiang Witch from a thousand years ago.

In fact, the Spider Queen had always suspected that the witch had not truly died.

Because the disappearance of the Huaijiang Witch was far too abrupt, not at all like that of a near-god-level witch.

"So the question now arises: what exactly has startled that witch?"

As she pondered thus, the Spider Queen saw the storm approaching from the distance.

Vortex... vortex... vortex...

It was as if it had suddenly struck some barrier.

The storm that was approaching the Baidi Mountain Range abruptly halted.

Or more accurately, the storm that had entered the Baidi Mountain Range was forcibly calmed.

The dark clouds were dispersed, the wild winds dissipated, and the raindrops never fell from start to finish...

"That is... the Howling Heaven Clan?"

Her eight compound eyes instantly widened, and her eight jointed legs trembled involuntarily.

The Spider Queen seemed to see a giant face composed of wild winds appearing out of nowhere at the border of the Baidi Mountain Range.

Terrified to the point where her breath nearly stopped, the Spider Queen was absolutely certain it was not her illusion.

—Someone was engaging the Howling Heaven Clan in combat and was even gaining the upper hand.

"Did that old immortal make a move?"

After confirming this, the Spider Queen could not help but turn her head to look toward the depths of the Baidi Mountain Range.

For in her memory, only that ancient banyan tree, which had lived for who knew how many years, possessed the qualification to engage the Howling Heaven Clan in combat.

Yet in merely an instant, the Spider Queen rejected this speculation.

This divine art of manipulating the earth veins to influence celestial phenomena was clearly not the method of that ancient banyan tree.

Thus, the question turned back to where it started.

"What exactly is happening now? I only slept for a few decades, right?"

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