Chapter 1370: Encountering Dark Creatures Again

Liu Ruxi followed him toward the front, only to see a fork in the road at the end of the path.

This fork consisted of four roads in total, leading in four directions.

"Where do we go next?" Liu Ruxi looked toward Chen Yu.

"The leftmost one." Chen Yu closed his eyes, and after a moment, said, "This is a characteristic of Dark Creatures."

"She likes to build messy forks in her own nest," Chen Yu said. "It's just like some kind of animal, not letting people find it."

"Isn't this cave naturally formed?" Liu Ruxi asked curiously.

Before this, she had always thought the cave was naturally formed, but now hearing Chen Yu say this, she realized this place was not as simple as it looked on the surface.

This cave was definitely not naturally formed, but rather seemed more like something created by a high-level Dark Creature.

"It is not." Chen Yu shook his head slightly and said, "It is generated by the attributes inherent to Dark Creatures. Xiaowei belongs to the intelligent type of creature in the Dark World; she is different from those killing tools that have no consciousness and only like blood and food."

"She can think. The continuation of civilization requires creatures like her, so after such creatures arrive in our world, they are more adept at disguise," Chen Yu said.

"Doesn't that mean there are many Dark Creatures in our world?" Liu Ruxi was startled.

"There aren't many hidden ones. After all, there actually aren't many Dark Creatures of this level. Most belong to the beast type, just like the animals of our world, only knowing how to roar and kill but having no intellect. Our world also has Dark Guardians; once such Dark Creatures arrive in the world, they will kill them directly."

"So that's how it is." Liu Ruxi then let out a long sigh of relief. If it were really as Chen Yu said, wouldn't there be many Dark Creatures in this world?

"This cave is her disguise, right? It's disguised quite ingeniously," Liu Ruxi said slowly, looking at the surrounding environment.

"Yes, she won't let us find her easily," Chen Yu nodded and said. "This thing is quite shrewd."

Just at this moment, the compass in Chen Yu's hand suddenly shook violently, and a cold, gloomy aura came from behind.

"Such strong Dark Power." Chen Yu frowned, backhanded Liu Ruxi behind him, and when he turned to look, he couldn't help but be startled.

He saw that at some unknown time, several incomparably huge spiders had appeared behind them. These spiders were half a person tall, and their thick, sturdy legs propped up their massive bodies.

The string of eyes atop their heads made one's scalp tingle.

And these things were now eyeing Chen Yu and the other. They moved their paces forward slowly; their footsteps were very slow, as if they were testing the prey before them.

That's right, in their eyes, Chen Yu and Liu Ruxi were prey, and these things were cautious when hunting.

"Chen Yu..." Liu Ruxi was somewhat nervous. When had she ever seen such large spiders?

Moreover, if one insisted on calling them spiders, that wasn't entirely correct, because they only possessed the characteristics of spiders and looked somewhat similar, but there were many things that actually had nothing to do with spiders at all.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Chen Yu comforted her, staring at the few spiders before him. He said grimly, "These things are Dark Creatures. There is a passage to the Dark World on this island; otherwise, they wouldn't have appeared here."

Liu Ruxi nodded slightly, though she appeared even more nervous.

Hiss... The few Dark Creatures emitted a sound that made one's eardrums vibrate. The cluster of eyes on their heads looked somewhat hair-raising.

Suddenly, one of the Dark Creatures slid its eight slender legs and rushed violently toward the two. At the same time, with a 'whoosh', several clusters of black gas attacked Chen Yu.

Chen Yu grabbed Liu Ruxi and took the opportunity to roll on the ground, only then barely dodging the opponent's spider silk attack.

Only now did Chen Yu see clearly that the black, web-like substance spat out of this thing's mouth was not any spider silk, but a cluster of black gas condensed from Dark Power.

This made Chen Yu very frustrated. Although these few things had no intelligence, their attack power was truly somewhat frightening.

Grabbing with his right hand, Lichen appeared in his hand. Just as he was about to swing Lichen to resolve the situation, a spider suddenly rushed over from the side and spat the black gas from its mouth at Chen Yu.

With a soft 'chi' sound, Chen Yu only felt his hand sink, and a burst of cold, gloomy aura came from Lichen.

Dark Power—even the Seven Imperial Spirit Weapons' Lichen could not quite withstand it. One could see black gas faintly lingering on Lichen for a moment.

Chen Yu shook his Primordial Qi, driving away the black gas entwined on Lichen, then faced a huge spider and slashed out with the Lichen in his hand.

With a soft 'chi' sound, that spider was slashed into two segments by Chen Yu's sword.

Since he had already made a move, there was no possibility of stopping. Chen Yu's Lichen moved with his hand, and the sword fell. For a time, Sword Qi crisscrossed before him. In less than a moment, the few spiders were hacked to the ground.

But when the last and largest spider was hacked into two halves, its body suddenly exploded. Countless fist-sized spiders rushed out, covering the sky and earth in a black mass as they attacked Chen Yu.

Chen Yu couldn't help but be startled. He beckoned with his right hand, and a Talisman appeared in his hand. Following the Primordial Qi emitted from his right hand, two clusters of flames burned instantly.

With a 'boom', countless tiny screams came from the ground. These things could actually emit screams?

Dark Creatures burn upon encountering fire. One could see a burst of firelight surge out; these spiders collapsed as if withered wood being destroyed, instantly turning into a patch of ashes and disappearing without a trace.

Only then did Chen Yu let out a breath. Although these things before him were not too strong, when connected in a mass, the threat they posed to people was quite large.

Seeing everything before her disappear, Liu Ruxi finally let out a sigh of relief. Honestly, as a girl, she was quite afraid of these things, but she never expected that these things would be so vulnerable before Chen Yu.

"Are you afraid of bugs?" Chen Yu asked.

"Girls are all afraid of these things, right?" Liu Ruxi paused and said, "Is Liu Lianxin afraid?"

"I don't know," Chen Yu said with a bitter smile. "But she probably isn't afraid."

"I feel like I'm just a burden; following you will only drag you down," Liu Ruxi sighed, her mood becoming somewhat low.

"Don't think like that," Chen Yu said. "You just haven't awakened yet. Once you awaken, you won't necessarily be any worse than others."

"What exactly are the conditions required for so-called awakening?" Liu Ruxi asked, puzzled.

"I don't know. A catalyst, but I can't clearly explain what that catalyst is," Chen Yu said with a bitter smile.