Chapter 759: Ghost-Faced Spider and the Blood-Sucking Festival

Sending away the owl that didn't like cat food much but accepted it reluctantly, Xia De avoided the eyes and ears of the church and broke through the white fog all the way to the outskirts of the city. Compared to the relatively quiet central area of the city, the disaster situation here was more serious. Because not everyone had a house to live in.

When Xia De passed by Mortini Lane in the slums, he saw a corpse that looked like it had been air-dried for a long time at the entrance of the alley. He was worried that the corpse would revive, so he specifically went to check it, and then found that the corpse still had temperature, obviously having died not long ago.

Continuing forward along the planned direction, not long after, he saw dense black spider webs in the depths of the alley. Lifting the kerosene lamp in his hand to explore the way, those webs actually melted in the firelight.

Moving forward all the way, at the entrance of the illegal smoke house at the end of the alley, he saw the terrible scene that had become a spider nest.

Dense spider webs completely wrapped the entire building and the surrounding alleys. Just what he could see, there were more than two dozen ordinary people bound by spider webs in the thick fog. And the owner of the spider webs was a Ghost-Faced Spider that wrapped the building with peeled wall skin and "watched" the prey from a high place.

That was a black spider; it would probably take six or seven Xia Des stacked together to have its volume. The chest and abdomen were covered with black fluff, and the six pairs of appendages presented a strange translucent yellow appearance.

"Ghost-Faced Spider?"

Xia De was a bit surprised. Ghost-Faced Spiders, like the "Mirror Ghost" that once appeared in his home, were quite rare spirits. Only special environments could give birth to such terrifying spirits, and these evil spirits with separate names were also extremely powerful.

That huge spider obviously noticed Xia De too, and in the trembling of the spider webs, it climbed down along the webs. Although the speed was not very fast, this appearance was truly chilling.

"Silver Moon!"

A curve was drawn in his hand, cleanly cutting off the spider webs in the air. Amidst the hiss~ sound of the spider, dense black spider silk sprayed downward from its mouthparts.

"Witch's Light of Felianna!"

His left hand was raised to the sky, and a translucent golden arc appeared above his head, melting those spider silks. At the same time, Xia De jumped upward violently, using the power of the spell to reach the air.

The giant spider clinging to the wall also pounced toward Xia De at this moment, but Xia De in the air disappeared again, and then appeared above the spider.

"Ha!"

Holding the sword with both hands, he stabbed into the back armor of the Ghost-Faced Spider, and then gravity brought both sides down together. The force of the fall made the 【Night Watcher】 further stab into the spider's body, and Xia De's arm even touched those fluffs:

"Silver Moon!"

His fingers pressed on the sword body, using the 【Night Watcher】 to cast the spell. The light of the Silver Moon radiated from the sword body, and then dense cracks appeared on the surface of the wriggling spider, moonlight shooting out from the cracks, until the entire spider exploded into dust with a fishy smell.

"Oh!"

Xia De's legs went soft and he almost fell, only then noticing that his hands were black, obviously poisoned. He immediately treated himself with the Elf's Detoxification Spell, then raised his hand to shoot a sunlight ray, burning away the spider webs blocking the front.

Raising his sword to the sky, wanting to use the light of the Silver Moon to attract the church's Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad nearby to rescue these poor people entangled by spider webs. Although it was thick fog now, with the 【Night Watcher】 amplifying the spell, Xia De was not worried that the church wouldn't notice.

But before he could cast the spell, a cocoon wrapped tightly in black spider webs nearby wriggled.

"Is the little spider about to hatch?"

Xia De was shocked, but after he put on his mask and burned away those spider webs with sunlight rays, he found that it was the man in the cocoon who had woken up.

The other party woke up so quickly because the other party was a blood-sucking species, and the small bat mark on the top of the head clearly proved this point.

The man was confused for a few seconds, soon understood what had happened just now, and after being pulled up by Xia De, enthusiastically told him the process of the Ghost-Faced Spider crawling out of the Rift, and how many dangerous creatures were nearby, and even pointed out the road for Xia De to leave the nearby area.

And when Xia De asked about the other party's plans, the middle-aged blood-sucking species with a scruffy beard looked at the thick fog and shook his head:

"It's too dangerous in the city, I plan to leave the city to avoid it. My kin... I mean friends, have all left the city. The festival is about to start; if I had known it would be so unlucky, I should have left early."

"Festival?"

Xia De asked suspiciously, and the middle-aged blood-sucking species didn't hide it:

"It's about something on the Sicard Mountains, but please rest assured, it won't have any impact on this city, I can guarantee it with my soul. Sir, if you are also interested, don't forget to look up at the top of the Sicard Mountains tonight. At that time, there will be scenes that mortals may not see once in a lifetime."

He introduced enthusiastically, thanked Xia De again for saving his life, and even gave all the banknotes in his wallet to Xia De. Before leaving, he also tore a bundle of spider silk from the ground and wrapped it around his arm. Xia De only then remembered that the spider silk of the "Ghost-Faced Spider" is a very special semi-solid substance and is a top-notch spirit material.

"I knew it, as long as something big happens, there will be gold pounds everywhere."

But Xia De was in a hurry and didn't have time to take away all the spider silk nearby. So he just learned from the blood-sucking species that had already left and took a large bundle of spider silk into his pocket. Only then did he raise his sword to the sky, confirm that the church's Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad had been attracted, and then left in a hurry.

If there was enough time, Xia De believed that he might be able to make his savings exceed 10,000 pounds today.

"Since there is so much money, should I consider investing? Getting some fixed property for myself, even if it's buying a building and collecting rent every month, is good..."

Although the matter of the Chosen One was important, livelihood was equally important.

At 5:40 PM, the panting Xia De finally saw the huge black shadow of the Academy of Mechanics castle in the fog. After approaching the castle, he found that the academy had been blocked by barbed wire and was not allowed to enter or exit. This was a building that the City Hall focused on protecting.

But these obstructions couldn't stop Xia De, and he entered the castle without much effort. Subsequently, he met with three high-ring nuns wearing silver blindfolds in the castle and headed to the location they found most suitable for opening the door.

Coincidentally, that was the basement used to store valuable items for the auction during the Fire Festival charity banquet. Xia De even remembered that Mr. Armand Bernhardt, a blood-sucking species, took away an antique coffin from here.

Of course, these things had nothing to do with opening the door.

Because the Rift was getting closer and closer to the material world, this ritual didn't need to be as complex as the last time. With bells, bone bonfires, and a black cloth as symbols, the three nuns stood around the bonfire in an equilateral triangle with the help of the spiritual rune whisper - 【Door】, miracle - 【Death】, and blasphemy - 【Phantom】 power.

With the shaking of the bell, the red flame turned blue after a sharp explosion. And the black thin gauze hanging on the wall actually swayed actively in the basement without wind.

The nuns were chanting something in a low voice, but it sounded like they were singing. In this somewhat strange atmosphere, the wall behind the thin gauze seemed to disappear, and wisps of white fog were seeping out:

"Mr. Watson, please be careful all the way."

The nuns blessed him, and Xia De thanked them softly, knowing that his adventure was about to officially begin.

He approached the wall, stood in front of the curtain of thin gauze, took a few deep breaths to adjust his state, and then lifted the black gauze and walked in.

A moment of stepping made Xia De feel unbalanced, but when his raised right foot touched the solid ground, he knew he had entered that strange world again.

He sincerely hoped that this was the last time he came to this ghost place.

【Outsider, you have left the world of the living.】

【You have felt miracles, blasphemy, enlightenment, and whispers.】

【Please note that the Rift has undergone further changes.】

【The power of death overwhelmingly surpasses the power of the living, and any spell related to life and light will be weakened.】

"What?"

Xia De was shocked. The moonlight series spells and the 【Sunlight Ray】 he had just obtained were his most advantageous means of fighting spirits.

【This effect is invalid for you; the slight radiance of divinity dispels the power of death.】

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately received a new prompt:

【Outsider, you have been cursed by death that entangles the soul. The curse is invalid for you, but the recovery of physical strength and spirit is further weakened; please pay attention to safety.】

"I understand."

The Rift was still the same, a black, white, and gray basement that looked like it had gone through thousands of years of wind and frost. Corpse grass grew in the cracks of the walls, and disgusting black sludge appeared in patches on the ground. Even on the wall on the other side of the basement, a dry corpse was leaning.

When Xia De looked at it, the dry corpse actually moved.

"Sunlight Ray."

Raising his finger and pointing, a beam of sunlight-colored light flew from between his fingers. Although it was only an extremely thin light, after leaving a small hole in the dry corpse's head, it immediately melted its entire head. The corpse sat slumped by the wall, and this time it finally didn't move.

【Sunlight Ray】 was originally the nemesis of spirits and dark creatures, coupled with the witch's golden necklace and the amplification of Xia De's soul power in the Rift, it was normal to have such an effect.

It was just that compared to the first time he entered the Rift, Xia De's power in the Rift was greatly compressed. The power of death was becoming more and more intense, restricting Xia De, who was essentially still a living person.

When rescuing Priest Augustus, he could even use a Labyrinth once incompletely. But in the Rift at this time, even if he exhausted all his spirit, he couldn't achieve that effect. ===== CHAPTER 760 =====