bestfiction Chapter 169 Heavy Sword Qi
Chapter 169 Heavy Sword Qi
"Old Umbrella, you go and hold off the swarm of spiders, I'll take care of the big spider!"
"Damn it, you're only targeting me! Can't you give me some job that pays off?" The cultivator called Old Umbrella muttered to himself, "What a miserable situation!" He pulled his golden umbrella toward a doorway where fist-sized spiders were swarming out, and who knows how many more holes might appear on his precious golden umbrella.
Just as the golden umbrella was about to unleash its brilliance, a beam of light shone from one side, illuminating the entire hall in an instant. Even those who hadn't looked in that direction felt a sharp, pricking pain on their exposed skin.
"What? A Foundation Establishment cultivator has recklessly come in?"
"Whose life-saving artifact for their disciple has been triggered?" Chaos reigned on the battlefield.
The late spring cold snap swirled in the air, and there was no hand left to hold it.
With a single thrust of his sword, Zhong Ming could barely control his trembling arm. His hand felt as heavy as if it held a thousand pounds. The wound on his left arm, which had just been bandaged, burst open, and blood gushed out, only to be annihilated by the terrifying sword energy the instant it flowed out.
The amount of sword energy was terrifying, and its weight was as heavy as a mountain.
Zhong Ming's mind went blank. In the face of battle, he relied entirely on his courage and put all his strength into the hilt of his sword to barely manage to swing it.
The sword-nurturing technique involves daily cultivation and monthly nourishment, injecting spiritual energy into the sword each day. This serves two purposes: nurturing the sword's energy and suppressing the scabbard from shattering.
The mother and child swords were a gift from his master, an old Taoist priest. No one dared to say how good they were. The mother sword was made of very hard materials, and it had hardly consumed any spiritual energy to maintain its sword energy.
Instead, the sword energy was absorbed into the sword body, circulated once, and then dispersed again. In the blink of an eye, the sword energy circulated endlessly. At this moment, when the sword-drawing technique was unleashed, it would make the world lose its color.
A long, thin, jet-black sword was slashed out, its sword energy booming. The demon beast's body split open in a line. The violent sword energy only paused for a moment before erupting from within the demon spider's body, forming a fierce storm.
The flesh and blood almost dissipated in a deconstructed manner, leaving only the white bones covered with sword marks and the shell covered with cracks.
Everyone was stunned.
"Hey you, stop watching the show! Move a little, you little bastards!" Old Umbrella was almost in tears. "So I'm the only one carrying this swarm of spiders? Why aren't you guys moving?"
Several veterans swallowed hard. Their way of thinking was always, "Can I block it if I stand in that position?"
Most veterans concluded that it was unstoppable, a certain death with no chance of survival, their bones reduced to ashes.
A new recruit hesitated for a moment, then timidly asked, "Oh no, is the demon beast's inner core still there?"
"The Ghost Spider doesn't have an inner core; its eight spider eyes are equivalent to an inner core." The veteran then realized, "Wait a minute, we've been working so hard to fight this giant spider for half a day, and you've already taken the credit?"
Where's that kid? I'm going to give him a good beating...
There, a dark figure fell straight down.
The crisis is not over yet! The male spider, its face shattered, has lost four of its five senses. The extreme pain has driven it mad, its eight legs swinging wildly like eight hooked spears, sparks flying wherever it hits.
The closest one, Akame, immediately charged forward, firing several more arrows along the way that wounded the spider's legs. The cover was originally quite good, but unexpectedly, the spider only had its sense of touch left. Sensing resistance from this direction, it immediately swung some of its movable parts and smashed them in this direction.
No, it's too late!
Akame lightly stepped forward with both feet, and seeing that things were not going well, he jumped up and slid over with a tackle.
The large bow is held horizontally close to the body, and then thrust upwards.
Barely catching up with the enemy's venomous fangs as they fell, a loud "clang" was heard as the great bow was slammed down by the monster's terrifying physical strength until it hit Zhong Ming's head and stopped falling.
Well, he was saved, but not completely.
At this moment, the veterans' support arrived incredibly quickly. They thought, "You think you can steal the credit for the female spider you worked so hard to kill? Now it's our turn to steal yours! We've been killing the male spider all day, here you go!"
A thick bolt of lightning slashed diagonally across with a deafening roar, violently hurling a vibrant ball of energy towards them, its tendrils spreading and thorns whipping across the surface.
The male spider doesn't attack in a completely frenzied manner; the essence of these actions is its fear. When it's afraid, it tries to both fight off the enemy and run away.
While its forelimbs were fighting fiercely, its rear was frantically spraying spider silk in all directions.
The spider silk appeared to be spraying out randomly, but it was actually divided into two parts. One part, with the help of its quantity, successfully connected to the previous spider web. After reconnecting to the "spider network", it at least knew its location information.
The second part is coiling up, weaving itself into a large cocoon to wrap itself up; it is already half-wrapped.
The snow-white spider silk was riddled with holes under the combined bombardment of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, frightening it so much that it dared not linger. With a sudden pull from behind, the spider silk connecting the web tightened instantly, rapidly pulling it back.
Its retreat made it much safer, but the cultivators were immediately in a bind. The attack that was originally aimed at the male spider was now very likely to injure the two fallen warriors.
The veterans could still control their spells, but some new recruits lacked the skills and simply threw them out without paying attention. In an instant, several veterans made the same choice.
Abandon the pursuit.
The thorns turned and collided with the energy ball.
The flames turned back and engulfed the attacking vines.
The icicles exploded in mid-air, and the scattered shards of ice knocked down the sharp leaves that were flying everywhere.
The attack missed its mark, and the jade pendant on Akame's body flashed, raising a spherical shield around her. It only lasted three breaths before she coughed uncontrollably, and the shield dissipated.
The male spider swiftly arrived on the web and angrily directed the spiderlings to attack by manipulating the web.
The gist is: Whoever can find my eight golden eyes, I will appoint them as the third-in-command of the tribe!
The pressure on the old umbrella suddenly increased, and he shouted, "I can't hold on any longer!" He then put away the golden umbrella and threw out a few fire runes as a token gesture, forming a narrow wall of fire.
"Why don't we retreat? Let's block the door and burn the spiders!"
"That makes sense. Take the wounded and evacuate to the doorway. The uninjured ones will take over. What about the ammunition room we just passed? Go and get the ammunition."
With one of the two second-grade demonic beasts dead and the other severely injured, they had no more scruples. These little spiders were just numerous; their combat power was not particularly formidable.
The exits leading to the others connect to the incendiary shell chambers, while the one on Akame's side connects to the fragmentation armor-piercing shell chambers.
Old Umbrella was the most free to move among those present. After shedding his defensive duties, he was the first to act, running towards the side of Red Eyes. He also threw out a few "not very valuable" talismans, and then pulled the two of them away from their exit.