Elven cultivators

Based on the intelligence gathered by the Silvermoon Clan, Shadow City's current size is almost entirely due to the protection of the Dark Spider Mother.

By chance, the dark elves of Shadow City formed a relationship with the Dark Spider Queen, offering her living creatures and sacrifices in exchange for protection. In return, they gained the ability to control spider monsters and gradually devour all the surrounding hostile tribes.

After centuries of development, Shadow City has brought large areas of the surrounding region under its control, establishing a stable rule that far surpasses that of the Crimson Fertile Land Alliance.

Even with the Silvermoon Clan's current military strength, a direct assault on Shadow City would be no easy task.

However, the weakness of Shadow City is also very obvious: everything it has is built on the protection of the Dark Spider Queen.

Without the Dark Spider Mother, Shadow City will be reduced to its original state in an instant.

Therefore, Anton's goal was to take down the Dark Spider Queen first.

If successful, Shadow City will be much easier to deal with.

Even if we fail, we can simply wage war against Shadow City again.

Once we've dealt with these guys who feed the Dark Spider Queen, we can slowly work on creating the Dark Spider Queen.

However, the location of the Dark Spider Mother is a core secret of Shadow City.

The Silvermoon Clan deployed a large number of scouts to repeatedly infiltrate and explore, but they were unable to pinpoint its exact location, only able to roughly locate an area.

But that was enough for Anton.

Upon arriving at the area mentioned in the intelligence report, Anton slowed down, his divine sense spreading forward like flowing water.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, the range of his divine sense had already reached an astonishing level.

Even in dark areas with special magnetic fields, where divine sense may be suppressed and unable to exert its full function, it is still more than enough to cover a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

In an instant, his divine sense clearly captured everything: the direction of the fissures inside the rock strata, the undercurrents of the underground river, the caves covered with fungal carpets, and the cave creatures lurking in the shadows.

It wasn't until a giant cave hidden deep within the folds of the rock came into his perception range that his heart stirred.

The scene deep within that cave slowly surfaced in his mind.

Countless spider silks crisscrossed and hung down, layer upon layer covering the walls and ceiling, while the ground was covered with a thick layer of grayish-white spider silk.

Deep within the cave, a massive black spider lay motionless, quietly coiled, like a hill buried deep underground.

Even through layers of thick rock walls, the deep and tranquil atmosphere was still clearly discernible.

Almost the instant Anton's divine sense touched the cave, the giant spider's head and thorax suddenly rose, and the three pairs of compound eyes embedded in its carapace simultaneously turned towards Anton's direction.

An invisible spiritual fluctuation spread out from the depths of the cave, silently colliding with Anton's consciousness within the rock strata for a moment.

It noticed Anton's spying.

"I've found you."

Anton's lips curled slightly, and with a thought, the Xuanjin sword light leaped from his chest, enveloping his body and transforming into a shooting star, piercing through the air towards the cave.

After navigating countless narrow passageways and crevices, he finally approached the area where the cave was located.

However, what surged towards them was a dense, surging sea of ​​black figures.

Spider monsters of all sizes emerged from the depths of the tunnel, their legs slicing across the rock walls and the ground, making a dense, soft sound, as if the entire tunnel was writhing.

"This is quite a grand welcome for our guests."

Anton smiled wryly, and a dark, mysterious water curtain silently spread out around him, like a night curtain being slowly drawn back, rolling forward to meet the surging swarm of spider monsters.

The moment the water curtain met the swarm of spider monsters, those black figures were swallowed up as if by a silent, gaping maw, without even a ripple of struggle.

In the blink of an eye, the passageway was empty again.

The water curtain surged forward, only stopping abruptly as if it had hit a wall at the cave entrance. It then rapidly folded and shrank from the outside in, disappearing in an instant.

As the water curtain disappeared, the enormous figure behind it was revealed.

In the dim fluorescent light, the Dark Spider Queen's three pairs of compound eyes, emitting a cold, eerie glow, stared intently at Anton, with a human-like scrutiny, wariness, and a hint of barely perceptible curiosity.

A thought then came through.

"Strong, unfamiliar elven warrior, what business do you have with me?"

Anton smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, I just wanted to invite you to visit my territory."

The dark spider mother's compound eyes blinked slowly, as if she were pondering the meaning of those words: "You also want to provide for me?"

Its tone revealed no emotion, only bluntness.

"You want to support me too?"

Anton shook his head: "I prefer to call it 'cooperation'."

"Cooperation?" The Dark Spider Queen repeated the word, as if pondering its meaning, then her voice turned colder. "I'm perfectly fine here. I don't need any cooperation. You can leave."

Anton was not annoyed by what he heard. Instead, his expression changed slightly, and he calmly re-examined the Dark Spider Mother in front of him.

The other party's behavior at this moment was quite different from the image he remembered.

The Dark Spider Mother in the original history was greedy, tyrannical, and bloodthirsty. She dwelled deep in the Dark Realm, devouring countless cities and races. She was a ferocious being that inspired fear in all who heard of her.

But this dark spider queen in front of him, although its appearance was ferocious and terrifying, inexplicably gave him a feeling of straightforwardness and purity.

It's like a wild beast that has developed its own thoughts but still acts on instinct.

Anton was puzzled, but he didn't show it. Instead, he continued, "Don't rush to refuse. You can come back with me first and then make a decision."

"I refuse." The Dark Spider Queen's answer remained crisp and decisive.

"...It seems we'll have to fight first before you can change your mind."

Anton sighed softly.

Although the Dark Spider Queen has not yet posed a threat to the Silvermoon Clan, his forceful "invitation" to her at this moment is no different from that of a bandit.

However, considering the future scourge and devastation the Dark Spider Queen will wreak on the Darklands, he felt it was necessary to take control of this potential threat in advance.

Sensing the hostility in Anton's words, the light in the Dark Spider Mother's eyes suddenly sharpened.

Before Anton could make a move, his wild instincts had already made him act first.

Its sharp, blade-like right foreleg lifted instantly and lunged forward.

Even though the two were hundreds of steps apart, the tip of that foot seemed to have crossed that space, appearing instantly above Anton's head and stabbing down at him.

Anton's expression remained unchanged as he slowly raised his hand.

An invisible layer of protective energy suddenly appeared on his body, like a light shield that was contained within an inch, and steadily caught his falling limbs.

A dull thud echoed through the cave.

The spiderweb trembled violently from the aftershocks, and fine, grayish-white debris fell from the dome.

The feet slid off the surface of the protective energy without leaving any trace.

The Dark Spider Queen was slightly taken aback, a hint of surprise flashing in her compound eyes. She clearly hadn't expected her attack to be blocked so easily.

Anton lowered his hand, a look of understanding on his face.

The Law of Weaving Silk.

As a powerful being who later became infamous and even transformed into a god, the Dark Spider Mother's Law of Weaving the Net is already widely known.

Although Zhiluo is only an intermediate-level fantasy law, it is a derivative law of the spatial law. Even among intermediate-level laws, it is among the top few and is not much inferior to the power of the four elements.

The essence of the Weaving Law is the repair, reweaving, and alteration of spatial structures.

Just as a spider mends its broken web, it can also repair and alter the structure of space, reweaving a certain area of ​​space into a form that conforms to its will.

The Dark Spider Queen before them had clearly stepped into the realm of the pinnacle of sainthood.

The existence of this level has already been able to influence and rewrite the laws of nature within a certain range.

The Dark Spider Mother, who has mastered the Law of Weaving, has taken this ability to its extreme.

It can transform the surrounding space into its own spiderweb nest, and freely distort the spatial structure within the nest.

Those who fight the Dark Spider Queen will find themselves getting closer to her even though they are retreating.

The Dark Spider Queen can even fold up a space, trapping her opponent in an infinitely looping "secret room".

Faced with a supreme being who had mastered such a powerful law, Anton also became serious.

He pointed his fingers and made a gesture, and a golden sword light leaped from his fingertips, suddenly splitting into hundreds of streams of light in mid-air, sweeping towards the Dark Spider Mother.

The dark spider mother's legs slid and intertwined in the void, like a weaver manipulating an invisible shuttle.

The surrounding space began to distort, and the sword light deviated from its trajectory midway through its flight. Some of the sword light collided and exploded into tiny specks of light, while others were folded and bounced back, attacking Anton himself.

Anton's expression remained unchanged, but with a slight thought, the sword light that had been deflected and bounced back gathered again in mid-air, turned around, and once again swept towards the Dark Spider Mother.

This time, a subtle, distorted sheen appeared on the surface of the sword light, and the sword blade subtly exhibited an unnatural curve as it flew, as if it were passing through several overlapping layers of space at the same time.

The Dark Spider Queen swung its legs again, but this time its Weaving Law had a significantly weaker effect on the sword light.

"Spatial laws? No, not quite. Are they some kind of secondary, derived laws?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the Dark Spider Mother's eyes, and her gaze toward Anton became increasingly solemn.

The elf before it was undoubtedly the strongest it had ever encountered.

The Dark Spider Queen let out a sharp hiss, and the rhythm of its limbs suddenly increased, weaving every inch of space in the cave into its control.

But the sword lights continued to approach it relentlessly. Each time it was deflected, it would return to its original position at an even faster speed, as if it would never tire.

Anton stood still, sensing the trajectory of the sword lights as they traversed the distorted space of the woven fabric, his gaze calm and focused.

The Law of Weaving is indeed extremely troublesome, especially in the hands of the Dark Spider Mother at the pinnacle of sainthood, who has turned the entire cave into her domain.

However, when it comes to understanding the laws of space, he is equally adept.

After all, the Great Luo Heavenly Sleeve also involves the manipulation of space.

When he integrated the Dao essence of the Great Luo Heavenly Sleeve into the sword light, the sword light gained spatial resistance.

While it cannot completely negate the influence of the Law of Weaving, it at least possesses the power to counteract it.

Besides, he has more than one trump card.

With a slight thought, two five-colored, swirling clouds suddenly appeared above Anton's head.

At the same time, he slightly raised his hand, and lightning suddenly appeared in his palm as he pointed towards the sky.

One of the solidified clouds overhead also disappeared into the lightning, rushing straight upwards along the cave ceiling.

The moment the lightning struck the rock strata, the entire cave ceiling suddenly lit up, and a spatial rift silently opened.

Deep within the fissure, purple clouds surged like boiling water, lightning flashed, and a deep, rumbling sound like rolling thunder came from the depths of the earth, as if the entire strata of the earth had been pried open.

The next instant, a bolt of purple lightning poured down from the crack, transforming into a hundred-foot-long thunder dragon, carrying the might of the heavens as it crashed to the ground, completely engulfing the Dark Spider Mother.

Purple Heaven Divine Thunder!