Divine Tang Era

Chapter 151 The Evil-Faced Earth Spider (Part 2)

"Hiss"

While you are sick, I will kill you.

The evil-faced spider pounced, raising its hard, sharp forelegs to stab at Xue Diao's chest. Xue Bao'er quickly shot an arrow, attempting to delay the spider's attack, but the spider ignored it completely.

Xu Dan sensed danger and rushed forward, clenching his right fist. His fist pulsed with energy, and the ten thousand units of blood energy within him erupted like a volcano, roaring like thunder, unleashing a monstrous torrent that threatened to annihilate heaven and earth. Unparalleled fist intent burst forth, and a colossal phantom suddenly appeared between heaven and earth—the Behemoth Emperor!

The phantom was a hundred feet tall, wielding a double-edged giant axe, the blade gleaming coldly, as if it could cut through anything.

Those muscles, bulging like dragons; those veins, bulging like dragons; those bloodthirsty red eyes; that head tilted back to look at the sky, roaring with unyielding and fearless defiance—all these proclaim the wild and domineering divine might of this great emperor.

"Haa"

Xu Dan's fist lashed out, and the phantom of Behemoth Emperor followed suit, slashing out with the giant axe in his hand.

This axe strike possessed awe-inspiring power, causing hurricanes to rise, clouds to change color, sand and stones to fly, and vegetation to be destroyed. The air itself seemed to be torn apart by the axe blade, emitting a piercing shriek.

The violent power, like the collapse of the heavens and the splitting of the earth, swept away everything, and no one could stop it.

The Evil-Faced Spider is naturally out of the question.

The giant axe, with its earth-shattering force, cleaved the evil-faced earth spider in two, splattering dark green blood everywhere.

Its massive body swayed a few times before crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The lingering force of the punch carved a deep trench in the ground behind the Ghost Spider.

Xu Dan stood beneath the phantom of the Behemoth Emperor, seemingly merging with it, together unleashing a power that could shatter the heavens and earth.

"Are you alright?" Xue Bao'er ran to Xue Diao's side and asked.

"I almost died," Xue Diao said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Junior brother's fist technique is amazing! I don't think any of his peers in the clan can compare to him," Xue Bao'er said, looking at the lingering afterimage behind Xu Dan.

"You think too highly of them. Not only their peers, but also people of our generation, there are very few who can compare to them at this age."

"Hey, why isn't he moving for so long? Let's go check on him."

In the critical moment, Xu Dan unleashed a full-force attack, which depleted a lot of his energy and blood. He had to eat a few beast meat balls to replenish his strength before he could recover.

"Junior brother, are you alright?" Xue Diao asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just a bit of a drain on my energy. I can replenish it with some meat." Xu Dan looked around and saw that there were still quite a few Evil-Faced Ghost Spiders left. He said, "You rest for a bit, I'll go help kill those Ghost Spiders."

"I'm fine, let's go together!"

The three of them then shot arrows from the side, helping the martial arts school disciples kill the Evil-Faced Spider.

Having archers makes a difference in fighting enemies. Archers can not only kill enemies, but also assist teammates, harass opponents, and distract the enemy.

Originally, the Evil-Faced Spider was focused on attacking the martial arts school disciples, but it was distracted by the arrows from Xu Dan and the others.

Taking advantage of the Ghost Spider's distraction, Mo Shiwei swung her sword and stabbed it hard into the joint of the Evil-Faced Earth Spider's leg. The sword embedded itself deeply, and the Evil-Faced Earth Spider felt the pain in its leg and tilted its body to one side.

Lu Shizong immediately stepped forward and thrust his sword into the base of the left tentacle of the Evil-Faced Ghost Spider.

With its weak point exposed, the spider immediately froze, its entire body falling backward, its eight limbs retracting, utterly dead.

When Xu Dan saw the dead face of the Evil-Faced Spider, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Oh right, it looks like a blue crab. The blue crab's belly button is its Achilles' heel; if you get stabbed there, it'll die instantly, looking similar to the evil-faced spider. I wonder if the two taste any different?

With everyone working together, the Ghost Spiders were finally killed one by one.

Seeing the evil-faced spider lying on the ground, everyone secretly rejoiced. Luckily, they discovered it early; if it had been any later, they would probably all have become the spider's meal.

This sudden battle left everyone exhausted.

I didn't eat breakfast, so I stopped to rest and grab something to eat.

After we finished eating, everyone got busy.

Although these evil-faced spiders are not good things, they do have quite a few treasures on them. For example, their spider silk can be taken back and refined into magical artifacts such as ropes; their hard shells can also be made into self-defense items; and especially their bewitching smiling faces can be refined into bewitching magical artifacts.

Everyone was busy, and Xu Dan, being small and short, couldn't offer much help, so he just wandered around looking at things.

Approaching Lu Shizong, watching him deftly peel the smiling drum from the back of the Evil-Faced Ghost Spider, and recalling the jellyfish-like brain-eating demon, he couldn't help but ask, "Senior Brother, is this Evil-Faced Ghost Spider poisonous?"

"The body itself isn't poisonous, but there's a hint of ghostly poison in that smiling face. But if you handle it properly, there's nothing to be afraid of."

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"oh..."

Xu Dan nodded, took out the Eight Degrees Sword, and cut off the middle limb of a spider leg.

"What are you doing?" Lu Shizong asked in surprise.

"Since it's not poisonous, let me see if this thing is edible," Xu Dan replied while scraping the bristles off the spider's legs.

"This isn't good!" Lu Shizong looked at the appearance of the Evil-Faced Ghost Spider, and then at its leg hairs that were like iron nails, and his expression was strange.

"It's okay. I've eaten spiders before, but I've never tried this kind before. I was just curious and wanted to give it a try."

When Lu Shizong heard that he had eaten spiders, his expression became even stranger. He had never heard anyone say that spiders were edible.

I wanted to offer advice, but I didn't know how. All I could do was keep a close eye on things to prevent any accidents from happening that would be too late to save them.

After scraping the spider legs clean, Xu Dan drew a wisp of fire from his palm, turning it into a flame that scorched the spider legs.

A moment later, a fragrant aroma wafted from the spider's legs. Xu Dan sniffed it and thought it smelled like crab.

Someone nearby smelled the aroma and came over to see what was going on. They found him grilling something and asked, "Grandpa, what are you grilling?"

"Look, that's the thing." Xu Dan gestured to the evil-faced spider whose leg had been cut off.

"Can this be eaten?" The man felt a chill run down his spine.

"Try it and you'll see."

Those nearby, hearing that he was going to eat the legs of the Evil-Faced Spider, gathered around to watch the spectacle. Xue Diao and Xue Bao'er also came over, and seeing that he was about to eat the spider legs, they quickly advised, "Junior brother, don't eat it! What if it's poisonous?"

"Don't worry, I'm more afraid of dying than you guys. I've eaten this stuff before, I'm fine," Xu Dan waved his hand and said.

Seeing that he wouldn't listen to reason, Xue Diao had no choice but to keep an eye on him from the sidelines.

In case something happens, it will be easy to provide emergency care.

After a while, the entire spider leg was roasted, and drops of oil flowed from the cut, emitting an enticing aroma. Seeing that it was almost done, Xu Dan extinguished the flames and used the Eight Degrees Sword to cut open the hard shell on the spider leg.

Before long, the tender, white flesh inside was revealed.

"Would you like to try some?" Xu Dan asked the onlookers politely, holding up the cut-open spider leg.

"No, no, no, you eat it, you eat it." Everyone shook their heads repeatedly, no one dared to eat this thing.

"You're too lucky to have this."

Seeing that they weren't eating, Xu Dan started taking big bites. As soon as the spider meat entered his mouth, it turned into an incredibly sweet juice that permeated his tongue. After swallowing, it entered his stomach and immediately transformed into surging blood and qi that entered his body, but was quickly absorbed and refined by the Hidden Profound Cauldron.

"It's delicious and very nourishing. This stuff is really good, you guys should really try it," Xu Dan promoted again.

Everyone shook their heads, so Xu Dan started eating by himself.

After finishing the meal in no time, feeling unsatisfied, he cut off all the legs of the evil-faced spider, removing the sharp lower sections and leaving the fleshy middle and hind legs, intending to save them for later consumption.

No one objected, since no one was going to eat anyway. After cleaning up, Lu Shizong looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late, let's continue on our way. This place is really not a good place to stay."

Everyone agreed with his point of view and set off, continuing along the established route.

Xu Dan had wanted to leave for a while. He had a feeling there was something wrong with the feng shui here; otherwise, why would there be ghosts and spiders? Something was definitely wrong. If he stayed any longer, who knew what other trouble might arise? It was best to leave as soon as possible.