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Blackie pulled out his knife, shook off the bodily fluids, his breathing remained steady, but his expression remained grave.

He looked up at the dense spiderwebs spreading across the ceiling and the faint crawling sounds coming from the depths of the passage, and shouted in a deep voice, "Don't just stand there! There's more than this! There's a large force behind us!"

Lin Yun also came to his senses, and activated his Wind Step to meet the two Shadow Spiders that pounced on the injured hunter.

He didn't try to catch the spider web head-on. Instead, he dodged to the side, sliding along the ground as he gathered his strength in his right fist and slammed it hard into the Shadow Spider's abdomen.

With a muffled thud, the force of the Vajra Fist pierced through the armor. The Shadow Spider let out a sharp screech, its massive body swayed, and its eight legs buckled, causing it to collapse to the ground.

Another shadow spider turned and spitted silk at him. Lin Yun touched the ground with his toes, leaped into the air, and the spider silk grazed the soles of his shoes, sticking to the wall and instantly corroding a dent.

The moment he landed, he drew his short sword and plunged it deep into the gap between the spider's legs. With a twist of his wrist, he crippled half of its mobility.

With Lin Yun and other hunters helping to clear out the scattered Shadow Spiders, Blackie was free to target the larger, elite ones.

The hall was filled with the clashing of swords and fists, and the sounds of snapping spider silk and cracking shells blended together.

But there were just too many Shadow Spiders. They kept pouring out of the underground passage, as if the entire nest had been moved through the tunnel.

After defeating the fourth peak-level first-tier Shadow Spider, Blackie also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He knew he couldn't afford to wait any longer. If he dragged it out any longer, and more Shadow Spiders swarmed in and wove a huge web, everyone would be trapped and die here.

"Everyone, retreat to the door! Abandon the outpost! Leave now!"

The group fought and retreated, finally managing to reach the main entrance of the abandoned shopping mall.

With a single slash, the bearded man sent the Shadow Spider flying, then grabbed the iron handrail of the door and pulled it forcefully into his arms.

The heavy alloy door remained motionless, as if it had been welded to the frame.

"Something's not right!" He frowned. "It looks like something's sealing off the outside!"

Lin Yun strode forward and peered through the crack in the door.

Outside the door, a thick layer of grayish-white spider webs covered everything, layer upon layer, as thick as a forearm, like a solidified colloid, sticking the door and the surrounding walls tightly together without leaving a single gap.

"It's spider silk."

Lin Yun drew his short sword from his waist, aimed the blade at the spider silk in the crack of the door, and poured all his blood and energy into it as he slashed down fiercely.

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The blade cut into the spider silk, but it felt like cutting into a very tough tendon, with an extremely stiff and difficult feel.

He used all his strength to cut, but only managed to make a cut less than half a foot deep. Moreover, the spider silk at the cut was slowly wriggling, showing a tendency to stick together on its own.

The silk of an ordinary shadow spider could be cut with a single stroke of his knife; it could never be this tough.

Lin Yun's heart sank. He turned and shouted to Blackie, who was deep in the hall, "Blackie! This spider silk is too hard. It's most likely the silk of a second-tier spider king!"

"A second-tier Spider King?!"

These words were like a thunderbolt thrown into the crowd. The hunters around them instantly changed their expressions, and many of them revealed undisguised fear in their eyes.

Second-tier exotic beasts, corresponding to the human martial arts master realm.

Most of the hunters present were in the mid-to-late stages of martial arts apprenticeship, and they struggled even to deal with peak first-tier alien beasts, let alone second-tier spider kings.

The Shadow Spider is known for its sinister and troublesome nature; once it becomes a king, its power will only become more terrifying.

Upon hearing this, Blackie's expression darkened. He brandished his knife to force back the two Shadow Spiders in front of him, his gaze sweeping over the airtight door and then towards the underground passage from which strange beasts were constantly emerging.

He knew in his heart that Lin Yun was right.

Ordinary shadow spiders only have hunting instincts and would never know the tactics of sealing off the door in advance and cutting off people's escape route.

The spider king, with his superior intelligence, must be directing the setup of such a trap.

"Damn it, of all places those black iron ants could have run, they had to lead these things this way!"

The black man spat, but didn't panic too much.

For him, even facing a second-tier Shadow Spider King, he was capable of putting up a fight.

However, as the leader of the stronghold, he had to be responsible for the safety of everyone within the stronghold.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be qualified to establish a base in the future.

"Don't panic! It's only the second stage, we're not at the end of the road yet!" Blackie comforted everyone.

But the situation deteriorated faster than expected.

More and more shadow spiders swarmed into the underground passage, rushing forward one after another.

Although Blackie could kill one by one with a single strike, his killing speed gradually couldn't keep up with the rate at which the enemy surged forward.

Several elusive Shadow Spiders circled around to the side and sprayed webs at the crowd. Two more hunters got their legs stuck, restricting their movement and creating a perilous situation.

If this drags on, even without the Spider King's intervention, the sheer amount of time spent wearing everyone down will be enough to kill them all.

Lin Yun acted decisively, dodging a spider web and shouting to the bearded man beside him, "You take three strong brothers and use knives to pry it open, use fire to heat it up—basically, get the door open as quickly as possible! The rest of you, come with me and hold it off to buy you some time!"

His tone was decisive. The man with the thick beard paused for a moment, then immediately nodded: "Alright! Brother Lin, hang in there!"

They immediately selected three hunters, and the four of them retreated to the gate, took out daggers and tinderboxes, and took turns harassing the thick spider web.

Lin Yun, along with the remaining dozen or so hunters, faced the swarming Shadow Spiders.

He unleashed his full power with the Wind Step, his figure darting through the spider swarm like lightning. His Vajra Fist targeted the joints and ribs, while his short sword finished off the remaining enemies. With each strike, a Shadow Spider fell to the ground.

With him, a peak martial arts apprentice, at the forefront, and Blackie providing support on the other side, the crumbling defensive line was miraculously stabilized.

The corpses of insects piled higher and higher in the hall, and dark green fluids spilled all over the floor, the stench almost making people nauseous.

But no one dared to let their guard down.

Everyone knew that this was just an appetizer; the real killer move was yet to be revealed.

Just then, a scream came from the left side of the battlefield.

An elderly hunter with gray hair was slashing at the Shadow Spider in front of him with his knife, unaware that a huge black shadow was silently descending from the darkness above.

The shadowy figure moved with astonishing speed. Its eight long legs flashed past with a cold light. Before the old hunter could even turn around, his body was cleanly sliced ​​open from his shoulders to his waist, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

Blood spurted out, splattering all over the hunter beside him.

The massive figure landed beside the corpse, its eight long legs firmly supporting the ground with a dull thud.

Everyone froze for a moment; it was a colossal beast far larger than an ordinary Shadow Spider.

It stands nearly three meters tall, with a body and legs that are four meters long. Its entire body is covered in a dark black carapace that gleams with a cold, jade-like sheen.

The eight thick, long legs end in sharp, cone-shaped points with a metallic sheen, their sharpness no less than that of a second-tier warrior.

Its abdomen was marked with a ring of dark purple stripes, which were slowly wriggling. Its eight compound eyes coldly swept across the entire area, carrying the indifference of a superior.

Second-tier exotic beast, Shadow Spider King!