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This time, the impact of the shriek no longer covered the entire village, but instead coalesced into a transparent ripple visible to the naked eye, heading straight for Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan's expression changed, and he suddenly pushed off with his feet, retreating rapidly.

The earth-attribute true energy formed a faint yellow light film on the body surface, attempting to resist the impact of the shriek.

But how could he easily defend against the soul attack of a fourth-order perfected demon?

The transparent ripples pierced through the protective aura, striking Qin Yuan directly in the brain.

He felt as if his head had been hit hard with a hammer, his vision went black, and a warm liquid welled up in his nose.

He gritted his teeth, enduring the excruciating pain, trying to steady himself.

But the spider demon's attacks did not stop.

It opened its ferocious mouth, and a ball of snow-white spider silk shot out like an arrow, exploding in mid-air into a huge spider web that descended upon Qin Yuan.

"Damn it!"

Qin Yuan had no time to think. He held the horse-slaying saber horizontally in front of him and frantically poured his inner energy into the blade, trying to cut through the spider web.

But the spider web was more resilient than he had imagined.

When the saber struck it, it felt as if it had been cut into a thick layer of glue; the blade was stuck and could hardly move.

Just as Qin Yuan was struggling, the spider demon's enormous body had already rushed in front of him.

A spider leg, like a spear, pierced towards his chest with a whooshing sound.

Qin Yuan's pupils contracted sharply as he tried to dodge, but he found that the stickiness from the spider web far exceeded his expectations.

"Captain Qin!!"

Fortunately, Ma Xuan, who was standing nearby, was focused and immediately rushed over with a heavy hammer in hand.

He channeled his inner energy, his arm muscles bulging, and the heavy hammer, imbued with immense force, slammed into the spider leg that was stabbing towards Qin Yuan.

"clang--!!"

The clang of metal against metal was deafening. Ma Xuan felt as if the slender spider legs were iron mountains, causing his arms to go numb and his tiger's mouth to split open.

Just then, the spider demon's other leg suddenly attacked.

Fortunately, Ma Xuan's hammer blow had given Qin Yuan enough time to escape the spider web. He gripped his horse-slaying saber, blocked the spider's legs, and then used the momentum to pull Ma Xuan away to a distance.

"Cough cough!!"

Although Qin Yuan managed to block the spider's leg, he was clearly injured by the immense force that had been pressing down on his body.

Not only him, but Ma Xuan, who had taken a direct hit from a fourth-order perfect spider demon, was also in poor condition.

Looking at the spider demon not far away, Ma Xuan felt a lingering fear.

Even with Qin and his team working together, they couldn't defeat the Spider Demon. How are they supposed to fight it?

The spider demon's compound eyes gleamed with a scarlet light, and its mouthparts hissed as they opened and closed.

It moved its eight spider legs and slowly approached the two of them.

"withdraw!!"

Qin Yuan made a quick decision and said in a deep voice, "Let's meet up with Mu Yang and the others first. This beast can't be dealt with by the two of us alone."

"Yes, Captain Qin!"

Ma Xuan responded and prepared to retreat.

"weep--!!"

Just then, the spider demon let out another shriek, and the two froze in place.

"It's over..."

As the spider legs drew ever closer, Ma Xuan's heart tightened.

Just then—

"Bang!!"

A dark shadow descended from the sky, landing between the spider demon and the two people.

The sand and gravel broke apart, and dust flew everywhere.

Qin Yuan and Ma Xuan looked closely and saw that the person who had just arrived was none other than Mu Yang, whom they had just been talking about.

He had his back to the two of them, and his dark black Demon Slayer uniform gleamed coldly in the moonlight.

"Mu Yang, retreat quickly!"

Ignoring his initial shock, Qin Yuan immediately shouted, "This spider demon is very strong; we're no match for it. Let's retreat..."

Before he could finish speaking, his voice caught in his throat.

Mu Yang gripped his black gold four-sided mace tightly and swung it at the spider demon that was rushing towards him.

"The Ultimate Dragon-Subduing Mace"—The dragon submits!

The mace sliced ​​through the air, producing a piercing sonic boom.

With the support of true energy, a force exceeding 100,000 jin was poured without reservation onto the spider demon's foremost spider leg.

"collapse--!!"

A loud bang echoed through the night.

The spider leg, which had only left a white mark after being slashed by Qin Yuan's horse-slaying sword, was now showing cracks.

Dark green blood seeped from the cracks and spilled onto the ground.

The spider demon let out a painful screech.

The massive body was forced back by the force of the mace, carving deep furrows in the ground.

Qin Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Ma Xuan's mouth was wide enough to fit a goose egg.

The spider demon that the two of them couldn't defeat just now was actually driven back by Mu Yang's single mace strike?

What... what kind of monster is this?!

The spider demon seemed to be enraged by this attack as well. Its scarlet compound eyes stared intently at Mu Yang, and its eight spider legs dug at the ground, making a piercing scraping sound.

The next second, it opened its ferocious mouth.

"weep--!!"

The piercing shriek reappeared.

Following closely behind was a giant spider web that exploded in mid-air.

The spider demon resorted to its old tricks, preparing to attack Mu Yang using the same methods it had used against Qin Yuan.

However, Mu Yang seemed unfazed by the spider demon's shriek. He merely narrowed his eyes slightly and stepped aside to avoid the incoming spider web.

Then, taking advantage of the brief moment of stiffness after the spider demon spun its silk, Mu Yang rushed to its front.

With a single swing of the mace!

"Bang!!"

The black, four-sided mace slammed into the spider demon's head, and dark green blood splattered everywhere.

Nearly half of the spider demon's eight compound eyes shattered under this attack, spurting out dark green demon blood.

The spider demon retreated repeatedly, letting out mournful howls.

At the same time, a blood-red demonic aura rose from its body, and a nearly visible transparent ripple suddenly attacked Mu Yang, who was nearby.

Demon Blood Spell - Howling Soul!

If the previous soul attack was just a normal attack, then this one is the spider demon's ultimate move.

In its rage, it unleashed almost all of its demonic power.

Even a fifth-level martial artist would feel a splitting headache from this attack.

Even Mu Yang, with his powerful spirit, stiffened abruptly and his eyes glazed over slightly after taking the blow at close range.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the spider demon's last remaining eye shone brightly crimson.

It brandished its spider legs, which Mu Yang had just pulled out and cracked, and stabbed straight at Mu Yang's chest.

"Brother Mu, be careful!!"

Lei Sai, who had just arrived with Zhou Yao, changed his expression drastically upon seeing this scene.

He instinctively drew an arrow and nocked a bow.

The arrow struck the spider's leg, only scattering sparks and slightly slowing its movement.

"Brother Mu!!"

"Muyang!!"

Lei Sai, Zhou Yao, Ma Xuan, and Qin Yuan exclaimed in surprise, trying to rush over, but it was too late.

He could only watch helplessly as the sharp spider leg pierced Mu Yang's chest.

However, just as everyone was filled with despair and indignation, a clang of metal suddenly rang out!

"clang--"

The scene that everyone had expected—Mu Yang being pierced by the spider spear—did not occur.

The spider leg, powerful enough to withstand a fourth-tier weapon, pierced through Mu Yang's Demon Slayer uniform and, as if striking an unshakeable meteorite, produced a crisp impact sound.

The tip of the spider's leg only slightly pierced Mu Yang's skin, causing a trace of blood to seep out.

After that, there was no further progress.

"!!!"

"???"

All four of them were stunned.

What did they see?

A martial artist in the early stage of Qi Condensation Realm, without using any true Qi for defense, withstood the full force of a fourth-order perfect demon beast with just his physical body.

Is this reasonable?