Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1202 Spider Silk Underworld

One hundred years later.

This was the first time Green had left his territory. Behind him was the fierce Meshessa, and following a nimble and fast black spider on the ground, they walked along the vast time rift towards the territory of the Dark Spider King.

Along the way, one might occasionally sense a few lurking exiles, waiting for the portal to open so they might be lucky enough to find a few fragments of the Heart of the World, and that's all.

However, as a wondrous place within the dimensional esophagus, rarely affected by the illusory world, this place, despite its extremely high density of exiles and the occasional hunting by predators, at least does not lead to despair and death due to the sudden and inexplicable arrival of the illusory world's rules.

"kindness?"

Upon reaching the edge of the Nether Spider King's territory, Grimm sensed something. His three-colored eyes peered out and saw an elemental monster that seemed to be wrapped in countless thin seaweeds. Its entire body exuded an aura of decay. With each step it took, the decaying aura lingered on the skeletal ground. As if sensing something, the five-meter-tall body sent out a will that enveloped Grimm.

"Master, this is a predator that has advanced in the last few hundred years. It came from outside and is called the Withered Whisperer."

Having been specifically instructed by Green, Misha had already gotten used to calling Green "Master".

Green nodded. This elemental creature was not weak, and the parasitic seaweed also exuded a brutal aura, seemingly having a symbiotic relationship with this withered elemental creature. It was somewhat similar to the wizard's symbiotic worms, soul companions, and abyssal dragons.

"I understand, I'll go pay my respects. You can go back now."

Green waved, indicating that Meshessa could go back.

"Yes."

Mesha turned around, swaying her blue and red patterned snake tail, and returned to the territory of the Green Laboratory. Green, leaning on his Extreme Abyss Magic Staff, walked step by step toward the withered whisperer who seemed to be waiting for him.

"Annihilation Wizard?"

This strange and powerful elemental creature actually took the initiative to greet Grimm's will. Grimm asked with slight surprise, "You know me?"

Thin strands of seaweed danced wildly in the air, looking somewhat similar to the Flame Soul Thousand-Headed Bird, baring its fangs and claws, appearing quite ferocious.

Green noticed that this was an alien form of flesh and blood.

"Before being exiled to the Dimensional Digestor, I had two spacetime contacts with the Wind Whisper Saint Mark Wizard from your world in the Mother Realm. That's why I'm so concerned about your wizard's name. So, do you know this Wind Whisper Wizard?"

The whispers of the wind?

Green shook his head. There are tens of thousands of Stigmata Wizards in the Wizarding World, and they are constantly changing on the path to the True Spirit. Apart from a small number of familiar wizards in the Second Ring, Sixth Ring, and Seventh Ring Holy Towers, most wizards are unfamiliar to Green. It is normal that he has never heard of this Stigmata Wizard.

"I'm sorry, there are countless Stigmata Wizards in the Wizarding World. Even though I am just a small wizard in a corner of the Wizarding World, I am not worth mentioning."

Green's modesty boasting caused the Withered Whisperer to exclaim in surprise. The Annihilation Wizard in front of him was not weak. It turned out that even he was just a small wizard in a corner of the wizarding world.

What kind of terrifying world is this wizarding world?

"Shall we go together?"

Grimm invited the Withered Whisperer to observe it up close. Grimm discovered that it was not just an elemental creature, but also seemed to be a creature governed by rules. Its purest attack might not be very powerful, but it was extremely troublesome and often had some unexpected and bizarre abilities that were impossible to defend against.

"it is good."

Then, the two followed the guiding spider and headed together toward the lair of the Nether Spider King.

……

White silk threads covered the sky and the ground, and countless tiny spiders climbed on these webs, weaving a vast, white palace as white as ice and snow, with everything inside made of spider silk.

Compared to Green's simple skeletal palace, this spider silk palace was obviously many times more spacious and luxurious. At this moment, one after another, the avatars of the Nether Spider King with human faces and spider bodies walked gracefully on their eight spider legs, carrying plates of fruits and wines that were absolutely rare in the dimensional esophagus above the hall.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh, Annihilation Wizard, Withering Mutterer, welcome to my Underworld Palace."

Grimm and the withered mutterers beside him looked toward the highest skeletal throne, ten thousand meters away, in the main hall.

A thick, melodious black aura emanated from the body of the Dark Spider King. Unlike the human-bodied spider-legged clones that Qilin had seen before, the Dark Spider King was a pure red hairy spider, yet it sat on its throne like a humanoid creature. The entire spider silk palace seemed to be in its grasp, shaped into a domain of control.

Green's tri-colored eyes narrowed slightly. He was afraid that even with himself sealed at 70%, he would have difficulty defeating this Spider King.

Within the hall, there were over twenty Level 5 clones, each with a human upper body and an eight-legged spider body lower body. Adding to this the interconnected Spider Silk Palace and the unknown energy source device faintly hidden beneath the palace's underground, as perceived by Grimm, the strength of this Nether Spider King within this Spider Silk Palace should be below that of the Coffin Ascenders of Hope, the Demon Doll and the Paper Doll, and above the Four-Armed Blade Warrior and the Skeleton Monster!

I have no idea what this hidden energy source device is.

Even when Green attempted to perceive it with the face of truth, it came to nothing, seemingly due to deliberate concealment.

However, the immense pressure of the hidden energy source was clearly perceived by everyone who entered the hall.

Of course, the combination of the clone's strength and external forces is meaningless for opening the Coffin of Hope. Otherwise, given that the Spider King and Grimm had some communication, it wouldn't be impossible to try to pull them into the Coffin of Hope's ascenders.

It would be best to leave the dimensional esophagus successfully, but leaving by taking on three opponents at once and using the Scepter of Hope was Green's last resort.

Led by the two avatars of the Spider King, Grimm and the Withered Whisperer took their seats before turning their attention to the other three who had also been invited by the Spider King.

A wooden puppet whose internal parts constantly creak and groan as if mechanical gears are turning.

Because of the presence of the dominant wood on its surface, Grimm could not discern its true nature, but from his faint sense of smell, he detected the scent of a flesh-and-blood creature's sweat glands inside the wooden puppet.

A yellowish-brown gem suddenly floated in mid-air. However, unlike passively evolved creatures that could only see the surface, Grimm, with his Face of Truth, perceived that inside this ultra-high-energy compressed gem, which was only the size of a thumb, was a heart that had been sealed for who knows how long, bursting with its own life vitality.

As for the last powerful figure, it was a demonic eye surrounded by lightning, about one meter in size.

Strangely, the demonic eye would occasionally use exquisite lightning power to pulverize the fruits placed in front of it, but the fruits were absorbed into the pupil and seemed to be connected to some otherworldly space.

The six people in the hall were not weak, and all of them possessed flesh and blood.

As everyone observed each other, the doors to the hall were unknowingly sealed by countless tiny spiders. Suddenly, even this spider silk palace, which was tens of thousands of meters long, felt somewhat oppressive, and an unknown energy wave enveloped everyone.

(End of this chapter)