Douro Continent

Chapter 304 The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Cave Demon Spider (Part 1)

"Fatty," Tang San called out calmly.

A burst of flame erupted, and a massive cloud of phoenix fire swept over Flander and Zhao Wuji, instantly turning the spiderweb on the flying claws to ashes. The fat man's high-temperature flames were the perfect nemesis of this kind of spiderweb. Although he was far inferior to the ten-thousand-year-old cave spider in terms of strength, the phoenix fire was something the cave spider's hastily unleashed web could not withstand.

Flander and Zhao Wuji were both furious. Two Soul Saints had actually been tricked by a Soul Beast that was just over ten thousand years old, and in front of so many students no less! This was absolutely a disgraceful thing.

Flanders laughed angrily, "Trying to run? Not so easy."

A loud eagle cry echoed through the sky. The Shrek Seven Devils only saw Flander leap into the air, instantly curling into a ball and landing gracefully on Zhao Wuji's arms. The next moment, his body was flung away by Zhao Wuji like a cannonball, instantly flying out of the poison array's range, passing over the heads of those powerful soul beasts, and in a flash, arriving above the slippery cave spider.

In order to capture this cave spider, Flander, who was in the air, had his seven rings flashing and his body had transformed into a giant owl with a wingspan of five meters. He had actually used his seventh soul skill, the Cat-Owl True Form.

Owls possess the keenest senses, able to spot extremely minute details in the darkness, and their aerial swooping ability is in no way inferior to that of eagles. As Flander descended from the sky, his sharp claws extended, aiming directly for the cave spider. Even before contact, the immense pressure generated by his vast soul power caused the rapidly fleeing cave spider to tremble uncontrollably.

Among the spirit beasts, who would come to their rescue? Moreover, the Cave Demon Spider was indeed very fast, having already distanced itself from the spirit beasts outside the poison array. At this moment, in order to distract the spirit beasts outside the poison array from interfering with Flander's capture of the Cave Demon Spider, Tang San once again took out the Fragrant Silk Immortal Item and handed it to Xiao Wu beside him.

The delicate fragrance attracted the attention of the spirit beasts outside like a magnet, and they all stared intently, drooling with delight.

While the Fragrant Silk Immortal Herb is excellent, life is more important. Tang San positioned Xiao Wu precisely where the Fragrant Silk Immortal Herb's poison array couldn't reach, preventing the soul beasts from taking advantage of its poison-resistant properties.

After handing the Fragrant Silk Immortal Item to Xiao Wu, Tang San, using the same method as Flander, was thrown out with Zhao Wuji's help. He wasn't worried that Flander couldn't handle the Cave Demon Spider; rather, with Flander's assistance and his own control skills, the capture process would be much shorter. After all, the large horde of soul beasts outside the poison array were no pushovers. Even with the Fragrant Silk Immortal Item attracting them, there was no guarantee that some wouldn't interfere. Once the treacherous Cave Demon Spider escaped, finding a suitable one again wouldn't be so easy.

Seeing that the Cave Spider was unable to dodge Flander's attacks under his overwhelming pressure, even Tang San, who had leaped out of the poison array, thought Flander was about to succeed. But at this moment, the Cave Spider fully revealed its cunning and treacherous side.

Suddenly, a clump of yellow spider web sprayed out from behind it, heading straight for Flander's body. At the same time, two yellow spider silks shot forward like lightning, wrapping around a large tree ten meters away. With a forceful pull, the direction of the cave spider's advance was immediately changed.

Flander flapped his wings, sending a gust of wind through the spiderwebs, but in that brief moment of delay, his attack missed. And just as Flander landed, a flash of yellow light appeared on the ground, and countless spider silks surged from the ground, quickly enveloping his body, like a prison woven from spiderwebs, trapping Flander inside.

Compared to the human-faced demon spider, the cave demon spider's silk is thicker. Although it doesn't contain toxins, it is even tougher than the human-faced demon spider's silk. Moreover, it is covered with an extremely viscous liquid that solidifies upon contact with the wind. In just a moment, the silk becomes as hard as steel, forming a true spider prison.

This is precisely the most insidious skill of the Cave Spider: the Spiderweb Cage. Wherever the Cave Spider has passed, it can conceal its silk threads on the ground. These threads can be controlled by its mental power. As soon as an enemy enters this area, it will immediately activate, using the unique properties of its silk to create a cage-like structure that traps the enemy inside. If the enemy is weak, it will seize the opportunity to kill them; if the enemy is too strong, it can use this skill to temporarily imprison them, buying itself time to escape.

Because this spiderweb cage is activated without any warning or energy fluctuations, even the strongest person could fall victim to it.

Unfortunately, this cave spider encountered an opponent who was the Soul Saint Flander, whose soul power reached level 78. Seeing that he was trapped inside, Flander immediately showed his powerful side. A layer of pale yellow light was released from his cat-owl body. Then, the light spread instantly, and the entire spider web cage seemed to trap a sun.

A piercing scraping sound rang out, and cracks rapidly spread across the spiderweb cage. In just a few breaths, the spiderweb cage had already turned to dust with a bang.

Flander would never give the Cave Spider a second chance to ambush him. He spread his wings and flew directly into the air. Although the spider web cage was insidious and vicious, it required the ground or a physical entity as a base to be cast, somewhat like Tang San's second spirit ring skill, Parasite, but far more powerful. Now that Flander was in mid-air, he was clearly no longer afraid of this skill.

When Flander took flight again, he was startled, for the cave spider was faster than he had imagined. In the short time it took him to break free of the web, the creature had vanished into the forest without a trace, leaving not even a trace of its presence.

This is another ability of the Cave Spider: stealth. It's not the kind of skill that makes you invisible, but rather it uses its control over its aura to completely conceal itself for a short period of time, making it easier for it to hide and ambush opponents or escape.

Enraged at losing sight of the Cave Spider, Flander unleashed a burst of sharp light from his outstretched wings, ready to tear open the forest before him.

"Dean, there's no need for that. That guy's over here." Just then, Tang San's voice came from ahead. Flander reacted quickly, his figure flashing as he swiftly followed the sound. He saw Tang San's Eight Spider Lances released behind him to support his body, and not far in front of him, the Cave Demon Spider was struggling desperately inside Tang San's web, which had already torn a gap in it.

It turned out that Flander had been trapped in the spider web cage of the Cave Demon Spider, but Tang San, who was following closely behind, calmly caught up with him. With his keen judgment, the moment Flander was trapped in the spider web cage, Tang San quickly used his Purple Demon Eye to unleash a special mental shock, causing the fleeing Cave Demon Spider to become disoriented and fall into a brief state of dizziness.

"You have skills, so why shouldn't I?" The spiderweb landed precisely on the cave spider. This time, Tang San had added a potent toxin to the web. So, despite the cave spider's ten thousand years of cultivation, it endured extreme pain from the neurotoxin and the corrosive effects of the poison eroding its carapace during its struggle. Its speed in breaking free of the web slowed considerably, buying Flander enough time to arrive.

Flander, enraged, laughed coldly. "You treacherous and cunning creature! If you escape again, I'm not called Four-Eyed Cat-Owl!" A loud eagle cry rang out in his fury as Flander descended from the sky. In mid-air, he flapped his wings twice, leaving four deep, sharp marks on the ground that perfectly encircled the cave spider's body. The ten-meter-deep trench completely isolated its location.

At this moment, the Cave Demon Spider finally managed to break free from the spider web released by Tang San. The intense pain in its body made it even more panicked, but the sharp energy that suddenly erupted around it made it hesitate. It was at this moment that Flander descended from the sky.

*Poof!* Another yellow spider web rose rapidly from beneath the cave spider's feet, but this time it wasn't going to attack Flander; instead, it enveloped its own body in the spider web cage.

A resounding clang echoed as Flander's claws tore through the cage. Taking advantage of the moment his speed decreased, the Cave Spider leaped into the ditch in front of it. Its nickname, Cave Spider, wasn't for nothing; among spider-type spirit beasts, it was the only one capable of digging burrows. While its eight legs weren't as powerful as the Human-Faced Spider's, its foremost two legs were exceptionally thick and sharp. If it hadn't been pursued so closely earlier, it would have already found an opportunity to burrow and escape. Now, with the ditch Flander had blasted open right in front of it, it intended to use it to quickly flee the scene.

"Stay here." The Flying Claw descended from the sky and accurately grabbed the carapace on the back of the Cave Demon Spider. Its strength was quite strong. Although Tang San activated his soul power with all his might after releasing the Flying Claw, his body was still pulled forward at high speed.

(End of this chapter)