Chapter 14: The Puppet Spider
The next morning, Li Xuetian was woken up by Weiwei and was ready to go.
"Hope your fox finds its way. β
"Xiao Ran, let's go!" Xue Tian put down the fox and let it lead the way.
The cave was not far from the valley, and the group arrived after walking for half an hour.
"The extent of the Hive's territory is related to the age of its growth. Shu Yun picked up a handful of soil, sniffed it, and said, "The entire valley has been inhabited by it, and with the part hidden underground, it is no less than a hundred years old. β
"This time it's really lucky!The hundred-year-old nest demon can produce at least five blood beads!" Zhao Quan said in surprise.
"Don't get too happy, hundred-year-old nest demons aren't so easy to deal with!" Vivi reminded them.
"I know, isn't it the strength of the First Demon Realm, so many of us are still afraid of it?" Zhao Quan looked at the Fire Monk, "Not to mention that the Fire Monk himself is in the Minor Monk Realm. β
"Don't think too naΓ―ve, cheer up the spirit!"
Compared with Zhao Quan's indifferent attitude, Monk Huo had a serious face.
"I've already taken you to find the nest demon, can you go?" Li Xuetian picked up the little fox and asked Shu Yun.
"Yes. Shu Yun put the sword on his neck and said coldly, "You go ahead." β
It seems that Shu Yun is still not at ease.
The cold touch of the sword body made Xue Tian shudder, and he had no doubt that if he refused now, Shu Yun would definitely cut his neck.
"That's all I listen to!"
He finally knew why the fox said that there was no danger in the human world in the mountains, and that there was still a chance to hide when you encountered monsters in the mountains, but when you encountered evil people, they would push you into the fire pit.
Shu Yun has never dispelled her wariness of Li Xuetian, so she would rather have more burdens than let him go, if you want to live a long time in the cultivation world, you always have to have multiple hearts.
Li Xuetian walked in front with the fox in his arms, looking up from time to time, for fear of being wrapped in a cocoon like yesterday.
"Everyone rein in their cultivation, the nest demon is cautious by nature, if it senses danger, it will hide the nest core, and when the time comes, even if we burn the entire valley, it will be useless!" the fire monk commanded to everyone.
It didn't take long for the branches of the tree to begin to drip with an unknown liquid, just like what Li Xuetian had experienced that day.
"Don't resist, let it wrap us up, just mobilize the spiritual power to counteract the toxins it devours. After a long time, a puppet spider will drag us into the main nest, which is where the core of the nest is located. β
"But what about him?" asked Vivi.
They are all martial artists who have practiced eight or nine levels of martial arts, and Li Xuetian has only one level of martial arts, and he can't resist the toxin for too long.
Shu Yun looked at Xue Tian and said, "If he can escape from the Hive Demon, he naturally has his own way." β
What can I do? I don't want to care about my life or death, right? Li Xuetian only dared to complain in his heart, if he said it, maybe Shu Yun would directly kill him with a sword.
Li Xuetian was wrapped in a cocoon like last time, but this time he still had a fox in his arms.
Although Xue Tian's cultivation is low, his ability to absorb aura is really not weak, and as time goes by, he has become more and more proficient in mastering aura, and he can basically resist the erosion of toxins.
Half an hour had passed, and there was a rustling sound in the forest, and a dozen half-human-sized puppet spiders approached along the forks of the trees.
The puppet spider is covered in black and white markings, has long, thin legs, and is agile and able to move through trees with ease. They are the companion demon beasts of the nest demon, and their strength is the psychic realm, which is equivalent to the martial arts realm of humans.
The crowd held their breath and let the puppet spider drag them away.
I don't know how long it took, Li Xuetian felt himself stop, as if the puppet spider had dragged him into the nest.
There was the sound of puppets walking around him, and he didn't dare to speak. Shu Yun and the others didn't make any movement, and they didn't know what they were waiting for.
"Snow day, this nest is huge, we are separated from them. Fox Xiaoran whispered in his ear.
"Shall we get out now?"
"Look at the excitement first, I also want to see the treasure here. β
Fox Xiaoran was calm, and he didn't think that the danger here could do anything to it.
Suddenly, the surrounding puppet spiders panicked and converged elsewhere. Li Xuetian guessed that someone in Shu Yun and his group moved and lured the puppet spiders over.
The fox made a hole with its claws and poked its head out of the cocoon, revealing that it was a rather large cavern covered with white nest silk. They were hung in the air, surrounded by many of the same white cocoons, mostly birds and beasts that had strayed into the valley.
"Xiao Ran, get me out too!"
Fox Xiaoran drilled out of the white cocoon, his body became larger, and he opened his mouth to hold Li Xuetian and fell to the ground.
"Xiao Ran, you're going to get bigger!
Li Xuetian broke free of the cocoon and was very surprised to see a fox taller than him.
"This is just a small spell in the shape of the "Three Lives Heart Method", what is there to make a fuss about!"
Hearing Li Xuetian's praise, the fox looked indifferent on the surface, but in fact, he was still happy in his heart.
"Come on, I'll take you to the nest core!" the fox leaned down and motioned for him to sit on his back.
Of course, Li Xuetian was extremely happy, lying on the fox's back and hugging its neck.
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Zhao Quan and Huang Yu were dragged into the same cave, and the two brothers broke through the white cocoon and fought with the puppet spider, and it was the movement of their fight that led the puppet spider away.
The strength of these puppet spiders is not strong, most of them are one or two in the psychic realm, for one of them who has practiced eight or nine of them, it is as simple as chopping melons and vegetables. But the number of puppet spiders is too much, and they rush up like they don't want to die, slowly consuming their spiritual power, and there is a tendency that they can't resist.
"Senior brother, we made such a big move, why haven't they come to support yet!" Huang Yu said anxiously.
"Careless, they wish we could lure all the puppet spiders over and get the blood beads ourselves!" Zhao Quan cut a psychic fourfold giant puppet spider in half, regretting that he couldn't hold back his action just now.
"Why? Aren't we a team?"
"Heh!" Zhao Quan sneered and said to Huang Yu, "The human heart is sinister, you are still too young! For the sake of profit, they have nothing that they can't abandon!"
Huang Yu gritted his teeth and did not speak again.
"Be careful!"
Suddenly, Zhao Quan threw Huang Yu to the side, and in the next moment, two slender chelicerae were nailed to Fang Cai's position.
"It's dangerous!"
A huge puppet spider clings to the top of the cave, and its body is about the size of a zhang.
"The strength of this puppet spider is equivalent to the sevenfold human martial arts, if there are a few more, I am afraid it will not be easy to deal with! We have to find a way to rush out of this cave, otherwise there will be more and more puppet spiders, and sooner or later we will be grinded to death in it!"
The puppet spider attacked again, but Zhao Quan had already prepared, and when it retracted its limbs, he slashed it with a sword, cutting off its two feet, and then leaped up and split it in half.