Chapter 40: The Queen of the Poisonous Fire Spider
The green hills are barren and lifeless. The crows are crying, and the birds are hidden.
Gen Kitano still decided to follow the route map. If you encounter danger, you can ride the red fire and fly away. And if you change the route, you will encounter more unpredictable dangers. Aso persuaded him a few more times, but did not change his decision.
The two walked along the mountain road, and they were greeted by endless desolation. Strangely, the whole mountain is full of holes, and there are countless bottomless holes! From these holes, you can faintly feel a trace of burning.
"How are these holes formed?" Aso wondered, "There are a lot of poisonous insects that like to lurk underground, but what's the use of destroying mountains like this?" ”
Kitano Xuan guessed: "This may be a completely unknown poisonous insect, you should be careful after me." If there's an abnormality, you'll ride away on the red fire!"
"What about you?" Aso worried, "what are you going to do?"
"I have my own way," Kitano Gen smiled slightly, relieved.
There were more and more holes, but there was no sign of any living activity. The higher you go, the more noticeable the burning sensation becomes. Halfway up the mountain, the temperature starts to drop again.
The two finally found some creatures. Most of these creatures are the size of a palm, and some are smaller. They resemble spiders, fiery red, like a suit of armor, smooth and shiny.
This is the poisonous fire spider, among the 376 species of poisonous insects, it ranks high, lives in groups, and is extremely difficult to deal with.
These poisonous fire spiders behaved a little abnormally, they have always been extremely aggressive, but they turned a blind eye to Kitano Xuan and the two, and they were still busy, constantly going in and out of the holes in the mountain.
"It's a poisonous fire spider!" Aso said in amazement, "The poisonous fire spider is an omnivorous poisonous insect that not only hunts wild beasts, but also gnaws on ores. There must be a lot of metal ore in this green mountain! That's why the poisonous fire spider chose this place as its habitat. It's just that I don't understand, why did they make Aoyama look like this?"
"You mean the holes around here?" said Kitano, "maybe it's for ease of access." ”
"Qingshan has become like this, which means that there are not a few poisonous fire spiders in this mountain, why do we only see these in front of us? Where did the other poisonous fire spiders go? Could it be that they all entered the interior of the mountain?"
Kitano Genya also felt strange, his knowledge of poisonous insects was all taught by Asu, and he knew a lot about the habits and social attributes of poisonous fire spiders. The strange situation in front of him made him think of a possibility, "Perhaps, the poisonous fire spider hidden in the depths of the green mountains is being attacked by the enemy!"
Asu's eyes lit up, nodded violently, and said, "That's right, that's the only explanation." Kitano, this is our chance, the poisonous fire spider can't afford to take care of the outside, we can just take the opportunity to hit the road!"
Kitano Gen was also excited, but after thinking about it, he became even more excited, and he said to Asu: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Asu, don't you want to know what kind of opponent the poisonous fire spider has encountered?"
Ah Su hurriedly shook his head and said, "The shell of the poisonous fire spider is extremely hard, and the spider silk it spits out is extraordinary, and it makes good use of fire poison. Even if you are a congenital master, it is difficult to kill in and out of the poisonous fire spider swarm. We are weak, and we are no match for the poisonous fire spider swarm. The Poison Fire Spider Queen may be facing a strong enemy, but this is speculation after all, and we can't risk our lives!"
Speaking of the back, Aso was visibly excited. But gradually, she calmed down again. Aso is familiar with Gen Kitano's temperament and has a strong adventurous spirit. Her dissuasion shouldn't work.
Sure enough, Kitano Xuan just smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will only hide from a distance and see, if something is wrong, we will retreat quickly." How?"
Aso was helpless, took out a pottery medicine bottle from his arms, handed it to Kitano Gen, and said, "This is the potion I concocted, which has some effect on the treatment of wounds caused by fire poison." You put it on you, just in case!"
Gen Kitano did not refuse.
There are countless holes in the mountain, most of which are relatively small, and only halfway up the mountain are there some particularly large holes. There is a hole with a diameter of several zhang, which is estimated to be the entrance and exit of the poisonous fire spider.
They chose a hole about two meters in diameter and walked into it cautiously. The road is winding and difficult. Occasionally, there will be the excrement of poisonous fire spiders, which contains broken metal and unknown particles, which are complex and highly poisonous! The two must pay attention to their feet at all times, once contaminated, their bodies will be corroded by severe poison.
Two quarters of an hour later, they were approaching the ground. Surrounded by bare metal ores, mostly brown. The temperature here is approaching forty degrees, exceeding the temperature of the human body, and beads of sweat are already appearing on the two of them. The further down you go, the higher the temperature. At this moment, from the direction of the underground, there was a faint sound of fighting.
Kitano Gen and Aso glanced at each other and nodded, both understanding what the other meant.
Along the way, they didn't encounter any poisonous fire spiders, and the situation was weird, and the two had to be extra careful.
Suddenly, the eyes of the two lit up, and the road had come to an end.
What greeted you was a very open field. The entire mountain has been hollowed out and completely turned into a nest for poisonous fire spiders. Countless poisonous fire spiders are densely packed together, making people's scalps tingle. They are large and small, the largest body is nearly two feet long, and the smallest is like a fingernail. The swarm of poisonous fire spiders gathered together and became a sea of fiery red!
In the midst of the raging fiery red sea, there is still a clearing. This open space is tens of zhang square. A ring of tawny powder was sprinkled all around, and it was this powder that kept the poisonous fire spiders out. Countless smaller poisonous fire spiders swarmed forward, nibbling on the powder, but within a moment, they exploded and died. The poisonous fire spider in the back continued to step forward, one after the other.
There was a young man in the powder circle, in his twenties, with a white face and beard, and a pair of strange eyes. He wore a blue robe, with a jade nameplate tied around his waist, and two delicate ancient characters "Five Poisons" written on it. At this time, his expression was nervous, and there were drops of sweat on his forehead, cheeks, and neck. He looked back from time to time as he looked at the swarm of poisonous fire spiders around him that was surging like an ocean.
Behind him, a middle-aged man was engaged in a fierce battle with the Queen of Poisonous Fire Spiders. The middle-aged man has a Chinese character face, fairy wind and bones, and his clothes are similar to those of young people, except that the color of the caftan is cyan. He commanded a red-skinned gourd, the mouth of which had been pulled open, and incandescent flames were spewing out of it.
The temperature of the incandescent flame is extremely high, far exceeding the temperature of the earth. The poisonous fire spider was then roasted by the flames, constantly roaring, and the color of its body surface was close to incandescent color, and it seemed that it could be roasted at any time!
At this moment, the young man in the blue shirt shouted anxiously: "Master, I can't support it here!"
The middle-aged man in the green shirt didn't look back, and said: "Hold on for a while, the poisonous fire spider queen is almost finished!"
After hearing this, the young man in the blue shirt made a bitter face and took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, which contained only one pill. He looked at the pill in his hand and muttered to himself, "This is the last resort, master, your old man must fight for his strength!"
Above the ground, Gen Kitano and Aso looked at each other, never expecting such a scene.
"Is this the monk?" said Kitano Gen as he watched the fierce battle in the field, very shocked.
"This person's cultivation seems to be even more advanced than that of the elder of the great clan. Asu said in a low voice, "The fire gourd in his hand should be the magic weapon that the master always wears." We don't have this kind of thing in our whole tribe. If we also have such a magic weapon, the people of the tribe will definitely live better. There will never be a lot of casualties for enough food, as is the case now. ”
Kitano Xuan didn't hear what Aso said, he looked at the middle-aged man with burning eyes, and admired it very much in his heart! Dare to go deep into the underground lair, block thousands of poisonous fire spiders outside, and fight the poisonous fire spiders alone, what kind of powerful person is this?
Kitano Xuan's chest was surging, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
But at this moment, Asu let out a low shout: "It's not good!"
"What's wrong?" asked Kitano Gen abruptly.
After Asu pointed to the poisonous fire spider in the underground clearing, he said urgently: "The poisonous fire spider queen is about to advance! No wonder this green mountain will be made into this appearance by the poisonous fire spider swarm." It turns out that the poisonous fire spider queen has reached an advanced juncture, which requires a lot of resources and energy. Those wild beasts that are active on the green mountains should also have become the womb of the poisonous fire spider. It's just that I don't know why the following two monks appeared here, and they fought with the poisonous fire spider queen again. If the Poisonous Fire Spider succeeds in advancing to the next level, the two monks are afraid that they will no longer be opponents!"