From afar, an enormous golden spiderweb enveloped an area five hundred kilometers across. Golden Netherworld Spiders crawled over the web, countless spiders gathered together, baring their fangs and claws. Drops of venom occasionally fell to the ground, raising plumes of green smoke and corroding hole after hole into the earth.
"So many Mutated Netherworld Spiders!"
Wang Yingjie sucked in a sharp breath, his face full of astonishment.
There were more than five times as many Mutated Netherworld Spiders here as before, their numbers far surpassing that earlier swarm.
Fine golden spider silk streamed from the golden-robed girl's ten fingers. The threads gathered together and formed weapons—weapons such as sabers, spears, clubs, and staffs. Brown bloodstains marked the corners of her mouth, as though she had eaten something.
Ye Yan's face was somewhat pale. He gripped a Tri-Color Banner, its surface bearing flames of azure, red, and gold that radiated astonishing heat. His left arm trembled slightly, and upon closer inspection, blood could be seen at his left wrist.
He had not known there were fifth-rank Netherworld Spiders. He had commanded several thousand cultivators to attack the Netherworld Spiders, and things had initially gone smoothly. However, when the human cultivators pushed deep into the Myriad Puppets Mountain Range, they were suddenly ambushed by Mutated Netherworld Spiders and suffered grievous losses. One junior Ye Yan thought highly of was in mortal danger, so he intervened to save them. Unexpectedly, a fifth-rank Netherworld Spider took the opportunity to attack Ye Yan, and he suffered a hidden loss.
The appearance of the fifth-rank Netherworld Spider had disrupted Ye Yan and Liu Ye's plans, but they finally understood why the number of Mutated Netherworld Spiders kept increasing—the problem lay with the fifth-rank Netherworld Spider.
The fifth-rank Netherworld Spider had already mutated completely. So long as