Mistakenly Entering a Sand Spider Swarm

The Flying Rainbow Sword, filled with dense Innate Geng Metal Dou Qi, was incomparably sharp. Its invincible Sword Light slashed down fiercely, directly severing a section of the Second-rank Sand Spider's leg.

The front half of the spider leg, gleaming with a cold light, fell to the ground. Purple blood immediately flowed from the severed end.

"Screech!" With a section of its leg severed, the Second-rank Sand Spider trembled in pain and let out a miserable roar.

The Second-rank Sand Spider's remaining legs immediately swung wildly at Lu Yunxiao as it fell into a frenzy.

Lu Yunxiao blocked several strikes before swiftly pulling away. Holding the Flying Rainbow Sword, he calmly watched the Second-rank Sand Spider.

Having a section severed from each of its eight legs was not fatal to the Second-rank Sand Spider, but it had significantly affected its strength. At the very least, its movement speed had been weakened to some extent.

The Second-rank Sand Spider stared venomously at Lu Yunxiao with its black eyes, then let out another roar.

The cry was exceptionally shrill and seemed to contain a strange meaning.

After the cry rang out, Lu Yunxiao sensed movement coming from the distant sand. The shifting sand sank, as though something beneath it was about to crawl out.

"Oh, calling for help? No wonder Sand Spiders are clearly social creatures, yet I only saw one. So the rest were hiding beneath the sand."

A trace of surprise appeared in Lu Yunxiao's eyes, but he was not the least bit flustered. He had ample confidence in his own strength.

As the shifting sand collapsed, a large group of Sand Spiders revealed themselves. With a casual glance, Lu Yunxiao counted dozens of them. Most were around a meter long, all First-rank Magical Beasts.

"Is that all?" Lu Yunxiao's gaze remained calm. Mere dozens of First-rank Magical Beasts were not enough to trouble him.

"Host, how about we retreat for now? I feel like something is a little off."

The system's voice sounded by Lu Yunxiao's ear.

"There's no need. It's only a few dozen more First-rank Magical Beasts. It's no big deal. Even if there were a hundred more, I wouldn't be afraid. To me now, no matter how many of these early First-rank Magical Beasts there are, they're just a number."

Lu Yunxiao waved his hand and spoke blandly.

"But what if there are more than a hundred?" the system said faintly.

"What do you mean?" Lu Yunxiao's heart skipped a beat as a bad premonition suddenly arose.

His senses surged forward, and his expression abruptly changed.

"Sss!"

"Sss!"

The shifting sand slowly settled, making soft sounds. From one depression after another, First-rank Sand Spiders emerged.

At a glance, they formed a dense mass numbering in the hundreds.

"Gulp!" Lu Yunxiao swallowed, his eyelids twitching as the corners of his mouth slightly convulsed.

"Sorry to disturb you. Farewell!"

Lu Yunxiao cupped his hands, then stamped his foot and darted rapidly backward.

"Host, you may not find it so easy to leave," the system's voice sounded once more.

"What now?" Lu Yunxiao could not help frowning.

"Look," the system said quietly.

Lu Yunxiao raised his head and swept his gaze around. Along his route of retreat, Sand Spiders were crawling out of the sand one after another, blocking his path. They formed another dense mass, likewise numbering in the hundreds by a rough estimate.

Now there were wolves ahead and tigers behind. Altogether, no fewer than a thousand Sand Spiders had tightly surrounded him.

"I really poked a spider nest, didn't I?" Lu Yunxiao felt his scalp go numb and could not help tightening his grip on the Flying Rainbow Sword.

"Host, you truly did poke a spider nest. Judging from the current situation, this should be their nest. Your luck really is extraordinary—you found this place on your first try," the system said calmly.

"I'd rather not have this kind of luck." Looking at the Sand Spiders all around him, Lu Yunxiao spoke as if on the verge of tears.

"Host, didn't you say you weren't afraid? Didn't you say these early First-rank Magical Beasts were merely a number to you?"

The system quietly mocked him.

"I was just talking big. Did you actually take it seriously? When a number gets large enough, it's terrifying too, okay?"

"Sigh, the first time in my life I tried to act cool, and this happens. Spiders are terrifying enough already. More than a thousand Sand Spiders packed together in such a dense mass is genuinely horrifying. I have trypophobia."

Lu Yunxiao could not help muttering, but his gaze became increasingly sharp. In this situation, there was only one way out: fight his way through.

The thousand-plus Sand Spiders placed unprecedented pressure on Lu Yunxiao, but they also made his heart grow increasingly excited.

His fear was merely something he said aloud. In his heart, he had never truly been afraid.

"No choice. I can only force my way out!" Lu Yunxiao flashed forward and shot out at high speed. The Flying Rainbow Sword in his hand unleashed heaven-shaking sword qi, splitting the three Sand Spiders blocking his path directly in half.

Early First-rank Magical Beasts were nothing more than a single sword strike to the current Lu Yunxiao.

He had not been lying. A hundred early First-rank Magical Beasts truly could not do anything to him. But there were not a hundred now—there were ten times that number. Not to mention, there was also a Second-rank Sand Spider watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey.

"Pfft!" The Flying Rainbow Sword swept out, tearing apart a First-rank Sand Spider that pounced toward him.

Purple blood splashed through the air. Lu Yunxiao's Flying Rainbow Sword did not pause in the slightest, streaking with dazzling cold light as it once again cleaved the two First-rank Sand Spiders around him in half.

Lu Yunxiao pushed forward, leaving dozens of First-rank Sand Spider corpses behind him.

Yet these Sand Spiders were fearless in the face of death and still held him back tightly. Their terrifying numbers seemed impossible to exhaust. Every time he killed one, another took its place, placing immense pressure on Lu Yunxiao.

Even if he could keep killing, the Dou Qi within him might not be enough to support him until he had slaughtered all these Sand Spiders.

A Mysterious-tier Mid-grade cultivation method certainly stored no small amount of Dou Qi, but these Sand Spiders were simply too numerous.

"Sss!" Lu Yunxiao killed another First-rank Sand Spider. Just then, a sense of danger abruptly rose in his heart. He suddenly shifted sideways and slashed out with the Flying Rainbow Sword.

A gigantic Sand Spider suddenly pounced down from the air. Its sharp spider leg struck against Lu Yunxiao's Flying Rainbow Sword, and the immense force and impact sent Lu Yunxiao stumbling back several steps.

At that moment, two First-rank Sand Spiders pounced at him as well. Lu Yunxiao hurriedly dodged, but he was still a fraction too slow. One First-rank Sand Spider's leg swept across Lu Yunxiao's white robe, and a corner of his clothing was directly sliced off by the sharp leg.

Lu Yunxiao's heart tightened. Dou Qi erupted from his entire body, and terrifying sword qi swept outward from him, directly tearing the two Sand Spiders into pieces.

Holding the Flying Rainbow Sword, Lu Yunxiao looked at the Second-rank Sand Spider opposite him. His expression had become grave to the extreme.