"That's good."
Li Taisheng raised an eyebrow and repeated himself before opening the sealed metal tube in his hand.
The metal tube was empty—at least, that was how it appeared on the level ordinary people could perceive.
Only cult priests like Li Taisheng, after long-term specialized training and receiving the corresponding blessings, could capture that faint glimmer drifting deep within the Mental Ocean.
It was like a unique signal flare. It had no destructive power whatsoever, only the function of transmitting information.
Stimulated by that unique message, amid the complex, chaotic turbulence of the Abyss Zone, fragmented and twisted shadows descended, gathering from their scattered state and turning into a demonic silhouette standing on eight legs.
It flickered only at the edge of Li Taisheng's perception, then leaped through the air and returned to the depths of the Abyss Turbulence.
But with that brief flicker, the two sides had formed an exceedingly secret connection from their previously complete separation.
It was a Human-Faced Spider.
A Darkside Species that had once stirred chaos in Xia City, drawing pursuit and extermination from multiple parties, ultimately nearly wiping out the Justice Cult's Xia City Division.
Of course, the one Li Taisheng had connected with was not an original specimen.
Back then, the Justice Cult's Xia City Division had captured five Human-Faced Spider clones. Three devoured one another during research and testing, leaving only two in the end.
One was in An Weng's hands and disappeared with him beyond layer upon layer of void.
The other had been sent back to the cult headquarters for further research.
Li Taisheng's was one of the research results, an advanced replica created by the cult.
This was technology the cult had possessed from the beginning. Yet in essence, it was not creation—from beginning to end, no one