A Star River Demonic Spider watched coldly, its pressure piercing straight through the river of stars.
"You look mighty and terrifying."
"You even have the bearing of a Void Refinement Great Power before it makes its move. Are you the thing I fear in my subconscious?"
Jiang Ding was unafraid and praised it.
Whoosh!
In that instant, the Star River Demonic Spider's eighteen pairs of pitch-black single eyes abruptly froze and locked on him. Thirty-six sharp spider legs forged from Star River Demonic Iron shot out, shattering space and storms alike as they all struck his body.
Boom!
Before Jiang Ding could react, he was blasted backward like a cannonball. He spat blood in midair and crashed deep into an asteroid dozens of kilometers across.
Spiderweb-like cracks spread out from the center of the crater.
His aura instantly withered to the extreme, his breath as faint as a thread.
"Not... bad."
"Not bad, not bad at all... very powerful strength."
Jiang Ding spoke in broken fragments. His bloodied mouth opened and closed. He was on the verge of death, yet he actually smiled. "Only, I have a small question."
"With strength this powerful, strength that leaves me no time to react, why didn't you pierce through me?"
"Brother, this doesn't conform to the laws of physics."
"My defenses have always been weak."
Jiang Ding laughed loudly.
"I'm begging you, put some effort into it. Don't expose such an enormous flaw. It'll make me feel no sense of accomplishment, make me think you have no professional ethics..."
Boom!
Another sharp spider leg forged from Star River Demonic Iron shot out, striking Jiang Ding squarely in the chest. The asteroid dozens of kilometers wide shattered.
The sixteen-year-old youth's body retreated through the Cosmic Starry Sky like dust. He spat even more blood,