Spider Monster

The stone projectile came whistling through the air and struck the giant spider, only to be sent flying with a sharp smack.

Zhou Xu's heart clenched when he saw this.

In his impression, spiders had always been fragile creatures.

It made sense, too. After all, compared with an ordinary spider, humans possessed an overwhelming advantage in size, allowing them to crush one with ease.

But they had never considered this: if a spider grew larger than an off-road vehicle, would it still be so fragile?

The ranged weapons they had prepared specifically for this moment had suddenly lost most of their significance.

During this time, the giant spider that had been attacked had undoubtedly noticed Dashan's presence. It raised its rear, and a strand of white web shot directly from its spinneret.

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Dashan remembered what their leader had told them earlier. He reacted swiftly, twisting sideways and ducking behind the nearby black tree.

Dashan's evasion caused the web shooting toward him to stick directly to the trunk of the black tree.

They had originally thought that, with its attack having missed, the giant spider's assault would temporarily come to an end.

Unexpectedly, the giant spider's reactions were not slow in the slightest.

Since the web had stuck to the trunk of the black tree, it simply hooked the web with its legs and began pulling with all its strength.

Its purpose was not to uproot the black tree, but to use the force of dragging the web to close in faster!

"Dashan! Get out of there!!"

Zhou Xu, who had witnessed the entire scene from nearby, hurriedly shouted a warning.

At the same time, he spun the sling in his hand and launched a powerful attack at the giant spider.

After personally witnessing the stone projectile Dashan had thrown bounce off the spider's carapace, he no longer held high hopes for the sling's destructive power.

All he wanted now was to use the attack to divert the giant spider's attention.

Otherwise, given the speed the giant spider had displayed, Dashan would be in dire straits once it set its sights on him.

The stone projectile flew out and successfully struck its target. After all, the giant spider was truly enormous, and they were not far apart, making it difficult to miss.

But Zhou Xu's attack had failed to pull the giant spider's "aggro."

The giant spider that had taken the hit simply ignored him. After closing in completely, its savage forelimbs reached around the black tree blocking its path and stabbed forward.

Having received Zhou Xu's warning in advance, Dashan fled toward another black tree, his movements somewhat disheveled.

Zhou Xu's attack naturally did not stop during this time. A second stone projectile was already spinning rapidly in the sling.

"Everyone, spread out and attack the giant spider at the same time!"

If they could not pull its "aggro," then they would keep attacking it until it paid attention to them.

At that moment, Zhou Xu even came up with the thought: Could they rely on their numbers, keep kiting it, and wear the giant spider to death?

But he quickly realized that this idea was unrealistic.

Although they had brought some stone projectiles to conduct tactical drills in the Black Forest, to be honest, they did not have many. Each person had only brought four or five.

With that as the premise, how much damage could a single stone projectile inflict on the giant spider?

Furthermore, in the relatively complicated environment of the Black Forest, they could not guarantee that every projectile would hit. They would be lucky to wear it to death.

For now, the best strategy was still to find a way to shake off the giant spider's pursuit and escape.

As Zhou Xu thought, he organized the remaining slingers and had them scatter to attack the giant spider.

Unlike their previous single-shot attacks, once the attack density increased, the giant spider could no longer continue treating them as nonexistent.

It immediately abandoned its pursuit of Dashan for the time being, turned around, and tried to lock onto their positions.

"Don't stop! Keep attacking!"

While observing the overall situation, Zhou Xu quickly organized another round of attacks.

However, almost as soon as this new round began, the giant spider suddenly spun around, as if it had locked onto him!

This caused the hairs all over Zhou Xu's body to stand on end.

What's going on? Why did it lock onto me so decisively? Does it know I'm the one directing the attacks? Is it really that intelligent?

No, no! If it truly possessed that level of intelligence, it would have attacked me from the beginning instead of waiting until now!

Calm down. It must have locked onto me for a reason. Did it discover my presence? How did it discover me?

After forcing himself to calm his mind, Zhou Xu's thoughts gradually became clear.

Although spiders have many eyes, their vision is usually extremely poor, and they don't even have a sense of hearing. How do they distinguish their targets? Touch. Vibrations! It's vibrations!

I understand now. I've been shouting this entire time. The vibrations in the air produced by my voice allowed it to sense my presence.

With that thought, Zhou Xu hurriedly ducked behind a black tree to evade the giant spider's attack, then shouted again...

"Everyone, start shouting! Shout while you run! Hurry!!!"

After receiving Zhou Xu's order, all the tribe members, including Dashan, did not question it in the slightest and quickly followed his instructions.

In that instant, the sound waves constantly coming from all directions truly confused the giant spider. For a moment, it hesitated in place, at a loss as to which direction it should go.

Seizing the opportunity, they spun their slings and launched attacks.

During this process, it was unclear whether they had driven the giant spider into a corner.

The giant spider suddenly raised its rear and shot webbing in one direction.

The move came far too suddenly. One of the tribe members failed to dodge in time and was struck on the spot!

The tip of the web seemed to spread into a small net, binding his waist and abdomen tightly.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, the tribe member paled in terror and struggled to reach out and tear away the web wrapped around him.

But when he grabbed it, he felt a sticky sensation spread across both hands. His palms had actually been stuck to the web.

At the same time, the giant spider, having successfully hit its target, did not hesitate. Although its strength could not drag up a rooted black tree, dragging a person was effortless.

A force he could not resist surged directly through the web.

The tribe member kicked desperately against the ground with both feet, but he could not change this reality.

At the critical moment, the two tribe members closest to him rushed over and grabbed hold of him. One of them seized the chance and immediately swung the stone axe in his hand at the web.

However, the web's toughness completely exceeded their expectations. The stone axe's edge could not sever the flexible strands, and even with the strength of all three of them combined, they still could not contend with the spider monster.

As he watched the spider monster steadily draw closer, a deep sense of powerlessness nearly swallowed him whole.

"Go! You two, get out of here!!!"

Looking at the two tribal brothers still clinging to him, the tribe member revealed a trace of resolve amid his grief.

If they did not leave, all three of them would be dragged over!

At the instant between life and death, a streak of fire suddenly slid down through their field of vision and smashed into the giant spider dragging them from afar.

A torch! It was a torch!!

After striking the giant spider, the torch fell to the ground without setting it ablaze. Yet the invisible burning sensation it brought clearly sent the giant spider into a panic.

At the same time, Zhou Xu moved as fast as he could to bind another torch to the tip of the Bone Spear. Carrying the hastily improvised "flaming spear," he charged over with a roar!

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