The corner of the Spider Warlord's mouth had only just begun to curl upward when his pupils began to tremble violently. He seemed unable to believe what was happening before his eyes.
The instant the cold arrow pierced Lü Jue, the Spider Warlord's gaze passed through the half of his opponent's chest that had been blown apart. He saw another Lü Jue standing on the eaves of the tower ship, gripping a pitch-black great bow as tall as a man!
The one behind him was Lü Jue?
Then who was the person he had been fighting?
The great arrow gave him no time to think, nor any chance to break free and dodge. It pierced him mercilessly through the heart.
The arrow pinned him fast to the tattered mast banner.
A red-and-blue flame burst from the arrowhead.
Fueled by spider silk and spider eggs, the flames spread across the entire deck with astonishing speed. A nauseating stench filled the air, while countless shrill and anguished screams were scattered by the river wind. Lü Jue's left hand, gripping the great bow, trembled uncontrollably.
His chest heaved with it.
He had poured nine-tenths of his martial energy into that arrow to ensure it would kill in one shot.
Since the spider eggs absorbed Heaven and Earth Qi, and could ignite and explode when nourished by martial energy, that meant the little spiders were unstable. An impact from outside could make them explode out of control.
If so, he might as well burn them all to ashes.
Lü Jue couldn't stand by and let the spiders spread to the level below. If they ran rampant through the army, who knew how many soldiers would be caught and killed? In the blink of an eye, Lü Jue made a bold, all-or-nothing decision. Heaven seemed