When they spotted the enemy fleet, both Videnina and the Spinning Fate Spider Woman grew tense.
Three days had been enough to dig the enormous statue out. Now, a large number of spiders were using their webs to drag it out of the deep pit.
When the news reached them, Videnina had no objections, and the Spinning Fate Spider Woman had no time to voice any either.
So the spider troops assigned to guard the area followed Liu Zhi's orders and prepared to attack.
Just then, Videnina's hands, which were holding the eyeballs, suddenly twitched.
The pair of eyeballs turned on their own, looking toward the direction the fleet was approaching from, as if they had spotted something there.
If an ordinary person had seen the eyeballs react like that, they might have gone over to take a look out of curiosity.
But Videnina felt no such curiosity. Aside from protecting Liu Zhi and honing her swordsmanship, she had no other thoughts.
After the eyeballs on her arms turned in that direction, Videnina merely glanced that way, then went back to what she was doing.
And so, Videnina squandered the one and only chance to communicate with the fleet.
When the fleet drew within a certain distance of the island, a Spider Cannon stepped forward.
The fleet's commander spotted the enormous Spider Cannon at once. Seeing that its body had turned a ghostly blue, he hurriedly issued an order.
"Send a signal. Tell them we want to talk."
But the only answer he got was a volley of three shots coming straight at them.
The Spider Cannon was following Liu Zhi's orders: destroy every ship in any fleet that approached.
It didn't have time for such considerations. The fleet had entered firing range, so it might as well take them