Missing Thoughts Literature

Chapter 33: Demon Face Spider (Page 1/2)

Yun Luo's scalp tingled, her fear of large creatures surfacing.

She shouted to Pei Yanqing:

"It's a Demon Face Spider! Be careful, its poisonous mist has hallucinogenic effects."

Pei Yanqing happened not to recognize the creature. Hearing this, he became even more cautious, constantly watching out for the Demon Face Spider to spray poisonous mist.

Attracted by Yun Luo's voice, the Demon Face Spider immediately spat out a white, silk-like strand towards her.

Pei Yanqing moved, flashing in front of her and cutting it in half.

"Your opponent is me."

The Demon Face Spider's attention was successfully diverted. The totem resembling a white human face gradually turned scarlet.

"A mere human dares to steal my fortune. Today, you will never return."

Yun Luo silently minimized her presence. Hearing the Demon Face Spider speak human language, she felt utterly unwell.

The difference between a spirit beast and a demon beast was like the difference between a righteous disciple and an evil cultivator.

For the same animal, the one that developed sentience first was a spirit beast, and the one that developed sentience later was a demon beast.

The former went through Qi Condensation, enlightenment, speaking human language, and transformation, then comprehended the Heavenly Dao to cultivate.

The latter, after Qi Condensation, did not develop sentience and relied on instinct to absorb spiritual energy to improve their realm. They only gained sentience at the Nascent Soul stage and could speak human language after Spirit Transmutation.

This Demon Face Spider spoke so fluently; it had likely been in the Spirit Transmutation stage for many years.

At this moment, Pei Yanqing had already exchanged over a hundred blows with the Demon Face Spider. Yun Luo could only see occasional flashes of sword light, unable to discern his location at all.

Despite its enormous size, the Demon Face Spider was exceptionally agile, spitting silk while swinging its eight long legs at Pei Yanqing.

Yun Luo even feared it would tie its legs in knots with its speed.

During the exchange, Pei Yanqing had already gauged the Demon Face Spider's cultivation. It was at the Great Perfection of Spirit Transmutation, needing only a catalyst to break through to Void Refining.

His grip on the sword hilt tightened, and a hint of solemnity appeared on his face.

However, he did not shy away from the fight. Instead, a surge of fighting spirit welled up within him.

Fighting opponents of a higher realm was the lifelong pursuit of every sword cultivator.

He held his sword in one hand and formed a hand seal with the other, appearing as one with his sword. The Azure Lotus Sword Technique bloomed into clusters of emerald lotuses in the air.

One person and one spider fought in the vast cave for a day and a night.

Yun Luo was still contemplating whether to sneakily pick the Fortuitous Creation Fruit amidst the chaos when she suddenly saw two colossal objects fly out.

Upon closer inspection, she realized they were two of the Demon Face Spider's long legs.

"Hiss..."

The Demon Face Spider let out a piercing hiss. Yun Luo quickly erected a spiritual shield.

Even so, her Sea of Consciousness felt as if it had been struck heavily by a hammer. Blood immediately trickled from her eyes and nose.

She hastily took a few pills and circulated her spiritual energy to recuperate.

Pei Yanqing, suspended in mid-air, was also affected by the sonic wave. His movements only faltered for a moment before he was heavily swept by the Demon Face Spider's leg.

He couldn't dodge completely and was flung by the residual force towards the hard stone wall, dislodging chunks of rock.

The Demon Face Spider was thoroughly enraged, its remaining six legs frantically pounding the stone walls.

The cave began to shake violently. Huge rocks and the ores embedded in them rained down.

If not for the spiritual shield, Yun Luo felt she would have experienced the sensation of being crushed to death by money today.

"What are you doing, don't smash the Fortuitous Creation Fruit."

She muttered, sidestepping the falling rocks to look at the Fortuitous Creation Tree. Fortunately, the Demon Face Spider knew its limits and did not smash the stone walls near the tree.

Pei Yanqing landed back on the ground, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He looked at Yun Luo, relieved to confirm she was unharmed.

He then transmitted his voice to her.

"Do you have any Spirit Returning Pills left?"

After a day and night of high-intensity combat, the spiritual energy in his body was depleted.

Yet, the Demon Face Spider, despite losing two legs, showed no signs of spiritual energy exhaustion.

Yun Luo quickly took out several jade bottles and threw them to him.

Pei Yanqing flashed out of the shield, grabbed the bottles, uncorked them with one hand, and poured all the pills into his mouth.

Chapter 33: Demon Face Spider (Page 2/2)

His depleted Dantian was instantly filled as if by a sweet spring, becoming full once more.

Another day and night passed. This time, Pei Yanqing severed three more of the Demon Face Spider's legs, and he once again emptied his Dantian.

"Anything else?"

Yun Luo rummaged through her Qiankun Pouch, only half a bottle of what she'd been drinking left.

The Demon Face Spider, however, was still full of life, looking as if it had an inexhaustible supply of spiritual energy.

She gritted her teeth and had no choice but to take out the Xuan Yu Ginseng, break off a whole leg, and toss it to him.

She comforted herself, If Pei Yanqing lives, I live. And the value of the Fortuitous Creation Fruit is far greater than the Xuan Yu Ginseng.

She would definitely make Pei Yanqing give her an extra one later.

Pei Yanqing felt an unusual texture and was stunned for a moment. After seeing what was in his hand, his gaze towards Yun Luo changed.

Is the Hehuan Sect truly not afraid of her being robbed?

He didn't overthink it, consumed the leg, and this time, he acted decisively, severing all of the Demon Face Spider's remaining legs.

Without its legs, the Demon Face Spider couldn't cling to the stone wall and fell to the ground like a wriggling grub.

Yet, it still looked full of life, its silk and spiritual energy attacking in tandem, occasionally spitting out a cloud of red mist.

Pei Yanqing tried his best to avoid the potentially hallucinogenic mist and stabbed it a few more times, seizing the opportunity to transmit his voice to Yun Luo.

"Do you have any flying magic artifacts? I'll hold it off, we'll take the item and leave."

He had already determined that this Demon Face Spider likely had some other fortuitous encounter, granting it inexhaustible spiritual energy.

If they continued to struggle, even if he swallowed the entire Xuan Yu Ginseng, he wouldn't be able to outlast it.

Yun Luo had wanted to do this for a long time. Now, with his assurance, she immediately took out a broom and mounted it.

Pei Yanqing's eyelids twitched violently.

Yun Luo also didn't want to be this embarrassed.

When her Third Senior Sister gave her the broom, she had sworn never to use it.

It was a pity that the flying magic artifacts she possessed, while better looking than a broom, were not as fast.

At this moment, she couldn't afford to worry about her image.

The Demon Face Spider's blind-spot-free eyes swept towards a thing covered by a spiritual energy shield flying towards the Fortuitous Creation Tree. It frantically spat silk, putting immense pressure on Pei Yanqing.

"Despicable."

It instantly erupted, spewing a large cloud of smoke, mixed with a stream of red liquid.

Pei Yanqing only remembered it could spray mist, he hadn't expected this move. A few drops accidentally landed on his wrist.

A burning pain that penetrated to the bone immediately spread throughout his body, causing his sword-wielding hand to tremble.

The Demon Face Spider seized the opportunity to break free from him and lunged towards Yun Luo.

Yun Luo had just collected five Fortuitous Creation Fruits. Her eyes flickered when she caught sight of the colossal creature out of the corner of her eye.

Seeing her pluck the fruits it had guarded for hundreds of years, the Demon Face Spider wished it could tear her to shreds.

Without hesitation, it spat out countless strands of silk, mobilizing all its strength to strike the spiritual energy shield.

At the moment of impact, the golden runes on the shield flickered. The instant the light dimmed, the protective cover dissipated into spiritual energy.

The aftershock struck Yun Luo, her internal organs feeling as if they had shattered.

She clutched her chest, enduring the pain as she swallowed a handful of spiritual medicine to suppress her surging qi and blood.

At this moment, the Demon Face Spider was preparing its second attack.

Although not as fierce as the first, it was enough to be fatal.

Pei Yanqing had just suppressed the burning pain within his body when he saw this scene.

He understood everything now.

Yun Luo was guarding against him.

The spiritual energy shield wasn't as powerful as she had claimed.

He couldn't describe his feelings, his body had already moved to rush towards Yun Luo.

The silk was like sharp Xuan iron, red liquid flowing along the strands. Just as it was about to touch Yun Luo, he blocked it all.

His hair ornament fell, and his countless black hair flew wildly without wind.

The burning pain reappeared in his body, but Pei Yanqing ignored it. He bit his fingertip and smeared the blood onto his sword.

"Drink my blood, pierce the Nine Heavens, my edge stained crimson, gods and demons shall wither!"