Overwhelmingly Crushing, An Unexpected Surprise

Yan Lingji stood at his side, holding a slender, vermilion precious sword in her hand.

The sword was about three feet long, its body entirely crimson like blood, adorned on the surface with an embossed Mystic Bird Vermilion Bird poised to take flight.

A gem as white as jade was inlaid at the crossguard, casting a warm, lustrous glow in the firelight.

The entire sword resembled an exquisite work of art, yet it radiated a heart-palpitating sharpness.

Yan Lingji looked down at the sword in her hand, her brows slightly furrowed as she muttered to herself, "I still can't get used to using this sword."

No sooner had the words left her lips—

"Ah—!"

A scream that sounded inhuman erupted from the Death Spider Emperor, shrill and piercing, causing the surrounding leaves to rustle and fall.

Its eight spider spears had been severed at the root!

Those eight thick, iron-pillar-like legs, each as wide as a bowl and covered in hard carapace and sharp barbs, were now cleanly sliced off as if by a sharp blade, with purple-black bodily fluids gushing from the wounds and splashing onto the ground, emitting a sizzling, corrosive sound.

"Bang—!"

The Death Spider Emperor's massive body lost its support and crashed heavily onto the ground with a dull, thunderous thud.

A shallow pit was smashed into the earth, sending dust and withered leaves flying into the air to form a grayish-yellow cloud.

It lay in a pool of blood, its eight compound eyes staring fixedly at the chatting Zhao Linchuan and his companion, eyes spewing monstrous rage.

That rage seemed almost tangible, as if it could incinerate everything before it.

It opened its massive mandibles, a dark, gloomy light igniting deep within its throat, and a beam of black-purple light as thick as a barrel suddenly erupted from its mouth, shooting straight toward Zhao Linchuan and Yan Lingji!

"Futile resistance."

Zhao Linchuan spat out the four words coldly. He raised his right hand, and the Supreme Ease Golden Edge began to hum instantly, the pale yellow gem at the crossguard suddenly surging with a vast amount of divine radiance.

The radiance spread rapidly, covering the entire blade in an instant.

The originally golden longsword was now shrouded in a layer of holy white light, and the patterns on the blade became even clearer, as if some ancient power were awakening.

"Holy Radiance—White Rainbow Severing the Sun!"

Zhao Linchuan gave a cold shout, and the Supreme Ease Golden Edge in his hand slashed out!

A massive sword aura over ten meters long instantly broke free, resembling a white dragon as it sped toward the black-purple beam!

Wherever the sword aura passed, the air was torn into visible ripples, the ground was plowed into a deep ravine, and gravel and dust were swept up by the shockwave, dancing across the sky!

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"

The sword aura hacked into the black-purple beam, producing a series of ear-piercing sounds, like a red-hot blade slicing through butter.

Before the divine sword aura, the black-purple beam was as fragile as paper, being forcibly split in two from the middle!

The two halves of the beam grazed past Zhao Linchuan and Yan Lingji, striking the forest behind them with lingering, resentful force.

"Rumble—!"

The earth trembled violently for a moment, as if some giant beast had turned over deep underground.

Towering ancient trees collapsed in swathes, the sound of snapping trunks echoing one after another, branches and leaves flying, dust filling the sky.

The shockwave expanded in all directions, knocking down all the trees within a hundred-zhang radius and revealing a massive clearing.

Sunlight finally spilled down from the cleared sky, shining upon the devastated ground and creating a strange contrast.

Immediately following, another inhuman scream erupted from the Death Spider Emperor.

Its massive body was forcibly dragged dozens of meters away by the lingering power of Zhao Linchuan's sword aura, plowing a deep trench into the ground and snapping over a dozen large trees before it finally came to a halt.

The friction between its carapace and the ground emitted a harsh, grating sound, sending sparks flying everywhere.

The dust settled.

The Death Spider Emperor lay in the ruins, painful screams issuing incessantly from its mouth.

Its carapace, originally as hard as iron and covered in hideous bone spurs, was now unrecognizable.

Purple-black bodily fluids seeped from the wounds, flowing along the patterns of the carapace and dripping into the soil with a sizzling, corrosive sound.

Four of its eight compound eyes had been shattered by the sword aura, and the remaining four were dim and lusterless, having lost their former ferocity.

"Damned humans!"

The Death Spider Emperor spoke in human tongue, its hatred monstrous.

"How could you possess such powerful strength!!"

"Dong'er, do it." Zhao Linchuan ignored its screams. "Finish it off quickly to avoid any unexpected accidents."

"You got it!"

Bibi Dong emerged from a hidden corner nearby like a rabbit hopping out of the grass, her face filled with irrepressible excitement.

She trotted over, her skirt fluttering in the wind, and stopped before the Death Spider Emperor, taking a deep breath and raising her right hand.

"Fifth Spirit Ability—Death Spider God Scythe!"

In an instant, a scythe appeared in her hands, its entire body purple and covered in golden patterns.

The scythe was about ten feet long with a slender handle, ending in a sharp spike.

The blade curved like a crescent moon, sharp enough to seemingly slice through anything.

She gripped the scythe with both hands and raised it high, the blade reflecting a cold, chilling light under the sun.

"Hah!"

With a soft shout, she swung the blade.

The scythe traced a perfect arc, its edge slicing precisely into the throat of the Death Spider Emperor.

"Crack!"

The sound of shattering carapace rang out. The Death Spider Emperor's body stiffened violently, the last glimmer of light in its compound eyes extinguished instantly, and it collapsed to the ground, completely devoid of life.

A blood-red spirit ring slowly floated up from its corpse, rotating in the air and radiating a heart-stopping pressure.

"Fantastic! This Saintess finally has a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring to use!"

Bibi Dong was overjoyed, her eyes shining like two stars and her mouth stretching from ear to ear, her entire being radiating a childlike delight.

Just as she was about to jump for joy, two points of light within the Death Spider Emperor's body suddenly caught her attention.

Those two points of light were positioned on the left and right, hidden in the shoulder blades of the corpse, emitting a faint, purple-gold glow.

They were like two gems buried in the dirt; though concealed, their dazzling brilliance could not be hidden.

"No way..."

The smile on Bibi Dong's face slowly froze. Her lips parted slightly, and she subconsciously licked them.

A bold guess emerged in her heart—a guess so shocking that it made her breathing turn ragged.

She hurriedly retracted her scythe, took a dagger from her spirit tool, knelt down, and carefully pried open the Death Spider Emperor's carapace.

Two clusters of purple-gold light instantly burst forth from the Death Spider Emperor's body!

The radiance was dazzling, like two suns rising simultaneously, dyeing the entire clearing in purple and gold.

Within the light, two bones of distinct shapes slowly emerged!