South Country Journey (3)

That said, the demon king hiding in the shadows was no fool.

These spider demons served only two purposes.

The first was battlefield control.

To put it bluntly, these spider demons were essentially suicide infantry. Of course, it was better if they were not killed—fewer losses meant fewer losses, and perhaps they could even be recovered and reused. Their bodies were also equipped to spew poisonous gas and spider silk. In theory, once they emptied the poison gas and silk stored in their abdomens, it did not matter whether they lived or died. But considering actual combat conditions, their opponents would never let them calmly release poison and spin silk from the sidelines. These spider demons were enormous, and though they moved quickly, that was only quick compared to ordinary people. In the eyes of true cultivators—namely, the Daoists of the All-in-One Daomeng—they were little different from living targets. Thus, these spider demons were generally used as suicide infantry.

The poisonous gas stored in their bodies had been mixed and refined many times.

It contained many different ingredients.

It had no additional special properties.

It did not burn, freeze, rot, or cause other such effects.

However, this blended poison gas possessed extremely strong resistance to elemental attributes such as water and fire. Combined with the sticky spider silk that spider demons naturally possessed, if the silk was mixed into the poison gas, it could make the gas incomparably viscous—the sort that even strong winds could not disperse. Only a direct descendant of the Ji Family, using the Gale Movement Technique, might be able to do so.

In short, although this poison was not especially potent,

and could not kill upon inhalation,

it possessed uniquely favorable advantages in controlling the battlefield.

It continuously weakened everyone within the poisonous fog zone, forcing