Thump... thump... thump...
Xu Xiaoyan buried herself completely in a bush, leaving only one eye exposed through a gap in the leaves to watch what was happening outside.
Her face was deathly pale, her lips faintly purple. She barely dared to breathe for fear the Man Faced Demon Spider would find her. Her heart thudded dully against her ribs, each beat threatening to leap out of her throat.
She was about a hundred meters from the Man Faced Demon Spider.
After looking around, the spider headed toward another huge bush, seemingly to set a new trap. It appeared not to have noticed Xu Xiaoyan.
Once it had gone farther away, Xu Xiaoyan crept off in the opposite direction.
She made her steps as light as possible, placing each foot on soft soil and avoiding brittle twigs and dry leaves, as though following an invisible path only she could see.
Without the power of the stars bolstering her, her control could barely affect a Soul Beast of this level.
And with eight legs to contend with, the leg-tripping move she had used against the Crystal Bear probably would not work either.
The joints in the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight legs were entirely unlike those of an ordinary Soul Beast. Thick armor covered every joint. An Ice Chain wrapped around one would simply be snapped apart, doing nothing to restrict its movement.
Splat.
Focused on the Man Faced Demon Spider, Xu Xiaoyan failed to notice something warm in her path and walked straight into it.
From the feel of it alone, she could tell it was made of flesh.
A host of possibilities flashed through her mind.
The texture ruled out many Soul Beasts with hard exteriors or fur.
Its size ruled out some smaller Soul Beasts too.
As her mind