The Spider Queen's venom was terrifying. If Nameless had taken it head-on without any defenses, he would have lost a layer of skin even if it hadn't killed him.
The venom was fiercely corrosive. Barely two seconds after it struck, the ball of petals fell apart. But as the petals scattered, Nameless was nowhere inside.
"Impossible! He was inside just a moment ago!"
Doubt crossed Gu Yue's face. He trusted the Spider Queen's judgment. Since she had located Nameless by striking with her legs, she couldn't have been wrong.
Then a streak of black light erupted from below. A blade flash sliced through the Spider Queen's abdomen and kept rising like a blade splitting bamboo. Her body trembled with pain, but she still brought her legs back to block it.
Nameless already knew how tough the Spider Queen's legs were. Even the Demonic Blade could barely cut them. Once his strike was blocked, he refused to linger. He retreated swiftly, jumped into a mouth, and vanished as it snapped shut.
"Bastard!!!"
Pain made the veins stand out on Gu Yue and the Spider Queen, but there was nothing they could do to Nameless.
The wound in her abdomen was severe, too. Blood kept pouring out, and neither Gu Yue nor the Spider Queen had much ability to heal it. For a moment, they felt as though they had reached the end of the road.
"No. I haven't fulfilled my dream yet. How can I fall here?"
Unwillingness flashed in Gu Yue's eyes. Suddenly, he looked toward a huge vat of stock solution nearby. It held a vast quantity of liquid that could turn people into insects.
He had used that liquid to create the wave that caused Insectification. Strictly speaking, his stock solution and the antidote Xia Shu had developed