The Man Faced Demon Spider's enormous body shuddered violently.
Its eight long legs clawed madly at the ground, their sharp tips tearing deep furrows through soil and roots. It wanted to turn, to give chase, to spit silk again and tear apart the human boy who had just slipped beneath its belly.
But it could no longer do so.
The human face on its lower abdomen had been pierced clean through by the Golden Dragon Claw.
The Shattering property erupted inside it, as though an invisible golden storm had exploded at its most vulnerable core. Yellow-green blood gushed from the wound, hissing as it struck the ground and ate into it.
It was still spitting silk.
But its silk had lost all accuracy.
Clumps of yellow-green mucus could only splatter around its own body, landing on roots, poisonous silk, and dead leaves. They could no longer form an effective attack.
Within the Darkness Sky Curtain, none of the five immediately approached.
Tang Wulin knelt on one knee, his right hand braced against the Star-Sinking Hammer, his chest heaving.
The golden scales on his right arm had not fully faded, but his Golden Dragon Claw had already returned to the shape of a human hand. Faint golden light lingered on his fingertips, and delicate scale patterns flickered in and out of sight. When the poisonous blood had fallen, Gu Yue's ice had shielded him from most of its corrosion, while the deadly poison that had actually touched his right hand had failed to penetrate his golden scales.
But the drain had been enormous.
The Golden Dragon Claw had appeared for only a brief instant, yet it had nearly emptied the soul power and bloodline power he had just recovered.
Gu Yue stood beside him, her face somewhat pale as well.
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