When Xing Yan joined the Demon Race army and fought his way to Hidden Wave Isle, the Wolf Spider warriors there had already sealed the entire isle beneath their distinctive silk, leaving not a gap for air.
After yesterday's two great battles, one by night and one by day, these Wolf Spider demons understood all too well that their island lay far too close to Wave-Subduing Island, which the Four Rivers forces had captured. Before the Water Marquis arrived with his true elite troops, the Four Rivers army would surely strike Hidden Wave Island first. For the Wolf Spiders who had occupied this island for generations, the most urgent task was to hold it to the death, preserving a foothold for the South Sea Dragon Domain in the true great battle that would begin at dawn. If they could hold the island, Hidden Wave Isle and Resting Wave Isle would form a sea crab's two immense pincers, clamping firmly around the sea route from Wave-Subduing Island to the South Sea Dragon Domain. Huddled behind their enormous silk cocoon, the Wolf Spider warriors did not even know which enemy army had come. They could only tell from faint disturbances in the air around them that a hostile force was approaching from the northeast.
"Keep your eyes open, everyone!"
Sensing the enemy's approach, the Wolf Spider leaders set their eight legs moving and raced among their warriors, loudly urging their clansmen to stay fully alert and watch for the enemy. As they shouted in human speech, hisses constantly mingled with the words issuing from their enormous mouths, where sharp fangs gleamed. In the Wolf Spiders' innate language, they were passing the same message to those warriors who had yet to cultivate human forms.
While the Wolf Spider warriors within the cocoon braced