Amid Lu Guan's deranged laughter, the Eerie Spider did not dodge. In its limited understanding, members of the same kind would not hurt each other.
But Lu Guan, its supposed "kin," had no such reservations.
The Netherbone Car slammed straight into it.
The spikes and barbs on the ram began shifting continuously. A moment later, the phantom image of a six-foot-tall oval grinding wheel appeared in front of the Netherbone Car.
Its densely packed, razor-sharp spikes and barbs spun at blinding speed.
The grinding wheel dragged half the Eerie Spider's body inside, its fine spikes carving countless wounds into its flesh.
The instant the wheel caught it, the Eerie Spider began struggling frantically. But a powerful suction at the wheel's center held it fast as the spinning spikes sliced and shredded it.
"Screee! Screee! Screee!"
The Eerie Spider's piercing cries echoed through the area, while Lu Guan, its supposed "kin," was filled with twisted excitement.
"You bastard! I finally got my hands on you! All I wanted back then was to use you as a mount!"
"You should've been honored to be my mount, but you actually dared throw me to the ground?!"
As he spoke, he turned and brought the Netherbone Car to a stop, though the grinding wheel on its ram kept spinning.
Lu Guan turned to look at Chu Sheng behind him and grinned. "Chu Sheng, your car's amazing!"
Chu Sheng: "..."
For some reason, he kept getting the feeling that Lu Guan was a bit of a freak.
Wasn't he just grinding an anomaly to death?
What was there to get so excited about?
Just as Chu Sheng was thinking how deranged Lu Guan was, black mist began rising from the Eerie Spider trapped against the wheel.
Streams of black mist poured from the wounds the