With her acupoints sealed, the Sixth Princess could not speak. She could only struggle incessantly and nod desperately.
"I was ordered to escort you, Your Highness. Please be at ease. I'll come get you right away."
Xu Taiping explained his purpose to the Sixth Princess as though no one else were there.
The Sixth Princess was overjoyed to hear this and kept nodding vigorously.
She had already guessed the young man's identity, but his appearance was rather far removed from the ethereal, sagely bearing she had imagined, so she had not dared be certain. Only when she heard him admit it himself did her heart finally settle.
"Big words."
The Young Master of Blood Spider Valley smiled. He glanced at the many additional layers of webbing overhead, then at the gate behind Xu Taiping, which had already been sealed with webs. Then he looked back at Xu Taiping with an arrogant expression and said:
"Little do you know, you can't even save yourself."
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Almost the instant his words fell, more than a dozen strands of spider silk shot toward Xu Taiping from all directions as he stood in the center of the courtyard.
In the blink of an eye, those dozen or so strands had caught hold of Xu Taiping.
It looked as though the dozen or so Blood Demon Spiders overhead needed only to pull to tear him to pieces.
"Well? Wasn't I right?"
The corners of the Young Master of Blood Spider Valley's mouth rose slightly.
Despite his flippant manner, however, his grip on his sword hilt never relaxed for an instant. He was clearly still wary of the saber in Xu Taiping's hand.
"Come, everyone. Say hello to our friend who's traveled so far."
The corners of the Young Master of Blood Spider Valley's