At the boundary between Southern Summer Garden and Golden Autumn Garden.
A female Mantle Spider several people tall crawled slowly across the desert.
Wherever she went, she left behind dust that gave off a faint green glow.
That was the mating signal released by female spiders.
Once a male Mantle Spider picked up this pheromone, he would choose to mate with her. Once the mating succeeded, he would become this female Mantle Spider's slave.
Yet this female Mantle Spider seemed somewhat strange. Her movements were clearly rather stiff.
Several barely perceptible silver needles were also embedded in her back.
A few unattached male spiders that had not been captured still decided to take the risk and immediately approached to mate with her.
Just as they finished mating and briefly lost consciousness, a figure flashed past.
They lost part of their sight.
Holding a dagger, Lin Ke put away five male Mantle Spider eyeballs without killing the spiders.
After all, Heaven cherished life. The closer he now came to the way of Fusion, the more he could feel how taking lives diminished his own lifespan.
Nan Shang also appeared in a flash and pulled the silver needles from the female Mantle Spider's back.
Lin Ke immediately conjured the blue sigil of a Teleportation Talisman and transported the two of them back outside the Guardian Array in Golden Autumn Garden.
Not long after returning to the array, they used a Teleportation Talisman again, arriving above the Golden Wing Sect's encampment, where they immediately met Duan Jihong flying up toward them.
Lin Ke handed over Duan Dongqing's Storage Bag along with several Mantle Spider eyeballs.
Duan Jihong raised an eyebrow at the sight. "You actually went looking for male Mantle Spider eyeballs?"
"I don't actually need them. I only wrote that down for