The Spider Queen moved across the rocky ceiling as if it were level ground, while Yang Yi could only stare helplessly.
There was nothing he could do... his attacks couldn't reach her.
The queen angled her abdomen toward the ground, aimed at Yang Yi, and sprayed a great mass of silk droplets down like rain.
The silk was sticky and clinging. If it touched him, he probably wouldn't be able to break free easily.
The Spider Queen intended to restrict Yang Yi's movements this way.
But Yang Yi... welcomed it!
Like a madman, he stamped both feet hard onto the silk, then tried lifting his legs. Finding it very difficult, he looked up at the Spider Queen and extended a finger toward her.
"You... come and get me!" Yang Yi taunted.
In truth... he had no choice but to do this.
The Crimson Potion only had two minutes left. If he kept dragging this out, Yang Yi would become dehydrated once its duration ended.
At that point, he would temporarily lose his ability to move without the Spider Queen even needing to spray any silk!
Rather than let that happen, he might as well give it everything he had while he could still fight.
"Too scared to come down? You've already stuck me in place!" Yang Yi taunted again.
His behavior exceeded the Spider Queen's understanding, briefly short-circuiting her brain.
But she quickly recovered, let out a roar, and kicked off hard, diving down!
"GRAAAH!!!!"
"Just what I wanted!" Yang Yi was delighted.
The Spider Queen's body grew larger and larger in his vision. Yang Yi could even make out her mouthparts, dripping saliva and spread wide, as though she wanted to bite him to death.
Yet her descent seemed slower and slower to Yang Yi.
Once he had lined