Perpetual Motion Machine

"So, these spider silks that were supposed to wrap around you ended up wrapping around its own thigh, and the harder it struggles, the faster it will break that leg?"

"That's about right. It's also thanks to your bullets that it got stuck in its joints, which accelerated its detachment!"

How did the spider silk get tangled?

Brute force is most vulnerable to the power of gentleness. Zhang Xuezhou was trapped in a long red cocoon. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not break through the layers of dense, gel-like spider silk. He was finally able to break free thanks to the rescue efforts of Zhang Manqian and others outside.

His body was covered in dense red spider silk, which was not only tough but also extremely sticky and full of toxins.

Even with several evasion techniques at his disposal, Zhang Xuezhou still found it quite troublesome to deal with.

The outer garment was corroded into tattered rags, and the tactical underwear, which was supposed to withstand the puncture of sharp objects, was also riddled with holes. The specially made synthetic material did not prevent the toxins from corroding it.

After being peeled and pulled out layer by layer, Zhang Xuezhou used the Dust-Avoiding Technique several times to clear away the foreign objects from his body. After using the Poison-Avoiding Technique several times, the patches of red skin on his body began to return to normal.

He was wearing new clothes and answered Luo Burang's questions.

This spider silk is undoubtedly a relatively rare material from ferocious beasts, but compared to the material itself, Luo Burang is more interested in how Zhang Xuezhou changes the objects the spider silk binds.

When Zhang Xuezhou pulled out ten fibers from the clothes and began weaving them by moving his fingers back and forth, Luo Burang found it hard to comment on the dexterity of Zhang Xuezhou's fingers.

"This is something I'm really good at, but unfortunately my skills in handling silk threads aren't very good!"

If we're talking about skill levels when playing with silk threads, Jin Chang is better than Zhang Xuezhou, and Zhang Xuezhou is better than the red-bellied, black-legged human-faced spider.

The Puppet Technique battles among the Nine Heavens Sect cultivators were a constant back-and-forth, a back-and-forth struggle. Zhang Xuezhou had also fought Jin Chang, but he relied on brute force and physical skills to defeat Jin Chang Jin Chang, not on his superior skill in manipulating silk threads.

But Zhang Xuezhou is no match for Jin Chang, though he's more than a match for a ferocious spider.

The spider with human faces entangled him, and he entangled the spider with human faces in return.

The spider's legs, which were initially weakened and broken, were eventually ripped off.

"Let's take stock first and see what's so mysterious about this leg that it's managed to nullify my control!"

Zhang Xuezhou quickly tidied up the area and then looked at the spider legs, which were still encased in their red cocoons.

Based on Huang Daoxian's introduction and his own personal experience, Zhang Xuezhou felt as if he had seen the tenth sequence form beyond the realm.

"Principle?"

He thought about Huang Daoxian's description.

This is undoubtedly a transformative power. Zhang Xuezhou was unsure of the extent of the Principle's power, but he knew that this ability could eliminate control, even domain power, thus rendering the opponent's reliance on nothing.

At this point, Zhang Xuezhou had not yet entered the True Self Realm, nor had he developed any domain power. To peek into higher levels was undoubtedly a delusion, but he needed to gain some understanding.

A higher level of understanding will inevitably reduce the difficulty of moving forward. He may find it difficult to reach the level of the Principle, but entering the field may be a little easier.

Or perhaps these spider legs, imbued with Principle, could bring unexpected uses.

What greatly interested Zhang Xuezhou was that this power could exist outside the body and could even be lent to others; the peculiar way it worked was astonishing.

This seems to be similar to the 'fossilization technique' he released, which can retain its effects for a long time. However, its application to individual organisms is something Zhang Xuezhou did not expect. In particular, this power can be used by the human-faced spider, almost creating a situation similar to his ideal of being invincible.

"This seems a bit like the transfer of power in movies and TV dramas. If the power of Principle could be manipulated like this, creating ten or eight of these ferocious beasts would make anyone turn tail and run!"

In Zhang Xuezhou's view, the transmission of power in film and television dramas is a kind of fantasy. It is one thing to pass on the legacy after death, but it is difficult to pass on power in the form of inheritance. Otherwise, as long as one generation succeeds, the next generation can achieve the transmission of power from generation to generation, and the power will inevitably reach the ultimate in the world.

"Why didn't Hongjun pass on any of his Principle' power...?"

"Watch out, that leg is moving!"

As Zhang Xuezhou pondered the most powerful figure in his knowledge, Daoist Hongjun, he heard Luo Burang exclaim quickly.

Before the words could even finish, a researcher who was cleaning with a flamethrower collapsed to the ground, convulsing unnaturally.

"What a potent poison!"

In just a few seconds, before they could even pull the researcher away from his body, the researcher's face turned red and he died, while his thigh, pierced by the spider hairs, showed signs of black decay.

Luo Burang, still shaken, took several steps back.

Spider silk cocoons are poisonous; if the silk gets on your hands, it will cause itching and redness. Wearing protective clothing is sufficient to isolate the infection.

It was initially thought that Zhang Xuezhou had been trapped in the cocoon for a long time, and that the spider's legs had been torn from its body, so the risk of the contents of the cocoon was within the acceptable range. Who would have thought that the person who came into contact with it would die so quickly?

"That old bastard Badun didn't explain the Spider Nest Beast's situation clearly at all, leaving me completely clueless before I crashed into it!"

Zhang Xuezhou cursed under his breath.

The researcher's symptoms were remarkably similar to those of Badun.

Having a protective layer in the body and not having one are two different things. Clark and others were able to survive to reach Western Capital City for treatment, while ordinary people would die instantly.

His gaze swept over the spider's ten-foot-long legs, then looked at the spider's feet that had begun to move after some of the spider silk had been removed.

When Badun mentioned the 'Spider God's Law Treasure,' Zhang Xuezhou even had some doubts about whether the Law Treasure was related to this leg.

Badun may have seen other forms before, but now it may have turned into this spider leg.

"Old Luo, Huang Gou said that the human-faced spider beast is not afraid of being injured and can fully recover its body in just ten seconds," Zhang Xuezhou said in a low voice.

"Ten-second recovery? No cost?" Luo Burang asked doubtfully.

"The price is in this leg," Zhang Xuezhou nodded. "Although we don't know how far this leg can go, the Human-Faced Spider seems pretty good for now!"

"Is this some kind of perpetual motion machine made from ferocious beast materials?"

If there were any ferocious beasts that could withstand being drained of blood, flesh, and bone marrow without being harmed, Luo Burang believed that this would be an inexhaustible perpetual motion machine for extracting materials from ferocious beasts.

Even if it's not a perpetual motion machine, I estimate it should be able to handle three to five ferocious beasts!

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, his eyes fixed on the distance.

He felt that the priesthood of Grien might have brought him some good fortune, and that this good fortune had come to pass rather quickly.

Although the process was inevitably risky, Zhang Manqian's hallucinations led them to choose the most appropriate way to deal with the situation, which ultimately resolved the problem at the lowest cost.

Moreover, the current situation is not completely over yet.

He jumped three meters high and glanced around. He saw a red shadow flash by quickly several hundred meters away, then circled back towards the research institute area.

Like a loyal sheepdog, Huang Daoxian used his destructive abilities to continuously drive the ferocious human-faced spider beast back.

Without weapons, Zhang Xuezhou could only fight wildly with his bare hands, but once he had a weapon, his attacks became much easier.

After obtaining a fully loaded powerful rifle from the somewhat disorganized guards, Zhang Xuezhou took a few light steps and disappeared into the darkness a few seconds later.