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Seeing this, the Green Python realized something was wrong. She was currently in the middle of a group of fallen tree trunks. If this happened a few more times, she would be completely trapped.

But the spider silk was just too sticky; before she could break free, the situation she had anticipated happened with lightning speed.

Following the Black Rabbit's escape, the Green Python was also trapped.

The Green Python cursed inwardly countless times. Was this spider an idiot? How did it even understand tactics?

What the Green Python didn't know was that even a fool could unleash limitless potential for a single bite to eat.

Having dealt with the Green Python, the spider didn't linger and chased after Tao Qiu again.

Spiders wouldn't want to fight if it weren't for the need to eat quietly.

The Red Fox and his companions continued chasing the spider, looking for an opportunity to strike. The spider, annoyed by their pursuit, unleashed a torrent of silk, shooting it out like rain.

If you don't succeed once, try ten times; if you don't succeed ten times, try a hundred times.

No one expected the spider to have so much silk inside its belly. Soon, all the mutated monsters that had been chasing after it were trapped inside the silk.

The rest were all low-level mutated monsters, which we dared not chase; we could only help untangle the spider silk.

Tao Qiu, seeing this from the air, couldn't help but feel worried for them, but he couldn't care less about them at that moment, because the spider was already charging towards him.

Seemingly finding the spider silk attack effective, the spider began to spin silk towards Tao Qiu in the air, in clumps like clouds.

Unfortunately, most of them didn't even reach Tao Qiu's height before falling back down, thudding back onto the ground and trees.

Undeterred, the spiders attempted to use sheer numbers to attack again, just as before.

Tao Qiu dodged frantically, and at the right moment, spun around and shot out flying feathers, aiming at the spider's eyes.

Its eyes are its only weakness.

But since it was a weakness, no one would leave it undefended. Sure enough, the spider quickly raised its forelegs and blocked the flying feather.

The feathers clattered against the spider's hard shell, but caused it no harm whatsoever.

Tao Qiu clicked her tongue inwardly.

He thought he would have to keep dodging the spider's webs, but to his surprise, the spider suddenly stopped chasing him and instead bent down to pick up the fallen feathers, stuffing them all into its mouth.

Tao Qiu's eyes widened.

No way, are you that greedy? You'd even eat feathers!

Spiders are really that greedy. The feathers were covered in their favorite scents, so how could they not eat them when they were right in front of them?

The spider was incredibly fast; dozens of its feathers disappeared into its abdomen in the blink of an eye.

"Sizzle! Sizzle!"

Delicious! Delicious!

The spider moved from side to side, waving its forelegs, celebrating that it had eaten its meal.

Just as Tao Qiu was feeling speechless, the spider's body suddenly seemed to inflate like a balloon, growing even larger right before his eyes.

This was the first time Tao Qiu had witnessed it grow to such a size, confirming Green Python's earlier statement that the spider had indeed grown to such an enormous size within just a few days.

Tao Qiu found it terrifying.

Do spiders grow quickly only by eating their preferred foods, or does the effect vary regardless of what they eat?

If it's the latter, then they should be glad it's a picky eater; otherwise, they wouldn't believe how big this spider could grow!

They will definitely be no match for it then.

We absolutely must kill it!

This idea reaffirmed itself in Tao Qiu's heart.

Realizing it had grown larger again, the spider was overjoyed, as it meant it had become stronger and could hunt more effectively.

The spider silk flew towards Tao Qiu again and again, and it was clear that it was much higher than before, by more than a meter or two.

Tao Qiu secretly groaned; at that moment, he felt he was the fake monster, and the one below him was the real monster.

Without reinforcements, we can only rely on ourselves.

Tao Qiu wanted to try and exhaust the spider's silk, so he immediately took action.

He deliberately flew high and low, constantly enticing the spider to spin silk. The spider, seemingly unaware of his intentions, spun out many strands of silk as he had envisioned.

Wherever the spider ran, the ground was covered with clumps of spider silk.

Twenty minutes later, Tao Qiu looked down at the spider and keenly noticed that it was spinning silk at a slower pace.

Could it be that I'm about to succeed?

Tao Qiu remained vigilant and continued to draw its silk for nearly ten minutes before finally, the spider stopped.

He stopped spinning silk and instead hissed at the air.

It smells so good! I want to eat it! Come down!

Not bad, even the spider had to say something? A new line.

Tao Qiu tried to lower the spider's height repeatedly, but the spider didn't spin any silk. It just frantically waved its forelegs, as if trying to grab Tao Qiu down.

Now Tao Qiu believed that it truly had no more spider silk.

So Tao Qiu immediately increased his altitude, and after reaching the highest point, he turned around and swooped down towards the spider like a thunderbolt.

His target was the spider's eyes; if that didn't work, taking off its forelimbs wouldn't be a loss either.

Tao Qiu had expected the spider to raise its forelegs to protect its eyes, just like when he shot the flying feathers before. But just as he was about to reach it, the spider seemed to freeze, staring at him without blinking.

Like watching prey walk right into a trap.

Tao Qiu's heart started racing instantly.

Oh no, we've fallen for their trap!

Tao Qiu tried to turn around, but it was too late. The spider spat out its largest ball of silk, which tightly wrapped around Tao Qiu's two claws and half of his abdomen.

The other end of the spider silk was still in the spider's mouth. Tao Qiu tried to fly away, but was dragged back by the spider's strangely strong force.

"Drip, drip..." My drool is falling again?

After pulling Tao Qiu in front of it, the spider immediately opened its mouth wide and bit down hard on Tao Qiu's chest and abdomen.

Tao Qiu swiftly flapped its wings, covered in stiff feathers, to knock the spider's head to the side, and then pecked at it with its sharp beak, trying to snatch its head off.

But Tao Qiu forgot that this spider, like a turtle, could freely extend and retract its head. Sensing a murderous intent approaching, it abruptly retracted its head.

Tao Qiu's plan failed, and as the spider withdrew its head, it sprayed out another clump of spider silk.

Unable to dodge in time, the spider silk stuck to Tao Qiu's face.

"Buzz!"

Tao Qiu's mind went blank; just like two years ago, he felt a death warning again.

Time seemed to slow down at that moment, so much so that when the spider's mouthparts pierced his chest and abdomen, he could clearly hear the sounds of skin being pierced, blood and flesh splattering, and the spider gurgling as it swallowed.

It wasn't until the pain spread to the nerve endings and the brain gave the "injury" signal that Tao Qiu instinctively cried out in pain.

Tao Qiu's screams carried far. The first to arrive was Black Rabbit. Upon seeing the bloody scene before it, it roared and charged towards the spider.

Realizing the danger, the spider instinctively released its grip on Tao Qiu's mouthparts. Ignoring the pain, Tao Qiu risked having a piece of flesh torn off by the spider, and quickly retreated while the spider was on guard against the Black Rabbit, struggling to fly back into the sky.

When the Black Rabbit kicked it away, the spider didn't think about protecting itself. Instead, it quickly swallowed the blood and flesh in its mouth, afraid that it would be thrown out when it fell.

It smells so good!

At that moment, only one thought occupied its mind.

"Bang--"

After snapping several giant trees in succession, the spider finally stopped.

It wasn't that the Black Rabbit didn't want to stomp on the spider with its hind legs, but rather that the spider was already much larger than them, and it couldn't reach the spider's back.

If they stepped on its head, Tao Qiu was too close at the time, and they were afraid of accidentally hurting him, so they had no choice but to resort to this last resort.

The spider was trapped under a pile of large trees and seemed to have stopped moving.

Black Rabbit hurriedly looked at the Snow Bird in the air. The Snow Bird very high, its claws were still wrapped in spider silk, and even its eyes were covered by the spider silk. Losing its vision and making it difficult to maintain its balance, it flew somewhat crookedly, as if it would fall down at any moment.

Blood dripped down his flight path, landing on the white snow, a stark contrast to his appearance.

Black Rabbit was about to help him down so she could tear the spider web away when a series of sounds came from the direction where the spider was lying.

Black Rabbit turned its head to look, only to see that the spider's body had grown larger again, spinning several times and supporting all the wood on its body.

It opened its bloody mouth and let out a piercing shriek.

The Black Rabbit noticed that its eyes had changed.

If its previous foolishness, dullness, or coldness were all within reason, then its chaotic and crazed gaze at this moment was completely unexpected by Black Rabbit.

Just as the spider shook off the tree and stood up again, the Red Fox and the Green Python arrived.

The moment they saw the spider's eyes, they both screamed in terror.

--Oh no?! It's gone mad?!

The spider looks exactly the same as the Green Python mother and the Fox Clan elder when they were ill.

Black Rabbit immediately understood what they meant and quickly roared towards the sky.

--Snow Bird! This spider seems to have caught that crazy disease! Fly quickly! Fly as high as possible!

Hearing Black Rabbit's reminder, Tao Qiu did not hesitate at all, enduring the pain to increase the flight altitude, higher than ever before.

Having eaten its flesh and blood, the spider must have become stronger, and it can shoot its web even higher.

The Red Fox, seeing the spider drawn by the Black Rabbit's voice and turning its gaze towards them, immediately cried out, "Ughhhhhh!!!"

--Run! It's gone mad?! It won't just be fixated on the Snow Bird anymore?!

The Black Rabbit was closest to the spider and could see its gaze most clearly.

The Red Fox was right; its eyes were filled with violence and killing intent.

The mutated monster had a very keen sense of danger, and Black Rabbit wasn't one to act recklessly; he knew that with the spider's strength, he absolutely couldn't defeat it.