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🕑 Added 2023-07-05 06:30:07 +0000 UTC1/2
Chapter 118: Big Bai's Good Job
Su Tingyun remains unconscious, while the poisoned Li Xinmei is also passed out.
Zhang Zhizi has escaped, and the forest returns to tranquility. Big Bai hides in a hollow of an old tree. Even though the inside is bumpy, filled with dirt and small ants, it refuses to jump out from there.
It’s not that Big Bai is really afraid of getting hurt, rather, it’s afraid of not being able to protect Granny well. It doesn’t dare to use spiritual energy, it doesn’t dare to make any noisy movements. It stays in the hole, pretending to be dead. Before long, ants climb up and crawl on its body. Big Bai could tolerate them crawling on it, since its skin is thick and doesn’t itch. However, this group of tiny ants also climbs onto its only remaining little leaf. Big Bai's leaf shakes violently, unable to bear it any longer, it uses spiritual energy to flip the ants over. It is also at this moment that there’s a small sound of movement from outside.
A small-sized ghost spider descends along its silk thread, then hangs over Big Bai's head. The Spirit Beasts raised in the Immortal Palace are definitely not ordinary. Those larger-sized ones from before were only around the Nascent Soul stage, but this small one’s body is transparent all over, even its presence is extremely difficult to catch.
It is the true Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders.
The ghost spider’s silk thread sways a bit, then gently lands on Big Bai's head.
It is very small in size, only as big as a sesame seed. Its body is transparent, and its breath is very faint. Although Big Bai could sense some movement, it doesn’t detect anything abnormal.
But a little while later, Big Bai feels like it’s been bitten by a bug. Its skin is thick, so it doesn’t feel much when bitten. However, its leaf trembles slightly, and it curls up even tighter.
It doesn’t know how long Granny would sleep, but it notices that Li Xinmei's body and face are turning a bit purple. Her injured arm has also turned purplish-black, which looks quite unpleasant. Big Bai is worried. After all, it’s a shell that Granny had used.
As the Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders, the chelicerae in its mouth that can inject venom is harder than immortal swords, and has always easily punctured the skin of its prey. But it’s met with trouble this time, as the appendage almost breaks.
Looking around, it shifts its target to the tender-looking leaf of the prey. Although it doesn’t understand what kind of creature this prey is, it has a particularly good scent and looks very delicious. The ghost spider has lived in the forest for countless years and has never smelled something so good.
The spider silk swings gently and lands on the leaf. As it’s about to pierce the leaf with its fangs, a gust of strong wind suddenly blows by. Caught off guard, the spider is blown away. At that moment, Big Bai immediately retracts the leaf into itself. Then it bounces slightly, pressing the ghost spider beneath it, and wrapping the creature with its own body.
This time, it’s actually really stuck. The ghost spider can’t break through Big Bai's skin and is firmly trapped in its body. No matter how many attempts it makes, it’s futile. Even the sharp fangs are showing some cracks.
The chelicerae vibrates and emits a distress signal, causing all the spiders in the forest to rush towards the big tree where Big Bai is located.
The ghost spider frantically spins webs, securely enveloping the entire tree. The tree gets covered with ghost spiders of all sizes. Some are as big as washbasins, while others are the size of a palm.
One of them sticks its long leg into the pit to dig out Big Bai, only making Big Bai furious. Its emotion of anger influences all the ghost spiders, making those outside lose control over themselves, and fight amongst each other.
As it is the Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders, it doesn’t suffer from Big Bai’s mind influence. However, Big Bai's body is acting as a natural barrier: although its distress signal is sent out, it’s difficult for the message to be received amidst the chaos caused by the frenzied spiders. For the moment, there is no way to stop them. Seeing its spider children killing, the majority already dead or injured, the ghost spider grows anxious and angry. Unexpectedly, it initiates a telepathic communication with Big Bai.
Ghost Spider: "Release me, release my children, and I can help you."
"Help me with what? Chirp! I don't need your help, chirp." mental communication between spiritual beasts doesn’t require any sound, and Big Bai’s chirps are completely unnecessary. But ever since Big Bai discovered that Granny likes hearing it, it has already gotten into the habit of doing it.
"I know everything that just happened," Whatever happens in this forest, it cannot escape the spider's eyes.
"You have a companion that you’ve hidden away. She is poisoned, and I can help detoxify her," the ghost spider says.
"My Granny can also do that. She's an alchemist, and there’s no poison that would pose a problem for her, chirp," Big Bai proudly declares, remembering that Su Tingyun can refine pills. But clearly, this child is overestimating Su Tingyun's capabilities.
However, Big Bai appears too pure, and speaks too naively, making the ghost spider judge that it is telling the truth. Seeing the increasing casualties outside, the spider becomes more and more anxious, "There’s a magic treasure in my forest. It's useless to me, but I can take you to look for it."
"What kind of treasure, chirp? Bai Su had plenty of treasures. If it’s ordinary I won’t look." Big Bai has no concept of mystical devices. For it, mystical treasures aren’t as good as iron balls, flower wreaths or rattle-drums!
The ghost spider has lived for so many years, and this is the first time that it has encountered such an annoying spiritual beast! It wants to poison the other to death, but unfortunately, it can’t pierce its skin, and even its own fangs are on the verge of breaking.
"It's a Pill Cauldron.”
Upon hearing that it’s a Pill Cauldron, Big Bai finally stops being angry. Its emotions stabilize, and the spider swarm outside also returns to calm. However, most of the spiders are injured, missing some limbs, and look quite miserable.
"Let me out, and I will take you there," the ghost spider says again.
Big Bai's body immediately forms a 'C' shape. "Do you think I'm stupid?!"
The ghost spider replies, "My children have sealed off the outside of this tree using spiderwebs. If I don't go out, not even a fly can escape through the layers of spiderwebs. And you won't be able to get out either."
But it watches as Big Bai's body suddenly grows larger, and the large tree instantly snaps. Countless protrusions appear on its body like sharp spikes, then Big Bai rolls outbound with a rumbling sound, completely breaking through the seemingly impenetrable spiderweb great formation. The spiders that failed to dodge are directly crushed by it.
As it rolls through, the spiders don’t even have the time to evade, let alone set up webs to block its path.
If this ghost spider hadn’t jumped onto Big Bai on its own, Big Bai might not have a way to deal with it. After all, its strength lies in its thick skin and being good with mind attacks. But now that it has fallen into Big Bai’s belly, it is entirely under Big Bai's tyranny.
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