Chapter 732 A Close Call
“Oh my God!”
Several timid people who were afraid of insects immediately collapsed to the ground, their legs giving way, while the others looked extremely pale.
"What kind of monster is this? Can a normal spider grow this big? Is it a mutation?"
"No, this is definitely not an ordinary spider, it's a monster!"
"Everyone be careful, this spider is brightly colored, and it is most likely poisonous. Be careful not to touch it."
As soon as the spider appeared, Captain Liu and his team immediately opened fire on it.
More than a dozen bullets were fired, but they didn't leave a single mark on the spider, not even a few hairs on its legs.
The others hurriedly took out their handy magical artifacts, throwing talismans, peaches, swords, and thunderbolts at it like they were free, but to no avail. Instead, they only enraged the giant spider.
With a sharp hiss, the giant spider charged straight toward the area with the most people.
Everyone screamed in fright. They thought the sealed stone chamber that could keep out the black beetles was safe enough, but they never expected that there was such a deadly weapon hidden in the stone chamber.
The stone chamber's advantage instantly turned into a disadvantage. They were like turtles in a jar, being chased around by the giant spider, with their lives at any moment.
Several slower-reacting individuals instantly became the giant spider's meal, while others were accidentally stung by the spider's venomous stingers, their faces immediately turning black, difficulty breathing, and they died within moments.
He Ziyuan led his junior brother to retreat, but the stone chamber was only so big, how far could they retreat to?
Just as the giant spider's leg was thrusting straight at his junior brother, He Ziyuan didn't have time to think. He drew his sword and rushed forward, wanting to block the attack for him.
However, the consequence of such a vast difference in strength was that his pounce was tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.
He Ziyuan was swept away, his peach wood sword slipped from his hand, and he fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The most terrifying thing was that the giant spider seemed not to have expected anyone to provoke it like this. After an angry hiss, its hatred was completely drawn to He Ziyuan, and it jumped towards him, opening its mouth to bite him.
"Senior brother!"
He Ziyuan's junior brother was shocked and instinctively wanted to run over to save the person, but was held back by the people around him.
He Ziyuan stared at the spider's mouthparts so close to his face and instinctively closed his eyes. He thought he was going to die, to die a miserable and painful death.
However, the expected pain did not occur; instead, the spider that had lowered its head to attack him let out a painful scream.
This turn of events caught even He Ziyuan off guard, let alone the other survivors.
"What happened? Is that spider injured? What is it carrying?"
"I think I just saw something glowing on his body, like fire, when the spider was about to bite him. It burned the spider. He must have some powerful magical artifact on him!"
After a moment of stunned silence, He Ziyuan's junior brother quickly recovered and exclaimed excitedly, "Amulet! It's Miss Ye's amulet! Senior brother is carrying an amulet he bought from Miss Ye!"
As for Ye Wanxi's talisman, it's a famous and valuable item within the Xuanmen sect; even money can't guarantee you can buy it.
Besides needing connections to make connections, it also depends on Ye Wanxi's mood; she can sell her things to whomever she wants.
After all, it's something that protects people. If the person being protected is an unforgivable villain, wouldn't she also become an accomplice to evil?
Therefore, those who can buy amulets from Ye Wanxi are generally people whose character has been recognized by her.
In addition, there is a purchase limit: each person can only have five tickets, and no matter how much the limit is relaxed, no more than one ticket can be added, so you can only have six tickets.
Therefore, even the poorest people in the village managed to buy the full amount of the purchase limit by pooling their money and borrowing from others.
The junior brother had been urging his senior brothers to buy the talisman, and he was a little reluctant to do so. Now that he has witnessed its amazing power, he only regrets that he didn't buy more. You can never have too many of these life-saving items!
Hearing his junior brother's shout, He Ziyuan quickly realized what was happening. He felt a bit of heat in his pocket, reached in, and sure enough, found that the amulet he always carried had burned to black ash.
He Ziyuan felt a pang of heartache, but he also knew that this was not the time to feel sorry for the talisman paper.
Although the giant spider was burned by the golden light emitted when the talisman took effect, it was not seriously injured and could recover at any time to kill them.
Thinking back to what had just happened, He Ziyuan's eyes flickered slightly. He took out another complete talisman, rolled on the ground, and picked up his peach wood sword.
At the same time, he pressed the talisman onto the hilt of the sword and swung it forcefully at one of the giant spider's front legs.
The giant spider's limb, which had remained unscathed from various attacks not long ago, suddenly bore a wound, and its screams grew even louder.
Captain Liu's eyes lit up slightly, and he said excitedly, "It worked!"
He then turned to the others and asked, "Does anyone still have one of those talismans?"
Everyone looked at each other, at a loss.
The junior brother's face contorted for a moment, and he raised his hand with heartache: "I have it."
Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that those who possessed this talisman were primarily members of special departments who had interacted with Ye Wanxi during previous missions, as well as Taoist priests from Qingyue Temple.
In times of crisis, everyone is in the same boat. The group didn't care about the talismans they had worked so hard to obtain, and they took them out and handed them to those who still had fighting power.
Several men carrying weapons each received a card, which they wrapped around the handle before pulling the trigger.
The spider's exoskeleton, which was impossible to penetrate before, was easily pierced this time.
When everyone saw that it worked, their faces lit up with joy, feeling that there was finally a glimmer of hope in their despair.
Unfortunately, before they could rejoice for long, the injured giant spider was finally enraged, its dense spider eyes turning red, making it look exceptionally frightening.
The bullets that had been painstakingly driven in were forcibly expelled from the spider's body, and several people who were standing relatively close were flung away by the spider's forelimbs, barely able to breathe.
Its rage instantly wiped out the advantage that Captain Liu and his team had painstakingly built up, and it even became more ferocious.
Everyone's faces turned deathly pale, as if they had lost their parents: "It's over, it's over, how can we fight like this? We're all going to die here today!"
"I don't want to die here, especially not like this! Nobody will know, nobody will recognize me. Waaah..."
Despair once again enveloped everyone. This time, they felt even more lost. When the giant spider's mouthparts and limbs approached, many people widened their eyes, filled with terror and resentment.
It's easy to imagine that they would die with their eyes wide open in disbelief.
At the critical moment, a dazzling sword light flew down from above their heads, aiming straight for the giant spider's head.
The giant spider, which had already lowered its head to strangle everyone, froze on the spot. With a crack, its head split in two from the middle, and it was dead beyond any doubt!
(End of this chapter)
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