Wang Lan was immediately startled by this discovery and jumped up. She quickly looked around and then saw a terrifying scene.
At the entrance to the passage that was discovered later, a spider about the same size as the entrance was perched on the energy barrier released by Sun Muchen, constantly gnawing at the barrier.
Those barriers had been almost completely eaten away by the spiders.
Wang Lan was utterly astonished. He couldn't believe that this spider could even consume energy. After all, that energy wasn't a physical substance; it was just blue in color. Yet, it had become the spider's food!
As Wang Lan stared at the spider, the spider also saw him, and its eight eyes seemed to widen instantly. Wang Lan could easily see the excitement in its eyes.
Indeed, fresh human flesh is always more delicious and tempting than energy!
The spider gnawed even harder, trying to destroy the partition in the middle so it could eat the two mouthwatering delicacies inside.
Wang Lan immediately woke Sun Muchen, "Muchen, wake up!"
Sun Muchen was still fast asleep when he heard this and immediately shivered. He opened his eyes and looked at Wang Lan with a blank expression. "Hey, brother? You're awake?"
Wang Lan was stunned for a moment, then said, "If we don't wake up soon, we'll be eaten alive, leaving not even bone fragments!"
"Huh? What?" Sun Muchen rubbed his sleepy eyes, then suddenly came to his senses, looking shocked. "What did you say?!"
Wang Lan was speechless for a moment, then pointed to the spider at the entrance of the passage.
"hiss--"
When Sun Muchen saw the spider's terrifying appearance, she gasped in disbelief and exclaimed, "How is this possible? So many layers of my energy barrier have been eaten away! How could I not have noticed!"
"You're sleeping too soundly, you're even snoring!" Wang Lan said while tidying up the quiver. "Wake up quickly, and listen to my command to remove the protective shield. I'll take care of this spider."
Sun Muchen asked suspiciously, "How did you kill him?"
"Of course we'll shoot it!" As he spoke, Wang Lan had already nocked the explosive arrow, drawn the bowstring taut, and was ready to fire.
"Wait, bro!"
Sun Muchen immediately spoke, then looked at the light spot inside the glass container in the center of the basement. She saw that the light spot was now a little dimmer. She roughly calculated the time in her mind, then looked at the energy barrier that was almost empty. The spider's big mouth opened and closed, constantly tearing at the energy barrier and swallowing it. Sun Muchen continued to speak.
"Don't worry, brother. Since this spider can devour my energy, it means it must have my energy inside it. I can manipulate my energy and explode it from the inside, ripping it open!"
"Uh... huh?" Wang Lan looked surprised and put down his bow and arrow. "This is even possible?"
"Why not!"
Sun Muchen spoke with an arrogant air, then stood up and patted his face to clear his head, and then blue light shone from between his fingers.
The next moment, the blue barrier at the entrance of the passage began to tremble, and the spider stopped its gnawing, its body trembling incessantly.
"It really works!"
Wang Lan was even more surprised.
On one hand, Wang Lan was surprised by Sun Muchen's mastery of the skill, and on the other hand, she was amazed by the power of the skill, which was able to restrain the spider and even destroy it. Wang Lan could even feel the despair in the spider's heart at this moment.
"Now!"
Sun Muchen shouted, a flash of blue light passing through his eyes, and he clenched his hands together.
Wang Lan's heart clenched at that moment.
Then, right before the eyes of the brother and sister, blue light suddenly burst forth from the spider's joints, and its body swelled up, filling the passageway to the brim.
An indescribable, eerie roar emanated from the spider's mouth, sounding frantic and restless.
Wang Lan and Sun Muchen both held their breath.
A few seconds later, Sun Muchen exclaimed in astonishment, "Hey! It, it, it, why hasn't it exploded yet?!"
Wang Lan: "???"
"Give it your all!"
Sun Muchen gave an awkward smile: "This is my all..."
"Bang!"
A spider leg shot out, smashing through a barrier and shattering it into blue starlight, which then vanished into nothingness.
Sun Muchen's fingers flashed again, but Wang Lan stopped him, saying, "Save your energy. This spider is clearly immune to your skills. Prepare to remove the barrier!"
Sun Muchen asked curiously, "What?"
"Stop talking nonsense, just do as I say. Follow my commands, retreat when I tell you to, and the moment the barrier is removed, immediately hide to the side!"
As he spoke, Wang Lan drew his longbow to its full extent.
Sun Muchen asked again, "Then why should I hide?"
"withdraw!"
Without a word, Wang Lan gave the order, and Sun Muchen immediately waved his hand to remove the barrier, and the swollen spider sprang out of the passage.
Wang Lan released his grip, and the explosive arrow shot out, piercing the spider's eye. It then exploded with a bang, igniting the spider's fur.
Even so, the spider's momentum in charging forward was unstoppable.
Wang Lan put away her longbow and tossed it to Sun Muchen, who was fleeing. She then quickly rolled to the side, drew her Vajra Umbrella, planted it on the ground, and steadied herself.
The spider slammed its head against the opposite wall, letting out a sharp roar, its eight legs kicking wildly.
Wang Lan looked at Sun Muchen: "Quick! Move into the passage!"
Sun Muchen nodded repeatedly, but suddenly his expression changed drastically, and he pointed at the spider and shouted, "Brother!"
But after the spider crashed into the wall, it seemed to be completely enraged. Its abdomen trembled violently, and spider silk shot out wildly. Wang Lan hurriedly waved his Vajra Umbrella to block, but the spider silk was extremely sticky. Wang Lan only managed to block a few times before the Vajra Umbrella was firmly stuck to the spider silk.
Just then, a beam of blue light descended; it was Sun Muchen who had acted quickly, cutting the spider silk and shouting, "Brother! Run!"
Blue light cleared a path ahead, forming barriers that blocked the spray of spider silk. Wang Lan hurriedly ran towards Sun Muchen, who was already waiting at the entrance of the passage.
Spider silk had filled the basement and was even stuck inside the glass container in the center. At this moment, the spider turned around and its eight legs pulled the silk sharply towards itself.
The first thing to be torn off was the glass container, which was ripped off by the spider silk and smashed on the ground. Suddenly, the light spots inside burst into unimaginable brightness.
"Oh no! Brother!"
Sun Muchen screamed in alarm. She clearly felt that at the moment the light burst forth, a terrifying energy also erupted at the same time!
The basement was suddenly made incredibly bright, the light so intense that it was blinding in an instant. The brother and sister had already escaped into the passageway, and the spider became their only victim.
The light was dazzling, as if the sun had fallen into the basement.
The spider, amidst its incessant wailing, was scorched by the light, and then…
He was completely unable to make any sound...
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