Chapter 6: Witchcraft
Zhang Yang had not noticed it before, but after a thorough search of the area, he discovered that about one-third of the trees here were extremely twisted and hideous, as if they were hiding painful and desperate souls.
Even some wild grasses that grow very vigorously in other places look very twisted here, neither dead nor alive, very strange.
This situation becomes more serious the closer to the entrance of the black spider's underground lair.
When Zhang Yang led the soldiers to find a huge deep pit hidden in the dense forest, the entrance to the underground nest of the black spiders became clearly visible.
There is no green here anymore. All the plants are dead, leaving only some kind of rigid black substance covering the ground.
In the deep pit, there was a dark hole at least five meters high and more than ten meters wide, like the huge mouth of some legendary monster, which made Zhang Yang hesitate.
He did intend to clear out the spider's underground nest and then use it as a temporary camp to spend the night, but now, he deeply suspected that this underground spider's nest might contain more powerful monsters, or some old spider demon.
"I can't take risks. I have 237 energy points left, 143 soldiers under my command, and 189 more people available for recruitment. I can't afford to suffer too much loss, otherwise I might end up being a village chief without any soldiers."
Thinking this way, Zhang Yang decided to give up searching for the underground spider nest. He didn't even have a torch at the moment, so how could he attack?
Instead of doing this, it would be better to hunt other lone monsters.
"retreat!"
Zhang Yang gave the order, but as soon as he finished speaking, he felt his whole body go cold, as if he was being stared at by some terrifying evil force. This force could even transcend the void and freeze his entire body, making it seem as if even his thoughts could not flow.
However, this state only lasted for a moment, and Zhang Yang seemed to hear a click, like the sound of ice cracking. He felt like a drowning person who suddenly breathed in fresh air and broke free from that evil confinement. But the price was that he felt like he was completely hollowed out, his mind was empty, his whole body was numb, and blood was gushing out of his nostrils like little snakes.
At the same time, two lines of blood-red information flashed across his eyes, which were reflected by the village construction order.
"You were attacked by the Imprisonment Hex, but because you have a C+ grade soul, the Imprisonment Hex is ineffective and converted into secondary mental shock damage."
"You were attacked by the soul-binding magic, but because you have a C+ level soul, the soul-binding magic is ineffective and converted into secondary mental shock damage."
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What was going on? It took Zhang Yang several seconds to recover from the terrible state. Then he saw two black spiders as big as trucks crawling out of the deep pit. The giant black spider on the left kept spitting out strands of icy spider silk. Each strand of icy spider silk could instantly freeze an ordinary soldier, and then shatter into pieces.
The giant black spider on the right continuously spewed out strands of red flaming spider silk. The same strand of spider silk could ignite a soldier and turn him into ashes instantly.
It turned out to be the old spider monster, and he also knows some witchcraft. What level of monster is he?
Zhang Yang subconsciously activated the first level vision and immediately saw two red spots. He was startled because this represented extreme danger.
What to do? Zhang Yang's mind was buzzing, and the first thing he thought of was to escape. He left the ordinary soldiers here to contain them, and he himself escaped with six elite soldiers.
But, can you really escape?
Or, is there any point in running away? There are still 189 recruitment quotas left in the village construction order. Does he really want to abandon the more than 100 soldiers he has already recruited and let them sacrifice in vain in exchange for his own chance to escape?
What should I do next time I encounter such a dangerous monster? "Let's fight!"
Zhang Yang's idea was decisive. He recruited 180 spearmen without saying a word. The two giant black spiders had high defenses and a thick layer of black hair on their bodies. The arrows could not break through their defenses at all. Only the arrows shot by the three elite archers could barely break through their defenses.
In this case, we can only use the human wave tactic and surround and kill them with enough spearmen!
burn one's boats!
"Spearmen, charge!"
"Elite spearmen, wait for your opportunity!"
Zhang Yang shouted wildly, and more than 200 spearmen rushed forward like a tide. Although the two giant black spiders could quickly spit out strands of ice spider silk and fire spider silk, they could not block everything after all.
In a blink of an eye, more than 200 spearmen had rushed to the front and launched piercing skills. Even though they were just ordinary soldiers and even though they were facing the spider monster, the characteristics of the spearmen determined that they could cause certain damage to the spider monster.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”
The two giant black spiders hissed, spewed spider silk, and moved quickly. At the same time, streams of black ink-like poisonous smoke emerged from their bellies. Almost in the blink of an eye, any soldier who was touched by the poisonous smoke began to cough violently and died of the poison in just a dozen seconds.
But this scene did not shake Zhang Yang's heart, and he did not even order the soldiers to retreat. He was very clear at this moment that this was the only way he had.
Each spearman can launch at least three piercing attacks before being poisoned to death. These attacks may not be fatal, but they accumulate over time and always reduce the health of the two giant black spiders.
Zhang Yang had already activated the first level of protection at this time. This was a good means of protection, but the only drawback was that he could not move.
He ordered three elite archers and one elite sword and shield soldier to enter the protective circle, and then two elite spearmen to stand by and look for opportunities. It was impossible to kill the two giant black spiders by relying on ordinary soldiers.
"Can you shoot their eyes out?"
"Village chief, it doesn't seem to work. We have tried it just now, and the arrows we shot always deviated at the last moment, as if they were affected by some invisible force. In fact, not only our attacks, but also the piercing attacks of those spearmen seemed to be deviated, and we were unable to cause fatal damage to them."
An elite archer named Liu Dali replied.
"Invisible force?"
Zhang Yang was stunned, and thought of the two magic spells that almost killed him just now. These two extremely dangerous black spiders are very powerful.
If that's the case, then even if all of his two hundred spearmen died, the Black Spider wouldn't be harmed at all, right?
"I don't believe that your kind of defensive power has no limit!"
"Wu Yuan, Duan Jiu, the two of you join the attack, and give priority to dealing with the black spider on the left. Be careful not to get hurt by the poisonous fog!" Zhang Yang first gave orders to two elite spearmen, and then ordered three elite archers.
"Liu Dali, Qin Yidao, Sun Goudan, the three of you hide and don't shoot yet. When Wu Yuan and Duan Jiu use Gale Piercing, the three of you immediately use Wind Chasing Triple Shot to shoot the black spider's eyes!"
(End of this chapter)
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