Vomiting blood
The cave was inclined, and they had to bend down at first as they walked down the entrance. The ceiling of the cave became higher as they walked.
There are spider silks distributed on both sides of the cave wall. These silks are relatively thin. Tian Baozhu can get rid of these silk webs just by using her rake. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Hei Wuchang's soul-catching sickle should be used refrained.
The cave was dry and hot, and the light diminished as we went deeper. After walking about 400 meters, the cave was completely engulfed in darkness.
"It's so dark here. Senior, can you see clearly?"
"I can see it, but the lack of light here affects my orientation. Can you see it?"
"I can see a little bit, about an arm's length away."
In the darkness, apart from vision, other senses are particularly sharp. Tian Baozhu stopped when she heard Hei Wuchang's footsteps.
"Senior, why aren't you moving?"
"My hair on my forehead and at the ends of my hair were tangled in spider webs."
If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of "sizzling", "sizzling", as if your hair is burning.
Tian Baozhu planned to help Hei Wuchang remove the spider webs. She raised the rake and then put it down. She was afraid that the rake would accidentally scratch Hei Wuchang's face, so she used her other hand that was not holding the rake to scratch in the air, trying to help him.
"Don't touch me, or your hands might get burned."
"It would be nice if there was light in the cave. It would let me see you clearly, and I could use a rake to help you remove the silk screen."
"The Soul Summoning Bell can create light, but even though it's a much gentler weapon than the Soul Scythe, it still requires your energy to provide it, which is a drain on you."
When Tian Baozhu heard that the spirit-summoning bell could glow, curiosity got the better of her. Could the power of the spirit-summoning bell be further developed? Then she must give it a try.
"What should I do to make the summoning bell glow?"
"Although the Soul-Summoning Bell isn't very powerful, don't mess with it." Hei Wuchang warned, "Make a pact with it and agree to transfer your energy to it."
The soul-calling bell in Tian Baozhu's hand emitted a faint green light.
Like a guiding light in the darkness.
The light illuminated their way forward, but also attracted red spiders that followed the light from the hidden darkness, and many red spiders crawled onto their bodies.
Tian Baozhu quickly took advantage of the light to destroy the spider web that was entangled with Hei Wuchang, then hooked the soul-calling bell with the tip of the rake and stretched it as far away as possible. The red spiders crawled down from them and went towards the light.
Wherever the light could reach, red spiders swarmed in groups, stacking one on top of another to form a small insect mountain, as if they were determined to climb up to the source of the light like a spirit-calling bell.
The swarm of red spiders was so persistent that it gave Tian Baozhu goosebumps all over her body and her hands shook unconsciously.
"I'll do it, hold it steady." Hei Wuchang whispered to her.
Tian Baozhu received the signal from Hei Wuchang. She knew that Hei Wuchang was about to take action, so she held her hand steady and gave Hei Wuchang a wink.
Hei Wuchang saw the right opportunity and swung his sickle, and the wind from the sickle blade swept through the swarm of insects fiercely.
Tens of millions of red spiders didn't have time to struggle for even a second. The insect mountain collapsed instantly and was then completely absorbed by the Soul-Snatching Scythe.
In just a few seconds, there was no trace of the red spider anywhere in sight.
Tian Baozhu was able to breathe a sigh of relief. She brought the spirit-summoning bell closer and looked at Hei Wuchang in the light. His bangs and hair ends were burned by the spider webs and turned into dry ash.
"You need to cut your hair." Tian Baozhu said.
"Shh." Hei Wuchang alertly reminded Tian Baozhu not to speak, "There's still sound."
In the silence, they could still hear some sounds, although they were very subtle.
"There are other Starscreams alive. We need to be careful."
"good."
Hei Wuchang took the Soul-Catching Scythe and slowly moved it in various directions to test. When it moved to one o'clock, the Soul-Catching Scythe vibrated, and it sensed the presence of life in that direction.
They tiptoed towards that direction and saw another thick silk net, tightly sealing a hole that was one person wide and high.
The faint sound they had just heard also came from here. The light of the spirit-calling bell shone inside, and a squeaking sound that intimidated the enemy came from inside.
After confirming the presence of red spiders inside, Hei Wuchang used his soul-catching sickle to cut the silk web without hesitation.
In the cave illuminated by the light of the summoning bell, one can see five huge female insects the size of facehuggers lying on the ground, laying eggs non-stop.
This is the birthing room of the queens. Five of them can produce tens of thousands of red spiders in the cave.
Because of the two people's intrusion, two of them stopped laying eggs, spit out spider silk and rolled it into a bundle of thick drawstrings, rolled up the stones in the cave, and hit them like meteor hammers.
Tian Baozhu reacted quickly and used a rake to grab the spider silk, making it temporarily unable to move. While Tian Baozhu and the queen insect were pulling each other, Hei Wuchang raised his knife and accurately cut the spider silk roll.
Without the spider silk's entanglement and control, the falling stones hit the rake and the soul-catching sickle, making clanging sounds.
Hei Wuchang cut the Gordian knot with a sharp knife, and the blade cut towards the queen insects.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four--
“Pfft—!”
Suddenly, a spurt of blood came into Tian Baozhu's eyes.
The blood suddenly spurted out of Hei Wuchang's mouth, and Hei Wuchang vomited blood!
"senior!"
Hei Wuchang ignored Tian Baozhu's exclamation, held back the blood that was about to gush out of his mouth, and swung his sickle hard one last time.
The fifth one!
Under Hei Wuchang's continuous attacks, all five queen insects were eliminated efficiently.
"Don't call me, I'm fine. I'll just rest for a while."
Tian Baozhu covered her mouth uncomfortably, fearing that she would not be able to hold back and scream again.
This is not a magic weapon, it's a murder weapon!
The Soul-Catching Scythe is a deadly weapon that even its user wants to reap and kill!
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In the underground caves, there are eggs laid by red spiders everywhere.
Although the mother insect that laid the eggs had been eliminated, these densely packed eggs would become a new generation of pests once they hatched. Moreover, no one knew where else their nests might be in this long cave.
This is something that requires long-term maintenance.
Tian Baozhu made a mental note of this, and then she looked at Hei Wuchang, who was resting nearby and not letting her get too close.
The blood stains on Hei Wuchang's hands had dried. He wiped them and touched the Soul-Catching Scythe. In an instant, the blood stains on his hands disappeared.
The previous battle had consumed a lot of Hei Wuchang's energy. He leaned against the cave wall and looked around. The spider webs and the dense insect eggs around him would give most people a panic attack.
"How many eggs are there in the cave?" asked Hei Wuchang.
When Tian Baozhu heard Hei Wuchang ask her, she replied:
"Let's follow the various passages in the cave and see how many there are."
This underground cavern was filled with tens of thousands of tunnels, some several times taller than a person, others as small as a fist. Fortunately, the smaller ones weren't very deep, and the eggs were only on the surface, so those should be easy to clean. They were looking for the larger holes.
There are four large branch caves, and they enter separately from left to right.
Tian Baozhu entered the first cave and Hei Wuchang entered the second cave.
The first branch cave is about ten meters long and is filled with densely packed insect eggs of all sizes. If you look closely, you can see black stuff surging inside the eggs.
If we don't hurry up, the red spider mites will probably hatch soon, which will be a disaster for the red spider lilies above. We have to get rid of them quickly.
Tian Baozhu took out a rake. Due to the width of the hole, the rake did not extend to its original size, but only extended to about half of its original size, the length of Tian Baozhu's arm.
Tian Baozhu used a rake to scrape off the eggs. The red spider eggs were thickly stuck together in layers. There were nearly fifty eggs in just an area the size of a fingernail.
The scraped eggs fell at her feet like yellow rice grains, and Tian Baozhu pressed them down hard with a rake.
"Puff, puff," the eggs were squashed and yellow liquid oozed out. But there were so many of them that Tian Baozhu felt it would never end.
She had been digging and killing insect eggs for more than ten minutes, but had not yet killed half of the eggs in the hole, not to mention those that were higher than her head, which was probably as high as a three-story building. Even if Tian Baozhu restored the rake to its original length, she could not reach it.
It's too difficult.
Tian Baozhu couldn't think of any strategy at the moment, and could only hope that she could be fast enough to kill all the insect eggs before they hatched.
"Cough cough!" A coughing sound came from the second branch cave.
Tian Baozhu wondered if Hei Wuchang was overusing his Soul-Snatching Scythe again. She hurried over to see, and sure enough, she saw the Scythe gliding across the cave ceiling. Below, Hei Wuchang clutched his chest, coughing and directing the Scythe's trajectory with his hands.
Wherever the Soul-Catching Scythe passed, it took away everything. Tian Baozhu saw that in this branch cave, there was almost no trace of insect eggs, only some remnants in the top corners.
The Soul-Catching Scythe was also drawing away Hei Wuchang's energy. Tian Baozhu saw a few more streaks of blood flowing from the corners of his mouth.
"Senior, please take a break. Your body won't be able to withstand such prolonged use of the Soul-Snatching Scythe."
"I've almost finished cleaning up here. There are only a few places on the top left. This cave can be cleaned up."
Tian Baozhu couldn't bear it, but the insect eggs on the cave ceiling could only be removed by Hei Wuchang's soul-catching sickle, and she had no substantial way to help him. She hesitated for a moment, but still gently patted Hei Wuchang on the back.
Although she didn't know if it would work, she always hoped that she could give him some encouragement and comfort.
Hei Wuchang, who was comforted by Tian Baozhu, felt a noticeable vibration on his back.
Tian Baozhu let go immediately. "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable like this? Sorry, I'll stop right away."
"No." Hei Wuchang quickly replied, "I'm not feeling uncomfortable. You... can continue."
"Then I'll continue. Come on, senior!" Tian Baozhu continued to pat his back gently, hoping to transfer some of her energy to him.
The Soul-Catching Scythe swept across the last patch of insect eggs. "Puff, puff," just like how Tian Baozhu had crushed the insect eggs just now, the shattered insect eggs on the cave ceiling splashed down from above like egg liquid.
Tian Baozhu was afraid that the broken liquid would splash onto her body, but what she worried about did not happen. The Soul-Catching Scythe absorbed all the remaining life force liquid.
The residual liquid dissipated into tiny molecules in mid-air, and all of them were drawn into the curved blade of the sickle.
The Soul-Catching Scythe absorbed life force, and after spinning several times in the air, it flew back to Hei Wuchang's outstretched hand with a "whoosh".
"Huh." Tian Baozhu felt the rise and fall of his hands. Hei Wuchang took a deep breath, and then let out a long sigh.
"Okay," he said.
Tian Baozhu hadn't realized what Hei Wuchang meant yet, and her hand continued to pat him on the back.
"Well." Hei Wuchang said a little embarrassedly, "I'm fine, you can stop now."
"Oh, it's done, right? It's all right." Tian Baozhu hurriedly let go of her hand. Somehow, she also felt a little embarrassed.
"Thanks."
It was the first time that Tian Baozhu heard Hei Wuchang thank her so solemnly. He looked up and made eye contact with her.
She smiled at him and said, "No need to thank me, this is what partners do."
"Do you consider me your partner?" Hei Wuchang looked surprised.
"Ah yes, partner, haven't you ever considered me a partner?"
Tian Baozhu is a little sad.
"I never thought that Bai Wuchang could be my partner."
Hei Wuchang's answer surprised Tian Baozhu.
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