Chapter 94 - The Beast Emperor Return (1/2)

”Get ready for the last act. The curtain is about to fall, you, The One Who Hides Behind The Curtain.”

That was what Bao Bei said. Both had taken their Domains out, which were their strongest cards at their disposal and activated their bloodlines. It wouldn't be the same as before.

”Spider Run, Aerial Mode.”

Suddenly, all fifty Bao Beis began to move at an insane speed. Instead of using the normal flight that was linear but continuous, they were using Spider Run in the air to traverse several meters at high speed in a straight line.

The procedure consisted of forming a cushion of spirit power on her legs' tips to use it as a support point to project herself in the desired direction. Although Bao Bei wasn't able to continue to move forward in the chosen direction after completing several meters, unlike the usual flying, this way was faster and allowed to surprise the enemy.

Along with the displacement of the fifty Bao Beis, the Shé Family head also moved. The snakes generated by his Domain hissed viciously and bared their teeth. Then, like an enormous cloud of green color, producing a metallic sound similar to a rattle, they fell forward against the advance of that spiders' army.

Spider vs. Snake. Who was going to win?

But as soon as the snakes' army moved, the gigantic spiderweb dome's filaments, in which the two fighters were, began to thin out into space inside. Like thin needles, an unknown number of threads slipped into that green cloud and pierced the snakes, binding them with their bodies.

However, when these filaments created a hole in the snakes' body, the reptiles snapped and divided their bodies in half. They used the hole that had been built into their bodies as a separating line. Then, the front part became smaller as it formed a tail, and the back one became smaller in turn to create a head.

And like that, for each snake killed by the silk filaments, two other serpents would be created, increasing the density of that green cloud.

”Nagaraja, Poisonous Knife Rain.”

Taking advantage of the space not occupied by his snakes, the Shé Family head ordered his Artifact Spirit to attack him. Therefore, in the portion of space where the man and the strange figure were, sharp daggers created with spirit power appeared. Each of them contained a crazy amount of Poison Law.

At that point, an incredible number of these daggers flew against the Bao Beis army that was continuing to advance.

”Chaos Spiderweb.”

Bao Bei noticed that the snakes weren't being blocked at sufficient speed and that a shower of daggers was also coming. So, she activated another of her techniques.

The filaments of her spiderweb dome that had so far stretched out in an orderly manner began to lose control and scatter in bulk throughout the area inside. With such chaos, they couldn't miss the snakes and the daggers.

However, some of the snakes and daggers, commanded at a distance by the human martial artist, dodged the protective layer of the spiderweb, creeping into the empty spaces, and advanced towards the Bao Beis' army.

The figures of Bao Bei, therefore, began to be pierced one by one, disappearing after contact and finally leaving the original Bao Bei that was still undamaged.

”Poisonous Cloud Explosion.”

The remains of snakes and daggers pierced by the spiderweb's filaments, and those that had destroyed the false copies of Bao Bei began to tremble and produce a disturbing sound before they burst completely. From that outbreak, an immense poisonous cloud spread like an enormous wave in the sea, swallowing everything it encountered.

”Cocoon Spiderweb.”

As the cloud approached, Bao Bei secreted more silk from her spinneret to create a circular sphere similar to a cocoon around herself. That cocoon then underwent the full impact of that poisonous cloud, slowly starting to melt as it came into contact with that toxic gas.

”Nagaraja, go! Embrace of Death.”

The half-human and half-snake figure derived from the Artifact Spirit residing in the weapon of the Shé Family head leaned forward at high speed, taking advantage of Bao Bei's momentary 'blindness' in her cocoon.

His poisonous cloud had not only an attack function but also created a disturbance in the enemy's ability to detect spirit power through their spirit sense. This was because the poisonous cloud allowed his spirit power to spread everywhere in the space occupied by the cloud.

As far as the spirit sense was concerned, it was an ability of beings endowed with spirit power to detect the spirit power around them. It was like a kind of detector, but it recognized only spirit power. Consequently, if a martial artist should momentarily cancel their spirit power and advance without activating it, they wouldn't be detected by the enemy's spirit sense.

This technique was also used by every being able to perform it. Because the function of detection could also be used during fights, making it perfect when you lose sight of the enemy.

But as it always happened when techniques were invented, techniques that could influence or cancel that detection function were later created. But for Bao Bei, it wasn't a problem at all. She didn't only use her Spirit Sense to fight.

”Spider Hair.”

The hairs on her body began to rhythmically sway as they caught the slightest movement out of the spiderweb cocoon where she was. The amount of sound perceived was monstrous. An ordinary being would go crazy just to hear such a high quantity of noise inside their heads. Nevertheless, Bao Bei didn't flinch and continued to detect the sounds, quickly isolating the useless ones, one by one.

And so, with Spider Hair, she felt the approach of the half-human figure and half a serpent created by her enemy.

That being made of spirit power began to wrap its tail around the cocoon, which was now beginning to show signs of collapse as the upper human part prepared to attack as soon as the cocoon would be destroyed.

And after a short time, that happened. Under the action of the poisonous cloud and the tail's crushing of that being, the barrier-like cocoon of Bao Bei was eventually torn to pieces, sowing filaments of melted silk everywhere.

And yet, as soon as the cocoon broke, a silver-white figure emerged from inside. It was wrapped in the grip of the half-human and half-snake figure's hands.

”Spider Bite.”

Slash!

The head of that hybrid figure was cut in half while the rest of the body precipitously fell to the ground.

Thud!

The head and the body crashed against the surface of the lake, generating an imposing spray. Then they disappeared like grains of colored dust in the air.

Above where the crash had occurred, there was a five-meter spider covered entirely by silvery-white silk as if it was armor.

”Spider Carapace, Spiderweb Mode. Silk Armor!”

The supreme defensive technique possessed by Bao Bei.

Combining her already hard body with Spider Carapace and her spiderweb, Bao Bei was able to create this kind of armor. In this way, her defensive power would skyrocket, making her an unstoppable machine.