Chapter 135 - Hunting the Hunter - 4 (1/2)

Lian launched herself against Mok Tong-Hyo. Her right fist had been placed back while charging power.

”Vibrating Fist.”

Lian's fist went forward, colliding against the enemy's gauntlet. Unfortunately, the difference in power was too vast, and Lian suffered damage from the collision of the two techniques. Mok Tong-Hyo didn't miss the opportunity for a follow-up attack and moved his right arm forward at the level of Lian's stomach.

”Law of Poison, Poison Bird Talon.”

”Law of Wood, Coating Bark.”

Thump! Swoosh!

Lian was thrown down. The blue-haired young woman heavily spat blood from her mouth as she momentarily stopped breathing. The attack received had been extremely violent, and it wouldn't have been strange if she was on the brink of death. However, Lian had always been a careful though silent person. Shortly before receiving Mok Tong-Hyo's attack, she had wrapped one of her ribbons around her body. Using also a defensive technique of the Wood Law, Lian had further hardened the ribbon, giving it a brownish color similar to tree bark. In doing so, Lian was able to avoid fatal damage but was unknown if she was still able to continue fighting.

Tug!

Suddenly, Mok Tong-Hyo felt himself being pulled, and, after looking down, he realized that Lian's other ribbon was tied around his ankles. He was utterly amazed at the thinking process of the young blue-haired woman. For all the fight, she had limited herself to support, but her reading of the battle's flow was monstrous. Not only had she noticed the danger her partner was facing and saved him, but she had moved decisively not to let him breathe. Mok Tong-Hyo thought it was a move driven by despair but found that he was wrong. Everything had been calculated in detail, including getting a severe injury in the process. Just one wrong calculation or one wrong movement and Lian would have laid lifeless on the ground.

”YE! XING!” Hei screamed at his little sisters as he landed.

Ye and Xing also had an exceptional understanding of the battle's flow. So they quickly understood what their big brother meant. Ye reached out her tail and took Lian to the ground. Then she wrapped her tail on the ribbon tied to the enemy and began to pull with all her might. As for brute force, Ye was definitely the best of the four of them. Even Mok Tong-Hyo was unable to resist and was dragged by force downward.

When the pirate's body was crushed to the ground, Xing let out all the spiderwebs that she had managed to accumulate up until now. The divine beast spider had mainly two ways to weave - one was the normal production of spiderweb from the spinneret; the other was through her spirit power. By condensing spirit power in the spinneret, she was able to generate more silk in less time than her normal production. However, that process was exhausting for her if carried out continuously. So it was something she preferred not to use if possible. Unfortunately, it was now one of those occasions.

Xing's silk clumped into a finely crafted spiderweb dome. It wasn't very thick, so much so that Mok Tong-Hyo could still see outside. But Xing's goal wasn't to lock the pirate into a thick cage from which he couldn't get out. No. she had something else in her mind.

'Law of Illusions, Psychedelic Game of Lights.'

Using something that Mok Tong-Hyo never expected, Xing activated an Illusion Law technique. It was an external illusory technique that continually showed the enemy a series of lights of all possible colors and shapes that varied at every moment. Xing wasn't yet able enough to produce such an illusion only with her knowledge of the Illusion Law. Therefore, she devised a way to remedy her inexperience - use her own spiderweb as a medium and reflect the sunlight to create a game of lights. It was for this reason that she didn't generate a thick spiderweb but left it thin.

Mok Tong-Hyo was attacked by this storm of lights and put his hands to his eyes to obscure the view and protect himself from such a dazzling assault. But no matter how hard he tried to repair himself, the lights continued to be projected so intensely to result visible even though he was covering his eyes. Mok Tong-Hyo screamed wholeheartedly, but he couldn't move from there. Ye was still continuing to tighten the ribbon while Lian was conscious enough to hold the grip of her ribbon with her spirit power. Lastly, Xing's illusion didn't allow the enemy to use any of his techniques.

Left with no other alternative, Mok Tong-Hyo began to throw punches at random in front of him like a madman as he slowly advanced with his eyes closed. The psychedelic lights were still being projected, but he tried to resist and reached the layer of spiderweb that was keeping him locked up. Realizing that he had reached the spiderweb dome's structure, he railed even more forcefully against that prison. Had he continued like this, he would have been able to free himself before long.

'Big brother, he'll be able to get out soon. I can't make spiderwebs while I'm focused on keeping the illusion active.' Xing warned in an alarmed voice. Since the enemy was stronger than her, regarding the cultivation, it was normal for her to struggle to keep him under the illusion.

”Don't worry. I'm ready.” Hei confidently replied, reassuring his little sister.

Ever since Lian had pulled Mok Tong-Hyo to land, Hei had stopped to condense all his spirit power left over for one last final attack. An attack that would end the fight. But to do this, he needed time to prepare and charge the necessary power.

'Law of Poison + Snake Coiling + Beast Claws + Spider Lance, Poison Piercing Lance.'

Poisonous Piercing Spear. A variant of Spider Lance, derived from the fusion of three of the techniques learned by his mother with the Law of Poison. If Spider Lance was already a move with extreme lethal power, Poison Piercing Lance took that power to a higher level. Hei had no doubts that although his spirit power was no longer amplified and there was a cultivation gap between him and the enemy, Mok Tong-Hyo couldn't possibly survive his attack.

When Mok Tong-Hyo was about to split the spiderweb that enclosed him, Hei sprinted forward using Spider Run, Two-Legged Mode. As soon as Mok Tong-Hyo emerged from the spiderweb dome, Hei reached out his left arm, the dominant one, and finally released the technique he had loaded.

Stab!

Hei's arm sharply broke Mok Tong-Hyo's layer of spirit power and stuck into the flesh at the level of his heart. The spirit soldier pirate had no escape - his heart was crushed as Hei's arm came out of his back. He didn't even have time to think about anything. As soon as he emerged from the spiderweb dome and the psychedelic lights dimmed, Mok Tong-Hyo heard a rustling sound near him. The next moment, however, it was all over, and he stopped hearing anything else. He was now lifeless and was only standing because his body was being supported by the Hei's left arm stuck inside.