Chapter 28 (1/2)
In the depths of the Southern Suburb Woods, the Five-Colored Poison Spiders were still coming out of the valley cave endlessly, as if a spatial gateway was opened in there.
However, the group of soldiers who were in charge of keeping the battle contained there previously had already left, battling as they retreated.
At this time, almost all of the teachers and students had safely returned to the camp. The soldiers didn’t have to continue taking the huge risk of defending at the valley entrance.
No one knew whether there are any higher-tiered exotic beasts in the cave. If a bunch of mid-tier beasts were to come gushing out from that cave, then the several dozen soldiers would have been sacrificed for naught.
Although the ordinary soldiers had retreated, a tall, muscular middle-aged man dressed in military attire appeared on the apex of the adjacent mountain from nowhere.
A shining golden star was hanging on this man’s shoulders. He was actually a Major General!
At this moment, this Major General was standing atop a thin branch at the top of a tree, his body swaying to the wind. It was as if he weighed nothing at all.
He was looking silently into the valley with furrowed brow, muttering to himself, “When did so many Five-Colored Poison Spiders hide themselves in this valley? How strange.”
After pondering to himself for some time, the Major General didn’t solve the mystery. He suddenly turned to look to the side, and said to a phoenix-like mystical beast whose entire body was flaming red, standing on another branch, “Go take a look in the cave. Check what else is in there.”
That phoenix-like beast immediately answered with a clear cry and suddenly turned into a red streak, flying straight into the depths of the valley below, where that cave that resembled a huge ghostly beast was waiting.
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Shuashuashua—
The two Five-Colored Poison Spiders ganging up on Second Lieutenant Qi seemed to have some chemistry between them. They shot out several webs of sticky silk at him at the same time, trying to bind him to the ground and kill him off in one go.
However, Lieutenant Qi already knew how powerful the Five-Colored Poison Spider’s silk was, There was no way he’d let himself get caught so easily.
He narrowly dodged the webs one after another, as if he was dancing. Then, he took another step, suddenly closing the distance between them and drew a vertical arc with his blade, slashing down on the head of one of the Five-Colored Poison Spiders.
The Five-Colored Poison Spider didn’t expect Second Lieutenant Qi to be so decisive, to actually dare strike it from the front. It raised its chelicerae in a fluster, receiving the blade’s edge.
One of its chelicerae was almost cleaved in two. Its millstone-sized body was forced back several meters.
Even so, Lieutenant Qi’s sudden attack created an opportunity for the other Five-Colored Poison Spider. It suddenly crawled forward, brandishing its chelicerae and blade-like legs, shrouding him in a blur of shadows.
Lieutenant Qi’s expression remain unchanged. A figure zoomed past his side; it was his subdued beast, the Eagle-Beak Pheasant, pouncing into the blur of shadows as if it was making a suicidal attack, pecking at the Five-Colored Poison Spider’s head.
A mournful cry rang out. Following which, both the Eagle-Beak Pheasant and Five-Colored Poison Spiders backed off from each other.
On the Eagle-Beak Pheasant’s neck, there was now several deep marks. These were not light injuries; fresh blood was flowing out from the wounds.
It wasn’t any better for the Five-Colored Poison Spider, either. One of its eyes was pecked away by the Eagle-Beak Pheasant, turning it into a one-eyed spider.
Both parties were apprehensive of the other after that, turning the situation into a standstill.
On the other side, the Fiery Scorpion and Scarlet Head Golden Back Centipede were attacking the other Five-Colored Poison Spider together, but they were continuously forced back by the latter.