1241 Carnelian-Head Spider (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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Mo Fan soon found the dark red woods after following Cao Qinqin's instructions. The forest was covered in sticky spider webs. It would be extremely difficult to break free from them if he was caught in them.
Mo Fan could not help but wonder what Bai Hongfei was doing here.
The dark red woods had a strange scent, too. Mo Fan soon saw some spider webs that had been destroyed. The further he went, the more cleared up the area was. He was able to proceed forward smoothly.
”Moths on the spider webs?” Mo Fan noticed lots of dead moths on the spider webs. Some of the moths were quite huge, the size of bats. They were mostly blue in color. When Mo Fan saw some moths diving at the spider webs, he immediately recalled the appearance of Qinyi Lake, which seemed like it was covered by a blue veil.
Bai Hongfei was right. The moths had stopped the water from flowing, but what were they trying to achieve?
A strange voice came from the woods. Mo Fan gathered his focus and saw a huge tree suddenly falling to the ground. The huge trunk and the branches immediately fell on top of the dark red shrubs nearby!
Mo Fan picked up his pace. He turned into a shadow bird and flew in the direction of the falling tree.
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As soon as he arrived, he saw some blood spraying across the air and dyed the leaves of the shrubs red. It was particularly eye-catching.
”Ahhhh… my arm!” Bai Hongfei screamed in pain.
His severed arm fell to the ground. Bai Hongfei grabbed the stump and desperately backed away. He did not even dare retrieve his arm.
”Bai Hongfei!” Mo Fan was startled.
How reckless could the kid be? Why could not he understand how capable he was, going so deep into the woods and provoking such a deadly spider!?
Mo Fan had seen the hairy spider. It had the legs and lower body of a spider, but its upper body was densely covered in red skulls. From afar, the red skulls set off the carnelian head on its back. It was oddly spooky!
”Sir, run away...this thing is too strong!” Bai Hongfei yelled at Mo Fan while gritting his teeth against the tremendous pain.
Bai Hongfei had decided to take out the Carnelian-Head Spider, as he did not want Yu Shishi to sacrifice herself any further. He was an Advanced Mage. He assumed the creature was not too strong, since it was close to the safe zone. He would be able to take care of it by himself.
However, Bai Hongfei had thought wrong. The Carnelian-Head Spider was crazily strong. Each of the skulls was able to spit out poisonous silk, making it extremely difficult for Bai Hongfei to do anything.
He was already regretting it; he should not have been so full of himself!
As soon as Bai Hongfei warned Mo Fan, the creature quickly spat out poisonous silk in all directions as if it understood what they were saying.
The poisonous silk spread throughout the woods, covering the trunks, the canopy, and the shrubs, forming a huge spiderweb that would prevent the two humans from escaping. It even covered the space above their heads. They could no longer see the stars!
”We're done for!” Bai Hongfei yelled.
”No, we're not, get behind me!” Mo Fan snapped.
”Sir, you don't stand a chance against it...”
Bai Hongfei was already an Advanced Mage himself. Even though he was clear that the young mentor was stronger than him, there was no way he could take the Carnelian-Head Spider on alone. They would need a group of Advanced Mages against this Commander-level creature!
The Carnelian-Head Spider charged forward after setting up its spider web. The creature's legs were remarkably strong. They kept flicking the soil into the air as it charged forward. It thrust its sharp and strong front limbs in Mo Fan's direction!
”Piss off!” Mo Fan yelled furiously. A fiery dragon coiled around his arm.
The fiery dragon surged around Mo Fan's wrist as he threw a punch. Facing this demon creature that was over twenty meters tall, the flames bursting out of Mo Fan's fist soared fifty meters high into the air and filled up the space between Mo Fan's fist and the Carnelian-Head Spider!
The flames lit up the woods. An even greater fiery dragon sprang forward and chased after the Carnelian-Head Spider that had been knocked flying. It knocked the Carnelian-Head Spider further into the distance...
The woods were densely covered in spider webs, but they soon had a huge clearing that was burning fiercely. The trees along the path of the flames were burned into ashes. The Carnelian-Head Spider was at the end of the trail. Its sturdy dark red armor was severely damaged. It was still burning!