7 Spider Lord

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Zhang Yang laid out the tactics, around 40 to 50 spearmen had already died on the battlefield. Their corpses rapidly decomposed and a black, poisonous smoke-like gas exuded from their bodies, aggravating the spread of the poisonous fog.

Fortunately, the spearmen were fearless. Otherwise, they would have fled the scene by now.

Zhang Yang had considered letting the spearmen temporarily retreat from the range of the poisonous fog. However, the two giant black spiders could spit silk dozens of meters away. Not only that, but they were also agile, long-range aggressors. It simply didn't make sense to run away from them.

Not to mention, they also possessed two types of demonic spells—imprisonment and detention. Even though they didn't effectively work against Zhang Yang who had a C+ soul, there were no issues using them to wipe out ordinary soldiers.

That was why Zhang Yang could only place his hope on a tactical coordination between the two elite spearmen and three elite bowmen.

At that moment, the two elite spearmen—Wu Yuan and Duan Jiu—entered the battlefield under the cover of other spearmen. They did a good job and acted very cautiously. However, just two seconds later, the two giant black spiders somehow noticed their presence and fiercely spat out their respective ice and flame spider silks at them.

Fortunately, the two elite spearmen had high agility, dodging the attack and being shielded by the other spearmen. Otherwise, Zhang Yang's plan would have immediately failed.

But even so, they couldn't get any closer than 20 meters to the two giant black spiders. Because they would definitely be killed if they were wrapped in the ice and flame spider silks.

This can't go on!

Zhang Yang took a deep breath, his heart beating like a drum. He knew what he had to do. The situation at hand was apparent. He was facing two demons that were at least boss-level. They were incredibly smart, so much so that they figured out Zhang Yang's tactical intentions.

The three elite bowmen on Zhang Yang's side in charge of long-range damage were already in position. However, the elite spearmen representing melee damage couldn't get into position. They couldn't approach the two black spiders, so naturally they couldn't execute the plan.

"What we're missing is a tank! You guys, cover me!"

Zhang Yang deactivated the Level 1 Protection, calling for a dozen shield soldiers and the elite shield soldier to charge into the battlefield alongside him. Right now, he was the only one who could assume the role of a tank. Or more precisely, the Level 1 Protection of the Village Building Order could. But since the Level 1 Protection disallowed him to freely move about, his only choice was to deactivate it and dash toward the two black spiders himself.

There wasn't any tactical covering involved at that moment, and Zhang Yang was scared to death. However, the C+ strength of his soul kept him level-headed. He gripped the reinforced spear while surrounded by shield soldiers in the front and back.

The two giant black spiders immediately realized his intentions. At the next second, they flung over ice and flame spider silks respectively.

Bam! Bam!

Two shield soldiers died on the spot.

However, Zhang Yang wasn't that concerned since the spider silks were flung in a straight line and not at a curve. The shield soldiers in front of him would bear the brunt of the attack, so he was safe.

Of course, he would also instantly turn on the Level 1 Protection when necessary.

At the same time, Zhang Yang had personally rushed forward to attract the attention of the two giant black spiders, the two elite spearmen—Wu Yuan and Duan Jiu—also seized the opportunity to charge ahead. Their Wind Piercing skill was rather terrifying, where a single thrust seriously injured the black bear demon from earlier. There was no doubt that they posed a great threat to the invisible forcefield around the body of the two giant black spiders.

As the two elite spearmen bravely dashed into the poisonous fog and were about to unleash their Wind Piercing skill, all of a sudden, the situation took a turn. Duan Jiu, who led the charge, suddenly came to a halt, as if he were stopped by some unknown power.

Sh*t! Zhang Yang exclaimed.

Those two spiders must have released yet another imprisonment or detention demonic spell!

But it was too late to rescue them as the giant black spider on the left suddenly turned around and aimed its butt at the dumbfounded Duan Jiu.

Bam!

Countless black spider silks resembling Sadako's1 hair spurted out at Duan Jiu and wrapped around his entire head. Everyone helplessly watched as the black spider silks had as though come alive, crushing and severing the man into minced meat.

Zhang Yang watched from the back with his hair standing on end.

Who would have thought that these two giant black spiders had such a trump card?

"Kill them!"

At that moment, the other elite spearman, Wu Yuan, roared and took advantage of the opening of Duan Jiu's death. He thrust his spear into the huge abdomen of the giant black spider on the left!

His attack wasn't only extraordinarily grandeur, but also as quick as dazzling lightning. One could easily imagine the force behind it. However, the moment his reinforced spear was about to stab into the giant black spider's abdomen, a gray, hazy spiderweb appeared in front of him and forcefully wrapped the razor-sharp tip of the spear!

"Now's the chance!"

Zhang Yang shouted, dashing like a madman. Because he knew that this was his only chance. No one else would be able to inflict such a high damage like an elite spearmen and make the invisible forcefield appear around the giant black spiders!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Along with the sound of whistling winds, the three elite bowmen hiding in the deep pits fired their arrows in unison—Wind-chasing Triple-arrow Shot!

Nine feather arrows whistled toward the giant black spider's eye.

Smash!

The black spider quickly spat out an ice-cold spider silk and destroyed two arrows.

The flame spider silk from the other black spider also demolished another two arrows.

But still, five feather arrows pierced through the invisible spiderweb and accurately struck the giant black spider's eye.

Black liquid spurted up like a fountain. Without the protection of the invisible spiderweb, the giant black spider's defense became incomparably weak. It hissed and twitched as if it had been seriously injured.

And at that moment, the other giant black spider aimed its butt at Wu Yuan once again.

Level 1 Protection!

Zhang Yang arrived in time and activated the energy shield to protect the last remaining elite spearman.

At the next second, countless black spider silks spurted out, twisting and strangling the energy shield. The energy shield flickered and seemed like it was about to crumble!

Zhang Yang was stunned. He subconsciously gaped and covered his ears because he knew that once the energy shield burst, it would release a shock wave.

Suddenly, the black spider silks on the outside scattered as if they had lost control. The elite shield soldier bravely dashed, leaped up, and brandished his sword from above, hacking away most of the black spider silks. But at the next moment, a flame spider silk flung over. Zhang Yang witnessed the brief bewilderment in the elite shield soldier's eyes, before the latter was completely burned into charcoal!

"Damn you!"

As Zhang Yang cursed, Wu Yuan, who was within the energy shield, had already charged ahead with his spear. Before the giant black spider released its demonic spell again, he darted in a trail of afterimages and propelled the spear at its head.

So close yet so far.

He was only a centimeter short, before the gray spider web tightly bound his spear.

But this time, due to the disadvantageous angle from the deep pit, the three elite bowmen failed to hit the spider's vital spot again. Nine feather arrows struck the black spider in the back and apparently, the damage wasn't enough.

After realizing that, Zhang Yang grabbed the reinforced spear without hesitation and didn't even deactivate the Level 1 Protection. He rushed out like a frenzied beast, darted through the poisonous fog, and shoved the iron-tipped spear into the giant black spider's skull!

The next second, he coughed.

He had been poisoned.

"Cough, cough. Retreat! Hurry!"

Zhang Yang frantically ran in the other direction. It was only at that moment that he began to feel terrified. He was losing control of his legs and Wu Yuan had to drag him along.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Loud coughs sounded everywhere. There were less than 20 spearmen who retreated unharmed. Wu Yuan coughed out blood, and so did Zhang Yang.

But Zhang Yang wasn't in despair yet as he had just killed two higher demons that possessed demonic spells. Perhaps he could still be saved by the spoils of war.

——!

All of a sudden, two beams of light emanated from the Village Building Order, absorbing the carcasses of the two giant black spiders. At the next second, a series of kill information flashed before Zhang Yang's eyes.

[Successfully defeated Level 1 Black Spider Nest.

Successfully obtained 1 x Imperfect Village Building Order (Sellable)

Obtained 1 x Wish Fragment (Sellable)

Obtained 1 x Black Spider Nest Civilization Code Drawing Fragment (Sellable)

Successfully killed 2 x Level 2 Black Spider Lords.

Successfully captured 1 x Imperfect Black Spider Lord Demon Soul (Sellable)

Successfully captured 1 x Perfect Black Spider Lord Demon Soul (Sellable)

Received 800 Energy Points.

Obtained 65 x Black Spider Silk Coil (Sellable)

Obtained 65 x Black Spider Venom (Sellable)]

This information was shocking and fascinating. But there was no hint about the antidote to the poison. Seeing that he was coughing up more and more blood, and the elite spearman next to him was almost running out of health, Zhang Yang became panicky.

Before looking into what the Black Spider Nest was, as well as why those two giant black spiders dropped a Village Building Order, the first thing he investigated was the Wish Fragment.

The golden scale appeared, as always, with 500 energy points at one end and a gray, seemingly light, leaf-like fragment at the other. There were no visible clues and even the explanation below was sparse.

[Wish Fragment (Gray). Unknown Origin. Can be used to make a wish with equal weight. If the wish exceeds the weight, the Wish Fragment will disappear. You can also accumulate 100 x Wish Fragment (Gray) and fuse them into 1 x Wish Fragment (White)]

This is some good stuff.

Zhang Yang was overjoyed. He felt that there was still hope to save his life. But then again, he was also determined to save Wu Yuan.

He went on to analyze the perfect black spider lord demon soul and found that it was worth a lot—1500 energy points on one end of the golden scale. In other words, it was more valuable than his C+ soul.

Not bad for a black spider lord, huh?

He decided to not sell the black spider lord demon soul and continued to see the usage of the perfect lord demon soul.

[Use the perfect lord demon soul to raise powerful elite soldiers or promote elite soldiers to the rank of Captain. Currently, you only own 1 x Level 2 Perfect Black Spider Lord Demon Soul. You can use it to raise 10 elite spearmen/bowmen/shield soldiers, or promote two elite spearmen/bowmen/shield soldiers to the rank of Captain.

Note: The soldier type that personally killed the black spider will receive a 30 percent boost in training efficiency.

Note: A Perfect Black Spider Lord Demon Soul will increase the chance of cultivation by 20 percent.

Note: A Perfect Black Spider Lord Demon Soul will have a 100 percent chance to strengthen the weapons of soldiers (Elite/Captain).

Note: Using a higher level and more perfect demon soul will result in a chance of reinforcing soldiers of the same type—causing a battle mark to appear on a part of their body.

Raising 10 elite soldiers requires 100 energy points. Promoting an elite soldier to Captain requires 100 energy points.

Requires 100 energy points, 10 Black Spider Silk Coil, and 10 Black Spider Venom. The success rate is 100 percent.]

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