Vitality once again experienced a soaring surge!
560!
570!
...
600!
The demon spider's Vitality had broken through to an unprecedented value!
The intimidating pressure that radiated imperceptibly made every human present palpitate with terror. But even more eerie was the transformation occurring on the demon spider's exterior at this moment.
After its fangs were stained with blood, the bluish-purple patterns across the demon spider's body flowed with eye-catching, dazzling radiance, and the crescent-moon Sigil above its eyes abruptly emitted a red light. The next second, even the patterns across its entire body turned blood-red.
Murderous, bloody, uncannily eerie.
Bai Jie felt its body growing hotter and hotter, a swelling sensation continuously emanating from within. At the same time, it was astonished to discover that its form was actually enlarging, its spider legs lengthening. Its leg span and body length had actually reached two meters!
Just as it was puzzled about the transformation of its outer appearance,
Suddenly, the snowflake magic array flashed with blue light, and the dying Ice Soul Cold Jiao vanished on the spot.
The demon spider inwardly cursed the pity -- it hadn't yet drunk its fill.
Thud.
Long Bingheng's complexion was deathly pale. She collapsed directly onto her knees on the ground, breathing in rapid, urgent gasps.
"Where are the Military District's people?!"
"Have them act, now!" Yinhe roared into his earpiece.
"To think it would escalate to this..." Gui Yu helplessly shook his head gently.
"Tsk tsk, looks like you're the ones who are finished. You had to go and make a move against Lord Bai Zhi," Wang Miaoyin nimbly dodged Jianxin's slash and smiled coquettishly.
Jianxin merely snorted coldly. His blade and sword light grew ever more ferocious, yet he could not touch even the corner of Wang Miaoyin's red clothes.
At this moment on the battlefield, Gui Yu and the Nightmare Beast were locked in a standoff. Jianxin and the other two Secret Keepers, along with the Yin Spirits, were also temporarily unable to handle Wang Miaoyin and the Dark Elves. Meanwhile, both the Enforcers and the Gu Insects had been completely annihilated. Even the Ice Soul Cold Jiao had suffered devastating wounds, its life or death uncertain.
With only Yinhe and Long Bingheng, they definitely could not defeat Bai Zhi.
The demon spider Bai Zhi's strength had far, far exceeded their expectations. They had deployed five Secret Keepers, including two A-ranks, over a thousand Enforcer robots, and had even promised major benefits to bring Wu Gu Clan elders and disciples as reinforcement.
And the situation had still crumbled so wretchedly?!
"This farce is over."
The demon spider declared without mercy.
Because the duration of 'Darkest Hour' was nearly at its limit.
The next second, the Skill: Demon Web Blood Sacrifice was activated.
Fine, meteor-like strands of red light flashed across the sky above the mountaintop. The light grew brighter, and the speed of the flying streaks grew ever more frantic.
Countless fine, red, long, and ghostly rays of light illuminated the entire mountaintop, like a spider spitting silk, ceaselessly. They interwove with the ashen sky, forming a miraculous, wicked, blood-soaked red grand net, covering above everyone's heads.
A pair of clear, beautiful eyes trembled violently.
Th-this... could this be Bai Zhi's domain?
No, this was merely a semi-formed domain. But why did it make me unable to even conceive of resistance?
If only I hadn't been greedy for the demon spider's corpse... if only I hadn't participated in this...
Long Bingheng looked in despair at the blood-colored colossal net above her head. A thousand thoughts and tangled emotions flashed through her heart. She was filled with regret.
This campaign had not only caused the complete annihilation of the Gu Insects painstakingly cultivated by the Wu Gu Clan's many disciples, but also the loss of her two Ice Mirror Butterflies. Even the Ice Soul Cold Jiao had suffered devastating wounds, and who knew how long it would take to recover. As for herself...
She was even at risk of falling here...
"Retreat, retreat!"
Facing the blood-red heavenly net, Yinhe's figure rapidly withdrew while not forgetting to notify his teammates.
Jianxin, Zichen, Li Wang, and Gui Yu also stopped clinging to the fight and swiftly put distance between themselves and the enemy.
Just as Wang Miaoyin and the various dark creatures were about to pursue, they heard a noble telepathic transmission:
"Don't chase a desperate enemy."
The next second,
Whoosh, whoosh!
Over a dozen blood-red threads descended from the sky, piercing into the humans' bodies without the slightest logic or mercy. In the brief instant their bodies stiffened, several dozen more blood-red spider silk strands wrapped around them, rendering them immobile.
Long Bingheng raised the transparent umbrella in her hand -- but the umbrella's canopy was pierced through like paper.
And when Yinhe's psychic power adhered to the incoming blood-red threads, it was erased and stripped away by an irresistible force. Instantly, he was terrified beyond belief.
"What is this?! My blood essence is draining away!" Li Wang detected the abnormality and roared in panicked loss of composure.
But the more he struggled and the more his emotions spiraled out of control, the blood-red spider silk connected inside his body grew ever more scarlet and ever thicker. Dense energy coursed along the silk, creeping up onto the giant net.
"You didn't need to tell us that -- calm down, now!" Jianxin could barely maintain composure, but his voice could not help trembling somewhat.
Zichen's delicate face was ghastly pale. Cold sweat ceaselessly beaded forth.
Yinhe and Long Bingheng clenched their teeth, eyes shut, expressions of agony on their faces.
Gui Yu was the strangest -- he was actually examining the spider silk draining energy from his body with an expression of curiosity.
"What domain is this?" he murmured.
The entire sky was visibly turning deep red at a speed perceptible to the naked eye!
Bai Jie's Vitality was climbing even higher along with it!
'Demon Web Blood Sacrifice' not only extracted spiritual power and mental force, but could also absorb blood essence and convert it into Vitality, feeding it back to the demon spider.
610!
620!
630!
Just as its Vitality shot up to 650, the effect of the Skill: Darkest Hour vanished at this moment as well.
...
Not only the humans on the mountaintop, but even the Wu Gu Clan disciples concealed on the mountainside were all entangled by blood-red spider silk, their blood essence draining away!
The disciples were wailing, begging for mercy, in agony.
They had already suffered immense backlash when their Gu Insects were annihilated, and now they still had to endure such a death threat.
But there was one exception -- and that was Long Ge. Although the blood-red spider silk had pierced into his body, he had not been harmed in the slightest. The pain and terror on his face were merely his acting.
Lord Bai Zhi... is truly vast in divine powers. Such methods... even the Clan Leader would probably only be this much, right?
Gazing at the boundless blood-colored giant web overhead, Long Ge's heart was deeply shaken. He even felt ashamed that he had once conspired with Elder Long She to harm Lord Bai Zhi.
"How could a being like Lord Bai Zhi, who holds mastery over the lives of all creatures, possibly become anyone's subordinate?"
And the reason he had not revealed his identity and joined the demon spider's side was also Bai Zhi's intention -- so that he could continue serving as a hidden chess piece within the Wu Gu Clan.
"Lord Bai Zhi, Lord Bai Zhi..."
He silently chanted the demon spider's honored title in his heart, endless fanaticism rising within him.
...
At the same time,
At Xingchuan University, atop the rooftop of a tall classroom building, a voluptuous, mature woman in a trench coat was gazing toward the rear mountain.
She had surprisingly not been discovered and driven away from this jurisdiction by the government and the Criminal Investigation Department.
Her fine, elegant brows furrowed slightly. Her red lips parted as she murmured to herself, "Sigh, unexpectedly troublesome..."
She pulled out another red-wine cigarette, lit it...
"However, the ending will not change because of this. You still cannot escape death."