Behind the team of explorers, several streaks of green light appeared. Ye Feng shone his flashlight over, only to discover a giant spider.
The giant spider’s six eyes were green, precisely the green light Ye Feng had just seen. Its body was covered in countless holes, oozing a sticky, viscous liquid that looked utterly disgusting…
“Run!”
“People ahead, don’t just stand there! There’s a monster behind us, run!”
“Help!”
…
“Mr… Mr. Ye?”
One of the middle-aged explorers ran closer to Ye Feng and recognized him, a hint of surprise in his voice.
“Boss, don’t stop! The monster spider is catching up!”
Someone behind the middle-aged explorer shouted at him.
“Mr… Mr. Ye, I… I found a box of Spatial Rift Fragments, about three hundred of them. Do you think it’s enough for a Grim Reaper’s Protective Suit?”
The middle-aged explorer didn’t continue to flee. He stopped and opened a black square box for Ye Feng to see.
“Already have a harvest this quickly?”
Ye Feng was quite surprised.
“Ding!~ Detected Spatial Rift Fragments, location 0.8 meters directly ahead…”
Just as Ye Feng was about to reach out to inspect it, the system promptly chimed.
“Here!”
Upon hearing the system’s prompt, Ye Feng’s hand flashed, and a military green overcoat was handed to the middle-aged explorer.
“Thank you, thank you, Mr. Ye!”
The middle-aged explorer hastily handed the box of Spatial Rift Fragments to Ye Feng, all while fumbling to put on the military green overcoat.
Because the middle-aged explorer was burly, the overcoat fit him like a tight vest, looking quite comical. However, he didn't show any dissatisfaction; instead, his expression became noticeably more relaxed.
“Swish!~”
“Pfft!~ Pfft!~”
At this moment, the monster spider moved its six long legs and rapidly approached Ye Feng’s position. Still some distance away, it spat out large clumps of white spider silk.
“Mr. Ye, be careful! Don’t get tangled in that silk. That stuff is like incredibly sharp steel wire. Several of my brothers have fallen victim to it!”
Seeing this, the middle-aged explorer anxiously shouted a warning to Ye Feng.
“Is that so?”
Ye Feng frowned slightly. Without evading, he caught the monster spider’s silk with his hand.
“Whoosh!~”
As soon as the monster spider’s silk wrapped around Ye Feng’s hand, it immediately constricted him, tightening further as the other end was pulled by the spider.
“It really is quite sharp!~”
When Ye Feng had caught the silk, he was holding a section of thick rebar, which was now snapped…
“Ye Feng, that should be a Ghost’s Bane, a Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider. Its silk is as soft as vermicelli inside its belly, but the moment it leaves its body, it transforms into incredibly sharp, microscopic steel wires in an instant!”
“I’ve heard from explorers at the Explorer’s Guild that even Golden-ranked explorers have to retreat when encountering these Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spiders. I didn’t expect to find one here!”
At this point, Wu Ye Lin’s rather surprised voice chimed in.
“This silk is good stuff!~”
Ye Feng muttered. With a flash of his figure, he instantly appeared before the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider and swung a gleaming saber towards its abdomen.
“Clang!~”
A crisp metallic impact echoed as Ye Feng’s saber immediately dulled.
“Mr. Ye, the monster’s skin, though it looks soft, can’t even be pierced by bullets!”
“And it can spray strong acid. If you get hit, you’ll be reduced to a skeleton in seconds!”
Before the middle-aged explorer’s anxious voice had even faded, the numerous holes on the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider’s body spewed out a large volume of liquid, blocking all of Ye Feng’s possible escape routes.
Ye Feng’s water-attribute arcane energy surged, instantly forming a water wall around him to block the strong acid.
“Hiss~ Hiss!~”
To Ye Feng’s surprise, the arcane energy water wall he had conjured was also corroded by the liquid sprayed by the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider.
“Quite a troublesome monster!~”
Ye Feng protected his fingers with arcane energy and lightly touched the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider’s strong acid. He found that his arcane energy was instantly corroded, and his skin felt uncomfortable, as if it had been burned.
Immediately, Ye Feng’s gaze sharpened, and two Nepalese kukris appeared in his hands.
“Whoosh~ Whoosh!~”
“Slaaash~! Splish, splosh!~”
“Gasp!~ Gurgle~ Whoosh!~”
“Slaaash!~”
Wielding the two Nepalese kukris, Ye Feng’s body surged with arcane energy as he continuously slashed and sliced at the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider…
The Nepalese kukris were corroded at a visible speed, and Ye Feng quickly switched to other sabers, hunting knives…
“Thump~ Bang!~”
After a dozen sharp tools were corroded, the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider finally slumped to the ground, its body weakening.
Ye Feng now held a large wad of sharp spider silk and a large sac of strong acid from the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider’s belly.
“So… so powerful!”
“Not a single drop of blood splashed on him… and he… he took down the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider…”
“That silk, which could easily cut through steel, he held it in his hands…”
…
The middle-aged explorer and his group murmured to themselves in disbelief.
…
More than half an hour later,
“Big brother, this spider silk is so interesting. In its relaxed state, it’s bouncy and doesn’t hurt anyone, but once it’s taut, it becomes incredibly sharp!”
Xiao Xiao, wearing steel wire gloves, was playing with the spider silk Ye Feng had extracted from the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider with a look of wonder.
“Mm.”
Ye Feng nodded absentmindedly, looking with a troubled expression at the large sac of Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider’s strong acid he was holding.
He had wanted to keep this thing to deal with enemies, after all, he had never seen strong acid that could directly corrode arcane energy…
But Ye Feng frustratingly discovered that other than using the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider’s skin to wrap it, he couldn’t find any container for the strong acid. He had tried iron pots, iron basins, ceramics, plastics, and various other materials, but all were corroded…
“Do I really have to use the Six-Eyed Steel-Silk Spider’s skin as a container? But it’s just too smelly…”
Ye Feng covered his nose. Because he had been holding it all along, Qiao Ying and Wu Ye Lin had intentionally kept their distance from him…
“Hm?”
Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned slightly. Amidst the wind blowing from ahead, he could faintly hear hushed voices.
“Big brother, there seem to be people ahead. It’s a bit far!”
Xiao Xiao also noticed this, retracted the spider silk, and handed it to Ye Feng.
“Let’s go take a look!”
Ye Feng covered his nose again and strode briskly towards the front.
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