802: Chapter 802 Nine swords, all complete!

Yan Qingwu almost laughed out loud at the sight.

"No way... This spider monster really lacks any sense of judgment, doesn't it? Of all people to pick, it actually chose the strongest one?"

Just as her thoughts settled, the giant spider had already approached Ye Chen.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, too lazy to lift a finger, and simply flicked a Talisman out.

The Talisman shot forward to meet it and exploded directly in mid-air.

"BOOM!!!"

The spider's massive body was torn into pieces by the force of the explosion.

Severed limbs fell everywhere. Fluids sprayed about. The scene was plunged into a stench.

"So... solved?" Old Liu was stunned.

Such a terrifying monster had actually been dealt with just like that. Old Liu felt... his life had truly been worth it!

Yan Qingwu heard this and let out a sigh of relief: "This kind of thing is just a small matter for him, so there's no need to panic."

However, just as her voice fell, Ye Chen said calmly: "Don't be too quick to celebrate, the big one is coming."

Yan Qingwu: "???" Old Liu: "???"

Before the two of them could react, a rustling sound suddenly came from the depths of the underground palace once again.

It was exactly the same as the spider from before. But what was different was... this time, the rustling sound was so numerous it made one's scalp tingle.

Because it wasn't just one that appeared, but countless...

As one could see, in the darkness, pair after pair of scarlet compound eyes lit up one after another, instantly occupying every direction.

Old Liu was terrified out of his wits and sat down on the ground with a thud.

"My... oh my goodness!"

"Did we poke a spider's nest?"

Yan Qingwu's expression also changed. Although she had experienced many horrific battles, this was her first time facing a swarm of monsters.

Not to mention... a swarm of monsters where the big ones were as large as millstones and the small ones were the size of washbasins!

It was fucking terrifying!

"Back up!" Yan Qingwu yanked Old Liu behind her and placed her left hand on her sword hilt.

Ye Chen, however, waved his hand, casually pulled two yellow Talismans from his pocket, and threw them to them without looking back: "Take these, stick them on your chest."

Yan Qingwu caught the Talismans and paused: "What about you?"

"Me?" Ye Chen grinned, pulled a stack of Talisman paper from his pocket, and weighed it in his hand, "I'm obviously going to have a blast blowing them up."

That's right. He had recently become obsessed with drawing Talismans. Therefore, during the three days of leisure, he had been drawing Talismans the whole time.

So much so that he now had over a hundred Talismans.

If a hundred Talismans weren't enough to blow up this swarm of spiders... then it wouldn't be too late for him to step in himself. Anyway... just blowing them up is enough!

In an instant, he stepped forward, raised his right hand, and three Talismans flew out simultaneously.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

Firelight exploded into the sky, airwaves rolled, and the dozen or so spiders at the very front were blown to pieces, fluids splattering everywhere, and the stench instantly filled the entire underground palace.

Ye Chen didn't stop. As he walked forward, he continued flicking Talismans. Two. Four. Eight.

Talismans poured out as if they were worthless, landing in the spider swarm and exploding into balls of fire.

At this moment, the entire underground palace was trembling. The spiders rushed up one after another, only to be torn to shreds in the firelight, their severed limbs and broken parts littering the ground.

Yan Qingwu stood in place, watching the man's back as he strolled leisurely through the firelight. She opened her mouth, but in the end, she only managed to squeeze out two words: "Absurd."

Old Liu clutched the Talisman on his chest with both hands, his entire person completely numb.

"Am... am I dreaming?"

"It's not a dream," Yan Qingwu glanced at him, "If you were dreaming, you couldn't possibly have peed yourself so many times."

Old Liu looked down at his crotch, his old face flushing red, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Up ahead, Ye Chen had already flicked the last Talisman.

"BOOM!!!"

The last spider exploded into fragments in the firelight, and the underground palace finally quieted down. The ground was covered in wreckage, and the air was filled with a charred smell.

Ye Chen clapped his hands, turned around, and looked at the two stunned people: "Let's go, don't just stand there."

Old Liu stood up trembling, his legs still shaking: "Are... are there more ahead?"

"Yes," Ye Chen's gaze crossed the littered debris and landed on a deeper doorway in the underground palace, "The real boss is still waiting inside."

"Can I not go?" Old Liu was a little panicked.

Ye Chen shrugged: "You can choose not to go, or even leave, but once you go out, it'll probably be very hard to find this place again."

He wasn't trying to scare Old Liu, but speaking the truth. The fog here was too thick. It was so thick that it made it hard for one's vision to distinguish north, south, east, or west, and if an ordinary person stepped into the fog, it would be basically impossible to get out alive.

"Gulp!" Old Liu swallowed his saliva and said with a forced smile, "Never mind... I'd better accompany you guys, right?"

Ye Chen shrugged and didn't refuse. The three of them continued on their way, walking toward the deepest part.

However, when the three of them stepped into the deepest part, the scene before them made Old Liu drop to his knees on the spot.

In front was a huge circular cavern, the dome so high it couldn't be seen, and the four walls were covered in dark red patterns.

The most bizarre thing was... those patterns pulsed like blood vessels, as if the entire cavern was alive.

And in the center of the cavern, a spider was crouching.

That spider was more than ten times larger than the ones outside just now! Its body was as large as a truck, its eight articulated limbs like pillars supporting the sky, covered in pitch-black armor.

And at this moment, the spider was crouching above a river of blood. That river of blood gushed out from the depths of the cavern, winding around the spider's body and flowing into the trenches at the edge of the cavern.

And in the center of the blood river, a bronze key was floating.

The moment he saw it... Ye Chen's eyes lit up. "Found it."

Old Liu heard this and finally snapped out of his terror. However, his face was already as pale as a dead man's: "Fo... found what? A pool of blood?"

He felt very confused right now. His brain was a mess!

However, no one paid him any mind. Ye Chen was already walking toward the river of blood.

The next second, he stepped directly into the river of blood. But what was mind-boggling was... he was actually floating on the blood!

Then, he reached out toward the bronze key...

"Hum—" A ripple spread out without warning. The dark red patterns of the entire cavern lit up simultaneously, and the surface of the blood river began to churn violently, as if something was waking up under the water.

Immediately after, the mutated spider crouching in the center of the blood river suddenly opened its eyes.

Two vertical pupils, like two blood moons hanging on its head, were locking onto Ye Chen in the river.

The spider's body began to squirm. The dark golden patterns covering its back lit up crazily, and all eight articulated limbs lifted at the same time, kicking up monstrous waves in the blood river.

Old Liu was so scared he fell to the ground, then crawled backward a dozen times, almost dying of fright: "It it it it woke up!"

The mutated spider lowered its head, its eight vertical pupils landing on Ye Chen simultaneously, its mouthparts snapping open to let out a roar as deep as thunder. "ROAR!!!"

Airwaves exploded, blowing the dark red mist on the surface of the blood river into swirling chaos. But... Ye Chen stood where he was, not even a hair on his head moved.

He simply lifted his head, looked at the mutated spider, and revealed a smile. "Waking up just in time."

He raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread. "Let me see what you've got."

The mutated spider's roar came to an abrupt halt. It felt it. The aura radiating from the human standing in the blood river made it feel fear from the depths of its bone marrow.

That was an aura from the roots of the earth. It was as if the weight of an entire mountain range was pressing down on its head.

Its eight articulated limbs began to tremble. The dark golden light in its vertical pupils flickered crazily. But it did not retreat.

Because it had guarded this place for too long, so long that it didn't even remember why it was here. It only knew one thing... that key could not be taken away.

"ROAR!!!" The mutated spider let out a hiss, all eight limbs exerted force simultaneously, and its massive body lunged down at Ye Chen.

The blood river was cleaved apart by its body, and the dark red waves surged to the sides. Ye Chen looked up at the giant object pressing down on him, not dodging or avoiding it.

He then raised his right hand and flicked his finger. "Swish!"

A golden light flew from his fingertip and instantly sank into the mutated spider's head.

The mutated spider's body suddenly stiffened. The light in its eight vertical pupils flickered violently and unsteadily, as if something was shattering inside its body.

Then, the light extinguished. The mutated spider's massive body lost its support and crashed heavily into the blood river. "BOOM!!!"

Bloodwater shot into the sky, and the entire cavern trembled. Old Liu opened his mouth wide, his whole person completely crashed.

Yan Qingwu also let out a secret sigh of relief. Well! Another day where she didn't have to do anything.

Ye Chen didn't even look at the spider's corpse and grasped the air. The next second, the bronze key flew out of the blood and landed in his hand.

"Heh!" "Nine, all collected."