47: righteous disciples

Although the Green Scabies Spider had lost its sight, it keenly sensed Liu Ye's approach. Its eight legs suddenly bunched together and attacked Liu Ye in unison.

Liu Ye's mind was entirely on the herb; he never expected the Green Scabies Spider to act this way. Before he could even get close to the calamity-gathering vial, several legs pierced his body, dismembering him instantly.

With one less person to contend with, the pressure on the Green Scabies Spider eased significantly, and it shifted from defense to offense.

Fang Huai's heart leapt into his throat, wondering if he could swap out the Green Scabies Spider's tags and kill it in a counterattack.

However, this Green Scabies Spider's spiritual power was exhausted, and it couldn't use techniques. After refreshing a few times, he only got tags with little effect, such as [Insufficient Spiritual Power], [Organ Decay], [Body Paralysis], and [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

Gradually, the effects of the spirit burning pill kicked in. Both Fang Huai and Pu Renan were afflicted with [depleted spiritual power]. Even if they took Medicinal Pills or held Spirit Stones, it was difficult to replenish their spiritual power.

"Junior Brother Fang, hold on, I'm going for help!" Pu Renan channeled his last bit of spiritual power and fled on his kite.

"You bastard!"

Fang Huai cursed angrily, only to see the Green Scabies Spider turn around and dash in the direction Pu Renan had left.

Pu Renan had caused the most damage to the Green Scabies Spider; how could the Yao Beast let him go?

A few moments later, Pu Renan's screams and the victorious hiss of the Yao Beast echoed from the distance.

Fang Huai landed on the ground, sweat rolling down his forehead and cheeks.

He glanced at Lin Yu nearby. The other's face was as pale as paper, and his body was severely ulcerated due to the corrosion of the Spider Venom.

After a moment of hesitation, he walked over and fed him a detoxification pill.

Seeing the other's complexion soften slightly after swallowing the pill, he asked:

"The Demon Trapping Formation has been triggered. Your Profound Sword Sect should be able to receive the signal, right? How long will it take for reinforcements to arrive?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "In the past, reinforcements would arrive within half an hour.

But now that Qingwu City has been ceded to the Corpse Fiend Sect, the Profound Sword Sect will no longer interfere in the affairs of this place."

Fang Huai's heart instantly sank to the bottom.

After killing Pu Renan, the Green Scabies Spider would surely hunt the Mortals in the city first.

Once it devoured the Mortals completely, its strength would increase greatly, and the Yao Beast's next targets would definitely be him and Lin Yu!

Having saved Lin Yu, Fang Huai's gaze shifted toward Cheng Zhaozhao.

Although this woman's vitality and blood had been drained, she still had one breath left. She looked at him pitifully, her eyes full of tears.

Fang Huai walked over, picked up the calamity-gathering vial from the ground, and used a spirit talisman to seal the damaged part.

Cheng Zhaozhao said weakly, "Senior Brother Fang, save me. As long as you save me, I am willing to be your Cauldron."

Fang Huai was not someone controlled by his lower half, so he naturally didn't need Cheng Zhaozhao to be his Cauldron.

He originally intended to leave, but thinking that since such a big mess had been made, someone had to take the blame, he spoke:

"I can save you, but I want you to swear that you will obey me for the rest of your life and never do anything to harm me."

Cheng Zhaozhao immediately spoke: "I swear..."

"Wait!" A black light flashed at Fang Huai's fingertips. "This is a Vow Fiend. You should know its effect. I want you to swear again!"

"Fine," Cheng Zhaozhao lowered her eyes. "I swear..."

Suddenly, a poisoned dagger stabbed toward Fang Huai's throat, but Fang Huai reached out and caught it.

Fang Huai didn't trust her in the first place, so how could he not be on guard?

Grabbing Cheng Zhaozhao's neck, he sighed: "From the moment you informed on Liu Ye and me, I already stopped trusting you. Why wouldn't I be wary of you?

Besides, let me tell you something: when I said I could use the Vow Fiend, I was tricking you!"

With that, he exerted force with his wrist and snapped Cheng Zhaozhao's neck.

Beside him, Lin Yu witnessed everything Fang Huai did.

He didn't say anything, just forced himself up, wanting to save those Mortals.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, thank you for the rescue. I must go save those Mortals!"

"You? If you go, besides dying and letting the Yao Beast drain you dry, what use will you be?"

In Lin Yu's eyes, the lives of Mortals were even more valuable than his own!

Fang Huai handed several spirit recovery pills to Lin Yu: "If you want some Mortals to survive, swallow all of these spirit recovery pills!"

Lin Yu was puzzled, but seeing no problem with the pills, he swallowed them in one gulp.

Fang Huai swapped his own [depleted spiritual power] with Lin Yu's [Spiritual Power Decay (White)], and also took away his [Protective Aura (White)], saying:

"Stay here. I'm going to meet that demon spider!"

Just as he was about to leave, Lin Yu called out to him: "Fellow Daoist Fang, take this!"

He tremblingly handed over a crimson Spirit Sword; it was the crimson heavens cry that had pierced the Green Scabies Spider's head earlier.

Fang Huai took the sword with a complex look: "You really are noble and righteous. Aren't you afraid that after I take your sword, I'll turn around and kill you, a Righteous Path Disciple?"

Lin Yu's lips curled into a smile that looked more painful than crying: "After you kill me, remember to save those Mortals!"

"Pedantic!"

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At this time, Qingwu City was filled with miserable cries.

After killing Pu Renan, the Green Scabies Spider went completely mad. Every time its eight legs reached out, they would drain several lives.

Fang Huai lay on the kite, carefully observing the Green Scabies Spider.

After using several refreshes, he rolled the [Indestructible (Red)] tag on the Green Scabies Spider.

[Indestructible: Extremely high physical strength, difficult to break through defense.]

Swapping a gray tag costs 1 point, swapping a white one costs 10 points. By this logic, swapping a red one should be 100 points.

At this moment, he had 124 points left, just enough to handle it.

With a thought, the tag was indeed swapped over.

It worked!

The Green Scabies Spider was slightly stunned, as if something important had been stolen from its body, but with its near-zero intelligence, it couldn't understand what had happened.

Fang Huai attached the Small Corpse Meteor Worm to the crimson heavens cry and began to give it a pep talk:

"Little worm, I'm giving you a tough task. Later, I'll throw you onto the Green Scabies Spider. You crawl inside and help me take its heart, how about it?"

Seeing no reaction from the Small Corpse Meteor Worm, he continued: "Since you're not speaking, I'll take that as a yes.

Dealing with a mere little spider in the Degraded Foundation Establishment Realm shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Then, he maneuvered the kite and dashed toward the Green Scabies Spider.

When he flew over its head, he leaped into the air, poured all his spiritual power into the crimson heavens cry, and stabbed at the Green Scabies Spider's skull.

The Green Scabies Spider was busy feeding on Mortals and didn't notice Fang Huai's arrival. It wasn't until the sword light neared its head that it suddenly reacted, hurriedly raising a leg to block.

In its mind, Fang Huai was just a Cultivator at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. Even with a Spirit Sword, he couldn't break through its defense. Raising a leg to block was just to be safe.

But in the next second, with a "crack," the crimson heavens cry actually chopped off its leg.

Fang Huai used the momentum to land on its head, twisted his wrist, and plunged the sword into the already damaged single eye.

Although this strike didn't cause much damage, it made the Green Scabies Spider feel extreme humiliation.

It let out a violent shriek, and another leg swept rapidly toward Fang Huai, knocking him dozens of feet away.

Fang Huai spat out blood, his whole body aching as if crushed by a giant boulder. He couldn't help but curse:

"What kind of bullshit 'Indestructible' is this!

The skin is indeed undamaged, but my internal organs were almost shattered by this Yao Beast's impact!"