Chapter 99: The Golden Spider

  Those faintly golden radiant silk threads, Qin Hao felt more and more like he had seen them before.

  "Where have I seen him before?" Qin Hao stroked his chin, muttering to himself in a low voice. He dared to confirm that his intuition would never be wrong.

  A sudden flash of insight, Qin Hao suddenly remembered where he had seen that golden thread before: the Qin family, the martial arts arena, and the spider silk used to hang the wooden arrays. It was exactly what he had asked Qin Fenglin to prepare, and these golden threads were identical in color and thickness.

  "Golden Orb Weaver."

  Qin Hao's face was solemn as he spoke these words. The Golden Spider was only a second-tier intermediate demon beast, with considerable strength, equivalent to that of a human Lingxuan Wu Zhe. However, if it were just that, he wouldn't be afraid; when facing the Wolf Demon Clan, whose power far surpassed his own, he hadn't felt any fear either.

  What really made Qin Hao apprehensive was the ferocity of this beast, its cruelty and brutality in devouring its prey alive. Other fierce beasts may have notorious reputations, but few would do such a thing.

  Looking at the golden cocoons hanging on the stone wall, he only felt a wave of rolling in his abdomen. If it really fell into its hands, the result...

  "Golden Spider." Xie Feng repeated his words in a low voice, his face had greatly changed, he wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and stuttered: "Let's just leave first..."

  "It's too late." Qin Hao shook his head and said this, as he spoke, he released the Xuan Qi without reservation, covering his body surface and transforming it into a protective aura.

  "What does this mean." Zeng Hua's face turned iron-green.

  Shen Yueye's eyes were also fixed on Qin Hao, waiting for his answer at the same time.

  "Look for yourselves," said Qin Hao, pointing his finger in a certain direction.

  Only then, in the direction Qin Hao was pointing, clusters of green light began to shine, and under Qin Hao's indication, Ye Ling shone the illuminating pearl towards the position Qin Hao pointed at. Suddenly, pairs of frightening green eyes appeared before everyone.

  It was a dense, swarming mass, like a tidal wave of small yellow spiders piled on top of each other. These things had somehow quietly surrounded them without anyone noticing. Each spider exposed a pair of fangs, with an eerie glow in their eyes.

  "What kind of ghost thing." Xie Hua cursed loudly.

  As he cursed, the green glow in those spider eyes suddenly retracted.

  Qin Hao's eyes suddenly focused, and with a single step on the stone ground, his body floated out for several meters.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!...

  Just as Qin Hao was about to move, thousands of small spiders shot out like arrows, sticking to Qin Hao's body and sweeping past him, directly shooting towards Xie Feng.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Several yellow spiders, when close to Qin Hao, actually detonated themselves fearlessly, releasing a powerful energy residue. Qin Hao's movements were extremely fast, his right hand clenched into a fist, and a mysterious aura extended from it, dancing in the air to form a mysterious aura barrier.

  However, Xie Feng did not have such good luck. In just an instant, he was hit head-on by three energy blasts, and his right arm suddenly became a bloody mess. These yellow spiders were all around the first-order high-level boundary, and their individual strength was not particularly high. Nevertheless, this life-or-death blow could pose a threat even to Ling Xuan Wu Zhe.

  "Be careful." Ye Ling shouted loudly, drawing out a blue long sword, one sword after another, swiftly stabbing out.

  Qin Hao glanced at them and didn't bother to take care of them. These small things, if he wasn't careful in dealing with them, would also be injured or severely damaged.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The mysterious energy swept through again and again, defending while continuously counterattacking, like a spirit snake spitting out its tongue, drawing out clusters of golden flowing light.

  The golden small spider was as fast as an arrow, and its movements were agile. While in the air, it could stir up airflow to change direction. However, Qin Hao's movements were even faster, his body method like a ghost or a demon, difficult to grasp.

  …………

  Qin Hao's hand grasped the mysterious energy whip, which coiled into a circle before suddenly shooting out horizontally: "Ding!"

  Boom!

  Almost ten golden lights were swept away, suddenly bursting into a fierce explosion, stirring up a dazzling flash of light like a violent sunburst.

  The golden small spiders moving around Qin Hao's body were becoming fewer and fewer, and those small spiders were extremely intelligent, quickly starting to avoid Qin Hao and heading towards Xie Feng, Zeng Hua, Shen Yue, and Ye Ling, leaving just enough to drag Qin Hao along, not letting him free his hands.

  The four of them suddenly felt a huge increase in pressure, with bursts of flames exploding beside them, triggering even larger explosions. All four began to show signs of defeat, their faces pale, sweat constantly dripping down, and occasionally allowing energy blasts to graze their bodies.

  Xie Feng and Zeng Hua had lost a lot of blood, and Shen Yue's hair was disheveled.

  The four people who were doing their best were beaten back by the countless spiders with desperate moves, and it was unclear when they would be completely defeated.

  "Are these things really not afraid of death?" Shen Yue slashed open a spider with her sword, but was shocked by the explosion and turned pale.

  Ye Ling gritted his teeth and threw out a crystal from his hand, tossing it into the air, transforming into a circle of aqua-blue light that enveloped the four people.

  More small spiders exploded around the light screen, stirring up waves of energy ripples in the light circle, but the light circle was not inferior, and soon returned to normal. Only a few shallow marks were left behind.

  Those spiders seemed to have no concept of life and death, rushing forward in a frenzy, constantly exploding in front of the light screen. But that light screen was unexpectedly solid, from start to finish, without any signs of cracking.

  "It seems this should be the Xuanxin formation given by his grandfather."

  Qin Hao saw this situation and felt slightly relieved. With both hands grasping a whip, he continuously swept it back and forth.

  The small spiders that surrounded the four people first retreated, then suddenly gathered together and formed a huge golden ball that stuck to the light screen.

  Ye Ling's face changed drastically, and before he could react further, the light shield protecting them shattered into fragments in a dazzling golden glow.

  Qin Hao's expression became increasingly solemn, these people had not known him for long, but at this moment he was a hunter of the alliance, having accepted the task and taken the reward, at the very least he had to bring them back.

  It's his responsibility.

  Qin Hao gritted his teeth, moving as swiftly as a thunderbolt, like a mighty war chariot crushing through the spider swarm, wherever he went, the demonic beasts were all reduced to dust.

  Even so, Qin Hao was unable to extricate himself. The number of demonic beasts restraining him was simply too great, too numerous, and even after his hands were numb from killing, there were still countless golden lights flickering around him.

  At this time, on the other side, a group of spiders began to launch a general attack on the four people...

  "Whoa!" Qin Hao let out a long breath. His black hair suddenly stood up on its own as if blown by an invisible wind. His eyes also became deep and profound, like the stars in the sky.

  In his hands, a vast and majestic fist intent was constantly brewing.

  Although it would consume a lot of Xuan Qi, at this moment, he had no choice...

  The small spiders beside him quietly retreated backwards, seemingly extremely frightened...

  Just as he was about to unleash the mighty punch, his gaze suddenly froze, and the brewing fist intent also calmed down, ceasing all momentum.

  "A hundred flowers in bloom."

  At this moment, following Qin Hao's line of sight, one could see the long sword in Ye Ling's hand humming with vibration. Beside Ye Ling, blue flower buds fell from the air, drifting down halfway before unfolding their petals, a hundred flowers blooming simultaneously, an instant of fragrance, as if standing amidst a sea of flowers that left one dazzled and unable to look away.

  Extreme Martial Arts Technique!

  Qin Hao withdrew the Xuanqi matching exercise, his hand movements slowing down, casually sweeping away a few small spiders, his gaze calmly looking at Ye Ling. This move should be an extreme primary martial skill, and although Ye Ling had only learned the appearance, lacking the essence, it was still an extreme martial skill that pushed human strength to its limits. Using it to deal with these small spiders was sufficient.

  I didn't expect that he would have such a low-level martial skill. Just now when fighting the Ice Weasel, I didn't see him use this move at all.

  "Seize."

  Ye Ling shouted, countless petals shot out, those small spiders with human-like eyes all showed a hint of fear, one by one flew back, but were cut into powder by the swift and flowing petals.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  A burst of golden light exploded, startling a huge sound. The small spiders surrounding them were swept away by this move, and the rest suddenly retreated like a tide.

  "Not bad." Qin Hao jumped to their front, gazing at the retreating spider swarm as they withdrew into the depths of the mountain cave like a receding tide. He said calmly: "Being able to grasp the 'form' of this martial skill is also a result of hard work."

  Ye Ling panted heavily, a self-satisfied look on his face: "It's just grasping the form, it can't be considered mastery."

  "Things won't be so easy from now on." Qin Hao said calmly.

  As his voice fell, a path suddenly appeared in the spider group, and those golden orb spider cubs moved to one side.

  Then, a gigantic golden wolf spider emerged from it. The spider was entirely golden, as if coated with a layer of gold dust, its eight legs were thick and powerful, and its pair of fangs shone with a cold light. In those huge eyes, a faint green glow flowed, which was terrifying.

  Every step forward, the aura on the Golden Spider's body rose by a notch. When it walked to within ten steps of Qin Hao, that aura had become as heavy as a mountain range.

  Qin Hao's expression didn't change in the slightest. Lin Zhanbei had directly countered Ling Xuan's nine-layered aura, so what was a mere five-layered demonic beast to him? However, the remaining four people were already pale-faced and drenched in cold sweat.

  "Is that the Golden Spider?" Ye Ling exhausted his vital energy, his legs went soft and he almost fell to his knees, luckily Shen Yue caught him.

  Xie Feng and Zeng Hua supported each other, their faces pale.

  This is a Golden Spider, its aura is really too strong, it seems that it will soon advance to the next level. This kind of demon beast is already extremely difficult to deal with.

  Qin Hao glanced at the four people and sighed, it seemed that he still had to rely on himself.

  His body suddenly moved. As soon as he made his move, it was a thunderous momentum, and his entire body stepped out with a deafening explosion, like an axe chopping straight through.

  That moment's sharp momentum was actually no worse than that of a Golden Orb Weaver Spider.

  Frenzied battle axe! As soon as it's unleashed, it's the most powerful and strongest martial skill. Ling Xuan San Chong and Ling Xuan Wu Chong are ultimately separated by a barrier, Qin Hao doesn't dare to be even slightly careless.

  At the time when the remaining four people were unable to move under that pressure, feeling weak all over, Qin Hao seemed to be completely unaffected and instead showed a strong and fierce intention. They suddenly fell into a huge surprise.

  "Is he really just a profound third-grade warrior?" Xie Feng pressed his bloody arm, his eyes filled with intense incredulity.

  "After all, it's a member of that family." Zeng Hua's eyes were filled with jealousy.

  Shen Yueye and Ling locked eyes for a moment, with a deep meaning flashing in their eyes at the same time.

  The golden spider's eyes rotated, its mouth opened wide, and countless golden spider threads spewed out, wrapping around Qin Hao's body.

  Qin Hao only felt that a very soft and sticky yet extremely powerful force wrapped around his body, until finally his entire body was forcibly stopped.

  Qin Hao's hands were constantly struggling, but it was hard to break free. The tenacity of the Golden Spider Silk had been well-known to Qin Hao for a long time, otherwise he would not have let Qin Fenglin use this material to set up the formation that day.

  However, knowing is one thing, and it's only when you're truly faced with it that you realize how difficult it is to get entangled. At this moment, Qin Hao was like being trapped in a swamp, the more he struggled, the tighter he got tangled.

  Golden spider silk grew more and more, densely wrapping around Qin Hao's body, forming a huge cocoon-like shape, only exposing his head, as if wanting to use the same method used on others against him.

  Qin Hao let out a cold laugh, his fists clenched tightly, and the thousand orifices on his body suddenly emitted a sharp, blade-like aura.

  The whole body's mysterious energy is released outward, which is the signature move of a Lingxuan Wu Zhe. As for Qin Hao, controlling the speed and force of the external release of his mysterious energy was no problem at all.

  Hah! Hah!

  A sound like a tearing silk suddenly rang out, and on the innermost layer of silk threads surrounding Qin Hao's body, small cracks appeared, although they had not yet broken, the binding force was reduced by more than half.

  Qin Hao stomped his foot on the ground and suddenly shot up into the air, rising several zhang from where he was standing. He burst out of a giant cocoon and leapt back in front of several people.

  The whole process seemed complicated, yet it was all settled in just a few dozen breaths. As a result, when Qin Hao returned to their front, the four of them were still in shock.

  How could they have imagined that a martial artist with three layers of Ling Xuan would be able to confront the Golden Spider head-on without falling behind. Moreover, the Golden Spider's strength far exceeded their imagination.

  "What's next?" Ye Ling asked.

  Qin Hao furrowed his brow and didn't respond to him.

  Because, a vast expanse of golden spider silk had already surged towards them, sealing off all sides.

  Five people back to back, fists, feet, swords, knives and various other means and weapons were all brought out, but they could only barely maintain their position and prevent the golden spider silk from invading.

  "They've been surrounded." Qin Hao's mouth corners suddenly revealed a cold, sharp smile. On all four sides of them, a golden wall had been erected, and they were trapped inside, like turtles in a jar.

  It seems that the monster is going to lock them up here, exhaust their physical strength, and then slowly capture them.

  Xie Feng and Zeng Hua continued to pound against the wall, but only managed to produce a dull thud.

  "What the f*** is this?" Xie Feng cursed loudly, his face turning pale.

  "It won't cut." Ye Ling's full-force slash struck the wall, leaving only a faint white mark, but shook himself so hard that his blood rushed up.

  "Are we really going to be trapped here until we die?"

  "Lend me your sword for a moment."

  At this time, Qin Hao said calmly.

  Qin Hao's face was as calm as a deep well, without a single ripple.

  He took the blue long sword over, grasping it in his hand. As soon as he held it, a warm and refreshing feeling arose. Qin Hao felt that this sword was not forged from steel, but made of a special wooden material. There are several types of trees with materials comparable to gold and iron. After being soaked in a specific spiritual liquid and then nurtured by the mysterious energy, such a special sword can be created.

  This sword is in no way inferior to ordinary swords, and for the amplification of wood-based Xuanqi, it is even more unmatched by other ordinary swords. Qin Hao, who is a fire-based Xuanqi, also feels a sense of comfort when holding this sword.

  Wood and fire complement each other, this is a very superficial principle.

  "Unexpectedly, helping him with that letter actually brought some benefits."

  Qin Hao smiled softly. He grasped the sword, feeling extremely smooth. If he hadn't pointed at Feng Han earlier and grasped the sword first, he would have felt a bit unfamiliar with it now. This unfamiliarity might not be fatal, but it could cause him some trouble.

  Qin Hao's eyes slowly closed, and the three-foot sword blade pointed diagonally at the ground. On the blade, a fiery red hot aura swirled like a coiled dragon, stirring up waves of low humming sounds...

  The sword was slowly raised, with a loud roar, pointing directly at the golden wall in front.

  Qin Hao's eyes also suddenly opened at this time, and a red glow flowed silently in his pupils.

  Whistling Nine Swords!

  Qin Hao's sword flashed and slowly danced forward, stabbing ahead. Every sword move was mysterious and hard to understand.

  The three swords gathered together, drawing out a gigantic sword flower. The three swords fell, and a fierce wind rose, bursting forth with great force from the walls, blowing until people's faces stung.

  Bang!

  In front of it was a seemingly indestructible golden wall that disintegrated in an instant, opening up a gap.

  Qin Hao's legs sprang open, his body close to parallel with the ground, and he shot out from the gap, shooting forward towards the Golden Spider.

  The golden spider let out a loud roar, and all the baby spiders on its side rushed towards Qin Hao.

  Fourth sword! Fifth sword! Sixth sword!

  Qin Hao's hands moved swiftly, and three massive red sword auras shot out, sweeping across the entire field, turning countless Golden Spider Silk worms into powder.

  The last three swords were swung out in an unbroken chain!

  Qin Hao's hand grasped the sword, the tip constantly swaying, like a flickering flame, casting dozens of illusory shadows.

  "Agree."

  As Qin Hao's voice rang out, dozens of illusory shadows merged into a single, brightest red glow that shot towards the body of the Gold-Eating Spider. Like a surging tide, like a collapsing mountain, carrying an unstoppable sword intent, it pierced through...

  There was no mournful howl of the imaginary beast, nor any deafening energy explosion. The scene seemed to have suddenly frozen in time, suspended at that moment...

  After counting his breaths, Qin Hao drew out his sword and walked back.

  At this time, the body of the golden spider behind him suddenly shook violently, a huge blood hole appeared on its head, and then a high blood flow spurted out.

  The remaining golden orb spiderlings scurried away instantly into the depths of the cave, disappearing without a trace.

  "Thank you." Qin Hao tossed the sword back to Ye Ling and said this sentence simply and neatly.

  Ye Ling took the sword and his eyes still had a dazed look. After coming to, he then said with lingering fear: "Tian Lang, this time finding you to hunt beasts was indeed not wrong."

  Qin Hao nodded slightly, seemingly unimpressed.

  "This beast almost killed me, damn it, I'm going to make him pay." Xie Feng suddenly spat out a mouthful of saliva and walked towards the corpse of the Golden Spider.

  Zeng Hua also made the same move as him.

  "Wait, we should be..." Shen Yue blocked their path, trying to stop them. But the two ran extremely fast and instantly sprinted past him from his side.

  Ye Ling hastily shouted: "Xie Feng, Zeng Hua, it's better to leave early now."

  Xie Feng and Zeng Hua, who had always been like leaves following the wind, were enraged because they had just been injured by the Golden Spider. They didn't listen to his words and instead charged at the spider with a short knife and a dagger, cutting it into a mess of rotten flesh.

  Qin Hao looked at the movements of several people and felt extremely helpless in his heart.

  "Huh? What's this?" Xie Feng suddenly exclaimed. Shen Yueye hastily ran over, Qin Hao shook his head and followed suit.

  He walked up to the two of them, only to find Xie Feng holding a storage ring in his hand, staring blankly into space.

  "This must be something that was carried on the warrior's body when it was eaten by the golden spider."

  Qin Hao made a judgment. When the Golden Spider was devouring people, it might have swallowed the Storage Ring as well. However, the Void Crystal Stone was extremely hard, and even those of poor quality were difficult to damage, so it would remain in the monster's belly undigested, which wasn't unusual.

  Zeng Hua and Xie Feng's eyes lit up simultaneously upon hearing this. Previously, they had only wanted to vent their frustration, but they hadn't expected such a gain. A warrior's storage ring would at least have some martial skills or techniques stored in it, right?

  With this in mind, the two people's weapons moved faster and faster, thoroughly dissecting the Golden Spider.

  ………

  Half an hour later, the body of the Golden Spider was almost completely crushed, and in front of them, four storage rings stained with blood were also placed.

  "It should be gone by now." Shen Yue chuckled and spoke out: "Although this demon beast has devoured many warriors, there can't be that many storage rings."

  Qin Hao's eyes secretly glanced at her, and for some reason, he always felt that Shen Yue's words were somewhat lacking in confidence.

  "Good." Zeng Hua looked at the last piece of meat on the body of the golden spider, about the size of a fist, and stabbed it with a dagger: "Wait until this piece is also cut off."

  Ye Ling gazed at Zeng Hua's movements, his eyes somewhat profound.

  "There it is." Zeng Huaxi's eyebrows rose with excitement, and he exclaimed loudly: "Indeed, there is another ring!" He pulled out the dagger, reached in to dig around, and soon laughed as he dug out something else: "I said I did, but this shape doesn't seem quite right."

  When the thing in his hand appeared before everyone, even Qin Hao's face changed slightly. It was a scroll of martial arts, with a radiant glow flowing on its surface, and an extraordinary aura emanating from it. On top of that, a profound and mysterious energy was fluctuating.

  At first glance, it's not an ordinary martial skill.

  Zeng Hua's heart was filled with trepidation as he unrolled the Wuji scroll, and several majestic large characters transformed from the mysterious energy suddenly leaped into mid-air, flashing continuously, shining brightly.

  "Body Method Martial Skill - Floating Light Brushing Shadow."

  Qin Hao's breathing became somewhat urgent. His heart was filled with astonishment, growing deeper and deeper.

  This martial skill is actually a highly precious body technique in the Wind Spirit Sect...