Chapter 729 - 723: White Bone Kills, Spider Queen Falls
The Spider Queen was furious because Qin Feng had killed one of her middle-rank demon god level subordinates!
In all these years, except when other Abyss Lords made large-scale invasions, there were seldom casualties among the demon spiders at the demon god level, let alone a middle-rank demon god!
Furthermore, the previous killings of several spider demon gods had caused her top-level forces to suffer more than a ten percent loss. If word of this reached the ears of other Abyss Lords, there might be those who would want to take advantage of the situation and challenge her authority, attempting to seize the sixty-sixth layer of the Abyss!
Therefore, in a fit of rage, the Spider Queen let out a roar to summon all her subordinates, preparing to completely cut off the direction of Qin Feng and the others’ escape.
She not only wanted to viciously torment these intruders to vent her anger but also wanted to devour them cleanly, using their energy to hatch more potentially stronger spider descendents, to cultivate more spider demon gods in the future!
Qin Feng, with his keen divine sense, saw a flash of black and white in his eyes. When he saw the sight of countless demon spiders pouring out from their nests in the surrounding territory, even his Daoist heart couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle, realizing how many subordinates this Spider Queen had cultivated over tens of thousands of years in the Abyss. No wonder she could sit securely in the position of a Lord for so many years without being slain by other powerful beings!
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…”
The few spider demon gods around them had already lost their courage and were no longer as domineering as before, nor did they have the ease of treating them as food, after witnessing Qin Feng tearing apart a middle-rank demon god spider.
But, when the Spider Queen appeared and let out an angry cry, these spider demon gods went crazy, just like the ordinary demon spiders, attacking Qin Feng and his companions frantically, trying to entangle them and prevent their escape.
“Kill them, quickly finish them off and escape!” said the six-winged fallen angel, who was startled by the appearance of the Spider Queen.
Although he was strong, he was not on the same level compared to the Spider Queen and did not dare to fight her head-on. Thus, disregarding the drain on his energy, he stimulated the dark demon power within him, and his inky black war sword slashed out repeatedly, producing powerful Sword Qi. Along with the other fallen angels, they cooperated with Qin Feng and the Swallowing Sky Toad, as well as other spiritual beasts, severely injuring the spider demon gods within a split second.
Both the six-winged fallen angel and Qin Feng were extraordinarily powerful, much stronger than ordinary spider demon gods, and likewise, the demon immortal realm spiritual beasts under Qin Feng’s command were also exceptional in battle strength. Now, with a numerical advantage in high-end combat power, they were able to kill or cripple the spider demon gods.
Qin Feng then, without bothering to finish off the wounded spider demon gods or care if they were dead or alive, waved his hand to collect the demon immortal realm spiritual beasts, turned around, and released the Space Escape Divine Shuttle, taking Zhao Qiankun and the others with him as they made their escape.
The six-winged fallen angel initially led his subordinates to spread their wings and fly at high speed, thinking they were fast enough. But after just a few moments, he looked back at the Spider Queen who was pursuing them more and more closely with an unsightly expression, and then called out to Qin Feng, who was operating the Space Escape Divine Shuttle and was already far ahead, “Friend, can your divine artifact take us along?”
Qin Feng looked back at him, pondered briefly, then slowed down slightly, managing the Space Escape Divine Shuttle to open a gap for them to enter.
A few fallen angels flapped their wings and flew into the Space Escape Divine Shuttle in an instant, Qin Feng bringing them along as they flew away into the distance.
The six-winged fallen angel curiously examined the strange divine artifact. He had never seen such a flying divine artifact before but held back his curiosity, not to inquire further, lest it distract Qin Feng while operating the artifact and affect their speed.
“Ah…”
Behind them, the Spider Queen’s piercing roar spread throughout the sixty-sixth layer of the Abyss. On Qin Feng and his party’s route ahead, more and more powerful demon spiders appeared, leading an army of spiders casting collective-type magic, trying to use the powerful combined magic to block the Space Escape Divine Shuttle!
It has to be said that when the number reaches a very large extent, it is indeed terrifying.
The Space Escape Divine Shuttle is, after all, an immortal artifact that was once buried in the forbidden land for tens of thousands of years deprived of spiritual power nourishment. Although it has been carefully refined by Qin Feng ever since it fell into his hands, he valued the Demon Refining Pot and those main spiritual beasts more and could not devote too much attention to this immortal artifact.
In his opinion, the time used to enhance the power of the Space Escape Divine Shuttle would be better spent understanding the arcane principles to improve his own strength.
After all, for him, Dao cultivation is easier to improve, but immortal artifacts are very difficult to upgrade, especially those originally belonging to other Sects.
So, although the Space Escape Divine Shuttle was extremely fast in its escape technique, it didn’t have a heaven-defying speed. Under the bombardment of countless spider armies, their escape was inevitably affected, and Qin Feng had to opt for detours to avoid direct confrontation with the spider armies.
As a result, although they greatly reduced the spells that attacked and intercepted them, they also deviated from their original direction, and the Spider Queen behind them was catching up more and more.
Seeing the unknown number of demon spiders blocking the way ahead and the Spider Queen’s pursuit speeding up, everyone in Qin Feng’s group felt uneasy. If this continued, they would sooner or later be caught up by the Spider Queen. With their abilities, they really couldn’t stand against the Spider Queen, not to mention her countless spider army.
By now, Qin Feng truly understood why expeditions from various Sects had to bring along a large number of ordinary cultivators; because large numbers could indeed play a significant role. A few powerful individuals really didn’t dare to battle a huge army; that was simply courting death.
If it weren’t for the amazing speed of his Space Escape Divine Shuttle, he would probably have been shot down out of the Light Escape and killed on the spot.
Even so, they were now beginning to suffer from headaches over how to escape.
“Let’s go this way!”
One of the fallen angels suddenly brightened up, pointed in a direction, and said, “There have always been fewer demon spiders over here. Ahead might be a treacherous area, which prevents ordinary demon spiders from getting too close. How about we try to escape this way?”
“Okay!”
Qin Feng didn’t hesitate and steered the Space Escape Divine Shuttle in the direction pointed by the other.
He wasn’t afraid of ordinary perilous areas, areas that even a spider army dared not enter lightly.
If there was really no spider army blocking the way ahead, with the speed of the Space Escape Divine Shuttle and leveraging the dangers within the perilous area, they might just shake off the pursuit of the Spider Queen!
As the fallen angel had said, fewer and fewer demon spiders appeared ahead, allowing them to avoid repeatedly detouring around the spider army and significantly increasing their speed.
The group looked back a few times and seeing that the Spider Queen could not catch up in a short time, they relaxed a lot in their hearts.
However, before they could relax for a moment, their faces turned ugly once again!
“What is that?”
Hao Shicheng looked at the cliff that emerged ahead and the endless grey mist beyond it, feeling his throat scratchy, his words unnatural.
If it were just the grey mist, it would have been fine. The key was that the boundless mist exuded an endless deathly stillness, and deep within seemed to hide a tremendous crisis, making one tremble at a single glance!
“The Abyss Forbidden Land!”
The six-winged fallen angel’s face was ugly as he slowly said, “That is the forbidden land of the Abyss. It’s said that not only does it connect all layers of the Abyss, but it also leads to the end of space and time, truly bottomless, even deeper than the Abyss itself—a land of death!”
Qin Feng also remembered that during the Five Domains Alliance, an ancestor who had explored the Abyss had said that each layer of the Abyss had such a forbidden area. They all appeared at the edges of each layer of the Abyss world in the form of a cliff, leading to an unknown place, fraught with deadly danger, and no creature was to enter!
The mist contained some strange power that forbade all ways of flying. Anyone who entered would lose their ability to fly and fall down, never to be heard from again!
Even some Abyss Lords, in order to punish their rivals and traitors, liked to throw them off the cliff.
Qin Feng stopped the Space Escape Divine Shuttle at the edge of the cliff, the terror that rose in his heart prevented him from taking another step forward.
He felt that if he really just charged out, even with the power of the Space Escape Divine Shuttle that spanned from the Nine Heavens to Earth, it would be utterly impossible to get through the mist.
“Ha… run, keep on running!”
The morose voice of the Spider Queen Rose came from behind. A cold smile hung on her face: “On my turf, right in front of me, you killed my subordinates, such big guts you have!”
She glanced at the six-winged fallen angel and then set her sights on Qin Feng: “Aren’t you capable of summoning monsters? Keep summoning them, summon some more, see if they can fill the bellies of my precious ones!”
As her words fell, more and more demon spiders surged from behind her like a tide. Due to the sheer number of demon spiders, the ground was no longer sufficient. Aside from the more powerful ones that could fly, the rest of the demon spiders started climbing over their companions, desperately advancing forward, and had even piled up a spider wave more than a dozen yards high, sending chills down the spines of Qin Feng and the others.
If they were to fall into the encirclement of these demon spiders, they would indeed be gnawed to the point where not a single bone would be left!
Qin Feng then understood why the Spider Queen, upon seeing them fleeing this way, had not been too anxious to chase them but instead ordered her demon spiders to block from the sides.
Now not only were there countless demon spiders led by the Spider Queen at the front, but the spiders had also spread to the sides. Hundreds of miles away, countless demon spiders had already formed an encirclement, completely trapping them here!
His brow throbbed wildly—could it be that because he had been too successful in the past, he was now walking into a streak of bad luck?
He looked back at the thick mist, hiding who knew what great terror inside, and Qin Feng shook his head.
This was not Biluo; he dared not take the risk of entering it. The Heavenly Dao of Biluo simply did not extend to the Abyss World. If he went down, he would certainly end up like the countless creatures that had entered before him, unable to escape!
It seemed that their only option was to fight with all their might and snatch a glimmer of hope amidst the turmoil!
Qin Feng glanced at his fellow senior brothers and sisters. Their eyes were resolute. After a mere nod towards him, they began to condense their magic and divine powers, ready for a desperate fight.
Although their strength was seemingly insignificant in front of the endless army of demon spiders, as cultivators with unwavering Daoist hearts, they would never simply stand by and await their deaths, even knowing it was certain.
Qin Feng then turned to look at the few fallen angels.
He saw the leading six-winged fallen angel had already drawn out his pitch-black war sword, while the others all had indifferent expressions, accustomed to life and death.
Of course, they had already waged wars across various realms even when they were still under the Light God as angels. Not only were they experienced in battle, but they were also long desensitized to death.
Even after they had followed Lucifer in rebellion, leaving the Light God Realm for the Demon Realm and transforming into fallen angels with flesh and blood bodies, they changed in temper. Yet, years of battling allowed them to face the threat of death with calmness.
Qin Feng looked up towards the Spider Queen who was relentlessly advancing. Gazing at her beautiful visage, he took a deep breath, then waved his hand and summoned his spiritual beasts.
In a blink of an eye, a million crows circled in midair, their shrill caws resonating, emitting an ominous presence!
All nine main spirit beasts appeared, and although a few of them had not yet reached the Demon Immortal Realm of their Primordial Spirits, they began their desperate struggle at this moment.
Otherwise, if Qin Feng were to die here, they would also have no chance of survival!
“Well done, very well done!”
The Spider Queen’s face showed a satisfied smile. She scanned all the spiritual beasts from left to right, pausing especially on the Life Tree that was rich in life force, and then her gaze returned to Qin Feng. “I didn’t expect you to be able to summon so many monsters. I’m almost reluctant to kill you.
Kneel down, swear loyalty to me; I will turn you into Spiderman, becoming my most faithful subordinate. When needed, you shall summon Otherworld monsters for me, heh heh, and then my darlings will no longer worry about food!”
She laughed proudly for a while until she realized that Qin Feng was looking at her as if staring at a fool, which made her frown. “What, do you want to die? Kneel down and swear an oath to the will of the Abyss!”
“Kneel your ass!”
Qin Feng cursed aloud, “A mere Spider Demon is worthy of my loyalty? Go to hell!”
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and ninety-nine Space Escape Divine Shuttles transformed into ninety-nine streaks of light, piercing towards the Spider Queen with an unmatched sharp aura.
At the same time, he stepped forward and swung his fists. In an instant, he launched dozens of punches that emitted golden light, unleashing the Shaking Heaven Divine Fist in an attempt to repel the Spider Queen!
“You’re courting death!”
The Spider Queen chastised, and as soon as her words fell, a shiny glint flashed at her forehead, turning into a protective shield that guarded her, blocking the advance of the ninety-nine Space Escape Divine Shuttles.
Her eight slender spider legs then waved wildly, not only fending off the Divine Shuttles but also piercing through all the golden fist shadows.
The powerful Shaking Heaven Divine Power, in front of the Spider Queen, seemed as fragile as paper, failing to have much effect.
The fight erupted in an instant. Countless demon spiders frenziedly attacked, and the crows in the sky were of little use. During the clash, they fell in droves.
The demon spiders that could fly in the sky were all powerful beings, far beyond what these mainly Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment crows could contend with!
Even the bodies of these crows, upon hitting the ground, were devoured to the bones by the countless demon spiders, not leaving a single feather behind!
While the onlookers were chilled to the bone, they fought even harder.
Qin Feng and the fallen angels joined forces and barely held the Spider Queen at bay for a moment.
The Spider Queen, looking at Qin Feng, unexpectedly let out a crystalline drool.
She smelled the pure aura emanating from Qin Feng, a scent that set her heart racing, making her want to devour him bite by bite.
His physical body had been tempered to an extreme degree, and he had consumed far too many heavenly materials and earthly treasures, causing every part of his flesh to be filled with pure energy. To the Spider Queen, this was the most delectable thing in the world.
On Qin Feng’s face, a strained expression naturally showed, but inside he was unusually calm as he continued to close in on the Spider Queen, willing to take a risk and use his trump card in an attempt to slay her in one stroke.
After all, he was a chosen successor of the Beast Taming Sect’s top-level true inheritances and the favored Master of Qi Luck; how could he possibly be without life-saving protection?
Even if it had been just him here, he would have had other means to escape.
During a recent return to the Sect, the Jue Tian Ancestor had opened the Sect’s treasure vault and personally selected two lifesaving treasures for him and Li Miaozhen, enabling him to escape from such a desperate situation.
However, for the sake of his senior brother and these fallen angels, Qin Feng ultimately did not choose to flee alone!
There was no need to speak of Zhao Qiankun, Liu Xuanling, and Hao Shicheng, his fellow disciples. Qin Feng didn’t want to give up on these fallen angels either.
After finally establishing a connection and a camaraderie of comrades-in-arms against common enemies, he of course wanted to maintain it, hoping to leverage a connection with the Demon Realm’s Fallen Angel Army that might prove immensely useful in the future.
So, he chose to use another method and take a risky gamble!
Just as he was about to approach the Spider Queen, he suddenly heard several angry shouts from behind.
Qin Feng’s heart shook; that was his senior brother and the others.
He had previously arranged for many Spiritual Beasts under his command to protect them, even placing the slowest-moving Life Tree in front of them, and the Hellhound was also nearby in battle, all to ensure their safety as much as possible.
However, the Demon Spiders were simply too numerous, and the Spiritual Beasts under his command could not defend against them. Before he could rise in fury, the Demon Spiders had already broken through the defenses and reached Zhao Qiankun and the others.
Boom…
One of the Spider Demon Gods sprayed a sinister Demon Flame from its mouth, brutally bombarding the group.
Liu Xuanling’s brow furrowed. Although the situation was tricky, she had no choice but to step forward and block in front of Zhao Qiankun and Hao Shicheng.
Amongst the three, her Dao Cultivation was the highest, and at this moment she had to face the offensive of the Spider Demon God.
It must be said that Liu Xuanling had laid a very solid Daoist Foundation, and her war power within the Primordial Spirit Realm was formidable. After summoning the Ice Soul Divine Pearl, she was able to temporarily withstand the Spider Demon God’s assault.
Nevertheless, her figure was inevitably driven back step by step by the Spider Demon God, until she was finally blasted away by the flames spewed by the enormous spider, falling into the endless gray mist.
“Sister…”
Zhao Qiankun and the other were shocked, wanting to cast a spell to rescue her, but there was no trace of her to be seen!
“Ah… You shall die!”
Qin Feng turned his head just in time to see Liu Xuanling falling, his eyes splitting with rage and reddening with anger, ready to attack the Spider Demon God.
When he had just joined the Sect, he had received a lot of care from this senior sister, who even secured his opportunity to enter the Secret Realm. After becoming a disciple under Ning Wuxu, she took even greater care of him. In terms of sibling affection, he had always felt closest to Liu Xuanling in his heart. Seeing his senior sister cast into the endless abyssal mist, he was immediately overwhelmed with rage!
But before he could rush over, the Spider Queen flashed in front of him, blocking his path with a cold sneer, “Little thing, where do you think you’re going? Just let me eat you up nicely!”
“Eat your mother!”
In his frantic rage, Qin Feng suddenly extended his hand and tapped, and a piece of jade-colored finger bone emerged from his fingertips, as if he had pulled the bones out of his own body.
The moment the finger bone appeared, it transformed into a streak of light that shot directly into the Spider Queen’s forehead!