Lin Yizhi trusted Bai Ying completely. The moment she said to attack directly, he immediately brought out his treasure artifact.
“Looks like killing this Nether Spider is going to be a breeze,” he said, proudly showing off his weapon to Bai Ying. “Boss, this time I brought the one I just begged off my father. What do you think?”
The artifact Lin Yizhi had was the Yin-Yang Arrow. With one pull of the bow, it could unleash a massive burst of power.
Bai Ying nodded. “Not bad. It’s just right for killing the Nether Spider.”
Lin Yizhi was thrilled. He couldn’t wait to show everyone his precious Yin-Yang Arrow.
But the other four people looked at him like he was a complete fool.
The Yin-Yang Arrow was powerful, yes, but extremely difficult to aim. It was only effective against large, slow-moving beasts.
But today, they were fighting a Nether Spider—an extremely fast creature that constantly spat out swarms of smaller spiders. There would be hundreds, even thousands of them.
In this kind of fight, the Yin-Yang Arrow was useless. It couldn’t hit the big one, and it couldn’t keep up with the countless small ones either.
Their hearts sank instantly.
Then Bai Ying said, “I’ll modify it a bit for you to boost its power.”
Lin Yizhi eagerly handed her the arrow.
Bai Ying held the shaft and pulled out a section of Azure Flood Dragon bone from her storage pouch, pressing it onto the arrow. She began fusing it with spirit fire.
She didn’t even stop walking as she worked on the modification.
When she returned the upgraded arrow to Lin Yizhi, he held it like it was a sacred treasure.
He had heard Bai Ying could refine artifacts, and he’d already seen the power of her censer. Now that she was personally upgrading his arrow, he was overjoyed. He practically wanted to run around showing it off to the world.
Bai Ying glanced at the other four. “Do you want your artifacts modified too? I just happen to have enough materials—these are…”
“Azure Flood Dragon bones,” she hadn’t even finished speaking before being quickly rejected.
“No need. Our artifacts are already very strong.”
“Yeah, but thank you for the offer. I don’t like letting others touch my gear.”
The man leading the group, Wang Qi, looked at them and rubbed his forehead.
Modifying weapons by hand? Did Bai Ying think she was a Nascent Soul cultivator? Only those at the Nascent Soul Realm could do something like that without ruining the weapon.
If they gave their artifacts to her, they’d probably get ruined.
He looked at Lin Yizhi with a mix of pity and disbelief. Who knew what kind of trick Bai Ying had used to win him over so completely—even making him give up his precious Yin-Yang Arrow for modification?
Still, Lin Yizhi was the Sect Master’s son from Huayang Sect. They didn’t want to offend him, so they could only follow along in silence.
When they reached the Nether Spider’s lair, Wang Qi narrowed his eyes and was about to share his plan with the others.
But Bai Ying spoke up first, “I’ll lure them all into the formation I set up. Once they’re inside, just pour all your spiritual energy into attacking the array.”
As she finished speaking, she bent down and began arranging stones on the ground to form a large formation.
The four of them nearly laughed out loud when they saw this.
This was the first time they had ever seen someone use stones to make a formation. It looked so crude and amateurish.
Lin Yizhi was still brimming with excitement and proudly said, “Just follow my boss. With her leading us, forget the Nether Spider—even a Demon King Butterfly wouldn’t be a problem!”
Wang Qi rolled his eyes.
He exchanged glances with his companions. They had originally planned to take the front line and leave Bai Ying and Lin Yizhi in the back to provide support from afar.
Now, he wanted to see how Bai Ying was going to lure the spiders here.
“Alright, go lure them,” he said sarcastically.
Bai Ying didn’t waste a second. She leaped into the air and flew straight toward the Nether Spiders.
Wang Qi was just waiting to see her embarrass herself, but then, the massive mother spider suddenly twitched—
And thousands of small spiders began crawling rapidly from its massive, mottled back like a tidal wave. The sheer number of them made everyone’s scalp go numb.
Wang Qi had never seen this many spiders. In the past, Nether Spiders usually only spawned a few dozen at most. But this one had released thousands in an instant!
All four of them turned pale.
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Something was wrong with their intel.
This spider was far stronger than they expected—and far beyond what they could handle.
They had planned to watch Bai Ying fail, but now they were the ones panicking.
“This isn’t something we can handle! Get back! Let’s retreat!” Wang Qi shouted.
He turned to leave in a hurry, but Bai Ying didn’t even look back.
Thousands of tiny spiders were heading straight for her. Poisonous threads shot from their mouths, aiming to wrap around her.
The entire Nether Spider was venomous—its silk could corrode even the toughest spirit robes. And Bai Ying wasn’t even wearing one.
Wang Qi and the others could already see her death coming.
But just as the threads were about to reach her, Bai Ying soared into the air and pulled out a spindle-shaped artifact.
As soon as the artifact appeared, it began winding up the silk at a terrifying speed. It spun like a vortex, drawing in the threads and even pulling the small spiders toward the formation she had laid down earlier.
Hovering in the sky, Bai Ying slammed her palm downward. A blaze of red flames erupted across the ground, creating a wide pathway. Spiders naturally feared fire and didn’t dare approach. Left with no choice, they were funneled toward the fire road she had created.
Some bold spiders flew at her to attack, but Bai Ying moved with lightning reflexes. With a spin and a powerful strike, her palm released a scorching force that burned the spiders to ash midair.
Everything happened in a matter of seconds.
By now, a large number of spiders had already been lured into the formation Bai Ying had prepared.
In that instant, the array came to life, bursting with dazzling golden light.
Bathed in gold, the array unleashed terrifying killing power. The spiders inside scurried wildly, but they couldn’t escape.
The golden glow twisted and constricted like chains, coiling tighter and tighter.
Wang Qi was completely stunned.
It wasn’t until Lin Yizhi smacked the back of his head that he snapped out of it.
“What are you staring for?! Use your artifact! Help us grind them down!”