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By the chaotic firelight, everyone finally saw the monster's true form.

It was a giant spider, as big as a horse-drawn carriage!

It was entirely black, covered with needle-like hairs, and its eight long legs, like sharp spears, were deeply embedded in the stone wall.

What's most chilling is its back, which is covered with a pale human face pattern, its features distorted, a half-smile on its face, and a greedy look in its eyes.

"Human-faced Ghost Spider!"

Above the pit, Zhao Feng's face was ashen. He abruptly turned to look at Wang Tong beside him, his eyes blazing with fury:

"Wang Tong!"

"Did you know there was this thing down there all along? Did you deliberately keep it a secret, intending to use my brother's life to fill this beast's belly?"

Lei Zhen was also enraged. He drew his broadsword with a clang and held it to Wang Tong's neck.

"You surnamed Wang! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll chop you up first!"

Wang Tong remained remarkably calm in the face of their interrogation.

He lightly waved his folding fan, deflecting Lei Zhen's blade, a bitter, innocent smile appearing on his face:

"You two are innocent! Although my Wang family has been down here before, we were only driven back by the corpse beetles on the outskirts. We've never seen such a ferocious creature before! If I had known, would I have been crazy to send my own people down to their deaths?"

He pointed to the Wang family guards below, who were also screaming and fleeing: "Look, haven't I lost two of my best men too?"

Zhao Feng snorted coldly. Although he didn't completely believe it, he couldn't find a reason to refute it.

After all, members of the Wang family did die.

However, Wang Tong was secretly sneering.

"What does it matter if a few useless people die?"

"As long as we can wear down the warriors of both of your families here, won't the contents of this tomb ultimately belong to my Wang family?"

Although the Wang family was extremely wealthy, their martial arts foundation was indeed not as profound as that of the Zhao family, let alone those martial arts schools that specialized in martial arts.

They relied more on unorthodox methods like Ghost Hand Li and money to pave the way.

In this narrow tomb passage, if it came to a head-on confrontation, the Wang family would be no match for Zhao Feng and Lei Zhen.

Therefore, they must be weakened!

This human-faced spider demon was a fine knife that Wang Tong borrowed!

"ah"

Another scream came from below.

The human-faced ghost spider did not keep its prey to itself. With a rustling sound, two smaller ghost spiders emerged from the crevices in the dark stone walls on both sides!

Three!

They surrounded the vanguard in a triangular formation, their pale faces appearing and disappearing in the firelight, alongside sharp spider spears and corpse beetles crawling all over the ground.

"Not just one! There are three!"

The vanguard below completely lost their composure.

Although they were agile, most of them were only martial artists at the Warm Blood Realm, and had not even ignited their inner fire. How could they be a match for such a monster?

Even worse, the oil on the ground was almost burned out!

The firelight began to dim, and the corpse beetles in the surrounding darkness stirred restlessly, ready to launch a counterattack at any moment.

Ghost spiders were threatening to kill them from the front, while swarms of insects surrounded them from behind.

"What should we do? Does anyone have any ideas?"

Wang Datou's speech was starting to stutter.

He really wanted to slap himself. No wonder no one else wanted to come; it was practically suicide!

"hateful!"

Lei Zhen frowned as he looked at them; those were all top fighters carefully selected from other martial arts schools!

The loss of five men is a huge casualty.

"We can't wait any longer! If we wait any longer, everyone will die!"

Zhao Feng acted decisively, drawing his goose-feather saber, the tip pointing directly at Wang Tong's throat, his killing intent palpable.

"Wang Tong! Send your men down to provide support immediately! If you disagree, I'll bury you right here!"

Wang Tong's eye twitched as he looked at the blade so close to his face.

He knew Zhao Feng wasn't joking.

Moreover, the goal of weakening these two companies has already been achieved.

If this drags on any longer, Zhao Feng might actually kill himself. We can't afford to clash with these two families right now.

"Young Master Zhao, please calm down!"

Wang Tong quickly raised his hands, forcing a fake smile onto his face.

"I'll arrange it right away! I'll arrange it right away!"

He turned to look at Ghost Hand Li and gave him a wink:

"Old Li, please take some men and make this trip. Make sure you save our men!"

Ghost Hand Li snorted, but did not refuse.

"Let's do it!"

Zhao Feng and Lei Zhen no longer hesitated. They each mustered their men, leaving only a few trusted confidants to guard the retreat route, while the rest of their main force went out.

"Down!"

More than ten thick hemp ropes were thrown down, and a series of agile figures fell into the pit like eagles hunting rabbits.

Chen Qian stood at the edge of the pit, not in a hurry to go down.

He activated Night Vision, squinted, and peered through the darkness and smoke, using the firelight to take in the entire scene at the bottom of the pit.

This sight, however, made his heart skip a beat.

This is hardly a mass grave.

This is clearly a giant beehive!

The surrounding stone walls were covered with countless holes of varying sizes, some leading to deeper areas, others filled with bones and spider webs.

"Is this... a spider's nest?"

Chen Qian felt a chill run down his spine.

This place is indeed extremely dangerous.

"kill!"

Meanwhile, the battle below had already begun.

With the addition of experts like Wang Meng and Old Master Liu, who had reached a certain rank, the battle situation was instantly reversed.

With a roar, Wang Meng unleashed a torrent of energy, his blood surging like a rainbow. He slashed at the back of the largest ghost spider, severing one of its long legs.

Ghost Spider screamed in pain and became ferocious, but was suppressed by Zhao Feng and Lei Zhen who arrived later.

Ghost Hand Li then directed the Wang family guards to throw out specially made insect-repelling powder, which once again drove back the restless corpse beetles.

Swords flashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Despite its ferocious appearance, the human-faced spider is actually just a large wild animal.

After the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

With the last Ghost Spider being beheaded by Lei Zhen, this fierce battle finally came to an end.

Several mutilated corpses lay on the ground, some from the vanguard, others from those who joined the battle later and were unfortunately caught in the crossfire.

Fortunately, the road is now open.

"call……"

The group, panting heavily, stared at the three enormous spider corpses with lingering fear.

"Mr. Chen, Taoist priest! Come down! It's safe now!"

Zhao Feng wiped the blood from his face and shouted back.

Chen Qian and Xuan Yin nodded, grabbed the rope, and slid down nimbly.

He landed on the soft ashes, his nose filled with a strong, pungent stench.

But he paid no attention to any of that. Instead, he walked straight to the corpse of the largest human-faced spider and squatted down.

He stretched out his finger, dipped it in a little of the green blood flowing from the ghost spider, and smelled it.

Herb identification experience points jumped up and down.

"It's poisonous, but... it's also useful."

A glint of light flashed in Chen Qian's eyes.

If used properly, this spider venom can be a valuable trump card in critical moments.

Without making a sound, he took out a small porcelain bottle, filled it halfway with poisoned blood, and then stood up.

"unlucky!"

Lei Zhen kicked aside the spider leg blocking his way, picked up the thick-backed machete, and glanced to his left.

"Let's go, everyone."

After saying that, he was about to lead his men to rush inside.

However, neither the Wang family nor the Zhao family made any move.

Zhao Feng looked at Chen Qian and Xuan Yin.

Wang Tong looked at his family's offerings.

"We're not going!"

A cold, clear voice suddenly rang out, blocking everyone's path.

Chen Qian stood still, without even moving a step, and merely glanced at the hole.

"Master Lei is welcome to go in and give it a try."

"What do you mean?" Lei Zhen frowned. Although he was somewhat wary of the Zhao family, he was still annoyed to be publicly humiliated by a scholar.

"There's more than just this one cave entrance."

Chen Qian didn't explain, but instead threw a torch forcefully against a wall.

Only then did everyone realize that there were more than a dozen holes of varying sizes in this one wall alone, like a honeycomb, each one dark and gaping.

Because of the dim lighting and the intense battle that had just taken place, no one noticed.

Lei Zhen was also taken aback.

"Is this an insect nest?"