Chapter 488

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Chapter 488: Gathering Sands Become a Towering Obstacle

A head-on collision, nothing more to say.

This enormous spider, with its body as dark as steel, had cultivated for hundreds of years, far surpassing the strength of ordinary monsters.

There was no doubt that it was a formidable monster.

In terms of rank, any monster above level forty is considered a formidable monster.

But the level of the monster can only be observed, it cannot be used as a reference for actual combat power.

The bloodline of the monster itself is mysterious. The bloodline inherited from the fierce beasts and strange creatures of the Great Wilderness is already filled with mystery.

No matter how ordinary monsters practice, they have a limit because they don’t have a complete system themselves. This limit cannot be surpassed.

That’s why the lineage theory in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom is particularly prominent because, in objective fact, the strength of the bloodline determines the limit of a monster’s practice.

For most monsters, reaching level twenty or thirty is the limit in their lifetime. They must have some outstanding ancient bloodline to have a chance to advance to level forty or fifty. It is also necessary to fully activate their ancient bloodline to break through level fifty.

Level fifty is a turning point; below this level, strength is limited. Once they exceed level fifty, their power undergoes a qualitative change, and ordinary warriors can shatter the void with their fists, not to mention the inherently powerful monsters.

But does that mean there is no solution beyond level fifty?

Not exactly.

"Comprehensive level" can only be used as a reference point, and it doesn’t include the mysterious aspects. The mysterious can provide additional level enhancement.

For example, Little Green is not even level thirty, but Bi Fang’s fire can burn most of the demons’ bodies, and once it touches them, it can’t be easily removed.

This is what we call mysterious.

Purely comparing combat power through numerical values is meaningless, because strength is always changing and relative. It’s just like a competition. Before the actual match, someone might hype up a player or a team, but once they get on the field, they realize that the balance of power can swiftly change, catching many inexperienced players off guard and making them unsure of how to continue, and even completely unable to play the game they thought they knew.

Once the overall level exceeds forty, unless the level suppression is at least twenty levels higher, it can’t be considered a stable win.

Data is just data after all.

Bai Wei stared at the large spider, his fingertips clutching the Crouching Tiger Sword.

The giant spider descended, and it was the Pansilk Cave Lord.

Its twelve eyes examined the situation in front of it simultaneously, feeling a bit bewildered. Upon receiving the news, it hurried to the entrance of the cave to see what kind of creature dared to provoke it, only to be met with this unexpected scene.

Rainbow Pearl was also part of the group pulling the carriage. Seeing Pansilk Cave Lord, she let out a despairing cry, as if crying blood, "Ancestor, save me!"

The old spider stared with both eyes and shouted loudly, "How dare you…"

Before finishing his sentence, Bai Wei swiftly sheathed his sword.

Crouching Tiger Sword had no scabbard, but it didn’t matter.

Bai Wei imitated the way the group of swordsmen from Tawott held their single-handed swords, with his left hand lightly gripping and using his sleeve as a makeshift scabbard, he gracefully sheathed his sword in a cool pose.

With a clang sound, it passed.

Mu the Taoist, who was pulling the cart with a huffing sound, didn’t notice at all. On the side, the demon Taozhong looked at this strike with fanatic eyes.

Although he wasn’t clear about how he was defeated, he believed that this move had a similar effect.

In an instant, his body was out of control, like a puppet being manipulated, with no signs of any demonic power fluctuations during that period.

It wasn’t until Bai Wei swung a complete strike that he finally saw the partially damaged form of this strike.

Suddenly, dozens of semi-transparent threads appeared between the sky and the earth. They were the traces left by the slash of a sword.

Ultimate Technique: Silk Flow.

It takes time and inspiration to make changes and improvements to sword moves. Luckily, Bai Wei had plenty of both. After his battle with the monk, he thought about how to break through the extremely tough external power. He unconsciously recalled a movie he had watched before, a martial arts movie with impressive special effects and scenes. One scene that particularly impressed young Bai Wei was when the protagonist, Bu Jingyun, discovered the invincible sword technique. With that in mind, Bai Wei came up with the idea of the Unbreakable Golden Body.

After realizing this move, Bai Wei’s overall swordsmanship level had reached level forty-four.

Understanding the art of the sword required even more creativity to create various skills.

The remnants of the sword energy turned into marks, silently but swiftly rushing towards the old spider.

Pansilk Cave Lord saw the threads, but paid no attention and charged forward.

There are different types of animals, such as vertebrates and arthropods. Spiders, crabs, and lobsters have similar characteristics. They have exoskeletons to support their bodies, which are hollow inside. However, this means they cannot bear much weight. If their bodies grow too large, the toughness of their exoskeletons must constantly increase. But the bones of living creatures cannot withstand the required strength and nutrition for the growth of this exoskeleton. That’s why most crustaceans live in water, relying on buoyancy to reduce their weight. Even the largest land-dwelling animals of this type cannot compare to tigers or leopards in size.

However, common knowledge about animals changes when it comes to different species. In other words, in cases where they have the same size and body type… It is almost impossible to penetrate the defense of this spider’s exoskeleton at the same level. It can even be said that copper skin and iron bones are considered weak in comparison. This is a genuine high-grade nim material.

Pansilk Cave Lord is very confident in its defense. Many warriors have tried to break its bones with weapons, but instead, their weapons and bones were shattered.

This comes from its special bloodline. It once had the luck to devour a piece of copper from the Shou Mountain, activating its bloodline. Since then, its defense has become extremely strong, and its shell has become extremely tough. It can live to this day and reach this position thanks to its ability to stack armor. It doesn’t live like a cunning hunter spider, but like a domineering crab. The trilobite calls it an expert after seeing it.

However, until now, no one has been able to break its defense. This sometimes makes it feel lazy and helpless. The hard shell blocks its perception of the outside world, so it needs strong stimuli to feel anything. That’s why it focuses on its desire for food, enjoying eating delicious things and even metal and stones. However, rather than blocking, it prefers to loosen up. It often looks for opponents of the same level to spar with, standing still and enduring all kinds of beatings while mocking the opponent as a ‘nine-tenths water bottle.’

A platypus is someone who talks tough even when they’re dead.

It can remain tough even when not alive.

What Pansilk Cave Lord enjoys the most is the feeling of having its sharp edges slowly polished with a whetstone. It finds it very relieving. Unfortunately, it is too hard, and even the highest-quality whetstone will quickly wear out.

When it saw this sword, it suddenly thought that it could use it to polish its shell. Without hesitation, it rushed up.

It even showed a bit of ecstatic enthusiasm as it pounced, like a dog jumping into a muddy pit.

The sword marks spread out like a painting. Its limbs and shell were all enveloped in the aura of the sword.

It was really hard, and the sharpness of the sword couldn’t cut it into pieces. But Pansilk Cave Lord was stuck in midair and couldn’t move.

The threads of the sword’s energy wrapped around the old spider in midair, belonging to the partially sheathed blade of Bai Wei.

As Bai Wei slowly sheathed his sword, the threads tightened little by little, embedding themselves in the spider’s exoskeleton, leaving clear and deeper marks.

This spider’s defense was probably not as strong as Monk Yuan Zhen’s diamond-like body, but it wasn’t much weaker, relying on innate talent and a special ability to eat metal and grow. It’s clear that these creatures from the Great Wilderness have amazing potential.

Bai Wei sheathed his sword another inch.

With a cracking sound, the threads tightened, leaving deeper three-centimeter marks on Pansilk Cave Lord’s body.

"You dare to attack my physical form!"

Pansilk Cave Lord finally realized what was happening and desperately struggled, unleashing its powerful monster energy, its aura becoming wildly aggressive.

The invisible threads of the sword’s energy were ignited by the monster energy, turning into tangible flames that surged towards Bai Wei’s palm.

The bronze mask cracked open, releasing a blazing fire.

The red flames flowed backwards along the silk thread, causing a fierce clash when they met the demon fire and the blazing fire of Zhu Rong. The high temperature melted the silk thread.

Bai Wei shook his sleeves, and Pansilk Cave Lord descended again. His body became rough and uneven, his expression changing constantly. Obviously, he didn’t expect to suffer such a big loss as soon as they met.

It is also a powerful demon with many descendants. Although it cares for its offspring, it can’t risk its own life. Although they didn’t determine a winner in their fight, if it continues like this, it will likely be heavily injured. Once its defense is broken through, even if it kills this person, it won’t be able to hold its position. The other demon cultivators and sects from the sixteen Yin Mountains are not just bystanders.

What should we do?

Pansilk Cave Lord thought, should I pretend to fight, but actually escort them away?

While he was contemplating, a demonly figure suddenly descended from the top of a Yin Mountain, with sharp teeth and golden skin, and landed swiftly.

The golden-armored corpse stiffened in mid-air.

An old monster residing in Hujia Grave, which occupies a mountaintop.

In a dark mountain called Yinzhan, it was the strongest among all the magic practitioners there, like being in the first row of strength.

The Pansilk Cave Lord had only seen it a couple of times, so they weren’t really friends. It was strange that it would come out to block the way.

From what it knew, this golden-armored flying zombie was very determined. It was a magic practitioner who used to be a vegetarian when it was young and only ate meat once a week. After fifty years of such a tough training life, it became determined to become a mid-level zombie.

"Do you have a grudge against this person?" the old spider asked cautiously.

"No grudges or resentments, but I have to intercept him," said the golden-armored flying zombie. "The other two old monsters, don’t hide either."

The ground cracked open, revealing the figure of a thousand-legged creature coiling halfway up the mountain.

A strong wind blew, and a silver-winged giant eagle flapped its wings and landed in mid-air.

There were no more than five old monsters hiding in the entire Hujia Grave, but now three of them had come to help. The confidence of the old spider ancestor instantly soared, saying, "The carriage driver belongs to me!"

The three old monster-level demons glanced at the Pansilk Cave Lord and looked at each other. "Whatever… but the people inside the carriage belong to us."

The golden-armored flying zombie said, "Share equally?"

The thousand-legged centipede sneered, "You wish."

The silver-winged great eagle disdainfully said, "Whoever grabs it, it’s theirs. But with your speed, you think you can grab it from me?"