Chapter 475: Chapter 465: Don’t Look at Me
Those beads of eyes were not attached to a person’s body but embedded in stone, and this massive stone was just a part of a giant spider’s head.
Each pair of eyes seemed to harbor various emotions, causing a significant psychological impact on Lin Yun.
Especially when Lin Yun saw the body under the giant head by the light of the fire, he couldn’t see it in its entirety. Just the head of the spider was a hundred zhang in length, width, and height. How large its body was, Lin Yun couldn’t quite make out.
This spider was even bigger than the giant dragon Lin Yun had previously encountered in the Dragon Tomb. Although it didn’t seem to be alive, Lin Yun still felt an immense pressure, much greater than what he had felt from the dragon before.
"This thing, it couldn’t really be alive, could it?"
When the firelight touched the spider’s head, it extinguished instantly, as if a powerful force had erased Lin Yun’s fire into nonexistence.
Darkness enveloped the surroundings once more, and Lin Yun could only look at those pairs of eyes.
Lin Yun felt that they were extremely lifelike, each eye watching him. He silently moved a few steps, and the pupils of those eyes followed his movement. As Lin Yun walked over there, those eyes turned to follow him.
They didn’t make any attacks, just quietly watched Lin Yun.
Fuck!
Scared me to death.
Since Lin Yun started his journey, nothing had frightened him, although he had always been cautious, he had never felt fear.
But this time, he felt it—an intense fear that sufferers of trypophobia couldn’t bear.
Even closing his eyes couldn’t erase the image of being stared at by thousands of eyes from his mind.
This was true mental contamination. If this trend continued, Lin Yun felt that even if he could leave alive, he would have nightmares at night and perhaps even hallucinate this scene during cultivation, chilling him to the bone.
"There must be something wrong with these eyes."
Lin Yun knew that since he had come here, things wouldn’t end well. He had two choices: either he could return the way he came and possibly leave behind an unresolved Heart Demon, or he could destroy these damned things.
"You’re forcing my hand!"
Lin Yun drew out the Thunderclap Sword and emulated Lin Yu’s Sword Intent.
For targeted destruction, Lin Yu’s Sword Intent was stronger.
When Lin Yun used it, it wasn’t as easy and fluid as Lin Yu, nor did it have quite the same flavor, seeing as it was a counterfeit. But the sword’s power was not weak, with Sword Qi carrying the Power of Thunder towards the nearest pair of eyes.
This time, Lin Yun saw clearly—all the eyes blinked at once, and Lin Yun’s Sword Qi simply dissipated into the air, the thunder disappearing without a trace.
Just like that, in a blink, it was immune to all attacks, and then it continued to stare, staring at him. Anyone else might have crumbled in such a bizarre environment.
These eyes seemed harmless, but in reality, just having so many eyes watching you, densely packed, and you can do nothing about it, can cause great emotional fluctuations. The fear would further intensify in the dark environment. Even if it did nothing, fear is a natural reaction in people.
But not for Lin Yun.
He despised things that were densely clustered. Not only did he not feel fear now, but his anger was also at its peak.
"What are you looking at?"
The eyes did not respond, continuing to watch Lin Yun, a silent mockery.
Looking at you, what about it?
"Alright, if I don’t poke out all of your eyes today, my last name isn’t Lin!"
Lin Yun was furious, and the eyes were still watching him as if they were laughing: look, he’s getting anxious, he’s getting anxious.
"Xiao Qing, please summon Sister Immortal for me."
Lin Yun pondered over the treasures he possessed. Since the Thunderclap Sword proved ineffective against those eyes, other items were likely useless as well. The only one with an unknown limit—the Statue of Qing Nu—was likely the only chance for a turnaround.
Lin Yun didn’t want to resort to using this artifact unless necessary. But now, the time was critical. Some unknown entity was already planting a Heart Demon within him through these eyes.
Although it hadn’t escalated to the extent of a Heart Demon, Lin Yun felt it surely would.
To avoid falling into a passive situation, of course, it was better to strike first.
The Statue of Qing Nu had to be sentient, so Lin Yun deliberately spoke more politely than usual.
If not for the fact that Xiao Qing had already taken the name Qing Nu for herself, Lin Yun would have directly called her Sister Qing Nu.
Addressing a superior as ’sister’ wasn’t shameful.
The statue of Qing Nu still looked the same, compassionate and gentle, but as Lin Yun focused inwardly, he couldn’t shake the feeling that today the statue’s lips were slightly upturned. Was she smiling?
Xiao Qing grabbed the statue of Qing Nu with her paw, easily taking it out, and as soon as the statue left Lin Yun’s dantian, the other divine artifacts began to relax as if they were on vacation. They loosened up from their usually taut state and floated leisurely on the Spirit Liquid Sea.
Ah, that’s more like it!
In the outside world, as soon as the statue of Qing Nu appeared, those thousands of eyes uniformly exploded, leaving only a trail of blood tears.
Without Lin Yun lifting a finger, the eyes blew up.
"Holy shit, awesome!"
Lin Yun, holding the statue of Qing Nu passed to him by Xiao Qing, couldn’t help but exclaim.
It seemed, he no longer needed to do anything.
Those eyes had already vanished completely and neatly.
Hmph, picking on me, don’t they know I have a powerful backer?
Though living off a woman is shameful, that ’meal ticket’ sure is fragrant.
Lin Yun couldn’t help but hug the Statue of Qing Nu and plant a kiss on it.
"What a treasure."
A flash of light in Lin Yun’s hand, and the Statue of Qing Nu disappeared, only to reappear in his Dantian the next second; the previously settled Chaos Pearl immediately shrank into a corner, trembling.
The Statue of Qing Nu exuded a sinister and terrible aura, scaring even the divine artifacts.
What sin did I commit to fall for this man...
It was only after kissing it that Lin Yun suddenly remembered that the statue was spirited, not just an inanimate object.
So, did I just kiss Qing Nu?
How am I any different from King Zhou then?
Lin Yun focused and looked inside himself, only to see that the Statue of Qing Nu had completely sunk into the Spirit Liquid, not sure if it was out of shyness or anger.
If it’s because she’s shy, then Qing Nu is quite cute, but right now she’s only the size of an action figure, which bizarrely makes Lin Yun feel as though he’s flirting with an action figure in a relationship.
Oh well, since I’ve already kissed her, at worst Qing Nu will send two beautiful demonesses to ruin my foundation, not a big problem.
With those troublesome eyes gone, Lin Yun hopped right onto the spider’s head, igniting a light, intending to observe carefully when he suddenly heard the sounds of battle from outside, approaching rapidly.
Outside the Divine Temple, the Spider Woman awkwardly dodged one sword qi strike after another, along with rampant flames.
If it weren’t for the passage suddenly collapsing and her stumbling into it, she wouldn’t have been caught up by Dongfang Hongyue and the others. Nevertheless, Spider Woman’s speed was not something Lin Yu and the rest could keep up with.
Confident in her own speed, she even started to ’fish’ for her pursuers, leading them into the Divine Temple. Under the watchful gaze of the Thousand Hands and Eyes Great God, everyone would fall into the Illusionary Realm, recalling the most fearful events of their lives. Only by submitting to the Thousand Hands and Eyes Great God and offering their most sincere faith could they receive its protection.
Inside the Divine Temple, no one could be her match, because she was a devout follower of the Thousand Hands and Eyes Great God.
Fearing that the others wouldn’t follow, Spider Woman even began to taunt them while laying spider silk to slow their pursuit.
"Have you captured a young man in a Taoist robe? Release him quickly, and we’ll spare your life!"
"Oh, are you talking about a handsome young guy? I’ve already eaten him, and he tasted quite good!"
The Spider Woman was so focused on luring her enemies deeper that she had no idea how serious the consequences of her words could be.
When she uttered those words, Lin Yu and the others’ expressions changed, and Dongfang Hongyue felt even more regretful and annoyed.
"Die!"
She turned into a whirlwind of flames, charging straight at the Spider Woman. Zhang Biyu, following close behind, exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Hong Yue is really going for broke!"
She had never seen Dongfang Hongyue so fierce before.
At that moment, the Spider Woman still hadn’t realized the gravity of the situation, thinking it was just a tantrum—she wasn’t scared in the slightest.
However, as Lin Yu’s sharp sword qi came striking, the Spider Woman started to look a bit flustered.
In addition to the two of them, there was Fang Yu’s Power of Thunder, with thunderbolts mercilessly striking down. The Spider Woman got caught by one of them and felt her whole body go numb.
My goodness, these humans don’t play fair, attacking three against one!
Seeing the Divine Temple right before her eyes, the Spider Woman, facing such a strong assault, didn’t dare to hold back anymore. If she did, she’d end up a dead spider.
She opened her mouth wide and let out a sharp screech, attempting to momentarily halt Lin Yu and the others. But Lin Yu, despite her screeching, struck five swords in succession, not aiming for vitals but chopping at the Spider Woman’s legs.
In the blink of an eye, the Spider Woman’s long legs were reduced to two.
She previously lost one to Lin Yun, and now five more to Lin Yu.
The Spider Woman was horrified. At that moment, Fang Yu’s Cloud Rain Sword was fully charged.
"Die!"
With this strike, the Spider Woman knew she couldn’t block it.
"Little Blackie!"
Before the crisis struck, the Spider Woman suddenly split into a Giant Spider and a Spider Woman, and her previously two-legged lower half now had eight legs again.
Fang Yu’s sword strike solidly hit the Giant Spider, cleaving it neatly in two.
The Spider Woman was horrified, having thought Little Blackie could take a few hits, but it was over so quickly.
She hurriedly sprinted towards the Divine Temple, her eight legs whisking her along, while Dongfang Hongyue’s furious strike had just come down.
A bloom of golden red Fire Lotus exploded, blasting the Spider Woman away.
But the blast also sent the Spider Woman flying right to the entrance of the Divine Temple.
Inside the Divine Temple, Lin Yun heard the intense battle noise outside, and the Spider Woman’s shrill scream, and he knew the Spider Woman might be coming, with his allies probably following.
Lin Yun quickly carved a hole among several large eyeballs, using the firelight, and hid inside.
Since the allies had arrived, I might as well keep an ace up my sleeve and wait for my allies to deal damage; I’ll steal the kill!
