Chapter 476: Chapter 466: Thousand Hands and Eyes
After Lin Yun had hidden away, he sensed the Spider Woman who had crawled frantically into the Divine Temple.
She had a unique aura about her, and Lin Yun was certain it was her.
Upon entering the Divine Temple, the Spider Woman bowed her head in worship, "Thousand Hands and Eyes, with boundless magical powers, your follower Poisonous Spider, prays for your compassion."
Lin Yun, hiding in a pit, wore a puzzled look on his face.
Thousand Hands and Eyes?
That’s the spider’s name? It sounds so low-end. Sister Qing Nu’s name is much nicer.
Lin Yun silently brown-nosed Qing Nu in his heart.
Qing Nu likely possessed the ability to read minds, and if she got a whiff of this part of his thoughts, the incident of him kissing her just now might be forgiven and forgotten.
It’s a pity that what he kissed was a statue; he felt nothing. If it had been her in person...
Hiss, hold on.
Lin Yun felt he needed to slam the brakes on his thoughts. If he continued along this line and Qing Nu read his mind, it would be an act of blasphemy.
Today’s courting death +1.
After the Spider Woman had knelt and paid her respects, she still bowed her head in piety when Fang Yu and the others caught up and rushed in.
The Spider Woman suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, you’re finished! In the presence of the Thousand Hands and Eye God, you will sink into fear and be forever trapped in the endless hells!"
The Spider Woman grew arrogant now, with a deity to back her up and the Divine Power of the Thousand Hands and Eye God lingering here, the power of mortals could not compare to that of a Divine Spirit.
To ordinary people, cultivators could be considered as immortals, but to Divine Spirits, even someone like Yuxuan was seen merely as a mortal.
As a follower of Divine Spirits, the Spider Woman was also aware of how Divine Spirits defined mortals: beneath the Demons and Gods, all were as insignificant as ants.
She looked down upon mortals as well. Although she had once been a mortal herself, she now saw mortals only as food, no longer seeing herself as one of them. She considered herself a noble affiliate of a Divine Spirit.
Lin Yu watched the Spider Woman with an icy gaze, the Gale Sword pointing at her as she coldly declared, "You couldn’t kill Lin Yun. Tell me, where is he!"
Although she had felt a moment of rage and sorrow just now, she had quickly calmed down.
For she remembered what Lin Yun had told her.
To believe in him, for even if he died, he would fight his way back from the Netherworld to return to her side.
So, Lin Yu believed that a mere spider couldn’t possibly kill Lin Yun. Yet, the spider must have encountered Lin Yun and might know his whereabouts.
This was why Lin Yu had not struck down the Spider Woman.
Upon hearing Lin Yu’s words, Dongfang Hongyue and Fang Yu had a surge of spirit.
They had been too worried and had overlooked the fact that though the Spider Woman was strong, Lin Yun was as cunning as a ghost. Killing him couldn’t be that simple.
They had allowed a single sentence from the Spider Woman to shake their resolve, which was unbecoming of the strong.
It was all due to concern clouding their judgment, not anticipating that Lin Yu, who seemed the most brutal, had been the calmest all along.
"Hehe, you’re still wondering about him? You should worry about yourselves first. You’re in the Divine Temple of the Thousand Hands and Eye Great God; show some respect and kneel down!"
The Spider Woman grew angry when she saw that Lin Yu and the others did not react at all.
These people, daring to show disrespect to the deity she served!
Eh, that’s not right, why aren’t the deity’s eyes opening today?
Logically, the Great God should have opened their eyes by now, right?
Lin Yu and the others were already set on the demise of the Spider Woman, but seeing her arrogant demeanor, which didn’t seem feigned, they became more vigilant.
Despite their caution, they had no intention of backing down.
Lin Yu concentrated the Sword Qi at the tip of her sword, and said impatiently, "I’m asking you one last time, where is that person!"
Lin Yun saw that the three had surrounded the Spider Woman in a tight formation, unlike before where he could have been grabbed by the Spider Woman as a hostage, and decided to leap into action.
Just as he was about to rise, his hand resting on a rock beneath him, the stone that had been hard as iron suddenly turned to sand, and Lin Yun, only managing to cry out in shock, tumbled down, letting out a scream.
Lin Yu and the others, hearing that cry of alarm, immediately confirmed that it was Lin Yun, and that he was right behind the Spider Woman.
Dongfang Hongyue lit a flame, and they saw the giant spider head behind the Spider Woman and those eyes that had already burst and were bleeding tears.
Even though these eyes were no longer bright, the scene still caused a significant shock.
But the most startled was the Spider Woman.
She had just been wondering why Lin Yu, Fang Yu, and Dongfang Hongyue could still speak to her so calmly and had not realized that the statue of the Thousand Hands and Eye God had been damaged to such an extent.
Who did this!
The Spider Woman became furiously enraged, as her faith in her deity was even more important than her own life.
Apart from anger, what she felt even more was fear.
She had provoked three exceptionally fierce women, and she hadn’t heard of such ferocious women outside before. Had the times changed so quickly?
She had only been in hibernation for a while!
Without the protection of the divine spirit, how was she supposed to deal with these three vicious women?
What’s worse, aside from these three women, a few more showed up behind them.
The Spider Woman immediately admitted defeat.
Although the divine spirit was more important than her life, she could only serve it well if she kept her small life, right?
"I confess, I truly haven’t eaten anyone, I just had a fight with that young man. He stabbed me twice, and it hurt so much I nearly died!"
The Spider Woman’s arrogance was gone, and her tone was much softer, but the words she spoke felt somewhat odd.
Lin Yu stared at her, his sword still aimed at her neck, while Fang Yu was gathering strength.
The scream that Lin Yun had just emitted might have something to do with the giant spider statue.
At this moment, none of the people here realized it was a statue of a divine spirit, moreover, a living one.
They could destroy the statue, but they dared not use excessively violent methods, lest they injure Lin Yun inside.
"Now that we have found Lin Yun, you are useless."
Lin Yu swiftly swung his sword at the Spider Woman, who was instantly shocked.
This person had no honor, didn’t he know about sparing those who surrender?
That might be true, but Lin Yu had not accepted her surrender. With his sword cutting through the air like Gale, the Spider Woman sensed danger and hurriedly spat out webs to hang on to, aiming at the divine statue. In the past, she would never dare to do so, but now that the god did not appear to be manifesting, why be so cautious? She would go wherever she could.
Swinging up to the top of the spider, the Spider Woman saw the hole that Lin Yun had fallen through. Her heart leapt with joy, and with a leap in mid-air, she followed him into the hole.
Lin Yu followed closely behind. He had thought he could settle the Spider Woman with one sword strike, but she proved to be more slippery than he’d imagined.
A group of people, including some who had come to watch the commotion, stepped on the head of the divine statue and entered the hole.
Only after they all entered the spider stone statue did Xu Xifeng and his people arrive where the corpses of the spiders killed by Lin Yu and the others lay.
To their amazement, the body of the hideous giant spider slowly vanished without a trace, as if what they had witnessed was nothing more than an illusion.
"It’s definitely the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider!"
Xu Xifeng became excited. He had been worried he was mistaken before, but now he was sure. This was indeed the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider.
The Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider was notorious not only for its poisonous effect that mirrored the soul-chasing nature of Yin and Yang, but also because it could merge with its owner to block damage for them.
The owner could absorb the physical body of the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider, let the soul die, and with the consumption of mental power, could revive the spider.
This was another interpretation of its soul-chasing power.
The spider had two forms according to Yin and Yang, with the Yin form being the soul state, which is equivalent to being immortal. Having the spider block damage meant the owner effectively had an extra life.
Of course, balance is maintained in all things, and such a powerful ability came with constraints. To revive the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider, it required at least half of the owner’s mental power, and recovery was difficult in a short period.
The Spider Woman had just lost one life of the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider. It’s very likely that she would secretly revive the spider. After using it once, it would be difficult to do so a second time. They just needed to quietly kill the Spider Woman after the spider was revived to take control of it for themselves.
"We should also follow, fortune favors the bold."
Xu Xifeng and his people followed, but they only dared to linger outside the spider stone statue and not to enter any further.
Wouldn’t they be courting death if they went any further?
"Let’s set an ambush here and lay the Thousand Gu Worm Killing Formation."
Those who cultivate Gu had weaker combat capabilities unless they possessed stronger Gu worms, but in ambushing, Gu cultivators could exert several times their own strength.
Just thinking about ambushing so many strong individuals from the Central Plains thrilled Xu Xifeng.
Exciting!
Should he succeed, his name would become known throughout the lands, and he might even take the opportunity to lead the White Wind Tribe to invade the Central Plains.
The other tribespeople had no reason to dissuade Xu Xifeng and began making preparations around him.
Inside the belly of the spider, the scene was extraordinarily bustling.
Falling several hundred meters was not a big deal for Lin Yun. His cry of alarm was simply a reflex due to the sudden descent.
He quickly stabilized himself and slowly descended, not expecting that the inside of the spider stone statue would be hollow.
Before Lin Yun could even release his divine sense to explore, he heard something fall from above. It turned out to be the Spider Woman.
Lin Yun didn’t hold back. The Thunderclap Sword swung out, but the Spider Woman was ready. She easily deflected Lin Yun’s attack with her silk. The next second, however, she was pierced by a long spear.
That was Qiaobian, which Lin Yun had kept hidden.
A divine artifact, and not just a sword—Qiaobian hadn’t been revealed during his earlier fight with the Spider Woman.
Caught off guard by Lin Yun’s sneak attack, the Spider Woman let out a pained cry as the spear ran through her.
It was the pain that triggered her survival instinct.
Like cornered prey fighting for life, seeing that surrender would lead to death, she was left with no choice but to fight with everything she had.
Her body quickly turned ethereal, allowing her to pull out Lin Yun’s Qiaobian that had pierced her. At the same time, the Spider Woman used her speed from her eight legs to physically get close to Lin Yun, grabbing onto his shoulders.
If your movements are agile and my silk can’t reach you, then I will take you down myself...
