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Chapter 465 Spider Nest
"That works, but I won't take less than a hundred years. I just want a break from all of this."
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MingHao smiled. "Well, a hundred years is quite long, but for immortals, I think that time means nothing."
"Yeah, but for us to reach immortality, who knows how long we'll need to spend."
"It won't be long, Xue Fang," MingHao replied with confidence. He didn't know where this confidence came from, but from his experience in the sect, he felt there would be a way to reach it faster.
"Let's enter. It seems my puppet found something interesting inside."
"What? A natural treasure?"
"No, but it's something we need now. I still need to confirm with my own eyes. I hope it's still usable."
"Natural treasure?"
"No, but it's something we need now. I still need to make sure with my own eyes. I hope it's still usable."
They then proceeded to walk through the cavern, where MingHao found a strong smell of blood. Spider corpses littered around them were cut to pieces.
"What kind of spider is this? It's eerie," MingHao commented.
The blood coming out of the spider was red; their skin also looked weird, almost like a human's. If not for his strong mentality, their appearance would have given him nightmares.
"Man-faced spider, be careful. Their queen can completely transform into a human, even without cultivation."
"What a weird monster. How about their abilities?"
"I never faced one myself, only heard it from ancestor Brook. He said the man-faced spider is a descendant of the Chimera spider that failed to evolve.
Chimera spiders have a unique trait, allowing them to take on characteristics from the things they eat. They would then slowly evolve to the next generation; man-faced spiders come from them.
They are one of the failures but somehow survived."
"Why have I never heard of them then?"
If this Chimera spider is like she said, they should be very strong now. Taking on good traits from other species while continuing to evolve.
"They met a tragic end after consuming a demonic cultivator. All of them became aggressive and started eating each other. I heard in the end, only one survived, and it became super strong.
What happened next, I am not clear, but it seems it got killed together when the war with the demonic cultivators happened."
"I hope that's really the case. Who knows if some survivors exist."
FenXue stopped in her tracks, "Be careful."
They then arrived at a huge chamber filled with spider webs. Thousands of eggs hung from the ceiling, while on the side, many humans were put in cocoons, showing only their faces.
Some were alive, while most were dead. Xue Fang's eyes lit up, looking at it. "I know some of them are Golden Core Cultivators; they are also quite talented."
"But Xue Fang, some of them are still alive."
"Then you choose for me. Without them, I would not have enough material to create a strong puppet.
We can either make one strong puppet using all of them or make another army of weak puppets.
I will be honest, MingHao, if not for you, I would do it without hesitation. Even if we save them, there is a possibility they will attack us.
Kindness doesn't always get returned in kind."
"That is possible, but they are weak. Even if we free them, I doubt they could do anything."
"Don't forget our goal, MingHao. As I said, I will listen to whatever choice you make."
MingHao was caught in a dilemma, sacrificing innocents to raise their survivability or rescuing them. With his experience so far, he knew he had become more ruthless.
Some people are just beyond saving, even with the idealistic thoughts he has, but that doesn't change the fate of those who fall into their hands.
"How about the spider corpses? Can you use them?"
"Yes, I can use them, but I only specialize in humanoid puppets. The result will be crude and not good.
Also, I plan to use them to create hidden weapons to modify the puppets I made. It's an idea I have had for a while now, creating a puppet fused with a monster.
In the past, I couldn't do it because of many limitations, but now, with the knowledge of human anatomy, I can do it."
"So you never really tried it? How high is the success rate?"
"At least 90%. I have tested it in the simulation, and it worked just fine."
"…"
"Well, take your time. I will clean up this place first," Xue Fang said while turning her gaze upward.
The man-spider corpses outside could be used, but those eggs were useless to her. They might have some use in alchemy, but none of them could do it.
There was also the queen. Her puppet was still exploring other paths, looking for it, but so far hadn't found anything.
She then took out a flamethrower and pointed it upward.
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The flame shot out like a dragon's breath, burning everything to a crisp and lighting up the room. Screeches of insects could be heard, but it didn't faze them.
The flamethrower was fueled by mana crystals, allowing it to be adjusted easily. If it were Qi, the result would be a raging flame that was hard to control.
The burned eggs then split apart, letting out what could only be described as a nightmare. Many spiders, the size of a baby, crawled out from each cocoon, but the fire was merciless. Each of them burned to a crisp, then fell to the ground as ashes.
Some still survived, squirming on the ground, but MingHao finished them off. The creatures not only had human-like skin; now that he looked at them up close, they had almost human-like faces.
He then turned his gaze toward the row of humans. Those that were dead were nothing more than skeletons; some were already half-eaten but barely alive.
They seemed to have been injected with a poison that paralyzed their bodies but kept them alive as long as possible. It also seemed to seal off their qi.