Chapter 13

It was afternoon, and Yang Kai turned around and walked towards the direction of Lingxiao Pavilion.

He had only taken a three-day leave. Excluding the day he set off, he had to rush back before tomorrow morning, otherwise, he might be punished.

The time was very abundant and Yang Kai estimated that he was now about a hundred miles away from Lingxiao Pavilion. It was not too far, and he could arrive before dark.

Looking forward to what kind of improvement the incense burner produced on the third page of the wordless black book would bring to him, Yang Kai was in a happy mood and walked briskly.

He had only walked less than half the way when Yang Kai suddenly heard roars and heart-rending shouts not far away intermittently mixed with the cries of a child.

Hearing the movement, Yang Kai stopped in his tracks and quickly listened carefully. After a while, Yang Kai’s face changed, and he quickly rushed towards the direction of the sound.

He recognized that the roaring sound was made by the hunter he had met the night before last, and the crying sound was also made by the little boy.

I’m afraid something has happened to this father and son. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so panicked. That night, Yang Kai ate their dry rations. They were kind to him. How could he just ignore them now？

During the run, the hunter’s roar became more and more desolate. Instead, the little boy’s cry gradually became inaudible.

Yang Kai’s face was heavy, and there was a faint bad premonition in his heart.

When Yang Kai arrived at the place, even the hunter’s roar could no longer be heard. Only a dark cave could be seen under the oncoming slope. The grass beside the cave was thick, and the surroundings were covered with silver silk spider webs. On the ground, there was a small bow, which was exactly the weapon the little boy was holding that night.

Without thinking, Yang Kai quickly threw the things on his body to the ground, widened his eyes, and vigilantly looked around at the movements. Then he directly rushed into the dark cave.

The light in the cave was not very bright, but things could still be seen.

Taking a closer look, Yang Kai couldn’t help but be greatly shocked. I saw that the cave was full of spider webs. Beside the cave wall and on the ground, there were silver-white threads as thick as chopsticks, crisscrossing, overlapping, and blocking the way forward.

The cave was wet and dark, and water droplets were still trickling down from the top. When Yang Kai stepped on it, he felt a slight sinking sensation.

Holding his breath and walking in quietly, after only a few steps, Yang Kai saw a person who was almost wrapped into a chrysalis by spider silk lying aside, with only a face exposed. It was exactly the hunter he met the night before last.

Yang Kai rushed forward, probed, and found that the hunter had only fainted due to excessive anger and his body was not seriously injured. He quickly pinched the hunter’s philtrum.

The hunter woke up faintly and when he saw Yang Kai, he immediately said anxiously, “Save the child！ The child was dragged inside. Please save the child！”

“Youdaoplaceholder0 inside?” Yang Kai was shocked. He fumbled around to untie the hunter. Helplessly, the spider silk was extremely tough and really couldn’t be untied for a while. He could only give up temporarily and plunged into the cave.

The hunter reminded from behind, “Be careful, it’s a spider monster！”

When he heard the two words’monster’, Yang Kai’s heart skipped a beat. Monsters were not like ordinary wild beasts that could only be slaughtered by others. This kind of thing was a real fierce beast and none of them could be provoked by Yang Kai at present.

The reason why the outer 30 miles of Black Wind Mountain was defined as a safe area was because there were no monsters here. But now there was actually one here, which was really unexpected.

Knowing that there was a monster inside, Yang Kai became even more cautious in his actions. He groped his way forward for about a dozen zhang and then saw the hunter’s son.

The little boy was also bound tightly by the spider silk like his father at this moment, stuck to a huge spider web and suspended in mid-air.

And beside the little boy, a huge flower-backed spider was sticking out the straw in its mouth and inserting it into the little boy’s arm. Streams of bright red blood could be clearly seen flowing from the little boy’s body into the spider’s mouth.

On the ground of the cave, all kinds of strange white bones were piled up like a mountain. Presumably, this spider monster had hunted a lot of prey here.

Yang Kai didn’t have time to consider whether he could fight against this spider. Any slightest delay might cause the little boy to lose his life here. So he immediately rushed forward without making a sound.

That huge flower-backed spider probably didn’t expect to be disturbed at this time. When it was feasting happily, a brute force came crashing in from the side. The huge spider web was immediately torn open with a big hole. The flower-backed spider and Yang Kai flew out together, and the little boy also fell to the ground.

Suddenly attacked, the flower-backed spider was furious. Its eight hairy long legs were waving on the ground, and the eyes on its head also looked towards Yang Kai.

Before Yang Kai had time to get up, he was suddenly pounced on by the flower-backed spider and pinned to the ground.

Yang Kai roared, and a iron fist smashed out head-on, hitting right below the oral cavity of the flower-backed spider, making it stagger. Taking this opportunity, he kicked out again, finally kicking this spider flying.

Rolling on the spot, Yang Kai crouched on the ground, vigilant about the movement of the flower-backed spider.

After some confrontation, it made his heart a little more at ease. This demonic beast’s level was not high! Otherwise, he simply wouldn’t have been able to fight with it. It was estimated to be just a first-level demonic beast.

But even if it was just a first-level demonic beast, with his current strength, it was still a bit difficult to deal with.

Both sides were sizing up their opponents. The flower-backed spider was unhurried, but Yang Kai was a bit impatient because that little boy seemed to have lost too much blood and showed signs of poisoning. If he didn’t solve this side quickly, there would be no way to save him.

Suddenly, the flower-backed spider opened its mouthparts. With a suction and a spit, a bright silk thread sprayed out from the mouthparts and straight to Yang Kai.

Yang Kai had experienced the toughness of this spider silk before and naturally knew that he couldn’t be trapped. Immediately he rolled to the side and narrowly avoided it.

Who knew that the flower-backed spider ignored his avoidance and kept spitting out spider silk at one place. By the time Yang Kai reacted, the cave had been separated by a huge spider web, completely cutting off the retreat and trapping him inside.

“Is this trying to force me into a final battle？” Yang Kai laughed, and the only remaining trace of worry vanished into thin air. The pride in his bones was stimulated.

In this situation now, there is absolutely no way to get out without killing this spider. Since that’s the case, then it can only be a fight to the death.

Time was pressing, and Yang Kai didn’t have the time to delay. With a stomp on the ground with both feet, he quickly approached the flower-backed spider. Another strand of spider silk flew towards him head-on. Yang Kai was on guard against this move, so how could he not avoid it？

After continuously avoiding three strands of spider silk, he finally closed the distance with this demonic beast. But before Yang Kai could throw a punch, the flower-backed spider actually raised one of its front legs and fiercely chiseled towards him.

Yang Kai raised his arm to block, and the sharp front leg of the flower-backed spider pierced through his arm.

The pain made Yang Kai let out a roar, and all the blood in his body suddenly boiled. The outflow of blood not only didn’t make him feel fear or panic, but instead there was a strange excitement and anticipation surging in his chest. All the bones in his body creaked, and a warm feeling spread throughout his body.

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