A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 51 Blood Jade Spider

Luo Ming held his breath, his eyes fixed on the entrance of the stone chamber like a hawk's. He quietly channeled his spiritual energy into his ears, pushing his hearing to its limit, not missing a single slight movement in the passage.

The deathly silence hadn't lingered for long when clear footsteps echoed from the depths of the passage, heavy and hurried, interspersed with the roars of several demonic beasts. The sound was extremely penetrating, reverberating throughout the empty passage.

As the footsteps drew closer, three figures slowly entered the cave. They were none other than Lü Tianmeng, Xuan Le, and Han Li, who had miraculously escaped from the mine collapse.

"Everyone be careful, that white jade spider must be lurking nearby." Lu Tianmeng lowered his voice and warned the two people beside him, his hand already quietly resting on the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

As soon as the three stepped inside, they immediately scanned their surroundings warily. Along the way, all their original companions had been ambushed and killed by the white jade spiders, leaving only the three of them.

"That is..."

As soon as the three stepped into the cave, their eyes were immediately drawn to the scene inside, their surprise barely concealed in their voices—there stood a huge teleportation array, its ancient patterns faintly glowing, while beside it, a token emitted a soft blue light, its spiritual energy pure and profound.

"The Great Teleportation Order!" Xuan Le exclaimed in surprise. As soon as she finished speaking, her expression changed, and she hurriedly stopped talking. However, the three words had already been clearly heard by the other two people, and it was too late to take them back.

"Is this the legendary Great Teleportation Token?" Lü Tianmeng's gaze instantly locked onto the token, his breathing suddenly becoming rapid. He then turned to the teleportation array, his eyes blazing with intense light. "Could this one next to us be the ultra-long-distance teleportation array that has long since disappeared in Tiannan?"

With such a precious treasure before them, the already fragile alliance between the three was instantly fractured, and an invisible tension seemed to permeate the air.

Han Li took a half step back to the side without making a sound, creating some distance between himself and the two, and frowned, saying, "Fellow Daoists, please don't lose your composure. There is still a White Jade Spider lurking nearby that we haven't eliminated."

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Han is absolutely right." Xuan Le's eyes darted around, and he chuckled. "Since the three of us discovered this place together, why don't we make it our shared secret? If the situation outside becomes unfavorable in the future, we can use this teleportation array to escape from here together."

However, everyone knew that while the teleportation array could transport multiple people simultaneously, there was only one Great Teleportation Token, and the key was who would ultimately possess it. A secret involving more than two people is never a secret at all.

Just then, Lü Tianmeng suddenly frowned, his sharp gaze sweeping towards the depths of the cave. He shouted, "Which fellow Daoist is hiding in the shadows? Why not show yourself!" Before his words even finished, he slapped his spirit beast pouch, and a gray shadow darted out—a small, rat-like spirit beast with a long, thin nose. The beast's long, thin nose emitted bursts of spiritual light, squeaking incessantly in the direction where Luo Ming was hiding.

"It's an Earth Spirit Rat!" A hint of surprise flashed in Xuan Le's eyes. This beast has an extremely keen sense of smell and can track the remnants of spiritual energy. It is an excellent tool for navigating and finding people. He never expected that Lü Tianmeng would raise such a rare spirit beast.

When Luo Ming saw that the Earth Spirit Rat pointed directly to his hiding place, he knew that his whereabouts had been exposed. He was secretly surprised that Lü Tianmeng actually had such a spirit beast. This beast was a master tracker. Although he had erased his traces, it was impossible to completely erase them.

He stopped hiding and walked out from behind the stone pillar with a slightly embarrassed expression. He cupped his hands and smiled, saying, "So it's Senior Brother Lü, Fellow Daoist Xuan, and Fellow Daoist Han. I just arrived here and was about to observe the surroundings."

Lu Tianmeng naturally didn't believe his story, but Luo Ming was, after all, his fellow disciple. Having one more person might increase their chances of defeating the White Jade Spider, so he didn't expose him. He simply nodded and said, "Since Junior Brother Luo is here, it's good that he was able to escape from the mine. Now we have one more person to deal with that White Jade Spider."

As soon as the words were spoken, a subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy suddenly came from above everyone's heads. When they looked up, they saw a huge white spider web suddenly fall down. The web was crystal clear, but it exuded a chilling aura, as if it was going to catch all four of them!

"Oh no! It's the spirit web of the White Jade Spider!"

The group had already witnessed the power of this spider web—it was extremely resilient, even fire-attribute attacks, which were effective against spider webs, were ineffective, and other spells were simply unable to shake it. Even if they used top-grade flying swords or magical artifacts to slash at it, they would be directly deflected. Once entangled, it was very difficult to break free; their companions who had died earlier had fallen victim to this spider web.

"What a cunning beast! It has hidden in the shadows and woven such a huge net, trying to catch us all in one fell swoop!" Lu Tianmeng cursed angrily, and with a swift wave of his hands, a yellow talisman instantly stuck to his body. With a flash of light, his figure suddenly accelerated several times, rushing out of the spider web's coverage area like an arrow released from a bow.

Luo Ming remained highly vigilant. The moment the spider web attacked, he unhesitatingly summoned a gray talisman. The talisman flashed with spiritual light the instant it landed, the ground trembled violently, and three thick earth spikes rose from the ground, whistling as they pierced the spider web above.

"Fellow Daoist Luo's use of the mid-level Earth Spike Talisman is exquisite!" Xuan Le praised as he retreated rapidly, but a scrutinizing glint flashed in his eyes—this Luo Ming may not seem to have a high level of cultivation, but he is extremely calm in dealing with crises. He can think of this method to fight the enemy in an instant, so he should not be underestimated.

The white spiderweb was firmly blocked by the earth spikes, unable to continue its descent, and then with a "hiss," it contracted and rebounded. Seeing its sneak attack fail, the white jade spider, hidden in the shadows, became enraged. Its massive body suddenly leaped out of the shadows at the top of the cave and charged straight at the four people.

This white jade spider had reached the peak of level four, its body several meters in size, its eight legs as sharp as knives. It charged forward, accompanied by a gust of wind, its aura terrifying. The group dared not confront it head-on, and instead used their movement techniques to dodge, simultaneously unleashing their respective magical artifacts to strike the spider. In an instant, multicolored magical artifacts shone brightly within the cavern, accompanied by deafening roars.

However, the results were not as expected. Most demonic beasts focus on physical cultivation, and this white jade spider had tempered its body to be as hard as a top-grade magical artifact. When the group's magical artifacts struck it, there were only clanging sounds, but the spider was unharmed. Instead, the spiritual light on their magical artifacts dimmed a bit.

Everyone was shocked—this beast's physical strength was in no way inferior to a top-grade magic weapon! Ordinary methods couldn't harm it in the slightest. Although they each had their own trump cards, none of them wanted to be the first to reveal them. After all, in this secret realm, besides the demonic beasts, the people around them might be the greatest threat.

Luo Ming had now witnessed the physical strength of a level four demon beast and was very envious, wondering when his own spirit beasts would be able to reach level four.

He had just unleashed his Water Nether Sword, unleashing a series of sword energies several meters long that struck the white jade spider, leaving only a few shallow white marks, like a tickle, unable to cause any real damage.

It should be noted that the Water Nether Sword is a rare treasure among top-grade magic weapons. Back when it was used to deal with the level three demonic python in Qinghu Market, it was able to injure the python's body. However, it was like tickling the Blood Jade Spider, and this was before the spider had turned red all over and started to go berserk.

Only then will it become the true Blood Jade Spider; for now, people just regard it as an ordinary White Jade Spider.

This can't go on!

This was the common thought among everyone at that moment.