章節 6: Demonic Spell
編輯: Atlas Studios
After conducting a detailed search of the area, Zhang Yang found that about one-third of the trees here looked extremely twisted and hideous, as if there was a painful and desperate soul hidden inside each and every one of them.
Even some of the weeds that vigorously grew in other places seemed neither dead nor alive here, which was really odd.
And this situation became more apparent the closer one got to the entrance of the black spider's underground nest.
When Zhang Yang led the soldiers in, they found a huge, deep pit hidden in the dense forest, and the entrance to the underground nest was also in plain sight.
There was no longer any greenery. All the plants were dead with only some stiff black matter spread on the ground.
In the middle of the deep pit was a dark hole that was at least five meters deep and more than 10 meters wide. It was like the giant mouth of a magical beast. Zhang Yang couldn't help but hesitate.
He had the intention to wipe out the spider's underground nest and use it as a temporary camp to spend the night. But now, he suspected that stronger demons would be hiding in the underground nest, like some kind of a higher level spider demon.
I can't risk it. I have 237 energy points right now and a total of 143 people under me. Besides, the recruitment quota is only 189. I can't afford to lose too much now, or I will likely become a one-man village chief.
Zhang Yang thought and decided to give up searching the underground nest. He didn't even have a torch on hand, so what could he even attack with?
Instead of risking his life, it would be better to go round up other lone demons.
"Retreat!"
Zhang Yang gave the order, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he felt his whole body freezing. He felt as if he was being stared at by some horrible and sinister demon. It was a force that was able to travel through the void and stun his entire body, where even his mind seemed to not be able to think properly.
But this state only lasted for a moment. He heard a click of a sound similar to cracking ice. He was like a drowning man who suddenly took in a breath of fresh air and broke free from that evil confinement. However, the price of that was that he felt like his whole body had emptied out. His mind turned blank and blood dripped from his nostrils like little snakes.
At the same time, two lines of blood-red information appeared before his eyes, mapped out by the Village Building Order.
[You were attacked by an imprisonment demonic spell, but as you have a C+ soul, the imprisonment demonic spell was invalidated and turned into a secondary mental attack.
You were attacked by a detention demonic spell, but as you have a C+ soul, the detention demonic spell was invalidated and turned into a secondary mental attack.]
What in the world?
It took a few seconds for Zhang Yang to recover from that horrible state, and when he did, he witnessed two truck-sized black spiders crawl out of the deep pit. The giant black spider on the left spat out icy spider silks. Each piece of spider silk was capable of instantly freezing and shattering an ordinary soldier into pieces.
The giant black spider on the right spat out red, blazing spider silks. Similarly, each of the spider silks could light a soldier on fire, turning him into ashes.
They are indeed higher spider demons that possess demonic spells. Just what level are they?
Zhang Yang subconsciously activated the Level 1 Vision and immediately saw two red dots which represented extreme danger.
What should I do?
The first thought that came to his mind was to escape with the six elite soldiers and leave the ordinary soldiers behind to buy them some time.
But can I even escape?
Or perhaps, will it be meaningful even if I did?
There are still 189 recruitment spots left in the Village Building Order. Am I really going to allow the 100+ soldiers that have already been recruited to die for nothing in exchange for a chance of escape?
What about the next time I encounter another dangerous demon?
Looks like my only choice is to go for it!
Zhang Yang made a decisive call and immediately recruited 180 spearmen. The two giant black spiders had high defenses. The feather arrows from ordinary bowmen couldn't damage the thick layer of fur on their body at all. Only the three elite bowmen were strong enough to break the fur.
Since that was the case, his only choice was to deploy the human-wave tactic, using the spearmen to surround and massacre the two demons!
There's no turning back now!
"Spearmen, attack! Elite spearmen, wait for the right opportunity to strike!"
Zhang Yang screamed wildly. More than 200 spearmen charged like a tidal wave. Although the two giant black spiders were able to quickly spit out icy and blazing spider silks, they couldn't resist attacks coming from all directions.
In the blink of an eye, the spearmen rushed to the front and activated their piercing skills. Even though they were ordinary soldiers going up against higher spider demons, the characteristics of the spearmen predetermined that they would inflict a certain amount of damage.
Hiss! Hiss!
The two giant black spiders hissed and spat spider silk, while quickly scattering away. At the same time, a stream of black ink-like poisonous fog exuded from under their bellies. In an instant, the soldiers were exposed to this poisonous fog. They violently coughed and died in a mere dozen seconds.
But this scene didn't make Zhang Yang waver. He also didn't order the soldiers to retreat because he was very clear that there was only one way out in this situation.
Each spearman could unleash at least three piercing skills before they were killed by the poison. Although their piercing skills wouldn't inflict critical wounds, the accumulation of damage would eventually decrease the health of the two giant black spiders.
At that moment, Zhang Yang had already activated the Level 1 Protection. The energy shield protected him from the poisonous fog, but the only drawback was his inability to move the energy shield.
He allowed three elite bowmen and one elite shield soldier into the energy shield and got two elite spearmen to stand by for an opening to strike. It was impossible to rely on the ordinary soldiers to kill those two giant black spiders.
"Can you guys burst their eyes with the arrows?"
"Village Chief, I don't think so; we have already tried. The feather arrows we shot were deflected at the very last second, as if negated by some invisible force field. In fact, it wasn't only our attacks, but also the piercing skills of the spearmen. They just couldn't seem to deal fatal damage to the demons," an elite bowman named Liu Dali replied.
"Invisible forcefield?"
Zhang Yang froze and recalled the two demonic spells that almost killed him earlier.
These two extremely dangerous black spiders are quite something.
If so, wouldn't all of his 200+ spearmen die out without harming the black spiders?
"I refuse to believe that you have an unlimited supply of defensive power!"
"Wu Yuan, Duan Jiu, you two join the attack. Give priority to the black spider on the left. Be careful not to get hurt by the poisonous fog!" Zhang Yang gave orders to the two elite spearmen first, before commanding the three elite bowmen.
"Liu Dali, Qin Yidao, Sun Goudan, the three of you hide and don't shoot yet. When Wu Yuan and Duan Jiu unleash Wind Piercing, you three immediately fire the Wind-chasing Triple-arrow Shot—burst out the black spider's eyes!"
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