Chapter 71: The Spider’s Deadly Trap

SWOOSH!

The next moment, a sharp sound of rushing air suddenly came from the left, heading straight toward Ryan’s head.

Ryan was already prepared.

His expression instantly turned cold as he twisted his waist and threw a fierce punch toward the source of the sound.

However, the expected impact never came.

His fist felt as though it had struck cotton.

A strange sensation of his strength being completely absorbed spread through his arm.

SIZZLE!

The next instant, a puddle of black-purple viscous liquid splashed onto the back of his right hand, and thick smoke immediately billowed from his skin.

Ryan’s expression changed.

What he had punched just now wasn’t the attacker.

It was a puddle of black-purple viscous liquid!

A scorching, corrosive sensation instantly spread across the back of his hand.

At the same time, the bright-yellow phantom of the Overlord Body Battle Armor reappeared, flickering violently as the black-purple liquid began corroding it.

"Poison?" Ryan’s expression changed drastically.

He immediately circulated his Overlord Body Bloodline and violently shook his right arm, sending the black-purple liquid flying off his hand.

SIZZLE!

The moment the poisonous liquid landed on the ground, it began rapidly corroding the withered leaves and mud.

Wherever it touched, small holes of various sizes appeared, while wisps of smoke continuously rose from the ground.

"What the hell is this?" Ryan’s expression became extremely solemn. "Such terrifying poison..."

Fortunately, his Overlord Body was sufficiently tough, and he had reacted quickly enough to shake the poisonous liquid away.

Otherwise, if the corrosive substance had remained attached to him for too long, even his powerful defense might eventually have been broken through.

The consequences would have been unimaginable.

WHOOSH!

Before Ryan could think further, another sharp sound of rushing air suddenly came from behind him.

A fierce aura shot straight toward his lower back, vicious and treacherous like a poisonous thorn stabbing from behind.

Ryan’s expression immediately turned cold.

He activated his Overlord Body Bloodline without hesitation, twisted his waist with force, and abruptly turned around, throwing a fierce punch toward the incoming attacker. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The next instant, the two collided head-on.

CLANG!

A thunderous metallic sound erupted.

Although the phantom of the Overlord Body Battle Armor immediately appeared and absorbed part of the impact, the terrifying force still shook Ryan backward several steps.

His feet staggered as he struggled to stabilize himself.

The attacker also let out a series of strange squeaks.

It was blasted backward by the terrifying force of Rampaging Tyrant Strength, scraping across the ground for several meters before finally managing to stop.

"Double-Bloodline Second-Order Zerg, Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider?!" Ryan stared at the creature before him, his expression sinking.

Only now had he finally gotten a clear look at his attacker.

It was an enormous spider-like Zerg.

A/N:

Zerg is the common English term used for insect-like race...

It’s used in StarCraft etc, so I decided to implement that here... Sorry for the interruption...

The Enormous Spider-like Zerg looked terrifying and stands nearly as tall as a human, with eight long, pointed legs covered in fine hairs.

Two of its forelegs had transformed into dark, gleaming arm blades that reflected a chilling metallic light.

Most terrifying of all were its eight insect eyes.

Two were large, while the remaining six were smaller.

All eight eyes emitted eerie, razor-sharp rays as they locked onto Ryan.

The creature stared at him like a predator that had discovered a plump piece of prey.

Disgusting, foul-smelling saliva continuously dripped from its mouth, making it look even more sinister. It was genuinely terrifying, but Ryan’s heart was calm after all he had seen detailed records of this creature in the information regarding Ashfall Forest.

[Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider: Second-Order Zerg. Possesses the D-Grade Excellent Lifeform-Type Poisonous Spider Bloodline and the D-Grade Top-Tier Enhancement-Type Eight-Eyes Bloodline. It is a terrifying predator of the jungle.

The Poisonous Spider Bloodline grants it extraordinary agility, Spider Silk, spider blades, and poisonous spray abilities. The Eight-Eyes Bloodline grants it exceptional dynamic vision and outstanding combat awareness, making it extremely difficult to deal with.]

At this moment, the Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider could no longer suppress its desire to devour Ryan.

Saliva continuously dripped from its mouth.

Suddenly, it kicked off the ground with tremendous force.

Its mouth opened and closed rapidly as it spat a strand of snow-white Spider Silk toward the upper left.

WHOOSH!

With a soft sound, the Spider Silk firmly attached itself to the trunk of a thick tree high above.

The Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider immediately used the Spider Silk like a swing, its enormous body tracing a graceful arc through the air as it leaped high above Ryan.

Then, while suspended in the air, it suddenly sprayed a stream of black-purple viscous poison toward Ryan below.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, Ryan snorted coldly.

He moved his feet and abruptly turned sideways, narrowly avoiding the terrifying stream of poisonous liquid.

He was just about to counterattack.

SWISH!

The Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider’s two sharp arm blades suddenly slashed down toward his head.

In the blink of an eye, the blades were already only inches away from Ryan’s skull.

The terrifying gust generated by their descent caused his scalp to tighten.

Ryan’s expression changed.

The creature had actually predicted his evasive movement.

It had deliberately followed the poison attack with a diving slash, using its own falling momentum to amplify the power of the attack.

Poison first.

Slash second.

Each move seamlessly connected to the next, giving Ryan almost no opportunity to catch his breath.

The dynamic vision and combat awareness provided by the Eight-Eyes Bloodline were truly terrifying.

In fact, with Ryan’s current Overlord Body physique, he wouldn’t necessarily be injured even if he blocked the slash head-on.

However, the momentum behind this diving attack was extremely powerful.

If the blades struck him while he was standing, the tremendous force could easily drive his legs deep into the mud, restricting his mobility and potentially forcing him into an extremely disadvantageous position.

Having understood this, Ryan had no choice.

At the critical moment, he suddenly lowered his body and rolled sideways across the ground like a gourd, narrowly avoiding the devastating slash.

HISS!

The Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider’s arm blades missed their target and plunged deeply into the mud where Ryan had been standing.

The solid ground was as fragile as tofu beneath those terrifying blades.

They pierced straight through it.

Ryan narrowly avoided the attack and immediately prepared to spring back to his feet.

However...

WHOOSH!

A massive amount of snow-white Spider Silk suddenly erupted from the mud behind him.

Countless strands shot toward him like thousands of slender snakes, rapidly wrapping around his body.

In an instant, Ryan was bound from head to toe.

He was wrapped tightly like a mummy lying on his back, resembling a massive white cocoon.

"Oh no!"

The Spider Silk layered itself over him again and again, densely packed with barely any gaps.

Being forced onto his back also made it extremely difficult for him to exert his full strength.

Even after frantically circulating his Overlord Body Bloodline, he couldn’t break free immediately.

Ryan’s expression changed drastically.

"This is... Ultimate-Grade Origin Realm Secret Art, Spider Silk Cocoon Weaving?!"

He had seen this secret art at Winters Tower earlier that day.

It was an extremely powerful control technique.

At the time, Ryan had genuinely wanted to purchase it.

Unfortunately, its price was a staggering 2,500 Low-Grade Origin Stones.

It was simply too expensive for him.

He never expected to encounter the technique here.

And even more surprisingly, this Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider had once again accurately predicted his next move.

First, it had used poison.

Then, it had followed with a slash.

Finally, it had trapped him with Spider Silk Cocoon Weaving.

Three moves chained together seamlessly!

The combat prediction ability granted by the Eight-Eyes Bloodline was truly terrifying.

Fortunately, Spider Silk Cocoon Weaving was primarily a powerful control technique and didn’t directly inflict damage.

It only restricted movement.

Therefore, the Overlord Body Battle Armor hadn’t been triggered to protect him.

The next instant, the Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider pulled its arm blades from the mud.

A large amount of foul-smelling saliva dripped from its mouth as it quickly coated both blades with black-purple corrosive poison.

SWISH!

It then leaped into the air and thrust both arm blades downward toward Ryan, who was tightly bound on the ground.

Its target was his chest.

"Damn it!" Ryan’s expression became furious.

He could see the attack through one of the tiny gaps in the Spider Silk.

Arm blades coated with such terrifying poison would undoubtedly possess astonishing penetrating power.

If those blades pierced him, even his powerful Overlord Body might not be able to withstand them.

The next moment, Ryan gritted his teeth and desperately exerted all his strength.

After struggling fiercely, he finally managed to force two fingers through a tiny gap in the tightly woven Spider Silk.

He immediately pointed toward the Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider descending from above.

"Profound Rank Low Grade Secret Art, Spider Web Flying Shuttle!"

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Two shuttle-shaped Spider Webs shot from his fingertips at astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, they had reached the Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider’s two largest eyes.

The creature clearly hadn’t expected Ryan to possess such a technique.

It froze momentarily in midair.

And in that instant.

The shuttle-shaped Spider Webs instantly burst apart.

They transformed into palm-sized Spider Webs that spread across the creature’s eyes, covering most of all eight of them.

The Eight-Eyed Poisonous Spider immediately lost most of its vision.

The little vision that remained became fragmented and chaotic.

Its sense of balance also plummeted.

The terrifying momentum behind its aerial slash was instantly disrupted.

The creature lost control of its body and fell from the air in a sorry state, crashing onto the ground not far from Ryan.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

It frantically screamed and clawed at the Spider Webs covering its eyes, desperately trying to tear them away.

"Hmph."

Ryan, who was still tightly bound, sneered.

"You think you’re the only one who can use Spider Silk?"

His eyes flashed coldly.

He immediately circulated his Origin Energy Sea and activated the Devouring World Art, Burst.

BOOM!

In an instant, a massive amount of Origin Energy was drawn from his body and devoured by the Swallowing World Pearl within his Origin Energy Sea.

Ryan’s face immediately turned pale.

At the same time, strange black evil energy surged out from within the pearl.

It rapidly spread throughout his meridians, flowing through every corner of his body.

A sinister blood-red hue immediately appeared within Ryan’s eyes.

Wisps of black smoke began to billow from his body.

An intensely violent and evil aura suddenly erupted from within him.

A terrifying sense of bloodlust instantly permeated both his body and mind.

The power of the Devouring World Art surged violently.

[Onefold World Devouring Power Activated!]