The spider before them was entirely black-purple, its mouth resembling a giant pair of pincers, from which a drop of saliva occasionally fell.
On its hairy, dark face, eight red eyes gleamed like eight rubies in the darkness.
The most striking feature, however, was its abdomen.
The great spider's belly was like a dan furnace, with an Eight Trigrams pattern on its back, looking like a living array.
These patterns pulsed with a faint light, making the spider appear exceptionally strange.
"Is it... enchanted?"
A thought flashed through Zhang Tian's mind.
Immediately, a description of the spider appeared in his consciousness.
Biological Profile!
Creature: Evil Soul Spider!
Abilities: Can spew flames and poisonous silk, effective against soul bodies.
Profile: This spider, which inhabits extremely yin places, offers a chance of obtaining poison immunity if its flesh is consumed!
Upon seeing the profile, Zhang Tian rejoiced. Another item that could grant immunity to potent poisons.
Furthermore, this spider was large and meaty, much to Zhang Tian's satisfaction.
"Let's stall it..."
Zhang Tian said quickly, but before he could finish, Zhang Qilin's figure shot forward like lightning, landing before the spider.
"Roar."
The giant spider spat a large mass of silk at Zhang Qilin, instantly making the ground sticky.
"Slash!"
Zhang Qilin wiped his hand across the Black Gold Ancient Blade. The next moment, the blood-red ancient blade swung out.
Two blade auras, as substantial as solid objects, flew towards the spider's eight legs.
Zhang Qilin perfectly dodged the white silk that had been spat out earlier.
The blade auras undoubtedly pierced the spider's eight thick legs, severing them clean.
Zhang Tian's mouth twitched.
Uh... it seemed he had forgotten Zhang Qilin's strength.
It was too fast, a swift kill.
He touched his cheek and slowly walked towards the great spider.
"Holy crap, what was that just now?"
"A shadow? That was too fast! I declare it the fastest, strongest!"
Wang Banyue stared into the distance, his mouth agape in disbelief.
"It's a minor issue, all these are minor issues. My second brother is universally recognized as the fastest, strongest, biggest man!"
Fatty gave a thumbs-up.
"Truly impressive. I never expected the one who remains silent to hold the highest status."
Wang Banyue murmured, glancing at Wang Kaixuan.
"Right, Brother Kaixuan, I haven't seen you in trouble yet."
Wang Banyue's face held a hint of confusion.
"Tch, this Fatty only doesn't act because it's not necessary. When the boss and the others can't handle it, I'll step in!"
"Fatty, come and check the corpse."
Just as Fatty finished speaking proudly, Zhang Tian's voice echoed.
"See? The boss immediately thought of me, Fatty. Ah, this cursed team status!"
Saying this, Fatty shook his head and eagerly ran over.
"You just said you wouldn't act, and a second later... not even a full minute has passed. As expected of Brother Kaixuan, a man of one second!"
Wang Banyue gave a thumbs-up.
"Boss, you were looking for me?"
Fatty came over with a grin.
By now, the great spider had already been defeated by Zhang Qilin. With the enhancement of its armor, the great spider was no match for Zhang Qilin.
Zhang Qilin was standing on the spider's back, looking at the pattern beneath his feet.
"Yes, move these spider legs to the spatial storage."
Zhang Tian said, waving his hand, and the door to the illusory space appeared.
"Boss, these legs? What do you need them for?"
Fatty looked dejected.
The spider legs were covered in not only coarse hairs but also some black substance. Seeing it, Fatty felt disgusted.
"They're useful. Move them first, and I'll tell you later."
"Old Hu, come and see. This pattern on its back looks like an array."
Zhang Tian called out to Hu Bayi.
Hu Bayi slowly walked over.
Upon seeing some of the patterns, his expression grew solemn.
"This is likely some kind of diagram, possibly the array that's trapping the souls of those children here."
Hu Bayi pondered as he examined it.
"Is there a way to break it?"
Zhang Tian asked directly.
"Yes!"
"Kill it. This is likely the guardian spirit beast of the entire underground passage. It's completely integrated with the array. If it's killed, the array will naturally break."
Hu Bayi said.
Zhang Tian looked at the great spider on the ground, still breathing faintly after being cut by Zhang Qilin, and nodded slightly.
"Perfect. Let's see what's inside. Since it's connected to the array, there should be something special within."
As Zhang Tian spoke, Zhang Qilin's Black Gold Ancient Blade swung down.
Almost instantly, the great spider ceased to breathe.
"So strong, Second Brother, please teach us!"
"Yes, please teach us!"
After the great spider died, Wang Banyue and Wu Tianzhen ran over. Wang Banyue blinked his small eyes.
Zhang Tian: ???
"Brother Wang, are you mistaken? Who is your Second Brother?"
Zhang Tian asked.
"No mistake. The Mute Bottle, Second Brother, your Big Brother, it's all correct."
"Right, Third Brother."
Wang Banyue said smoothly with a smile.
He had already adopted a shameless, laid-back attitude.
Since Zhang Tian and the others were so powerful, Wang Banyue had decided to stick with them shamelessly. He was sure he wouldn't lack for food in the future.
After all, as an adult, pride was worthless.
"Really."
Zhang Tian was speechless. Good heavens, he should have known. This fellow was as thick-skinned as Fatty.
"Boss, look quickly, there's something inside!"
At some unknown point, Hu Bayi had climbed up.
He pointed into the spider's body, his voice carrying.
Zhang Tian leaped up, landing on the spider's back.
He looked inside.
Besides black blood, there was a black bead inside the spider. The bead was about the size of a little finger, and on one side of it, there was a key!
"Is that a Demon Core? No, it can't be. Tuantuan has refined so many pills without producing a Demon Core, how could this be?"
"Could it be some other pill? I've never heard of such a pill."
Zhang Tian murmured.
He searched through all his memories but found no pill matching the one inside this great spider.
Even Wang Canghai's knowledge of pills didn't contain it.
"That key should be the key to some great door."
Hu Bayi reached out and took out the key from inside.
"Qilin, do you know what this pill is?"
Zhang Tian held up the black pill.
"No."
Zhang Qilin shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
Zhang Tian brought the pill to his nose and sniffed it.
Aside from a medicinal fragrance, there was nothing else.
"The medicinal fragrance you just smelled should be coming from it."
"As for its effects, let me take a closer look."
Zhang Tian said, examining it carefully.
"Hmm? That's not right. It should be able to identify pills."
Zhang Tian thought to himself. This was the first time his profile hadn't appeared.
"Could it be that my understanding of pills is insufficient? Or is it my strength?"
Zhang Tian wondered, attributing the reason to his power.
"Boss, I've moved them."
"But that stinky woman kept pestering me. I'd move in one leg, and she'd snatch one away. I'm so angry."
Fatty said, clapping his hands, a look of fury on his face.
"Crack! Crack!"
Just as Fatty was getting angry, a shaking sound echoed from all around. The chains hanging from above seemed to be starting to break.
Child's bodies began to fall from above like raindrops.
"The array... is shattered!"
Zhang Tian said slowly, hearing the crisp sounds and the falling bodies.