Chapter 715 Golden Life Flower (5)
The lightning eagle, startled, flew about like a headless fly, its speed astonishingly fast; unfortunately, it didn’t know that it had a tracking talisman attached to it, and thus could not escape the dreadful existence.
Qi Huang followed from afar. She had to admit that the Immortal Alliance’s tracking talisman was designed ingeniously, exactly as described. It was first an amulet, so it emitted a very strong Yin energy to temporarily dispel the surrounding Yin energy, allowing the musk to retain its fragrance for a period. For cultivators with keen senses, this was like a guiding light.
Of course, Qi Huang dared not be too careless. Firstly, this Tencel Valley Treasure Land was filled with evil spirits, and she had to constantly pay attention to the lightning eagle’s safety. Secondly, as she went deeper, the Yin energy became more potent. Not only was her spiritual sense’s detection range shrinking, but the musky scent left by the tracking talisman also became shorter in duration.
After flying in disarray for half an hour, the lightning eagle gradually calmed down and found a sunny spot to rest.
Qi Huang stopped a hundred zhang away. Since she was sprinkled with Heaven-Concealing Water, she was not afraid of being discovered by the lightning eagle or any other evil spirits.
Qi Huang used her spiritual sense to investigate. She found that although the sunny spot did not contain the Golden Life Flower Seed she desired, it did have many precious medicinal herbs. However, prioritizing the overall situation, she did not disturb them.
The lightning eagle rested for a moment before flapping its wings and leaving again. This time, its flight was much steadier, and its speed had slowed down. Its sharp eagle eyes scanned everywhere, clearly beginning to forage again.
Qi Huang knew that the real opportunity had arrived, so she quickly followed, focusing intently on the lightning eagle’s every move.
Of course, to avoid alarming the snake while it was still in its lair, Qi Huang tried to stay farther away. The Heaven-Concealing Water could only shield spiritual sense, but not the lightning eagle’s senses.
The lightning eagle continued to advance towards the center of the Tencel Valley Treasure Land. The terrain gradually became concave, truly living up to its name as a treasure land. Moreover, the Yin energy was so dense it was like a kitchen fire, with visible range only about one zhang. Qi Huang’s spiritual sense detection range was limited to within ten li, meaning that most creatures here could only rely on their five senses to perceive their surroundings.
And this was not the worst part; the worst part was that the tracking talisman was being corroded by the Yin energy, and the duration of the musky scent was becoming shorter and shorter.
Qi Huang had no choice but to close the distance again, landing about five to six li behind the lightning eagle. Since that beast had extremely keen senses, she could not be careless.
The lightning eagle flew aimlessly until it disappeared into a patch of extremely dense Yin energy.
Qi Huang’s expression changed, and she immediately concentrated her spiritual sense to investigate. She then discovered that the Yin energy was as thick as ink, like a liquid without any gaps. At this distance, her spiritual sense could not penetrate it.
Qi Huang quickly accelerated her flight. After advancing another li, her spiritual sense finally penetrated the large mass of Yin energy and saw the situation inside.
Qi Huang’s blood surged instantly. Inside, rough animal bones were planted haphazardly, with dozens of giant spider webs in the center. The large ones were ten zhang in diameter, and the small ones were several zhang wide. They were emitting visible Yin energy and were covered in green corpse poison.
At this moment, the pitiful lightning eagle was entangled by a spider web, its fur corroding and crackling as it emitted terrifying black smoke. A spider as large as a house was crawling on it.
This spider was not only enormous, but its mouthparts were disproportionately large compared to ordinary spiders. It was currently inserted into the body of the lightning eagle. Its eyes were filled with rage, with no whites visible, only pitch-black pupils devoid of emotion. It was clear that this was not a living large spider, but a terrifying spider zombie.
“Damn it! How dare you eat my little chick!”
Qi Huang was so angry she almost spat blood. Her hair exploded behind her, transforming into dense threads that shot towards the spider.
The large spider was in the process of feeding, but at the last moment, it detected Qi Huang’s attack and was about to move its feet away, but it was too late.
“Puchi… Puchi…”
Qi Huang’s millions of hair strands pierced through the body of the spider zombie without hindrance, passing straight through.
“Roar!”
The large spider, in great pain, struggled violently. However, this only caused the wounds on its body to be cut by the hair, making the pain even worse!
With a thought from Qi Huang, the millions of hair strands bloomed like a peacock’s tail, instantly slicing the spider’s body into countless uniform meat particles.
“Splat splat!”
The large spider’s body instantly turned into dense bloody meat that fell down, the largest pieces no bigger than a mung bean.
The large spider was pulverized. Even a zombie could not survive this, let alone it not having the ability to reassemble its body.
Qi Huang rushed directly into the dense Yin energy and began to check the lightning eagle’s condition. Her expression also began to darken because this pitiful “little chick” was too severely injured and had been corroded by the corpse poison, completely beyond saving.
Although Shui Linglong, whom Qi Huang cultivated, could detoxify all poisons, her actual cultivation level was too low, and it was useless against the large spider’s corpse poison. Even Cheng Hong Ling would be the same.
“Pitiful little chick! You died so miserably! It’s my fault for not protecting you!”
Qi Huang said tearfully. If she had known this would happen, she should have followed more closely. The lightning eagle she had finally lured was gone. She didn’t know if there would be another chance to lure one.
Qi Huang looked around. In her anger, she prepared to completely destroy this damned spider nest. However, her spiritual sense inadvertently discovered a place that was difficult to explain. Not far from her, there was a piece of spider meat about the size of a walnut.
“How is this possible?”
Qi Huang was stunned. To vent her anger earlier, she had deliberately controlled her millions of hair strands to dismember the large spider’s body into uniform meat particles. With her current spiritual sense strength, there should not have been any errors. So how did this walnut-sized piece of meat remain?
“Did I perform poorly? Or is this thing too hard, so hard that my hair couldn’t even cut it?”
The more Qi Huang thought about it, the stranger she felt. With a thought, her spiritual sense grabbed the meat piece and brought it before her.
Qi Huang observed it carefully and found that the object’s exterior was covered with dirt and bloody meat. She then released her Water True Qi to clean it, and its true appearance was quickly revealed.
It was a red and white object of unknown origin, emitting no Yin energy, like an ordinary crystal stone sprinkled with blood, very similar to some chicken blood stones. However, on one side of the exterior, tiny blood vessels could be clearly seen, proving it was not just a simple stone.
Qi Huang picked it up with her hand to examine it further. At that moment, she suddenly felt her heart pound violently a few times, and a sense of blood connection immediately arose.
What’s going on?
Qi Huang touched her left chest with her right hand, thinking of her heart. She suddenly realized: Isn’t this thing a fragment of a human or animal heart?
Could it be the large spider’s heart? But a spider’s heart shouldn’t be like this, and why wasn’t it emitting Yin energy?
Qi Huang was utterly perplexed. She controlled a strand of hair to tighten it but found that this thing was indeed extremely hard. Her current Boundless Demonic Hair couldn’t even leave a trace.
Qi Huang studied it for a long time without reaching a conclusion. She could only throw it into her Storage Ring. Regardless of anything else, the tough texture of this thing alone made it valuable for collection, and it could be used as a hidden weapon in the future.
Qi Huang initially intended to leave, but after some deliberation, she released her Martial Sisters and the decoys from her Storage Ring. She had to let them understand what had happened, otherwise the decoys might suspect she was lying.
“What happened? How did it die?”
The girls looked at the lightning eagle with astonishment.
“I was careless and was killed by a large spider.”
Qi Huang sighed.
“Large spider.”
The girls looked around and realized they were in a spider’s nest, surrounded by piles of bones. They didn’t know how many creatures hid here. The ground was covered with meat paste of various sizes, mixed with unknown liquids, looking extremely disgusting. Only the huge spider legs scattered on the ground proved their origin.
“What kind of spider could kill that lightning eagle right under your nose?”
Cheng Hong Ling asked in surprise, not blaming her.
“I don’t know. A large spider that turned into a zombie, very powerful, probably around the fourth level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm. If I hadn’t taken advantage of its feeding time to attack by surprise, it wouldn’t have been so easy to resolve.”
Qi Huang estimated.
“Fourth level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm?”
Cheng Hong Ling’s expression changed slightly.
“Fourth level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm? Could it be a Heavenly Net Spider?”
Elder Kang exclaimed from the side.
