Chapter 36: Underground Monsters (please read)
"This way, go in this direction!" Stephana suddenly pointed in a direction.
Richard was greatly confused, because the direction Stephana pointed to was a remote and small cave, and the sparse spider webs around it clearly revealed that this could not be the lair of the crystal web spider. They are here to investigate the reason for the increase in crystal web spiders. They must go straight to Huanglong to find out the reason. What's the point of going to a remote cave?
"Should we go in this direction?" Javier pointed to the area directly ahead, where spider webs and large white cocoons were obviously denser.
"Yes, Stephanna, why do you want to go to that cave? The spider webs are so sparse, so it shouldn't be a crystal web spider's cave, right?" Lena also asked doubtfully.
"Intuition!" Stephana didn't explain much, but the firmness in her eyes didn't seem to allow anyone to refute.
Richard doesn't care, as long as there are monsters to kill, he can earn energy points!
So at Stephana's insistence, everyone began to go deep into the cave, but once they entered the cave, they discovered that although the entrance was narrow, the inside was getting wider and wider, and even the tall Javier could walk upright.
The cave was extremely deep. After walking slowly for more than a hundred meters, everyone found that the tunnel obviously extended downwards, that is, the deeper it went, the further away from the ground it was, and there were more and more forked roads, extending in all directions.
Miraculously, at every fork in the road, Stephana could accurately point out the direction of travel, and then she encountered more and more spiders, from scattered black widows to a team of seven or eight black widows, and then to a group of seven or eight black widows. To the crystal web spider with 20 or 30 groups of black widows!
After killing three groups of crystal web spiders in succession, everyone was exhausted, so they rested for a while in a groove on the rock wall of a cave.
Richard came out and took a look at the harvest.
[Name]: Richard Clavell
[Attributes]: Strength 2.2, Agility 2.5, Constitution 2.3, Spirit 4.1
[Witchcraft]: Rodrigo Meditation (rough 3%, Secret Technique: Secondary Spiritual Shock), Grasp of Shadow (Skilled 34%), Skeleton Control (Skilled 16%) [Skills]: Clavel Breathing (Skilled
) 2%), Cornel Swordsmanship (Master 6%, Secret Skill: High Frequency Shock), Crossbow (Master 13%, Secret Skill: Short Bow Rapid Fire, Multiple Shooting)
[Short Bow Rapid Fire: In a short period of time, it consumes a lot of physical energy, The special skill of continuously shooting arrows quickly and accurately requires a short bow. 】
【Multiple Shot: Shoot up to three arrows at a time, attacking three different targets respectively. Continuous use of this secret skill will consume a lot of stamina. ]
[Secondary mental power boost: Instantly consume a special pure mental power to attack the opponent's sea of consciousness, causing dizziness, coma or even death. The stronger the opponent's mental power, the lighter the damage received, which is determined by the difference in mental power between the two parties. . ]
[Energy Points]: 1674
Richard raised the corner of his mouth slightly, 1674, this is after he has used up 500 energy points. Sure enough, every time he comes to the wild to do a task, no, to be precise, every time he comes to kill spiders , are all very rewarding, the spider is really my lucky star!
For this reason, Richard still fully hopes that the spiders here can continue to grow, so that he can take on the task of cleaning up the crystal web spiders to earn points and energy points at the same time, killing two birds with one stone!
After the rest, everyone continued to move forward quietly.
Since we are in a deep spider cave, the slightest sound will travel very far. Therefore, in order to avoid being dumped by the large number of spiders, everyone must be extra careful!
Javier took the lead and turned a corner and stopped behind a huge boulder in the passage. He found that looking forward along the boulder, he could see that the front suddenly became unusually spacious. There was such an open place in such a deep underground. It's like a high-vaulted hall.
But obviously, judging from the deep scratches all around the wall, it should have been dug by the claws of giant spiders. When Javier stepped forward to press against the boulder and just stuck his head out, intending to take a closer look at the empty hall, Javier only took a glance and turned back in an instant, with a look of horror on his face!
Everyone was very surprised. After all, Javier was an old student. Even when he encountered two groups of crystal web spiders along the way, he was calm and collected. How could he be so frightened after just one glance?
When everyone crouched down and carefully poked their heads out to observe, they saw two huge spiders, one black and one white, standing out in the middle of the empty hall! All around are the bodies of various larger beasts and even monsters. The rotten bodies are densely covered with white spider eggs the size of eggs, which makes people's scalp numb!
There are many crystal web spiders patrolling back and forth and a large number of black widows!
The black-striped spider is about the size of a calf. The head and limbs that were originally supposed to be at the front of its body have turned into an extremely terrifying human female face. Its four pairs of legs are as sharp as knives. Every time it moves at will, , its toes will easily penetrate the hard ground.
The larger white spider with dust should be a variant of the crystal web spider. It is much larger than the black spider, but it mainly relies on its cylindrical abdomen and bulging sac, which is like a nine-month pregnant human. pregnant woman.
When Richard saw it, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. It seemed that they had found the reason for the abnormal increase in spiders.
The shape of the white spider makes it obvious to any fool that it is a female spider that can only lay eggs.
Just when everyone was shocked, Richard tilted his head inadvertently, and unexpectedly discovered that Stephana was staring at the two giant spiders in front of her as if she were seeing a treasure, and the surprise in her eyes was beyond words.
After everyone retreated to the passage, Stephana's cheeks turned red with excitement and said: "The Man-Faced Demon Spider! It's the Man-Faced Demon Spider and the Crystal Web Spider Queen! I didn't expect that there was a Man-Faced Demon Spider here. This is really surprising. ! Originally, I thought it would be great to have a Crystal Web Spider Queen here!"
"Human-Faced Demon Spider?" Richard looked confused. He recalled the "Illustrated Book of Common Monsters in the Mud Swamp" that he had browsed. He was very sure that there was no such monster in it. Regarding spider monsters, there were only three common ones in the Mud Swamp. Crystal Web Spiders, Darkfang Spiders, and Venom Spiders.
He had seen an introduction to the Crystal Web Spider Queen, saying that after the Crystal Web Spider population expanded to a certain scale, there would be a certain chance of a Crystal Web Spider Queen being born, but it was extremely rare. Therefore, it is mentioned only a few times in the Monster Manual.
But it is obvious that the huge black spider in the hall is the Man-Faced Demon Spider mentioned by Stephana, and its aura is even bigger and more terrifying than the Crystal Web Spider Queen!
"The Man-Faced Demon Spider is a monster that only exists in the underground abyss. I don't know how it came to the surface. But let's not explore the reason yet. Richard, think of a way to kill them. As long as you can kill them I can."
As if she wanted to hide something, Stephana immediately stopped her mouth.
As soon as Richard heard this, he knew that this man-faced demon spider might have a special meaning to Stephana.
Combined with the strange witchcraft that Stephana had to do every time she killed the crystal web spider before, it is not difficult to guess that it should be to support the mysterious egg in her hand.
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