Whilst the spider queen’s shell resembled that of a mountain, it did not mean that we could use every part of the shell as a material in forging. Only at the top of the shell contained a characteristic feature to benefit the armament forged by it. Nevertheless, its size increased its value. The part from the diamond shell that could be used to forge armaments sized up to an acre.

Feng Luotian delved his hands into the shell with his [Underworld Physique] still activated. Cracking noises resounded as the shell started to break apart. He would not be able to scratch its surface if the queen was still alive, because the shell would constantly receive Theríon from the queen as a supplement to imbue its defense. Now that the supply line had been cut off, excluding the part with the aforementioned characteristic feature, he could practically break her shell to bits.

After he dug out a whole acre of diamond shell, Feng Luotian tossed it to the side and searched for a monster core embedded within the flesh area under the shell he just peeled off. Once he found it, he immediately looked at its stat.

Name: Diamond Shell Spider (Queen) Core

Level: Four Talons

Type: Non-Element, Body, Defense

Energy: +21% at Eight Fangs

Benefit:

Non-element skill proficiency +74

Body skill proficiency +36

Defense skill proficiency +59

Defense +7%

Without further ado, Feng Luotian focused his Theríon and tried to refine the core.

Would you like to refine this monster core? [Yes] or [No]

After he tapped [Yes], Feng Luotian then rechecked his stat.

STATUS

Name: Feng Luotian

Level: Eight Fangs (95%)

Skill 1: Pinnacle Flash Lightning Level 4 (1,269/4,000)

Wrap the user’s body in lightning. Speed +500% (+87%). Lightning resistance +50% (+28%). Attack +60% (+36)%. Defense +40% (+81%). Reflect incoming damage (lightning-element) 10%

Skill 2: Underworld Physique Level 5 (2,641/3,200)

Multiply the weight of the user’s body by 200 upon activation. As long as the skill is still active, body weight +10% per every soul collected by the user during the skill activation.

Ability 1: Last Dance Curse Level 8

Increase the user’s power level by 1 for 12 (+16) minutes. However, the user has to collect 10 souls within 12 (+16) minutes, otherwise, the user’s level will be decreased by 2.

Ability 2: Momentum Eyes Level 8

The user can see the momentum and projectile of every object within 55 (+69) meters.

Ability 3: Evil Cyclone Level 8

Every time the user’s melee attack hits the target, one cyclone will be generated and can be used to either attack or heal the user’s injury at a maximum of 8 Evil Cyclones at a time.

Feng Luotian could not help but inwardly complained: “Just 5% to Nine Fangs and you couldn’t give me that?! Stingy!”

Once he finished conflicting with himself, Feng Luotian jumped down from the diamond hill and shamelessly made another request to his senior brother while pointing at the diamond shell he tossed down: “Senior Brother, that chunk of the diamond is too big to store inside the spatial ring. Could you cut it down to smaller pieces? It’s too hard for me to break it.”

Fortunately, this senior brother did not seem to mind it even for a bit, instead, Xiu Yao took pride in being able to help his junior brother: “Alright! Just stand aside.” He then executed another [Calling of Darkness] slashing the acre-wide shell into more than four thousand one-square-meter fragments.

After he put away the diamond shell’s fragments, Feng Luotian cupped his hand to Xiu Yao and gratefully said: “Senior Brother, I have gained a lot from the spider queen. How should I repay for your help?”

Xiu Yao gave a dissatisfying glare at Feng Luotian and said: “Tsk. How could I receive a reward or compensation for helping my junior brother’s request? Nonsense!! Just getting me out of here would be enough! Don’t mention other things or else I’ll get angry. And when I get an …”

Feng Luotian interrupted as usual: “Alright, alright. It should be this way. Follow me, Senior Brother!!” With that, he ran out of the spider queen’s lair and headed straight to the direction in which he calculated that there was the highest possibility to be this cave’s exit when he traveled around and looked for the queen.

Xiu Yao shouted: “Wait for me!!” and quickly followed Feng Luotian out of the spider cave.

Within half an hour, they both emerged from the hole.

Living in the darkness for about a week, Feng Luotian had a hard time adjusting to the normal daylight. He squinted his eyes as much as he could.

As for Xiu Yao, he had already covered his eyes with a blindfold even before he made his exit.

While Feng Luotian was still in a dazed state, two purplish horned snakes jumped out of the nearby bushes and bared their fangs at him.

Sensing the killing intents together with sounds of bushes and hissing, Feng Luotian successfully dodged the ambush with only his hearing and instinct.

The snakes did not give up with just one missed attack because they were under a command to kill their target. Both snakes turned around and jumped at him again. However, this time …

With a loud boom, they suffered a ruthless stomp under Xiu Yao’s feet. Being only One Talon monsters but being squashed by a Four Talons cultivator, there was no other result except death.

Xiu Yao said: “Be careful, Junior Brother. Even though we’re out of that place, we’re still in the Nefarious Valley. The monsters here were all aggressive, you know? Such as this …”

When he realized what kind of monsters he killed under his feet, Xiu Yao could not help but furrow his brows: “Amethyst Horned Snakes? They are not dark monsters. They normally live in the Warland Thicket. Why are they here?”

Feng Luotian, whose eyes finally adjusted to his surrounding light, approached his senior brother and asked: “Did you say they are Amethyst Horned Snakes?”

Xiu Yao moved out his feet: “See them for yourself.”

Upon seeing them, Feng Luotian immediately guessed the culprits behind these monsters before letting out a scornful laugh: “Hehe, they really wanted to kill me that much?”

Xiu Yao asked: “Who?”

Feng Luotian formed a wisp of conscience containing all information about the conflict he had with Sikong Jiu and the twins and sent it to Xiu Yao. He decided to hold off the info regarding the conspiracy.

After knowing that First Elder may be colluding with the city’s enemies, he decided not to trust anyone except his own brothers and sisters. All the more, while this senior brother was a disciple of the same master, this master happened to be the older brother of First Elder. The possibility of Xiu Yao allying himself with the Yin Clan was not zero. Although he speculated that the matter of First Elder and Second Elder were separated, he had no choice but to be vigilant from now on.

After receiving the information, Xiu Yao burst out in rage: “The Sikong Clan dares to kill my junior brother?! I’ll get back to them once we returned to the city.”

Feng Luotian calmed his senior brother down: “It’s okay. There’s no rush. We’ll get back to them when we have a clear chance. And it’s not that everything is bad. See? I got two One Talon cores just like that.”

Name: Amethyst Horned Snake Core

Level: One Talon

Type: Poison, Speed

Energy: +12% at Eight Fangs

Benefit:

Poison skill proficiency +65

Speed skill proficiency +31

Poison lethality rate +1 level

Feng Luotian thought after seeing the core’s stat: “Even though they provide some speed skill proficiency, I should trade them with other types of monster cores. It’s a pity that I can’t break through to Nine Fangs now, but that’s for the better.” He eventually decided to keep them, instead of refining them.