bookcurios Chapter 17 Inside the Cave
Chapter 17 Inside the Cave
Just as Lin Tian was about to continue reading, he suddenly discovered that the following pages, even more than a dozen pages, were completely blank. This was unusual; even if you said they had been washed away by time, he could believe it. But the pages after that were completely blank, without a single trace of writing.
But there was nothing he could do. No matter how many times Lin Tian looked at it, he could only see large blank spaces and could not get any useful information from it.
Seeing this, Lin Tian had no choice but to put it away in his hand and study it carefully after leaving the cave.
Their team continued forward, and as they went, Lin Tian suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon: the deeper they went into the cave, the brighter it became. Eventually, they no longer needed torches; they could identify the path simply by the faint light emanating from the front.
Lin Tian continued forward out of curiosity, clearing away some spiders along the way. None of them were extraordinary, and so far, Lin Tian's team has not suffered any losses.
Then, as they continued forward, Lin Tian arrived at a huge cave entrance. The light inside the cave was even brighter, which puzzled Lin Tian and his group. They looked into the cave with curiosity, and what they saw shocked them greatly.
Beyond this cave entrance lies a completely different world. Lin Tian's team arrived here via a tunnel leading directly from the entrance of the outer cave. This place is a huge cave resembling a karst cave, with a relatively low elevation. The nearest plot of land is about two or three meters below Lin Tian's current cave entrance.
Because the cave was extremely bright, the scene inside was completely visible. The first thing that caught his eye was a huge spider, which was larger than any spider Lin Tian had ever seen before. Although he didn't know exactly how big it was, judging from the visual impression, this spider was even bigger than Tick, who had turned into a monster.
Moreover, on either side of this giant spider were two other spiders of equally impressive size, which, judging from their size, should also be extraordinary spiders. The two spiders served the giant spider from the left and right.
The giant spider was feeding at the moment, and behind it was a wall of cocoons, which, as the name suggests, was an extremely eerie wall made up of a large number of spider cocoons.
Spider cocoons come in various sizes, each holding something unknown.
Lin Tian also discovered that a light was emanating from behind the spider cocoon wall. The strange light was coming from there. Although the spider cocoon wall was blocking the way, the brightness of the light source was obviously not small. The powerful light directly shone through the spider cocoon wall and illuminated the entire cave, and even reached the tunnel outside the cave.
Under Lin Tian's observation, the giant spider raised its leg and casually hooked one of the silk cocoons. With a gentle swipe of its leg, the tough silk broke apart, revealing the corpse of an unknown creature inside. The giant spider then picked up the corpse and began to eat it quickly.
As the giant spider was feeding, its tail-spinning device began to spray something—not spider silk, but clumps of white stuff that looked somewhat like eggs.
"Your Majesty, shall we proceed?"
A little demon came to Lin Tian's side and asked for his opinion. It wasn't that they were afraid; even if they died, they could reincarnate, so they didn't have any fear of death. As for why they were asking, it was mainly because Lin Tian hadn't given any instructions, and they didn't know what to do.
"Don't worry."
Lin Tian frowned as he looked at the giant spider, a sense of unease rising in his heart. The giant spider was clearly a formidable force, and he hadn't even noticed the large number of smaller spiders here. His attention had been drawn to the enormous creature, and he hadn't noticed them yet. Now, seeing that there were quite a few of them, he realized that they were numerous.
Just as Lin Tian was still hesitating, the next thing that happened made him determined to fight.
The eggs that the giant spider had sprayed out began to shake. Just a few seconds later, all the eggs burst open, and countless tiny spiders crawled out. There were probably twenty or thirty of them at a glance.
This scene shocked Lin Tian. He hadn't expected the giant spider to have such a powerful reproductive speed. If that was the case, then he couldn't let it continue, otherwise its army might grow faster than his own.
A sense of crisis washed over him, and Lin Tian quickly gave his subordinates orders for battle. A fight was about to unfold inside the enormous cave.
"You should focus on dealing with the small spiders and the two extraordinary spiders beside the big spider. You don't need to worry about the big spider; I have my own way of dealing with it."
As the lesser demons were eliminated, the two sides instantly clashed. Although the opposing side had a numerical advantage, a single wolf demon could handle many spiders, so overall, their side still had a greater advantage.
Even as the two sides clashed, the giant spider didn't stop eating, though a hint of confusion flickered in its eyes. Previously, only dead animals came here; why are living ones appearing now? And so many?
Puzzled, he quickly devoured the corpse in his hand, then raised his rear end and shot out a spider silk that was faster and tougher than that of other spiders.
call out!
The spider silk instantly caught a small demon, pulling him to the side of the giant spider.
"Damn, are you launching a sneak attack?"
"you........."
Before the little demon could finish speaking, the spider bit him on the head.
Pfft!
The giant spider chewed on the little demon's head repeatedly, blood seeping from its mouth onto the ground. It found that this animal was tastier, not in a physiological sense, but in the way that made it bigger.
This made the giant spider very excited, and just as he was about to make another move, the ground suddenly began to tremble slightly.
The giant spider raised its head in confusion, only to see a creature in the battlefield that was no less than, and perhaps even larger than, its size.
The monster had a huge head and body, wore tattered clothes, held a large string of prayer beads in its hand, had blue skin, and wore a strange smile on its face.
The big-headed monster didn't move very fast, but every step it took carried an immense sense of oppression—the kind of oppression that came from a higher level of life.
The oppressive feeling gradually made the giant spider restless. After hesitating for a few moments, it chose to attack the opponent that made it uneasy. It raised its rear end and then shot a strong spider silk at the big-headed monster.
The large-headed monster moved slowly, and the spider silk easily stuck to its body. The spider was overjoyed to see this. However, when it tried to pull the monster back as it used to hunt animals, it found that no matter how much it pulled, the large-headed monster did not budge and still had a faint smile on its face.