Free Web NovelChapter 596: Chapter 596: Sweeping the Strange (Continued 3)
Anger?
Anger is just right!
Zhang Yuan gave a cold smile, storing the Evil Infant in his storage space.
The quality of this Evil Infant was extremely high, possibly even fifth or sixth grade. Returning it to Upper Scenic Celestial could exchange for a great deal of Daoist Merit.
Zhang Yuan hadn’t expected that by following Scholar Guan’s advice to clear the local anomalies upon returning to the West Plain, the first target selected would yield such a great catch.
But the real prize was still atop that perilous peak.
Zhang Yuan was quite fortunate to arrive in time. Otherwise, if the deceitful monster entrenched on Liping Mountain continued to grow, it might have required intervention from a powerful figure in the sect to resolve it.
Before that, the West Plain County might have had its people suffer greatly, and he, as the Dao General, would not escape the blame!
Come, fight!
Zhang Yuan lifted the Overlord Halberd, pointing it towards the distant mountain peak.
His fighting spirit soared to the heavens!
Squeak~
The powerful and mysterious deceitful monster seemed to sense Zhang Yuan’s contempt and scorn, becoming even more frantic and enraged.
Suddenly on the perilous peak, large masses of Evil Qi surged forth like a stormy wave towards the Mountain God Temple.
Within this wave of darkness, there was no sign of any zombies.
Instead, there were countless eight-legged creatures!
They stared with glowing green eyes, their bodies gleaming with a dark light, leaping and bounding within the Evil Tide, producing a constant rustling sound.
Clearly, a horde of large, bristle-covered spiders!
In mere moments, hundreds and thousands of spider monsters surrounded the vicinity of the Mountain God Temple.
They swiftly formed a formation, encircling the temple and Zhang Yuan completely.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The next moment, the spiders at the forefront halted, their plump abdomens raised high towards the Mountain God Temple, instantly spewing out streams of white-gray spider silk.
The scene at this moment was beyond words.
Even more terrifying, the front spiders, after expelling a wave, immediately retreated to make room for a new batch.
Continue to spray silk!
Several strands of silk shot towards Zhang Yuan from different angles, trying to entangle and bind him!
A sharp gleam flashed in Zhang Yuan’s eyes, and with a thrust of his Overlord Halberd, a crimson-golden flare erupted, enveloping all incoming silk strands.
The spider silk, upon touching the Halberd Aura, instantly disintegrated into ashes, leaving not a trace behind.
Not only that, the True Gang Flame even spread along the silk to the spiders’ bodies, causing them to screech and scatter blindly like headless flies.
At one point, it threw their formations into chaos!
However, Zhang Yuan was only defending the front gate of the Mountain God Temple, while a large number of spider monsters attacked from all directions, quickly covering the entire temple in a thick layer of silk.
Nearly cocooned!
The already dilapidated Mountain God Temple struggled under the weight. The three supporting stone pillars groaned, dust fell between the roof tiles, and it seemed the structure would completely collapse at any moment.
Just then, the Primordial Celestial King Statue atop the pedestal suddenly emitted a bright light.
Beams of divine light soared into the sky, countless runes appeared and faded, silently seeping into the walls and roof.
The spider silk on the outer layer seemed to be engulfed by a blaze, shrinking and changing color at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into large piles of ash, with all the contained Evil Qi dissipating!
Guarding the temple gate, Zhang Yuan’s jet-black eyes revealed specks of gold.
"Die!"
He let out a breath, his Profound Soldier Long Halberd sweeping forward.
A ribbon-like flame separated from the Overlord Halberd, sweeping across a hundred paces at lightning speed, annihilating the spider monsters.
Squeak! Squeak!
Without exception, the deceitful monsters touched by the Halberd Aura either shattered into pieces or turned into blazing fireballs, dismembered limbs flying, sharp cries echoing one after another.
The True Gang Power imbued within Zhang Yuan’s Halberd Aura was a bane to these deceitful monsters, causing them substantial damage.
[Source Material +579], [Source Material +478], [Source Material +602]...
As expected, numerous notifications refreshed in Zhang Yuan’s view again.
The amount of Source Material displayed on the Divine Nest panel rapidly increased.
Under normal circumstances, even if Zhang Yuan used all his strength to unleash the full Primordial Gang Force, he couldn’t project the power of the Overlord Halberd to such a far distance.
Yet, at this moment, Zhang Yuan was blessed with an enigmatic power.
This caused his combat power to soar dramatically.
This wondrous force came from the Primordial Celestial King Statue!
It was as if an otherworldly deity had cast its gaze upon Zhang Yuan, granting him a sliver of divine power to bolster him.
Although this was entirely unexpected for Zhang Yuan, it didn’t prevent him from making full use of this power.
Indeed, Zhang Yuan was wise not to recklessly attack the BOSS entrenched atop the peak, choosing instead to retreat and defend at the Mountain God Temple.
However, the divine power’s blessing had significant limitations.
It couldn’t extend beyond the Mountain God Temple’s bounds.
Just as Zhang Yuan thought of going out for another strike, he immediately felt this power rapidly diminishing.
He retreated back at once, quickly switching his weapon.
The Overlord Halberd turned into the Eagle-Shooting Bow!
Thwip! Thwip! Thwip!
Zhang Yuan shot three Fine Iron Arrows in quick succession.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Three spider monsters failed to dodge, being blasted apart by the arrow imbued with Gang Power in an instant, foul-smelling liquid splattering everywhere.
Even though changing weapons reduced attack efficiency, unable to sweep large areas,
within the temple’s range, Zhang Yuan’s use of the Eagle-Shooting Bow to snipe spider monsters was the best choice.
Still able to harvest Source Material!
Most importantly, the arrows stored in his storage space were counted in bundles, ensuring enough to eradicate all spider monsters.
Within just a short quarter of an hour, the number of deceitful monsters slain by Zhang Yuan’s arrows reached triple digits!
Squeak~
Perhaps the sight of its subordinates being slain indiscriminately was unbearable, the major deceitful monster at the mountain’s peak let out a sharp, shrill cry again.
The spiders surrounding the Mountain God Temple seemed to awaken from a dream, rapidly reorganizing into a formation in front of Zhang Yuan, despite his deadly arrows.
Pressed close together, dense and dark, the sight alone was enough to make one’s scalp crawl.
These deceitful monsters lay flat on the ground, the black bristles on their backs stood upright, the tips glinting coldly.
Hmm?
Zhang Yuan immediately sensed something was wrong.
He quickly put away the Eagle-Shooting Bow and took out the Overlord Halberd again, holding it in his hands.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In the next instant, hundreds of spider monsters launched their attack simultaneously.
It was as if controlled by a program; nearly at the same time, they shot all the bristles from their backs.
Before his eyes darkened, it seemed as if countless steel needles were about to pierce Zhang Yuan.
He couldn’t help but feel numbness, itch, and pain.
Instinctively, he wanted to dodge!
