I Have an Omen System

Chapter 297: Chapter 211: Thousand Spider Heart Net

Late at night, inside the bamboo house of the Black Tooth Village Chief.

A single oil lamp cast a dim glow, its flame no bigger than a bean.

Village Chief Wu Shen sat opposite Sangjila, his coarse, wrinkled old hand gently stroking hers.

"Granny Sang, Thousand Spider Ridge is nothing like our little village. That place is the domain of the Poisonous Spiders."

Wu Shen’s voice was low. He sighed and said, "I know you want to go see him, but there are three Elders on the ridge, all of whom are at the peak of Foundation Establishment. You have to be careful."

Granny Sang’s murky eyes flickered away, and she gave a soft hum of acknowledgment.

A look of relief appeared on Wu Shen’s face as he continued.

"Then there are the spiritual Poisonous Spiders. The web of the Second-Turned Black Widow Spider is tough and laced with deadly poison, and it loves to eat brains. The First-Turned Jumping Spider is as fast as lightning and excels at surprise attacks."

"But the deadliest of all is the Third-Turned Wolf Spider of the Power Gu Race. It’s brutally ferocious and immensely powerful. It’s said to possess a trace of an ancient, exotic bloodline..."

Wu Shen went into great detail. "Old woman, remember this: when you get there, keep your head down and stay humble. Don’t look the Elders in the eye, and whatever you do, never offend a single Poisonous Spider. They are the true masters of Thousand Spider Ridge."

"Your Golden Threaded Centipede may be spiritual, but it’s no match for those ancient spiders."

"Some Poisonous Spiders may look weak, but they are not something we from Black Tooth Village can afford to provoke. I once heard of a village that injured a young spider from the Power Gu Race. Overnight, the entire populace was devoured by a swarm of spiders, leaving nothing but skeletons..."

Wu Shen seemed like he could go on forever.

Sangjila slowly nodded and said hoarsely, "I know the stakes, Lord Village Chief. It’s getting late. For the sake of the village, I won’t..."

Before she could finish.

A pink mist, carrying a strangely sweet and coppery scent, began to seep in through the cracks of the bamboo house, silently and instantly filling the entire room.

"Damn it, it’s poison!"

As a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Wu Shen’s reactions were lightning-fast, and his expression changed in an instant.

Sangjila’s head snapped up as well. A sharp glint flashed in her murky eyes, but just as she was about to cry out...

Gu Yuan erupted from both of them, and their Protective Spiritual Lights flared into existence.

But in the next moment, the pink mist, as if alive, ignored their Protective Spiritual Lights and bored directly into their seven orifices.

’What kind of poison is this?’

Wu Shen felt as if ten thousand needles were stabbing his Dantian. The Gu Power he had just mustered instantly dissipated, and his vision went black.

Sangjila fared even worse. A gurgling sound escaped her throat as she tried to activate her Lifebound Gu, only to find the connection between her Divine Soul and the Gu Insect had been forcibly severed by a sinister, deathly cold power.

"Ghh... ghh..."

A strange, rosy hue spread across their faces. They tried to cry for help, but only broken, airy gasps escaped their lips.

Their eyes bulged, filled with utter horror.

In the next moment, trickles of thick, black blood seeped from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses.

Their bodies convulsed violently a couple of times.

Then they collapsed, stiff as boards, completely lifeless.

"A mighty Foundation Establishment Village Chief, and that’s all he’s got?"

A smooth male voice remarked with a hint of regret, "It seems my poison was a bit too strong. I’ll have to adjust it next time."

The bamboo door slid open without a sound.

Qin Xuan strode in, his body shrouded in a faint, golden halo of Great Sun True Flame that kept the residual poisonous mist at bay.

He didn’t even glance at the two stiffening corpses on the floor. His gaze fell upon an inconspicuous leather pouch at Sangjila’s waist.

"Come on out, little treasure."

Qin Xuan’s voice seemed to hold a boundless allure.

A five-colored vapor swirled between his fingers as he activated the Capture Technique recorded in the Five Poison True Understanding.

An invisible suction force emanated from his hand.

The leather pouch flew open on its own, and a streak of gold shot out.

It was none other than the Golden Threaded Centipede that could devour scorpion blood.

At this moment, the ferocious Gu Insect seemed agitated and restless, darting back and forth in Qin Xuan’s palm and letting out sharp screeches.

Its mandibles snapped open and shut, yet it didn’t dare to truly bite down.

"Quiet now, little treasure."

Qin Xuan forced a drop of faintly glowing Essence Blood from his fingertip, merging it with the five-colored vapor while chanting an esoteric spell.

The Essence Blood, moving as if alive, transformed into countless tiny runes that precisely imprinted themselves onto the Golden Threaded Centipede’s head.

The Golden Threaded Centipede struggled even more fiercely, its body flashing erratically with golden light.

Qin Xuan’s brow furrowed slightly, and he released a sliver of his Great Sun True Flame.

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The Golden Threaded Centipede went rigid, as if pinned beneath an invisible mountain, its screeching cutting off abruptly.

The blood-red runes sank smoothly into its head. Its ferocious glint swiftly dimmed, replaced by a look of dazed subservience.

The five-colored vapor surrounding its body coalesced, forming a slender, five-colored ring that clasped around its neck before vanishing.

The Golden Threaded Centipede settled obediently in Qin Xuan’s palm, trembling slightly and conveying feelings of meekness and fear.

With a flip of his hand, Qin Xuan put it away.

His figure flickered and, like a phantom, vanished from the bamboo house.

...

Outside Black Tooth Village, the moon was hidden and the wind howled.

Qin Xuan stood in an open clearing within the village and took out the Black Flood Dragon’s Reverse Scale.

Channeling his Magical Power, the scale flickered with a ghostly light, spitting out one phantom-like figure after another.

It was Wang Jian, Sun Yuan, and the other elites of Huaizhong Altar, all in a state of suspended animation after consuming the Corpse Puppet Pills.

"Alright, everyone, time to get to work!"

Qin Xuan chuckled and clapped his hands.

Wang Jian and Sun Yuan were the first to awaken. The other Qi Cultivation Demon Cultivators soon opened their eyes as well, their gazes numb yet filled with bloodthirsty excitement.

"As you command!"

Without another word, these veteran Demon Dao experts fanned out like shadows, creeping silently toward the bamboo houses of the sleeping Black Tooth Village Cultivators.

SQUELCH!

"Argh!"

Faint, muffled grunts and the crunch of breaking bones briefly echoed through the night before being swallowed by the silence.

In the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Wang Jian and Sun Yuan returned to report, the faint scent of blood clinging to them.

"Altar Master," Wang Jian said in a low voice, "the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators and thirty-four late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivators in the village have all been... ’replaced.’" freewēbnoveℓ.com

Sun Yuan grinned, revealing a set of ghastly white teeth. "Heh heh, those Miao Barbarians didn’t even have time to use their Gu Techniques before they went to meet King Yama. All their possessions and Gu Insects are ours now."