Just as Gu Zheng and the others were about to break the restriction and head to the hidden treasure, the two guards at the door frowned.
"Someone is coming!"
One of them transmitted his voice to the others.
"How many are coming?" The middle-aged woman asked.
"Four of them came, the same number as us!" The other person guarding the door said.
"The Old Man is furious. Since these guys dare to come here to die, let's kill them!"
The grey-robed old man's eyes flashed coldly. He stopped breaking the restriction and immediately walked out of the stone cave, ready to attack at any time.
"Be careful when you go out later."
Gu Zheng and company had already broken through four layers of restrictions and Immortal Arrays. They were about to break through the fifth layer, so Gu Zheng warned everyone.
"Understood."
Everyone nodded. They had overcome all obstacles along the way, so they naturally knew that if the person who set up the restriction and Celestial Formation was still in the cave where the treasure was hidden, then the person who set up the restriction and Celestial Formation would definitely sense their actions and make preparations.
The moment the fifth restriction was broken, the grey-robed old man and the other three's immortal techniques and immortal artifacts greeted them.
Gu Zheng had always been very cautious. When he saw the enemy's attack surging like a tide, he decisively entered the Chaotic Space.
When Gu Zheng reappeared, he was already behind the grey-robed old man and the other three. He had not used the Immortal Slayer Palm for a long time and had begun to prepare in the Chaotic Space. When he appeared, he pushed the Immortal Slayer Palm out.
In such a special environment, the Immortal Slayer Palm was a very suitable attack method. It would make the enemy unable to dodge.
The cloud-like palm almost filled up the entire cave as it floated in the air.
"Ah …"
Screams sounded as the Immortal Slayer Palm was pushed forward. There were a total of four screams.
When the white palm flew past, the original four enemies were already lying on the ground. Among them, the two guards with the lowest cultivation were bleeding from their seven orifices and died on the spot. As for the middle-aged woman in the Jin Xian Middle Stage, although she was not dead, she was seriously injured and could not fight even if she wanted to.
The grey-robed old man's cultivation was at the late stage of Jin Xian, and his defensive immortal equipment was relatively strong. Although he was injured by the Immortal Slaughtering Palm, it was only a minor injury.
However, Gu Zheng wouldn't give the old man any chance. Just as the Immortal Slaying Palm passed by and the old man revealed a frightened expression, Gu Zheng's saber slashed towards his neck.
At the critical moment, the gray-robed old man used the zither-shaped immortal artifact in his hand to block Tang Mo.
Even though the zither shaped immortal artifact was a high grade immortal artifact, it was only a sound wave type immortal artifact, and it wasn't as sturdy as a sword or saber type immortal artifact of the same grade. Therefore, it wasn't able to block Tang Mo's attack.
"Clang …"
An extremely crisp sound rang out at the same time. After Tang Mo cut the seven strings on the zither, he cut off the faceplate and finally chopped off the old man's head.
"Damn it!"
Gu Zheng cursed angrily as he looked at the fallen old man.
Gu Zheng actually wanted to take the old man's zither that could launch sound wave attacks. However, the grey-clothed old man's reaction was beyond his expectations. When the grey-clothed old man used his zither to block the blade, it was already too late for him to stop. He could only chop off the old man's head along with the object he liked.
"Mercy …"
Before the middle-aged woman could finish begging for mercy, her head was chopped off by Fang Xing's sword.
Seeing Huang Qi and Yang Jue walking over, Gu Zheng asked, "Are you two alright?"
"I'm fine, just a little injured."
Huang Qi clutched a hole in his shoulder with a wry smile.
"I destroyed a mid grade immortal equipment."
Looking at the shattered mirror in his hand, Yang Jue's face was filled with lingering fear. The previous wave of attacks from the four of them was quite ferocious! If it weren't for Gu Zheng, the three of them might have died here.
"This is where the hidden treasures are. After experiencing the hidden treasures, you can leave if you want to. Although the treasures are good, you need to be alive to enjoy them!"
Gu Zheng patted Huang Qi's shoulder. Huang Qi smiled wryly again.
The four enemies didn't bring anything worth mentioning to Gu Zheng and the others. They didn't have many resources in their storage belts. They had entered the treasure trove relatively late, so they didn't have much to gain, so they decided to rest here.
The old man had a hard time breaking the restriction, but it was nothing to Fang Xing. He quickly broke it.
"Rumble …"
After the restriction was broken, a stone door appeared on the wall.
The space behind the door wasn't large, but there was a teleportation immortal formation inside.
"Huh?"
Gu Zheng asked curiously.
"What is it?" Huang Qi asked.
"Someone has entered the hidden treasure trove. In this sealed space, there's still a bit of someone else's aura! It's just that the aura is very faint, and there's not much useful information in it, "Gu Zheng said.
"Since there's still an aura, maybe the person who entered the treasure trove hasn't left yet. Don't forget that we wasted a lot of time in the first treasure trove. I don't think the second level's treasure trove will be any easier than the first!" Fang Xing said.
"Let's go!"
Gu Zheng stepped onto the teleportation immortal formation. They had to get what was in the second level's treasure trove, because it concerned the location of the third level's treasure trove.
Everyone stood on the teleportation immortal formation. After the formation activated, the mysterious runes on it flashed, and Gu Zheng's group disappeared.
After a while, Gu Zheng's group appeared in the second level's treasure trove.
The scene in front of them was very similar to the second level's treasure trove. They were both caves, dark and filled with the smell of decay.
Gu Zheng's group had a more detailed map of the second level's treasure trove's location, so they could get there faster. Because of this, Gu Zheng's group also knew that the second level's treasure trove's terrain was like a maze, and they would encounter many forks in the caves along the way.
Having a detailed map was a very good thing. Gu Zheng's group ran along the nearest route, and they easily broke through the immortal formations and restrictions they encountered along the way.
However, having a detailed map didn't mean that there was no danger. To Gu Zheng's group, there were two unavoidable dangers in the second level's treasure trove! One was the place they had to pass through to choose the safe route, and the other was the location of the treasure trove. However, the map didn't give a detailed description of what the danger was, and there was only a skull mark.
The unavoidable danger was right in front of them, and there was already a unique stench in the air. Moreover, something different was starting to appear in the cave.
"Spider silk?"
Gu Zheng frowned slightly as he looked at the white thread-like object hanging from the cave wall.
"It looks like spider silk, but it's not ordinary spider silk!"
Huang Qi used her sword to fiddle with the spider silk, and found that it was very tough.
"This spider silk …"
Fang Xing, who was about to speak, seemed to have thought of something. He pulled a bit of the spider silk and twisted it a few times in his hand. Immediately, there was a corrosive green smoke coming out of his finger! If he hadn't used his immortal energy to protect his finger from the beginning, the spider silk would be very sticky, and it wouldn't be easy for him to get rid of it.
"This is the spider silk of the Eight-Armed Spider Demon. It's also a product of refined corpses. Not only is it highly toxic, but it's also very difficult to deal with! The most troublesome thing is that this strange refined corpse with Jin Xian's strength has a very strong reproductive ability. Perhaps we've entered a spider cave! "Fang Xing said seriously.
Fang Xing's words made everyone silent. If there were eight or ten Eight-Armed Spider Demons with Jin Xian's strength, then they wouldn't pay much attention to them. However, if this was a spider cave, then things would be much more difficult.
"Fellow Daoist Fang, does this Eight-Armed Spider Demon have any weaknesses?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Yes, relatively speaking, it's afraid of fire!"
Fang Xing's voice paused, and then he smiled bitterly, "Actually, I don't know much about the Eight-Armed Spider Demon. I just happened to know some rumors about it."
"Since this is something we can't avoid, then we just have to be careful!"
Gu Zheng floated up, and everyone flew forward with him. No one wanted to step on the spider silk on the ground.
"Zhi zhi, zhi zhi …"
After only a few hundred meters, the strange sound in front of them could be clearly heard. Moreover, within these few hundred meters, the originally sparse spider silk in the cave had become very, very numerous. It was to the point that the white spider silk completely covered the color of the cave's rocks.
"Fire Dragon, open the way!"
Gu Zheng frowned. With a flick of his sleeve, a huge fire dragon roared out and flew forward along the cave. The spider silk along the way immediately burned.
"Huff huff huff …"
Huang Qi and the other two also released their fire dragons and flew into the depths of the cave one after the other.
Four fire dragons opened the way. Not only did they burn the spider silk along the way, they also completely illuminated the originally dark cave.
The four of them followed closely behind the fire dragons and soon saw the core of the Eight-Armed Spider Demon's nest. The dense spider webs had already blocked the entire cave. A few Eight-Armed Spider Demons huddled together, and it was like a black ball the size of a room.
"Zhi zhi!"
Facing the incoming fire dragons, four heads popped out from the ball.
The four heads represented two types of Eight-Armed Spider Demons. One type had a human body, spider legs, and a rotten human head. The other type had eight human arms, a huge spider stomach, and six pairs of green compound eyes.
"Ci ci …"
The Eight-Armed Spider Demons with human heads were the first to attack. They spat out spider silk that was as thick as a wrist and emitted cold air.
The spider silk spat out by the Eight-Armed Spider Demons didn't wrap around Gu Zheng and the others. After all, Gu Zheng was still far away from them. Only the four fire dragons arrived first.
Normal spider silk was afraid of fire. However, the spider silk that was emitting cold air was not only not afraid of fire, it was also very effective against fire! When the spider silk wrapped in Heaven and Earth Energy came within a certain range of the fire dragons, the fire dragons of Huang Qi and the other two immediately dimmed.
"Peng peng peng peng …"
The air was filled with the sound of spider silk whipping the fire dragons. Whenever the fire dragons of Huang Qi and the other two were hit by the spider silk, it was as if they were frozen in the air. Their speed became extremely slow, and the color of their bodies rapidly dimmed.
Compared to Huang Qi and the other two's Fire Dragons, Gu Zheng's Fire Dragon was clearly much more valiant. With its teleportation, it broke through the spider silk's head-on whipping and was already very close to the black ball.
"Ci ci …"
The two Eight-Armed Spider Demons that hadn't attacked before also attacked at this moment. The spider silk that they spat out from their mouths was also emitting cold air and was as thick as a wrist. However, it was extremely terrifying!
This was because the spider silk that was as thick as a wrist was actually made up of thousands of strands of spider silk. When they were shot out, they scattered and shot forward like flying needles.
One or two strands of spider silk hitting Gu Zheng's fire dragon wasn't much. However, there were simply too many strands of spider silk. Gu Zheng's massive fire dragon was instantly pierced into a hornet's nest and disappeared into the air.
"This isn't the Eight-Armed Spider Demon I know!"
Fang Xing exclaimed. Although the Eight-Armed Spider Demons he knew were strong, they weren't strong to this extent. Not only did they have extremely cold spider silk that countered fire-type immortal arts, but they were also so powerful.
"Ci ci …"
Ignoring Fang Xing's shock, the black ball instantly disintegrated and turned into four strange spiders. They either climbed the cave walls or rushed over from the ground.
At the same time, there was a series of explosions, and the entire cave was filled with gravel flying everywhere! The things that crawled out from under the gravel were all Eight-Armed Spiders the size of bowls. They were previously hidden in the cave walls and actually avoided the detection of Gu Zheng and the others' divine senses!
Tens of thousands of spiders rushed towards Gu Zheng and the others. This time, they really went deep into the spider's nest!
"Peng peng peng peng …"
Explosions sounded again. The small spiders closest to Gu Zheng and the others exploded. Although their bodies were small, the power of the explosion wasn't weak at all. Even for Yang Jue and the others who were in the middle stage of Jin Xian, the power of the explosion was like a normal person being punched.
"Run!"
Yang Jue's roar was filled with fear. In such a situation, there was no other way but to run! If they didn't retreat quickly, not to mention the large spiders, even the tens of thousands of small spiders could kill them!
"Stop!"
Huang Qi pulled Yang Jue back. The most important thing in a team was unity. In the face of such a sudden situation, as the pillar of the team, Gu Zheng didn't panic. Huang Qi felt that they shouldn't panic. Even if they died, it was best to die together as a team! Moreover, since they were already in the spider's nest, no one could be sure that running was the best choice!
At this critical moment, Huang Qi chose to believe in Gu Zheng. This was a trust that came from going through thick and thin together. At the same time, it was a wise decision! If they really ran like Yang Jue, what awaited them was only death. This was a fact that would soon be proven.
"Leave the small spiders to me. You guys deal with the four large ones!"
Gu Zheng's expression was unprecedentedly serious. Although the small spiders' explosion didn't do much damage to him, he didn't want anything to happen to anyone in his team.
"Time reversal!"
At this moment, Gu Zheng used the law of time on a large scale for the first time.
The small spiders' explosion damage was shocking, but their strength was very weak. Gu Zheng's law of time wasn't suitable for big enemies, but it was perfect for them.
Following Gu Zheng's roar, Yang Jue and the others shuddered. Although they couldn't see any brilliant light, they felt that something invisible around them had changed.
Then, the small spiders that wanted to charge Gu Zheng and the others retreated. The small spiders that were about to explode near Gu Zheng and the others immediately shrank! Everything around the small spiders was reversing, and they were returning to their starting point.
The law of time worked wonders. Huang Qi and Fang Xing didn't just sit around. They took out their immortal items and used their own methods to attack the large spiders that weren't far from them.
"Slaughter!"
Yang Jue also came to his senses. He took out the Slaughter Formation Tool he'd bought at Luxia Town, forming a Slaughter Formation in front of them to protect them.
After taking out the Slaughter Formation Tool, Yang Jue's hands formed seals, and he set up a few more restrictions around them.
Huang Qi and Fang Xing's relentless attacks had bought everyone some time. They also discovered that although the large spider's silk was effective against fire-type immortal arts, it wasn't particularly effective against ordinary immortal arts or immortal items.
"Hiss hiss …"
The large spider at the front made a strange noise. Its other three companions had disappeared after falling into Yang Jue's Slaughter Formation. Frightened, it stopped moving forward and paced back and forth in annoyance.
The large spider didn't dare move, but Yang Jue and the others weren't idle. Although there was a Slaughter Formation in front of them, it only worked on living things that stepped into it. It didn't affect non-living things that flew past it.
"Whoosh!"
The sound of wind breaking could be heard as Huang Qi's flying sword successfully slashed at the spider's leg. The spider screamed as its body tilted. One of its legs had been cut off by Huang Qi.
"That's an eight-armed spider demon with spider legs. Its leg joint is a weak point!"
Huang Qi excitedly relayed his discovery, but the angry spider spat out silk and successfully wrapped around his wrist.
"Ah!"
Corrosive smoke rose from Huang Qi's wrist as soon as his wrist was entangled. The spider's head swung, and he was flung away.
In the nick of time, a black saber light flashed and cut through the tenacious silk, allowing Huang Qi to land safely on the ground.
"Fellow Daoist Bai!"
Huang Qi and the others couldn't help but call out, excitement written all over their faces. The fact that Gu Zheng was able to lend a hand meant that he was able to free himself.
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