Chapter 96

(Ten points of gratitude to 'Sui Feng Qi Wu' for the tip!)

Within the red line boundary, the giant spider queen and her two giant spider guards continued to attack the rebounding barrier. Under the powerful impact, the means set up by Karilas and his two companions seemed to be gradually losing their effectiveness.

Seeing the signs of the giant spider queen potentially breaking free, Karilas and his companions became even more anxious.

At this moment, the expressions of Karilas and his companions suddenly changed, and their previously tense faces showed a hint of joy.

Seeing the expressions of Karilas and his companions, Wuyan knew that the situation was about to change...

Suddenly, the red light intensified, dyeing the entire space blood-red. The rebounding force of the red line barrier suddenly increased, and with a muffled sound, the giant spider queen and her two guards were repelled back, causing them to retreat a great distance and fall back into the center of the red line area.

Wuyan and the others, who were hiding nearby, were blinded by the red light, and in shock, they quickly closed their eyes and raised their hands to block the intense light.

During the period when the red light intensified, the red lines on the ground flowed like water, as if they had been given life, pulsating around the giant spider queen.

When Wuyan and the others opened their eyes, they saw that the red lines on the ground had formed a large blood-red magic array, enclosing the three giant spiders in a cage-like structure, trapping the giant spider queen and her two guards.

The giant spider queen was extremely angry!

She had lived in this space for countless years, and in this space, there was no other life, only the weaker versions of herself that she had produced over the endless years.

Here, she was the queen!

Not long ago, a powerful human intruded here. He possessed strength on par with hers, and in battle, he was her equal. If it weren't for the fact that she had already created a stone spider empire over the years, she would have had to pay a significant price to deal with him.

But even so, under the combined attack of herself and the entire stone spider empire, this powerful human still managed to fight his way out with severe injuries, destroying more than half of her offspring and escaping.

She thought that it was just an anomaly in the endless years, and that she would continue to rule this space as before.

But who would have thought that after that, humans would swarm in, one after another, intruding here. Unfortunately, those people were too weak. She could crush them with a mere flick of her claws. The arrival of these humans was just a spice in her life.

At first, the giant spider queen thought that this time would be no different. But to her surprise, this time, the humans were so numerous that they not only killed all of her offspring, leaving only the two she had produced earliest, but also set up this strange area that trapped her.

If the humans were as powerful as the previous one, she would have accepted her fate. But this time, the three humans who had toyed with her were just three weak ants!

How could the giant spider queen not be enraged?

"Roar!!!"

With a roar filled with anger, the giant spider queen unleashed all her strength. The two giant spider guards beside her were shaken by the roar and immediately fell to the ground, trembling.

The roar echoed throughout the space, and instantly, the entire stone-constructed space shook violently, with a greater intensity than any previous time!

Hugging the two women into his arms, Wuyan tightly embraced them, his heart filled with shock...

Although he didn't know what the blood-red magic array was, what its function was, or how strong it was, the fact that it could trap the giant spider queen proved its worth.

In such a situation, he never expected that the giant spider queen, not only had not been weakened, but still possessed such formidable power. Just a roar caused a tremor that could rival a level ten earthquake. How much power did it take to achieve that?

Is this the power of the ninth rank? With such formidable power, if he had used all his previous summoning points to summon a ninth-rank character, wouldn't he be able to live freely on this continent?

However, this thought was quickly discarded when he saw Icaros' beautiful face. If given the choice again, Wuyan would still choose to summon Icaros!

Karilas and his companions were also shaken back several steps before they could steady themselves. The fear in their eyes looking at the giant spider queen became even more intense.

"This... this monster is too powerful..." Zarade swallowed hard. Since he advanced to the seventh rank, he had never been so flustered. He thought that perhaps there was nothing in this world that could fluster him.

But this thought became even more deeply ingrained after he advanced to the eighth rank. Now he realized that compared to the giant spider queen, all his previous pride was nothing!

"Is this the power of the ninth rank?" Karilas mused, muttering to himself.

Momiri smiled bitterly, looking at the disheveled surroundings and recalling the powerful roar. His eyes were filled with fervor. "I must break through to the eighth rank and become a ninth-rank powerhouse!"

Their voices were not loud, but Wuyan and the others heard them clearly. At this moment, Wuyan looked at Karilas and his companions, his eyes gradually narrowing.

These three, although intimidated by the giant spider queen's power, were not afraid, at most just fearful!

What gave them such confidence?

But soon, Wuyan didn't need to think anymore, as the answer was already clear...

"Master..." Icaros' voice rang out again, making Wuyan, Daisy, and Misaka's bodies tremble, and their gazes became strange.

"Icaros..." Wuyan's lips twitched as he asked in a weak voice, "Is there another powerful life force approaching?"

Hearing Wuyan's words, Icaros' eyes flickered, seemingly a bit confused, but she still said, "No, Master, it's the magic array, it's gathering powerful energy!"

"Gathering powerful energy?" Wuyan and the others looked in confusion, but what they saw made them pale.

Inside the magic array, the giant spider queen seemed unable to move, despite her desperate struggles. The two giant spider guards were also doing the same.

The magic array was glowing with a blood-red light, which grew stronger and stronger. The reason for the increasing light was the continuous flow of blood from the ground into the magic array.

Wuyan and the others saw that all the blood was flowing from the bodies of the dead people!

"This... this..." Daisy and Misaka were speechless. The sight of the blood flowing back and converging shook them to their core. Their minds were now blank.

Wuyan gritted his teeth. At this point, if he still couldn't see what was happening, he would be a fool!

No wonder they were so generous with the treasure map at the auction, and no wonder they spread the news of the treasure site in the supply town. It was all a conspiracy!

Everything the auction house did was for this magic array that could deal with the giant spider queen!

They spread the news at the auction and the supply town to attract treasure hunters, gathering enough people.

Once they entered, they hid, waiting for everyone to be killed, then activated the magic array, using the blood of the dead to power it!

The auction house must have sent scouts to investigate the situation inside long ago, knowing that there was a ninth-rank giant spider queen here, so they set up this plan!

They knew that on their own, they couldn't do anything to the ninth-rank giant spider queen, so they came up with this sinister plan. They knew that the large groups of treasure hunters would be easy prey for the giant spider queen!

Once the giant spider queen killed everyone, they would come out, collect the blood, activate the evil magic array, and eliminate the giant spider queen!

This way, the treasure would be theirs!