books44 Chapter 287 Spider Family
Chapter 287 Spider Family
The whip in Zhang Liang's hand danced in the city night, as agile as the city's neon lights. Every whip was extremely precise, forcing back wave after wave of incoming spiders.
Some small spiders tried to change their tactics and sneaked around Zhang Liang from behind to attack him silently. However, they underestimated Zhang Liang's vigilance. While wielding the whip, Zhang Liang always paid close attention to the surrounding movements.
The whip shadow was like lightning, so fast that people could not catch its trajectory, and only felt a gust of wind passing by. As soon as the spider approached Zhang Liang, it was swept by his swift whip.
Wave after wave of spiders were beaten with wounds by the "Nine-Tailed Whip". Seeing this, the giant spider had no intention of fighting and wisely chose to retreat. "Retreat!" After a simple command, they disappeared into the night.
In this way, Zhang Liang fought with the spider all night in the city. Dawn gradually broke, but the gloomy sky still failed to dispel the desolation. Zhang Liang looked around and found no signs of fighting, as if nothing had happened.
This barren land of dead trees has returned to its former silence, and Zhang Liang decides to continue looking for the key figure in the fourth level, hoping to pass this challenge as soon as possible. He walked for a whole day, but the surrounding environment remained the same, with dead trees growing everywhere, without any change.
As night fell again, Zhang Liang became more alert, knowing that the giant spiders that had evacuated would surely come back. In this place full of dead trees, he could not find any other hiding places, so he could only choose a tall tree again to monitor the movements below from above.
After a long time without noticing any unusual movements, Zhang Liang closed his eyes and took a short rest. Late at night, he felt a tingling sensation in his back, and then a similar sensation spread throughout his body. Noticing something was wrong, he immediately jumped down from the tree.
He found that the dead trees around him began to grow thin and long leaves like needles, standing upright, and the trunks turned blood red. Zhang Liang was lucky that he discovered it in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. With the moonlight, he watched all this, and the trees seemed to be stained with blood. But why didn't he notice their changes last night?
Zhang Liang speculated on what might be the difference between the two nights, causing the dead tree to grow strange leaves and change color at night. He looked up at the sky, the moon was blocked by dark clouds, and the air was filled with moisture.
Zhang Liang didn't notice anything unusual because there was nothing unusual except the spiders last night. He looked up at the moon and found nothing unusual. He could only decide to get through the night and see if the dead trees were still the same tomorrow night.
Soon, the rustling sound gradually approached. At this moment, the dead tree where Zhang Liang lived was covered with needle-like leaves. There was nowhere to hide, so he could only look around with full concentration. He held the "Nine-tailed Whip" tightly, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.
The sound was getting closer and closer. Zhang Liang stared at the direction of the sound nervously, thinking that it must be the spider from last night. If it was a familiar enemy, it would be fine. But if it was an unknown creature, he could not slack off at all, after all, he had never fought against it and did not know its habits.
Zhang Liang knew that if he relaxed, the opponent might find his weakness. The sound stopped not far from him, and he tightly grasped the "Nine-tail Whip", ready to fight or defend at any time.
However, the sounds turned in the opposite direction of him, gradually moving away until they disappeared. At dawn, Zhang Liang saw that the red dead trees with needle-like leaves were gradually returning to their original appearance.
The needle-like leaves retracted, and the red trunks faded and turned gray again. The trees returned to their original appearance, with only a few dead leaves swaying in the wind. Zhang Liangliang had a tense night. Apart from that, nothing happened, but he felt a little tired because of the long period of concentration.
He gently touched the dead tree to confirm that there were no needle-like leaves, then climbed up the tree again, found a comfortable position and closed his eyes for a while. Soon, Zhang Liang regained his spirit, jumped down the tree, and continued to look for the gatekeeper.
However, Zhang Liang did not leave this strange place until the evening. In order to avoid being pricked by needles again, he chose to spend the night under the tree. In the second half of the night, he found that the tree had not grown needles and had not turned red.
Zhang Liang recalled the scene last night, the moon was covered by dark clouds, and the air was humid. He looked up at the moon, and sure enough, the moonlight was bright tonight, and there was no moisture in the air.
Zhang Liang understood that the changes in the trees depended on whether the moon was blocked and the humidity of the air. So he climbed up the tree again, because it was always safer to be on the safe height than on the ground.
The night passed quickly, and Zhang Liang walked for several days in the alternation of day and night, without encountering any living creatures on the road, let alone the gatekeepers. During these days, he only saw needles appear once, and the rest of the time he only heard various sounds, but those sounds returned to the original path after approaching him.
Zhang Liang was tortured by these sounds and could not relax. He spent every night in high alert. On the fifth night, he just rested on the tree and was ready to relieve his tension, but he heard the familiar voice not going away as usual, but getting closer.
Zhang Liang clenched his "Nine-Tail Whip" and prepared for battle. With the help of the moonlight, he identified the approaching object from the tree. When he saw who was coming, he was surprised - it was the giant spider he fought that day, leading a group of small spiders.
Seeing the giant spider, Zhang Liang heaved a sigh of relief and felt relieved...