I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 63 - 58: Underground Spider Nest

The villagers of Pengqiao Village spent the night in fear, but fortunately no new spiders appeared, which was a relief.

Early in the morning, as the sky barely brightened.

Qin Yuesheng woke up the young men in the village hall to set off. Today’s goal was clear: to locate any sign of spider habitats near Pengqiao Village.

The saying goes, "Remove the grass, eliminate the roots." If the spider nest isn’t destroyed, Pengqiao Village will continuously be under threat from spiders.

"Young Master Qin, where should we look for that spider nest?"

Someone asked Qin Yuesheng.

"Anywhere around this area of Pengqiao Village that you can climb, go up and take a look. You might find traces of spider activity."

"Oh."

After giving instructions, Qin Yuesheng took the lead himself. He possessed Lightweight Skill, making it easy to reach places that would take ordinary people a long time to climb.

The surrounding cliffs of the basin where Pengqiao Village is located are covered with pine trees and vines growing vigorously in the stone crevices, along with many flowers and grasses.

When there is nowhere to stand, those pine trees become Qin Yuesheng’s perfect stepping points.

Climbing swiftly like an agile monkey, Qin Yuesheng soon reached the top of the cliff, and surprisingly, it was a natural forest on top.

Qin Yuesheng’s face showed slight concern. Finding a spider nest in this forest was not going to be easy.

But worrying won’t help, since he’s here, he must fulfill his responsibility, and Qin Yuesheng proceeded into the dense forest.

For unexplained reasons, there was not a single sound in the forest.

Insect chirps, bird calls... not a sound could be heard.

The silence was eerie.

Qin Yuesheng kept his right hand on the hilt of the Evil-Subduing Saber, ready to draw the sword at any sign of danger.

As he went deeper into the forest, the view suddenly opened up to a clearing, revealing a grass field with a circular altar standing in the center.

The altar was about half a person high, with a color of white tinged with yellow, and shaped like an arched bridge at the top.

Approaching closer, he noticed the altar was covered in many dried blood stains, little by little, like blossoming peach flowers.

Tapping lightly on the altar with the Evil-Subduing Saber, visible black mist rose from the altar, but it quickly dispersed.

"This has been touched by ghosts or supernatural entities," Qin Yuesheng said, sheathing his sword.

"It seems the spider problem in Pengqiao Village is not as simple as it appears. Spiders wouldn’t build altars."

Qin Yuesheng leaped onto the surrounding treetops, speeding up his exploration.

Moving hundreds of steps north of the altar, Qin Yuesheng was about to leap onto a nearby tree trunk.

Suddenly, in mid-air, his body halted as if suspended, stopping in the air.

Upon closer look, Qin Yuesheng found himself stuck in a web so fine it was like a strand of hair.

The spider silk was almost transparent and impossible to detect without close contact.

"What strong adhesion." Qin Yuesheng attempted to break the web but found his hands firmly glued, unable to free himself.

Just then, as the web vibrated due to Qin Yuesheng’s presence, several large spiders with green shells, comparable to the size of an octagonal table, emerged from behind the surrounding trees.

They stepped onto the web, crawling straight toward Qin Yuesheng along the web’s strands.

Seeing them drawing closer, Qin Yuesheng suddenly twisted his body, pulling the web along with him.

The ends of the web attached to nearby trunks snapped, dragging Qin Yuesheng and the spiders down toward the grass below.

In a split second, Qin Yuesheng drew the Evil-Subduing Saber to swiftly slice and clear the web sticking to him, cutting through the fine spider threads.

He then dashed forward, slaughtering the spiders one by one; though unusually sized, they posed little threat against a Martial Artist like Qin Yuesheng.

Specifically letting one escape, Qin Yuesheng did not rush, discreetly following it.

In a forest as vast as this, finding a spider nest was difficult, but with a ’guide’ to lead the way, it became much easier.

Tracking the spider through the chaotic forest paths, Qin Yuesheng finally arrived under a giant tree.

The tree had long died, but surprisingly beneath it, there was a ground hole, pitch-black and unlit, obscuring the view inside.

"Seems like this is the spider nest, not too far from Pengqiao Village." Qin Yuesheng tore off a strip of cloth from his sleeve, wrapping it around his hand.

He tied the Evil-Subduing Saber tightly to his hand, preventing the sword from falling.

After completing everything, Qin Yuesheng immediately walked into the underground cave.

The further he walked underground, the darker it became, until it was so dark that he couldn’t see his fingers in front of his face. Qin Yuesheng had to light a firestick, while his ears focused intently on the sounds around him.

Krack!

Suddenly, a sound of crawling came from above Qin Yuesheng’s head, without thinking, he swung his saber backwards, splitting a spider into two halves, its lifeless body fell to the ground.

Qin Yuesheng shook off the liquid from his saber and continued deeper.

Soon, a wide stone cavern suddenly appeared, filled with spider eggs of various sizes. A massive blood-red spider lay on the ground, its mouth spinning silk around a man who had been dead for a long time, his stiff body covered with corpse spots.

Once the corpse was wrapped, the blood-red spider placed the silk cocoon aside and continued working.

This spider, even while lying down, was over seven feet tall, its entire body smooth as jade, with eight spider legs like jade spears.

"Could this creature be the source of all spiders?" Qin Yuesheng mused, then stepped out from his hiding place.

Regardless of whether this blood-red spider is the source, it must be eliminated. Such a bizarre spider would undoubtedly become a menace in the future if left in the world.

Upon seeing Qin Yuesheng’s appearance, the blood-red spider’s eight eyes shifted entirely, its mouth pincers clicking, entering an alert state.

Frightening sounds emanated from its mouth, and suddenly, dense crawling sounds came rushing in from outside the cavern, sending a shiver down one’s spine.

With the arrow already drawn, there was no turning back. Qin Yuesheng didn’t care how many spiders were approaching from outside, he charged forward, saber in hand, intending to slay the blood-red spider on the spot.

Whoosh!

Yet the blood-red spider didn’t plan to surrender, immediately opening its mouth to spray a white silk web, which Qin Yuesheng quickly dodged.

Seeing its bloated figure, it seemed too heavy to move, which was good news for Qin Yuesheng.

After all, a stationary target is far easier to deal with than a moving one.

Seeing Qin Yuesheng’s saber coming down, a slash mark instantly appeared on the spider, injured by the saber’s wind, but just as the Evil-Subduing Saber was about to chop into the spider’s body, suddenly its back started to wriggle, and a figure emerged from within.

Snap!

Suddenly, a pair of white as jade hands caught Qin Yuesheng’s saber with bare hands.

It was a woman with hollow eyes.

"What?!" Qin Yuesheng was shocked. Although he didn’t use full strength, the power behind this strike wasn’t small either, yet she caught it so effortlessly?

The woman had disheveled hair, snow-white skin, but her entire body had the same bizarre blood-red shell as the spider.

Most importantly, the woman only had an upper body, her lower body was fused with the blood-red spider.

Swish!

The woman struck back quickly, gripping the saber blade in one hand, her other arm thrust like a spear towards Qin Yuesheng’s throat, fingertips together.

Her fingernails were an ominous dark green, clearly dangerous; Qin Yuesheng couldn’t let her touch him, immediately he used a crane technique to strike away her arm, fingers like hooks, fiercely piercing into the woman’s wrist, forcibly severing her tendons.

The woman let out a wretched scream from the severe injury, Qin Yuesheng seized the chance to pull back his saber, immediately slashing out multiple waves of saber energy.

In an instant, the blood-red spider’s back was covered with new wounds, Qin Yuesheng kicked out with dragon-like power, striking the woman right in the face, displacing her features with great force.

Whoosh!

Catching an opening, Qin Yuesheng thrust his saber into her chest, violently twisting it for maximum damage.

The blood-red spider howled miserably, the woman’s injury seemed to affect it greatly, Qin Yuesheng gripped the saber tightly with both hands, slicing in reverse direction.

Swoosh!

The woman was instantly split from chest to neck, collapsing into two halves.

The blood-red spider went berserk, egg after egg flowed from its abdomen, hatching into large black tarantulas in the blink of an eye.

They fiercely crawled towards Qin Yuesheng, along with numerous spiders flooding in from outside the cavern, some large some small, some bright some pitch black, it was indeed a spider nest.

Qin Yuesheng rapidly ran his Qi cultivation technique, grabbing the woman’s waist tightly and forcibly extracted her from the spider’s back.

Her lower body was a mass of purple-red nerves, with a throbbing green heart at the nerve endings.

With the heart removed, the blood-red spider immediately lost its ability to move. To ensure caution, Qin Yuesheng chopped off its head with one swift stroke, then carried the woman’s body and the heart, racing towards the cavern’s exit at full speed.

"Move."

Encountering numerous obstructing spiders on the path, Qin Yuesheng swung his saber non-stop, carving a straight path leading outside the cavern.

Every spider in his saber’s path was sliced to bits with no resistance.

Retracing his steps at lightning speed, Qin Yuesheng quickly emerged from the cave, the bright light returning to his sight.