Chapter 531: Chapter 346: Black Spider! [End of the month, asking for monthly passes!]_2
No more coming out!
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"Friend, please stop!"
’Black Spider’ listened to the voice behind him, his footsteps quickened, and he shot out silver threads even faster. Like a wraith, he weaved through the iron-gridded neighborhood in a desperate attempt to shake off his pursuer.
But!
No good!
The other person was like a shadow, impossible to shake off!
"Friend!"
"I truly mean no harm!"
The person’s voice was ethereal, causing his inner Qi-Blood to churn, impeding his movement, far from his usual fluidity.
"This is insane!"
"I must get to Dawn Canyon quickly, or I’m doomed!"
’Black Spider’ pushed himself to the limit, bursting out with all his might.
But it was still too slow.
"Friend, my apologies!"
’Black Spider’ only heard a shadowy figure whispering in his ear. Then, a gust of wind struck, halting his Qi-Blood with acupoint strikes, making it impossible to activate his Qinggong; even the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’ on his wrist was rendered useless.
He was just about to leap onto a rooftop over thirty meters high, but his spider silk was cut by a Flying Knife, causing him to fall from mid-air. Yet, the man gently pushed him into an abandoned open-air workshop.
’Black Spider’ stiffened and looked towards the newcomer, a young man with striking features and an air of eminence. There was another youth behind him, exuding righteousness.
"Who are you?" Tan Zhen asked, feeling a sense of doom.
The newcomers were none other than Yan Chuan and Wang Zhengyi.
In the Back Street.
Yan Chuan initially just wanted to use the ’Star Stone’s’ ’Gravity Domain’ in a crowded place to make a small activation, hoping to scare the snake and see if there were any hidden masters or Abnormal people among the travelers.
After all.
Masters! Abnormal people!
Since they chose to hide their identities, most would not lack vigilance—
Tensed for a false alarm!
Frightened bird!
Yan Chuan thought it might be serendipitous to try, and unexpectedly, he really netted a big catch.
"Black Spider?"
"The Dark Hero?"
Yan Chuan heard someone call out this bandit name, but with little understanding of Red Moon City, neither he nor Wang Zhengyi knew which faction ’Black Spider’ belonged to—
Abnormal People Hall?
Shining Star Society?
Or Debt Collectors?
It couldn’t possibly be the ’White Bird Hall’. That was Red Moon City’s strongest organization, known for confronting problems head-on, and certainly not this person’s style.
This person clearly wasn’t one of them.
"Who exactly are you?" Tan Zhen was also baffled.
Ordinary people have no contact with the world of martial masters and Abnormal people, so it’s understandable to mistake him for ’Black Spider’. Yet, with these two possessing such extraordinary Qinggong and martial mastery, they obviously weren’t ordinary. They should know that ’Black Spider’ is not a lone hero, not an individual—
Black Spider!
It’s a mysterious and tightly-knit supernatural organization!
Based on the Qinggong "Silver Silk Flying Spider" and the exotic Black Spider Set, it made a name for itself in Red Moon City, standing strong for over a decade. Up to now, no one knows who the leader of ’Black Spider’ is, where its headquarters are, or who makes up its high ranks!
Everything is unclear!
Even the members themselves are unclear.
Like Tan Zhen—
"I inexplicably joined ’Black Spider’, and I’m still completely in the dark. My superior gave me a scroll of ’Silver Silk Flying Spider’ Qinggong’s secret manual, and a ’Spider Silk Bracelet’, nothing else. Oh, and the organizational charter!"
Tan Zhen’s resolve was weak, and his loyalty to the organization was insufficient. He spilled everything before Yan Chuan and others even began the formal questioning.
Very cooperative!
Yan Chuan slightly frowned.
Black Spider!
Not an individual, but an organization?
"Exactly!"
"Within the ’Black Spider’, members are divided into several levels based on the amount of equipment they possess. Someone like me, who just started cultivating ’Silver Silk Flying Spider’ and only owns a ’Spider Silk Bracelet’, is just a low-level, peripheral member."
"Further up are members who own two ’Spider Silk Bracelets’ and are considered regular members."
"Those with ’Spider Feather Wings’ are intermediate members."
"Those with a ’Spider Battle Suit’ are high-level members."
"Only those with a ’Black Spider Belt’ are core members."
Although Tan Zhen is only a peripheral member of ’Black Spider’, through his superior and his investigations via various channels, he gained some understanding of the organization. However, this understanding primarily pertained to the different standard equipment and basic hierarchy of ’Black Spider’. The specifics, such as the leader or the headquarters, remained unknown.
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"Spider Silk Bracelet, Spider Feather Wings, Spider Battle Suit, Black Spider Belt!"
"They form a complete ’Black Spider Set’."
Yan Chuan took the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’ from Tan Zhen’s hand. He noticed a tiny groove in the bracelet—
"The ability of the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’ needs ’Spider Silk Liquid’ to fully function. The ’Spider Silk Liquid,’ activated through the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’, can serve as an offensive weapon, and the threads can attach to most objects. This is the foundation for executing ’Silver Silk Flying Spider’. The silk is extremely flexible, heat-resistant, and dissolves automatically an hour after it is ejected."
A small bracelet, yet full of capabilities!
The leader of ’Black Spider’, who created such exotic treasures, indeed has a fertile imagination.
Additionally—
"Spider Silk Liquid!"
The activation and usage of the ’Black Spider Set’ entirely depend on this consumable ’Spider Silk Liquid’. Without the ’Spider Silk Liquid’, the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’ and other parts of the set become entirely useless."
Yan Chuan and Wang Zhengyi exchanged glances, both filled with awe.
The ’Black Spider’ organization, through the Qinggong "Silver Silk Flying Spider" and the ready-to-use ’Black Spider Set’, can swiftly create experts skilled in scaling walls and walking on roofs. Additionally, by controlling the usage of the ’Black Spider Set’ with ’Spider Silk Liquid’, they ensure that each ’Black Spider’ remains intricately tied to the organization, being incapable of leaving or betraying it as long they wish to maintain these skills and use this equipment.
"A genius indeed!"
Yan Chuan exclaimed in admiration!
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The ’Black Spider’ organization is tightly-knit, and its leader is deeply hidden. From just someone like Tan Zhen, a peripheral member, there’s no way to truly reach the core of the ’Black Spider’ organization.
Unless—
"I have here two secret manuals. You can take a part back, hand it over to the organization, or cultivate them yourself."
Yan Chuan picked up pen and paper, and with the help of the real-time translation system in Heavenly Ladder City, he transcribed parts of Yitian Poison Skill "Thousand Spider Poisonous Hand" and the Green Blood Sword’s Five Poison Sect Absolute Skill "Soft Red Spider Rope Skill" for Tan Zhen.
Both techniques are very formidable.
The "Thousand Spider Poisonous Hand" is a sinister evil sect technique. The training process is extremely arduous; it requires the practitioner to let colorful poisonous spiders consume the practitioner’s blood and infuse their venom into their bloodstream. The flower spider venom is entirely absorbed into the practitioner’s body, and the spider perishes, necessitating the replacement with a new spider.
Training with a hundred flower spiders only results in small success. To achieve deeper mastery requires training with thousands upon thousands.
This technique is incredibly powerful, but the deeper one trains, the more toxic substances accumulate in the body, causing the practitioner’s appearance to become uglier. This nature makes it less appealing to ordinary people of Great Yan and the Mountain and Sea Realm, especially to women who comprise eighty percent of those uninterested.
Yet in ’Red Moon City’, within the Twin City World where power is paramount, many do not fear an ugly appearance but only desire greater power.
Poison skills may be toxic!
But they are suitably fitting!
As for "Soft Red Spider Rope Skill", it is a martial art evolved from a spider web by the Five Poison Sect. The spider rope is long and multi-threaded, and over a dozen ropes can either attack enemies or protect oneself, creating an unbreakable cycle of attack and defense. When paired with the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’, a standardized exotic treasure of the ’Black Spider’ organization, it is a perfect match.
Both Absolute Skills are related to ’spiders’, perhaps enough to intrigue the higher-ups of the ’Black Spider’ organization.
However, merely these two Absolute Skills might not be attractive enough.
Yan Chuan weighed the ’Spider Silk Bracelet’ in his hand, smiled at Tan Zhen, and said: "This ’Spider Silk Bracelet’ still has room for improvement; leave it with me here. You can come back to retrieve it after three days."
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