?The spider moved nimbly through the frost tornado, letting the wind carry it while its head was always turned to Wu Long.

It soon formed icicles around it which shot at him, and he moved to evade, minding the second attack that came from a different direction.

“Hah, river runs East a mile, river runs We-… damn I really have spent too much time around General Feng, I’m slipping into habits of a dark past…”

Wu Long had a shiver go through him as he was making fun of the fact that his tactic against the alchemist was around the same as this spider’s against himself, and that the territorial advantage was flipped this time around.

Very distant memories of a certain period in his past life passing through his mind as he realized the phrase he was using. It was precisely because of this that his reaction to the way General Feng spoke was so strong.

“But…”

He swiftly evaded a thin thread which coiled around because of how fast the spider made circles around him.

“The difference is that I see you clearly”

Talismans spread on the snowy ground beneath him in concentric circles, while he moved to evade the attacks.

‘It’s cautious…’

He narrowed his eyes at the spider which continued to use long-range attacks and hiding in the blizzard instead of directly confronting him.

Wu Long did not have control over the new Rune, which he perceived as a Wind Rune and at the same time thought that it represented something far more profound.

And figuring it out now seemed like a poor strategy given that he still had to finish this within a reasonable time.

But given that his mobility was extremely limited within the freezing storm the spider held an overwhelming territorial advantage there, and its cautious nature made it hard to catch. .𝘤𝘰

“But… you have something to protect”

Wu Long smiled as his senses captured the movement of the Spider no matter where it was. His eyes turned to the three crystals in the center of the clearing, and then he moved toward it.

“Haha, what, panicking?”

Wu Long chuckled narrowly dodging the suddenly increasing barrage of attacks which looked more like indiscriminate area cover than the precise targeted strikes before. His figure was passing among the attacks with graceful and deft movements.

“Tripple Chain Prison”

The moment the spider finally decided to make a direct attack and lunged at him from within the blizzard, Spiritual Qi chains flew out from the rapidly spreading array on the ground in three sets of six chains, wrapping around the spider’s legs while Wu Long moved toward it with his spear.

However, the spider slightly shrank in size, using that to move it’s legs out of the chains which momentarily lost the grip on it and continued its movement forward with no impediment.

“Tch, as I thought… Six-Way Lock Array!”

Wu Long’s hand formed a hand seal and six talismans formed speres of bluish light around the spider in a vertical circle around its torso.

*Clang!!!*

But only managed to stop it for a split second before the collar-like array circle broke into shards of light.

“Walls of Light”

That moment, however, was enough for six walls to form around the beast in a cube while a formation activated below which controlled the walls.

“Six-Way Lock Array chain”

The locking arrays appeared around the beast in concentric circles with different angles from each other, a total of 75 of them.

There also were smaller ones around it’s legs, three for each leg bringing the total to 99.

“Instant Penetration Enhancement”

Wu Long’s figure flashed beneath the beast and he threw the spear in his hand up, utilizing the technique to increase penetrating power on it, disappearing without waiting for it to hit its mark and appearing above with a halberd he once gratefully received from Nie You, throwing it down on the course to collide with the spear with the beast’s head in between them with the same technique imbued on it’s edge.

The two weapons passed the glowing walls set up around the beast and struck it’s hard shell, sparks flying from the collision.

Wu Long’s figure freely falling from the position he was in above after throwing the halberd started passing past the front of the beast, looking into its multiple eyes as he formed hand seals with both hands.

Talismans which were attached to the poles of both weapons lit up, as glowing arrays appeared around them in circles.

The two weapons started spinning in opposite directions, as a drill-like Spiritual Qi imbued on the blades was enhanced.

“Shit… hard fella aren’t you? Let’s see how durable that shell is really…”

He chuckled, seeing only sparks produced but no damage was done to the shell, while cracks started appearing on the arrays he set up to lock the beast in place. .

He knew that the eyes were actually harder than the shell, but looked much more vulnerable which was this species’ trap as it had deadly spikes which could grow around its eyes.

*Screeech!!!*

The beast screeched again, as it glowed trying to expand or shrink again, at the same time increasing the strength with which it tried to break free.

More talismans flew out and started rotating in many circles around the weapons, linking into arrays as a giant cylindric formation formed around the beast stretching high into the sky.

“Heaven and Earth Piercing Formation”

Wu Long’s hands locked together as his eyes glowed with the same bluish light as his formations.

The entire formation emitted a bright glow, and blue arcs of electricity run around both weapons.

His pupils narrowed and with a grin he used the Lightning Rune to increase the lightning that appeared naturally from friction.

The sound of thunder resounded as the two weapons instantly passed from both sides, meeting in the middle and the spear ripped the already damaged from strain and lightning halberd into shreds, flying into the sky.

“Fuu~”

Wu Long stood with his hands still locked together, breathing out a long breath which turned into white steam as his eyes reflected the corpse of the beast falling to the ground among the glowing shards of formations and arrays, since it managed to free itself at the very last moment.

“Tch”

He clicked his tongue, feeling a pang of pain from the side of his torso where an icicle sent by the spider made a wound. He then stood up in a more relaxed pose, and raised his arm to catch the spear that fell down after being in the air for quite some time while circulating the Chaos Refining Body Tempering Art.

“Well, at least you’re generous”

He approached the beast, chuckling as he first used steel wires to remove the core through the wound in its head, and then took the whole corpse which slightly shrank revealing that the beast’s actual size was a 4-meter in leg diameter spider.

Turning to the crystals, he moved toward them and took two of the three large ones, leaving one in place, and then moved through the frost tornado back to the ladies who waited for him.

Though he made a quick stop in the fog to change his outer robes for a new set.

“Wu Long!”

Hua Ziyan came up to him as soon as he showed up, bringing a smile into his eyes.

“You can have this, Prime Disciple Xue”

Wu Long then took out one of the crystals he took, causing a complicated look to appear in the eyes of the icy beauty.

“I am incredibly grateful, Daoist Wu… but I cannot accept something this precious which you fought for”

“Haha, I have another one I took for Luxiao so don’t take it as too high of a burden”

“Still, even if that is true, I… I can’t give you anything in return”

“You already did”

Wu Long smiled, as a set of turquoise eyes looking at him had a question appear in them.

“I would have never gotten the tremendous benefits if I did not head in there for you”

He shrugged his shoulders, both confirming that he did go in there for her sake, but at the same time providing her a reasoning to accept his gift.

Her eyes revealed a turmoil that was not present there usually as she stared into his.

“Haha, Prime Disciple Xue, please accept it.

It would be a good way to thank him for heading in there”

Hua Ziyan lightly laughed at his side, nodding to the beautywith encouragement while the Core Disciples behind held their breaths. They had no experience in the matters between men and women, but were not oblivious enough to not recognize what was happening in front of their eyes.

“… In that case, I gratefully accept your gift, Daoist Wu. Please allow me to express sincere gratitude as both myself and a Prime Disciple of the Frozen Garden Palace”

Xue Bing hesitated for a moment, and as her cheeks revealed a very light rosy color, bowed with gratitude while the girls behind her squirmed in excitement.

“Now, it really is time to get to the mountain”

Wu Long chuckled, and the group moved out once more heading straight for the summit of the mountain they came from.

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