Chapter 514: Second Warlord

It turned out she had only pretended to let everyone go to make them lower their guard. With such formidable strength, she still resorted to such a trick! One had to admit, Black Spider was truly cunning.

Yaoyue was furious. "Black Spider!" she exclaimed. "Jiang Fan, give me one of those healing pills!"

Jiang Fan hesitated slightly, then took out a pill. "Are you sure your body can handle it?" he asked. At this moment, her broken bones hadn't even been set. No matter how miraculous the Rejuvenation Pill was, it couldn't instantly heal all injuries; it would take at least half an hour to take effect.

"None of your business!" Yaoyue retorted coldly.

If she weren't protecting Jiang Fan's life, she wouldn't be fighting her own people while severely injured. Regardless of victory or defeat in this battle, she would face enormous trouble, potentially even being accused of betraying the demon race. Only now did she truly understand the trouble caused by the Mind-Controlling Worm. If Jiang Fan was in danger, she had to save him no matter what, or she would die with him. The thought vexed her.

Black Spider sneered, "You want to fight me? Fine, I've long wanted to experience the capabilities of the new generation of priests!"

Whoosh—she blurred into an afterimage, launching a direct attack at Yaoyue.

Jiang Fan's mind stirred, and the massive body of the Nine-Headed Python slammed forward, forcing Black Spider to switch from offense to defense. Yaoyue, with excellent coordination, seized the opportunity to launch an attack. From her sleeve, a skull emitting death energy flew out, hurtling directly towards Black Spider.

Black Spider was attacked from both sides, yet she displayed incredibly formidable combat strength. With one hand, she blocked the Nine-Headed Python's collision, while with the other, she unleashed a dense spray of Hellfire Silk, shredding the approaching skull.

"Heh heh, nothing special..." Black Spider's words had just faded when the sky above her suddenly darkened as the Five-Magnet Mountain slammed down violently. Black Spider, who was mid-air, was struck straight down, half her body sinking into the ice. Her long hair immediately became disheveled, making her look slightly discomfited.

Black Spider, slightly annoyed, cursed, "Bastard!"

Poof—her words were still on her lips when a purple light flashed, and a long sword radiating unparalleled sharpness seized the opportunity to strike at her. Black Spider's expression changed slightly. She once again spewed out a mouthful of Hellfire Silk. Snap, snap, snap—the sound of snapping wires instantly echoed densely. The incredibly powerful Hellfire Silk was being severed one after another.

"What?" Black Spider was astonished. She hastily lifted the Five-Magnet Mountain, attempting to escape. But just at this moment, the Nine-Headed Python suddenly pressed down on the Five-Magnet Mountain. Its unparalleled weight pinned Black Spider down again, just as she was about to escape.

Unable to escape, she could only raise her eight legs, stacking them to protect herself. Splat—three spider legs were instantly severed.

"Hiss!" Black Spider gasped, but this only unleashed a surge of intense malevolence from her. "Human! You're dead!!" Black Spider roared, visible streams of blood-red light surging from her entire body. Her power experienced an explosive surge. With a powerful tremor, she blasted the Five-Magnet Mountain and the Nine-Headed Python flying. Then, she furiously charged at Jiang Fan, her eyes revealing a deep murderous intent.

The venerable Head of the Generals had actually had three legs severed by a mere Core Formation Realm Layer 2 human! This was outrageous!

Roar—Yaoyue continuously waved her sleeves, sending several skulls of death energy hurtling towards Black Spider. Black Spider opened her mouth and spewed out Hellfire Silk, which, being fire-attributed, was a natural bane to these death energies. It instantly pierced through the death energy, approaching within ten zhang of Jiang Fan. A mouthful of Hellfire Silk was about to pierce Jiang Fan straight through.

Meanwhile, the Five-Magnet Mountain and the Nine-Headed Python were far away, with no time to rescue him. Yaoyue cried out, wanting to step forward and block the attack, but it was too late! It seemed Jiang Fan would be killed in an instant. Suddenly!

A Soul-Stirring Thorn condensed between Jiang Fan's eyebrows and shot out in a flash. Black Spider immediately clutched her head and shrieked! Seizing this opportunity, the purple sword shot forward. Even with her soul damaged, Black Spider maintained a high level of combat awareness, rolling on the spot to dodge the fatal blow. At the same time, she let out a furious roar and unleashed a deadly attack of Hellfire Silk, covering the sky, towards Jiang Fan!

As the Hellfire Silk flew into the air, it seemed to hit a porous wall, unable to advance any further. Looking closely, many invisible transparent threads floated around Jiang Fan.

"You're not the only one with threads!" Jiang Fan coldly shouted, pulling his five fingers. Rip—the threads ambushed around her instantly tightened, forming a giant net that enveloped Black Spider from below upwards!

"Yaoyue!" Jiang Fan called out. Yaoyue was stunned for a moment. She never expected that the Head of the Generals would actually be suppressed by Jiang Fan. Hearing his call, she immediately understood. She rushed over and grabbed the Tianshan Silk. With Jiang Fan's physical strength, it would be impossible to control the Head of the Generals with the silk.

As she pulled hard, the incredibly sharp Tianshan Silk, like blades, sliced through Black Spider's skin and rapidly cut into her bones. The intense pain made Black Spider roar continuously, "Tianshan Silk! You actually have Tianshan Silk!!"

"Ah!" Angrily, she extended her remaining four legs and two arms, forcibly tearing the net open. Yaoyue, however, continuously pulled and tightened the net. Intense pain surged from her still-unhealed bones.

This scene completely stunned Leng Qingzhu and the other six. Jian Linyuan took a deep breath, a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes. "Now do you understand how much Jiang Junior Brother held back during your sparring matches?"

Leng Qingzhu secretly swallowed. Jiang Fan's series of tactics were absolutely terrifying! She couldn't handle any single one of them. When Jiang Fan sparred with her back then, he wasn't holding back; he simply hadn't been serious at all.

Shang Shiqiu also looked fearful. She had foolishly provoked him back then; if Jiang Fan had been a bit more ruthless, she would have been a corpse long ago. The remaining four disciples of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion were also greatly astonished. Who would have believed that a peerless demon general at the ninth layer of the Core Formation Realm could be suppressed by a mere human at the second layer of the Core Formation Realm! Although it was only temporary, it was still profoundly shocking.

Jian Linyuan said excitedly, "Junior Brother Jiang is working hard, so let's not hold him back! Let's assist the corpse army and kill as many demonic beasts as possible. Once the corpse army gains the upper hand, Black Spider won't be able to spare attention for Junior Brother Jiang! Perhaps we can even recreate the scene of the corpse army hunting down powerful demon cultivators!"

Everyone was invigorated. They immediately dispersed and entered the battlefield.

Black Spider clearly noticed the subtle changes occurring in the stalemated battlefield. More and more fallen demonic beasts couldn't hold on and were killed. The corpse army members who were freed up went to assist the other corpse puppets. The scales were tipping towards the corpse army. They couldn't delay any longer!

"Get lost!" Black Spider roared, and the mysterious blood energy surged from her body once more. With a powerful push from her four legs, she forcibly stretched open a gap in the Tianshan Silk net and leaped out. Inside Yaoyue's arms, cracking sounds of bone breaking were heard. Her already unhealed broken bones suffered even more severe fractures. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead from the pain, yet she gritted her teeth and unleashed a large amount of death energy again.

At the same time, the Five-Magnet Mountain and the Nine-Headed Python were also summoned by Jiang Fan, simultaneously blasting towards Black Spider. Facing the overwhelming bombardment, Black Spider became utterly enraged. "You want to play, do you? Fine! I'll play with you slowly!"

Terrifying demonic energy erupted like a tsunami, sending Jiang Fan and Yaoyue staggering back repeatedly. The attacking death energy, the Five-Magnet Mountain, and the Nine-Headed Python couldn't even get close for a moment. Jiang Fan was secretly alarmed. Was this the power of the Head of the Generals? It was simply not something an ordinary person could contend with!

What made him even more despairing was that Black Spider turned her head and shouted at a demonic beast far from the battlefield, "You've rested enough! Time to do some work!"

There was an ice hut on the demonic beast's back, with water splashing out of it from time to time. From within, a lazy sigh could be heard.

"Ah," the voice sighed. "I thought you could handle it alone." A demonic aura even more terrifying than Black Spider's shot up from the ice hut, forming a swirling demonic cloud in the sky.