Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Essence of Bloodline

The so-called Colossus was a towering puppet made entirely of stone blocks, roughly the height of a three-story building. As for the Mercury Spider, it crouched on a patch of green within the residential complex, its mere presence sending chills down one’s spine. This boss resembled an enlarged spider, scarcely smaller than the Colossus—eight legs, its black body bristling with stiff hairs, marked by streaks of brown and red.

Its densely packed eyes, countless like stars, covered its head, while its mouth housed churning, meat-grinding mandibles—every detail screamed danger.

Clearly, this spider was more formidable than the Colossus.

Yan Luo rode the ten-legged horse, which spewed nitrogen gas, stirring fierce gusts and dust, and charged first at the Colossus.

With a slash of the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade on the Colossus’s thigh, the grinding sound was so grating it made one’s teeth ache. Deep cracks appeared among the stone blocks of the leg, and a cascade of rubble tumbled down. Cream Chocolate sped past at a velocity far exceeding that of a motorcycle, howling through the air before dashing back again.

The Guan Yu persona skillfully maneuvered the steed, galloping back and forth.

After striking the Colossus twice, he deliberately abandoned this silicon-based boss.

Too tough!

If he kept chopping, the Spring and Autumn saber would be ruined in no time.

Moreover, the Colossus’s defense was exceedingly high. Even with Cream Chocolate’s current speed, the impact from the blade could only carve a crack just over a foot deep. The Colossus’s legs were like towering Doric stone columns.

The Colossus could almost be considered the equivalent of the “Ancient Apparition” in Dota.

Yan Luo no longer provoked the Colossus but instead went after the Mercury Spider.

On the high ground, Chen Beixue summoned water elemental lifeforms and buffed Dong Qing, Pork Rong, and Liu San Dao with self-healing enhancements. The three fighters and five Mars creatures fought fiercely atop the hill. The crystal nexus, equipped with self-defense capabilities, functioned like a large defensive tower, making their battle arduous.

Yan Luo faced off against the Mercury Spider.

Fortunately, the battlefield was a vast meadow, spacious enough for high-speed maneuvers. Cream Chocolate charged like a racing car, cutting through intense gusts. Squinting slightly, Yan Luo wielded the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade with all his might, delivering a fierce blow to the eight-legged spider.

“Let me fix your feet a bit!”

With a sweeping arc of the Six Harmonies Great Saber, a semicircle was drawn. At such high speed, the strike’s momentum was awe-inspiring. The two-meter-long blade left a lingering afterimage, its edge slicing through the air, drawing a horizontal white line.

“Swoosh...”

Amid the piercing wind, one of the spider’s legs was effortlessly severed, a massive wound gaping open, oozing viscous fluid. Instantly, the once motionless boss on the grass erupted into fury.

This giant spider, besides its eight legs, bore two enormous crab-like pincers, each as large as a car. A single swing of these pincers could crush anything—despite the spider’s exoskeletal armor, Cream Chocolate would be instantly killed if struck, and even Guan Yu, with his superior physique, might be smashed into a pulp.

Luckily, the Guan Yu persona possessed masterful riding skills, and Cream Chocolate had been modified with six accelerators simultaneously emitting blue-flamed nitrogen jets, propelling it instantly a hundred meters away. Then, it turned sharply and charged back once more.

“Here I come again!”

“Let me fix your feet again!”

Using the Three Talents Fierce Tremor technique, Yan Luo wielded the great saber with shockwave force, not only opening another wound but fracturing an entire spider leg, from which blood, foam, and shredded flesh spilled.

The Mercury Spider counterattacked, but Yan Luo retreated once more.

Like an arrow loosed from a bow, Yan Luo darted back and forth, unleashing every move of the Ten Directions Staff Technique. This was also an opportunity to hone Guan Yu’s staff skills during battle, but more importantly, it trained the shockwave, explosive, spiral, and penetrating forces—the various forms of power.

Staff techniques could be discarded, but these forces, whether in hand-to-hand combat or wielding weapons, were always indispensable.

The spider fought desperately with its massive pincers, turning the meadow into a shattered wasteland, cracked and torn as if ravaged by an earthquake.

Onlookers from the upper floors watched with bated breath. This “Lord Guan” galloped recklessly, charging back and forth—one hit would mean death. It was as if he danced on the edge of a blade!

Yet to Yan Luo, though the scene seemed perilous, he remained as steady as an old dog—like the character Yan Chixia played by Jacky Cheung in the film “A Chinese Ghost Story 3,” who used esoteric arts to taunt the Black Mountain Demon’s first form: the temple.

At the crystal nexus, Butcher, the Cook, and Dong Qing fought fiercely under Chen Beixue’s nurturing support. Meanwhile, Yan Luo, channeling the Ten Directions Staff Technique to power his great saber, methodically wounded each of the spider’s eight legs. With deep cuts on every limb, the boss’s immense weight caused its body to collapse.

Just as Yan Luo prepared to continue steadily whittling away the giant creature’s life with razor-sharp strikes, a sudden, deadly threat emerged.

Within the spider’s fang-like mouthparts, a stream of milky-white viscous liquid erupted forth. Upon contact with the air, the liquid immediately solidified into thick strands of silk, weaving into a dense web that enveloped them.

Spinning silk was the spider’s innate gift.

Turning away was impossible—Yan Luo was charging headlong at the spider with momentum.

Guan Yu’s normally narrowed eyes suddenly widened. In an instant, Yan Luo abandoned the horse. The next moment, Cream Chocolate was ensnared completely by the spider’s massive web. However, six nitrogen accelerators were mounted at the horse’s rear.

They ignited, spewing fiery jets that generated powerful thrust. Wrapped by spider silk, the horse leapt away as Yan Luo jumped free. A pull, combined with the original airflow, sent his body soaring.

Like the famed “Rocket Punch” from robot battles, this was now a “Rocket Horse,” hurtling fiercely toward the Mercury Spider boss.

This horse bore a half-meter-long horn on its head!

“Hiss...”

The spider emitted a pained screech as the web-bound Cream Chocolate launched upward, smashing into one of the spider’s enormous eyes. The crystalline lens shattered like glass, shards exploding outward as a fountain of ocular fluid gushed forth.

For any creature—even the Eyeball Clan—eyes are their most vulnerable spots, and the Mercury Spider was no exception. Cream Chocolate’s six nitrogen thrusters propelled fierce flames, providing the necessary thrust. Guan Yu, a towering two-meter-tall man wielding a 38-pound Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, had long left the horse’s back. Already airborne and entangled in silk, the horse was wildly unstable.

“Boom!”

The rocket horse plunged directly into the spider’s eye as if diving into a swamp. More than five meters of its body disappeared inside, leaving only its rump visible, encircled by blazing nitrogen jets.

Behind the eye lay the brain and nerves.

Enraged, the Mercury Spider spat silk, attempting to ensnare Yan Luo and the horse together, intending to drag them into its mouth to devour. Instead, it sealed its own doom.

“This horse’s life has truly reached its peak now...” Yan Luo pondered.

The dead Mercury Spider dissolved into points of light, leaving behind a strange object.

A liquid substance enveloped in radiant light.

The liquid was flat and disc-like, resembling red blood cells—eerily so.

Upon picking it up, Yan Luo realized it was the most valuable item a boss could drop:

Bloodline!

“Bloodline Substance: Spider.”