They were almost at the entrance of the cave, Xiao Hanshui and Xiao Zhennan were both somewhat excited, after walking for a while, at the end of the Red Blood Tree, a dark cave indeed appeared.

  The cave was located on the slanting lower side of the mountain wall, its location was very secretive, it was extremely lucky for Xiao Jia to discover this cave, unfortunately they didn't have enough strength, otherwise the earth spirit fruit below wouldn't have fallen into Qin Lingyun's hands.

  The entrance of the cave can hold two people and enter in a row. From the outside, it is basically impossible to see things inside, but monks are different from ordinary people. They don't have eyesight, but they can perceive things around them very clearly, even more clearly and reliably than what they can see with their eyes. Therefore, most monks are used to releasing their divine consciousness to check out the surroundings.

  Qin Lingyun's spiritual awareness probed into the cave, which was very irregular inside. Various rugged stones were combined together, with only a winding small path in the middle that led all the way to the underground of the mountain belly. Even with the range of her spiritual awareness, she could only explore a short distance.

  "Is there any other danger in here besides the cave spiders?" Qin Lingyun asked before entering the cave.

  Xiao Hanshui and Xiao Zhennan both thought for a moment subconsciously, saying in unison: "There's no other danger."

  Xiao Hanshui said, "Last time we kept going all the way until we saw the cave spider before we encountered any danger. However, those cave spiders were strange, they seemed to have sensed our arrival but didn't come out to chase us."

  Qin Lingyun no longer hesitated and slowly said: "Since that's the case, let's go in and take a look."

  The vampire lion beast standing by was the first to rush in, and it was the best choice for it to take the lead, because including Qin Lingyun, those present were the strongest in terms of vampire lion beasts' strength, and if they encountered any danger, they could respond more easily.

  All the way, as Xiao's brothers said, there was no danger. The winding and curved path had an uneven surface, which looked like a naturally formed cave rather than one that had been artificially excavated.

  After walking for more than half a time, the terrain became increasingly downward. Qin Lingyun suddenly smelled a fishy smell, and Xingdi's eyes flashed with a hint of solemnity: "Be careful, there is a strange aura below, I feel a sense of danger."

  "Isn't that just a cave spider? This monster is only a mid-tier creature, even if there are twenty or so of them, they shouldn't pose much danger." Qin Lingyun said with some doubt.

  "If it were just a cave spider, I would have sensed its presence. But what I feel doesn't seem to be that of a cave spider."

  "Are there any other powerful demons? If their strength far surpasses mine, I'll withdraw immediately." Exceeding one's own strength by a little and going all out is courage. But if the difference in strength is too great, continuing to fight would not be courage, but foolishness.

  Xingdi shook his head: "It won't exceed too much, absolutely not reaching the standard of a second-order demon beast's aura."

  A second-rate lower demon beast is equivalent to the foundation-building period of a human cultivator. When encountering such an opponent, Qin Lingyun had no power to resist except for running away in advance.

  At first, I was able to wound He Taiching because of the power of the Emerald Jade Hairpin combined with the absorption of a large amount of heavenly and earthly energy, as well as He Taiching's lack of defense. Now, it is likely that the Emerald Jade Hairpin will be difficult to summon again, and facing a second-tier demon beast head-on, there is not a single chance of winning.

  "There's no need to fear without a second-order demonic beast, the Earth Spirit Fruit is too important, it's worth risking everything for." Qin Lingyu finally decided to move forward.

  Of course, the exchange between Qin Lingyun and Xingdi was unknown to the Xiao brothers. Until now, the Xiao brothers still did not know that inside this cave there were not only ground spider worms but also another force.

  Because of the smell of stench, Qin Lingyun knew that it was not far from the bottom of the cave below.

  As expected, after turning a corner, the scene in front of her suddenly became clear and bright. A vast space appeared before her eyes. Qin Lingyun saw such a huge underground space for the first time and couldn't help but secretly admire the creator's ingenuity.

  A faint light that had seeped in from somewhere in the underground space illuminated the entire space, making everything visible to the naked eye without needing spiritual awareness.

  In the underground space, there was a small pond with a large amount of cold air emanating from it. A group of strange and mysterious creatures were gathered around the pond.

  These demonic beasts looked like black spiders, but were much larger in size, each one as big as a small round table. With a sweep of his divine sense, he counted twenty-one heads, looking very majestic.

  This monster is the Ground Spider Worm, a mid-grade demon beast. It has sharp claws and teeth, as well as swift speed, and can also spit out a toxic gas that can cause paralysis throughout the body with just one inhalation.

  As soon as Qin Lingyun and a few others walked in, the cave spiders that were originally quietly crawling on the ground immediately cast their eyes over there.

  Among the twenty-one tarantulas, there was one that was slightly larger than the others. The carapaces of the other tarantulas were light brown in color, while this one was light black.

  Upon seeing this giant spider, a hint of shock appeared in Xiao Hanshui's eyes, and even the simple-minded Xiao Zhennan felt a thread of fear.

  "The last time there wasn't a cave spider." Xiao Hanshui's voice had some chill in it.

  Qin Lingyun's gaze was also drawn to the ground hole spider, all of which had the possibility of advancing, and once advanced, not only would their strength greatly increase, but they might also give rise to some special abilities, and that ground hole spider was an advanced elder-level ground hole spider.

  At this time, the old earth cave spider monster let out a strange scream, and five of them separated from the other twenty earth cave spiders and rushed towards Qin Lingyun and the others.

  Among them, two of them rushed towards the blood-sucking lion beast, while the other three rushed towards Qin Lingyun, Xiao Hanshui and Xiao Zhennan. This clear division of labor shows that the wisdom of the ground spider worm elder is not low.

  Twenty powerful ground spider worms, coupled with the command of a ground spider worm elder, made them even more terrifying. At this moment, Xiao Hanshui and Xiao Zhennan both regretted not going to find more Taoist friends to come, although Qin Lingyun had shown her strength before, but facing the current predicament, it was likely to be difficult to break through.

  "Xingdi, didn't you say the danger wasn't great? A single Cave Spider Elder commanding so many Cave Spiders, with such terrifying strength, I'm really going to die at your hands." Qin Lingyun complained.

  "The Earth Cave Spider Elder is only a first-class upper-grade existence and is not invincible," said Xingdi.

  Qin Lingyun gritted her teeth and said, "Xingdi, you're ruthless!" She slapped her storage bag, and the black awn transformed into a black light that collided with the incoming earth cave spider.

  The outer shell of the cave spider insect emitted a grayish-brown glow, repelling the dark light, and at the same time, it sprayed out a green toxic gas.

  Qin Lingyun didn't have time to bicker with Xingdi, she flipped her palm and quickly tore a small golden talisman, forming a small golden shield outside her body. At the same time, her spiritual power surged, throwing out three small fireball talismans.

  Three small fireballs flew out in the shape of a commodity character, and the ground cave spider suddenly bent its body, and the fireballs all fell into empty space. Compared to these very fast monsters, the effect of those talismans was already very small, because it was difficult to hit them.

  Qin Lingyun's fingers formed a seal, and she continuously shot ice arrows at the Ground Hole Spider, her own magic being slower than releasing talismans but more agile. After shooting several ice arrows in a row, one of them finally hit the Ground Hole Spider.

  Whether it's an ice arrow or a dark cone, after hitting the ground hole spider, they can make the gray-brown light on their bodies dimmer. Obviously, as long as you continue to hit, the gray-brown light on the back of the ground hole spider will disappear, and relying solely on the shell of the ground hole spider is not enough to withstand Qin Lingyun's attack.

  At that time when Qin Lingyun was fighting alone with a ground hole spider, both Qin Hanshui and Qin Zhennan were also dealing with one ground hole spider each.

  Qin Lingyun was relatively relaxed, the constant attacks made it impossible for the cave spider to get close to her, and the poisonous gas sprayed out had dissipated far away. However, Qin Hanshui and Qin Zhennan were not so relaxed.

  Qin Zhen's large sword shone with a dazzling light, constantly colliding with the earth cave spider's hard shell. This close-range attack looked very thrilling, but it was also extremely dangerous. The earth cave spider's sharp front claws kept grasping at the large sword, causing Qin Zhen's body to tremble with each blow.

  Qin Hanshui was in a similar predicament, he released a flame, but it was dodged by the cave spider. He then struck out with his jade ruler, which temporarily slowed down the cave spider's advance. However, his cultivation was only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and his spiritual energy was limited. He couldn't kill the cave spider within a certain period of time, and once his spiritual energy was depleted, he would be in grave danger.

  The easiest one was the Vampire Lion Beast. Although two Burrowing Spider Worms attacked it at the same time, they couldn't get close to it before the Vampire Lion Beast had already burrowed underground, and the Burrowing Spider Worms were unable to attack it.

  Suddenly, the bloodthirsty lion beast emerged from under a burrowing spider's body, and that burrowing spider's body was struck by the sharp fangs on top. Although it didn't immediately penetrate the gray-brown light, with one strike, the gray-brown light had already diminished by more than half. When another burrowing spider was about to charge over, the bloodthirsty lion beast once again dove underground.

  Two ground spiders were cautiously running back and forth on top, afraid that the blood-sucking lion beast would drill out from underneath.

  At this time, the gray-brown light on the body of the ground spider that Qin Lingyun was dealing with had almost dissipated, but her gaze turned to the motionless old ground spider.

  She found it strange that the cave spiders didn't swarm up, but instead most of them didn't move. Her gaze fell on the edge of the cold pool, where in a narrow crevice on the mountain wall grew a strange plant with grey leaves shaped like hearts, and seven or eight earth-yellow fruits growing at the top, emitting a strong spiritual energy. That was the Earth Spirit Fruit that grew in extremely yin places.

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