I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 261 - 259: Shadow Spider Emperor

The frenzied Star Beast had lost its mind. Despite the disparity in strength, it incessantly launched attacks at Li Xing and Tang Dou.

However, their numbers were overwhelming, and many were poison-bearing Death Shadow Spiders. To prevent a sneak attack from below, Tang Dou used Elemental Power to build a waist-high dirt wall around the two of them. This way, they only needed to defend the upper half of the wall.

While whacking at the heads of Star Beasts like playing whack-a-mole, Tang Dou advised Li Xing: "Li Xing, you should return to the fortress, there are too many wounded. We need a Healing Master more!"

A third of the students fighting alongside him had already been reduced, and aside from those who died in battle, the rest were all severely wounded and withdrawn.

The casualties among the reservists were already this grim, and the regular army, which charged even further and more vigorously, had even worse—it’s beyond imagining. Tang Dou could easily think of how massive the number of injured inside the fortress must be now.

Tang Dou admitted that Li Xing’s martial prowess was strong, but her Healing Techniques were even more astonishing. Instead of staying here to help them slay Star Beasts, Tang Dou hoped more that she would go back and save more lives of Elemental Spirits.

Li Xing: "I came to complete the Healing Master mission, to find antidote ingredients."

Tang Dou’s eyes lit up: "Is it to cure Shadow Spider poison?" In Tang Dou’s squad, over a dozen members were bitten by Death Shadow Spiders. If Li Xing could find the ingredients to make an antidote, these classmates wouldn’t have to die!

"I’ll help you search!"

Li Xing: "I need to catch the Shadow Spider Emperor, the one several times larger than ordinary Death Shadow Spiders. The rescue team spotted it in this area."

Tang Dou: "Anything with legs can run, maybe it’s no longer here?"

Li Xing confidently replied, "No, the Shadow Spider Emperor is inherently lazy and dislikes movement. It coming here to participate in the beast tide is already surprising to me. I analyze it will very likely hide somewhere, directing its offsprings to hunt Elemental Spirits for it."

Tang Dou: "Then let’s fly up and take a look. The view from the ground is too poor."

Blocked by the permafrost cliff, the Ice and Snow Fierce Bear couldn’t come over. Although the blizzard wasn’t whipping up snow to obscure vision, Ice Plain Star Beasts usually had huge frames, sticking out like walls, making it indeed difficult to spot the Shadow Spider Emperor on the ground.

Just when Li Xing was about to use her half-learned Wind Rolling Dust Formation to take off, Master Tang wasted no time activating his portable jetpack, grasping her arm to lift her into the air.

This jetpack was like a lightweight backpack, not cumbersome at all, but its consumption of Energy Stones was several times that of a temperature-regulating talisman, unaffordable without sufficient financial power and strength.

Throughout the Star Beast Battlefield, people like Tang Dou who soared into the sky with jetpacks to combat were rare.

When it comes to money power, Master Dou is still the best.

Li Xing gave Tang Dou a thumbs up, and upon being praised, he once again revealed that rogue and charming expression with a hint of smugness.

Tang Dou had no spiritual power, so Li Xing wasn’t worried about being exposed. She released Divine Sense to encompass all the places where the Shadow Spider Emperor might be hiding, searching carefully.

Soon, Li Xing discovered the Shadow Spider Emperor’s whereabouts, pointing to a nearby frozen earth hill, "Dou Er, to there!"

"Alright!"

Tang Dou was past his rebellious phase and wasn’t being dramatic anymore. It had been so many years since he heard Li Xing call him "Dou Er," he even missed it.

Soon, Tang Dou pulled Li Xing along to land in front of the hill. There was a naturally formed cave, pitch black inside, with vague sounds of chewing.

Perhaps due to the looming pressure of the higher-order creature, there were no traces of low-level Star Beasts around the hill, forming an almost vacuum-like zone. Outside the cave lay five humanoid cocoons wrapped in spider silk, motionless in the snow.

"Damn, there are people!"

Tang Dou wanted to rush over to save them but was stopped by Li Xing, who shook her head at him. The Elemental fluctuations on these five individuals had vanished, with no trace of breath or heartbeat—clearly, they’d been dead for quite some time.

"Damn it, let’s see how I’m gonna thrash it!" Tang Dou clenched his hammer and with a face full of anger, strode towards the cave.

When approaching the cave entrance, he raised both hammers, hammering the ground down hard. The terrifying force of the Earth Elemental Spirit Warrior, combined with the enhancement of his weapon, shook the entire hill.

The thick frozen snow and ice on top of the hill came tumbling down, piling into a mountain in front of the cave entrance in the blink of an eye, about to bury the cave completely.

A giant spider leg, covered with sharp spikes, suddenly stabbed out from the cave, knocking the frozen snow and ice away, with its sharp, spear-like tip aimed straight at Tang Dou’s chest.

Tang Dou lifted the Golden Melon Hammer, giving the spider leg a mighty blow, then swept backward, dodging the foot tip’s attack.

What shocked Tang Dou was that the spider leg was incredibly hard, not wounded at all from his strike; instead, his tiger’s mouth was numbed by the jolt.

"What tough skin!"

Though the Shadow Spider Emperor didn’t like to move much, being provoked at its doorstep was unbearable. So, to Tang Dou’s horror, he saw an absurdly large, white spider slowly crawling out from the hill.

When the Shadow Spider Emperor fully emerged from the cave and stood before Tang Dou, the latter’s momentum noticeably weakened.

"Wow... it’s huge!"

In terms of size, this Shadow Spider Emperor was among the outstanding members of the Death Shadow Spider Royal Family.

Its eight legs bristled with sharp, tough spikes, feet tips as sharp as spearheads, and its sturdy body even more muscular than the Ice and Snow Fierce Bear.

On the forehead of the Shadow Spider Emperor were twelve bright red vertical lines, with a hint of the thirteenth line, suggesting it wasn’t far from becoming a Heaven Rank Star Beast.

Perhaps this was its reason for joining the beast tide—consuming more humans enriched with Elemental Power to upgrade more quickly.

Realizing this Shadow Spider Emperor wasn’t easy to deal with, Tang Dou instinctively positioned himself in front of Li Xing for protection.

"Li Xing, you step back, let me—" Before finishing his words, a large blob of sticky silk spat from the Shadow Spider Emperor’s mouth, enveloping the two of them.

"Earth Shield, rise!" Tang Dou conjured a stone slab to block the sticky silk.

Seizing the chance, Li Xing slipped away from the side, her toes lightly tapping as she glided like a wisp of smoke, and the next moment, she was standing atop the Shadow Spider Emperor.

The Shadow Spider Emperor didn’t react slowly either. Sensing someone on its back, the Elemental Power around it surged, dozens of massive Ice Cones materializing, stabbing towards Li Xing.

Li Xing, with a thought, called forth Three Thousand Lotus to shield its master; the Ice Cones swiftly vaporized under the heat of the Abnormal Fire, even the Shadow Spider Emperor was startled by the violent, scorching aura. Its innate fear of fire instantly made the Shadow Spider Emperor timid, turning to flee.

Unfortunately, Li Xing didn’t give it a chance, punching heavily on the Shadow Spider Emperor’s back, causing its gigantic body to sink down suddenly, its eight legs twitching in pain. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The Shadow Spider Emperor let out a piercing shriek, summoning its progeny for help. Soon, dozens of Death Shadow Spiders rushed over from the battlefield, climbing onto the Shadow Spider Emperor, baring their poisonous fangs to bite Li Xing.

Three Thousand Lotus was incensed: How dare you attack my master right in front of me, do you think I’m dead? Countless sparks burst forth, the scene immediately ablaze with flames.

In the face of the Abnormal Fire’s power, the Death Shadow Spiders were so weak as to be laughable, each one dying as soon as it came, not even worth Li Xing diverting her attention.

Li Xing focused on dealing with the Shadow Spider Emperor, repeatedly punching its back as if piling a stake. As her fists landed rhythmically, the Shadow Spider Emperor finally couldn’t hold on, and with a loud crash, its entire abdomen slumped to the ground, unmoving.

Watching the entire scene unfold, Tang Dou felt a bit of a chill. Li Xing was even more violent than when they were kids. Why did it seem like even with his current strength, he was still no match for Li Xing? So frustrating!

"Is it dead?"

"No, just passed out. Dou Er, can your jetpack carry it? Do we need to tie it up?"

Waiting for the rescue team to arrive would take too long; Li Xing’s own Flying Device couldn’t fit it. The best way was to tether it back with a jetpack.

Tang Dou’s head shook like a bobblehead: "No way, it’s too heavy. If it were half the weight, maybe."

Without a word, Li Xing drew the Heavenly Wolf Saber, severing all eight legs of the Shadow Spider Emperor at the base, then had Little Fatty cauterize the wounds to stop the bleeding.

The whole process was as smooth as flowing clouds and water. If it weren’t for the horrific squeal of the Shadow Spider Emperor ruining the aesthetic, Tang Dou would’ve applauded this top-tier violent aesthetic.

Throwing the eight bloody legs into her space storage, Li Xing pointed at the Shadow Spider Emperor, which had been cut to look like a "spider stick," and asked with a straight face: "How about now?"

Tang Dou broke out in a cold sweat: "O-okay now."

"Then let’s go back, I’m in a hurry."

Tang Dou: Damn, this guy has become even more abnormally powerful than when they were kids!