EFB Chapter 2235 The True Face of the Mysterious Crystal Thief
Chapter 2235 The True Face of the Mysterious Crystal Thief
Chapter 2235 The True Face of the Mysterious Crystal Thief
Sun Hongye only glanced at it once, and the hairs on the back of her head stood on end.
What a hideous hairy spider!
Although it is not as tall as the Malaysian, it is very sturdy, and every bristle on its robust spider legs looks sharper than a steel chisel!
Ouch, just one look and his eyes started to hurt.
However, he seemed to know who this person was.
Aunt Zhu's eyes were all fixed on him: "Who is this?"
“I was sent by the Great Emperor to bring back Mr. Sun from the Kingdom of Fu.”
Mr. Sun stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Aunt Zhu: "I am Sun Hongye, greetings to the Spider Fairy."
"Oh, so you are Sun Hongye?" Aunt Zhu strolled over, her large figure moving silently, quieter than someone tiptoeing. "Jiuyou has mentioned you many times. Did you just come from Julu Port?"
"Yes." Sun Hongye carefully examined the scorpions in the pit. "Are all the thieves who stole the Xuanjing here?"
Commander Chen said, "There is still one scorpion that has escaped."
Aunt Zhu, however, was very perceptive and asked Sun Hongye, "Is something wrong?"
“I just witnessed a monster killing someone in town. It had a pair of bloodshot red eyes.” Sun Hongye gestured with her hand. “It was about this big! It glared fiercely, full of murderous intent, and even the dark alleys glowed red. It was much bigger than the eyes of these scorpions.”
A red-eyed fruit bigger than a tangerine?
"Does it have white in the eyes?"
“Uh…” Sun Hongye thought for a moment after hearing the peculiar question, “Yes. There is a large circle of it, but it is pale yellow.”
Aunt Zhu thought for a moment: "How high off the ground?"
“Approximately…” Sun Hongye drew a line at her chest level, “up to her chest.”
After a few moments of silence, Aunt Zhu asked Commander Chen, "Was the storeroom door opened just now?"
"We opened the door to warehouse number three!" Commander Chen replied. "These scorpions tried to sneak into warehouse number three. While we were capturing them, we also opened the warehouse to take inventory of the Xuanjing."
Warehouse No. 3 is the largest warehouse here.
"Was the Mystic Crystal stolen?"
"No." Commander Chen was a smart man; he understood without Aunt Zhu needing to explain. He turned and whispered, "Get me the key."
The group tiptoed to the side of Warehouse No. 3, where Commander Chen carefully removed the defensive formation.
The warehouse where the Xuanjing crystals are stored is protected by several layers of arrays and barriers. The most basic ones include an array that prevents escape techniques and an array that hardens the ground to the level of diamond, among others.
It is extremely difficult for outsiders and demons to use magic to sneak into the warehouse.
The best solution, of course, is for someone to withdraw their troops, open the gate, and let them in.
Commander Chen was about to put the key into the lock when Aunt Zhu whispered:
"No need, all of you step back, step back far away."
The group retreated ten zhang as instructed, and saw Aunt Zhu pull out a large bag of medicinal powder from somewhere, poke dozens of holes in it with her leg, and then walk around Warehouse No. 3 twice, leaving two or three thick layers of medicinal powder on the ground, walls, and ceiling.
The medicine was also light gray, blending in with the ground, and had no smell, but Aunt Zhu herself carefully avoided it.
About seven or eight breaths later, there was a sudden movement on the ground and wooden pillars where the powder had been sprinkled:
A dozen or so insects crawled out, wriggling wildly, their bodies covered in powder!
"A centipede!" Sun Hongye exclaimed in surprise, "Just like the one Lord Pu killed at the inn!"
These centipedes, which had been hiding well, were forced out by the medicinal powder.
“It seems that the monster discovered you back then,” Pu Hua said in a low voice, “and sent a centipede to take your life.”
Sun Hongye felt a wave of fear wash over her. Fortunately, Pu Hua intervened in time.
After only a few twists, the centipedes all died.
Sun Hongye couldn't help but ask, "Won't the thieves inside know that the Spider Queen killed these spies?"
"Perhaps. But..."
Before the words were finished, a loud cracking sound was heard, and the outer wall of the east side of Warehouse No. 3 suddenly collapsed, drawing everyone's attention. The garrison immediately rushed to the east side.
Immediately afterwards, a shadow suddenly darted out from behind the west wall on the other side!
Compared to the spectacle it made, it was not very big, only a little over ten feet long, and there were trees everywhere, so it planned to take advantage of the chaos to escape.
Among monsters, she's considered quite cunning.
Little did anyone know that after Aunt Zhu sprinkled the medicine, she quietly climbed onto the roof of the warehouse and curled up.
As soon as the shadow appeared, the giant spider leaped down and jumped onto its back.
"...It seems the Spider Queen did it on purpose."
Aunt Zhu knew that the centipedes and thieves had a connection; the thieves placed them outside the warehouse to serve as an alarm. If someone came, they could alert the owner; if they died, the owner would most likely know.
This is normal practice for many monsters, just like the eyeball spider was to Aunt Zhu.
Earlier, when the guards opened Warehouse No. 3 to check the Xuanjing inventory, the thief took the opportunity to sneak in, intending to eat and drink his fill and take some as he pleased before leaving when the door opened again.
As a result, Aunt Zhu killed all of its little eyeliners at once.
The thief immediately realized that he had been exposed and that the enemy had surrounded him.
There's no point in hiding anymore, let's fight our way out and get to it!
It was also very cunning; it collapsed the east wall of the warehouse, but then went out through the west wall itself—a classic feint attack.
But what level is this old lady at? How could she be so easily fooled?
Although the thing darted out with great force, it seemed to have crashed into an invisible net, not only bouncing back but also getting stuck.
Give Aunt Zhu some time, and it will be able to set up powerful insect traps around the warehouse.
In recent years, it has developed a special kind of spider silk, which is moon-white in color and almost invisible, especially in the dark. It uses this silk to weave double webs, which are even more sticky. The more the prey struggles and the more the web shakes, the more firmly it gets stuck.
As soon as the monster bounced back, Aunt Zhu pounced in mid-air, and more than a dozen spider silk threads stuck to her.
The thing raised its tail and sprayed a thick, pink mist towards Aunt Zhu.
Despite her plump figure, Aunt Zhu moved with more agility than a swallow. Her steel claws lightly hooked onto the spider silk, and she landed with a whoosh. She had already curled up her eight claws, and with two quick rolls, like a tumbleweed pushed by a strong wind, she instantly pinned her opponent down!
Under the lamplight, everyone could see the true face of the Xuanjing Thief: a huge centipede with a black body and a white line running from head to tail.
The moment Aunt Zhu lunged at it, its tail rose, and suddenly two balls of red light emanated from it—
"Red eyes."
Sun Hongye blurted it out.
So this was the red-eyed monster he had seen in the dark alley!
It's not actually on the eyes, but rather a deceptive camouflage on the tail.
The powdery mist it sprayed spread to the beams and pillars of the warehouse, and with a few hissing sounds, these places were corroded and filled with pink bubbles.
Pu Hua's expression changed slightly: "What a potent acidic poison!"
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(End of this chapter)