Chapter 384: Living Sacrifice

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Boom!

It was just a single strike, yet it made the sky erupt into chaos. Scarlet symbols were densely packed, and a Vermilion Bird towered over the sky. Its bright wings were beautiful, and red clouds surged like magma.

The golden spider sighed, bracing himself to fight.

He knew that these “brothers” definitely wouldn’t help him. They were just using each other, all of them hoping for others to take action first and then take advantage of the situation themselves.

When the Golden Spider opened his mouth, a divine river appeared. Within the boundless whiteness, sparkling luster flickered, crossing the sky and stopping the scarlet divine sparrow. It released an extremely powerful fluctuation.

Red light flashed. The Vermilion Bird’s flame descended, unexpectedly igniting the river, making the flames overflow into the heavens, making sizzling sounds.

It was clear that this wasn’t a true river, but rather spider silk. It was sparkling and translucent, incomparably flexible, and difficult to destroy, but unfortunately, the Vermillion Bird flame was its nemesis.

The great golden spider’s eyes were cold. Right now, even though it was in human form when it opened its mouth, spider silk continuously flowed out like a river.

This time, the spider silk he spat out was different. It was no longer spotlessly white and sparkling, but rather tainted with bloody mist. It was scarlet red like blood threads and densely packed, then it turned into mist.

The Golden Spider wasn’t poisonous to begin with and was known as a holy spider. However, if it was intentionally evolved, it could also go to the extreme.

A bloody mist pervaded the air, turning into strange symbols. They intertwined in the void, hazy and indistinct, and were moving toward Shi Hao, wishing to trap his Vermillion Bird magical projection.

This was the Golden Spider’s method. By refining the Golden Spider blood and merging it with the ancient poisonous corpse mist, it could kill supreme experts. It was incomparably vicious and could kill without leaving a trace.

Shi Hao was shocked. At his cultivation realm, it was beneath him to use poison, but once someone used it, it would have a shocking effect. That was why he was extremely careful and brought out a magical artifact to test it out. When it touched the blood-colored spider silk, it decayed with a whoosh.

“What a powerful poison! It’s formed from symbols and can destroy precious artifacts. It can kill a cultivator.”

Shi Hao avoided the bloody mist, activating his divine flame. Once the Archaic Vermillion Bird’s Four-Fold Barrage was displayed, it surged with overflowing scarlet flames. He wanted to burn away all of the mist.

However, the flames didn’t have much effect on it. Even though the spider silk blood mist was burning, Shi Hao couldn’t clean it up right away.

The golden spider roared. It controlled the blood-colored spider silk and corpse poison to trap the Vermillion Bird. At the same time, it revealed its original form. Its eight spider legs were straight like eight golden war spears as it quickly charged forward.

Shi Hao raised his right arm, turning it into a scarlet sparrow wing. It carried an expanse of fiery light, and with a clang, it collided with an expanse of golden symbols. The Golden Spider supreme expert’s expression suddenly changed, and it quickly backed up. Just this strike alone already made one of its spider legs feel intense pain. That was very alarming.

Shi Hao dove down, scattering a portion of the bloody mist. His entire body was wrapped in scarlet light as he rushed straight at the golden spider with the most powerful attack.

Bang!

In the end, the two encountered each other and clashed head-on. The golden spider trembled greatly, and a crack appeared on one of its legs as if it was going to explode.

This made the spectators flinch. The battle had just begun, yet the golden spider already suffered a great loss. Under Shi Hao’s power, it almost lost a leg.

They changed directions, tangling about like ghosts. After several dozen strikes, blood flowed out from the corners of the Golden Spider’s lips. It was struck again and almost blasted apart by Shi Hao’s palm.

At this moment, everyone truly understood how terrifying Shi Hao and Shi Yi had been. At the same level, killing supreme experts wasn’t a problem for them at all.

The golden spider opened its mouth and spat out a precious artifact that turned into a golden shield. Clanging sounds rang out as it blocked the attack.

Shi Hao’s body was seriously injured, so he didn’t want to fight for a long time. He wanted to end this battle as quickly as possible. He activated the Archaic Vermillion Bird’s Four-Fold Barrage, turning into a human-shaped divine sparrow that erupted with scarlet light.

Crack!

After several exchanges, the golden shield shattered, and the golden spider flew outward. It sucked in a cold breath of air.

“Shi Hao is seriously injured, yet he is still so brave. If he was at his peak, how terrifying would he be?” This was what every supreme expert was thinking.

They believed that after today, as long as Shi Hao was given time, his future would be limitless. In the future, no one in the wasteland region could stop him.

“Kill!”

Shi Hao shouted. He didn’t want to waste any time, so he attacked fiercely, destroying the golden spider’s defenses. He finally closed in.

The golden spider’s expression changed. It quickly backed up, but it was still unable to break free from Shi Hao. It was forced to face him head-on. A spider leg was immediately severed. The spider let out a miserable cry.

Everyone’s expressions changed. The Golden Spider supreme expert was going to be defeated!

However, right when Shi Hao released an even fiercer attack, the battlefield flickered with golden light. Several spheres of golden light appeared, all of them releasing golden spider silk.

“That’s Eight Spiders Formation!” A supreme expert was astonished.

The eight spheres of light were extremely dazzling, surrounding Shi Hao at the center. The giant golden spider’s eyes were cold. It continuously spat out blood, using this to activate the eight spheres of light.

A golden spider web formed. It was as brilliant as a star, flickering with brilliance. Moreover, the eight spheres of light turned into eight symbols, each of them fixed on one side of the spider web.

The Eight Spider Formation, also known as the Eight Trigrams Golden Spider Formation, was a well-known vicious formation of the Demonic Spirit Lake. It had previously trapped and killed several deities and was very famous during the ancient era.

This was clearly not the original great formation, but it was still an ancient formation with a formation soul. As soon as it was set up, strong winds fluttered about, and the divine power was vast and mighty.

Whoosh.

Apart from the spider web that shone and sealed heaven and earth, golden spider hair also continuously flew out from those eight symbols. They interweaved like golden needles, covering the void densely.

Shi Hao’s eyes flickered. Previously, when he fought with Shi Yi, he was attacked by this type of thing. If not for the revival of the Supreme Bone, he would have almost been killed.

“There is no time to waste. I have to kill it now.” Shi Hao said to himself. It was because his injuries were even more serious than he had imagined. Continuously activating the domineering Vermilion Bird technique was a burden for himself as well. Right now, blood flowed out from the corners of his lips.

With a whoosh, Shi Hao took the initiative to enter the formation. Daoist flames and Vermilion Bird flames erupted, wishing to burn down the great golden formation.

However, this formation was impervious to water and fire, and precious artifacts couldn’t break through either. Those eight symbols were extremely special and were able to obliterate a few substances in the formation. Shi Hao encountered quite a bit of trouble.

The golden spider laughed coldly, releasing the most ferocious attack. Eight symbols flickered, forming dense divine chains of order within the great formation, wishing to suppress and kill Shi Hao.

“In the end, you are still too inexperienced. You’re full of vigor and vitality. You cannot be provoked,” the spider said softly. If Shi Hao hadn’t acted so rashly, it wouldn’t have had the slightest chance of winning.

However, in the next moment, its expression froze. Ten heavenly passages appeared around Shi Hao, and then endless divine light surged, interweaving with ancient patterns.

“Hey, something’s wrong.” The golden spider was shocked. It discovered that it couldn’t control itself. It also supported all of the heavenly passages, resonating with them.

Boom!

Immediately afterward, its heavenly passage was ignited, erupting with power. Strand after strand of divine force surged, surging toward Shi Hao’s heavenly passage.

What was going on? Not only was the Golden Spider horrified, but the other cultivators were also horrified. The Golden Spider supreme expert’s heavenly passages were rumbling and burning fiercely. Divine flames surged.

“That’s a living sacrifice!” Someone cried out loudly.

The golden spider cried out miserably. It discovered that it had condensed with its own heavenly passage and was unable to move. It had been turned into a sacrifice while it was still alive!

Back then, Shi Hao comprehended the Great Path under the willow tree, evolving ten heavenly passages. He had previously explored this path. At that time, he thought that there was no heavenly harmony, and the vicious energy was too great, so he didn’t use it.

However, he didn’t give up. In his free time, he had also deduced and carefully thought about it before discovering a terrifying method. Now, he didn’t hold back at all and suddenly used it.

“Ah…”

The golden spider cried out miserably. Its heavenly passage was collapsing, and its body was burning in fiery light. Divine force continuously surged, entering Shi Hao’s heavenly passage. Auspicious multicolored light shone brilliantly as streaks of divine light shot out.

The scene left everyone horrified. Even supreme experts felt their chills down their spines.

“Why do I feel like it is similar to the Demonic Cattail Tree from the ancient era? It seizes the divine essence of others and uses it for its own use to continuously strengthen itself.” Someone said quietly.

When these words were spoken, everyone became even more alarmed. The Demonic Cattail Tree had unleashed endless slaughter in the ancient era. The saints had joined hands, and the entire world had to join in before it could be eliminated.

“No!”

The Golden Spider cried out miserably, but it was useless. The living sacrifice came too suddenly. They were both in the Eight Trigrams Web, and they were connected together by spider silk. The spider was the most suitable sacrifice.

The golden spider merged with its heavenly passage, evaporating together. It turned into strands of brilliant multicolored light and entered Shi Hao’s ten heavenly passages.

In the end, it became weaker and weaker, turning into ashes along with that golden formation and disappearing in midair.

When the final true spirit was about to escape, Shi Hao flipped his wrist, and a Soul Suppressing Pagoda appeared in his hand. With a boom, it descended, completely obliterating the true spirit.

The Golden Spider supreme expert died, leaving everyone petrified.

Shi Hao sat on top of a magical artifact. His entire body shone, and the ten heavenly passages surrounded him. Strands of silk descended, and these were divine essence that nourished his flesh.

This region was extremely chaotic, and many people were forced into battle, but right now, everything became quiet. Shi Hao had been seriously injured and was even staggering as he walked, yet in the end, he was still ridiculously ferocious when he started fighting.

That was a great golden spider, yet in the end, it was sacrificed alive!

The most terrifying thing was that he seemed to have obtained great benefits from it. The divine essence nourished his body like water ripples, making his entire body erupt with precious splendor.

Shi Hao had displayed his brilliance in one battle. Was he really going to become invincible under the heavens?

The hearts of the sect masters from all sides were beating like drums. Meanwhile, the ones who secretly took action just now felt even more uneasy. This youth was too formidable. In the future, who could keep him in check?!

The ten heavenly passages flowed with auspicious multicolored light, all of it pouring down on Shi Hao’s body, replenishing his injuries. The injuries in his body even more so slowed down. His entire body was sparkling and translucent.

Soon after, Shi Hao stood up. What left everyone speechless was that when he opened his mouth, he coughed out a mouthful of blood, looking like he was seriously injured, but in this type of state, he still killed a supreme expert!

Was he mocking everyone, or was he truly suffering from a serious illness that was difficult to recover from?

The group of people’s expressions were ugly. It was one thing if they couldn’t face Shi Hao at his peak state, but now, he was even shaking while standing, yet they still couldn’t deal with him. How humiliating.

Grandma Xihua’s expression was dark as she said in a low voice, “Elder Zhong, do you have confidence? I truly do not wish to see this youth again. If he isn’t someone from my sect, he’ll become a great disaster sooner or later.”

This youth’s natural talents were exceptional, yet he didn’t care about the olive branch the Heaven Mending Sect extended. He wouldn’t become a kindred spirit. This made the old woman’s heart erupt with killing intent.

If he was an ordinary youth, then that was one thing. However, the more she understood and observed him, the more shocked she became. Such a hero was destined to illuminate the world in the future, perhaps affecting the fate of an unmatched great sect.