CHAPTER 43: CHAPTER 43: RED SPOT SPIDER

This area is about 5 kilometers from the territory, so Lear ordered 5 squads of injured Wetland Lizard-men with poor status to return and replace the guards in Weilu City.

After resting for an entire hour, the army had fully recovered to their peak status.

Coincidentally, the 5 squads of Wetland Lizardman Warriors from the territory had also arrived.

Without hesitation, he extracted the Essence of Life from the gathered bodies of swamp poison frogs and granted it to these Wetland Lizardman Warriors.

Their potential immediately increased.

As a result, he now possessed two full squadrons of 2-Star potential, Level 7 Warriors.

Taking this step doubled the combat power!

Lear looked at the fierce warriors in front of him, all standing at a uniform height of 1.8 meters, with muscles bulging out their armor, and nodded in satisfaction.

This hunt yielded good results.

If he gains the Authority of the Swamp, continuing to raise the training limit, in the future, 3-Star, 4-Star, or even 5-Star potential can be anticipated.

Then, even a Giant Dragon could be hunted!

Calming his emotions, he continued to lead the army to search in the direction of the Foul Giant Demon.

After advancing for about twenty minutes, the ground turned into a vast field of grass, with mudwater underneath.

Stepping down, the grassland caved in, and a large amount of mudwater surged out.

White spider webs wound around in circles on the grassland.

The further they advanced, the denser the spider webs became.

Until finally, the ground was entirely covered with webs, looking like a layer of white gauze...

Lear’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He ordered the army to stay vigilant.

It was obvious something unusual was going on.

Proceeding through the webs for approximately two hundred meters,

The leading Wetland Lizardman suddenly gave a low growl.

Enemy detected!

Lear raised an eyebrow slightly.

He immediately ordered the army to advance faster.

During this period of search, he and the army had developed enough tacit understanding.

He had become familiar with the warning sounds of the Wetland Lizard-men for attacks, alerts, enemy detection, retreats... etc.

He could respond immediately.

Moving within over a hundred meters, the leading Wetland Lizardman quickly approached to report.

"Sir, a large number of Red Spot Spiders have been spotted ahead... their number exceeds a squadron!"

Red Spot Spiders?

Lear’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately followed to investigate.

Crossing the muddy grass, they approached an area covered with vines.

Looking ahead, hundreds of meters around were covered by vines of varying sizes.

The sticky white spider webs spread across the whole area.

The green vines were completely wrapped in spider webs, from the roots to the top, leaving no gaps.

It looked like a kingdom of spiders.

In the webs, one by one, half-human tall spiders with gray-red patterns hung upside down on the webs, holding onto the threads with their six legs, silent like statues.

It was hard even to sense their life forces.

On the heads of these creatures, a red tumor stood out.

Red Spot Spider

[Level]: 9

[Potential]: 2 Stars

[Traits]: Spider Venom, capable of secreting unique venom that can paralyze the enemy, depriving them of strength and perception.

[Skills]: Spider Web Trap (2 Stars) creates a trap arranged with webs; any life stepping in will be eroded by the highly poisonous silk, losing perception.

Spider Cocoon (2 Stars) weaves a cocoon of silk to wrap the enemy, with threads as tough as steel rope, reducing the opponent’s strength by 40%.

Quick Movement (2 Stars) increases movement speed by 60% on the silk threads.

[Evaluation]: Poisonous creatures that love to spew out large amounts of silk in their territory. These harmless silks are merely bait—beware of falling into their arranged webs.

Level 9 wild monsters?!

Lear’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Looking around, their numbers already exceeded a hundred, and this was their home ground.

Judging by their appearance, using the same tactic that worked against the swamp poison frogs might not be effective.

So many spider webs—how about... setting them on fire?

Lear was intrigued and was preparing to try it,

when Haggs approached.

"Sir, I didn’t expect there to be so many Red Spot Spiders here."

Lear was a bit curious.

"Why do you say that?"

Haggs spoke softly.

"The venom secreted by Red Spot Spiders is very terrifying; we often hunt them to smear our blades."

"But in the area where we used to live, their numbers were extremely rare, and we wouldn’t encounter them even once in several months..."

Could they be used like this?

Lear was intrigued.

"Do these spiders have any weaknesses? How did you hunt them before?"

Haggs replied in a cheerful tone.

"The temperament of the Red Spot Spiders is extremely volatile because the poisonous tumors on their heads constantly irritate their bodies, usually relying on secreting spider silk to disperse the venom."

"The places they like to live in must grow a unique wild grass that can suppress their toxicity... Once the wild grass is burned and turned into smoke, it can directly ignite the tumors on their bodies."

"Once the tumors rupture, they fall into a critically injured and dying state... Capturing them at this time is very simple."

Do the spiders live next to the wild grass that suppresses their venom?

Lear found it quite fascinating.

A mysterious causality... Within seven steps, there must be an antidote.

"Go find those wild grasses..."

"Yes!"

Haggs immediately led people down to collect the wild grass, and before long, they found a big bundle.

The leaves were dark green, and the grass roots were slender.

They looked no different from the wild grasses by the roadside.

Lear opened the Attribute Panel for a look, and the attributes were very simple.

Curled Leaf Flowerless Grass

Level: None

Traits: Can inhibit the venom secreted by the Red Spot Spiders.

It truly is a nemesis for Red Spot Spiders...

"We’ll use this then!"

But still, it’s a pity that this fire couldn’t be set.

In thought, he looked around.

After a slight observation, he confirmed the upwind direction was → East and gestured for Haggs to move east.

He then took out a Fire Stone, struck it a few times, and ignited the reeds and fluff just collected.

The fluff ignited instantly, causing the seemingly unremarkable wild grass to emit waves of smoke.

The smoke wasn’t thick but rather carried a fragrance, flowing directly with the wind and covering the entire vine area.

The Red Spot Spiders hanging in the webs like statues suddenly convulsed and then started letting out shrill screeches like knives scraping glass.

They plummeted down.

Lear clearly saw that after the smoke rose, the tumor on the head of a Red Spot Spider seemed to be squeezed by something and popped open with a crack.

Spraying green venom everywhere.

It was like a biochemical fireworks display, grotesque and bizarre.

After the rapid-fire sounds ended, the aura of the Red Spot Spiders visibly weakened.

The Red Spot Spider in the center of the smoke lay on the swamp, its body trembling, frothing at the mouth.

The effect was even better than Haggs described...

Lear marveled in amazement.

After gaining control of the situation, without hesitation, he waved for the Wetland Lizard-men to step forward.

The web-footed feet stepped into the spider web, skillfully avoiding areas with more webs and traps.

Experienced.

Looking at the weakened and wailing Red Spot Spiders on the ground, the steel saber swung.

Splat~

One by one, the heads were directly severed.

An efficient killing machine!

The fallen Red Spot Spiders wanted to resist, but struggled in vain...

In no time, the hundreds of Level 9 Red Spot Spiders were completely slaughtered.

The battle ended efficiently.

Haggs looked at the corpses strewn about, feeling a bit emotional.

"Sir, this swamp’s life is indeed abundant... Before we were roaming, finding a Red Spot Spider in the swamp was quite challenging."

Then he grew excited again.

"In the mouths of these creatures, there’s an organ that stores venom, containing the most lethal venom. Applied to weapons, it still possesses great lethality even after two or three years."

Lear smiled with satisfaction.

He gestured for the eager hero to go collect the poison sacs.

These swamp creatures skillfully retrieved one fist-sized white venom sac after another from the spiders’ mouths.

Each one was full of venom, plump and taut.

The venom sacs were as resilient as leather, and squeezing the top caused it to automatically seal.

Quite peculiar.

Some Wetland Lizard-men directly opened the poison sacs, carefully wetting the venom with wild grass and smearing it on the steel sabers.

Some even applied the venom to the claws on their pinky fingers...

The venom quickly dried, leaving a faint blue mark.

Lear, seeing this, curiously examined the poison sacs.

The next second, their attributes quietly appeared in his mind.

Red Spot Spider Poison Sac

[Level]: 1 Star

[Traits]: Can be fed to highly poisonous creatures to enhance their toxicity.

Oh my, these poison sacs are actually 1 Star treasures!!

Moreover, their traits are quite interesting, able to enhance the toxicity of venomous creatures.

But unfortunately, Weilu City doesn’t have such creatures; perhaps he could raise a beautiful snake someday?

Lear contemplated, feeling it wasn’t a bad idea.

After all, it was a bonus gain, the entire process cost nothing, and what’s free is good.