Jun He was caught off guard. Seeing the poisoned needle flying towards him, he quickly stepped back. The needle grazed his cheek and pierced into the kiln wall.
A bloodstain appeared on his cheek. As he stepped back, I rushed forward to support him, afraid that he would fall.
After Jun He steadied himself, he raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face. His scarlet eyes were filled with fierce rage.
"You dared to attack me from behind."
"I'm going to die anyway. Of course, I have to fight for a way out. This poisoned needle surely can't kill you, but you'll lose all your magic power within ten minutes. Ten minutes is enough for me." The snow spider let out a shrill scream.
The voice was similar to that of the bride who had attacked Jun He just now. Receiving the order, the brides' white spider silk trembled. They twisted their bodies and let out an ear - piercing shriek, then swarmed towards Jun He and me.
However, at this moment, I felt that something was wrong. Jun He's body was obviously shaking and his steps were unsteady. The poison of the needle had taken effect. It seemed that what the snow spider said was true. This thing could really affect the Demon Lord.
Taking advantage of Jun He's loss of magic power, the brides were like wild beasts running out of control, swarming towards us.
They looked as if they were going to devour us alive.
Although Jun He had no magic weapon, his swordsmanship was excellent. Even without a sword in hand, he could hold off those monsters for a while.
The snow spider sat on the ground and suddenly began to chant.
My head started to buzz. It seemed that something was running wild inside my body and was about to burst out.
Seeing this, Jun He could no longer deal with the brides' attacks. He quickly protected me under his body, using his remaining magic power to protect my heart meridian and restrain the rapid development of the Gu poison.
"No, you'll die like this." I hugged my head and tried to break free from Jun He's protection.
"Stop talking nonsense. I can hold on for ten minutes." He hugged me tightly, and the excruciating pain disappeared.
The brides pounced on Jun He's back. I heard the sound of his clothes being torn.
I watched as his blood trickled down his arms. There were all kinds of scratches on his arms.
If this continued, in less than ten minutes, Jun He's back would probably turn into a skeleton.
Just thinking about it made me feel so sad. My chest heaved, and a powerful force gathered in my heart. This feeling was similar to that day in the Soul - Refining Cauldron. It felt as if my whole body was about to explode.
I couldn't bear it any longer. I hugged my head and shouted out.
"Ah..."
The force in my heart spread. I felt that all the pores on my body were emitting a powerful wave of energy, which sent all the red - dressed brides flying.
Their bodies hit the wall heavily. The bricks and tiles in the kiln crashed down, burying them.
At this moment, Jun He, who was protecting me, didn't expect that there was such a powerful wave of energy in my body. It could have great power without hurting our own people.
I didn't care about his strange look. I quickly got out of his arms and checked the wounds on his back.
I checked his back and said, "You're not injured?"
Jun He turned to look at me. The scratch on his face was slowly healing until it was completely gone, not even a scar left.
"Can you heal wounds?" Jun He's words left me stunned. I never knew that I could heal wounds.
I shook my head repeatedly, indicating that I really hadn't learned any healing skills.
Jun He didn't ask any more questions. He stood up and turned towards the snow spider, who was already covered in wounds.
She had just been fighting a desperate battle. Seeing Jun He standing up again, her body trembled violently. She waved her arm again.
The white spider silk pulled the brides in front of Jun He once again.
At the same time, all the poisonous spiders crawled out of the brick crevices.
This snow spider was really extremely powerful.
Jun He had underestimated her before, so he had been attacked from behind. Now he was fully recovered.
These things were nothing but trash to him.
"You can't kill me. Now it's my turn to kill you."
He stretched out his right hand. A long sword touched the ground. He moved lightly on his feet. In the blink of an eye, he had cut off all the white spider silk on the brides.
He landed with the sword in hand and suddenly turned around. A wave of black air spread out. The brides' eyes instantly turned blood - red. The eyes of the spiders crawling around also showed a scarlet light.
From my angle, I could see that their eyes only reflected the face of the snow spider.
Jun He whistled. The brides and the poisonous spiders turned against the snow spider and rushed towards her.
In an instant, the whole kiln was filled with shrill cries, which made one's hair stand on end.
As the shrill cries died down, the soul of the snow spider turned into starlight and scattered in the kiln.
Jun He walked up to me, grabbed my arm and rolled up my sleeve. His action startled me.
"What are you doing?"
"Cut your wrist. I'm going to take your life."
As soon as he finished speaking, he really cut my wrist with the dagger in his hand.
I tried to pull back my arm suddenly, but he held it tighter.
His other hand covered my injured wrist. I saw a white bulge moving like a worm in my arm.
Until it crawled to the wound on my wrist, Jun He tightened his hand and held it in his palm.
"A Gu worm?"
Jun He nodded and opened his palm. A worm the size of a mulberry silkworm was lying in his palm, rolling its soft belly and quickly cocooning itself.
"Should I destroy it?"
"Why destroy it? I'll keep it. In case you don't obey me one day, I'll put it back into you."
As he said this, the thing disappeared from his palm.
I twitched the corner of my mouth and said, "No need. Thank you."
Then I turned around and looked up at the sky, feeling a deep sense of melancholy. Such an obstinate and unyielding personality would ultimately lead to a bad end.
"Stop looking. Let's go find the antidote." Jun He threw two small bottles to me. They contained a wisp of the souls of Yan Lin and Wang Siqi.
I carefully put them into my pocket and followed Jun He into the snow spider's bedroom.
It really deserved to be a spider's bedroom. The whole room was filled with spiders and spider webs inside and out.
Although it was in a kiln and there were many spider webs, it looked very orderly. Everything was spotless.
Jun He and I rummaged through the room looking for the antidote that could dissolve the spider silk.
We searched for a long time but didn't find any bottles or jars. Could it be that she didn't make an antidote?
Just when we were about to give up, I slapped the railing at the end of the bed hard.
This slap did something unexpected. The railing at the head of the bed suddenly caved in, and the wall next to it slid to the side on the ground. Unexpectedly, there was a hidden space in this room.
Jun He and I waited outside for a while. When all the lights inside were on, he took me in.