At the sound of Liulan’s voice, Zhu Yiyi threw herself to the left. A viscous, foul-smelling gust of wind grazed her cheek, immediately followed by a sharp, piercing screech that seemed to explode in her ears.
Instinctively shielding her right ear, she curled into a ball on the ground. When she looked up, she saw Liulan standing over her, his expression cold and sharp as he brandished a long wooden branch. At the tip of the branch was a giant, eight-legged spider.
The creature was a blackened, bruised red, its mouthparts as large as a human head, with markings that resembled a ghost’s visage on its upper body. Struck by Liulan, the spider let out a ceaseless, wretched shriek, its sickening, dark-red blood dripping from the branch onto Zhu Yiyi’s pant leg.
Chapter 32