Chapter 2275 — The Spider Spirit Beast
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Seeing that no spider answered it, the Thunder Pig felt rather helpless. It glanced at Wei Zhao and shook its head.
Wei Zhao smiled wryly. It seemed these spiders were most likely the sworn enemies of the Great Fire Lion clan. But why had they captured him? Could they know that he was on friendly terms with the Great Fire Lions?
Or was it simply because he had inadvertently trespassed on their territory?
If it was the latter, the matter should be relatively easy to resolve. Right now, the spiders were probably taking them back to their nest.
Just as Wei Zhao expected, the spiders carried the three of them to a naturally formed cave. Around the cave, many spider spirit beasts were on patrol. Wei Zhao took a look: most were around the Yellow Rank, and there were some at the Profound Rank as well, but very few.
Inside the cave, however, one enormous spider caught Wei Zhao's attention. A Heaven-Rank spirit beast—comparable in strength to the Great Fire Lion.
Naturally—if it were not a spirit beast of the same tier, how could it be a worthy opponent?
Since it was a Heaven-Rank spirit beast, it should be able to speak human language, just like the Great Fire Lion. That meant Wei Zhao would not need the Thunder Pig as an interpreter.
The net was opened, and the three of them were set on the ground. Only then did Wei Zhao crawl out of the net, looking somewhat bedraggled—but against a spider spirit beast clan that boasted a Heaven-Rank expert, there was no shame in that.
"You must be the leader of these spirit beasts. I know you can understand me, and that you can speak with me too." Wei Zhao was not flustered. He rose calmly to his feet and addressed the largest, Heaven-Rank spider.
"What is your purpose in coming to my territory, human cultivator?" The Heaven-Rank spider did not answer Wei Zhao's question but asked directly instead. In doing so, however, it had indirectly answered him: it could indeed speak human language.
"I wandered in by accident... If I said that, you wouldn't believe me anyway..." Wei Zhao caught the trace of mockery in the Heaven-Rank spider's eyes and immediately changed his tune, deciding to tell the truth. "I'm fleeing pursuers. I had no choice but to take this route down the mountain—the normal path is no longer passable."
"How am I supposed to believe you?" the Heaven-Rank spider asked after hearing Wei Zhao's words.
"Given the strength of the few of us, if I told you we came looking for trouble, would you believe it?" Wei Zhao shrugged with a wry smile.
"On an ordinary day, I naturally wouldn't believe it. But these are no ordinary times, and I cannot help but suspect your purpose in appearing here!" said the Heaven-Rank spider. "Moreover, I catch a familiar scent on you. What is your relationship with the Fire Lion clan?"
Wei Zhao was startled. He had not expected the Heaven-Rank spider's intuition to be so keen—it could actually tell that he was connected to the Fire Lion clan. Was it bluffing him, or did it truly have some evidence?