Chapter 4085 — Xiao Tao Gravely Wounded
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The five high-grade spirit beasts drew closer and closer. Just as [Wei Zhao] was about to strike first and finish one of them off for the group, a surge of incomparably sharp true qi suddenly erupted due north. He looked closely, and it was none other than [Huang Xiaotao] appearing and making her move!
A three-foot black arrow, driven by the explosive force of powerful true qi, had already become a streak of black lightning. In almost an instant it crossed a distance of a hundred zhang, striking one of the invading spirit beasts square in the throat.
The throat, even in high-grade spirit beasts, was always an extremely fragile and fatal spot; no matter how monstrously powerful one's vitality, a throat pierced clean through by an arrow meant certain death.
Without any suspense, a high-grade spirit beast was thus slain effortlessly by [Huang Xiaotao] with a single arrow.
"I didn't expect her to be such a rare archery expert. It seems [Cong Zhima]'s assessment wasn't exaggerated after all—this Captain Xiaotao really does deserve the word 'strong'!" [Wei Zhao] praised inwardly.
The Jungle Concealment Art paired with such lethally precise and superior archery—in these deep mountains and dense forests, it was nothing short of an invincible, overwhelmingly domineering martial combination.
Yet judging from how [Huang Xiaotao] was somewhat gasping for breath now, the cost of that astonishing arrow was far from as effortless as it had looked on the surface. That had probably been her strongest trump card.
"Everyone, be careful—they're coming!" [Huang Xiaotao] shouted with all her might toward those behind her. Without even taking a moment to catch her breath, she immediately fixed her eyes on another high-grade spirit beast.
After she had sniped one of the five high-grade spirit beasts from a distance, the situation that remained was exactly one beast per person! However, the one she had just killed had only mid-stage Foundation Establishment strength—the weakest of the five. The remaining four were each far stronger than it.
Two were late-stage Foundation Establishment, and two were peak mid-stage Foundation Establishment. Setting aside [Wei Zhao], who was hiding his true strength, for [Huang Xiaotao] and the other two these four high-grade spirit beasts were practically death-dealing Yama kings.
[Huang Xiaotao] deliberately targeted one of the ferocious late-stage Foundation Establishment beasts. At equal cultivation levels, human cultivators rarely stood a chance against spirit beasts, but for [Huang Xiaotao], who possessed the Jungle Concealment Art and formidable archery, these deep mountains and dense forests were likewise her home ground—this was a fight worth taking.
By comparison, [Cong Zhima] and [Chen Muzhuang] found themselves in a far more difficult position than [Huang Xiaotao]. What the two of them now faced were two peak mid-stage Foundation Establishment spirit beasts that outclassed them by a full tier—the pressure could well be imagined.
As for [Wei Zhao], still perched in the tree, he had been targeted by a gigantic Thousand-Eyed Spider.
This powerful late-stage Foundation Establishment spirit beast was covered from head to belly in densely packed eyes, and each eye could fire a terrifying ray capable of damaging the primordial spirit. Combined with the giant web it swiftly wove, it was a classic jungle killer.
Having set its sights on [Wei Zhao], the Thousand-Eyed Spider did not launch a fatal assault right away. Instead, it fired an occasional ray to keep him pinned down while circling back and forth around him.
In mere moments, [Wei Zhao] was startled to discover that on all sides—above and below, in every direction—he had been completely trapped by dense layers of spider silk.
From a distance, it looked as though he had been wrapped inside an enormous silkworm cocoon. No road to the heavens, no door into the earth—now there was nowhere left to flee.