Invincible Dad-Chapter 546 546: Sneak Attack_1
"At last, some normal monsters!"
Relying on his tough hide, Qian Xiao faced the attacks of the three Sea Demons without any panic. Instead, he struck back with heavy punches. Punch after punch, he forced the Sea Demons, whose strength was merely that of a peak Sixth Grade Martial Artist, into a relentless retreat.
Finally, after Qian Xiao threw who knows how many punches, the Sea Demons, who had been brutally beaten since their arrival, dissolved into a pile of minced flesh.
"Whew. Not a single one could put up a fight." Qian Xiao's eyes sparkled as he straightened his back and boasted, "Yiyi, don't be scared. Stand behind me, I'll protect you!"
Xu Yiyi pursed her lips. Just now, when facing those terrifying giant insects, you hid behind me. Now that the poisonous snakes are gone and the spiders have run away, you suddenly think you're capable again?
Even Xu Lai, whose wisp of Divine Sense lingered on his daughter, was rendered somewhat speechless. Kid Qian truly has a knack for bullying the weak and fearing the strong. One would need a face as thick as a city wall to say such things.
"Qian Xiao, let's hurry and go," Yiyi urged. She felt a growing unease in her heart, sensing that something terrible was gradually awakening beneath the island.
In fact, she was right.
Five hundred nautical miles away in East Sea City's Haitang Court, Ruan Tang, who was particularly exhausted after a late meeting, had fallen into a deep sleep.
Xu Lai narrowed his eyes, looking toward the isolated island. He strode forward, arriving in the sky above it in a single step. Looking down at Gudu Island, Xu Lai did not intervene. He wanted to see how his daughter would handle this crisis.
This is what a true trial is. The trials previously arranged by the Martial Dao Association were nothing more than child's play.
"The Faceless Spider…" Xu Lai raised an eyebrow slightly. The woman Jing Ke had used as a pawn, whom he had suppressed under the Dragan vein of Mount Fu, was also a monster without facial features. Although not of the same clan as the Faceless Spider, their bloodlines were somewhat similar, though the Faceless Spider's was purer.
In Xu Lai's senses, a creature was awakening beneath the island. He could hear its heartbeat, which was slow yet staggeringly powerful. This heartbeat was no less formidable than the heart of the Great Emperor Youming he had found within the barrier at the Mass Burial Mound a few days prior.
It was not an Emperor Realm being, but it was comparable to a Quasi-Emperor.
A living Quasi-Emperor existed on Earth. It lay hidden beneath Gudu Island, having slept for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, only to awaken today.
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"Ah Lan, no!"
"We have to run, they're chasing us again…"
"Senior Xu Wandao, help us!"
"..."
Across the island, there were the tender cries of children and desperate pleas for help.
The sounds pierced Xu Wandao's ears and pained his heart. He clenched his fists tightly, only to loosen them again out of powerlessness. His once-straight back was now hunched, weighed down by self-reproach.
"Humans… so weak." The Faceless Spider had once again taken the form of Deng Shu. It mused, "Out of twenty-one people, fifteen have been captured in less than an hour."
"Of the remaining six, how many do you think can escape the island?"
The Faceless Spider's words left Xu Wandao unsure how to respond. The island wasn't large. Any Sixth Grade Martial Artist at full speed could fly from the center to the coast in under five minutes, but that was without any obstacles. Now, there were pursuers ahead and ambushes behind. There was Deng Shu, who cared only for his own escape, and Bai Yuan, who was burdened with a liability. Even Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao, who had been slaying every Sea Demon in their path, found their progress indirectly delayed.
Of the six who remained uncaptured, none were even close to the shore, let alone in a position to escape the island.
"Not a single one will escape." Seeing the human expert's silence, the Faceless Spider answered its own question. "Actually, even if one did manage to escape, I would just capture them and bring them back. How can food be allowed to escape from the dinner table?"
"You lied to me! You never intended to let any of us leave!" Xu Wandao could no longer remain silent, his eyes blazing with fury as he stared at the Faceless Spider.
The latter shrugged. "You're just realizing this now? Humans are truly naive."
The other twelve powerful Sea Demons surrounding Gudu Island from different directions all flashed disdainful smiles. They had long known the Faceless Spider's nature: treacherous, shameless, and ruthless, with a particular fondness for sneak attacks. It was laughable that the humans not only failed to take any precautions but actually believed its words.
"Human, how about we make another deal?" the Faceless Spider said enticingly. "If you want to save these children, bring twenty-one thousand people to exchange for them. Ordinary people will do, but they must be children under the age of fifteen."
"For every two thousand ordinary children, you can trade for one of the Human Race's young prodigies. No matter how you look at it, that's a pretty good deal, isn't it?"
SWISH!
Xu Wandao drew the battle saber that had accompanied him his entire military life. The blade shimmered with the cold light of a half-moon. His killing intent boiled as he roared, "Shut your mouth! Today, even if I die, I will absolutely not—"
He never finished his sentence.
The space behind Xu Wandao wavered for an instant, and a blood-red spider appeared. It stood upright, possessing a pair of human-like arms but no facial features. It was another Faceless Spider. It reached out a hand, effortlessly piercing through Xu Wandao's body, moving so fast that the Ninth Grade Great Grandmaster had no time to react.
"Pfft!"
Xu Wandao spat out a large mouthful of blood, his expression incredibly stiff. His heart had been seized. With just a slight squeeze of that hand, he would die without a grave.
The Faceless Spider on the island dissolved into a wisp of smoke and merged into the blood-red spider's body.
"The exact same aura fluctuation… that was your clone…" Enduring the excruciating pain, Xu Wandao turned his head and saw another faceless, humanoid spider, feeling as if he had been plunged into an icy abyss.
His opponent was far too cautious. It could have crushed him with sheer strength. Yet, it still created a clone as a diversion while its true body lay in wait, launching a fatal sneak attack at the most critical moment.
This Faceless Spider was utterly despicable and shameless, devoid of any dignity befitting a powerful expert.
"A lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit," the Faceless Spider said. "You must never let the enemy know your true strength. That's what my master told me."
Xu Wandao gritted his teeth, saying nothing.
The Faceless Spider's voice was calm. "Don't even think about self-destructing to hurt me. If you dare, I will carve out the hearts of every child you brought here and offer them to my master as a snack."
"You… You're despicable!" Xu Wandao roared.
"I learned it all from you humans." As the Faceless Spider spoke, it suddenly looked up at the sky above Gudu Island, where dozens of Spiritual Qi Phoenixes had appeared.
Each one… emitted a terrifying pressure of spiritual energy!
SHRIEK!
The cry of the phoenixes morphed into a terrifying sonic wave. The attack caused the bodies of all the Demonic Beasts attempting to besiege Qian Xiao and Xu Yiyi to explode, including a Sea Demon comparable to an Eighth Grade Martial Artist.
"It's a Spiritual Body!" The Faceless Spider's voice suddenly grew fervent.
Though it had no face, Xu Wandao could still feel the intense, staring gaze of the creature holding his heart.
"Capture that little girl." The Faceless Spider pointed toward Xu Yiyi in the center of the island. It was not commanding the low-level Sea Demons, but the twelve monsters comparable to peak Ninth Grade Martial Artists.
"RUN!" Xu Wandao's pupils contracted as he screamed in despair.
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Chapter 546 546: Sneak Attack_1
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