Chapter 64: Human-faced Spider Leads The Way, Half-finished Tang Tomb
Right in front of Hu Ba Yi, a massive stone slab suddenly appeared, sealing off the entire area from top to bottom for over ten meters.
This thing seemed to appear out of thin air, with no trace of it beforehand, and its sudden emergence here left Hu Ba Yi and the others utterly puzzled.
After groping around in front, Fatty said somewhat exasperatedly:
“Master, Old Hu, something’s not right!”
It turned out that three tomb raiding holes had actually appeared ahead!
Tomb raiding holes have always been just one, because tomb raiders simply don’t have the energy to dig so many, and even to cover their tracks, there’s no need to do so deep in a pit like this.
Hu Ba Yi went over to check and found that these three tomb raiding holes plus that stone door formed something like a crossroads, except the tomb raiding hole straight ahead was dug very neatly just like the previous one, while the other two tomb raiding holes were much more scattered and rough.
All three of them couldn’t help but feel extremely puzzled.
“Three roads, one dead end, which one is the right way after all!”
“This is really blinding, never expected to encounter something like this here!”
At this moment, Da Jin Ya suddenly pulled out a bunch of pendants, all Buddha, Bodhisattva, Guanyin, and even Taoist protective charms, Christian crosses…
“Brothers, put one on each, I just feel something’s off!”
Fatty couldn’t help but mock:
“Master Jin, you sure believe in everything, you’re like a grand collection of religions on your body! With so many Gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas blessing you, do you walk with wind at your feet?”
“Believing more never burdens the body!”
Da Jin Ya wasn’t angry at all and grinned:
“Put one on, at least one will work!”
Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help but chuckle and waved his hand:
“Cut it out, we have Master here!”
The three bantered and joked, which relaxed the somewhat tense atmosphere considerably.
Su Mo didn’t say anything, his eyes fixed tightly on the stone slab ahead.
He had read the original work and knew this ancient tomb was a Western Zhou Ancient Tomb nested within a Tang Tomb, forming a labyrinth-like layout, almost like being trapped in a chaotic spacetime array.
And Golden Abacus had ultimately died in this ancient tomb, which showed that none of these three roads were safe!
Thinking of this, he squeezed between Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi and walked up to the stone slab.
This stone slab was extremely thick and heavy, over ten meters tall, probably weighing several thousand jin. Although Su Mo had now reached Martial Saint Beginner, it would still be difficult for him alone to move it.
What’s more, no one knew what was behind this stone slab!
Perhaps a trap mechanism, or maybe another massive stone slab.
If it was another massive stone slab, that would be fine, but if it was a trap mechanism, and he exerted all his strength to move the stone slab only to trigger the one behind it, even at Martial Saint peak it would be hard to withstand!
Thinking of this, Su Mo couldn’t help but feel troubled.
At that moment, a rustling sound suddenly came from deep in the tomb raiding hole.
This sound seemed like something was crawling toward them, and from the noise, it appeared this thing was quite large.
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi heard it too, their faces changing slightly as they gripped their entrenching tools tightly.
Soon, the rustling reached right in front of them, and a massive black shadowy thing suddenly burst out from the adjacent tomb raiding hole. On its bizarre giant face were eight red eyes, like eight small lanterns, suddenly appearing in the darkness and startling cold sweat out of everyone.
This was a gigantic human-faced spider, its body pitch black like iron, with white patterns on its back that looked just like a human face, the features in the pattern strikingly clear.
It was precisely a human-faced spider!
This human-faced spider lived in underground caves, not only enormous in size but also highly venomous, most skilled at binding prey with spider silk before injecting toxin into their bodies.
Once a person was poisoned by its toxin, their muscles would immediately stiffen, rendering them immobile, while it also injected digestive fluid into the body of humans or animals to melt their organs, turning them into a “beverage” ready to suck at any time!
Pan She Slope was full of pits everywhere, and many wild beasts or people who fell into them became food for the human-faced spider. The son of that old couple who had stayed at the base of the slope likely fell into a cave and was eaten alive by one of these.
In the blink of an eye, this human-faced spider crawled right up to Su Mo. Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi trembled in fear and immediately grabbed their entrenching tools to pounce.
“Don’t move!”
Su Mo suddenly shouted in a deep voice.
With that, he extended one hand toward this human-faced spider.
Gu Control Technique!
Su Mo’s Gu Control Technique could not only manipulate gu insects but also control simple-minded insects like this. Though this human-faced spider was huge, it was still an insect, just like the ant queen they encountered in Xi Ye Ancient City, which Su Mo had controlled with Gu Control Technique to summon its swarm.
As the Gu Control Technique took effect, the human-faced spider’s head shook, resisting for a few seconds before it lowered its body and became extremely docile.
Seeing this, Da Jin Ya was stunned speechless.
Master Su could even control such a terrifying spider— no wonder Hu Ba Yi said they believed in nothing but Master!
After controlling the human-faced spider, Su Mo turned to Hu Ba Yi and the others with a slight smile:
“Alright, now we’ve got ourselves a guide!”
In this pit, although Su Mo could use the Great Yin Meditation Technique to glimpse some outlines of the ancient tomb and pits, the three tomb raiding holes plus the chaotic caves within, along with the disordered magnetic field power, had caused him considerable trouble.
Now with the human-faced spider leading the way, things would be much easier. This creature had simple thoughts; as long as he controlled it with Gu Control Technique and had it lead them into the ancient tomb, it would be straightforward.
The human-faced spider shook its head and turned to crawl ahead.
Su Mo then led Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Da Jin Ya to follow it. After passing two caves connected to the tomb raiding hole, the human-faced spider soon brought them to a nether hall.
Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help but say happily:
“Still, Master has the ways— to find a guide here of all places!”
Hu Ba Yi looked toward the nether hall and frowned:
“This nether hall… how come there’s nothing in it?”
The nether hall was quite large, around two or three hundred square meters, but it was completely empty inside—no funerary objects, not even a coffin. It looked like it had been completely cleared out!
Only the four walls of the nether hall were carved with many murals.
Da Jin Ya ran up to the murals and studied them for a long time before slapping his thigh in annoyance:
“This… this ancient tomb is off, it looks like a half-finished product!”
