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The "clack" sound from the well grew closer, as if something was slowly rising from the depths below. Xuan Yang and Qu Si Yang's nerves were on edge, and they instinctively took a step back.
Qu Si Yang's right arm had completely turned to bronze, gleaming with a cold metallic sheen. Sharp metal claws extended from her fingertips, capable of tearing through anything with ease. However, in stark contrast to her fearsome appearance, her gaze was clearer than ever, even revealing a hint of fear.
"Xuan Yang, I heard it..." Qu Si Yang's voice trembled slightly.
"Heard what?" Xuan Yang's attention was fully focused on the well. Inside him, the power of light surged through his veins like a raging torrent, ready to burst forth at any moment.
"A song." Qu Si Yang's pupils dilated slightly, as if she had fallen into some sort of illusion. "Someone at the bottom of the well... is singing a lullaby."
Xuan Yang's heart jolted. He suddenly recalled a dream from his childhood. In that dream, he stood alone by the well, and a gentle female voice softly called his name from below. At that time, the Old Village Chief (Bronze Sovereign) had told him it was merely a "heart demon" at play and that he need not pay it any mind.
But now, Qu Si Yang had heard the same song! This was definitely not some "heart demon"; it was real! The Old Village Chief had been deceiving him!
"Step back!" Xuan Yang shouted as he grabbed Qu Si Yang's arm and forcefully pulled her away. At the same time, his body split rapidly into three shadow clones that instantly formed, standing like phantoms in front of the well.
However, in that split second—
"Crash!"
With a loud noise, a pale hand suddenly emerged from the well, gripping the edge tightly!
The hand looked no different from a human's at first glance; however, upon closer inspection, one could see that fine, spider-like hairs grew at its knuckles, shimmering with an eerie glow in the dim light. Moreover, through the thin layer of skin, bronze-colored veins could be faintly seen, suggesting that this hand did not belong to a human but was part of some mysterious creature.
Even more chilling was the moment when a hand emerged from the well; the entire temple's Bronze skeletons seemed to awaken as if summoned by some unseen force, trembling and resonating with a low hum. This sound echoed through the silent temple like a wail from hell, sending shivers down one's spine.
"Not the Spider Mother..." Qu Si Yang suddenly realized something, tears uncontrollably streaming down his face. "It's a woman!"
The figure crawling out of the well gradually became clearer. Xuan Yang focused intently and was struck as if by lightning—there stood a woman in a tattered white dress! Her face bore a striking resemblance to Qu Si Yang's, but below her neck, her body merged with that of a spider. Eight segmented limbs were entwined with glowing chains, their light piercing through the darkness.
The woman's lips slowly parted, but the sound that emerged was not a single tone; it was an eerie blend of gentle humming and sharp insect chirps, creating a bizarre and terrifying dual voice.
"Mom... Mother?" Qu Si Yang involuntarily stepped forward, as if drawn by an invisible force.
However, just as he approached the spider woman, she suddenly curled up as if struck by immense pain, and the chains clattered in response. At that moment, Xuan Yang noticed something on her forehead—a half-embedded spider emblem that perfectly matched the fragment on the Bronze Sovereign's chest!
"Quick... run..." she struggled to utter human words, but her spider legs uncontrollably lunged at Qu Si Yang!
Xuan Yang's shadow clone intervened just in time but was instantly pierced. As one of the spider legs was about to strike Qu Si Yang's heart, her Bronze hand suddenly lifted on its own, accurately catching the attack!
"Ahhh—!" Qu Si Yang screamed in agony as her Bronze skin began to crack, revealing flowing shadowy material beneath. Even more astonishingly, these shadows were consuming the spider woman's power!
Xuan Yang suddenly understood everything—
"You are not the Spider Mother! You are the person who has been parasitized by it!" He rushed toward the well's edge. "Si Yang, she is transferring her power to you!"
The spider woman smiled as if relieved and suddenly shouted with her last breath: "Kill me... to sever... the cycle..."
Her body began to collapse, countless bronze-colored spiders crawling out from her seven orifices. The spider emblem floated up, slowly flying towards Qu Si Yang's forehead!
"No!" Xuan Yang tried to intervene, but was blocked by the suddenly appearing bronze spider.
"What a touching reunion," the bronze spider's multifaceted eyes glimmered with mockery. "Unfortunately, this child has been a vessel prepared for this moment since birth."
It shot out a strand of silk, and Xuan Yang's light power was instantly sealed!
Qu Si Yang struggled in pain, the spider emblem already affixed to one-third of her forehead. At this critical moment, she suddenly plunged her bronze-colored right hand into her own chest—
"Thud!"
Shadow blood splattered onto the spider emblem, and a piercing scream immediately emanated from the runes!
"Are you insane?!" the bronze spider roared in fury. "You’ll—"
"I know," Qu Si Yang said, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, yet a resolute smile appeared on her face. "Xuan Yang, do you remember the game we played when we were kids?"
Xuan Yang shuddered— it was the "Cutting Spider Silk" game they played at six years old in the ruins of the temple, using sticks to break all the hanging webs.
"Cut… all the threads!" Qu Si Yang screamed as she fully activated her shadow power. The entire temple floor suddenly lit up with dense dark red patterns— it was a projection of a gigantic spider web covering the entire cultivation world!
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