The Sutra of Nothingness

Chapter 745 The Inner Demon Spider King

At this moment, Shangguan Duo had fallen into a state of madness. Suddenly going from a penniless poor boy to a rich man felt unreal to him, even though he had never been this wealthy when he was a Mahayana cultivator in the lower realm.

"Hahaha, I knew it! My master really did leave me a legacy! I'm rich! I'm rich!" Shangguan Duo was like a toad with eyes full of money, his tongue sticking out and drool almost dripping from his mouth!

This undoubtedly aroused the dissatisfaction of the artifact spirits, who all looked at him with disdain and shook their heads.

"Alright, alright! You've never seen money before! Wipe your drool away, it's practically dripping onto the ground!" The little Ringwraith shouted at its unruly master with a look of disgust.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Duo swallowed hard and withdrew his consciousness from the storage ring. Their immediate priority was to get out of here, since their objective had been achieved, and they no longer needed to worry about entering or leaving the cities of the Jingjie outpost.

Following this tunnel, which seemed to lead to an unknown destination, he walked on, as if it were endless and intricate. Even Shangguan Duo, who had already reached the realm of immortals, got lost in it. Moreover, in some places, there were invisible barriers set up by people from the underworld, and various powerful Yin demon beasts could be seen everywhere, which gave him a great headache.

Having walked for an unknown amount of time, Shangguan Duo wearily found a rock and sat down, completely unwilling to take another step.

"What am I going to do? I've been walking for so long and there's still no suitable way out. Am I really going to spend my whole life here in solitude?" Shangguan Duo couldn't help but complain. Especially since he was a celestial being with a lifespan of 100,000 years in this immortal realm, if he were to die here, he would be bored to death.

"You can't even hold on for such a short time? Don't you even think about how long I've been in the lower realm? Besides, if you don't have an opportunity, you can create one! I really don't understand if your brain is completely useless. How can you not understand such a simple principle? We deliberately didn't say anything, thinking you would have improved after your transformation, but it's still the same!" Hun Tianyi was also annoyed and launched into a tirade against Shangguan Duo, which instantly made Shangguan Duo's face turn red, but he couldn't think of any rebuttal.

"You...you...you've been corrupted by him too! Don't get too close to the little spirit. It's wrong to do that to your master. Besides, I'm now an Earth Immortal! I can't do anything to you like before. I advise you to show me some respect, or I'll melt you down if I get the chance!" Shangguan Duo was furious and could only keep spewing threats, too lazy to even stand up.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you can talk big, but you don't dare to actually do it. Ignore him and let him figure it out himself. Before, his cultivation level was too low, so it was fine for us to help him. Now that he has reached the Immortal rank, if we don't let him learn to rely on himself, he will never make any progress in his life!" The little spirit didn't spoil him either, and pulled the celestial instrument into Shangguan Duo's sea of ​​consciousness, spitting on him as it left.

"Ugh... what kind of mess have I made! This group of disobedient spirits is always going against me! Why am I so unlucky?" Shangguan Duo stared at the darkness above his head with a worried expression and couldn't help but complain.

"Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!" No sooner had Shangguan Duo finished speaking than he heard a series of sounds coming from all directions, which made his expression turn serious.

In just a moment, he completely immersed himself in nature, quietly hiding in a corner to observe the situation.

Just a short while later, a swarm of giant spiders emitting black smoke surged in from all directions, with the largest one accompanied by a small, spirit-like old man.

No one knows what this little old man's background is, but he is able to survive in the Jiuli Crystal Mine, which is full of souls and spirits.

"That's strange. It was just here a moment ago, but now it's gone." The old man humbly led the largest Heart Demon Spider to the ore spot where Shangguan Duo had been resting, and then began to look around in confusion.

"I advise you not to play me, otherwise Jiuli Crystal can't do anything to you, but I can devour you and refine you!" The huge Heart Demon Spider's mandibles vibrated, and a muffled voice rang out.

"How could that be, Lord Heart Demon Spider King? You are the overlord of this area. Even if I had the guts of a bear and the courage of a leopard, I would never dare to deceive you!" Upon hearing the Heart Demon Spider King's words, the old man trembled with fear and hurriedly explained, kneeling down before the Heart Demon Spider King and kowtowing repeatedly like a pestle pounding garlic.

"That kid is sneaking around in this mine. He must be a spy sent by the higher-ups to survey the inside and catch all the Yin Demon Beasts in one fell swoop. Otherwise, why would a human like him stay at the barrier? You've noticed him before, haven't you?"

"Hmph, don't think I don't know what you're up to. Even if I catch him, I'll plant a restriction on his body. If you have any ulterior motives, you'll be reduced to ashes in an instant!" The Heart Demon Pearl Emperor didn't even glance at the old man, but stared intently at the direction where Shangguan Duo was hiding, his tone still very somber.

"Why is this guy's gaze a bit terrifying? Could it be that he already knows I'm hiding here? No, no, no, someone above the Celestial Immortal level couldn't possibly be here. Otherwise, how could the people up here possibly guard this mine? They would have been driven away long ago." Shangguan Duo felt uneasy under the watchful eyes of dozens of eerie pairs of eyes, and hurriedly changed his position while trying to reassure himself.

The moment he took a step, a large net suddenly flew towards him, so fast that he had no time to react. He had only taken one step when he was already wrapped up in the spider web like a dumpling.

"Hahaha, kid, you're quite the runner! How many times have you escaped? Now try to run again, why aren't you running anymore? If it weren't for Lord Heart Demon Spider King's intervention, we really wouldn't have been able to capture you!" Seeing Shangguan Duo captured, the old man's body, which had been trembling like a leaf, began to return to normal, and he floated towards Shangguan Duo with a wild laugh.

"What do you mean?" Shangguan Duo was completely dumbfounded. He had never seen this guy before and had never had any interaction with him. But from his words, it seemed that the two of them had fought more than once, but he had no recollection of it at all.

"My lord, according to our agreement, you may collect his soul, and I will use his body to retrieve the information for you!" The old man gave Shangguan Duo no chance to resolve his doubts and turned to bow to the Heart Demon Spider King.