Chapter 2288 — Why They Vanished, Part Two
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Great Fire Lion, wait—was it merely a single fire-attribute natural treasure of yours that we picked? Is that worth all this?" the Heaven-Rank Spider cried. "I can repay you..."
"Ha! So it was indeed you who picked it—then spare me the useless chatter! Today I will not leave off until I have burned your entire Spider Clan to cripples!" Roaring, the Great Fire Lion charged straight for the cave...
The Heaven-Rank Spider was speechless. This Great Fire Lion would not negotiate terms at all—it simply cut off your words mid-sentence. Not even compensation would do?
At the end of its resources, the Heaven-Rank Spider's gaze suddenly fell upon the teleportation formation inside the cave! Though it knew the way to activate the formation, it had never once thought of doing so!
For spirit beasts cultivated as human cultivators did, yet their methods of cultivation were not wholly the same. Whether the ranks beyond Heaven Rank would even correspond, no one could say for certain—and so the Heaven-Rank Spider had never thought of going to the Cloud-Rank Island!
Whether that place would even suit spirit beasts was itself a question—and more than that, if it went alone, what would become of the rest of the Spider Clan? How could they stand against the Fire Lion Clan? And if it took all its clansmen along, would the entire Spider Clan meet with disaster once they arrived there?
The teleportation formation could only be borne by cultivators of Heaven Rank or above. Though the constitution of spirit beasts differed somewhat from that of human cultivators, whether ordinary spirit beasts could withstand the formation's energies was truly hard to say...
For all these reasons, the Heaven-Rank Spider had never before considered opening the teleportation formation itself—otherwise it would never have passed the knowledge on to Wei Zhao.
But now the Spider Clan had reached the great hour of life and death. Even if the Great Fire Lion stayed its hand and did not burn them all to death, the burns alone would leave the Spider Clan gravely weakened!
When the time came to heal their wounds, cultivation resources would fall into dire scarcity, and the Spider Clan's decline would be inevitable—for at least several hundred years, they could forget about contending with the Fire Lion Clan!
So the Heaven-Rank Spider gritted its teeth. Rather than hold out here, better to risk all and flee as a whole clan! Perhaps once the formation was opened, some new opportunity might present itself—who could say...
Only, doing so would be a little unfair to its benefactor Wei Zhao. It had already given him its promise, yet plans could never keep pace with change—now the Spider Clan would have to use the teleportation formation itself!
Gazing at the exquisite formation that radiated a faint blue light, the Heaven-Rank Spider heaved a long sigh in its heart!
If there was a chance in the future, it would repay Wei Zhao's kindness then... With this thought, the Heaven-Rank Spider swiftly opened the teleportation formation in the manner it remembered, then commanded the whole clan of spiders: "Follow me, all of you! Come with me! Move through quickly!"
Hardly had the Heaven-Rank Spider's words faded when a wondrous halo of many colors appeared before it. Seeing this, the Heaven-Rank Spider gritted its teeth, and leading the little spiders, was the first to step into the halo and vanish from the spot...
As for the other spider clansmen, though they found it strange that a halo should suddenly appear in the cave, they obeyed the Heaven-Rank Spider's command and stepped into the halo without the slightest hesitation.
What the Heaven-Rank Spider had never expected, however, was that when the Fire Lion Clan saw them flee into the halo, they too charged in after them...