The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine

Chapter 823: Chapter 823: Underground Nest (Super-sized Chapter) Chapter 823: Chapter 823: Underground Nest (Super-sized Chapter) The Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster was entangled into a meat dumpling by the white silk threads.

However, his cultivation was powerful, and he had experienced countless life-and-death battles in his life. Remaining calm in the face of danger, he let out a muffled roar and the True Qi throughout his body exploded, snapping many of the white silk threads wrapped around him.

But—

Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!

In the blink of an eye, that strange human face once again spurted out a waterfall-like density of white silk threads, entangling the Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster anew and emitting a ghastly creaking sound as they tightened.

Next second.

From the bizarre human face, more fluid was ejected, flowing along the white silk threads and penetrating into the body of the Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster! Into his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose!

There were two types of fluids: red and green.

“That guy is done for,” said Huang Xiaolong as he shrugged his shoulders.

No sooner had Huang Xiaolong spoken than the struggling of the Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster grew weaker, and the True Qi bursting from his body became increasingly faint.

“Little Long… what… what is happening…” Sun Wei’s teeth chattered.

“If I’m not mistaken, hanging on the tree is an ancient giant spider known as the ‘Bark-faced Spider.’ This type of spider is extremely terrifying, with a human face on its back that is vividly realistic. However, the rest of its body blends perfectly with the color and patterning of tree bark. So when it’s hanging motionless on a tree, even if you look closely from a short distance, you won’t be able to distinguish it,” Huang Xiaolong explained rapidly. “The Bark-faced Spider can spin a large amount of web. Its silk is incredibly tough, almost ten times stronger than steel wire, waterproof and fireproof. An ordinary person or a common martial arts Grandmaster, if entangled by the silk spun by the Bark-faced Spider, has virtually no chance to escape.”

“However, what’s truly fearsome about the Bark-faced Spider is not its silk, but it can spit out a potent venom. This venom can instantaneously paralyze any creature’s nerves, causing muscle stiffness and rendering them unable to move, weak and incapacitated. Besides, it can also secrete a digestive fluid that can rapidly dissolve any creature.”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a monstrous giant spider finally emerged from the tree in front of the Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster. Its eight legs and every other part of its body looked exactly like tree bark, extremely rugged. Indeed, it was silently hanging on the tree undetectable to anyone!

This was the Bark-faced Spider from Ancient Times, a ghost-like hunter that dwelled in primeval forests!

The Bark-faced Spider suddenly pounced above the Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster’s head and thrust forward a set of mouthparts, piercing through layers of silk and, with a crack, penetrated the Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster’s skull, and then—

Gurgling~~ Gurgling~~ Gurgling~~~

It greedily began to suck and gulp down!

“Ah~~~!!!!! Ah~~~~~!” The Feng Family martial arts Grandmaster let out a blood-curdling scream, more terrifying than that of a slaughtering pig, as if someone had been thrown into a boiling hot pot and viciously fried!

“No! No! No! It’s a spider! Kill it! Kill it!” Many from the Feng Family cried out, calling sounds like the mournful cry of cuckoos and wailing monkeys, both shocked and furious.

At once, bursts of True Qi were launched directly at the greedily feeding Bark-faced Spider.

Bang~~~!!!!!

The Bark-faced Spider was torn into pieces, exploding into a disgusting, sticky mess.

The silk threads fell apart, and out rolled a horribly mutilated corpse.

That could hardly be called a body anymore, for it had been dissolved by the digestive fluid into something like jelly, with only a skull left of its head and mostly bare bones elsewhere on the body, as the flesh, blood, and viscera had all been consumed by the Bark-faced Spider.

This scene was a ghastly sight that chilled to the bone, and the fact that a martial arts Great Grandmaster, a fierce figure who had reigned supreme in the world, could die such a horrific and stifling death was enough to strike cold into any heart!

Just then…

Squeak~~ Squeak~~ Squeak squeak~~~~

Eerie calls resounded one after another.

In the dense woods ahead, the human faces on the tree trunks began to wriggle, and on a closer look, a swarming mass of Bark-faced Spiders could be seen crawling down the trees!

Under the light of the martial artists’ True Qi, every single hair on the Bark-faced Spiders was clearly visible!

Terrifying! Hair-raising! Blood-curdling!

Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!

Swarms of white silk threads were sprayed over!

“Ah~~!!!”

“No~ Don’t! I’m entangled!”

“Help! Save me!”

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Some martial artists were bound by the silk threads and forcefully dragged towards the dense woods.

A few members of the Ying Family were also pulled over, but Huang Xiaolong waved his right hand, and several rays of True Qi sword light flew out, cutting the silk threads and saving the Ying Family members.

Countless Bark-faced Spiders swarmed towards the people from the ten great martial arts families, with an extreme speed like a tidal wave!

A great battle was about to erupt!

Suppressing their disgust, the warriors from the martial arts families let loose a chaotic storm of True Qi, sending spider after spider flying away, blasting them into smithereens.

“Ah~~~~~ I don’t want to die!” A youth from the “Jiang Family” was targeted by as many as five Bark-faced Spiders. They spun their silk at the same time, wrapping him in three thick layers and directly dragged him away. Because he was too heavily enshrouded in silk, the Jiang Family could not rescue him in time.

Toxins and digestive fluids were instantly injected, and the five Bark-faced Spiders began their feast together. After a few breaths, the enormous spiders retracted their silk, leaving a skeleton smeared with bits of flesh on the ground, along with a dried-out husk of human skin.

Huang Xiaolong stood firm, single-handedly slaughtering all the giant spiders that attacked his side, his moves were graceful and devoid of any trace of crudeness.

The battle lasted a solid hour.

The martial artists from the ancient families had killed thousands of bark-faced spiders, but at the cost of 57 lives—a devastating price to pay.

Huang Xiaolong’s side, on the other hand, remained intact.

“Ugh~~~ Ugh~~~~” Sun Wei and the other women, including Jin Mengqi, bent over and began to vomit.

For those who practiced martial arts, death in battle was not uncommon, however, dying so brutally, their bodies sucked dry to a husk of skin and bones, was truly disgusting.

Illuminated by the light of True Qi, the complexions of the people from the ten great ancient families fluctuated, their eyes filled with fear and dread.

“Keep moving! Continue!” Xuanyuan Zhou roared angrily. “What does the death of a few people matter? Compared to the strongest legacy of the Kunlun Sect, what does a little sacrifice count for?”

The Family Head of the “Ying Family” also spoke harshly. “Things have come to this point, we’ve reached a critical moment, we can only move forward, not back! Everyone, you are all well aware of what the strongest legacy of the Kunlun Sect means. To aspire to such a great inheritance necessarily entails sacrifice! My Ying Family, even if all but a few of our clan perish, even if only one person remains, it will be worth it as long as we obtain the strongest legacy of the Kunlun Sect!”

Motivated by wealth and driven by hunger, these people from the ancient martial families were now as if injected with adrenaline.

They quickly buried the skeletons then and there, after which the main force pushed through the dense forest and continued to advance forward!

This time, Huang Xiaolong, leading his own people, followed slowly behind.

“Heh heh, these guys really won’t shed tears until they see their own coffins~~~” Huang Xiaolong said with a playful smile. “We’ve barely entered the Kunlun secret realm, and already several hundred have been blinded, dozens have died…”

Ying Xiao sighed by his side, seemingly mournful. “It’s too brutal, the sacrifice is too great. You must understand, those who died are all martial arts Grandmasters! Each Grandmaster is seen as a legend in the eyes of ordinary people, and yet, they lie buried here…”

“Hahaha~~ Father-in-law, there’s no need for premature sorrow. The deeper we go into the secret realm, the more will die,” Huang Xiaolong shrugged. “I’m not familiar with this place, so I can’t protect everyone. Thus… let’s leave it to fate.”

Continue moving!

An hour later!

A vast expanse of barren land appeared ahead!

What is barren land?

It is land of death, where the ground appears gray-brown in color, without a blade of grass, and all the surrounding trees are also withered, without leaves, their trunks extremely shriveled, and the bark completely fallen off.

An aura of death and decay pervaded the barren land.

Everyone dared not make any rash moves, stopping at the edge of the barren area.

This stretch of barren land was miles across; even those with exceptional Qinggong could not leap over it, so they inevitably had to walk into it.

“This place is too strange, all the vegetation is dead, nothing can survive… It’s a world apart from the lush vegetation inside the secret realm…” pondered the Family Head of the “Tang Family,” frowning in contemplation.

“No use dawdling, let’s have several members from each of our ten great ancient martial families enter the barren land to scout out a path!” Xuanyuan Zhou barked ferociously.

After pausing a moment, he urged them. “There’s nothing to be afraid of, we’re all martial arts Grandmasters. If we’re extra careful, nothing untoward will happen.”

Having said that, Xuanyuan Zhou directly ordered two Xuanyuan Family youths to walk into the barren land.

Since Xuanyuan Zhou had spoken, the other ancient martial families did not lag behind and each sent out two family members into the barren land.

“There’s no need for our Ying Family to send people to explore,” Huang Xiaolong said languidly. “You already have enough people.”

“You!” Xuanyuan Zhou was extremely dissatisfied, his face turning colors.

“What, you’re not convinced?” Huang Xiaolong asked, smiling teasingly.

After a few moments of distorted facial contortions, Xuanyuan Zhou replied in a muffled voice. “Dare not.”

The 18 martial artists from the nine great ancient families, walking on eggshells across the barren land, shone with True Qi all over their bodies, some even holding weapons as if facing great enemies.

However, halfway through, the journey was calm, and nothing out of the ordinary occurred.

“Sigh~~~~~~” The people standing at the edge of the barren land all let out a long sigh of relief.

The 18 martial artists traversing the barren land finally allowed their tense hearts to settle back down.

“Ha~~~ It seems we were too tense,” laughed a Xuanyuan Family youth, feeling a bit sheepish.

At that moment!

Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop!

The ground under the 18 martial artists suddenly gave way, caving in, and they were bizarrely dragged down!

“Damn it, below! Ah~~~~~~~!!!”

Halfway into being pulled down, the 18 martial artists erupted with screams of intense pain, horror, and despair!

Creak~~ Creak~~ Creak~~ Creak~~~

A terrifying sound of cutting and chewing came, densely packed.

In no time at all, the 18 martial artists were all dragged beneath the surface.

However, they were soon thrown back out.

It was their corpses.

They were no longer whole corpses but — skeletons!

In other words, they were dragged beneath the barren ground in an extremely brief moment, and in less than a few seconds, they turned into skeletons!

All those standing on the edge of the barren ground hadn’t even processed what happened.

“Hmm? Could it be…” Huang Xiaolong’s eye muscles twitched slightly.

Just at that moment!

Boom!!!!

Boom~~~ Boom~~ Boom~~~!

From beneath the barren ground, like a fountain, surged waves of blackness!

Like a waterfall!

These waves of blackness, spreading over the barren ground, piled up into large mounds several meters high, resembling sand dunes, then they moved at an extremely fast speed towards the martial artists from the ancient families standing at the edge.

In an instant, more and more “sand dunes” amassed on the barren ground, blocking out the sky!

Looking closely!

“It’s ants! It’s ants!”

Huang Xiaolong’s expression became slightly stern, “Retreat, these are ‘Magical Ants,’ they can easily raid a village, even a town, more than ten times stronger than the army ants of the desert! They eat whatever they catch, even pieces of metal can be corroded with their acid before being consumed. Because they often eat rocks and metals, these ‘Magical Ants’ have developed a layer of tough keratin on their bodies, making their defense extremely strong.”

“A single ‘Magical Ant’ isn’t worth mentioning, but the terrifying part is that they come out in swarms to forage.” Huang Xiaolong led the people around him, quickly retreating.

The swarms of ‘Magical Ants’ that surged from the barren land were enormous, already wrapped together, forming huge spheres over ten meters in diameter and height, rolling towards them!

Rumble rumble! Rumble rumble! Rumble rumble!

The ground shook!

This wasn’t just millions or tens of millions of ‘Magical Ants’ anymore but billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions!

“Damn it!” Some martial artists from the ten great ancient families were naturally brave and wouldn’t fear mere ants!

Immediately, besides a portion that retreated, another part, with their True Qi blazing, attacked the ant swarm with palm strikes and punches!

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

The giant balls made up of ‘Magical Ants’ were smashed apart, with crushed powder scattering all across the ground.

However, the swarms were too numerous, and still some martial artists were quickly enveloped by the “giant balls.”

Crack~~ Crack~~ Crack~~~

The “giant balls” stayed for no more than a second, or two, then rolled over, leaving behind nothing but cleanly gnawed skeletons on the ground.

The Magical Ants were unceasing, killing them seemed endless, and finally, after paying the heavy price of hundreds dying, turned into skeletons, no one dared to fight with the swarms anymore.

“Run! Run for your lives!”

The martial artists activated their Qinggong, fleeing back.

The ant swarm didn’t give up the pursuit of food, they turned into a black ocean, surging violently over everything, their speed astonishingly fast!

Some martial artists, in the process of fleeing for their lives, climbed trees, thinking they could escape this calamity.

But as the black ocean swept through, crack crack crack, any large tree would be gnawed to pieces in a moment, and those hiding in trees would fall down, enveloped by the black ocean, and quickly turned into mere skeletal frames.

This was nothing short of ruthless and cold-blooded slaughter.

In the midst of their escape, Huang Xiaolong’s wives noticed something amazing!

Where’s Little Long?

Huang Xiaolong had disappeared as if vanishing into thin air!

“Where did Little Long go?” Ma Chuxia was absolutely horrified.

Just as the people from the ancient martial families were fleeing in complete disarray, right in front of them, suddenly leapt out a large group of road-blocking monsters!

They weren’t Magical Ants, but a kind of super-sized frog with tails!

Each one was over a dozen meters long, their eyes cold and indifferent, swinging their tails with mucus-covered tongues flicking about, like frogs waiting for flies to come close.

If Huang Xiaolong had been there, he would have recognized at a glance that these super-sized frogs were actually “Overlord Salamanders.” These creatures lived 200 million years ago, during the rise of dinosaurs, and were among the “top predators” on Earth at the time.

Now, with Overlord Salamanders in front and the ‘Magical Ants’ behind, the people from the ten great ancient families were caught right in the middle!

“Fight! Fight! To the death! Kill these beasts!”

The people from the ten great ancient families launched a fierce attack on the Overlord Salamanders ahead!

Even though Overlord Salamanders were top predators from Ancient Times, they were no match for the Great Grandmasters of martial arts.

A flurry of potent True Qi attacks either tore apart the bodies of the Overlord Salamanders, split them open, or cut them straight into two.

However, what’s deadly is that the ant swarm, a soul-devouring black sea behind them, was about to engulf them!

500 meters! 300 meters! 200 meters! Closer and closer!

As for Huang Xiaolong, when facing the surging ants, he didn’t flee with everyone else. Instead, he ran into that barren land.

Huang Xiaolong’s ears trembled constantly as if he was exerting all his hearing, listening to something.

While carefully listening, Huang Xiaolong stepped into the center of the barren land.

Finally, Huang Xiaolong stopped in his tracks, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, and he struck out with his palm!

Bang!!!!

A large patch of barren ground was flipped over, revealing a giant ant the size of a wild buffalo bursting from the soil!

This giant ant had six pairs of transparent wings. It buzzed terrifyingly as it took flight.

This was an ant queen!

Buzz~~~~!

The ant queen shot towards Huang Xiaolong like lightning, spewing out a vicious stream of green acid straight at him!

Huang Xiaolong tilted his head slightly and with his right palm up, his sword light flashed brilliantly as he sliced through, cutting the ant queen in two.

On the other side.

Thousands from the top ten ancient martial families formed a tightly knit group, back to back. Before them lay the bodies of Tyrant Salamanders scattered about haphazardly.

Behind them, the black sea, resembling a tidal wave, was now less than ten meters away!

They seemed about to be devoured, to become the ants’ meal!

“Little Long! Little Long!” Huang Xiaolong’s wives all cried out. It wasn’t that they were afraid of death, but the thought of dying with their beloved husband not by their side brought regret.

“No! Why! Why! In my heroic life, why must I die at the hands of mere ants! I, Xuanyuan Zhou, cannot accept this!” Xuanyuan Zhou sighed to the heavens.

Just then!

Boom~~~~~~~!!!!

The ants scattered chaotically, as if they were ants on a hot pan, losing direction and then burrowing into the ground.

In an instant, the surging ants disappeared without a trace.

“What… What’s going on?” Ma Chuxia was astonished.

At that moment, Huang Xiaolong approached nonchalantly, smiling lightly. “I’ve slaughtered the ant queen. Without her, these demonic ants naturally disintegrate.”

“Little Long!” The wives threw themselves at Huang Xiaolong in a frenzy.

Even Feng Hanyan and Yan Pianpian, having just escaped death, were overwhelmed with emotion, abandoning all reserve and rushing to embrace Huang Xiaolong.

The people from the ancient martial families, having survived the ordeal, collapsed to the ground as if deflated, inhaling deeply.

“Let’s continue moving forward. Just ahead should be the deepest part of this Kunlun secret realm,” Huang Xiaolong said with a smile, then turned and walked away.

The wives and people of the Ying Family immediately followed him.

The ancient martial families subconsciously came to regard Huang Xiaolong as their pillar, not daring to rest any longer. They stood up and continued to follow Huang Xiaolong.

Several hours later!

There was no more path ahead!

They seemed to have reached the end!

Before them was a massive cave!

This was an opening leading underground!

The diameter was at least over a kilometer, clearly not something man-made.

However, at the edge of the cave, there were indeed some man-made stone steps.

Everyone held their breath, their eyes fixated on the cave.

It seemed bottomless, and they wondered what world lay beneath the cave.

Cold winds howled from below, and a tremendous dark oppressive force surged out, causing hearts to race and courage to falter.

Huang Xiaolong and Ji Zhengyu exchanged glances, then nodded simultaneously.

The source of that terrifying life force, akin to a demonic fetus, was coming from below the cave!

“Thump thump~~~ thump thump~~~ thump thump~~~~~”

Huang Xiaolong seemed to hear, from deep below the cave, the sound of a heartbeat!

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