Approaching the dilapidated stone hall, Yang Che did not enter rashly.
He lightly tapped his foot, leaping onto a half-collapsed stone wall, and cautiously looked inside the stone hall.
He saw Wang Yue, her body entangled in black threads, suspended in a corner of the hall, struggling desperately.
On the ground, Xing Yao, holding a small Magical Artifact mirror, was struggling to resist the black threads continuously gushing from above.
Although her situation was slightly better than Wang Yue's, her arms were now increasingly bound by black threads, to the point where she could barely hold onto the small Magical Artifact mirror.
"Fellow Daoist, be careful of what's above."
Seeing Yang Che appear on the stone wall, Xing Yao immediately reminded him anxiously.
Just then, countless black threads suddenly shot out from an uncollapsed corner of the stone hall's roof, sweeping towards Yang Che.
The speed and strength of these black threads startled Yang Che; he almost instinctively leaped backward, preparing to flee into the distance.
However, with a 'boom', the stone wall completely collapsed, and black threads poured out, about to completely envelop Yang Che.
In a moment of desperation, a Talisman appeared in Yang Che's hand; it was the 'Vajra Talisman'.
As he murmured a few indistinct incantations, Yang Che fiercely slapped the Vajra Talisman onto himself.
A dazzling golden light shone, and countless golden rays immediately appeared around Yang Che's body, densely converging into a golden Light Cage that enveloped and protected him.
The black threads shot onto the golden light, immediately producing a harsh, sharp friction sound.
Where the black threads struck, the golden light actually dented inward, and soon, countless dents appeared all around the entire golden Light Cage.
Yang Che was anxious, fearing that the Vajra protective shield would not hold.
It was at this moment, through the protective shield, that Yang Che saw a huge black spider, nearly two zhang long, hanging down from the top of the stone hall.
Its dark and shiny spider legs, like sharp spears, sent shivers down one's spine.
The Black Jade Spider dropped to the ground and quickly crawled towards Yang Che.
With a 'bang', two spider legs directly pierced through the Vajra protective shield formed by the Vajra Talisman and fiercely stabbed into Yang Che's body.
Yang Che grunted in pain, one of his palms had turned completely black at some point, and he slammed it hard onto one of the spider legs.
At the same time, a ray of light shot over, enveloping the Black Jade Spider.
The Black Jade Spider's body suddenly began to tremble, seemingly in extreme pain; he violently flung Yang Che into a corner of the stone hall.
Yang Che fell heavily to the ground and quickly took a Nourishing Yuan Pill.
Lying on the ground, his eyes glanced over, and he actually discovered a medicinal plant in this corner that had an aura somewhat similar to the 'nine-leaf dark yang fruit'.
"Immortal Plant?"
Yang Che immediately recalled that this should be the 'Pseudo Immortal Plant' that Xing Yao mentioned, because the aura of this plant was far inferior to the nine-leaf dark yang fruit.
This plant seemed to be in its mature stage, emitting an incredibly alluring and unique fragrance.
"Hmm?"
Following the soil where this Pseudo Immortal Plant was located, Yang Che's heart suddenly pounded fiercely.
From the outside, this soil, only one zhang long and wide, seemed like ordinary soil, but Yang Che, who had repeatedly read and studied the "Alchemy Notes", immediately recognized that this was an extremely precious and rare 'Spiritual Soil'.
Yang Che disregarded the blood holes pierced by the Black Jade Spider on his body and struggled to crawl to the 'Pseudo Immortal Plant'.
He was originally going to dig up this 'Spiritual Soil', but after getting close to the 'Pseudo Immortal Plant', he couldn't resist the allure of its fragrance and, as if possessed, picked and ate the only ripe red fruit on it.
"Bastard, how dare you hog the Immortal Fruit?"
Wang Yue, who was suspended, saw Yang Che eat the red fruit from the Immortal Plant and couldn't help but scold him anxiously.
Just then, the Black Jade Spider also seemed to sense Yang Che's actions; after showing surprise in his multiple blood-red small eyes, he angrily rushed towards Yang Che.
The Black Jade Spider thought that this young man, after being pierced by his two stings, should be unable to move, even if he didn't die.
However, at this moment, his entire body was enveloped by the light, and even though he was angry, his movements were incredibly slow.
Xing Yao urgently said to Yang Che: "Fellow Daoist, quickly give me the antidote. If I recover all my magical power, I might be able to slay this Black Jade Spider."
Yang Che was currently circulating the Purple Origin Art, fully absorbing and refining the medicinal power of the red fruit, so he had no reaction to what Xing Yao said.
"Senior Sister, don't mind this bastard, let the Black Jade Spider eat him."
Wang Yue gloated.
Xing Yao, however, knew that at this moment, this young man absolutely could not die.
If he died, whether she and her Junior Sister's poisons could be resolved was one thing, but they would also lose a helper in dealing with this Black Jade Spider.
Although this young man's magical power cultivation was not high, since he joined in, her pressure had clearly decreased significantly.
Injecting magical power into the 'Profound Bright Mirror' in her hand again, the power of the light quickly increased greatly, firmly holding back the Black Jade Spider.
However, Xing Yao's pretty face also turned pale in waves.
This Black Jade Spider is a first-level Yao Beast, comparable to a cultivator at the Peak of Qi Refining cultivation. Currently, she can barely exert half of her magical power, and the poison she is afflicted with is getting deeper and deeper. If it weren't for the powerful small Magical Artifact mirror in her hand, helping her to desperately hold on, she would have long since been defeated.
"Do I really have to use Master's last trump card?"
Xing Yao bit her silver teeth, thinking with great reluctance.
Just then, Yang Che suddenly realized that as the medicinal power of the red fruit was absorbed by him, his cultivation was rapidly increasing.
He knew he was still in great danger and had originally intended to simply stabilize the medicinal power of the red fruit and continue refining it later.
But at this moment, it seemed to be out of his control; his cultivation rapidly ascended, reaching the Peak of Qi Refining fourth layer in a short time, and it seemed to be continuing.
The medicinal power of the Nourishing Yuan Pill had also been continuously helping him recover quickly; at this moment, the two blood holes on his body no longer bled and he could feel them slowly healing.
The medicinal power of the red fruit swelled uncomfortably within his body, as if a nameless Qi was suppressed, wanting to vent out frantically.
Yang Che's eyes suddenly opened, and within them, a faint, almost imperceptible black light flashed.
He stood up and directly punched the Black Jade Spider, which was getting closer and closer to him.
With a 'bang', Yang Che felt as if he had punched a hard stone, and his finger joints tingled.
Slightly shifting his body, he swung his fist again.
He involuntarily thought of the "Heaven and Earth Chaos Art" in his mind and began to circulate it; the inexplicable power between his muscles and bones continuously strengthened, and each punch he threw seemed to carry a faint sonic boom.
Yang Che knew that it was not suitable to break through to the fifth layer of Qi Refining at the moment, so most of the medicinal power of the red fruit was used by him to temper his muscles and bones with the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art.
For a time, within this stone hall, a situation was formed where Yang Che and Xing Yao attacked the Black Jade Spider from front and back.
Wang Yue, who was suspended, seeing this scene, couldn't help but reveal a hint of maliciousness in her eyes.
As her state of mind changed, a strange light suddenly followed the spider silk that was suspending her, drilling into her head.
"Ah."
Wang Yue screamed and seemed to pass out.
"Junior Sister Yue!"
Xing Yao anxiously called out, but saw no response from Wang Yue.
Just then, the Black Jade Spider suddenly inexplicably gave up its attack, and its originally blood-red multiple eyes actually showed fear.
Yang Che took this opportunity to quickly put the one-zhang-long and wide Spiritual Soil into his Storage Pouch.
Xing Yao's attention was entirely on her Junior Sister Wang Yue at this time, so she didn't pay much attention to Yang Che's actions.
Just as Yang Che had finished collecting the Spiritual Soil, Wang Yue, who was suspended on the spider silk, suddenly opened her eyes.
A chilling, bone-piercingly eerie aura suddenly emanated from her, directly pervading and covering the entire stone hall.