The extraordinary journey begins with the Ouroboros Stele.

Chapter 27 Dark Spider Mother

The surrounding scenery of the dark street shifted and blurred, and what was originally just a somewhat old dark street quickly became dilapidated.

Large areas of blackened burn marks spread out, emitting a burnt smell.

The next moment, piles of construction debris appeared in the dark alley, as if they had been drenched by rain, forming brownish-red puddles, and a rusty, metallic smell filled the air.

Lin Ye looked ahead, and accompanied by the sound of a paw slapping, a black cat slowly emerged from the shadows.

It was larger than a regular cat, about the size of a yellow dog.

Its hair was messy, sticking to its body in clumps, and its teeth were exposed, dripping with saliva.

His eyes were murky and bluish-white, and his expression was fierce.

It emitted a roar that was difficult to decipher, sounding nothing like a cat and more like a zombie monster from a movie.

Before he could react, a cloud of black mist drifted by and coalesced into words before his eyes.

[Achievement Triggered: The Chase of the Dark Predator]

[Achievement Description: The Dark Spider Queen has developed a craving for you.]

[Unlock Conditions]

1. The exploration rate in this area reached over 10% (7%).

2. Kill a cat-like spider golem (Incomplete)

3. Escape from "The Flowing Shadows: Dark Predators" (Incomplete)

[Achievement Rewards]

1. Potential Points x3

2. Yin-dominant constitution +1

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The black text vanished, and Lin Ye's gaze fell on the back of his right hand.

The number of lit scales on the ouroboros mark remains unchanged at 52.

"In other words, even if it's not fully lit up, another place similar to that church will come to me."

"Since the Flowing Yin... Yin Domain... Monument distinguishes between them, they must belong to different types of things."

He thought of the webpage's title.

"It's not that you're chasing after the fleeting shadows, but rather that the fleeting shadows are chasing you."

"So what are the entry requirements? An altar? Nighttime? A secluded place? Or... a Yin-dominant constitution?"

"Although they are different types of things, they can both benefit those with a Yin-dominant constitution, meaning there is some kind of connection?"

His gaze turned somewhat cold as he looked at the black cat monster ahead.

This must be the cat-shaped spider puppet.

Although it's a bit bigger than a regular cat, it's not that big. If it's just one... it's not difficult!

The thought had barely crossed his mind when another sound came from behind the black cat, and four cat-shaped spider puppets slowly emerged from the shadows.

The five-headed cat-shaped spider puppet trembled slightly, its bluish-white eyes staring blankly at Lin Ye, seemingly assessing the strength of its enemies.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and slowly moved towards the construction debris on the side.

Seemingly sensing the prey's intention to attack, the five cat puppets hissed softly and pounced.

With limbs planted on the ground, his body transformed into streaks of black shadow, his movements agile and ghostly.

Lin Ye's pupils contracted. Without the slightest hesitation, he rolled over on the spot, grabbed a thin, rusty iron rod with his right hand, and swung it fiercely forward.

"Bang--!"

The rusty iron rod slammed solidly into the torso of a cat puppet, causing the puppet's body to bend at a ninety-degree angle and fly backward.

[Exploration of this area has reached over 10% (completed)]

Kill a cat-shaped spider puppet (Completed)

Before he could retract his hand, another cat puppet leaped up.

With its fangs bared, it hissed and bit down on his forearm, the smell of blood spreading.

Lin Ye's face hardened, and he pressed his left hand down to grab the cat puppet's eye sockets. With a burst of force from his knuckles, he squeezed the two eyeballs out instantly.

With a hard tug, it was slammed to the ground.

With a powerful kick, the cat puppet's head cracked with a sound, and it was dead beyond any doubt.

But the next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his calf as a cat puppet bit him tightly.

Before he could make a move, two cat puppets leaped up from the left and right, their black cat claws stained with blood, and reached for his throat.

In an instant, Lin Ye's heart pounded wildly, and time seemed to slow down.

While his mind raced to find a solution, his hands moved without pause, gripping the rusty iron rod and smashing it down on the left side of the cat puppet's head.

"Bang!"

The rusty iron rod fell, and the cat puppet's head visibly dented.

But then, Lin Ye was knocked to the ground by another cat puppet, and the iron rod fell to the side.

Instantly, the cat-shaped spider puppet that was biting Lin Ye's calf released its grip and, together with the cat puppet, lunged at Lin Ye's neck.

Lin Ye suddenly turned to the side, wrapped his arms around the neck of one of the cat puppets, and clamped his legs around its body.

With a forceful upward thrust of his waist and abdomen, the cat puppet's head, along with its throat, was ripped out alive, spurting black blood.

"hiss--!"

The other cat puppet let out a sharp hiss, its two front paws scratching and tearing Lin Ye's shirt, leaving a gash on his chest from which blood seeped out.

He casually tossed aside the cat puppet's head, grabbed the fur on the back of the last cat puppet, and flipped it over.

He knelt on the ground, head down, panting heavily, gripping the cat puppet's neck and pressing it firmly to the ground.

The cat puppet struggled and let out a sharp hiss, and a series of stomping sounds came from both ends of the dark street.

A dozen or so cat puppets slowly emerged from the shadows, surrounding Lin Ye and trapping him in the middle of the dark street.

"Snap!"

After a cracking sound of bones breaking, the cat puppet under Lin Ye's command snapped its neck backward and stopped moving, its tongue lolling out and its two eyes wide open.

Releasing his grip, Lin Ye knelt on the ground, his hands hanging limply at his sides, as if all his strength had been drained, and his panting gradually subsided.

The cat puppets on both sides cautiously stepped forward, letting out low growls, their saliva dripping onto the ground.

Just as they were certain that their prey was too weak to resist, Lin Ye's body suddenly trembled slightly.

A trembling, high-pitched laugh rang out, echoing through the dark street.

Lin Ye's trembling body shook more and more violently, as if he was suppressing something.

A few seconds later, he slowly raised his head, his eyes were clear and bright, and he grinned, blood seeping from his two rows of white teeth.

He grabbed the cat puppet corpse beside him and threw it away. He then sprang up, picked up the rusty iron rod that had just fallen, and charged forward fiercely.

The cat puppet opposite tilted its head and raised it, its body swaying as it dodged the falling corpse. Then, a shoe sole rapidly magnified in its field of vision.

"Bang!"

With a cracking sound, Lin Ye stepped on the cat puppet's face, and the cat puppet's neck snapped backward.

The rusty iron rod swept across, smashing into the neck of another cat puppet.

Twisting the neck was the most efficient way he discovered to kill someone.

"hiss--!"

"Hiss... hiss..."

A series of roars echoed through the dark alley as the cat puppets launched an attack on Lin Ye.

......

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Ye placed one foot on the cat puppet's head and clenched his hands under its jaw.

"Sizzle—!"

With a tearing sound, the cat puppet's body was ripped in two from its jaw.

Blood splattered, spilling in an arc, and internal organs spilled haphazardly all over the ground.

Lin Ye grabbed the rusty iron rod and braced himself on the ground. He knelt down, panting heavily, with a large number of cat puppet corpses lying around him.

Several cat puppets in the distance were staring intently at this side, their murky, bluish-white eyes lifeless, their steps hesitant, not daring to move forward.

"Clang! Clang!"

A clanging sound of metal coming from outside the dark alley.

At the same time, the black fog in the dark street thickened, the surrounding scenery seemed to recede and blur, and the sounds gradually faded away.

Lin Ye raised his head, wiped the blood from the corner of his eyes, and looked out into the dark street.

A huge, beautiful figure vaguely appeared in the mist, but its lower body was a terrifying shadow of an eight-legged spider.

Through the mist, one could even vaguely see the sharp, spike-like protrusions on the exoskeleton.

"The Dark Spider Queen...?"

Before he could see the face of this beautiful yet terrifying figure clearly, the fog gradually dissipated, and the surroundings returned to their original state.

Escape from "The Shadowy Predator of Darkness" (Completed)

"Clang!"

Lin Ye loosened the rusty iron rod and lay on his back on the ground.

"Monument, unlock achievements..."

The next instant, thick fog surged from the ouroboros mark on the back of his hand, and a chilling sensation spread throughout his body.