Chapter 713

The needle-like mouthparts are the devices that spiders use to inject venom.

The composition of spider venom is very complex, and can be roughly divided into two categories of functions: causing paralysis, and eroding bone and flesh.

The function of the former is to prevent the prey from struggling and resisting, and the latter is to turn the flesh and blood of the prey into a liquid paste, which is convenient for sucking with straw-like mouthparts.

Sword-foot spiders don't need to drink soup or paralyze their prey. With the degeneration of mouthparts, the glands that produce venom also degenerate and disappear.

This situation is more common in snake creatures.

The size of a venomous snake is usually not too big. In order to capture prey that overwhelms them in size and strength, they have to rely on venom.

However, large snakes, such as pythons, are usually not poisonous. Their strength is enough to overwhelm any creature on the recipe, and the fangs are optional.

Such things as "icing on the cake" are very rare in nature.

Superfluous things are often eliminated, even if they look good.

Because of this, pythons with fangs are extremely rare in nature.

Even if such pythons exist, most of them are not "natural creatures", but magical creatures, which may not follow the general laws of nature.

After dissecting the two sword-footed spiders, Joan took out the alchemy potion and sprinkled it on the dissected spiders to dehydrate them quickly and put them in the specimen box.

Next, Joan proceeded to dissect the phase spider.

This guy, with a human face, is still lifelike after death.

Joan would have some psychological pressure to use a knife on her.

Fortunately, he quickly overcame the psychological barrier and cut off the phase spider's head with one blow.

Phase spiders, in terms of hand-to-hand combat ability, are much worse than sword-footed spiders.

If she wants to survive in the "underdark region" where the jungle preys on the jungle, she must have a skill.

In fact, phase spiders have more than one specialty.

First of all, her intelligence level is much higher than that of ordinary mutant spiders or sword-footed spiders, so she really didn't grow a human head in vain.

Joan even suspected that this phase spider was the leader of other spiders in the valley.

It was under her leadership that a large group of mutant spiders would form an army to besiege the expedition team, and even played the tactic of ambush from behind.

When she realized that her stupid distant relatives alone could not prevent humans from exploring deep into the valley, she went out herself and tried to destroy the expedition's stronghold.

Although her attempt ended in failure, Joan had to admit that this strategy of "drawing money from the bottom" was quite clever.

In addition to their—compared to beasts—smart minds, phase spiders possess venomous glands and organs that produce silk.

Joan first tested her venom, and the composition was not much different from that of ordinary mutant spiders.

The spider silk produced by phase spiders is quite miraculous, colorless and transparent, like slender ice crystals.

The tenacity and elasticity of this kind of spider silk has no advantage over the silk thread of ordinary mutant spiders. Its special feature is that it can freely switch between the two forms of "entity" and "spiritual body"!

This characteristic is exactly the same as the phase spider's "transfigured spirit body"!

If the silk of the phase spider is used as a material to weave it into a rope or a net, it can be used not only to bind real prey, but also to capture spirit creatures, such as various ghosts that come and go without a trace!

Joan was delighted to see Liexin.

Carefully cut open the abdomen of the phase spider, and take out the entire silk sac.

A silk sac the size of a melon is heavy in the palm of your hand.

Joan estimated that almost 2 pounds of spider silk could be extracted. It's more than enough for spinning rope, but not enough for weaving webs. If only I could catch another phase spider!

Joan sighed regretfully.

After removing the silk sac, head and venom gland, Joan drew the No. 4 rune on the remaining body of the phase spider, and cooperated with the "blood interpretation" to analyze the supernatural ability attached to the body.

The final magical imprint is very complicated.

Joan copied all these imprints intact.

Frankly speaking, he couldn't understand the configuration of these magic imprints at all.

But, he bets.

At least 70% of the magic imprint analyzed from the phase spider's body is exactly the same as the magic configuration of the 7-ring arcane "transfiguration spirit body"!

Joan is now transcribing these magical imprints, which can be used as reference materials when learning "transformed spirits" in the future, which will help deepen the understanding of spells.

"Blood Interpretation" exhausted the little plasma left in the phase spider's body, and the corpse became shriveled and shriveled.

Joan simply sprinkled a handful of alchemy potion with dehydration and antiseptic functions, and made her corpse into a specimen.

While busy, Hailaer and Zion took Gulu back to the hut.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw bloody messes all over the place. They were all taken aback, and quickly asked Joan what happened.

Joan briefly recounted the encounter with the phase spider and the two male sword-footed spiders.

After Hailaer and Zion siblings heard about it, their faces were full of disbelief!

In fact, at the same time that Joan was attacked, the three of them were also besieged by sword-footed spiders in the valley.

There were six sword-footed spiders who participated in the siege at first, which caused a lot of pressure on them.

During the fierce battle, the two sword-footed spiders seemed to hear the call from afar, turned around and retreated from the battlefield, and never showed up again.

With the loss of two powerful enemies, Hailaer and the others immediately felt the pressure was greatly reduced, and took advantage of the momentum to launch a counterattack, killing all the remaining four sword-footed spiders.

Afterwards, they still wondered why two sword-footed spiders left the battlefield midway.

Now after listening to Joan's narration, it dawned on me that the two monsters came to destroy the "shelter hut" after receiving the help signal from the phase spider.

Joan killed two sword-footed spiders alone, plus a more difficult phase spider. Although he just summed up the battle process in an understatement, it is not difficult for Hailaer and the Zion siblings to appreciate the thrilling danger!

What made them even more afraid was that if Joan hadn't restrained the three mighty big spiders by himself, these powerful enemies would have participated in the siege of the three of them!

Both Hailaer and Zion couldn't help but doubt deeply: If that happened, would they be able to return to the "House of Refuge" alive.

Hailar and the Zion siblings, the more they thought about it, the more they shuddered, and after fighting all day, they were exhausted, so they decided to end today's expedition.

After dinner, all members of the expedition team rested in the "shelter hut".

Get a good night's sleep, recharge your spirits, and fight again tomorrow.

Joan, Hyrule, Audrey and Holden spent their first night in the "Dark Mountains" peacefully.