Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 588: Mutant Spider (4)

Xie Wenbin turned around abruptly, his surprise at their sudden appearance quickly replaced by the purpose of his journey.

"Hmph, you’ve finally shown yourselves. I thought you had planned to be cowards for life."

"Who exactly are you?" Dugu Chen couldn’t recall ever having seen this person.

At those words, Xie Wenbin let out a few cold laughs, "Hmph, you two killed my son, and you think you can live happily ever after? Such naive delusions. Today, I will make you accompany my son in the underworld."

A flash of determination passed through his eyes as he clutched the flute in his hand, beginning to play a series of increasingly urgent notes. The spiders on the ground started moving restlessly.

Xiaobai released her specially bred mutant spiders, directing them to kill the large spider. With the appearance of a larger spider, the others grew agitated. As it crawled back step by step, the spider horde began to recede, while Feng Xuxu and her group slowly inched forward following Xiaobai.

Xie Wenbin narrowed his eyes at the spider on the ground. He hadn’t expected they would have one too. The corners of his mouth twisted slightly as he played the flute, infusing the notes with threads of Inner Strength. The lead spider began to struggle upon hearing the sound, shaking its body as it crawled out of the horde, heading straight for the lone big spider. When the two met halfway, their mutual hostility led to an entanglement. Within moments, the lead spider was devoured by its "grandchild," causing unrest in the horde.

"Go, make them kill the flute player," commanded Xiaobai upon noticing the spider horde showing signs of retreat, directing her beloved pet.

Feng Xuxu and Dugu Chen watched with great satisfaction, while Xie Wenbin glared, his eyes bulging with rage as he looked at Feng Xuxu and saw the spiders encircling him. He pulled a packet of powder from his sleeve and scattered it into the wind over the spiders, producing a puff of green smoke that killed many and left the survivors in bad shape.

Seeing this, Dugu Chen crouched down in front of Xiaobai and said, "Have the spiders kill each other." It was critical to prevent the spiders from dispersing, or there would be serious trouble.

"I’ve underestimated you, Dugu Chen," a dark voice said, as harsh as the icy winds of a snow-capped mountain, filled with bitter resentment.

"Today, I shall grant your wish and let you accompany your son in the underworld," Dugu Chen narrowed his eyes, his aura exploding with an intense, fierce energy.

Unfazed, Xie Wenbin arched an eyebrow defiantly at Dugu Chen, his lips curling with scorn. "With just the few of you trying to kill me? You better go back and train some more." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"So much talk for a dead man," Feng Xuxu remarked disdainfully, her cold words cutting through the air.

Her followers chuckled behind her, their shoulders shaking with laughter.

"Don’t overestimate yourselves. Today, I will show you the power of my Snake Array."

"Snake Array? Isn’t that a Formation of the Snake Clan?" Huang Yi asked, puzzled.

Feng Xuxu pondered for a moment, the Snake Clan sounding eerily familiar. Then, she recalled the girl killed by Xiaojin in the temple, who had mentioned that Dugu Mo was the son of an elder of the Snake Clan. As this man sought vengeance for his son, he had to be Dugu Mo’s father, an elder of the Snake Clan, ’Xie Wenbin.’

With a slight smile, Feng Xuxu voiced her realization, "You are Dugu Mo’s father, the elder of the Snake Clan, Xie Wenbin."

Xie Wenbin was taken aback but soon scoffed. "Indeed, if not for you, my son would be alive. Today, I’ll have you join him in death."

"Let’s see you try."

Xie Wenbin was about to play the flute when Tian Yi leaped forward, stabbing towards his heart.

"Be careful," Feng Xuxu’s warning was cut short as Tian Yi got swatted away by Xie Wenbin’s palm.

She stood up to catch Tian Yi’s body, and with a rip, she tore open the fabric on his chest.

Master—, Mistress, I—I’m alright," stammered Tian Yi, his face flushing red as the Mistress ripped his clothes forcefully.

Feng Xuxu glared at him coldly, "Don’t move." She began searching carefully across his chest, inspecting thrice before finding a tiny puncture. Lifting her gaze coldly towards the flute player standing on the rock pile, she felt an overwhelming desire to tear him to pieces.

"Husband, I’ll send him to the space. He’s been poisoned with the snake venom."

"Go ahead." Watching his subordinate suffer a similar fate to his own encounter on the cliff’s edge, it was clear the father and son shared the same cruel and insidious methods. Truly, it was hard to stay guarded against it.