Chapter 787

== Corrosive Web ==
The other Evil Path experts instantly began to corrode upon coming in contact with the web. That corrosion speed was appalling. In an instant, half of their bodies disappeared.
These people were Xue You's subordinates, and he couldn't just watch as they died. His third eye once more lit up. His attack should be able to easily cut apart the net.
"What?!" But suddenly, space trembled. A sea of gold appeared in the air. The gold waves roiled tumultuously and came crashing toward Xue You. He immediately turned pale.
As for the hidden Long Chen, he also jumped in shock. That gold sea was actually a mass of fist-sized scales. The scales were octagonal and possessed strange lines on top of them.
These were naturally the Hidden Ground Gold Spider King's scales. Those scales had originally been stuck to its body, so Long Chen had assumed they were its defensive armor. He had never expected that they could be used as an attack.
Tens of thousands of scales left the spider king's body and flew toward Xue You and the others. Even space was being torn apart by this attack. Long Chen's hair stood on end.
This attack covered all of heaven and earth. Thus, it was impossible to dodge, and Xue You had to take it head-on. Looking at those rapidly spinning scales, Long Chen knew that he would have to use the second form of Split the Heavens to block it, and even so, he knew that his chances of surviving wouldn't be high.
Xue You's expression changed several times. He could no longer bother about his trapped people. With a furious roar, three-colored runes formed the face of a fierce fiend behind him. At the same time, a spot of light appeared within his third eye.
"Blood Devil Possession, Devil Eye Destroys the World!" (Devil Eye Destruction)
The fiendish face behind Xue You instantly merged within his body. His other eyes closed; only his third eye remained open. A bloody light shot out.
The light was incredibly bright. It released an incredibly destructive aura as it pierced toward the spider king.
BOOM!
The ray of light collided with the scales. The entire cave trembled intensely, and a portion of it began to collapse.
Long Chen was startled. Xue You's attack was definitely not any weaker than when he went all-out using the second form of Split the Heavens. In fact, it might even be stronger.
The spider king let out a strange cry. It was sent flying and crashed into the wall. As for Xue You, he was pale as paper. That was his strongest attack, but he had only been able to block a portion of the scales. The other Corrupt experts had long since disappeared from this world.
== Death King Blood Curse ==
"Ancestral heroic spirit, hear your descendant's call. The bloodline stretches through eternity, the spirit reaches through time immemorial..." Xue You began to solemnly chant.
Long Chen was startled. A blood-red mist began to float out of Xue You's body. Long Chen saw that the mist wasn't runes, but actual blood. Xue You was actually sacrificing his essence blood to release a supreme attack.
Following his chanting, the blood mist around him grew denser. In the end, it took on the image of a fiend.
That was a thirty-meter fiend with a horn on its head, red hair, and two black holes as eyes. Its mouth was holding a dagger, and it appeared incredibly lifelike.
Long Chen had never seen such a thing before. Even Zhong Wuyan's ancestral spirit had just been a blurry illusory figure.
But this thing was like a real person. Long Chen could even feel a dense aura of death from its body.
"Yama King Blood Curse!"
Xue You roared. The originally handsome Xue You had now become like a desiccated corpse. It was like there wasn't the slightest drop of blood within him now.
Following his shout, the fiend behind him extended its hand and cut off its own tongue. Black blood flowed out.
Long Chen immediately realized that this was a death curse. It was different from the weakening curse he was under.
Even a peak seventh rank Magical Beast's immense vitality was unable to block this curse. Then just who would be able to block it?
Thinking of that, Long Chen's scalp turned numb. This kind of attack was too terrifying. It was a good thing that using this curse took a long time; thus, it would be easy to interrupt it or run. Otherwise, if he saw Xue You in the future, he would have to flee as far as possible.
His face looked so pale that he seemed dead. That Yama King Blood Curse had obviously come at an immense price.
Even his third eye was tightly closed with blood dripping out of it. One of the Corrupt disciples hastily handed him a handkerchief.
Xue You took it and wiped away the blood. "My devil eye received a backlash from using the Yama King Blood Curse. But having killed an ancient Hidden Ground Gold Spider King, it's worth it. Its crystal core is a priceless treasure and can be embedded into a Treasure item to increase its grade. Furthermore, its scales are natural Enchanted items with innate runes. Even if you aren't a soul cultivator, you would be able to use them. You two can also keep a few for yourself!"
"Many thanks!" Those two Corrupt experts were delighted as material for Enchanted items was rare. These scales were definitely priceless treasures.
== The Oriole Strikes (Literal Backstabbing) ==
"The others all died. It can only be said that their lives weren't hardy enough. Luck is also a kind of strength. When you follow me in the future, I definitely won't let you lose out," said Xue You. Now that his subordinates had mostly died, he needed to raise a new batch of them.
These two were not his subordinates, but they were also from the Corrupt path. Hearing this, the two of them went wild with delight. Following an expert with limitless potential, they would definitely be able to walk further as well.
After saying that, Xue You walked over to the spider king's corpse. He had only just reached it when a sharp light pierced toward his back.
A sharp blade pierced a chest. An immense power caused that flesh to explode.
== Notes ==
* 阎王 refers to Yama King specifically
* 冥王 refers to Death King in general