It was like this again.
Why was she always the one being protected?
Lu Shiyan shielded her from a blade.
Those around her fought for her, even died for her.
Xiao Han and A Mo were tightly entangled by the other two spiders, completely unable to break free.
Watching the spider that had severely wounded Lu Shiyan, its grotesque claws, glinting with cold sharpness, once again lunged viciously towards Lu Shiyan's head.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Su Wan's eyes were bloodshot, and she shrieked.
The accumulated despair and anger completely ignited at this moment.
She gripped her Tang dao tightly with both hands, not retreating but advancing, charging like a madwoman towards the spider's claws.
A jaw-dropping scene unfolded.
Su Wan actually used her slender blade to forcefully parry the spider's powerful attack.
She even used the fierce impact to twist her body in a strange way, executing a dangerous sidestep.
At the same time, the short blade in her hand suddenly shot out, swiftly slashing across the spider's soft abdomen, following its swinging limb.
"Rip."
Flesh tore open.
Foul-smelling green liquid sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun, drenching Su Wan.
The spider let out a deafening, shrill shriek, its massive body staggering backward, clearly severely wounded.
What's going on?
Su Wan herself was completely stunned.
She looked down, disbelievingly at her hands.
An unprecedented surge of power filled her limbs and bones, surging and roaring, almost bursting her body.
This feeling was as if someone had forcibly injected some kind of super-potent stimulant into her veins, making all the cells in her body scream wildly.
Su Wan once again tightened her grip on the Tang dao in her hand.
The sticky liquid on the hilt was slick and cold, but her palms were frighteningly hot.
In her chest, a strange, primal bloodlust surged madly, making her blood boil.
She suddenly lifted her head, her crimson eyes locked onto the spider that was whimpering in pain.
The next second, she moved.
Lu Shiyan's vision blurred and darkened from blood loss.
In a haze, he saw Su Wan, burning with fury, suddenly charge out like an arrow.
He wanted to stop her, wanted to shout, but the intense pain and weakness made even lifting his arm a luxury, only allowing broken gasps to escape his throat.
Su Wan's blade and the spider's claws collided fiercely.
A powerful jolt of pain shot through her tiger's mouth, and a hot torrent erupted within her body, yet the strength in her arm did not diminish in the slightest.
She didn't even have time to think; her body, driven by raw instinct, advanced instead of retreating under the immense impact, narrowly grazing the spider's other foreleg at an incredible angle.
"Pfft."
The Tang dao accurately and deeply pierced into the spider's single eye.
Without a moment's hesitation, Su Wan forcefully twisted her wrist, using the downward momentum to slash viciously downwards.
"Crunch."
A bone-jarring sound of shattering bone echoed.
The entire spider's head was actually split in half by her, precisely from the eye socket.
The spider's massive body convulsed violently a few times, its eight long legs curled up weakly, and finally, with a dull thud, it crashed to the ground, utterly silent.
The entire abandoned workshop instantly fell into a deathly silence.
The air was thick with the rich smell of blood and the nauseating stench of spider bodily fluids.
Everyone was frozen in place, unable to believe what they had just witnessed with their own eyes.
Su Wan stood beside the spider's massive, twisted corpse.
Her arms, cheeks, and even her hair were covered in sticky green liquid.
Her chest heaved violently, her heart pounding madly beneath her ribs, thumping loudly.
The strange power that had been rampaging within her, surging like a tide, now began to gradually subside, slowly receding.
She looked at her stained hands, still somewhat disbelieving that the fatal blow had been delivered by herself.
While Su Wan was engaged in a desperate struggle with the leading spider, Xiao Han and A Mo were also caught in their own bitter fights.
The spider Xiao Han faced was more cunning; he was almost ensnared by its silk several times.
Although the fire axe was powerful, it was repeatedly dodged by the agile opponent.
It was only when he spotted an opening, roaring as he used the fire axe to jam one of the spider's legs, that he created an opportunity for a fatal blow.
"Damn it. Die, you bastard."
His arm muscles bulged, veins prominent, as he used all his strength to fiercely cleave the axe into the joint of the giant spider's back carapace.
A Mo's situation was even more perilous.
He moved flexibly, but the opposing spider's attacks were dense and venomous, and he had already sustained several bloody scratches.
At the same exact moment of Su Wan's outburst, A Mo seized a moment when the spider missed its attack, twisting his body in an extreme posture to avoid the fangs, while simultaneously, the dagger in his hand pierced upward, accurately into the spider's relatively soft abdomen, then he twisted it fiercely.
A Mo's eyes widened as he looked Su Wan up and down, his expression as if he were seeing her for the first time.
"Little pregnant woman, you... when the hell did you get so fierce?!"
Lu Shiyan leaned against the wall, barely supporting himself.
He saw Su Wan standing covered in blood, her face deathly pale, but her eyes were unusually complex.
They held a mixture of shock, worry, and an indescribable curiosity.
He wanted to walk over, but every movement caused such intense pain in his chest and back that he almost fainted.
He could only speak with difficulty, his voice so hoarse it was almost inaudible: "Su Wan... are you... injured?"
"No, I'm fine."
Su Wan shook her head, her gaze still fixed on her hands, her voice filled with confusion.
"I don't know what happened, just now, all of a sudden... I felt incredibly strong." Su Wan's voice still trembled slightly. She looked at Lu Shiyan, her gaze falling on the ghastly, gaping wound on his chest, soaked in blood, and the terrifying wound that had pierced through his body. Tears could no longer be held back. "It's you instead... your injuries..."
"It's fine, don't cry. I won't die."
Lu Shiyan's clothes on his chest were completely soaked with blood, his breathing was weak, and his brows were tightly furrowed, clearly enduring immense pain.
Excessive blood loss made his lips turn blue, and he looked on the verge of fainting.
Su Wan had already taken out from her space medicine with powerful hemostatic and healing effects, along with clean gauze. "Xiao Han, help carefully cut open his blood-stained combat uniform!"
Xiao Han quickly obeyed, fumbling to cooperate. As the powder with its strange, clear fragrance was sprinkled on the gruesome wound, Lu Shiyan let out a muffled groan, his body trembling violently. Su Wan's hands didn't stop, carefully cleaning the wound, applying the medicine, and bandaging it. A rich medicinal scent permeated the air.
"This medicine... seems to be working!" Xiao Han said with a hint of surprise, seeing that the blood seeping from the wound's edges seemed to have slowed down a bit. "It's much better than what's in our usual first aid kits."
After the bandaging was complete, Lu Shiyan's face was still pale, but his breathing had stabilized slightly.
He weakly opened his eyes and looked at Su Wan, wanting to say something, but he didn't even have the strength to speak.
A Mo walked over with a grim expression. He first glanced at Lu Shiyan, who was being given first aid, his brows tightly furrowed. Then he squatted down to carefully examine the spider's corpse, confirming its complete death before standing up and saying to Su Wan: "It's dead."
Then, with a swift movement of his hand and blade, he accurately dug out several crystal cores and handed them to Su Wan. "The Captain is like this now... we must return to base as soon as possible. Boss, you and Su Wan go check if there are any usable supplies in the workshop. I'll guard the Captain. Go quickly and come back; it's not safe here."
"You're right, let's go find the armory quickly. Damn it, with some good stuff, I won't have to feel so stifled anymore."
Su Wan nodded, that armory was what they needed most right now.
"Follow me," she said to Xiao Han, then pointed to the corridor deep inside the factory. "The armory should be over there."