Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1245 - 1245 0718 Beyond the Reach of the Whip

Chapter 1245: Chapter 0718: Beyond the Reach of the Whip Chapter 1245: Chapter 0718: Beyond the Reach of the Whip Chapter 0718: Out of Reach

The Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider moved quickly, but the Transporting Whirlwind was equally fast. Just as the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider was about to step onto the Teleportation Array, the several idle Transporting Whirlwinds caught up with it first.

Although the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider couldn’t see the Transporting Whirlwind, it instinctively sensed danger and chose its own way to evade it. Clinging to a treasure with its legs, it was unwilling to discard it at that moment. It chose another method, emitting a high-frequency shriek, hoping to use this to block the Transporting Whirlwind and buy itself some time.

Not long ago, the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider had battled with Qi Tian and nearly depleted its mental energy. Although it had rested for a while, it had not fully recovered. Now, it had to keep emitting the high-frequency shriek, which was rather disadvantageous for it, quickly draining the mental energy it had struggled to recover. Yet, apart from this method, the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider couldn’t think of any other way to free itself from the predicament.

The sole reason the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider found itself in such a dire situation was that it had greatly underestimated Qi Tian. It thought that by hiding in the secret chamber and guarding the multiple treasures left by the owner of the Saint’s Tomb, it could catch Qi Tian off-guard and eliminate him. However, it never anticipated how quickly Qi Tian would react, nor did it expect that its lethal strikes would be so easily thwarted by him.

If it had been just thwarted, it wouldn’t have mattered much, for it had other magical instruments to use. The problem was Qi Tian immediately sent out the Transporting Whirlwind afterwards, which snatched all the other treasures. Had it not sensed the change in the situation and grabbed the treasure closest to it, it might not have been able to claim any treasure at all.

The Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider didn’t really expect its high-frequency shriek to have much effect. It only hoped that by concentrating all its mental energy into this move, it could slightly stall the Transporting Whirlwind, thus buying itself time. With this time, it could retreat to the Teleportation Array, activate it, and leave the now-exposed secret chamber, moving on to the next location where it had the capital to make a comeback.

But to the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider’s great surprise, its high-frequency shriek did not trouble the Transporting Whirlwind at all. Among the several whirlwinds chasing it, one stepped forward to meet the high-frequency shriek head-on, treating it as energy and sweeping it away in one go. The other whirlwinds simply bypassed the sound and lunged directly at the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider.

The Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider felt its hair stand on end. Once again, it felt an acute sense of life-and-death crisis rapidly closing in. Without saying a word, it threw away the treasure it was holding. In the urgency of the moment, it didn’t even have time to activate the treasure and simply threw it like a brick. At the same time, it cast everything aside and dashed straight for the Teleportation Array, hoping to be the first to reach it and quickly leave the place.

Qi Tian had been unaware of the small Teleportation Array inside the secret chamber, but that didn’t hinder him from noticing its presence in time. He had never turned off the Heavenly Dao Engine’s sensing function for Spirit Qi, keeping it always active, which allowed him to detect many things promptly. When the Transporting Whirlwind first burst into the secret chamber, its foremost action was to sweep up all kinds of treasures, not giving the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider a chance to activate them.

Transporting Whirlwind accomplished this very well. Apart from one treasure snatched by the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider, the rest fell into its grasp. It was then that Qi Tian discovered the existence of the Teleportation Array. He didn’t know why such an intricate Teleportation Array had appeared there, but he was certain that it was intended for the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider. If the spider managed to reach it and swiftly depart, it would spell bad news for Qi Tian. He didn’t want to get caught up in an endless battle with the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider. He preferred to resolve their fight as quickly as possible and not waste precious time on it.

So, Qi Tian issued a command, ordering those Transporting Whirlwinds that had initially grabbed the treasures to put them down and fly straight toward the corner of the secret chamber where the Teleportation Array was situated.

The Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider made a mistake here. Had it realized from the start that things were going awry and not scrambled for the treasures or emitted high-frequency shrieks but instead turned and fled as soon as it noticed Qi Tian deploying the two walls to block the psychic arrows, it would have definitely had enough time to leave the secret chamber. It might even have been able to take one or two treasures with it.

But the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider grossly underestimated the speed of the Transporting Whirlwind and Qi Tian’s decisiveness, resulting in its gradual lag behind. The very tight, barely sufficient time became insufficient due to two insignificant actions it took. Just as the Ghost Face Illusion Demon Spider was about to step onto the Teleportation Array, a Transporting Whirlwind beat it there, landing on the array first. Then, this Transporting Whirlwind immediately swept up a spirit stone from the Teleportation Gate and took off.