Extreme terror (2)

in the base camp of the Spirit Unison sect,

Pan Xiaofan was rolling left and right on the bed. she was thinking of the young man she saw today.

for some reason, she felt really familiar with him.

she looked outside, "it's getting dark. what should I do? I just broke through I should test my strength and consolidate my foundation." she thought.

*growl*

"what's that?"

she suddenly heard a weird noise. she didn't look outside and laid there.

*growl**grrhhh*

her heart started to beat faster and faster. she was a cultivator, but she felt these are voice was very dangerous.

'oh, shit! they all left me alone what should I do?' she was anxious to think anything.

but suddenly she took out a silver pendant from her storage pouch and wrapped it around her neck.

then she immediately put off the torches in her tent.

as soon as she did that, she heard footsteps.

That's not how a human's footsteps were. there must be more than four legs. maybe a wolf?

the wolf beasts were very common and easy to find everywhere.

'no this isn't a wolf' she felt the footsteps getting closer... and closer.

she shrank back but didn't make any sound.

as the footsteps were the closest, she felt its aura... whatever the thing is, it's definitely not a human or a normal beast.

she felt a frightening aura. covering the whole area.

that was almost the time for her sect to come back.

she slowed down her breath and squatted down.

she was scared to her wits. never did she think of a situation like this

but even after a while, nothing happened. the footsteps halted and stopped completely.

she calmed down a bit and laid on her bed.

*grrhhh* *creak*

suddenly a piercing sound followed by a pointy leg attacked her breaking down the whole tent.

*arghhh...* she screamed as the leg pierced through her abdomen.

her eyes rolled up in pain and her whole body jolted up. she spat a mouthful of blood.

the shock made her faint in an instant.

*screech* the owner of the leg screeched and withdrew its leg.

outside the tent, it was an Arachne, a huge semi-humanoid Arachne, which had 8 spider limbs and 2 human hands.

it had 12 eyes on her forehead. and 6 pairs of breasts, covered by strange black fur.

she was 5 meters tall and had a ghostly pale complex.

the withdrawn leg was dripping red with Pan Xiaofan's blood.

*screech*

but she started to shake off the blood and dragged it to the ground.

the blood started to slowly burn her leg. like poison, it corroded her leg and quickly spread through the entire leg. panicked, the Arachne quickly swung down her human hand and detached her infected leg at once.

*garrrrr* the Arachne immediately left the camp and ran straight to the deeper part of the forest.

the unconscious Xiaofan lay in the bed with a tennis ball-sized hole in her upper abdomen.

the blood flowed over the broken bed and created a pool of blood under her.

.....

in the base of the White Tiger Sect,

"senior Jie? is that you?"

Jiang Li a core disciple from the white tiger sect was guarding the place when the first group of the 3 groups returned.

the elder leading the team was a middle-aged man, with a cultivation base of the true-spirit realm.

Jiang Li bowed to the senior. "elder Shu, -"

but he was cut short by the elder.

the elder waved his hand and one of the disciples placed a corpse on the ground.

"Th-this? ho-how what happened?" Jiang Li was frightened. this horrifying state of the corpse makes his hips tremble.

"S-Senior Huo? what happened to him?"

"This..." the elder gritted his teeth but couldn't muster the courage to say anything.

Geng Huo one of the top disciples in the whole sect ranked 94 in the annual rankings is now nothing but a lifeless corpse.

his right arm is missing, and half of his neck and shoulder is no more there...

Anyone could guess that it was the work of a beast a very powerful one at that.

he might've been facing a ferocious beast and became its food?

that's total nonsense!

he was a freaking 8th stage of the true-spirit realm expert! how did he end up being food?

in the despairing atmosphere, the Elder Shu looked at their disciples,

"Disciples! be attentive! I think there's something wrong with this place... Gong Huo was a core disciple with outstanding talent. also he was carrying some lifesaving treasures. but still, he couldn't escape with his full body intact." the elder sighed.

the disciples looked at him with fear, if the elder was saying so there must be something...

"Elder Shu what should we do now?"

it hadn't been a day and one of their strongest disciples on the team died. this secret realm was just like the other medium-grade secret realms, abundant with profound qi, but the casualties are extreme.

they can not just through away their core disciples' life.

"let the other elders return, I will consult with them, and prepare to leave this place, as soon as possible."

the elder said with a solemn face.

the disciples nodded their heads.

...

meanwhile in the base camp of the Ning clan elites.

the patriarch Ning Fu is sitting on a chair with 3 elders in front of him.

their face had solemn expressions.

"Patriarch Ning Fu this isn't a matter of resources anymore... their strength is frightening, and their aura was very creepy. even being in the earth spirit realm I am afraid I am not its match."

An Elder with a face full of wrinkles spoke, as he rubbed his long beard.

"Elder Deng Yun! are saying we should just waste all of the preparations and let the sects have all the resources?" King Fu laughed historically.

"Patriarch, listen to me! this is a matter of life and death, we can't just send these juniors to their death right?"

Deng Yun exclaimed.

the patriarch sneered and waved his hand. "we will talk about this later." he dismissed them and went to his tent.

...

In the base camp of the Divine Phoenix sect,

"2nd Elder!"

Elder Qiu Wen called for him.

"oh... Oiu Wen! come here we found her highness, Zhao Ling."

the 3rd elder Tan Ming looked at the elder Lee Mu, who was sweating hard.

"Elder Tan! where is 2nd elder? and please go gather the disciples ASAP!"

"huh?" elder Tan looked confused.

"just do it!" Elder Lee shouted.

Elder Tan didn't say anything and went to the elder's room.

after he gathered all of the disciples and elders he exhaled.

"As the disciples with me returned early, I went to look for the princess alone. while I was at it I went to the southwest mountains around there."

he took a deep breath and started to speak again, "but what I saw at there was terrifying."

2nd elder frowned. "Elder Lee Mu, what are you talking about?"

Lee Mu gave him a meaningful full look.

"what I saw there is...