After pondering for half a day, Yang Ling suddenly remembered the powerful Black Melon and decided to take a gamble. Gritting his teeth, he commanded the army to slowly march into the Tardon Mountain Valley.

  The army of cannibal demons was in front, the stone statue devils were cut off behind, and the horned beasts flew low in the air, responsible for providing low-altitude cover for the army. The rest of the men and horses formed a dense circular defensive formation. They marched forward step by step, with great caution.

  The entrance of the valley is very wide, but it's all over the place with irregularly shaped rocks, and with steep cliffs on both sides, making it look particularly oppressive and urgent.

  Compared to the outside, the valley was darker and colder. To say nothing of the relatively weaker physique of the elven archers, even Yang Ling couldn't help but shiver from time to time. If the outside of the valley was cold, then the inside was gloomy.

  The cold air pierced through the thick cotton clothes like a venomous snake, seeping into every pore of my body, chilling me to the bone. My limbs were numb and tingling, my scalp was painful, not to mention the blood, it seemed that even my soul was about to freeze into a ball.

  *sigh*...

  Before the crowd had gone a few steps, a strange noise came from the depths of the valley. It was like a gust of wind, and also like some wild beast roaring, like a cold wind passing over everyone's head.

  "Sir, shall we go back and gather all the warriors before coming in together?"

  Agus gazed tensely at Yang Ling's solemn face, gripping his long sword tightly, extremely nervous. Recalling the many vague legends he had heard in his childhood, he frequently looked around in terror, suspicious of every sound and movement.

  "Right, right, right! Adults, let's get out of here first!" The earth spirit elder loudly agreed with Agusu's opinion. For some reason, he had a very bad premonition, as if the dark sky would collapse at any moment.

  "There are many people. It's not necessarily a good thing!" Yang Ling hesitated for a moment, then continued: "With our strength, even if we encounter an eighth-stage late or even a ninth-stage demon beast, it's not like we don't have the power to fight back. Even if we can't win, at least we can retreat with our lives intact, there's nothing to be afraid of. But remember, never leave the formation rashly, absolutely do not act impulsively!"

  Although the valley was more gloomy than expected, Yang Ling did not want to give up halfway. He had a premonition that as long as he persisted, in addition to getting large sulfur mines, he could also find many rare treasures.

  According to the scout's report, the mountains outside the Tardon Valley stretched out endlessly. After riding a fast horse for more than two hours, they still couldn't see the end of it, and no one knew how long this strange valley was.

  Under Yang Ling's consolation, the crowd regained their spirits and continued on with determination. Along the way, they occasionally came across incomplete skeletons, some missing arms or legs, while others had only a skull left. In the dim light, the scattered bones emitted a faint phosphorescent glow, making them look even more eerie and frightening.

  The crowd moved forward slowly, carefully scouting the surrounding terrain, sending out a large number of scouts and vanguard beasts to explore the road. To avoid being suddenly attacked by the enemy. On the way, they picked up everything valuable they encountered.

  After walking for more than half a time, the smell of sulfur in the air became heavier and heavier. It is estimated that there is not much distance from the sulfur mine. On the way, I didn't encounter any strange creatures, but I picked up many things near the numerous corpses. There were sharp knives and swords, heavy armor, heavy crystal coins, and many wands and strange objects.

  Holding a black staff sent back by the cannibal demon, Yang Ling's surface was calm and silent, but his heart was turbulent like a stormy sea. From this black staff, he felt an enormous magical power, and looking at the mottled patterns on the staff, he finally believed the words of the Fox Tribe elder.

  The brave warriors who died in the Tordon Mountain Valley, in addition to ordinary swordsmen and magicians, also include many great swordsmen or great magicians. Even, it includes powerful Sword Saints and Magic Seekers!

  When a scout returned with a spatial ring, Yang Ling felt excited and at the same time sensed an unprecedented danger. Spatial rings were extremely rare on the mainland, usually only worn by the rich or noble. In general, only powerful mages who were magic guides had the ability to wear and keep a spatial ring.

  What kind of monster could make even a powerful being like Mo Xun Shi or Jian Sheng fall here?

  The deeper he went, the more treasures he picked up from the ground, and Yang Ling became increasingly tense. At the same time, whether it was an illusion or not, he felt that he was being peeped at more and more strongly, and even faintly heard a burst of disdainful cold laughter. The tower-shaped mark on his brow bone grew hotter and hotter, slowly jumping up.

  Squeak...

  Just as Yang Ling was hesitating about whether he should exit immediately, the Wolf Spider King suddenly let out a frantic shriek and commanded the spider army to be on high alert.

  "Not good, fast, shrink formation, fast!"

  Although he didn't know what danger the Wolf Spider King had sensed, Yang Ling didn't dare hesitate and quickly contracted his formation. With the poorly defensive Evil Eye as the center, using the powerful Withered Warriors and Man-eating Demons as shields, they formed a dense circular defense array.

  After receiving the order, the scouts rushed back to the formation one after another. Several of the most distant barbarians gritted their teeth and ran wildly, using all their might. However, just as they were about to rush into the big formation, only a few dozen steps away, disaster suddenly struck!

  "Whoosh, whoosh" a few sounds, the ground suddenly appeared several sharp thorns, directly just topped up the unprepared scouts. The sharp conical thorn tips pierced their chests, penetrated their spines, and exposed them from behind with a ferocious glare.

  ******

  After getting a good hand, a large group of octopus-sized spiders emerged from the ground and split into two.

  A pack of ferocious beasts charged towards the crowd, their two large pincers gleaming with a cold light as they opened and closed, spewing out streams of foul-smelling venom from a distance, far surpassing the spider army led by the Wolf Spider King. Another group drilled into the ground in batches, emitting sharp earth thorns.

  "Oh no, giant spider! Sir, retreat, quick retreat!"

  Looking at the dense spiders rushing towards him, looking at the thorny ground surging like a tide, the old earth spirit was shocked and lost his color. As for the people of his tribe behind him, they were even more trembling all over.

  Legend has it that the giant crab spider is a regional, gregarious demon. Not only is it incredibly powerful, with deadly venom and sharp claws, but it can also burrow underground to unleash terrifying spikes, leaving no escape.

  Garden Spider?

  Looking at the giant spider that seemed to be an evolved version of the red-haired wolf spider, Yang Ling swallowed hard. Sharp claws, a vast amount of venom, a huge number, and those terrifying thorns, no wonder the half-beastmen suffered heavy losses, no wonder the valley was littered with corpses.

  "Retreat! The whole army retreats, quickly!"

  After the shock, Yang Ling quickly reacted and prepared to dispatch Shi Xianggui to cut off the rear, commanding the army to urgently retreat. However, before he could finish speaking, giant spiders emerged from all around, and in the blink of an eye, they were surrounded by layers of encirclement.

  Helpless, Yang Ling had no choice but to order the army to defend their position!

  After rushing up violently, before killing a few giant spider crabs, dozens of man-eating demons fell down under the double blow of the opponent's venom and ground thorns. The sharp ground thorns pierced through their soles, the deadly venom corroded their muscles and bones, and in the blink of an eye, only a pool of blood was left.

  Under the command of Evil Eye Bulwark, the evil eye army emitted a dazzling strong light. But disappointingly, it was either because of the different structure of the giant crab spider's eyes or they reacted too quickly that it had no effect at all.

  Facing the dense giant spider, facing their terrifying venom, the horned beast was unable to get close to the stone statue; due to insufficient range, the wolf spider king's spider army was also useless, only the evil eye army under the command of the evil eye tyrant frantically counterattacked, stubbornly withstanding the opponent's tidal wave-like attack.

  Under Yang Ling's command, the unicorn also released a series of snake-shaped lightning bolts, crazily attacking the giant spider crabs that were rushing over. Unfortunately, there were just too many giant spider crabs, densely packed and endless, making it impossible to kill them all.

  As the giant spiders closed in, step by step, the outer circle of cannibals and barbarians fell one after another. Some were injected with sulfuric acid-like venom that they couldn't shake off, and blinked to find themselves corroded into small holes; some were lifted high up by sharp thorns, their limbs twitching, their bodies covered in bloodstains.

  What's wrong?

  As the thick, sulfuric acid-like poison spread across the sky, Yang Ling's tension caused him to break out in a cold sweat. If he were alone, he might have been able to ride his swift, one-horned beast and quickly escape; if there were only the demon army beside him, he could have swiftly retreated with them into the witch tower. But what about the remaining barbarians, elves, goblins, and dwarves?

  Waves of continuous thorns, dense sulfuric acid-like venom that even heavy armor can't withstand... Facing the vast number of giant crab spiders, people are shocked and terrified. Compared to thorns, the venom of giant crab spiders is more terrifying, it's simply unstoppable.

  At the critical moment, it was not the artillery-like evil eye or the fighter-like hornet that saved the army, but the humble and timid earth spirit who had always been used as bait!

  Under the command of the earth spirit elder, several earth spirit mages quickly flipped out a series of earth-based magic arrays, joining forces to cast a large-scale earth-based defensive cover, firmly blocking the giant crab spider's pervasive toxic liquid.

  Squeak...

  The giant spider's venom sprayed onto the protective cover, emitting a piercing sound, and a thick white smoke emerged, making people's scalps numb.

  "Sir, the giant spider's attack is too dense, the defensive net can only hold up for half an hour at most, we must think of a way to break out as soon as possible!"

  After catching his breath, the Earth Spirit elder reminded Yang Ling in a terrified tone. He couldn't imagine what they would use to resist the giant spider's ferocious attack once time was up and the defensive barrier lost its effect.

  "Hmph, half an hour is enough, enough to make them all come and go without return!"

  Look at the giant spider approaching step by step, Yang Ling gritted his teeth and gambled again. After the dense giant spiders rushed over, he directed the evil eye and the spider army to counterattack frantically.

  Without the threat of venom, the evil eyes and spider army launched a crazy attack, sweeping away the enemies like wheat in a tidal wave. Before the giant crab spiders could burrow underground, they were all struck down one by one.