I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 260 - 258: Death Shadow Spider

The girl in front of me isn’t very old, still wearing the Cold Smoke Pavilion uniform. Her body is fit and slender, and it’s instantly clear that she’s a martial master.

She has several external wounds, as if cut open by the sharp fangs of a Star Beast. The wounds are deep and long, with flesh turned over on both sides and brown pus constantly oozing out.

But the most striking thing is not the external wounds, but the dense blisters covering her body. The blisters vary in size, the largest bulging nearly as big as a fist.

The fluid inside the blisters is cloudy and bloody, with some of them already ruptured and festering, emitting a nauseating stench.

The girl is in a deep coma, connected to a heart monitor, her heart rate and oxygen levels have dropped to dangerous levels.

Li Xing reached out three fingers, placing them on the girl’s wrist. After a moment, she raised an eyebrow: "She’s poisoned."

Bai Ling was shocked that Li Xing could determine the patient’s condition just by pulse-taking, yet hope rose in her heart. She quickly nodded and said: "Correct! She was bitten by a Death Shadow Spider."

Li Xing immediately sensed something wrong: "Have you caught the spider that bit her?"

The fangs of the Death Shadow Spider are highly toxic, and each spider’s poison is unique, with its effects varying widely.

If unfortunate enough to be bitten by a Death Shadow Spider, unless one can catch it on the spot and extract its poison sac for analysis and make a specific antidote, otherwise, there is no other way but death.

There are three types of toxins in the girl’s body, indicating that she was bitten by at least three Death Shadow Spiders. The area beneath the stronghold is in chaos, making it hard to discern which Star Beast bit you, let alone catching it.

Bai Ling shook her head. If she had caught it, she would have started making the antidote long ago, instead of watching the girl slowly losing her life.

"There’s a massive group of Death Shadow Spiders in the beast tide. They aren’t the strongest in combat, but they pose the greatest threat to the warriors. Their venomous fangs can cause lethal poisoning with just a shallow cut."

Bai Ling pointed to the direction on the girl’s right hand and continued: "Before you came, over forty people had already died from the poisoning, and currently, only sixty-nine remain alive. She’s the most severe case. Without a cure, she’ll be the next to die."

Li Xing nodded, walking past the beds of those sixty-some individuals, checking their conditions one by one.

As the texts said, none of these people’s symptoms were similar, but without exception, the pus flowing from their wounds emitted a foul, rotting stench.

If an antidote cannot be found soon, their internal organs will be corroded by the toxins, turning them into a pool of pus.

Lin Caier was also caring for the poisoned patients in the contaminated zone, at this moment holding a girl’s hand, continuously comforting her, moving the girl to tears.

Upon seeing Li Xing, Lin Caier glared at her fiercely. Li Xing cast a brief glance at her hair, and Lin Caier’s face turned dark instantly.

The poisoned girl looked at Li Xing with hopeful eyes, but after briefly checking her symptoms, Li Xing left without saying a word.

Creating an antidote for the Death Shadow Spider is not difficult, but it requires the poison sac from the offending spider as a medicinal guide.

These people haven’t caught the culprit spider that bit them, making antidote production as difficult as reaching the heavens. Rather than give false hope and then crush it, it’s better to let them maintain their current mindset.

Seeing Li Xing return, Bai Ling eagerly inquired: "How is it, can you make a universal antidote?"

Li Xing shook her head, her tone chillingly calm: "I can’t."

The light in Bai Ling’s eyes extinguished, yes, if even a group of advanced Healing Masters can’t resolve this poison, how can Li Xing have a solution? Even deities can’t respond to every request, let alone a person.

At that moment, eight warriors responsible for battlefield rescue sprinted over, carrying four more poisoned patients.

"Healer Bai, more people have been poisoned, again by the Death Shadow Spider!"

Bai Ling set aside her despondency, immediately summoning people to help move the patients to beds, stop the bleeding, and monitor them. Regardless of whether they could detoxify them in the end, as long as they still had a breath left, she could not give up.

After dropping off the patients, the eight warriors wiped their sweat mixed with blood carelessly and turned to leave, only to be stopped by Li Xing.

"Hey buddy, are there many Death Shadow Spiders below?"

These few, piloting the winged flying devices, were responsible for delivering supplies and rescuing the wounded, shuttling between the stronghold and the battlefield, making them the most knowledgeable about the battlefield conditions. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Many! I estimate the entire nest of Death Shadow Spiders has been mobilized." Death Shadow Spiders are rare; usually, it’s hard to encounter even one, but today they seemed unusually rampant.

Hope surged in Li Xing’s heart, perhaps these poisoned people still have a chance! "Have you seen the Shadow Spider Emperor?"

The baby-faced warrior shook his head blankly: "I haven’t seen it, the Star Beasts below are just too many... What about you guys, have you seen it?"

The others also shook their heads in succession, but the warrior at the back hesitated to speak: "What does the Shadow Spider Emperor look like? Is it particularly large?"

"Exactly! Its size is three to four times that of a regular Death Shadow Spider, and its back hair is darker than that of ordinary shadow spiders."

The warrior’s eyes lit up instantly, eagerly nodding: "I’ve seen it! At the time, I was wondering why this Death Shadow Spider was so large, turns out it was the Shadow Spider Emperor!"

Li Xing was overjoyed, with the Shadow Spider Emperor around, the task becomes much simpler.

Death Shadow Spiders live in clusters according to blood relations, and the Shadow Spider Emperor is the progenitor of the entire spider colony, all Death Shadow Spiders are its descendants.

Since she can’t catch the biting Death Shadow Spider, then she’ll capture the Shadow Spider Emperor. All the toxins originate from its bloodline, its poison sac is the most effective.

"Take me to find it!"

"What?"

"To catch the Shadow Spider Emperor, to make antidotes for the poisoned people!"

The eight warriors exchanged glances, then said in unison: "Let’s go!"

Without notifying anyone, Li Xing boarded the flying device headed for the battlefield in front of the stronghold.

Only by being present can you feel the brutality of the battle between humans and Star Beasts. Looking out, the white ice field was almost carpeted with all sorts of gigantic Star Beasts, everyone had gone into a frenzy, and the light of elemental power flickered endlessly.

The battle was so intense, people were continuously getting injured, requiring winged flying devices to bring them back to the stronghold for treatment. Therefore, the warriors left Li Xing near where the Shadow Spider Emperor was spotted and then departed.

Amidst the Star Beast group, Li Xing naturally became a target of all, heavily surrounded.

Li Xing smashed the jaw of a Snow Spirit Unicorn that tried to butt her with a left punch, and kicked the spine of a skeletal saber-toothed tiger with her right foot, arrogantly busting through to grab Crystal Stones, quickly reaching the spot indicated by the young warrior.

The density of Death Shadow Spiders here was indeed higher than elsewhere, but Li Xing did not spot the Shadow Spider Emperor. Just as she was getting anxious, someone not far away called her name.

"Li Xing—?"

Turning her head, Li Xing’s face instantly showed unconcealed joy: "Tang Douer?"

Tang Dou smashed a brutal Snow Rabbit with his Golden Melon Hammer into a bloody pulp, then strode toward Li Xing, smiling naively.

"Ever since the beast tide started, I was wondering if I might run into you on the battlefield, haha, such a coincidence!"

Not seen for years, Tang Dou had grown a lot taller, his demeanor steadier than before. Aside from this, Li Xing was also surprised to find that Tang Dou’s Primordial Spirit level had changed.

"Dou Er, you’ve leveled up?"

Tang Dou discreetly knocked away a double-headed lizard that tried to sneak up on Li Xing, shyly smiling: "I got hold of a Heaven Rank Crystal Stone, successfully passing the absorption and refining phases. I’m now at the Heavenly Armor level."

If not for the fact he hadn’t completed his upgrade during the preliminaries, he would surely have been part of the team representing the Cold Smoke Pavilion.

Li Xing’s childhood friend had become stronger, making her genuinely happy for him.