The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 181- Don’t. Move.

Chapter 181: Chapter 181- Don’t. Move.

"I should have known but my cultivation base was too damaged for me to pick up on it. However, when I forcefully used a portion of original cultivation to help all of you, I sensed that someone had rewritten the laws in this dimension. Hearing your story, this person who did it must have placed a law that dictates only those from your Forgotten Sect can obtain the Inheritances inside the Dimension."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

"Then did Cheonma do it?"

Mar-Dule asked.

"I wish I could answer that question but I was always inside Su Moon’s Palace. But whoever it was, this person had to be on par with Immortal Dai Shen to overwrite his Laws."

’Everyone is likely wondering what connection the Forgotten Sect has with the Hundred Plants and Herbs Dimension. But what I want to know is what connection Master has with the Hundred Plants and Herbs Dimension.’

As Sol was in his thoughts, he felt a gaze on him and he turned to his right to see Yoon-Jae staring at him.

Sol paused.

’That’s right, Uncle Master is Master’s Brother. Brother Yoon-Jae probably has the same questions as I do.’

"Wait! If only disciples of the Forgotten Sect can get the full Inheritance from the subsidiary Palaces, how come you were able to get Su Moon’s Inheritance Brother Sol?"

Mar-Dule asked while turning to Sol.

"Su Moon’s Palace wasn’t affected by the rewritten laws."

Mar-Dule’s face gained a look of understanding, but Sol thought to himself even if that was the case, he might have been able to obtain Su Moon’s Inheritance given he was technically a disciple of the Forgotten Sect.

Sol shook his head.

What are they doing? Now wasn’t the time for this.

"Let’s go. We don’t know exactly how many trials there are or what they are, so be careful."

Everyone nodded and refocused their attention on entering the Palace.

With a than seal Sol released his Heavenly Samsara Formation and pushed past the golden barrier with Yoon-Jae and Mar-Dule by his side. Ji-Hoon and the others were right after.

Upon passing the barrier, Sol was met with pitch darkness that was eerily silent.

Sol heard Ji-Hoon and the other’s soft breaths as they came behind him.

"Is everyone here?"

"Yeah."

"Yes, Brother Sol.’

"I’m here..."

"Yeah...’

Everyone confirmed their presence.

"Why is so dark?"

Mar-Dule asked.

"Hey brat, be careful."

Abdu suddenly warned on top of Sol’s head.

"What is it, Little Abdu?"

"I feel something is staring at me."

A cold chill went immediately down everyone’s spines.

Click!

"Hiccup! W-What was that sound?"

Mar-Dule was immediately on edge.

Flicker.

Suddenly light appeared in this dark space and everyone turned to look at Yoon-Jae who had a fire floating above his palm.

"Brother Yoon-Jae."

"Look."

Yoon-Jae said pushing his palm forward to light up a few meters ahead of them. Sol and everyone looked forward, only to see four pairs of eyes containing white pupils staring at them.

Click.

Click.

It was a spider; one that reached up to their knees in hight.

The clicking sound was a result of it snapping it’s mandibles together.

"It’s a Spider-type Spirit Beast."

"A Spider-type Spirit Beast? I’ve never seen a Spirit Beast with so many eyes before."

Click.

Click.

Click.

Click.

Click.

Click.

Suddenly, the four pairs of eyes turned to sixteen, then twenty-four, and soon an uncountable number of eyes were now staring at the group.

"Shit, it’s a nest. Most of them are as strong as a cultivator with acupoints open in two of their limbs. Let’s retreat outside, we can think of a way to deal with them there."

Heon-Tae made a suggestion, and everyone unanimously agreed.

However, as they tried to retreat back through the barrier, they turned to see that it was gone.

What was behind them instead were more pairs of eyes.

"Fuck, that wasn’t a barrier, that was a Teleportation Array."

Mar-Dule cursed.

Click.

Click.

Click.

In an instant, they were in another crisis having been thrust into the middle of a spider nest.

Abdu suddenly stood up on Sol’s head.

"Let me handle it."

Abdu was about to leap off Sol’s head, but he was immediately caught by Sol mid-air before being placed back on top of his head.

"Little Abdu, your cultivation base dropped from the Spiritual Realm, didn’t it? Don’t do anything and just focus on stabilizing your injuries."

Everyone hearing Sol felt their hearts sink to the pit of their stomach. Wasn’t Abdu their trump-card coming here?

"Fuck, are we going to die in here?"

Mar-Dule asked, but Sol pointed out.

"They aren’t attacking us."

"Yeah, but they’re slowly approaching us!"

One of the spiders drew closer and appeared inside the light Yoon-Jae’s fire was releasing.

Click.

Click.

Its mandibles snapped ominously while a sickly black goo poured out its mouth onto the ground.

Its eight legs were terrifying silent as it carried its meter and a half body towards the eight youths.

The group retreated back but had to stop due to the swarm behind them.

"What do we do? Do we attack?"

"Attack?!"

Mar-Dule looked at Ji-Hoon with a frightened expression.

"We don’t know how many they are, or if there’s stronger Spirit Beasts in this Palace. Not to mention we’re completely in the dark and at a disadvantage."

"Calm down everyone."

Sol said as he looked at the approaching spiders. His eyes gained a dark glow, and he looked around.

They were inside a Palace Hall, but it was completely covered in... Sol didn’t know what these white thread-like things were. But it blocked him from seeing the Hall in its entirety.

After doing a quick glance around Sol looked back at the spiders. He realized something.

Sol lifted his hand and a ball of fire gathered on his palm. He then threw it into the crowd of approaching spiders.

They all immediately scattered, but a second later they started to approach the fire almost out of curiosity.

Screech!

One of the spiders that approached too close stepped inside the fire and had the hairs on one of its legs caught brunt off.

"What’s with them?"

Mar-Dule seeing this was confused.

"They can’t see. They’re just following the source of the light."

Sol concluded.

"There’s a staircase that leads to the second-floor balcony behind us. Let’s head up there and then think about what to do."

Everyone nodded before Sol gathered another fireball in his palm and threw it out.

Yoon-Jae did the same and the spiders all scattered.

The group then carefully made their way towards the stairs.

Yoon-Jae still had the fire on his palm as he led the way for them.

However, as they were about to reach the stairs, Abdu’s voice echoed out solemnly.

"Sol, I can still feel the gaze. It wasn’t those spiders."

Sol and the everyone’s faces changed upon hearing that.

"Can’t you tell where it’s coming from?"

Yoon-Jae turned to look Abdu.

Abdu shook his head.

Yoon-Jae then turned to Sol; he was the only one who could see inside this place.

Sol did a quick scan of the Hall once again, but it was covered in too many of those white threads that his vision was blocked at various angles.

"The entire Hall is covered in white thread-like substances so I can’t see everything in the Hall."

"That’s called spiderwebs, Sol. Damn it, I don’t like this situation. We need to-"

SCREECH!!

SWOOSH!!

A loud cry of a beast followed by an ear-piercing whistle echoed out and almost deafened everyone. The ominous whistling sound was immediately followed by a terrifying windstorm that brushed past Yoon-Jae’s head. It caused his robes and hair to flap uncontrollably. Even the fire on his hand to danced wildly.

"Wh-What was that?"

Yoon-Jae turned to look behind him while lifting up his palm. Meanwhile, Sol’s face turned pale.

’That was...’

Sol swiftly spun around and looked at the spiderwebs that were now being burnt away. He was shaken to the core.

"Everyone, don’t move, and don’t make a single sound."

Abdu on Sol’s head was looking in the same direction, his expression was even more solemn than before.

"Brother Cheong-San, use your Innate Dharma so everyone can see in the dark."

Cheong-San immediately began forming hand seals.

Bump.

Sol felt Yoon-Jae bump into him. He turned and saw Yoon-Jae had backed into him; his face was pale as he looked at the stairs behind him. Or rather, what was left of the stairs.

In the middle of it was now a hole that was around four meters in diameter.

"That... Was that an attack? It-It just brushed past me. If it was just a few inches to the left, I wouldn’t be alive right now."

This was too terrifying. There was no indication of an attack other than that ear-piercing whistle. But by the time the whistle echoed out the attack had already reached them. There wasn’t even a sound of the attack hitting the stairs either.

Looking at the damage the stairs sustained, it seemed like the attack simply vaporized it without leaving a trace.

As Yoon-Jae was freaking out, Sol swiftly clamped his hand around the fire on Yoon-Jae’s palm.

Yoon-Jae turned to look at him, and it was at that moment a third eye appeared on his forehead allowing him to see in the pitch darkness.

"Oh, fuck."

"Wh-What is that?"

Yoon-Jae suddenly looked over at Mar-Dule and the others to see their faces go pale before they instinctively retreated several steps back.

"Brother Yoon-Jae, are you okay?"

Yoon-Jae turned away from them to look back at Sol, but he realized he wasn’t looking at him. He and the others had their gazes on the ceiling of Hall.

"I’m fine..."

Yoon-Jae answered as he raised his head to see what Sol, and everyone were looking at.

"!!!???"

Immediately, Yoon-Jae’s scalp went numb, and a cold chill went down his spine.

On the other side of the Hall, the spiderwebs were fully burnt away to reveal the creature that had etched itself in corner of the ceiling.

It’s eight legs expertly balance its massive body on the thin silk-like webs, while it’s eight big black eyes that felt like it could draw a person’s soul inside, stared at the group of eight youths.

"Don’t. Move."

Sol enunciated in a solemn voice.