Chapter 2174: Crab Claw Spider

"If Bayerhof did not brag, the crab claw spider is really not a general danger. Its fighting power is not much inferior to the Tara beast, and this monster is different from the big horns that can make do with everything. It is a pure carnivore, polar. Wild animals and even humans, if they encounter crab claw spiders in the wild, they will probably not escape death!"
"The interior of the Arctic Circle is sparsely populated, especially during the polar night season. The climate is very cold. Few people are outdoors. Even the birds and beasts in the wild have become rare. It is difficult for crab claw spiders to get enough food. There are usually two options in a situation."
Joan listened intently to Clark's narration while writing notes.
These personal experiences are his first-hand information for future papers on polar ecology.
"Crab-claw spiders that have nowhere to forage in the wild, driven by hunger, occasionally attack human settlements on their own initiative, causing a massacre and satiated, leaving only an empty and deserted village."
"If there is no village nearby, the crab claw spider will retreat, weave the cocoon on the spot, wrap itself up, and enter a long hibernation."
"During hibernation, crab claw spiders can minimize energy consumption and do not need to eat. They will not end hibernation until the end of the polar night season, the weather becomes warmer, and the prey in the wild increases."
Clark hesitated, then said: "Bayerhof also mentioned a rumor, I'm not sure if it is true."
"What rumor?" Qiao An asked curiously.
"Crab claw spiders travel alone most of the time, but when they decide to hibernate, they tend to return to the area where they were born and cluster into dormancy."
"Bayerhof said that crabclaw spiders might do this for two purposes. One is that when the weather gets warmer, the crabclaw spiders that wake up first can wake up other species in time."
"More importantly, if a certain crab claw spider is attacked during hibernation, it will give an alarm in time to wake up its hibernating species nearby, lest they are also attacked unknowingly and end up in genocide. From this perspective, the crab claw spider also has the characteristics of a social animal."
Joan stopped holding the pen in his hand.
Hibernation... gregarious?
These details of Clark's account gave him a bad premonition.
At this moment, a rustling motion suddenly came from the opposite cocoon.
Qiao An turned his head and looked over, and noticed that the crabclaw spider twisted its body and seemed to be waking up from sleep.
In an instant, this huge monster opened its eyes suddenly, revealing a pair of huge compound eyes that shone with a magnificent rainbow, staring fiercely at the people in front of them.
Big Horn sensed the malice of the crab claw spider, and based on the instinct of the wild beast, it attacked first, and issued a "shock roar" at the giant insect, making it temporarily unable to move. Lying on his back on the snowy field, his eight claws moved.
Clark didn't hesitate, and rushed forward with a stride, sticking out his right hand, five fingers like a hook, and pinching the slender neck of the crab claw spider, tightening it and stimulating the "electric shock ring" worn on his hand. Numerous silver snake-like arcs burst out from the fingertips.
Electric energy instantly flows all over the crab claw spider, crackling, its hair upside down, and its eight claws twitching violently.
The frost giant used one arm to lift up the huge monster, and then came a "shoulder throw" and slammed it on the ground. The hard exoskeleton shattered with the ice below him, and it was light blue. Body fluid gushes out along the crack.
The crab claw spider was hit repeatedly after waking up, and his weak and dull body was unable to fight back.
However, after being severely beaten by Big Horn and Clark in turn, he didn't even end his breath. In the end, Qiao An made up a "dissociation technique" to break his head into dust, so that the strangely powerful monster stopped struggling completely.
Surrounded by the corpse of the crab claw spider, Qiao Ann and Clark looked at each other, both feeling a little heavy.
The heartless big horns did not notice the depressive atmosphere around him. He used to bite the corpse of the crabclaw spider, trying to try this unseen prey, the meat is good or not.
However, before he had time to taste it, Big Horn was forced to retreat.
The dead crabclaw hair spider quickly had a mysterious alchemy reaction in its blood, emitting an extremely pungent and sour odor, and it was sour that it sneezed and its face was full of disgust.
Qiao An also smelled the pungent smell from the corpse. Based on his years of experience in studying supernatural insect-shaped creatures, he suspects that the strange smell released by the crab claw spider after death may contain some pheromone.
This is not a good sign!
His concerns were quickly confirmed.
The strange smell from the corpse of the crab claw spider spreads with the wind.
There was a dull and dense popping sound on the originally calm snowfield.
Many bulges appeared on the flat snow, and under the gazes of Joan, Clark, and Big Horn, the snow pile suddenly exploded, exposing cracked cocoons, and drilled out a crab claw spider that interrupted hibernation.
Within a few miles around, many crab claw spiders were awakened by the pheromone released by the same kind when they were dying, and they came out from the depths of the snow, and gathered towards Qiao An and the others-they made it clear that they were dead companions. revenge.
In these short minutes, no less than ten crabclaw spiders appeared in the field of vision, and I don't know how many followed.
"Nuhta!"
Qiao An raced against time to chant the spellcasting, and opened the "anti-living creature shield" to envelop Clark and Big Horn in order to avoid being besieged by a large group of crab claw spiders.
The radiation radius of the "anti-living object shield" is 10 feet. Crab claw spiders cannot break through the transparent shield formed by magic, but it does not prevent them from trying their best to stick out the "catching tongs" and reach into the shield to try to clamp the prey. Drag it out forcibly.
Big Horn blocked Qiao'an behind him, and uttered a "shock roar" at the strange insects gathered on the opposite side of the shield. The sharp sound wave spread, and the three crab claw spiders directly opposite were all deafened and dulled.
Clark took the opportunity to rush out and opened the "Frost Rage". The pair of fists wearing dragon leather gloves blasted flames and cold currents at the same time. The violent combination of fists poured out like a series of heavy shells on the crab claw spider.
When the three giant worms got rid of their shock and awake, they had been beaten to the ground and couldn't get up.
Qiao An moved his footsteps, chose a suitable angle, raised his "weather staff" and blasted out a "chain lightning", killing all three seriously injured crabclaw spiders.
At this time, six more crab claw spiders caught up with him, and Qiao An quickly reminded Clark to return the "living creature shield."
As soon as the frost giant stepped into the shield, there was a whistling wind behind him.
Turning his head hurriedly, he saw a crab claw spider grinning open its three-petal jaw, spraying a sharp object toward him from 20 feet away!