Chapter 58: Eight Legs
It was about as tall as Yu Han and wide enough to block the gate. Under the moonlight, it took on a slightly paler orange hue.
“Last time it was larger, right?” Yu Han said. He cautiously approached it. The boulder was about the height of his torso now. Last time, it had loomed far larger, like a mini-truck. “The colour is a bit strange too.”
“It’s come to eat you,” Huang Niuniu said, clutching his robes with a death grip, her feet planted on the ground. Yu Han couldn’t move.
“Did you put all of your Primordial Qi into strength or something?”
A click came from the boulder. It stood, shaking off the dirt, and two club-like eye stalks extended from sockets on top of its carapace. They were obsidian black, with a narrow orange slit in the middle.
Kind of like the Eye of Sauron, but with black where the orange was, and orange where the black was?
“Are you an evil, soul-consuming warlock who’s come to steal a ring from us?” Yu Han asked.
The crab lurched forward, its eight legs snapping into motion.
“It’s going to eat us, run!” Huang Niuniu dragged Yu Han back with all her might. But the crab was faster. It circled around them and blocked their path.