Lu Yunan's fingers swiftly traced along Li Ang's spine, not out of nervousness or fear, but as part of a plan they had devised earlier. If they were attacked and there was no time for verbal communication, they would use this method to indicate to Li Ang a route for climbing. Centered on the sixth thoracic vertebra, spots her fingertips touched lightly indicated handholds Li Ang could grasp. Spots she pressed harder indicated footholds.
Leap, climb.
Li Ang exerted all his strength to accelerate, while Lu Yunan marked the path with one hand and raised the Radiant Crossbow with the other. Her eyes squinted, locked onto the approaching horde of spiders below; she completed her calculations in a flash and then pulled the trigger.
SWOOSH—
The fine steel arrow, twisted from remnants of a talisman plate, shot through the gaps in the spider web at a precise angle. It avoided the thick armor on the forehead of the foremost giant spider, striking its legs directly.
