Tang San wasn't in the mood to explain to everyone, so Ma Hongjun gave a general account of Sword Douluo's visit and Xiao Wu's identity as a spirit beast.
Everyone fell into thought, no one considering the issue of Xiao Wu's 100,000-year spirit ring. In their experience with Xiao Wu, she was simply a lively and adorable girl.
They couldn't connect her to a spirit beast, let alone consider harming her.
The tents they had just set up were completely destroyed by the Titan Giant Ape's roar.
After tidying up the camp, everyone prepared to travel through the night and continue deeper into the forest.
They followed the path the Titan Giant Ape had taken, because the area it had just passed through was undoubtedly the safest place, so traveling now wouldn't be dangerous.
As for the Titan Giant Ape, it lived in the central area of the Star Dou Great Forest. It was definitely taking Xiao Wu towards the center.
And following it, they weren't afraid it would turn back, since with Xiao Wu around, it wouldn't have any ill intentions.
Just after everyone had traveled a distance, they suddenly heard a rustling sound ahead.
In a flash, a gigantic black spider appeared before them. Its body was over 1.5 meters in diameter, and its eight spear-like legs were over three meters long. Its entire body was covered in a gleaming black carapace, and the tips of its long legs were slender, each step silently piercing the ground, revealing their sharpness.
On the spider's abdomen were white markings, contrasting sharply with its black body; these white markings formed a ferocious human face.
Eight small eyes, gleaming with an eerie purple light, were pressed against its abdomen. However, two of the eyes appeared to have been smashed, a bloody mess. Even the carapace on its abdomen had several cracks.
The giant spider was clearly stunned; it never expected a group of people to suddenly appear in its path.
But what was bewilderment for the giant spider was a pleasant surprise for Tang San.
A misfortune in love, a triumph in career!
Tang San had just lost Xiao Wu, and now his third spirit ring had been delivered to his doorstep, and it was even injured!
From the giant spider's appearance, its identity could be discerned.
This is a rather famous soul beast, with many nicknames.
The nightmare of small soul beasts,
a life-devouring being,
an object of hatred for all soul beasts,
a terrifying and evil killer.
These titles all describe the long-legged spider before us.
Its name is the Human-Faced Demon Spider.
The Human-Faced Demon Spider is one of the soul beasts Tang San targeted for his third soul ring.
And judging from its size and appearance, it's definitely over a thousand years old!
Among soul beasts, the Human-Faced Demon Spider is an extremely terrifying existence.
Of course, it's not on the same level as the Titan Giant Ape. However, this Human-Faced Demon Spider is a creature even soul beasts fear.
It has a solid carapace, incredible speed, eight long legs with extremely strong penetrating power and carrying deadly poison, and most terrifyingly, its web.
Ordinary spiders spin their webs, but this one is different; it spews its web directly. Not only is it extremely sticky, but it's also incredibly tough. It carries a terrifying neurotoxin.
The spiderweb spewed by the Man-Faced Demon Spider was not only instantaneous but also covered an area ten times its own size, making it almost impossible to dodge. Even powerful Soul Masters caught in its web would need considerable time to escape.
While everyone was observing the Man-Faced Demon Spider, it suddenly changed direction and ran to the left.
"Stop it! I need its Soul Ring!"
Tang San shouted, already activating his Blue Silver Grass to give chase. Ma Hongjun reacted quickly, summoning his Dragon Soul Spear faster than the others.
"Spear Control!"
With his increased Soul Power, Ma Hongjun's Spear Control range had expanded. As he ran towards the Man-Faced Demon Spider, his Dragon Soul Spear had already reached its front.
Zhao Wuji also completed his Martial Soul Possession, and his fourth Soul Ring lit up.
"Gravity Compression!"
The Man-Faced Demon Spider's speed was immediately suppressed.
Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear had already pierced the Man-Faced Demon Spider's face, but the spider reacted quickly; its eight spider legs acted like eight iron spears, blocking the Dragon Soul Spear.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
The eight spider legs clashed with the Dragon Soul Spear.
The Dragon Soul Spear pierced the hard carapace, but the front of the carapace was extremely tough, and the Dragon Soul Spear didn't have much power when wielding it, so it didn't pierce through.
At this moment, Ma Hongjun had already arrived behind the Human-Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had also entangled it.
Ma Hongjun recalled the Dragon Soul Spear to his hand, changing from a thrust to a smash.
Spear-hammer!
A single strike landed on the Human-Faced Demon Spider's back.
There was no need for anyone else to intervene; the Human-Faced Demon Spider was already subdued by the three of them.
The Human-Faced Demon Spider could spew its web three times a day. Generally, its first action upon seeing its prey was to spew its web.
However, it had just attacked with its long legs. Coupled with the injury on its abdomen, there was only one possibility: the spider's web-spitting ability for the day had run out.
Facing an injured spider, even with over a thousand years of cultivation, the three could easily take action.
The others had also completed their Martial Soul summons and were ready to attack, but none of them used their skills, fearing they might accidentally kill the spider.
The spider's frontal carapace was very strong, making it difficult to launch an effective attack.
Ma Hongjun switched positions, thrusting his Dragon Soul Spear through the ground and forcefully striking its abdomen.
"Xiao San, flip it over," Ma Hongjun reminded him.
Tang San immediately understood; the Blue Silver Grass wrapped around the spider moved, working in conjunction with Ma Hongjun's spear to flip the spider's entire body over.
"Hongjun, get out of the way!"
A black box had appeared in Tang San's hand without his knowledge.
A series of cracking sounds rang out from Tang San's right hand.
Sixteen dark shadows shot out in quick succession. A piercing scream, particularly clear in the night, followed.
The moment the sixteen shadows pierced the Man-Faced Demon Spider's abdomen, its black-shelled body stiffened abruptly, then tumbled violently to the ground. The sixteen shadows had entered the spider 's brain through its eight eyes, and blue liquid flowed from its abdomen, corroding the plants on the ground. Tang San had told Ma Hongjun to move aside to prevent the spider's venom from hitting him before it died. After struggling for a moment, the Man-Faced Demon Spider died. Soon, a purple spirit ring appeared. "Little San, you have the Blue Silver Grass spirit, a plant spirit, can you absorb beast-type spirit rings?" Ning Rongrong asked. "Sure, my first spirit ring was obtained by absorbing the Mandragora Serpent." Tang San immediately recounted the Grandmaster's theory. He was the first person to put the theory into practice and succeed. "Little San, what kind of hidden weapon did you use just now? It was so powerful!" Dai Mubai asked curiously. "Zhuge Crossbow!" Flander interrupted their conversation, saying to Tang San, "Little San, absorb the spirit ring first!" Just then, a familiar female voice rang out. "My Human-Faced Demon Spider, you, you…" (End of Chapter)