For a while, the girls in the group each held their own opinions, refusing to yield to one another. They even began to provide reasoned analyses of their professional specialties, looking as if they were about to start an academic debate.
Li Yifei watched their argument but did not intervene further.
He still had many things to do.
"Wisdom, based on existing data, deduce the medicinal ratios and dosages required for deep anesthesia targeting powerhouses from the Spirit Scholar and Spirit Master levels... all the way to the Titled Douluo level. The goal is absolute safety, ensuring they do not wake up during the Body Refining process."
[Command received. Performing data modeling and deduction...]
A cold, mechanical voice responded in his mind.
While waiting for Qian Renxue to collect the herbs and for Wisdom's deduction results, it was the perfect time to handle another matter.
Li Yifei's figure disappeared from beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He was going to the Star Dou Great Forest.
His two Spirits combined only had six spirit rings, which was honestly a bit underwhelming.
...
Star Dou Great Forest.
The border zone between the outer perimeter and the mixed region.
Li Yifei's figure appeared silently on a giant tree branch like a Gui Mei, completely concealing his Aura.
His Planetary Level mental force had already spread out. Not far below, two familiar Auras had nowhere to hide.
Yu Xiaogang.
And... Tang San.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, his stiff posture unchanged for ten thousand years, talking incessantly to Tang San.
"Little San, you must remember that although the Man Faced Demon Spider is the limit for an over-leveled absorption, its webs are tough and carry a numbing poison, and its legs are indestructible. It fits your Blue Silver Grass control abilities perfectly."
"As long as we make thorough preparations, hunting a Thousand-year level Man Faced Demon Spider is not impossible!"
His tone was full of theoretical confidence, as if everything was under control.
Yet the Tang San beside him was like a completely different person from the deep-scheming youth in Li Yifei's memory.
His entire being exuded gloom, and his eyes were hollow as if he had lost his Soul. He merely nodded mechanically, showing no reaction to Yu Xiaogang's words.
On that fairly handsome face hung two heavy dark circles, his lips were parched, and his mental state was at its absolute lowest.
Li Yifei watched this scene, his brow twitching slightly.
Something was wrong.
At this time, shouldn't Tang San have just reached rank twenty-nine and be worrying about his third spirit ring? Why did he run to the Star Dou Great Forest early?
Furthermore, based on Yu Xiaogang's intent, they actually wanted to arrange a Thousand-year level Man Faced Demon Spider for Tang San's third spirit ring?
Li Yifei's mental force swept over Tang San.
spirit power... rank thirty!
He had actually already achieved a Breakthrough!
Li Yifei's mind raced.
Tang Hao was dead, but Tang San didn't know this; the letter his father left him only told him to Cultivate well.
Then, the only thing that could have crushed him into this ghostly state was that Little Rabbit.
It seemed Xiao Wu's departure had been quite a shock to him.
But despite being crushed, his spirit power didn't drop; instead, it rose, directly breaking through the Bottleneck?
What kind of logic was this?
A thought popped into Li Yifei's head.
Protagonist Halo?
For the protagonist of this World, any blow or hardship was merely nourishment and experience points for leveling up.
Heartbroken? Breakthrough! Family sacrificed to the heavens? Breakthrough! Chased by enemies? Breakthrough!
This script of becoming a god through adversity was truly hardcore.
Li Yifei looked at the despondent youth below who had broken through under the support of invisible Luck, and his gaze turned playful.
Since he had run into them, if he didn't do something, wouldn't he be letting down this chance encounter?
Just then, the bushes ahead rustled violently.
"Hiss, hiss—!"
Accompanied by a scalp-numbing scraping sound, a giant spider over three meters long, pitch-black all over with a white human face pattern on its back, suddenly lunged out!
Its eight sharp long legs were like spears, stabbing fiercely into the ground!
A Thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider!
Yu Xiaogang's face instantly turned pale. No matter how rich his theoretical knowledge was, when truly facing such a Vicious Beast, the fear originating from his Soul still made his legs go weak.
"Little San! Quick! Use your Blue Silver Grass! Binding!" he roared at the top of his lungs.
Tang San's hollow eyes finally showed a flicker of movement the moment he saw the Man Faced Demon Spider.
It was replaced by a violent rage mixed with madness and destruction!
"Ah—!"
He gave a furious roar as his first spirit ring lit up. Countless strands of Blue Silver Grass surged out frantically, like a massive net, covering the Man Faced Demon Spider!
A textbook example of seeking death unfolded right before Li Yifei's eyes.
The massive net woven from Blue Silver Grass, driven by Tang San's enraged spirit power, carried an indomitable Aura.
However, the reaction speed of the Thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider far exceeded Yu Xiaogang's theoretical deductions.
Its eight long legs kicked off the ground violently, and its massive body lunged to the side with an irrational agility, easily dodging the coverage of the Blue Silver Grass.
"Puff, puff, puff!"
Simultaneously, its abdomen opened, and several pale spiderwebs sprayed out, striking first by arriving second.
In an instant, several thick vines were stuck and corroded, emitting bursts of pungent green smoke.
"Little San, watch out for its webs! Dodge quickly!" Yu Xiaogang shouted nervously from a distance, cold sweat already seeping from his forehead.
But Tang San didn't listen at all.
In his bloodshot eyes, there was only that hideous white human face.
Dodge?
Why should he dodge!
Xiao Wu was gone; what was the point of him living!
A destructive madness completely swallowed his last shred of reason.
"Aaaah!"
Tang San let out a beast-like roar and advanced instead of retreating. His footsteps were erratic yet carried a strange rhythm as he actually initiated a charge toward the Man Faced Demon Spider!
First Spirit Ability, Binding!
Second Spirit Ability, Parasite!
He poured out his spirit power almost without reservation!
On the ground, countless Blue Silver Grass strands burst through the soil like crazed venomous snakes, winding toward the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight long legs from all directions.
The Man Faced Demon Spider let out a sharp hiss. Its eight long legs were like sharp spears, frantically hacking and piercing, severing strands of Blue Silver Grass one by one.
But Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was endless; for every one severed, ten more surged up!
For a moment, black fluid and blue grass debris flew everywhere!
"Rip!"
One spider leg found a gap and, like a bolt of black lightning, slashed fiercely across Tang San's chest.
His clothes tore open, and a wound deep enough to see bone appeared instantly, blood gushing out.
Tang San, however, seemed unable to feel the pain. He merely pulled back his lips, revealing a grim smile.
Now!
His wounded body had created the perfect breeding ground for the Blue Silver Grass Parasite!
Those severed strands of Blue Silver Grass, stained with his blood, actually acted like living creatures, frantically boring into the Man Faced Demon Spider's wounds!
"Hiss—!"
The Man Faced Demon Spider let out a shrill scream, its massive body trembling violently.