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The Pit Demon Spider was not particularly famous among all spider-type soul beasts, nor was it as dominant as the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
Of course, it wasn't as notoriously detested either.
However, among mid-level soul beast groups, the Pit Demon Spider could still be considered a formidable existence with decent strength.
Although both belonged to the demon spider clan, the Pit Demon Spider differed drastically from the Man-Faced Demon Spider, as the two followed entirely different evolutionary paths.
The Man-Faced Demon Spider possessed a cruel nature and was a slaughterer by instinct. It was renowned for its oppressive offensive power, terrifying toxicity, and its mastery over horrifying, swift, and tyrannical attacks.
It even possessed the power to devour other soul beasts.
Conversely, the Pit Demon Spider possessed no toxicity, nor did it favor frontal assaults against its opponents. What it excelled at most was utilizing various types of terrain to construct traps for its prey, relying on its cobweb traps to ensnare and kill them.
Therefore, when it came to being insidious and cunning, the Pit Demon Spider was not the least bit inferior to the Man-Faced Demon Spider; it might even surpass it. It was a rather troublesome type of soul beast to encounter.
Judging from pure combat strength, the Pit Demon Spider would definitely be no match for a Man-Faced Demon Spider of the same cultivation level in a direct frontal confrontation.
However, if it were given time to prepare in advance and lay traps within its own familiar territory, the outcome of the battle would become uncertain. Yet, the Pit Demon Spider that appeared at this moment was in quite a poor state.
Several burn marks marred its body, and its movements were extremely panicked.
It appeared that this creature, which usually played the role of a hunter, had become the prey this time around. Sure enough, not long after this Pit Demon Spider burst out, further commotion echoed from behind the shrubbery, approaching at an extremely rapid pace.
A female voice rang out following it.
"Hmph! You dared to launch a sneak attack on this young lady, and now you want to run? Let's see where you can hide!"
Before her voice could fully fade, a flash of red light erupted behind the shrubbery.
A fiery-red figure shot out from within, leaping into midair. Looking closer, it was a young woman clad in a fiery-red short skirt. Her facial features were delicate, her beauty exceptional, and she possessed a rare, memorable aura of heroism.
The flame imprint between her eyebrows, her crimson hair, the rich fire-attribute soul power fluctuating from her body, and the faint red light flickering around her made her entire being resemble a blazing fire.
The moment this young woman appeared, the surrounding temperature seemed to rise slightly, as if an invisible wave of heat was expanding outward. This young lady was clearly a fire-attribute Soul Master, and her cultivation level was not low.
At such a young age, she already possessed the cultivation of a three-ring Soul Elder. Moreover, she had been within this realm for a significant period, meaning she had absolutely reached the mid-stage of a Soul Elder, with her soul power being at least Rank 34.
However, what left people somewhat bewildered was that although this young lady had clearly unleashed her Martial Soul, there were few external manifestations of it.
It did not appear to be a Beast Martial Soul, a tool Martial Soul, or a plant Martial Soul, making it difficult for anyone to discern exactly what her Martial Soul was at a single glance.
She was precisely Huo Wushuang's younger sister, Huo Wu—the school beauty of Blazing Academy and the genius young lady of the One Horned Fire Dragon Clan.
Her Martial Soul was not the One Horned Fire Dragon passed down through the Huo Clan, but rather a rather unique mutated Martial Soul: the Fire Shadow. It used her own shadow as a prototype, upon which pure fire-attribute power was fused.
It could be classified as an elemental-type Martial Soul. Its manifestation method was somewhat similar to a Beast Martial Soul, except that after body possession, no obvious changes would occur to her physical body.
Crimson firelight would simply surface around her entire being, while her control over the fire element would increase exponentially.
In the Soul Master world, mutated Martial Souls usually mutated in a malignant direction, much like Yu Xiaogang. Yet, there were also a few fortunate individuals whose Martial Souls mutated without weakening, or even became stronger.
Evidently, Huo Wu belonged to the latter type.
Her Fire Shadow Martial Soul had mutated precisely on the foundation of her mother's Martial Soul. Although it was slightly inferior to the One Horned Fire Dragon Martial Soul, it still reached the tier of a high-level Martial Soul.
Combined with her extraordinary innate talent and exceptionally high innate soul power, which was not a single bit lower than Huo Wushuang's, Huo Wu was deeply doted upon and valued even within a clan that inherited a True Dragon Martial Soul like the Huo Clan.
She could truly be called the pearl of the Huo Clan's palm. Over the past few days, Huo Wu had been deeply troubled by a certain someone's persistent courtship, leaving her in a terrible mood to begin with.
Not long after entering the Blazing Flame Mountain Range for her training expedition, she had actually been targeted as prey by this Pit Demon Spider, which tried to capture her using its cobweb traps.
This fueled her inner fury even further, causing her attacks to grow increasingly violent. Seeing that this Pit Demon Spider still intended to flee at this moment, a fiery light flashed across Huo Wu's eyes.
A wave of scorching aura rapidly surged upward, and a yellow soul ring manifested from within her body. However, unlike how ordinary people unleashed their soul rings, this yellow soul ring was actually enveloped by a layer of blaze, looking as if the soul ring itself was burning.
It was quite a peculiar sight.
At the same time, a surge of crimson flames suddenly erupted from each of her hands. The heat was extraordinary, and beneath the roaring blaze, the fire gradually expanded, ultimately forming two crimson fireballs the size of human heads.
Midair, Huo Wu's figure twisted slightly as she threw both hands out simultaneously. Instantly, the two fireballs left two red light streaks trailing through the air, hurtling toward the Pit Demon Spider at an extreme speed.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, the two massive fireballs reached the Pit Demon Spider's side and exploded.
A deafening roar resounded as firelight splattered in all directions.
The scorching flames erupted violently, heavily injuring the demon spider on the spot. Its body was covered in charred marks from extensive burns, and one of its already injured front legs was completely blown off.
A large swath of the surrounding woodland was directly reduced to ashes.
One couldn't help but marvel at the sheer power of this strike. The fire attribute truly deserved its reputation for having an overwhelmingly dominant offensive power.
This specific move, Fire Burst, was precisely an extension and expansion developed by Huo Wu based on her first soul skill, Fire Nurture. Unleashed with her current cultivation level at the Soul Elder realm, the explosive power it generated was truly quite formidable.
Midair, seeing that her single strike had achieved its purpose, Huo Wu couldn't help but let out a faint smile. Yet, despite the beautiful smile appearing on her face, her hands showed absolutely no mercy.
The moment she touched the ground, Huo Wu tapped her foot lightly.
Her entire being resembled a flash of fire as she leaped close to the Pit Demon Spider within a few blinks of an eye. Flames ignited in her hands once more, and with a wave of her arms, two bursts of fire shot toward the Pit Demon Spider like arrows released from a bowstring.
Faced with the burning assault of the Fire Nurture, the Pit Demon Spider did not give up its struggle. It propped its body up and violently spat out a massive, pale-yellow cobweb, flying forward to intercept the two bursts of fire.
However, although this cobweb appeared rather resilient, it proved to be of little use the moment it came into contact with the scorching flames.
It was as if it had met its natural counter; almost instantly, a massive hole was burned into the giant cobweb, and the fire continued to spread rapidly, about to reduce it completely to ashes.
The sticky cobweb failed to display any effectiveness whatsoever, merely providing a few breaths of delay before the two bursts of fire were about to land directly on the Pit Demon Spider's body.
Yet, at the final moment, the Pit Demon Spider suddenly spat out a massive quantity of spider silk.
Furthermore, shortly after these silks flew out, they condensed into a massive dome about two to three meters off the ground before slamming heavily onto the earth, shielding the Pit Demon Spider's body underneath.
The dome became incredibly heavy, emitting a loud thud as it hit the ground, looking as though it were forged from steel and rock.
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