The Man Faced Demon Spider Appears!

Long Yun strode forward, the unease in his heart growing stronger and stronger. He knew it was a sign that danger was approaching. Every so often, he would turn around to look behind him. He always felt that something was following him, and the feeling made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Hm?" Long Yun suddenly stopped and spun around to stare behind him, his eyes full of vigilance as his heart rose to his throat. He had clearly heard movement from behind just now—and more than one set of footsteps. Though they had been faint, he was certain it had not been an illusion.

"How could there be nothing?" Long Yun frowned as he looked at the forest, where there was nothing but trees. As he continued scanning the area ahead, an intense sense of crisis surged up from his heart. He felt a chill spreading throughout his body.

Long Yun's pupils constricted. Though he had almost no combat experience, his survival instincts made him kick off with both legs at once, sending himself lunging forward like a frog and leaving behind only two shallow footprints.

"Screech! Screech!"

The instant Long Yun leaped away, two sharp sword-like objects pierced the ground. Several more screeching sounds followed, like knives stabbing into the earth.

Somewhere in the void, Du Busi had been preparing to strike. When he saw Long Yun evade the attack, his hand halted in midair, and the Soul Power attack in his palm was not unleashed. His gaze remained fixed on Long Yun's position. He withdrew his hand, but did not disperse the Soul Power gathered in his palm. The moment anything went wrong, he would strike like thunder.

Long Yun's desperate forward leap carried him more than ten meters. Even he had not expected to jump so far. He panicked slightly in midair, not knowing how to steady himself. Just as his head was about to hit the ground, he hurriedly stretched out both hands and braced himself against the ground upon landing. Then, as if by reflex, he bent his arms and pushed off, springing back into the air. After spinning once in midair, he finally landed on his feet in a rather miserable state.

After landing, Long Yun's breathing was somewhat rushed. He had no time to be delighted that he had pulled off that entire sequence of movements. He quickly looked ahead, and when he saw the massive figure where he had just been standing, he could not help but suck in a cold breath. You've got to be kidding me. How did I run into this thing?

Today was only Long Yun's second day on the Douluo Continent, and he had never received systematic instruction about soul beasts. Still, he recognized some soul beasts from the original story, and he happened to recognize the one before him.

A black body, the enormous form of a spider, eight Spider Legs as sharp as spears, and a faintly visible ferocious human face beneath its abdomen. It radiated an aura of evil and bloodlust, enough to make one shudder just by looking at it. Other than the Man Faced Demon Spider, known as an evil slaughterer, who else could it be?

Its main body is about 1.4 meters in diameter, and its full length is probably close to three meters. Judging by the age of Man Faced Demon Spiders in the original story, this one probably hasn't exceeded two thousand years. It should be slightly below that. Long Yun silently assessed the Man Faced Demon Spider's age and strength.

But even a Man Faced Demon Spider like this will probably be hard for me to handle. The one Tang San fought back then was older, but it had lost its ability to spin silk. This one probably still has it, which will definitely make it much more troublesome. And I don't have Hidden Weapons. If I want to kill it, I can only rely on my own strength. But can I really do this now? Long Yun quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.

Just looking at the Man Faced Demon Spider made his heart tremble. If he had not forcibly suppressed his fear, he would have directly called for Old Poison to act. Before Du Busi, even if this Man Faced Demon Spider's age were multiplied by a hundred, it probably still would not be his opponent. A soul beast of this age could be dealt with in a single slap. But he could not possibly rely on others forever, could he? He still had to do his best to rely on himself, or this training would be meaningless.

Phew! I'll first see whether I can handle this Man Faced Demon Spider with my own abilities. If I really can't, then I'll have no choice but to ask Old Poison to act. Long Yun made his decision. He was not an idiot. If he could not defeat it, he would not stubbornly force himself to fight. Would that not be courting death?

Having made up his mind, he communicated with Du Busi through his thoughts, telling him to strike immediately upon hearing his call. Du Busi naturally nodded in agreement. With that layer of protection, the fear in Long Yun's heart lessened somewhat.

"Then let—" Long Yun had originally intended to throw out a few harsh words at the Man Faced Demon Spider, but before he could finish, his expression changed. To his horror, the Man Faced Demon Spider had vanished from where it stood and was charging toward him at incredible speed. Its foremost two Spider Legs swung viciously through the air, producing sharp whistling sounds. At the sight, Long Yun's heartbeat seemed to slow.

His heartbeat slowed, but his movements were not slow in the slightest. Soul Power flowed into his legs as he stomped hard with his right foot and threw himself to the side. However, the Man Faced Demon Spider had already arrived before him. One Spider Leg slashed fiercely down at Long Yun's body like a sharp curved blade, intending to split him in half.

Long Yun's pupils constricted, cold sweat breaking out on him. "Martial Soul Possession!" Long Yun let out a low shout. The Soul Power around him boiled rapidly like water brought to a rolling boil, and his Martial Soul appeared behind him almost instantly. His body grew taller, his muscles swelled and became incomparably firm, and Long Yun immediately gathered all the Soul Power around his body into his arms before crossing them in front of himself.

"Bang!" "Crash!"

Two impacts rang out. One was the sound of the Man Faced Demon Spider's Spider Leg striking Long Yun's crossed arms; the other was the sound of Long Yun being sent flying by the tremendous force of the collision and crashing into a large tree.

"Ah!" After slamming into the tree, Long Yun slowly rose to his feet, unable to stop a pained grunt from escaping. One hand covered the spot where the Man Faced Demon Spider had struck him. Intense pain radiated from it, carrying a burning sensation.

Long Yun looked at his arm with a pained expression, his face filled with a strange mixture of surprise, delight, and confusion.

There was no hideous wound on his arm as he had expected, nor was there any bloody scene. There was only a long cut less than half a centimeter deep, with a small amount of blood seeping from it. It was not serious.

How is it only a wound like this? Is my body too tough, or is the Man Faced Demon Spider's attack too weak? Long Yun could not help feeling puzzled. Based on his original estimate, that blow from the Man Faced Demon Spider might not have severed his arm, but it should at least have seriously injured him. This outcome was rather unexpected.

However, Long Yun did not dwell on the issue. Instead, he kept his guard up against the Man Faced Demon Spider, preventing it from launching another sneak attack like that. He had no intention of making the same mistake twice. This Man Faced Demon Spider had no sense of honor at all. It had just taken advantage of his carelessness to ambush him.

Though he did not think too deeply about it, Long Yun vaguely had a guess. It was not that the Man Faced Demon Spider's attack was weak. After all, it had sent him flying several meters with one strike. How could such an attack be weak? The reason he was not badly hurt was likely that his physical strength had reached a terrifying level. Though he did not know what level of soul master it compared to, it was definitely no lower than a Soul Elder's. A soul master below the Soul Elder level would likely not have suffered so little from a blow by this Man Faced Demon Spider.

A Man Faced Demon Spider close to two thousand years old possessed strength equivalent to that of a soul master above the Soul Elder level but below the Soul Ancestor level. Naturally, its attacks would not be weaker than a Soul Elder's, which was why Long Yun came to this conclusion.

In truth, after Long Yun absorbed the soul ring of the Super Soul Beast that was more than seven hundred years old, his body had already improved considerably. The enhancement brought by a Super Soul Beast's soul ring was not something an ordinary soul beast could compare with. Otherwise, it would not deserve the title of Super Soul Beast. After absorbing the soul ring, Long Yun's physical strength was already no weaker than that of a defensive Soul Grandmaster at level twenty-seven or twenty-eight. He had then absorbed the eye External Soul Bone. Although this External Soul Bone did not primarily affect his body, it was still an External Soul Bone, and its enhancement to his physique could not be underestimated. After being tempered by the soul bone's energy, Long Yun's physical strength had become extremely close to that of a level-thirty defensive Soul Elder.

That was without Martial Soul Possession. After Martial Soul Possession, his physical strength increased once more, directly breaking through the level-thirty barrier and reaching the level of thirty-two or thirty-three. Furthermore, Long Yun had just poured all his Soul Power into his arms, bringing their defense to its peak. That was why he had been able to take the Man Faced Demon Spider's downward slash with only such an injury. Otherwise, even a true Soul Elder here would have been Seriously Injured.

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