Impossible to Be a Titled Douluo

"Old man, where the hell did you run off to?"

Chao Tianxiang, her face full of wrinkles and a snake-headed cane in hand, complained angrily:

"We only have this one precious granddaughter. How could you leave during something as important as hunting a Spirit Ring?"

"We finally found a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suitable for our granddaughter, only for Zhao Wuji to snatch it away."

"Exactly, Grandpa. We've been in the Star Dou Great Forest for nearly a week. We finally found that Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and it got stolen. What am I supposed to do about my Spirit Ring?"

Meng Yiran, with short brown hair and dressed in a dark green fitted outfit, looked utterly dejected, her face drawn with misery.

"Be good, Yiran. Don't cry." The old man looked to be over seventy, his head full of silver hair.

In his hand was a bright silver dragon-headed cane over four meters long. The dragon head atop it was lifelike and exceptionally dazzling. He comforted her, saying:

"Just now, Grandpa injured a Man Faced Demon Spider nearby. Based on my assessment, its age and attributes are both very suitable for you."

"Grandpa will capture it now and let you absorb its Spirit Ring."

At that, Meng Yiran smiled, but then worriedly asked, "Grandpa, no one else got there first again, did they?"

Hmph!

Chao Tianxiang planted her Serpent Cane on the ground. A fierce gust immediately burst outward in all directions as she said furiously:

"It was only because your grandpa wasn't here earlier that we suffered a loss."

"Your grandpa has already reached the Soul Douluo realm, and when we use our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, we can unleash power comparable to a Titled Douluo."

"Who in the Star Dou Great Forest could possibly take your spirit beast? If Zhao Wuji shows up again, we'll send him straight to the King of Hell."

"No time to waste. Let's go after that Man Faced Demon Spider."

Elsewhere, guided by Daji and relying on the Soul Power of a Titled Douluo, Su Mu sensed the Man Faced Demon Spider nearby.

As the surrounding scenery gradually overlapped with his memories, Su Mu determined that this should be the place.

Sure enough, before long, rustling sounds came from ahead.

Daji whispered, "Master, behind that Man Faced Demon Spider is a level-thirty human Spirit Master."

"Restrain the Man Faced Demon Spider," Su Mu ordered.

The next moment, the Man Faced Demon Spider—roughly one and a half meters tall, with eight spear-like legs extending more than three meters, its entire body covered in gleaming black armor—froze in place.

Its long legs were slender at the tips. On the spider's lower abdomen were white markings that stood out sharply against its otherwise black body, forming the shape of a vicious human face.

Known as the killer of small spirit beasts, the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight rapidly moving legs stopped instantly, as though they had been nailed in place, when pink light shone from Daji's eyes.

Su Mu stepped forward and saw the wounds on the Man Faced Demon Spider's body. Those must have been inflicted by Tang San and Dragon Duke.

This was definitely the Man Faced Demon Spider capable of producing an External Soul Bone. There was no mistake!

Just then, two groups of people darted out from the woods.

The first was a boy of twelve or thirteen dressed in blue.

The other group consisted of two elders and one youth—two women and one man.

They were Tang San, the Couple of Peerless Dragon and Snake, and their precious granddaughter, Meng Yiran.

Tang San's heart sank. Looking toward the Couple of Peerless Dragon and Snake, especially at the Eight Spirit Rings pulsing around Dragon Duke Meng Shu, he felt immense pressure.

What a fucking coincidence. I ran into these bad-luck stars again?

Even if Zhao Wuji came, with his strength as a Spirit Sage, he would still be no match for the Couple of Peerless Dragon and Snake.

Besides, Xiao Ao had already stolen one Spirit Ring from them. If he stole another one, the Peerless Dragon Snake might really kill someone...

This Man Faced Demon Spider—the duck already in his grasp—was probably about to fly away...

Meanwhile, Meng Yiran was in an excellent mood as she looked at the Man Faced Demon Spider lying sprawled on the ground, barely alive and clinging to its last breath.

With an overbearing air, she said, "This Man Faced Demon Spider is ours. You all can leave."

When faced with something impossible, one should still do one's utmost; this was what it meant to know one's fate.

This was one of the Tang Sect's principles. Tang San understood that, given the current situation, this Man Faced Demon Spider was no longer something he could claim.

If a conflict broke out and enraged the Couple of Peerless Dragon and Snake, he might very well spill his blood here.

As long as he lived, what could he not obtain?

While the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood.

"No. This Man Faced Demon Spider is mine." Su Mu remained calm and expressionless as he looked at Meng Yiran and asked, "The Star Dou Great Forest is unowned. What makes you say that the Man Faced Demon Spider is yours?"

Immediately!!

Meng Yiran flew into a rage. "You trash without even a trace of Soul Power dares to spout such nonsense here?"

"My grandpa found and injured this Man Faced Demon Spider. That makes it mine."

"Hahaha!"

Chao Tianxiang planted her cane on the ground and laughed loudly. "Young people these days truly don't know their own limits. A little brat like you dares to compete with us for a spirit beast."

"It seems the Couple of Peerless Dragon and Snake have been absent from the Spirit Master World for too long. People have forgotten our fame."

Dragon Duke glanced at Su Mu. With the senses of a Soul Douluo, he could not detect the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power from Su Mu.

He was completely and utterly an ordinary person, without the slightest hint of danger.

The fox-tailed girl beside him, however, was emitting Soul Power that suggested she was a strong opponent.

Yet the power unleashed by the Couple of Peerless Dragon and Snake's Martial Soul Fusion Skill was enough to rival a Titled Douluo.

He was confident that together, they were invincible beneath the Titled Douluo realm.

There were only so many Titled Douluo experts in all of Douluo Continent, and he knew every one of them.

Besides, judging by the fox girl's age, she was still very young. It was absolutely impossible for her to be a Titled Douluo.

"This Man Faced Demon Spider must belong to Yiran," Dragon Duke declared.

Meng Yiran wanted nothing more than to quickly absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider and obtain her Spirit Ring. Seeing an ordinary person like Su Mu shamelessly try to stop her, her face filled with disgust.

"Grandma, kill him already. He's just an ordinary person. He really doesn't know what's good for him. Killing him is no big deal."

"Fine, Yiran. Today, Grandma will let him know what true despair is!"

With that, Chao Tianxiang gripped her Serpent Cane and unleashed her Soul Power. Seven Spirit Rings began to rotate around her.

Snake Shadow Assault—

As her hoarse voice rang out, Chao Tianxiang's sixth Spirit Ring began spinning rapidly. Several black snake phantoms then appeared.

Their forked tongues flicked continuously, exposing sharp venomous fangs as black mist coiled around them.

This was Chao Tianxiang's signature technique. Its terrifying aspect was not its attack power, but the fact that anyone struck by it would be deeply poisoned by snake venom.

Without an antidote, lower-level Spirit Masters would eventually die a painful death when the poison took effect.

And Su Mu was merely an ordinary person right now. If he was struck, he would not even live long enough for the poison to take effect—the power of a Spirit Sage alone was more than his fragile body could withstand.

Tang San revealed a mocking expression.

At their age, they've really lived like dogs. He looks seventeen or eighteen, yet he doesn't even know that when facing an enemy stronger than himself, he should learn to play the grandson!!

At the same time, his obsession with becoming stronger deepened. On Douluo Continent, strength was everything. As long as one was strong enough, one could ignore the rules and crush every enemy standing in one's way.

As Su Mu was about to be killed, Meng Yiran, despite her young age, showed none of the fear someone her age should have felt. Instead, excitement appeared on her face.

This is what happens when you try to steal a spirit beast from me!!