Man Faced Demon Spider

Star Dou Great Forest.

They were still on the outskirts of the forest. Under Ye Buqun's observation with the Eye of Mirror, he could clearly see every corner within his field of vision. Elephant-like beasts, lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, dogs, cats, mice—every kind of soul beast that flew through the sky or ran across the ground was visible at a glance.

He searched according to the characteristics of Meng Yiran's Serpent Cane and found his target before long.

A massive pitch-black spider was gnawing on a deer-type soul beast that had long since stopped breathing, its mouth making a rustling sound like leaves scraping together. White markings ran beneath its abdomen, standing out sharply against its black carapace. Strangely, those white markings formed a savage, terrifying human face, while its eight eyes beneath its abdomen watched the surroundings. Any ordinary person who saw it would surely think it was a monster from hell.

Many soul beasts hated it no less than they hated humans. It was the nightmare of countless herbivorous soul beasts—the Man Faced Demon Spider, known as the "Evil Slaughterer."

Though it was not as powerful as a ten-thousand-year soul beast, it was still a creature that terrified many weaker soul beasts.

Ye Buqun had already led everyone over to it.

The Man Faced Demon Spider not only possessed a carapace as sturdy as steel, but was also exceptionally swift. When it saw these humans appear at such an inopportune moment, its rear six legs dug firmly into the ground while its front two legs stabbed straight down at Ye Buqun's head.

"Child, be careful!"

Dragon Duke Meng Shu shouted a warning, but Ye Buqun had already formed a sword with two fingers and made a casual slicing gesture through the air.

Silver-white Sword Qi rippled outward, directly severing the Man Faced Demon Spider's two front legs.

The Man Faced Demon Spider immediately let out a shrill, miserable cry.

"Haha, this soul beast looks pretty good." Compared with Doudou, Meng Yiran was far bolder, and her tastes were much more unusual as well. When she saw the Man Faced Demon Spider, she actually looked delighted and praised it.

Doudou, however, found it utterly disgusting.

"You're absolutely right. This soul ring is indeed more suitable for you than the Ice Dual-Winged Serpent." After Dragon Duke Meng Shu said this, he turned to Ye Buqun. "Child, thank you so much."

At that moment, a stream of white spider silk suddenly shot out from beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight eyes.

This spider silk was not only highly adhesive and tough, but also carried poison capable of damaging the human nervous system.

The spider silk it spat out was extremely frightening even to ordinary soul masters. It could rapidly spread into a web, making it impossible to evade without exceptional methods. Even powerful soul masters would need some time to break free if caught within it, and during that time, the Man Faced Demon Spider would launch a series of attacks against its prey.

Ye Buqun still did not dodge. He made several more strokes through the air with his right hand, and Sword Qi swiftly tore the spider silk apart.

Meng Yiran had long been unable to hold herself back. She raised her right hand, and a faint white light flashed from the snow-white snake-shaped bracelet on her slender wrist. In an instant, an object wrapped in white cloth appeared in her hand.

It seemed that the snake-shaped bracelet was a Soul Tool. The white bundle was a little over a foot long and four or five inches wide. She grabbed one end and gave it a shake, and the wrapping swiftly unfolded. Ye Buqun and Doudou saw sharp short blades inside, all identical in size and shape.

These short blades had no guards and were shaped like willow leaves, with nothing else particularly special about them. Even without sunlight reflecting off them, they gleamed with an icy white light.

This was another kind of hidden weapon, called Soul Breaking Flying Daggers. There were thirty-six in total, each connected by a strip of white cloth.

This girl could use hidden weapons too?

At that moment, Meng Yiran gave a delicate shout and hurled every Soul Breaking Flying Dagger in her hand toward the Man Faced Demon Spider's abdomen in one breath.

But the Man Faced Demon Spider's reaction speed was no joke. Although Ye Buqun had severed its front two legs, its remaining legs swiftly rose, and the Soul Breaking Flying Daggers struck them in a shower of sparks, causing no damage to its abdomen.

There was nothing wrong with Meng Yiran's accuracy. It seemed the Man Faced Demon Spider's shell was far tougher than anyone had imagined.

The provocation of so many people instantly enraged the savage soul beast. Its remaining six legs repeatedly stabbed into the ground as it charged forward at high speed, leaving behind streaks of afterimages. In almost the blink of an eye, it arrived before Ye Buqun, who was closest to it, and its two sharp long legs stabbed down once more.

In that instant, almost no one noticed the black streak of light that flashed across Ye Buqun's hand. A rectangular black box had already appeared in his grasp.

There were sixteen holes at the front of the black box, with forty-eight short crossbow bolts loaded inside. This was the mission reward Ye Buqun had obtained after earning the Iron Soul Fighting Badge at the Soto Great Soul Arena. It had a world-famous name—the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

Ye Buqun seized the moment and triggered the Godly Zhuge Crossbow's mechanism. Sixteen sharp bolts tore through the air and shot out with a howl.

The bolts struck the Man Faced Demon Spider's lower abdomen with precision, heavily injuring its eight eyes.

It let out another series of shrill "hiss, hiss, hiss" cries, unable to see its surroundings any longer.

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Buqun leaped forward and copied Tang Hao onto his left hand once again.

Nine soul rings of the Seven Kill Sword on his right hand, nine soul rings of the Clear Sky Hammer on his left—eighteen soul rings pulsed around his body!

Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran were dumbfounded!

Including the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul from earlier, a Triple Martial Soul?! All three were at the level of Title Douluo?!

What kind of freak was this?!

Just as they felt their entire worldview being overturned, Ye Buqun rushed forward and brought the immense weight of the Clear Sky Hammer crashing down upon the Man Faced Demon Spider. Its six legs struggled wildly, but its body could not move.

Finding it an eyesore, Ye Buqun used sharp Sword Qi to sever all six legs at once.

After Ye Buqun's round of torment, the Man Faced Demon Spider was already on its last breath.

"Come absorb the soul ring. It's yours now."

Ye Buqun reminded her, and only then did Dragon Duke and the other two snap out of their daze.

As if in a dream, Meng Yiran walked forward in a trance.

Only after Ye Buqun reminded her again did she realize what she was supposed to do.

She directly summoned her Serpent Cane martial soul, its sharp tip piercing the Man Faced Demon Spider's vital spot.

Compared with kindhearted Doudou, this girl possessed an indescribable ruthlessness. It was as though the more dangerous and thrilling things became, the more they stirred her emotions.

That made Ye Buqun somewhat more interested in her.

As she looked at the Man Faced Demon Spider, now completely dead, Meng Yiran actually revealed an excited expression.

Before long, faint purple specks of light gathered above the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

It worked!

Dragon Duke and Snake Granny exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly—