Shiyu teleported dozens of meters away again, temporarily widening the distance between himself and the Man Faced Demon Spider, but it quickly caught up once more.
"This spider really has its sights set on me." Shiyu's heart felt heavy. He could not keep running like this forever.
As he pondered, the Man Faced Demon Spider closed in and thrust a spider leg toward his back.
Shiyu used Space Movement again, narrowly evading the attack.
I'll try fighting it... This time, Shiyu no longer dodged and chose to face the Man Faced Demon Spider.
He thrust both palms toward the charging Man Faced Demon Spider. Spatial Energy surged, forming an impact that blasted the spider several meters back.
Shiyu was rather surprised by his own ability. He had only meant to give it a try, yet it had actually worked.
He now felt much stronger than before. Having mastered the unfathomable Spatial Energy, he could use it not only to flee, but also to fight enemies.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was somewhat dumbfounded as well. This human, who had only known how to run away, could actually fight back?
The Man Faced Demon Spider let out a shrill cry and charged at Shiyu with vicious intent.
Shiyu felt inexplicably intimidated as he looked at the enormous spider. This was a monster.
He tried again, striking out with both palms. Space exerted a powerful repulsive force on the Man Faced Demon Spider, forcing its charging body to retreat again and again, unable to resist that force.
The Power of Space was mysterious and unfathomable. Attacks made through it were impossible to guard against, leaving the Man Faced Demon Spider utterly baffled.
After trying once or twice more, Shiyu gained some confidence. It seemed that he was no longer completely powerless.
He attacked the Man Faced Demon Spider again. This time, he threw a punch, and Spatial Energy formed into a fist that landed on the Man Faced Demon Spider.
The Man Faced Demon Spider staggered back repeatedly. Though Shiyu was clearly still far away, it felt as if it had been struck by him.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was fierce and brutal. Rather than growing fearful, it charged toward Shiyu even more aggressively.
Shiyu attacked continuously, hindering the Man Faced Demon Spider but failing to stop it. It pushed through the energy, steadily closing the distance between them.
Shiyu decisively used Space Movement to pull away, then attacked in succession—throwing punches, striking with his palms, hitting through barriers. He could harm the Man Faced Demon Spider without even touching it.
Shiyu was getting fired up as well. Fighting was something very new to him.
Enraged at being toyed with, the Man Faced Demon Spider charged at Shiyu with savage attacks. Its resistance to his energy grew stronger and stronger as it rapidly closed in.
Shiyu felt the pressure. The Man Faced Demon Spider was not as easy to toy with as he had imagined.
My attacks are convenient and can strike through barriers, but they're still too weak. The damage they deal is limited... Shiyu recognized his own problem.
He had attacked the Man Faced Demon Spider dozens of times, but the damage was truly limited. It was like attacking someone with water—he needed to exert far more force than if he were attacking with rocks to achieve roughly the same result.
"Is this a Man Faced Demon Spider?" While fighting the spider, Shiyu happened to catch sight of the human face beneath it and made the connection.
He seemed to still be in the Douluo world. He simply was no longer at Shrek Academy, but in the Spirit Beast Forest, where he had encountered the legendary Man Faced Demon Spider.
The most distinctive trait of a Man Faced Demon Spider was the human face beneath it. It resembled a human face closely, and growing on a spider's body, it gave off a chilling feeling.
"The Man Faced Demon Spider's weakness seems to be the human face underneath it." Shiyu tried hard to recall. He began attempting to attack the face beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider, but it was not so easy to hit.
He would have to turn the Man Faced Demon Spider's body over somewhat before he could attack it.
"I have Spatial Power. In theory, I should be able to attack beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider quite easily."
Space was everywhere—above and below, in every direction, inside and outside the body. All of it could be considered space.
Since he controlled Spatial Power, could he mobilize it to attack the Man Faced Demon Spider from below?
The moment Shiyu thought of this, he immediately tried it. He punched upward, imagining that the space beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider was under his control and could launch an attack.
The space beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider rippled, transforming into an energy fist that struck the human face underneath it from below.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's charging movements became chaotic. An attack on its human face dealt far greater damage than an attack on the shell of its body.
"It really works!" Shiyu could not help but rejoice.
He attacked continuously, and every time he threw a punch, he imagined the space beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider becoming available for his use.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The space beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider continuously formed fists that struck its human face.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was beaten into a sorry state, barely able to keep chasing Shiyu as it dealt with the attacks coming from underneath it.
Spatial attacks were impossible to guard against. Even when the Man Faced Demon Spider tried to defend itself, it had little effect.
Shiyu came to understand the wonders of space. He tried pulling at the Man Faced Demon Spider's legs, turning space into hands that grabbed two of its spider legs and pulled them apart.
He strained greatly, but the Man Faced Demon Spider resisted him.
"Whew." After that contest of strength, Shiyu stumbled backward. The Man Faced Demon Spider was still stronger.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was thoroughly enraged and charged at Shiyu recklessly, determined to kill him.
Shiyu's control over space felt perfectly smooth and natural. Everything followed his will—he could move wherever he wanted.
Attacking was convenient as well. He could strike the Man Faced Demon Spider without touching it, making it very safe.
Gradually, he no longer feared this savage Spirit Beast, the Man Faced Demon Spider, and his attacks continued without pause.
His attack power was somewhat lacking, but quantity could make up for the deficiency in strength.
Dozens, even hundreds of attacks heavily wounded the Man Faced Demon Spider. The face beneath its body had been beaten flat.
Tang San, hiding in the shadows, was shocked and puzzled by Shiyu's abilities. He could not understand what Shiyu's Martial Soul was, or why its abilities were so strange.
"If this keeps up, the Man Faced Demon Spider will definitely be beaten to death," Tang San thought to himself, consciously preparing.
The Man Faced Demon Spider attacked viciously, but it could barely touch Shiyu, who was agile to an outrageous degree.
It was continuously struck, and after taking one of Shiyu's violent punches, it was knocked to the ground.
The Man Faced Demon Spider struggled to get back up, but its fragile human face had suffered repeated blows, leaving it disoriented and unable to rise easily.
"Phew." Seeing the Man Faced Demon Spider fall, Shiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. The crisis had temporarily passed.
"I wonder whether it will produce an External Soul Bone." Shiyu suddenly thought of the Eight Spider Lances.
Tang San's Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone had come from a Man Faced Demon Spider. He did not know whether this Man Faced Demon Spider before him would leave behind such an External Soul Bone, one comparable to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
After hesitating briefly, he decided to try his luck. He attacked the Man Faced Demon Spider from a distance, intending to kill it.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was struck again and again. Its life hung by a thread, and it had reached the point of death.
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