Repaying Enmity with Kindness? Only Inviting Ridicule

An External Soul Bone? That mass of Soul Power?

Could this be the Eight Spider Lances?

Tang San's future super divine artifact? The External Soul Bone that evolved into Sea God's Eight Wings?

I always thought it was strange before. Others had two wings, six wings, twelve wings, while he alone had eight wings.

Am I going to become Spider-Man too?

Hearing the feedback from World-shattering Wisdom, Yu Mingfei had no time to think further. He let out a muffled groan as blood began to spill from his mouth and nose.

His injuries had yet to heal, and now he had suffered another heavy blow.

Waves of stabbing pain coursed through his body as gentle life force flowed from the Soul Bone, rushing everywhere to put out the fires.

As if sensing that Tang San was out of danger, the faint sliver of will Ah Yin had barely awakened sank back into silence.

Yu Mingfei gave his hands a shake, withdrew them from Tang San's back, and slowly opened his eyes.

The sight before him startled him. He immediately rolled to his feet, snatched up the short blade beside him, and assumed a guarded stance.

At some point, a black-haired girl with a scorpion-tail braid had appeared beside them.

Yu Mingfei recognized her at once.

Xiao Wu!

Xiao Wu looked worriedly at Tang San, occasionally casting wary glances at Yu Mingfei as well.

She noticed that the pain on Tang San's face had eased, and the terrifying fleshy tumor on his back was no longer swelling.

Only then did she relax.

After hesitating for a moment, she gave Yu Mingfei a slight bow and spoke.

"Thank you for helping Xiao San escape danger."

Even now, she did not know Yu Mingfei's name, but she clearly knew that he had helped Tang San.

Unfortunately, she had arrived too late.

If she had come earlier, things would not have developed this way.

Yu Mingfei did not respond to her thanks. He looked her over and saw that, aside from concern, she showed no sign of panic.

He immediately knew that while he had been fleeing for his life, Xiao Wu had, just as fate ordained, been "kidnapped" by the Titan Giant Ape.

And Tang San had left the others from Shrek in order to find her.

But this time, the Titan Giant Ape had driven a Soul Beast Tide. How had the Shrek group still allowed Tang San to act alone?

"Where's the Beast Tide?" Yu Mingfei suddenly asked.

Xiao Wu was clearly taken aback, unable to understand why he was asking her.

Still, she carefully answered, "The King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape, heard a cow's bellow and threw me aside. It also drove most of the Soul Beasts toward the Mixed Area."

For some reason, Xiao Wu felt something strange about Yu Mingfei.

This person's aura is so strange. It resembles a Soul Beast, but it's not quite right...

Xiao San and Teacher Zhao wanted to attack him earlier and use him to draw Er Ming's attention.

But he still helped Xiao San despite what happened before. I don't even know what to do anymore.

It's all Er Ming's fault. If he came out to find me, then he should have just found me. Why did he have to drive a bunch of Soul Beasts around for fun?!

I have to make Xiao San and Teacher Zhao apologize to him! The human world is so complicated.

Not only do they kill Soul Beasts, they even attack their own kind...

Upon hearing that explanation, Yu Mingfei inexplicably gave a cold laugh.

So it's temporarily safe now.

No wonder Tang San left the group so quickly.

That monkey and rabbit really put on quite a show.

He stopped paying attention to her. The hand holding his blade never lowered, and his cold gaze remained fixed on Xiao Wu and Tang San. He slung the rattan basket onto his back, turned, and left.

Strangely enough, after Tang San was out of danger, the Blue Silver Emperor, which had previously shone brilliantly, fell silent. Even the faint golden patterns on its leaves dimmed and vanished into the Blue Silver Grass's own veins, becoming almost invisible.

"Wait..." Xiao Wu suddenly called out behind him.

"About before... I'm sorry. Once Xiao San wakes up, I'll definitely make him apologize to you!

"The Star Dou Great Forest is so dangerous. We can leave together!"

Xiao Wu spoke quickly, sounding anxious and guilty.

Dangerous? The greatest danger here is you people!

Without turning his head, Yu Mingfei let out a strange hissing call.

A few breaths later, a winged serpent rapidly approached.

At that moment, the distant calls of Zhao Wuji and the others drifted over faintly.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent flew before Yu Mingfei. Its three-meter-long body lowered its front half, utterly submissive toward its master.

It had clearly been trained.

Yu Mingfei leaped up and landed on the serpent's back between its wings. His gaze was ice-cold as he looked at Xiao Wu.

"Tell him to apologize to the dead."

Rustle—

With a beat of its wings, the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent became a blur, carrying Yu Mingfei away into the forest.

Xiao Wu looked somewhat dejected.

At that moment, the surrounding thorns were cut apart as Zhao Wuji led the five Devils forward in large strides.

At a glance, they saw the corpse of the Man Faced Demon Spider, Tang San sitting cross-legged on the ground, and Xiao Wu standing beside him, awkwardly twisting her hands together.

"Xiao Wu! You're all right!

"What happened to Xiao San?"

Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and the others looked at Xiao Wu and asked in astonishment.

Ning Rongrong hurried over in small steps and threw her arms around Xiao Wu.

Clearly, after Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape, she had been deeply worried about her companion.

Zhu Zhuqing examined Xiao Wu from head to toe for a long while. Once she confirmed that Xiao Wu was safe, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Teacher Zhao, Xiao San, he..."

Before Xiao Wu could finish, Tang San opened his eyes.

The Soul Power Fluctuation around him gradually settled. He had successfully absorbed the soul ring of this Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider that surpassed his limits!

Upon opening his eyes, Tang San automatically ignored everyone else. At once, he spotted Xiao Wu standing beside him, looking uneasy.

He cried out joyfully, rose to his feet, and tightly embraced Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu! That's wonderful! You're okay!

"Xiao Wu..."

Tang San was so overwhelmed that he could barely form coherent sentences, repeating only a few phrases over and over.

Yet Xiao Wu seemed unable to hear enough. Her soft, delicate body quietly remained in Tang San's embrace.

"Xiao Wu, thank you for saving me! For sharing the pressure of the soul ring with me."

After a while, Tang San finally came back to his senses and spoke to Xiao Wu with deep affection.

But Xiao Wu's expression turned inexplicably awkward.

Zhao Wuji, who was standing nearby, had clearly understood something. He pointed at the Man Faced Demon Spider and looked at Tang San.

"Xiao San, have you obtained your third soul ring?"

"Brother, I wasn't the one who saved you." Xiao Wu interrupted Zhao Wuji before he could confirm it.

After hesitating for a moment, she decided to tell everyone the truth.

"Then it was Teacher Zhao and the others?" Tang San looked doubtfully at Zhao Wuji and the companions beside him.

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Wuji was utterly confused. "Xiaobai, the others, and I just found our way here. The moment we arrived, we saw you and Xiao Wu."

"It was the person who sold Xiao Ao the Soul Beast," Xiao Wu confessed directly.

"Him?"

"What?"

"How could that be?"

Tang San was shocked beyond measure. He had never expected that his savior would be Yu Mingfei.

The Shrek Seven Devils wore disbelieving expressions, while Zhao Wuji immediately refuted it.

"I already attacked him. How could he possibly have saved Xiao San?

"And Xiao San, did something go wrong when you absorbed the soul ring?"

Zhao Wuji's face immediately darkened. If that were true, would that not make him seem like a petty villain?

He had always been overbearing, and at this moment, he had no desire to reason things out.

Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing also fell silent.

Only Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun still looked unconcerned.

Xiao Wu angrily broke free of Tang San's arms and pointed around the place where Tang San had just been sitting cross-legged.

At the large patches of blood.

"I'm not lying! You people... how can you be like this?! He was covered in blood, and his injuries were severe! But he really did save Xiao San!

"You...!"

Xiao Wu nearly shouted, "You humans," but Zhao Wuji had angered her so much that she could barely speak.

Seeing her like this, Tang San immediately cast aside his doubts and stepped forward to comfort her.

"Xiao Wu, I believe you!

"I didn't think things through properly before.

"It's not Teacher Zhao's fault. He was also doing it for our safety.

"That person's injuries are partly my responsibility as well. I transferred too much of the Soul Power I couldn't suppress to him, which worsened his injuries.

"And Xiao Ao. The reason Xiao Ao was able to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's soul ring so smoothly was also because he generously yielded it to us and didn't let Snake Granny and the others exploit the situation.

"The next time I see him, I'll definitely apologize to him and properly thank him."

Leaving aside the Shrek Seven Devils' reactions.

Yu Mingfei stood atop the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as it sped through the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Soul Power and life force fed back by the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone gradually calmed.

Although the wounds on his body had already scabbed over, the toxins brought by the External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, had also been trapped inside his body.

Wave after wave of dizziness crashed into his mind, and Yu Mingfei's consciousness began to blur.

"I... Cannot Die..."

With his last trace of clarity, he spoke the Word Spirit.

Yu Mingfei plunged headfirst from the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Splash—

He fell into the icy river water.

His consciousness began to dissolve into chaos.

I... can't... water... spider?