According to Douluo Relativity...

It was precisely as Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu were speaking.

The Man Faced Demon Spider had already silently crept up behind Zhao Tao.

It was preparing to repeat its previous tactic and launch a sneak attack, just as it had against Wang Jinxi!

"Demonic aura!"

Relying on Spiritual Power at the Late Spirit Connection Realm, far surpassing Wang Jinxi's.

Zhao Tao instantly sensed the hostility behind him. Gripping the Time Burial Sword, he turned around!

Fixing his gaze ahead.

He saw a gigantic spider hanging from the crown of a distant tree!

Its body was dark and glossy, more than a meter in diameter, like an enormous black millstone!

Its eight long legs, meanwhile, resembled spears.

Each was nearly two meters long, incomparably sharp, and gleamed with a cold light.

Even more bizarre were the white markings on its abdomen, which seemed to form a hideous, terrifying human face!

Around it grew four pairs of compound eyes that flickered with an eerie purple glow!

"Interesting. It's actually a Man Faced Demon Spider!"

Looking at the enormous spider, Zhao Tao recognized it at a glance.

"Then I'll use it to test my current combat strength!"

Staring at the Man Faced Demon Spider's massive body, blazing battle intent flashed through Zhao Tao's eyes.

Having just broken through to Soul Grandmaster, he needed a satisfying battle to let himself loose.

Although this Man Faced Demon Spider had only a hundred years of cultivation, its strength far exceeded its cultivation level, and it could hunt Thousand Year Soul Beasts.

And this was the best whetstone for him!

Just as Zhao Tao turned around.

The Man Faced Demon Spider attacked as well!

The human face on its abdomen suddenly opened, spewing a mass of sticky white silk-like substance at Zhao Tao!

It continued expanding in the wind, eventually forming a web nearly five meters in radius as it wrapped toward Zhao Tao.

Not only that, purple poisonous mist radiated from the web!

Any trees that touched the poisonous mist instantly withered and dissolved into puddles of thick liquid.

Instantaneous Web!

One of the Man Faced Demon Spider's innate abilities, and also its trump card when facing powerful prey.

It could fire a highly poisonous web at terrifying speed, too fast for one to react, binding its enemy.

Then, while the enemy was restrained, it would begin the hunt.

Clearly, this Man Faced Demon Spider had already regarded Zhao Tao as a formidable opponent!

"Fleeting Bloom!"

Facing the Man Faced Demon Spider's killing move, Zhao Tao, who had long been prepared, showed no panic whatsoever!

With a thought, Zhao Tao activated his Soul Power, and the second Purple Soul Ring behind him suddenly flashed!

The next moment.

The wings of Zhao Tao's Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul trembled slightly.

Two ripples of time enveloped Zhao Tao and the Man Faced Demon Spider respectively!

Under Fleeting Bloom's enhancement, the Man Faced Demon Spider's time and space were instantly slowed!

The rapidly flying Instantaneous Web immediately slowed to half its original speed!

In contrast, Zhao Tao cast an effect on himself that doubled time acceleration!

According to Douluo Relativity, accelerating oneself was equivalent to slowing down the enemy...

With one side speeding up and the other slowing down, the once difficult-to-avoid Instantaneous Web became like a toy!

Zhao Tao lightly tapped the ground with his toes, his body nimbly darting aside as he easily evaded the web's deadly snare!

Immediately afterward.

Zhao Tao suddenly gathered strength, shooting upward like a missile as the Time Burial Sword in his hand stabbed directly toward the Man Faced Demon Spider's abdomen!

Facing Zhao Tao's attack, the Man Faced Demon Spider swung its legs, attempting to intercept him.

However, under the dual effects of Zhao Tao's acceleration and its own deceleration.

The Man Faced Demon Spider's actual defensive speed was as slow as a snail!

It had only just managed to lift one spider leg.

When Zhao Tao had already reached beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider's body, driving the Time Burial Sword in his hand toward its abdomen!

Although the Man Faced Demon Spider's shell was extremely hard and possessed formidable defensive power, even capable of resisting the bites of Thousand Year Soul Beasts.

Before the Time Burial Sword enhanced by the Power of Time, however.

The Man Faced Demon Spider's carapace was still as fragile as thin paper!

Along with a crisp sound.

The Time Burial Sword in Zhao Tao's hand pierced into the Man Faced Demon Spider's body.

Releasing waves of dense Power of Time that eroded the Man Faced Demon Spider's body!

Despite suffering such a heavy blow, the Man Faced Demon Spider did not die immediately!

After all.

Its body structure differed from the Unicorn Dragon Zhao Tao had killed earlier; it did not have a heart that could be struck for an instant kill!

Not only that.

After being wounded, poisonous, lethal toxic mist appeared over the Man Faced Demon Spider's body, especially around the surface of its wound, rapidly spreading in every direction!

Of course, Zhao Tao, with his extensive combat experience from before his rebirth, had long anticipated the Man Faced Demon Spider's counterattack and had already stepped back!

And with the absolute speed advantage provided by Fleeting Bloom, Zhao Tao easily avoided the Man Faced Demon Spider's toxic mist counterattack!

The clouds of poisonous mist spread in all directions, instantly melting every surrounding tree and leaf!

This was enough to show just how terrifying its venom was!

"Bang!"

Under the corrosion of that horrifying poison.

The tree trunk supporting the Man Faced Demon Spider melted as well!

Its enormous spider body lost its support and crashed heavily to the ground with a dull thud.

"Die!"

Just as the Man Faced Demon Spider wildly flailed its eight legs, trying to turn itself over and continue fighting.

Zhao Tao took a single stride across to its side, and the Time Burial Sword in his hand once again stabbed straight toward the vital point on its abdomen!

One strike, two strikes, three strikes...

Amid Zhao Tao's terrifying barrage, like a raging storm.

The Man Faced Demon Spider's life aura grew weaker and weaker, and its struggles became increasingly feeble.

Finally.

With another thrust from Zhao Tao, the Man Faced Demon Spider finally died completely.

"So strong! I never expected Zhao Tao to kill a Hundred Year Man Faced Demon Spider by himself!"

Outside the Spirit Ascension Platform, Long Hengxu stared at the Man Faced Demon Spider Zhao Tao had easily slain, his eyes filled with shock!

A Hundred Year Man Faced Demon Spider was an existence stronger than many Thousand Year Soul Beasts!

Even the vast majority of Soul Elders, and even many Soul Ancestors of ordinary strength, would struggle to defeat one, much less kill one!

Yet Zhao Tao had now easily slain a Man Faced Demon Spider alone, with only a sword in hand.

This naturally left Long Hengxu incredibly astonished and even more grateful that Class Zero had been established!

As for the eliminated Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi—especially Wang Jinxi, who had been effortlessly killed by the Man Faced Demon Spider.

They stared at Zhao Tao on the screen with faces full of admiration, completely won over.

Even Wu Changkong could not help nodding silently, extremely satisfied with Zhao Tao's flawless performance.

Meanwhile, within the Spirit Ascension Platform.

A dense yellow mass of Spirit Energy emerged from the corpse of the Man Faced Demon Spider that had just been killed and was absorbed by the Aged Silkworm Spirit.

"Not bad. As expected of a top-tier Hundred Year Soul Beast. The Spirit Energy it yielded after death is much stronger than that Unicorn Dragon's!"

Slowly withdrawing the Time Burial Sword, Zhao Tao sensed the richness of that mass of Spirit Energy and nodded in satisfaction.

"Next, I'll continue deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform and search for stronger enemies!"

With a satisfied smile on his face, Zhao Tao climbed up a tree and meditated for a while. Only after his Soul Power had completely recovered did he continue toward the depths of the forest.

Meanwhile, Gu Yue, who had long since entered the depths of the forest, encountered a "crisis"!