Ma Hongjun sprang to his feet. Red Soul Power quickly spread over his body as he completed Martial Soul Possession.
"Ma Hongjun, what are you doing!"
Tang San shouted at him.
"What am I doing?"
"Obviously, I'm going to skin you alive!"
"You ran away in the middle of a fight!"
"If you'd been here, you could've used Blue Silver Entanglement to pull Xiao Wu back. She wouldn't have been captured!"
Dai Mubai said nothing, but his tiger claws kept clenching and unclenching.
The others also looked at Tang San strangely.
"This isn't my fault!"
Tang San began to defend himself. "That Soul Beast was too strong. If we hadn't run, we would've been killed!"
"If we'd all run, how would things have ended up like this?"
Dai Mubai leaped up and landed right beside Tang San.
"You bastard!"
Thud!
One punch sent Tang San crashing heavily to the ground.
Ma Hongjun rushed forward too and kicked him hard in the chest.
"Tang San, you deserve to die!"
Ye Lin glanced at them impassively and said nothing.
She simply walked over to Oscar's side.
Slowly, she held out her right hand.
"Flying Mushroom Sausage. Give it to me."
Ye Lin's expression was calm. There wasn't even a hint of sorrow over Xiao Wu's disappearance.
"Sister Lin, Xiao Wu's already been captured."
"Give it to me."
"Ah..."
Oscar sighed. There was nothing else he could do. His third Spirit Ring flashed, and a Flying Mushroom Sausage appeared in his hand.
He had no idea where the Flying Mushroom Sausages he'd made earlier had ended up after the Titan Giant Ape's roar sent them flying.
"Xiao Ao, what are you doing?"
Ning Rongrong suddenly woke up, drawing everyone's attention.
Zhao Wuji realized what Ye Lin was planning and hurriedly lunged forward.
But Ye Lin had already eaten the Flying Mushroom Sausage. Six transparent wings burst from her back, and she was in the air before Zhao Wuji could reach her.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go find Xiao Wu."
"Seven Treasures Famous, Second: Speed!"
Ning Rongrong's speed boost landed on Ye Lin, and the six wings on her back beat even faster.
"Sister Lin, go! I support you!"
Ye Lin glanced at Ning Rongrong, spread her wings, and shot off in the direction the Titan Giant Ape had gone.
"You..."
"Ah..."
Zhao Wuji was so angry he could barely speak.
Oscar smiled bitterly. "Teacher Zhao, even if I hadn't given Ye Lin the sausage, she would've gone after Xiao Wu on foot."
"Blame me if you want."
Before Zhao Wuji could respond, the sounds of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun beating Tang San grew louder.
"Tang San, you fucking idiot!"
Ma Hongjun's fists kept coming down, leaving Tang San even more battered and bruised than he'd been before.
"This is all your fault!"
"I, Ma Hongjun, might be a coward, but even I know what to do when it matters!"
"You sure ran fast!"
"That's enough!"
Zhao Wuji shouted, "You two, stop!"
"Tang San isn't to blame. Running for your lives was the right thing to do. I'm criticizing you two."
"Teacher Zhao..." Dai Mubai muttered.
"Shut up!"
Zhao Wuji shot Dai Mubai a cold glance.
"Oscar, make some more Flying Mushroom Sausages. We're going after Ye Lin right now and bringing Xiao Wu back."
"If anyone doesn't want to go, if you're too much of a coward, then get the hell out!"
Meanwhile, Ye Lin had eaten a Flying Mushroom Sausage and combined it with Ning Rongrong's speed boost. After flying five thousand meters, she landed. She'd reached her limit.
She gripped the Immortal Sword in her right hand and watched her surroundings warily. The Titan Giant Ape's presence would scare off other Soul Beasts, but that didn't guarantee she was completely safe.
She was also ready to eat the Little Invincibility Pill the system had given her at any moment, to ensure her safety.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was still somewhere nearby. One careless mistake, and she could lose her life.
Suddenly, a series of rustling sounds reached Ye Lin's ears, as if something was rubbing against the ground.
Ye Lin instantly went on alert.
[The Man Faced Demon Spider is resting beneath a tree and recovering...]
Sure enough, it was the Man Faced Demon Spider.
She held the Immortal Sword and cautiously approached.
It was a huge black spider, over one and a half meters in diameter. Its eight legs were each more than three meters long, and as sharp as spears.
Its black outer shell gleamed and offered powerful defense.
The moment Ye Lin spotted it, it spotted her too. Its eight legs quivered rapidly, stabbing into and pulling out of the ground as it rushed toward her.
The two front legs stabbed straight at Ye Lin's chest.
Ye Lin didn't hesitate. She raised the Immortal Sword to block, wanting to test the Man Faced Demon Spider's strength!
The blade angled upward in front of her.
Clang! Clang!
Two clear ringing sounds echoed as the spider's legs struck the blade.
Ye Lin looked up and saw the Man Faced Demon Spider's grotesque human face.
Its eight little eyes stared at her. Two had already been smashed, and cracks marked its black shell.
The Man Faced Demon Spider could devour life. If it swallowed Ye Lin, it could recover quickly and escape.
"That's some strength. Good thing I got Zhao Wuji's strength when he obtained his first Spirit Ring. Otherwise, I really might not have been able to stop it!"
"No wonder this Man Faced Demon Spider is over two thousand years old."
"If the original story hadn't had Tang San absorb its Spirit Ring, but Meng Yiran instead, Meng Yiran would've died, right?"
Ye Lin braced the blade with her left hand as well, then pushed upward with both hands, lifting the Man Faced Demon Spider.
Just to be safe, she quickly swallowed the Little Invincibility Pill she'd obtained.
A strange power spread through Ye Lin's body. She didn't feel her defensive power increase, but it seemed as if a protective film had formed over her skin.
"System, can the Man Faced Demon Spider hurt me?"
[Yes!]
Ye Lin gave the system a thorough tongue-lashing in her mind.
But that didn't mean she was out of options.
She could kill the Man Faced Demon Spider as she was, but to be safe, she still decided to use her ability.
[This is a 2,320-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider...]
"Exchange for one minor restriction-lowering modification."
[Exchange successful!]
"Change the two to a one!"
[Modification successful!]
A flash of white light enveloped the Man Faced Demon Spider. Its body shrank to less than a meter, and its two long spider legs shrank by a third, leaving them only two meters long.
"Let's see what you can do now."
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