The Man Faced Demon Spider stared blankly at its transformed body, unable to understand why its strength had dropped so drastically.
Ye Lin held the Immortal Sword and said coolly, "System, can the Man Faced Demon Spider hurt me?"
[No.]
She gave a contemptuous smile and quickly moved in.
First Soul Skill: Blade Thrust!
A Cyan Dragon Shadow appeared along the blade and shot straight toward the Man Faced Demon Spider's face.
The Man Faced Demon Spider had no idea what was happening, but if it didn't defend itself, it would lose its life.
It quickly pressed its abdomen down as two spider spears, each over two meters long, stabbed toward Ye Lin's stomach again.
Ye Lin attacked without dodging. The two sharp spider legs came down, but did no damage at all, as if they had struck an indestructible wall.
Her sword fell, striking the Man Faced Demon Spider's black armor with a clang.
"Clang!"
The blade bent slightly on impact but failed to pierce through.
It was a Man Faced Demon Spider, after all. Though its cultivation had dropped by a thousand years, its hard black shell remained incredibly tough.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's two legs struck various parts of Ye Lin's body like blurs, but none of the attacks had any effect.
In all its years as a Soul Beast, it had never encountered anything so strange.
Ye Lin leaned forward and thrust her sword toward one of the Man Faced Demon Spider's eyes.
The spider reacted quickly, using its other two legs to block. It guarded its weakness extremely well.
It spat a stream of corrosive purple light at Ye Lin, but that was useless too.
"I need to hurry. I can't keep fighting it here!"
Ye Lin thought to herself and switched the Immortal Sword to her left hand.
She half-crouched, gripping the hilt tightly with her right hand.
She lowered her chin, then drew her sword!
Heaven Slashing Sword Technique!
As the sword left its sheath, a dazzling slash shot out with a whoosh.
It struck the Man Faced Demon Spider's hard black shell.
The black shell that Blade Thrust couldn't penetrate was split in two by a single slash, and the sword light cut straight through the Man Faced Demon Spider's body.
The Man Faced Demon Spider thrashed wildly, purple corrosive venom pouring from its body.
A sizzling sound rang out as its convulsing body smashed the surrounding plants to pieces. A huge gash was torn through a nearby tree.
Relying on the Little Invincibility Pill's effects, Ye Lin moved in again and swung her sword several times, helping the Man Faced Demon Spider die quickly.
After a few strikes, the Man Faced Demon Spider fell still. A purple Spirit Ring took shape above its corpse.
"Whew!"
Ye Lin let out a long breath, sat cross-legged, and quickly began absorbing the Spirit Ring. The purple ring swiftly settled over the Immortal Sword, transforming into pure energy that flowed into her body.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was rather vicious, so its Spirit Ring should have been difficult to absorb. But Ye Lin didn't feel the slightest difficulty.
That was because her First Soul Ring was already over fourteen hundred years old, while this Man Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring was only just over twelve hundred.
[Ye Lin begins absorbing the 1,232-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring...]
She needed to find a way to absorb the Spirit Ring quickly.
"Change the wording of the description."
[This is the beginning of Ye Lin absorbing the 1,232-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring...]
"Use one chance to make a minor adjustment to the restriction and change 'beginning' to 'end'!"
[Modification successful.]
[This is the end of Ye Lin absorbing the 1,232-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring...]
By changing just one word, she could achieve her goal.
A flash of white light passed over the sword. The once-vivid purple ring faded until only a faint thread of light remained.
A yellow and a purple Spirit Ring slowly appeared beneath Ye Lin.
[Ye Lin successfully absorbed the 1,232-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring...]
Ye Lin immediately asked the system, "What's the highest number I can change 'one' to now?"
[Three!]
"Change '1,200' to '3,900,' change 'Man Faced Demon Spider' to 'Man Faced Demon Dragon,' then change 'Man Faced Demon Dragon' to 'Immortal Faced Demon Dragon,' and remove the word 'Faced.' If I don't have enough modification chances, use my own."
[Modification successful.]
[Ye Lin successfully absorbed the 3,932-year-old Immortal Demon Dragon Spirit Ring...]
A torrent of frenzied energy rushed into her body. Three colors appeared along the sword.
At the center was the green that represented Datura.
The blade's two edges were silver and black, one immortal, the other demonic.
The dragon markings on the sword grew clearer, as if a true dragon had been sealed inside it.
At the same time,
Eight sharp spider legs burst from Ye Lin's body, piercing through her baseball jacket.
This was the External Soul Bone: Eight Spider Lances.
[Ding! Plot modification complete. You absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring that originally belonged to Tang San, causing Tang San to lose the Eight Spider Lances. Reward: the Eight Spider Lances have evolved into the Eight God Wings.]
The black spider spears flashed and swiftly turned silver-white. One by one, pure white feathers sprouted from the eight spears.
In the blink of an eye, the eight bare bone spurs had become four pairs of white wings.
The white wings fluttered gently, and Ye Lin immediately felt an upward force lift her.
She could fly!
The Eight God Wings also had far greater offensive power than before. They had lost their original poison, but gained powerful healing and purifying abilities.
The original Eight Spider Lances could affect their user's temperament when activated. That flaw had also been removed.
Strong light shone from Ye Lin's two Spirit Rings as Soul Power surged.
The Eight God Wings folded and contracted, then gradually merged with her body, starting at her spine and fitting against her eight ribs.
Retracting the Eight God Wings used less than a tenth of her Soul Power. That was far better than the Eight Spider Lances, which took a third of her Soul Power just to withdraw.
Light flashed from the Second Soul Ring: Soul Ring Simulation.
The thousand-year Spirit Ring quickly changed into an ordinary yellow one.
Ye Lin quickly took off her upper clothes, revealing her fair skin and the clear lines of her waist. After absorbing the Second Soul Ring, her bust had grown fuller and she had gotten taller, nearing 1.7 meters.
After she withdrew the Eight God Wings, her smooth back showed no sign of them.
She quickly took a fresh set of clothes from her Na Ring and changed. Then she hurried away, found a tree trunk to rest against, and waited for Zhao Wuji and the others to catch up.
Ten minutes after Ye Lin left,
three figures hurried out from one side.
Two women and a man, two elders and a young girl: the Dragon and Snake Duo and Meng Yiran.
Meng Shu's eight Spirit Rings pulsed around him. Gripping his Dragon Head Cane, he hurried forward, his attention fixed on the dead Man Faced Demon Spider.
Meng Yiran cried out, "How could this happen?"
"Who did this?"
"Who killed my Man Faced Demon Spider?"
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