As Yao Xuan thought it over, he activated Eye of Detection and scanned the Man Faced Demon Spider before him, probing its exact details!
[Target: Man Faced Demon Spider] [ cultivation: 12,000 years] [Description: The Man Faced Demon Spider is a top-tier Soul Beast, an incredibly terrifying existence. Though not as powerful as the Titan Giant Ape, it can easily hunt enemies with cultivation more than twice its own, making it an object of hatred for all Soul Beasts.] [Tip: The Man Faced Demon Spider's web is terrifyingly poisonous. Take care when dealing with it, and pay particular attention to its innate ability—Instant Spider Web.] [Devour Reward: 140 years of cultivation]
At Yao Xuan's thought, a translucent Attribute Box appeared before him, displaying the Man Faced Demon Spider's attributes.
"A Man Faced Demon Spider with twelve thousand years of cultivation! This is definitely a challenging opponent! But a Devour Reward of 140 years is worth fighting hard for!"
Looking at the information about the Man Faced Demon Spider in the Attribute Box, Yao Xuan felt his fighting spirit blaze to life!
Though this Man Faced Demon Spider had only twelve thousand years of cultivation, as a top-tier Soul Beast, its combat power was absolutely no weaker than that of an ordinary thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast!
In fact, if it encountered a weaker thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast, it could even hunt it down and make it its meal!
It was precisely because of its terrifying strength that the Man Faced Demon Spider was known as the Nightmare of the Soul Beast Clan!
Even Yao Xuan had to stay one hundred and twenty percent alert when facing this Man Faced Demon Spider!
After all, going up against such a savage, venomous creature carelessly would be no fun at all!
Still, the greater the risk, the greater the reward!
This Man Faced Demon Spider possessed terrifying combat power, and the system also judged it to be of extremely high value for devouring!
"I'm doing it!"
With that thought, Yao Xuan stopped hesitating and frantically roused the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within him!
"Golden Dragon Claw!"
As he activated his Bloodline Power, Yao Xuan willed it, and golden runes flashed across the surface of his right claw, transforming it into a razor-sharp Golden Dragon Claw!
Then, using Stealth, Yao Xuan silently circled around behind the Man Faced Demon Spider and launched a sneak attack from its rear!
In his past battles, this kind of underhanded ambush had often caught his enemies off guard.
This time, however, the Man Faced Demon Spider was one of the very best Soul Beast hunters, and its reflexes were incredibly fast!
In the blink of an eye, it had already raised one of its spider legs to block the Golden Dragon Claw!
Clang!
A metallic clash rang out, sparks flying as Yao Xuan's Golden Dragon Claw slammed into the Man Faced Demon Spider's leg!
Yet this time, the usually unstoppable Golden Dragon Claw only left a thumb-deep gash in the spider leg. It failed to sever it in one blow!
What was more, despite taking Yao Xuan's full-force strike, the Man Faced Demon Spider retreated less than half a meter before steadying itself, having completely withstood his attack!
"Such powerful defense, such incredible strength. No wonder it's known as the legendary evil killer! But it wouldn't be worth devouring if it weren't this strong!"
Looking at the Man Faced Demon Spider before him, Yao Xuan licked his lips, the fighting spirit in his blood surging higher and higher!
The Golden Dragon King had been born inheriting the Dragon God's fighting spirit and strength!
Having inherited the Golden Dragon King's Bloodline Power, Yao Xuan naturally felt his fighting spirit awaken when facing powerful enemies, his mind and resolve growing more and more charged!
The longer the fight went on, the stronger and braver he became. That, too, was a trait the Golden Dragon King Bloodline had granted him!
Just then,
the Man Faced Demon Spider in the distance suddenly leaped into the air!
Its enormous body completed a nimble one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn midair, its ferocious white human face fixed on Yao Xuan!
Sensing the aura around Yao Xuan, the Man Faced Demon Spider went completely mad!
Its partly awakened intelligence and the stirring in its blood gave it a feeling that if it could devour Yao Xuan, its bloodline might evolve!
Its body trembled with excitement, and the mouth on the human face beneath its abdomen silently opened!
Whoosh!
The next moment, with a sharp rush of air, a white web shot out. It unfurled in midair, expanding wildly as it swept toward Yao Xuan to ensnare him!
This was the Man Faced Demon Spider's innate ability—Instant Spider Web!
Even as a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, it could use this ability only five times a day!
But as the Man Faced Demon Spider's ultimate trump card, Instant Spider Web traveled faster than the speed of sound. An opponent of the same rank could hardly dodge it!
Of course, Yao Xuan wasn't the sort of opponent who couldn't dodge!
Already familiar with the Man Faced Demon Spider's habits, Yao Xuan began to evade the moment he saw it open its mouth!
The terrifying Instant Spider Web skimmed past his body and landed in the grass. It instantly corroded a large patch, and even the ground began to melt, showing just how potent its poison was!
"An enemy like this can't be dealt with by the Golden Dragon Claw alone! But I still have the Golden Dragon Body!"
At a thought, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within Yao Xuan boiled once more, and his heart pounded wildly, pumping surging Bloodline Power through every part of his body!
At the same time, golden patterns appeared across Yao Xuan's skin, shining brilliantly and granting him a mysterious enhancement!
In that instant, Yao Xuan felt the strength throughout his body double, while his speed, defense, and Bloodline Power all increased by fifty percent!
"Again!"
Looking at the distant Man Faced Demon Spider, Yao Xuan adjusted his stance and lunged forward once more. He swung his right claw, transformed into a Golden Dragon Claw, and furiously attacked the human face beneath the spider's abdomen—the creature's most vulnerable spot!
As he attacked, Yao Xuan also unleashed his racial ability—Intimidation!
In that moment, a strange bloodline pressure unique to an Auspicious Beast enveloped the Man Faced Demon Spider!
Faced with Yao Xuan's attack, the Man Faced Demon Spider had been about to fight back.
But as it swung all eight of its long legs at tremendous speed, the bloodline pressure Yao Xuan released struck it!
Though it was a top-tier Soul Beast, feared as a Nightmare, the Man Faced Demon Spider was still a Soul Beast. Faced with the pressure of an Auspicious Beast, its movements were slowed by half a beat!
In a life-or-death battle between opponents of similar strength, even a moment's distraction could decide the outcome—let alone a delay of nearly half a second!
Seizing this split-second opportunity, Yao Xuan used the speed boost from the Golden Dragon Body to nimbly avoid the Man Faced Demon Spider's slash and dart beneath it!
"Become the nourishment for my evolution! Golden Dragon Claw—Shatter!"
Then, channeling his Bloodline Power once again, Yao Xuan gathered all his strength into his right claw and viciously struck the ferocious human face beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider's abdomen!
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