Cut In and Snatch the Man Faced Demon Spider; an External Soul Bone! Eight Spider Lances Become Eight Phoenix Wings!

"Get lost."

Ning Rongrong shot Oscar a cold glance.

"Don't call me Rongrong. We're not that close."

"Zhu Zhuqing!

If you dare to leave today, don't ever think about coming back!"

Dai Mubai roared, his eyes filled with fury.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't even spare him a glance. She turned and walked with Ning Rongrong toward the edge of the forest.

"Just what I wanted.

Dai Mubai, you'd better take care of yourself first."

Above the treetops.

Taking advantage of his ability to fly, Huang Yan became a silent afterimage.

He flew straight over Tang San, who was still sprinting wildly along the ground, and reached the route Tang San was bound to take ahead of him.

"According to the original story, that Man Faced Demon Spider should be wandering around somewhere nearby..."

Huang Yan hovered in midair, quickly scanning the dense forest below.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.

"Found it!"

A huge black spider lay in wait among the bushes below.

A grotesque human face was marked across its carapace, and its eight long legs, like sharp spears, gave off a strong stench.

It was the Man Faced Demon Spider!

"Lucky me. Saves me having to search everywhere."

Huang Yan gave a cold laugh.

Without the slightest hesitation, he raised a hand and summoned a dazzling ball of golden flame.

"Die."

The Bright Phoenix Fire fell like a meteor, its scorching heat instantly engulfing the Man Faced Demon Spider below.

"Skreee!"

The Man Faced Demon Spider managed only one shrill scream before it was consumed. It had no chance to struggle.

Under the Phoenix Fire, it was reduced to a charred husk.

A purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring slowly rose into the air.

But Huang Yan's gaze passed right over it, fixed on the bone glowing with an unusual light among the spider's remains.

It was a shrunken spider carapace, still connected to eight exceptionally sharp spider legs.

"An External Soul Bone—the Eight Spider Lances!"

A flash of delight crossed Huang Yan's eyes, and he couldn't help chuckling.

"Heh. It really did drop!"

Huang Yan flashed down to the ground and took it without ceremony, storing it in his Storage Ring.

"Tang San, Tang San, I'll gladly take your cheat for myself.

If you run into danger next, you're on your own."

Huang Yan clapped his hands in satisfaction.

"Got what I came for. Let's go!"

Before the words had even left his mouth, Huang Yan shot skyward as a streak of golden light.

Not long afterward, Huang Yan found a secluded cave in a cliff face.

He casually tossed a ball of golden flame inside, burning the Shadow Leopard that had made its lair there to ashes.

Then he strode into the cave and sat cross-legged.

He took out the Eight Spider Lances.

"This thing is pure darkness and poison, completely at odds with my light and fire attributes."

Huang Yan rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

"Still, this is an exceptionally rare External Soul Bone, something you can't just go looking for.

I'll try absorbing it first. If my bloodline really rejects it, I can always remove it afterward."

Having made up his mind, Huang Yan wasted no time. He immediately channeled his Soul Power and guided the Eight Spider Lances into his body.

A stream of purple-black energy surged into his spine through his back!

"Ugh, what a cold, sinister poison!"

Huang Yan furrowed his brows.

Yet before the poison could spread through Huang Yan's body, the Bright Phoenix bloodline within him seemed to take the intrusion as a grave provocation. It suddenly surged to life!

"Boom!"

An incomparably domineering blaze of golden light erupted from within Huang Yan, wrapping around his entire body.

"What's going on?"

Huang Yan peered inside himself in surprise.

"My bloodline... is forcibly cleansing this Soul Bone's attributes?!"

The Bright Phoenix bloodline swept through the Eight Spider Lances like a raging torrent, burning away and purifying all the darkness and poison within.

Under the frenzied tempering of the golden flames, the spider-leg bones, originally purple-black, gradually turned a brilliant gold.

Even more astonishingly, their shape underwent a complete transformation!

The eight sinister, razor-sharp spider legs sprouted layer upon layer of golden feathers made of flame energy.

In the end, they became eight gorgeous, razor-edged golden wings!

"This..."

Huang Yan suddenly opened his eyes. He felt the strange power surging behind him, and his face lit up with delight.

"The spider legs turned into phoenix wings!

The Eight Spider Lances... became Eight Phoenix Wings?!"

Huang Yan couldn't help bursting into laughter.

"Ha ha ha!

As expected of a top-tier Bright Phoenix bloodline. It can forcibly assimilate and transform an External Soul Bone!"

Huang Yan hurriedly gathered his focus and seized the moment, fully absorbing and refining the completely mutated Eight Phoenix Wings.

A moment later, the golden light faded.

Huang Yan stood up in satisfaction. With a thought, eight shimmering golden phoenix wings unfurled behind him, making him look like a god descending to earth.

"Perfect."

Huang Yan carefully sensed the new information in his mind, and his smile grew wider.

"It retained the original 'devouring' trait.

The original poison attribute has also been completely transformed into 'ultimate light and flame,' with powerful burning and purifying effects."

"On top of that, it gained two powerful skills: 'Extreme-Speed Flight' and 'Phoenix Wing Heaven Slash'!"

With a thought, Huang Yan folded away the Eight Phoenix Wings, a playful look flashing in his eyes.

"Tang San, Tang San, if you found out I'd snatched your cheat right out from under you,

wouldn't it break your heart?"

Huang Yan folded away his eight golden wings and stretched his limbs, in excellent spirits.

"Let that bunch from Shrek tear each other apart over their stupid mess. I can't be bothered with them anymore."

Huang Yan brushed the dust off himself, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

"Now that I've got the External Soul Bone, it's time to take care of business.

Time to look for a Spirit Ring that suits me."

Huang Yan closed his eyes and stopped deliberately suppressing the Soul Power within him.

Instead, he fully unleashed the Bright Phoenix bloodline to sense his surroundings.

A top-tier Martial Soul naturally resonated with Spirit Beasts sharing the same bloodline.

Just moments later, the Bright Phoenix bloodline within Huang Yan gave an abrupt, peculiar throb.

"Is this... a bloodline guiding me?"

Huang Yan's eyes flew open. He stared in surprise toward several different directions in the forest.

"Southeast... due north... and northwest..."

Huang Yan carefully felt the longing and resonance pulsing through his bloodline, a thrilled smile curling his lips.

"Interesting!

I can sense a strong resonance in three different directions!"

"And judging by the strength of these auras, they're all flying Spirit Beasts between forty and fifty thousand years old!"

Huang Yan rubbed his chin, his eyes brimming with confidence.

"If they can stir such a strong reaction from the Bright Phoenix, then every one of these Spirit Beasts must contain an exceptionally pure Phoenix bloodline!"

"Forty to fifty thousand years—that's right at the limit of what I can absorb. They're the perfect Spirit Rings, practically made for me!"

Huang Yan didn't hesitate. He set his sights on the southeast, the closest direction.

"I'll start with you. Let's see what kind of top-tier Spirit Beast is waiting for me!"

As soon as he spoke, the gorgeous Eight Phoenix Wings unfurled behind him.

"Whoosh!"

A flash of gold, and Huang Yan shot off like a dazzling meteor, speeding toward the depths of the forest to the southeast.