Death Spider Emperor, Heavenly Fortune Descends

The Star Dou Great Forest, the foremost of the three great gathering places for soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, possesses an area no less vast than the Baroque Kingdom, the largest vassal kingdom of the Heaven Dou Empire. Two-fifths of it lies within the Star Luo Empire, while three-fifths falls under the Heaven Dou Empire.

A week has passed since Qian Daoliu entered the Star Dou Great Forest in search of a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor.

"Finally found you."

How difficult it is to search for a single soul beast in this vast forest; in the original work, the main force of Martial Soul Hall spent a full half-year searching the Star Dou Great Forest to capture Xiao Wu. That, of course, included some assistance from Tang San and Xiao Wu's own self-detonation.

Once a soul beast reaches a hundred thousand years, it can speak human language, and its intelligence is no different from that of a normal human. For a hundred-thousand-year soul beast like a spider, hiding is even more profound.

If it were not for the fact that the Death Spider Emperor's attributes are death and darkness—the most standard Martial Soul for an evil soul master in the second installment—the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul would have a much keener perception of such a soul beast. Even with Qian Daoliu's Limit Douluo-level spiritual power, he would likely have needed much more time to locate a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor.

Qian Daoliu arrived before a boulder the size of a small hill. Its surface was rough and damp, and it was impossible to tell how many years it had sat there. Curiously, no moss or vegetation grew upon the boulder, and even the soil in a small circle around it was barren, devoid of any plant life. For flora, this area was as if forbidden.

Within this boulder lay the nest of the Death Spider Emperor. The aura the Death Spider Emperor emitted imperceptibly had permeated the entire rock over time; naturally, no vegetation could grow amidst such deathly energy.

Qian Daoliu raised his hand, gathering his soul power, and struck out with a palm. The small hill shuddered, stone fragments flew, and a massive palm print appeared on the boulder.

Soul beasts are arrogant, and hundred-thousand-year soul beasts even more so; negotiation and trade are impossible without first suppressing them.

Boom!

A violent tremor occurred. Inside the small hill, a "clatter-clatter" sound erupted, spreading from the boulder into the ground. The earth shook, the soil collapsed, and a terrifying aura of darkness and death surged out from the pit.

Qian Daoliu hovered in the air, watching the scene below calmly. "This aura is truly excellent."

The pressure emitted by the Death Spider Emperor already surpassed that of the two level-95 Hall Guardian Douluo who had been hammered to death by Tang Hao.

Boom!

Soil sprayed everywhere as a purple-black figure crawled out. It was an enormous spider with eight red eyes, its main body reaching eight meters in diameter. Its entire frame was covered in thick, purple-black armor, which was in turn covered in dense, coarse hair. Its six long, spear-like purple-black legs exceeded ten meters in length.

It was hideously ugly and looked extremely eerie, bearing a close resemblance to Bibi Dong when she used Martial Soul Possession, though it was several sizes larger than Bibi Dong's Spirit Douluo-level Death Spider Emperor form.

A hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor.

The Death Spider Emperor stared at Qian Daoliu in mid-air and spoke in a hoarse, feminine voice.

"A human Title Douluo! To dare disturb this Emperor's slumber and emit an aura that makes this Emperor loathe you—you shall die!"

Qian Daoliu was not surprised that this Death Spider Emperor was female, as male spiders are typically eaten by the females after mating. It is quite difficult for a male spider to reach a high stage of cultivation.

Drops of black venom seeped from the hair on the Death Spider Emperor's body. As the venom hit the ground, the vegetation withered instantly, emitting a foul stench. Two spider spears, saturated with deadly poison, shot toward Qian Daoliu's chest like two purple meteors.

Qian Daoliu's movements were simple; he did not even release his Martial Soul. Golden light ignited in his palm, coalescing into a hand roughly the same size as the Death Spider Emperor. He struck out, and the poison on the spider spears was instantly purified.

The Death Spider Emperor had no power to resist and was sent flying, crashing heavily into the boulder. The boulder shattered and collapsed, revealing the deep, horrifying nest of the Death Spider Emperor, which was covered in cobwebs.

A Limit Douluo does not need to use his Martial Soul; even with bare hands, he can easily thrash a level-95 Title Douluo.

Boom!

Purple-black light expanded, shrouding everything within a thousand-meter radius. This area was enveloped in a thick, deathly aura.

This was the innate domain naturally awakened by a top-tier soul beast after breaking through to a hundred-thousand-year cultivation: the Death Domain.

"Human, for disturbing this Emperor's slumber and destroying this Emperor's nest, your crimes are unforgivable. This Emperor will devour you bit by bit! I will make you suffer until you die!"

The strength of a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor is already comparable to a level-96 human Title Douluo, and with the enhancement of the Death Domain, it could even fight a level-97 human Title Douluo—provided, of course, that the human did not possess a domain of their own.

"Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn!"

The Death Spider Emperor's astonishing death aura erupted. Amidst the flashing purple light, the death energy it released, combined with the death energy of the domain, coalesced into thumb-sized, purple-black spider spears that looked just like snake fangs.

"Angel Domain."

Surging golden light erupted from Qian Daoliu's body. The Death Domain instantly disintegrated, and the deathly aura shrouding the area transformed into an incredibly dense and viscous sacred aura, purifying the death energy entirely.

The Blood-Sucking Spider Thorns were also being continuously purified; in less than half a minute, the soul power contained within them would be completely cleansed away.

The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul holds absolute restraint over death and dark attributes; the Death Spider Emperor's strength plummeted by more than seventy percent in an instant.

Qian Daoliu threw another casual punch, and the golden fist imprint shattered all the Blood-Sucking Spider Thorns. In the blink of an eye, the broken thorns were completely purified by the sacred aura within the Angel Domain.

"How is this possible!?"

The fist imprint struck the Death Spider Emperor, and its massive body rolled repeatedly through the Star Dou Great Forest. It spat out purple, viscous liquid, and the entire spider plowed a long trench through the forest floor.

"Do you understand the gap in our strength now?"

Qian Daoliu landed not far in front of the Death Spider Emperor, his hands clasped behind his back, watching the purple-black spider, which was covered in multiple fractures, in silence.

The Death Spider Emperor's body was covered in strange, purple-black magic patterns. As it rolled, it had already quietly activated its other innate soul skill: Undying Body.

Unless a god-level attack struck a fatal wound on its body, it could preserve its life and reform its physical form. In the original work, relying on this soul skill, Bibi Dong took two of the Sea God's Trident's "never-returning" divine skills head-on; even after being shattered into pieces twice, she remained completely unharmed.

The Death Spider Emperor said with immense resentment, "Human, your strength has already reached the pinnacle of human soul masters, and your soul rings are full. Why come to trouble this Emperor? You want my soul bone, but my soul bone is completely unsuitable for you!"

Qian Daoliu replied, "To grant you a stroke of fortune."