The East Wind Sets a Thousand Trees Ablaze at Night, Then Blows Down Stars Like Rain

Gender-Bent Douluo Universe.

Within the Star Dou Forest, a blue-haired girl with a curvaceous figure and the air of an icy beauty vigilantly gripped a small hammer that gleamed with dark light.

She was Tang Shan.

After awakening the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer, she entered Notting Academy to study and took the Radiant Dragon Soul Emperor, "Yu Xiaogang," who happened to be visiting friends in Notting City, as her teacher.

After that, she also gained a younger brother:

Young Master Wu.

When Tang Shan turned twelve, she came to Shrek Academy to study at her teacher's instruction.

Yet after six years, she gradually realized that her feelings toward Young Master Wu had changed somewhat!

She had hopelessly fallen in love with him!

She was even willing to give everything for him!

During this soul beast hunt, the Forest King, the Titan Giant Ape, had captured Young Master Wu, driving her completely mad.

She chased and hurried after it all the way... only to have this Man Faced Demon Spider block her path in the end. Never mind whether she could rescue Young Master Wu now—she might not even make it out alive. She could only hope someone had accepted the mission.

"Come on! You beast!"

Tang Shan bit her lower lip lightly.

A black box fitted with mechanisms appeared in her hand. The next second, "Click, click—"

A series of explosive cracks rang out as shadowy projectiles shot forth, sinking into the Man Faced Demon Spider's body in the blink of an eye.

"Hiss—"

A shrill, miserable cry instantly echoed through the night sky. Yet every arrow had merely buried its tip into the creature's carapace, doing little more than causing the Man Faced Demon Spider pain.

As a Man Faced Demon Spider over four thousand years old, comparable to a human Soul King, such injuries were not fatal. However, they thoroughly enraged it, unleashing its savage nature!

Its spear-like spider legs swung down in a vicious stab!

Tang Shan hurriedly employed Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, constantly weaving around it. At the same time, she swung the Clear Sky Hammer at the crossbow bolts lodged in its carapace, smashing them deeply in!

Amid the Man Faced Demon Spider's shrieks,

her entire body danced as if upon a blade's edge, her taut nerves on the verge of snapping at any moment!

"Rip—"

A spider leg suddenly grazed across Tang Shan's chest!

In a moment of carelessness, the spider leg instantly tore open the clothing over her chest, exposing a breastplate that gleamed with metallic luster but had already been slashed with savage cracks.

Though she escaped serious harm,

the tremendous force still sent Tang Shan flying, and she rolled across the ground several times.

She had no time to care about looking disheveled,

because a spiderweb was spraying toward her.

Once it covered her, she would truly become fish on the chopping block, free for this Man Faced Demon Spider to feast upon.

"Buzz—"

Just then, a streak of multicolored light suddenly flashed by.

Having just completed his crossing, Liu Yuan had barely opened his eyes when he saw a venomous spiderweb descending over him.

He quickly waved his hand,

and several willow branches instantly twisted together. The moment they shattered, an Origin Willow Soul-Breaking Spear appeared in his hand.

With a casual sweep, "Riiip—" the spiderweb split in two like paper, and a drop of purplish-black venom even clung to the spear tip.

At the same time, the phantom of the Origin Willow behind him swayed.

One yellow and two purple Soul Rings slowly rose, and the scattered points of light quietly dispersed the toxins on the ground.

This sudden development froze the Man Faced Demon Spider in place. Its eight spider legs twitched repeatedly, yet it did not dare attack rashly.

"Are you all right..." Liu Yuan continued staring at the Man Faced Demon Spider, but the corner of his eye glanced behind him.

It would have been fine if he had not looked,

but when he did,

a flash of snowy-white spring scenery entered his sight.

His face instantly flushed red!

He abruptly turned back and hurriedly coughed dryly. "Ahem—ahem—Miss Tang Shan, please mind your appearance."

Tang Shan, who had just recovered from the shock of Liu Yuan's appearance and those three Soul Rings, quickly realized the awkwardness as well. She hastily took out some clothing and draped it over herself, concealing the exposed skin.

But in her previous life, as an assassin of the Tang Sect, she had used beauty to kill quite a few people. Thus, she was not about to blush over this like a novice such as Liu Yuan.

At the same time, Tang Shan immediately realized that Liu Yuan was the person who had accepted her first small mission.

Her cold face parted with red lips. "Leave this to you. I'll pay the reward as agreed."

After all, it was only the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.

As someone who had innately awakened the Blue Silver Emperor, even if she lost this bloodline, her mother could still take her to the Blue Silver Forest and help her awaken the acquired Blue Silver Emperor.

Having said that, Tang Shan decisively turned around.

Following the guidance of the Blue Silver Grass, she continued chasing in the direction the Forest King had gone without saying another word.

Since whoever accepted the mission would handle it, it no longer had anything to do with her. Pure assassin habits.

"She just left?"

Liu Yuan was staring at the Man Faced Demon Spider.

When he heard movement behind him, his brows could not help but rise. He had thought that after catching a glimpse of Tang Shan's exposed skin, she would scold him with something like, "You have earned the right to die." Who would have thought nothing happened at all?

Everything seemed perfectly ordinary.

Her gender had changed,

and her personality had truly changed as well.

Meanwhile, seeing the prey in its grasp actually escape, the Man Faced Demon Spider's legs twitched even more rapidly. As a killer of the forest, it could no longer restrain itself and immediately launched an attack!

It lunged at Liu Yuan, four long legs already raised, clearly intending to kill him in a single blow.

However, Liu Yuan had no intention of fighting a soul beast covered in deadly venom and comparable to a Soul King at close range. If he touched that poison, it would hardly be worth it.

Thus, his first Soul Ring lit up.

Rooting!

The Origin Willow's roots instantly swelled and plunged deep underground, continuously pouring Soul Power into Liu Yuan's body.

Immediately afterward,

"Second Soul Skill—Absorb!"

With a clap of his palms, countless thick willow branches suddenly coiled around the Man Faced Demon Spider's body. No matter how it struggled or corroded them, with the dual replenishment of Soul Power from the earth and the Man Faced Demon Spider, new branches would bind and restrain it in an endless stream. Without overwhelming force, it simply could not break free.

And this was not the end.

His third Soul Ring lit up right after that.

Soul Skill—Myriad Transformation!

Under a flash of purple light, a melodious chant rang out.

"The east wind sets a thousand trees ablaze at night,"

As though a breeze brushed over the Origin Willow behind him, willow leaves lit up with purple light. In an instant, flowers bloomed everywhere—peonies, laurels, crabapples... each competing in splendor.

"Then blows them down, stars like rain!"

Whoosh—

Strange flowers swept upward, igniting with brilliant light.

Like countless stars adorning the night sky.

Watching the Man Faced Demon Spider's struggles gradually weaken, Liu Yuan felt no ripples in his heart.

Watch this—firepower saturation!

The next second, flowers like stars cascaded down.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Like rain striking banana leaves, they crashed onto the Man Faced Demon Spider bound by willow branches. Its eight eyes, once glimmering with faint purple light and brimming with chilling murderous intent, were now filled only with panic and helplessness.

Once the dust settled,

the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse lay on the ground. As specks of purple light gathered, they formed a thousand-year Soul Ring.

[ Ding! Mission completed. ]