"Roar!!"
Almost instinctively, the Death Demon Spider roared at Luo Chen as it backed away.
Facing a human whose aura was now utterly different from before, it could barely control its own body.
Unlike the pressure and submission it had felt moments ago from the Death Spider Emperor, this time it felt a deep shudder from the depths of its soul.
It was going to die!
Meanwhile, Luo Chen had completed his Martial Soul Possession, taking the form of the Six-Winged Angel.
Under the influence of his Martial Soul, the spider legs that had originally grown from his back had completely transformed into six golden wings. A sacred radiance emanated from his entire body.
His golden hair, which had looked entirely out of place with the Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul, now gleamed brilliantly in the Six-Winged Angel's possessed state.
His aura had undergone a complete transformation.
Looking down at his hands, Luo Chen knew this was his first time using the Six-Winged Angel's Martial Soul Possession.
All he could say was that it truly lived up to being a God-Given Martial Soul. He felt more than twice as strong as he had been moments ago, empowered by the Death Spider Emperor!
"So, what other tricks do you have now?"
The corners of Luo Chen's mouth lifted slightly as he looked again at the Death Demon Spider, which was so terrified it was on the verge of bolting.
The Six-Winged Angel was the natural bane of all evil in the world, and the Death Demon Spider was no exception.
Without pausing, Luo Chen raised his right hand and clenched it in the air.
A flash of golden light appeared, and a Holy Sword, formed entirely from his own Soul Power, materialized in his grasp.
But he was still too weak to maintain the sword for long, so he had to end the fight quickly.
Luo Chen knew that well. The instant he gripped the Holy Sword, the six wings behind him beat fiercely, and he plunged toward the Death Demon Spider.
The Death Demon Spider was still quick to react, but against the Six-Winged Angel—the very bane of its kind—it seemed utterly helpless.
The moment the Holy Sword met its spider legs, black blood sprayed through the air, and the legs, hard as stone, were severed cleanly.
The black blood landed on the Holy Sword and evaporated, hissing sharply.
The Death Demon Spider was utterly terrified. It wanted to flee, to run for its life, but Luo Chen, borne by his six wings, had already landed in front of it.
Luo Chen struck again. This time, he concentrated nearly half the Soul Power in his entire body into the blade.
There was no suspense. With a sharp crack, the hard shell shattered with ease, and Luo Chen cleaved the Death Demon Spider in two with the Angel's Holy Sword.
A pale purple Soul Ring then slowly rose from the dead Death Demon Spider.
Luo Chen froze for a moment.
"A thousand years?"
And it was exactly a thousand years, as if it were just within the limit he could absorb.
After a brief hesitation, Luo Chen used the last of the Six-Winged Angel's Soul Power to set up a barrier around the area as a warning.
Then he switched to his other Martial Soul, the Death Spider Emperor.
Without much hesitation, and after confirming that nothing seemed amiss nearby, Luo Chen began using his Soul Power to draw the thousand-year Soul Ring toward himself.
He was alone, and to avoid any unforeseen complications, the sooner he absorbed the Soul Ring, the better. He didn't want any unnecessary trouble cropping up later and disturbing him. This was no small matter.
Perhaps because the Soul Ring's owner had been a Death Demon Spider, the process of absorbing his first Soul Ring wasn't as arduous as Luo Chen had imagined. Instead, it went smoothly.
By dawn the next morning, Luo Chen had finished absorbing the thousand-year First Soul Ring.
Fortunately, he had not been disturbed from outside during the process.
"Martial Soul, Possession."
He rose to his feet and activated Martial Soul Possession again. This time, the Death Spider Emperor's aura was even more powerful.
And beneath Luo Chen's feet, there was no longer empty space. A purple Soul Ring hovered quietly there—the thousand-year First Soul Ring from the Death Demon Spider.
Absorbing it had raised Luo Chen's Soul Power directly to level 23, and its purity had improved as well.
Standing still, he carefully sensed the changes before slowly raising his left hand.
"First Soul Skill, Death Spider Silk!"
As soon as Luo Chen spoke, the thousand-year Soul Ring at his feet glowed purple, and the Death Spider Emperor's shadow behind him stirred.
Several densely woven strands of spider silk shot toward a giant tree ahead. With a few sharp cracks, they pierced through the ancient tree with ease, leaving holes and purple venom behind.
This was his First Soul Skill, Death Spider Silk.
It carried deadly poison and could restrain or cut. Most importantly, when used against a Soul Master or Soul Beast, the target would also be infected by the silk's unique neurotoxin and silenced for one second.
For that second, they would be unable to channel any Soul Power at all, whether for defense or attack.
Though it was a very short time, battles were often decided in those fleeting moments.
And this Soul Skill could evolve. As his Soul Power increased, he could fire more strands of spider silk. Luo Chen didn't yet know whether the silence effect would grow stronger; he would have to find out later.
All in all, Luo Chen was extremely satisfied with his First Soul Skill.
It could attack and restrain, and it even had a silencing effect.
Next came the Second Soul Ring.
Luo Chen wasn't in any hurry. Instead, he sat down and began to adjust his condition.
He had just absorbed a Soul Ring, and the Soul Power within him was still somewhat unstable. He needed to consolidate his foundation.
He stayed seated for a whole day.
Since night had fallen again, Luo Chen decided not to travel. He set off the following day instead.
If even his First Soul Ring was a thousand-year one, then his Second Soul Ring naturally couldn't be weaker. He headed toward the next region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Mixed Zone was a region where thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts coexisted, while hundred-year Soul Beasts could survive only by living in groups. It was also the forest's third region.
Of course, Luo Chen wasn't planning to enter it just yet. He only needed to get close to the Mixed Zone.
After all, he didn't want to walk in, run into a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast by sheer bad luck, and have to start running for his life.
His goal for the day was to search deep in the outer region and see if he could get lucky and find a few thousand-year Soul Beasts that had strayed out of the Mixed Zone to use for his Soul Ring.
He wasn't asking for much: at least 1,500 years.
If it belonged to the same category, Luo Chen thought he could raise the upper limit even further.
After all, he had just tested it. It really could be done, and there wasn't much resistance. As long as he endured the brief difficult part in the middle, everything else went smoothly.
What Luo Chen didn't know was that, during these two days of Soul Hunting, a secret letter had already been delivered to the Worship Hall...
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