A Two-Thousand-Year-Old Man Faced Demon Spider

Spirit Hall, Worship Mountain.

Inside the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo stood facing each other.

Qian Daoliu handed the letter to Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"Golden Crocodile, what do you make of this?"

The letter had come from Qian Renxue. It contained all the information she had gathered about Luo Chen, along with an explanation of the strange connection she felt with him.

At the end of the letter, Qian Renxue had also asked Qian Daoliu whether she really had a younger brother.

As someone who had been present at the time and had witnessed Qian Renxue's birth, Qian Daoliu naturally denied it. But after reading what Qian Renxue had described, he still furrowed his brow. So he had called over Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had also been involved in the events back then.

"Big Brother, how about I go grab that woman right now and make her explain everything?"

Sure enough, Golden Crocodile Douluo lost his composure after reading the letter. As he spoke, he turned to leave, but Qian Daoliu stopped him.

"Golden Crocodile, don't get worked up. Let's not tell Bibi Dong about this yet."

Qian Daoliu spoke slowly, stopping Golden Crocodile Douluo from acting rashly.

He let out a long breath, then raised a hand and beckoned Golden Crocodile over.

"Let's get to the bottom of this before we discuss what to do. For now, send someone to keep investigating that boy's background."

"If anything seems amiss, have your men follow him. If he really is one of the Qian Family, bring him back."

Golden Crocodile Douluo hesitated, but when he looked up and saw Qian Daoliu seeming to age by decades whenever they spoke of that matter, he could only let out a long sigh and agree.

"Nuoding City, right? All right, Big Brother. I'll send one of my Titled Douluo to find out who this boy is."

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Meanwhile, Luo Chen had resumed his Soul Hunting journey.

He had found traces left behind by a hunt. The creature responsible was clearly powerful, and from the Death Spider Emperor's assessment, he could tell that the predator was also a spider-type Soul Beast.

Its aura was formidable; it was at least a thousand years old.

A thousand-year-old spider-type Soul Beast naturally became Luo Chen's target.

He followed the traces all the way to the deepest part of the outer region before finally stopping.

"I've almost found you. I hope you don't disappoint me and that you're worthy of becoming my Second Soul Ring."

Murmuring to himself, Luo Chen slowed his pace.

He had a feeling that his target was already close.

The traces here were the freshest he had found along the way.

He was almost there.

At last, Luo Chen stopped in front of an enormous tree, nearly a hundred meters tall but completely lifeless.

"So it's here."

Luo Chen frowned as he looked at the giant tree.

He could sense a powerful Soul Beast resting nearby. He was almost certain that the thousand-year-old Soul Beast was in that tree.

But figuring out how to lure it out was a considerable challenge.

After thinking it over for a while, Luo Chen finally chose to use Martial Soul Possession with the Six-Winged Angel and fly into the sky.

There were few people in the Star Dou Great Forest, after all. Using the Six-Winged Angel a few times to help him hunt for a Soul Ring was no big deal.

But just as he rose into the air, he suddenly felt a shiver of dread.

"Whoosh!!"

A gale roared past. Luo Chen abruptly twisted aside as a black blur shot past him and slammed into the ground, cracking the dry earth.

Only then did Luo Chen finally see the creature he had spent half the day searching for.

It was a creature with eight spider legs, each nearly a meter long, and its entire body was covered in a purple-black carapace.

Most striking of all, when it attacked him, Luo Chen had glimpsed the horrifying face on its abdomen.

"A Man Faced Demon Spider. I didn't expect it to be you."

Luo Chen was slightly surprised as he looked at the giant beast before him.

Of all the Soul Beasts he remembered from the original story, the Man Faced Demon Spider had to be one of the most unforgettable.

After all, it had been one of Little Scumbag's greatest early advantages—the creature that gave him the Eight Spider Lances. It was impossible to forget.

"Looks like you're worthy of becoming my Second Soul Ring."

Seeing those familiar long legs, Luo Chen instantly shifted into a fighting stance.

Two thousand years. It was qualified.

Now, it was time to begin Soul Hunting.

The Death Spider Emperor instantly replaced the Six-Winged Angel, and its Martial Soul Possession took hold. The thousand-year-old First Soul Ring appeared beneath him.

There were two reasons he hadn't used the Six-Winged Angel, whose attributes countered the spider. First, after gaining a Soul Ring, the Death Spider Emperor was no weaker than the original Six-Winged Angel. Second, Luo Chen wanted to test its true power.

But whichever Martial Soul he used, he was confident he could take down this Man Faced Demon Spider with his current strength.

"Roar!!"

Just like the previous Death Demon Spider, the Man Faced Demon Spider froze when Luo Chen switched to the Death Spider Emperor. A moment earlier, it had been brimming with hostility toward him.

Then it let out a low growl, as if trying to figure out what Luo Chen was and where the Angel that had made it so uncomfortable had gone.

The difference was that both Martial Souls had a weaker effect on this Man Faced Demon Spider. Luo Chen couldn't help but marvel at how much difference a thousand years made.

Without hesitation, the spider legs behind Luo Chen sprang forward. He vanished from sight, shooting toward the Man Faced Demon Spider like a cannonball.

The Man Faced Demon Spider opened its mouth to spit venom and hold him back, but Luo Chen seemed to have anticipated it. The purple Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up instantly.

Several strands of purple-glowing web shot toward the Man Faced Demon Spider.

"Pfft!"

The webs were astonishingly fast. Before the venom could spray out, every strand had pierced the Man Faced Demon Spider's body.

The Man Faced Demon Spider couldn't hold on any longer. Its venom attack was forcibly interrupted, and the Soul Power it had been gathering vanished in an instant.

The searing pain, the foreign venom, and the brief loss of Soul Power sent it into a frenzy.

But in barely a second, Luo Chen had already reached it.

"Crack!"

With a sharp snap, one of his spider legs pierced through its body. Blood dripped from the wound in its chest and fell to the ground, where it corroded the soil with a sizzling hiss.

"Roar!!!"

The agony was even more intense than before. The Man Faced Demon Spider fell completely into a frenzy. Its Soul Power had just returned, and all eight legs lashed toward Luo Chen, each carrying venom and Soul Power.

But Luo Chen wasn't about to let it have its way. With a light flick of his spider leg, he had already retreated to a relatively safe distance.

The bloodshot Man Faced Demon Spider naturally refused to let him go. It charged at Luo Chen once more, its legs thrashing wildly.

But this time, a golden light stood in its way.