"Head south."
Xiao Gang pointed in a direction. "The terrain is lower over there, suitable for spirit beasts to inhabit."
The group followed him deeper into the dense forest.
After searching for the entire first day, they had only encountered a few century-old spirit beasts—not even a single thousand-year one.
On the second day, Xiao Gang adjusted their direction and led them toward a deeper depression.
At noon on the third day, Tang San stopped at the edge of a hollow.
He crouched down and rubbed the soil between his fingers.
"There are traces here."
Xiao Gang came over for a look, his brows knitting slightly.
"Something dug this up. It was probably... two or three days ago."
Tang San rose to his feet, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding ground.
"There should be a cave underneath, and it isn't small."
Xiao Wu leaned in for a look.
"Could it be a Cave Demon Spider?"
Xiao Gang nodded.
"Cave Demon Spiders do favor this sort of terrain. If there is one here, it should be quite old."
Tang San clenched his fists.
Recently, he had been considering his fourth soul ring.
The students of Omphalos Academy almost all possessed soul ring configurations far beyond their limits.
As for Tang San, he had always followed his teacher Xiao Gang's teachings and cultivated steadily.
That was because he knew that his Blue Silver Grass was a useless martial soul.
But after suffering several defeats at the hands of Omphalos Academy, and with Ye Qiong having ruined his opportunity, an urge to take a risk suddenly rose within him.
He wanted to see whether, if it were a ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider, he could forcibly absorb a soul ring that exceeded his limits with his physique and the inner strength of the Mysterious