Profiting from Others' Conflict

The Man Faced Demon Spider dragged its mangled body backward, only to discover that it had been surrounded from three directions.

"Trying to run? No chance!"

Tang Wulin pressed her hand to the ground. As Soul Power flowed out, hundreds upon thousands of vines burst through the earth.

The vines tightly bound the crippled Man Faced Demon Spider. Xie Xie stood guard at a distance, preventing anyone else from interfering.

Seeing that her companions had restrained the target, Gu Yue gathered elemental energy in her hands, waiting only for the captain's command.

Luo Qing pulled his greatsword from the giant bear's corpse and joined the assault on the Man Faced Demon Spider.

How could the Man Faced Demon Spider not realize that it had no way out? Waves of Soul Power began flickering across its body. It was clearly preparing to self-destruct.

"This thing wants to self-destruct! Stop it!"

As Luo Qing spoke, he drew his sword and charged forward.

Gu Yue swiftly fired ice spikes as well. The spikes pierced the Man Faced Demon Spider's abdomen, interrupting its self-destruction.

"Use ranged attacks whenever possible. Its blood is poisonous!"

Thanks to Tyrant's Wings, Luo Qing was covered by a layer of light, but his remaining companions did not have that ability. If they were contaminated by the poison, the consequences would likely be dire.

"Understood!"

Tang Wulin controlled the vines, causing thorns to sprout from them. The thorns pierced into the Man Faced Demon Spider's body and steadily wore away its life force.

The Man Faced Demon Spider was beaten so thoroughly that it could not fight back. It tried to struggle, but its wide-ranging sprays of venom failed to harm anyone.

Whenever there was any sign of venom being sprayed, Luo Qing and Gu Yue would use their respective methods to deal with it.

What followed was a storm of attacks from the group. The Man Faced Demon Spider finally could no longer hold on and completely lost all signs of life.

Just like that, the two great soul beasts that had dominated the beginner Ascension Platform met their ends in defeat.

"This thing was still so hard to fight even after it was crippled... No wonder it was a Man Faced Demon Spider!"

Tang Wulin wiped the sweat from her forehead. She had just tried a new method of fighting.

She used plants to invade and grow within a soul beast's body, taking root and sprouting inside it to wear down its life force.

Judging from the results, the effect was quite impressive.

Not only had it restrained the target, it had also left the target unable to use other special abilities because of the intense pain.

Even at the very end, she had controlled the vines' thorns to destroy the Man Faced Demon Spider's venom glands.

"Be careful. Although it's dead, its poison hasn't lost its potency yet... Let's first see what the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear has."

Luo Qing led the group to the giant bear's corpse first, and everyone watched with some apprehension.

A majestic surge of Soul Power suddenly gathered around the giant bear's corpse, and radiant light appeared around its sharp claws.

They then separated from the corpse and floated in midair.

As the glow gradually faded, a soul bone came into view.

Judging by its shape, it should have been a right palm bone.

"Gulp—"

Xie Xie swallowed and could not help rubbing his eyes.

"Holy crap, there really is one!"

Luo Qing reached out and took down the soul bone. No one said anything, since Luo Qing had launched the decisive ambush and killed this soul beast.

"Let's check the Man Faced Demon Spider. I have a feeling it should have something valuable too."

The group carefully avoided the venom. Then another burst of Soul Power erupted, and a faint eerie glow emerged from the massive corpse.

The eerie glow turned into a strange-looking bone.

"An External Soul Bone?"

Gu Yue's eyes widened. She was not shocked by the rarity of soul bones, but rather by whether their luck was becoming a little too absurd.

Logically speaking, only guardians should drop soul bones. Could both of them have been guardians?

She was not the only one surprised. Even the teachers and staff members watching outside were dumbfounded.

"What? Their luck is really this good?"

Mu Xi felt that she should not have stayed here. Thinking about how these younger students who had eliminated her were so lucky only made her look even more like a clown.

"Strange. I thought only guardians could drop soul bones?"

"Could these two both have been guardians?"

"They probably were. And their luck was pretty unbelievable too—they happened to encounter the two soul beasts after they had injured each other badly."

The staff members carefully checked the records and found that everything was indeed correct.

The others could only patiently continue watching.

The four of them sat cross-legged on a patch of clean grass, most of them staring solemnly at the two soul bones on the ground.

"I'll state this first: I don't need either of these."

Luo Qing withdrew from the distribution first. He was already powerful, and these two soul bones would not provide him with any benefit. Besides—he had a feeling that the planet would prepare something better for him.

"I don't have any objections either. I have no use for these two soul bones, and their attributes don't suit me."

As the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue naturally did not need so-called soul bones.

What a joke.

Other than the Dragon God's bones, what could possibly be stronger than the Silver Dragon King's own bones?

Naturally, she had no interest in them.

The remaining two fell silent. Tang Wulin was just about to refuse when Xie Xie also prepared to speak.

"You two must accept them. At your current level, Xie Xie, you're always in the predicament of having enough speed but insufficient damage.

Whether you face me or Gu Yue, you can quickly close the distance, but you never deal enough damage, leading to your failures time and time again.

As for Wu Lin, your shortcomings are even more obvious. Most of your strength comes from your bloodline.

Your attacks are more limited, mostly relying on physical damage. It's also necessary for you to broaden your range of offensive options."

Luo Qing looked at the two as he spoke, and the words they had been about to use to refuse became lodged in their throats.

"Then which one should I choose?"

Xie Xie subconsciously turned his gaze toward the right palm bone. He knew how destructive the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was.

Moreover, because of the soul beast's age, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's soul bone was certainly not as valuable as the External Soul Bone.

"Then I'll take the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's soul bone!"

Before Tang Wulin could modestly yield it to him, Xie Xie had already given the more valuable one to Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin naturally could not refuse too much. Time was pressing right now; she could compensate everyone with something else afterward.

Xie Xie took the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's palm bone, while Tang Wulin took the Man Faced Demon Spider's External Soul Bone.

After that, the group fought their way through the dense clusters of soul beasts, collecting a great deal of soul beast spiritual energy. Their journey through the rampaging Ascension Platform finally came to a successful end.

They dragged their heavy steps out of the pod and felt the bright, somewhat dazzling light outside.

Just as they adjusted to the outside light, someone approached them.

It was Wu Zhangkong. Although his expression remained as stern as ever, a closer look revealed that the corners of his mouth had lifted slightly.

"You all did very well this time. It could be said that you completely exceeded my expectations.

It also makes me believe that you have the qualifications and talent to step onto an even greater stage.

Have you heard of Shrek?"