Man Faced Demon Spider

"It's been a whole day since you ate. The fish soup will be ready soon, so hold on a little longer."

Shi An did not laugh at her. Instead, he spoke gently.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly. Her eyes shimmered in the firelight, as though stars adorned them.

After eating, the two lay on a stone bed covered with blankets. Neither spoke, and they gradually drifted off to sleep.

Early the next morning, the two set off once more.

Finding a Soul Beast they liked was not something that could be done overnight.

Neither of them was in a hurry. Instead, it felt as though they were camping and sightseeing in the Star Dou Great Forest.

With Shi An's senses, no Soul Beast within several kilometers could hide. They found one Soul Beast after another, then passed them over, searching day by day like this.

There was no rush anyway. The area was only so large; they would eventually find a suitable Soul Beast.

"Hisss~~~"

That morning, after finishing breakfast, the two continued patrolling through the forest when a new Soul Beast suddenly appeared within Shi An's senses.

From the image conveyed by his senses, it seemed to be a spider.

Shi An had not intended to seek it out. After all, a spider's Soul Ring was not suitable for Zhu Zhuqing.

However, that spider Soul Beast seemed to have set its sights on them. It actually approached them on its own initiative.

"What a fool lighting a lamp in a latrine—looking for shit."

He truly did not know where this spider got its courage.

If the spider could hear his thoughts, it would probably complain, "You bastards don't have the slightest trace of Soul Power. Aren't you two prime desserts?"

When Zhu Zhuqing saw the Puppet Snake stop, she looked at Shi An in confusion and asked, "Teacher, why have we stopped?"

"A little thing is coming over. Let's wait here for it."

Rustle, rustle~~~

The moment he finished speaking, the bushes ahead began to shake, and the sound of leaves scraping against each other clearly reached their ears.

Zhu Zhuqing narrowed her eyes and looked over. From behind the dim thicket, two sharp, slender spider legs extended out, like two gleaming spears.

Then the spider's entire body emerged, its full appearance clearly entering their view.

Its eight legs were long and thin, covered in messy black bristles. It stood seven or eight meters tall, its entire body covered in purple-black armor.

Its abdomen was particularly striking. Eight scarlet compound eyes looked strange and eerie, while white patterns twisted together into a pale ghostly face, making it especially horrifying.

"A Man Faced Demon Spider?" Shi An recognized the Soul Beast immediately.

Its appearance was simply too easy to identify, and its reputation was far too famous.

Not only did it possess a bloodthirsty nature and an appearance hated by all humans and Soul Beasts.

Tang San's third Soul Ring had come from one, and it had even provided him with an External Soul Bone—the renowned Eight Spider Lances.

Shi An examined its body. Its eight spider legs were slender, with purple-black patterns covering their lower sections.

The patterns on its abdomen were clear, and its body was enormous.

This Man Faced Demon Spider was probably more than two thousand years old.

Shi An immediately raised an eyebrow.

Star Dou Great Forest, Man Faced Demon Spider, more than two thousand years old.

That was a bit too much of a coincidence.

Could it really be the one that little bastard Tang San absorbed?

Then...

Shi An's gaze involuntarily fell upon its eight spider legs.

If he killed it, would it drop an External Soul Bone?

A glint flashed through Shi An's eyes. Whether it was that one or not, whether it would drop a Spirit Bone or not, he would kill it first and ask questions later.

Upon seeing Shi An and Zhu Zhuqing, mockery and ridicule flashed through the Man Faced Demon Spider's scarlet eyes.

Its pair of sharp mouthparts opened and closed, making clicking sounds.

Zhu Zhuqing instinctively retreated two steps. A Soul Beast of this level was simply not something she could handle right now.

"Teacher..."

"Don't be afraid. Leave it to me." The instant Shi An finished speaking, the Man Faced Demon Spider sprang into the air and spat out a web at the two of them and the Puppet Snake beneath their feet.

The white strands intertwined, and the branches and leaves along its path corroded the moment they touched the web, producing hissing sounds.

It was obviously highly venomous.

Shi An raised a hand, and the ground suddenly swelled. Then a ferocious giant beast seemed to drill out of the earth, charging directly toward the web and the airborne Man Faced Demon Spider.

Shi An had developed this based on Earth River Chariot from Fenghou Qimen in The Outcast.

For Shi An, who possessed the Earth Origin, it was not difficult at all.

The rock-and-earth beast slammed directly into the spiderweb. The venom on the web had no negative effect on it.

After all, it was not a living creature. Its entire body was made of rock and soil, making it naturally immune to this kind of debilitating attack.

The rock-and-earth beast did not slow in the slightest as it charged directly at the Man Faced Demon Spider.

At this sight, a humanlike look of astonishment seemed to appear on the ghostly face of the Man Faced Demon Spider.

The Man Faced Demon Spider spat out silk, then swung away with its body like Spider-Man, evading the rock-and-earth beast's charge.

It landed on the branch of a large tree. Its eight sharp spider legs pierced into the trunk like javelins, and its entire body hung upside down as it looked at Shi An and Zhu Zhuqing.

Its eight scarlet compound eyes radiated even stronger bloodlust. Its eight legs skittered across the trunk, and its body was unbelievably nimble.

Shi An's gaze sharpened. Rock chains suddenly rose from the ground around the Man Faced Demon Spider, closing in around it.

Then triangular chunks of stone shot out, hurtling directly toward the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight legs.

Seeing rings of chains winding toward it, the Man Faced Demon Spider instantly leaped up and sprang toward another large tree.

However, those triangular stones struck its eight legs first.

The stones did not smash into it. Instead, they bent softly and wrapped around its spider legs.

An enormous weight bore down on its eight legs, destroying its original balance.

Its body, suspended in midair, suddenly sank and fell toward the ground below.

The chains wound around it, binding and wrapping it up like a crab, until it resembled a dumpling.

Shi An raised his finger again, and the ground rumbled violently. A sharp giant sword of rock slowly rose from beneath the earth.

It was as though an invisible hand gripped the hilt, slowly drawing it from the ground.

The Man Faced Demon Spider struggled desperately. Its eight compound eyes remained vicious as it stared at Shi An with endless resentment.

BOOM!!!

The giant sword fell, cleaving the Man Faced Demon Spider directly in two. A long sword mark appeared across the ground.

Dark green blood flowed from the Man Faced Demon Spider's severed body, giving off a pungent stench.

Zhu Zhuqing covered her nose, unable to hide the amazement and admiration in her eyes.

She had witnessed Shi An's entire attack. Just now, he had merely moved his fingers without even using a Soul Skill, yet this Man Faced Demon Spider had been killed.

This filled her with curiosity about Shi An. What exactly was his Martial Soul?

Why was he so strong?