Man Faced Demon Spider

Luo Jiuyou flexed the dragon wings behind him, feeling the power surging up from deep within his shoulder blades, and answered honestly:

"Second soul skill: Death Refusal.

It could be activated when his vitality fell below 30%, instantly restoring half of it.

All attributes and abnormal status resistance increased by 200% for sixty seconds."

Bibi Dong began counting on her fingers.

Luo Jiuyou continued, "Its passive effect restores an additional 1% of vitality with every hit on a bleeding enemy. When an enemy is killed, it plunders their remaining vitality, greatly restoring his own."

Bibi Dong did the math, and her eyes widened more and more.

"Your first soul skill consumes 1% of your vitality every second... so your vitality drops below 30%, then you activate your second soul skill and instantly regain half of it. Fifty seconds later, you can use it again..."

Qian Renxue picked up where she left off:

"That means that, in theory, you can keep the cycle of Blood Rage and Death Refusal going infinitely within those sixty seconds."

Bibi Dong sucked in a breath. "Wouldn't that make you impossible to kill?"

Ye Guyi fell silent for a moment before speaking softly. "The risk of the first soul skill is that if you cannot kill an enemy in time to restore your vitality, you will grow weaker and weaker.

"Now that you have this second soul skill, it is like having another layer of protection. You can actively pull your vitality back up even without killing an enemy."

She paused. "And when Death Refusal activates, it also grants a 200% increase to all attributes, which happens to stack with Blood Rage's stacking mechanism."

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance. Both saw the same thought in the other's eyes.

Little Junior Brother's soul skills are way too unfair.

Bibi Dong asked again, "What about the External Soul Bone?"

Luo Jiuyou tilted his head to glance at his back. "Blood Demon Dragon Wings. They increase all attributes by 80%, blood-fiend-type attacks by 30%, and they allow me to fly. They also come with a skill: Asura Blood Light Slash."

He paused, his tone turning a little strange. "Its instant-cast form releases a blood-colored crescent slash.

"It can switch between sharpness and knockback.

"In sharpness mode, it ignores part of the target's defense. In knockback mode, it forcibly pushes people away.

"After charging for three seconds, its damage rises to 300%, while its range and size double. The sharpness and knockback effects double as well."

Luo Jiuyou lowered his head to glance at his left hand, then looked at the dragon wings behind him, his expression complicated.

Blood Rage and Death Refusal had practically incorporated the Berserker's entire core mechanic.

And this Asura Blood Light Slash was clearly the Asura's Asura Evil Light Slash, except its color had turned blood-red.

He had swiped the signature skills of two major ghost swordsmen in one go.

Bibi Dong opened her mouth, then turned to Qian Renxue.

"Second Junior Sister, how many years was your first soul ring again?"

Qian Renxue said expressionlessly, "Do you have to ask that right now?"

Bibi Dong nodded sincerely. "I just want to know whether the three of us combined would be enough to fight him alone."

Qian Renxue did not answer. Ye Guyi quietly said from the side, "No."

Bibi Dong choked. "...Third Junior Sister, why are you copying Second Junior Sister too?"

Ye Guyi replied calmly, "I am only telling the truth."

Bibi Dong was still absorbed in her calculations.

"80% to all attributes... plus 30% to blood-fiend-type attacks... 300% after charging Asura Blood Light Slash... and it can switch between sharpness and knockback..."

Halfway through calculating, she looked up at Luo Jiuyou, her tone unusually serious.

"Junior Brother, tell me honestly. Are you some god's illegitimate child?"

Before Luo Jiuyou could answer, Qian Daoliu spoke from nearby.

"Let's go. Since you have already broken through to Rank 30, we can continue obtaining your third soul ring."

The three little ones all turned to look at him.

Bibi Dong blinked. "Continue? Right now?"

Qian Renxue fell silent for a moment. "He just absorbed his second soul ring. He has not even had time to properly adapt..."

Ye Guyi did not immediately follow either. Her gaze settled on Luo Jiuyou, as though checking on his condition.

Qian Daoliu did not turn around. "His physique has already reached the level of a Soul King. There is no need to wait."

Luo Jiuyou did not hesitate. He folded his dragon wings against his back and raised the Asura Demon Sword. "This disciple has no problem with it. Let's go."

The three little ones exchanged glances and hurriedly followed.

Deep within the Star Dou Forest, the farther they went, the darker it became.

Bibi Dong was about to ask how much farther they had to go when Qian Daoliu suddenly stopped.

Several nearly transparent strands hung between the branches ahead.

Luo Jiuyou walked over and crouched down, staring at one of the spider threads for a moment.

The thread was tougher than he had imagined, carrying a dull sheen and an extremely strong stickiness.

According to the information in Spirit Hall's Soul Beast Compendium, this was thread spun by a Man Faced Demon Spider.

The plot of the original story flashed through his mind.

Tang San had encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Forest, slain it in battle, and obtained the External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances.

But that one had been a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider. The thickness and spread of these threads were obviously more than twice that of the other one.

Bibi Dong leaned closer. "What is this?"

"Man Faced Demon Spider thread."

Luo Jiuyou stood up and turned to Qian Daoliu. "Grand Worshiper, roughly how old is this Man Faced Demon Spider?"

Speaking of a Man Faced Demon Spider, he remembered the must-have prize for transmigrators—the External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances!

As a Peerless Douluo, Qian Daoliu could definitely sense the creature's strength.

Qian Daoliu glanced at him. "Around eight thousand years. What, do you want to test yourself against it?"

The three little ones simultaneously turned toward Luo Jiuyou.

Bibi Dong's eyes widened. "Eight thousand years?! Junior Brother, you only have Rank 30 Soul Power. You want to fight an eight-thousand-year soul beast? Are you joking?"

Qian Renxue frowned as well. "It is too risky."

Ye Guyi looked at Luo Jiuyou, her eyes filled with worry.

Luo Jiuyou did not hesitate. "This disciple wants to try."

He paused and glanced at the dragon wings on his back.

"I can already fly. Even if I cannot beat an eight-thousand-year soul beast, I can still get away."

Bibi Dong froze for a moment. She looked at the folded dragon-wing patterns on Luo Jiuyou's back, then at Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu showed no intention of stopping him.

"Then... if you can fly, it does seem possible to fight it." Bibi Dong hesitated. "But be careful."

Qian Daoliu said nothing more and strode forward in the direction of the spider threads.

The four little ones followed closely behind.

After passing through a dense patch of forest, they saw an enormous purple-black spider crouched in the middle of a clearing.

Its eight long legs were curled beneath it, each one thicker than Luo Jiuyou's arm. The human-face-like pattern on its back stood out with particular clarity in the dim light.

The three little ones took a fearful step back.

Luo Jiuyou did not stop.

He stepped forward, the Asura Demon Sword in his hand, its blade giving off a dark red glow.

The dragon wings on his back trembled faintly, ready to spread at any moment.

An eight-thousand-year soul beast.

There was no fear in his eyes, only eagerness to try.

The Man Faced Demon Spider's eight compound eyes turned toward him at once, locking onto him.