Eight Spider Lances, Xiao Wu Plucks the Lovesick Heartbreak Red

Golden Crow Domain!

Golden-red light spread from Su Chen's body, enveloping the Man Faced Demon Spider that was constantly fleeing through the forest.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

Powerful Golden Crow True Flame ignited across its body.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

The Man Faced Demon Spider let out miserable screams of pain. Its carapace began to crack, and white fluid seeped out.

Under the scorching Golden Crow True Flame, the fluid rapidly evaporated, leaving behind only charred flesh.

The Man Faced Demon Spider was no harmless creature either. Malicious light flickered in its abdominal eyes as it targeted Su Chen in midair and spat out a web of restraint.

Su Chen beat his wings and nimbly flashed aside, dodging the massive purple web.

"Man Faced Demon Spider, you can't hit me, you can't hit me..."

Su Chen could have easily killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, but for the sake of the Eight Spider Lances, he deliberately wanted to burn it to death bit by bit. As he burned it, he continuously taunted it, enraging the Man Faced Demon Spider and filling its heart with resentment.

The Golden Crow True Flame continued to burn, leaving scorching marks on the Man Faced Demon Spider. With every additional scorching mark, the damage of the Golden Crow True Flame increased to a certain extent.

Just like that!

The Man Faced Demon Spider was burned into a mass of charred ashes amid unwillingness and hatred.

With a gust of wind, they scattered away.

Once the ashes dispersed, a stark white Soul Bone remained behind. It was about the size of a palm, resembling eight curled spider legs.

Eight Spider Lances!

Su Chen descended and picked up the Soul Bone. "It didn't disappoint me. This External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, really did drop successfully. It can be used by anyone, as long as it isn't left for that little bastard."

Su Chen stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.

Then he continued toward the depths of the forest.

Half an hour later!

Su Chen finally caught up with the Titan Giant Ape that had taken Xiao Wu away.

"Titan Giant Ape, hand Xiao Wu over!"

The Titan Giant Ape roared. Seeing that Su Chen, a mere human, had actually dared to pursue it, it grabbed a huge boulder and hurled it at him.

"Human, get lost!"

Su Chen flashed aside, and several Soul Rings on his body began to glow.

"If you don't return Xiao Wu, I'll never leave. Even if you're a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, I'll still fight you."

"Fourth Soul Skill, Golden Crow Shooting Sun Bow!"

Su Chen poured in Soul Power. The Golden Crow Shooting Sun Bow condensed a bowstring and arrow, and he drew the bow to its full moon shape. Intense waves of destruction radiated from the arrow.

Xiao Wu, who was held in the Titan Giant Ape's hand, had tears in her eyes, her face full of emotion.

As far as she knew, Su Chen had no idea what her true form was.

Yet to save her, he had ventured deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, even willing to fight a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast like the Titan Giant Ape.

Such devotion was higher than the heavens and deeper than the sea. Even offering herself to him would not repay even a tenth of it.

How could Xiao Wu bear to watch Su Chen truly fight the Titan Giant Ape?

If Su Chen suffered even the slightest injury, Xiao Wu would be heartbroken to death.

"Er Ming, stop right now! If you hurt Su Chen, I'll never speak to you again!"

The Titan Giant Ape froze, looking at Xiao Wu in its hand in confusion. "Sister Xiao Wu, he's a human! You're actually pleading for a human?"

Xiao Wu's gaze never left Su Chen. Infatuation flashed through her large eyes. "He may be human, but to save me, he was willing to venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest and even fight you."

"Er Ming, put me down."

"Su Chen, stop as well. With me here, Er Ming won't dare hurt you. Since you've already seen this, I have a secret to tell you."

Su Chen secretly rejoiced. It seemed his actions earlier had worked.

Xiao Wu was willing to open her heart to him.

Su Chen landed on the ground, but the Golden Crow Shooting Sun Bow in his hand never disappeared.

"Xiao Wu, what secret do you want to tell me? Why does the Titan Giant Ape listen to you?"

Xiao Wu gently bit her lower lip. She was somewhat afraid—afraid that once she revealed her true identity, Su Chen would despise her.

"Su Chen, the Titan Giant Ape listens to me because I'm a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast who took human form. My original body was a Soft Bone Rabbit. Before I transformed, the Titan Giant Ape and I were good friends."

"I've never told this secret to anyone. If you hadn't chased after me and happened to discover it, I really... wouldn't have dared tell you."

Su Chen put on a look of utter shock, his expression constantly shifting.

After quite a while, he finally let out a long breath.

"Xiao Wu, I only know that you're Xiao Wu. That's enough."

"I've heard that after hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts take human form, their true forms can easily be seen through by high-level Soul Masters before they truly mature."

As he spoke, Su Chen took out a plant from the Hundred Treasures Pouch at his waist. It was a white flower growing atop a Black Jue Stone.

"This is the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, the king of immortal herbs. It can be plucked by watering it with the blood of true love, and it has the power to bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh from bones."

"As long as you eat this immortal herb, you can be reborn. You'll truly become human without needing to enter the mature stage."

Perfect. The Lovesick Heartbreak Red could also test Xiao Wu's feelings for him.

Xiao Wu was both startled and delighted, her heart filled with overwhelming joy.

Su Chen did not despise her. Instead, he was trying every possible way to help her transform into a human ahead of time.

Xiao Wu jogged over to Su Chen. Rather than plucking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red immediately, she threw herself into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest.

"Su Chen, I like you so much. I like you most of all!"

The Titan Giant Ape, as towering as a mountain in the distance, felt as though the great boulder in its heart had finally crushed its own foot.

The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python had actually both always liked Xiao Wu. In the end, their unrequited love came to nothing.

Su Chen rubbed Xiao Wu's little head. "Come on, try it and see whether you can pluck the Lovesick Heartbreak Red."

With reddened eyes, Xiao Wu released him. She drove her Soul Power in reverse through her heart meridian, opened her mouth, and spat out a thread of warm heart's blood that fell onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

In an instant, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red shone with golden-red light.

The light grew brighter and brighter until even the white flower was dyed golden-red.

Then, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red fell at once.

"Su Chen, look! I plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red."

Su Chen smiled knowingly. It seemed Xiao Wu's feelings for him were genuine. "All right, eat the Lovesick Heartbreak Red here. With it helping you be reborn, you won't need to worry about being recognized again."

Xiao Wu's little face filled with hesitation. "Can I not eat it? This Lovesick Heartbreak Red is proof of our feelings. I want to keep it."

Su Chen's face hardened. He would not allow what happened in the original story, where Xiao Wu's identity was exposed, to happen again.

"You must eat it. You don't want your Soul Beast identity exposed in the human world, do you?"

Seeing Su Chen's firm attitude, Xiao Wu felt sweetness bloom in her heart and obediently swallowed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

The medicinal power surged through her body, beginning to reshape her muscles, bones, meridians, internal organs, and viscera. The Lovesick Heartbreak Red, capable of reviving the dead and regrowing flesh from bones, was remaking her from the inside out.

During the process, Xiao Wu's Soul Power advanced by leaps and bounds. She first broke through to level thirty Soul Power and condensed her third Soul Ring on her own, then also broke through to level forty Soul Power and began condensing her fourth Soul Ring.

By the time seven or eight hours had passed and Xiao Wu had absorbed all the medicinal power of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, she had already become a powerful Soul Ancestor.