A Huge Bargain: Cave Demon Spider?

"Your Highness, get on!"

Su Xiong hurriedly moved closer to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, grabbing each of them with one hand.

Blood Shadow Wings unfurled, and he soared into the air with the two of them, urgently flying into the distance.

Only once they were in the sky did Dai Mubai clearly see what that thing was.

A massive lizard with lumps on its head and spikes all over its body had burrowed straight out of the ground.

It was actually an Earth Dragon Beast!

Earth Dragon Beasts were Soul Beasts with extraordinarily powerful racial gifts. They possessed a trace of Dragon Race bloodline, and in battle, they were no weaker than Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears.

If Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears relied on their sharp claws to fight opponents above their level, then Earth Dragon Beasts relied on their enormous size and powerful defenses to wear their enemies to death.

However, they were extremely rare, and adult Earth Dragon Beasts spent most of their lives sleeping underground, so many people knew nothing about them.

Dai Mubai had only learned of them after reading the Compendium of Soul Beasts.

He just did not know why this Earth Dragon Beast had come to the surface.

Looking down from the sky,

the entire stretch of ground had been torn apart by the Earth Dragon Beast.

The trees had either been snapped in half or uprooted entirely.

The scene was utterly devastating.

An Earth Dragon Beast's age could be judged from the dorsal spines on its back. This one had four dorsal spines, making it at least a Forty-Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Yet its true combat strength was at least equivalent to that of a Fifty- or Sixty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Fortunately, they had run fast.

Otherwise, the three of them would definitely have been in trouble.

Su Xiong carried Dai Mubai and fled the area at his fastest speed.

Dai Mubai could not help looking back.

Yet the Earth Dragon Beast did not pursue them at all. Instead, it kept rolling about where it stood.

"Roar—"

The Earth Dragon Beast's furious roar frightened Su Xiong into accelerating again.

He flew farther away at even greater speed.

Meanwhile, the Earth Dragon Beast merely churned up the ground.

Many trees were shattered outright by its rolling.

They were reduced to fragments.

The three of them fled for a long time. Only after leaving the Earth Dragon Beast's rolling range by a full twenty li did they finally breathe a sigh of relief and slowly come to a stop.

"That was too dangerous."

Su Xiong could not help wiping away his sweat.

If they had been even a little slower,

that giant beast could have crushed them to death with a single roll.

"No wonder, no wonder we hadn't seen any Soul Beasts."

Zhu Zhuqing also spoke up. "So there was such a powerful Soul Beast here. Of course there wouldn't be any other Soul Beasts."

Though she did not know much about Soul Beasts, she knew they had territories.

"That was an Earth Dragon Beast, an exceptionally powerful Soul Beast. Though it was Forty-Thousand-Year, it had the combat strength of a Fifty- or Sixty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"Still, I have no idea what that Earth Dragon Beast was going mad over."

Dai Mubai spoke with a frown.

"It did not chase us. I suppose it was not attacking us because we entered its territory."

"Then what was the reason?"

Everything happened for a reason.

Now, Dai Mubai was very curious about why the Earth Dragon Beast had acted that way.

"I don't know, but now that you mention it, it really was strange."

Su Xiong came to the realization as well.

That giant beast did not seem to have any intention of chasing them. It had only been rolling around.

"So that huge thing is called an Earth Dragon Beast. The name really suits it—it was so ferocious." Zhu Zhuqing said with lingering fear.

She was more interested in the Earth Dragon Beast's name.

"Still, no matter what, keeping our distance from it is the right move. Even if it means us no harm, an Earth Dragon Beast rolling over could crush us to death."

Su Xiong sighed.

Just when they thought they had escaped disaster,

"Whoosh!"

a spiderweb suddenly shot straight at Zhu Zhuqing.

In that split second, Dai Mubai flashed in front of Zhu Zhuqing, his face full of vigilance.

"Mubai!"

Zhu Zhuqing let out a scream.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Dai Mubai, Su Xiong cried out in alarm.

At a glance, he could tell that web belonged to at least a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast.

And Su Xiong quickly recognized that Soul Beast—it was a Ten-Thousand Year Cave Demon Spider!

If Dai Mubai was caught in that web, then he would likely...

be in grave danger.

But at that moment, Su Xiong had no time to rescue him.

Just as Dai Mubai was about to be ensnared, the thick black web suddenly slammed into a curtain of light with a loud bang.

"Screech—"

The sound was like metal striking metal. Then the spiderweb slid off the light curtain and fell to the ground.

"This..."

Su Xiong's heart jolted, and he rushed to Dai Mubai's side as fast as he could.

The light curtain dissipated, revealing Dai Mubai within. He had not suffered any injury and was completely unharmed.

His Highness was actually this powerful.

Su Xiong could not help but be astonished.

However, there was no time to ask questions now.

He hurriedly stepped forward and shielded Dai Mubai behind him.

The explanation was simple.

Just now, Dai Mubai had used his Fourth Soul Skill.

Zhonya's Paradox.

The Soul Skill had two effects: damage immunity and untargetability.

Untargetability prevented enemies from launching attacks with Dai Mubai as their target, including curse-type and tracking-type Soul Skills.

Damage immunity prevented attacks aimed at others from harming him. For example, even though the spiderweb had targeted Zhu Zhuqing, it could not hurt Dai Mubai when it struck him.

It was equivalent to preventing stray attacks on the battlefield from causing harm.

It was only because he had used this Soul Skill that he had successfully blocked the attack.

Otherwise, he would have been dead long ago.

Su Xiong immediately protected Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing behind him, staring at the spider before him.

"This Cave Demon Spider is at least Thirty-Thousand-Year."

Su Xiong spoke.

The Cave Demon Spider stood before Su Xiong, but its shell had clearly suffered a heavy blow and was caved in.

Seven of its eight legs had also been broken, leaving only one crippled leg.

Su Xiong could tell at a glance that this Cave Demon Spider was already at the end of its strength.

Sure enough,

before long, the Cave Demon Spider collapsed to the ground.

That spiderweb just now was likely the last of its Soul Power.

The shell on its back was exposed as well, covered in shattered cracks.

"It looks like it was seriously injured."

Su Xiong said, "The only thing that could seriously injure a Thirty-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider like this is probably that Earth Dragon Beast."

"It seems this Cave Demon Spider was originally the overlord of this area, but that Earth Dragon Beast seized its territory."

"So the two Soul Beasts broke out into battle."

"By now, this Cave Demon Spider has no strength left."

Su Xiong pondered for a moment.

This Cave Demon Spider was already a Thirty-Thousand Year Soul Beast. If he picked up such a huge bargain, it would feel pretty great.

Although the Cave Demon Spider was not an Agility Attack Type Soul Beast,

there was no harm in trying.

"I've decided to use this as my Soul Ring. Thirty-Thousand-Year should be quite powerful."

"No, I think we can be greedier still."

Dai Mubai shook his head.

"What?"

Su Xiong was stunned.

"This Soul Beast isn't a Cave Demon Spider."

Excitement appeared in Dai Mubai's eyes.