Luo Sanpao Wants to Eat the Man Faced Demon Spider

Tang San's inner voice sounded in everyone's minds.

Dai Mubai's mouth twitched sharply. He quickly lowered his head, hiding his face in the shadows.

Ma Hongjun turned his back to the campfire and covered his mouth with one hand. His shoulders shook again and again.

The campfire flickered gently in the night breeze.

Everyone gathered around the fire, some sitting, some standing, some crouching. Each kept their eyes down and held their position. No one spoke or looked at anyone else, mainly because they were afraid someone would see them grinning.

They all knew they shouldn't be laughing right now.

Xiao Wu had just been carried off by the Titan Giant Ape. They ought to be frantic with worry.

But whenever they thought of Tang San's inner voice,

they really wanted to laugh!

My Eight Spider Lances!

That Man Faced Demon Spider!

Hahahaha!

The Man Faced Demon Spider Tang San was so concerned about was racing through the forest, its eight long legs thrusting forward in turn.

It skimmed the ground like a black shadow, but it still couldn't shake its pursuers.

Meng Shu was faster. Every step put him precisely in the path of its next possible turn.

Yu Xiaogang followed just behind and to the side of Meng Shu, his eyes fixed on the spirit beast's movements.

"Be careful. That Man Faced Demon Spider can still fire one more web."

The words had barely left his mouth when the Man Faced Demon Spider skidded to a halt and arched its body. A gray-white web had already formed in the sac beneath its abdomen.

Without hesitation, it shot the web toward Meng Yiran on a foul gust of wind.

The web was highly venomous. Even the poison coating it could cause terrible harm if it caught someone.

The web spread open in midair and swept toward Meng Yiran's face.

Meng Yiran instinctively leaned back, but the web covered a wider area than she had expected.

Meng Shu moved. In a blur, he stepped in front of Meng Yiran and crossed his arms before his face, ready to take the web head-on.

With his Soul Power, he could withstand the blow. But he knew the web's poison could kill Meng Yiran.

The muscles in his back tightened, and a thick glow of Soul Power formed over his palms as he waited for the web to fall.

"Sanpao, Holy Flame of Light!"

Yu Xiaogang's voice rang out from behind and to the side.

Four Spirit Rings rose beneath Yu Xiaogang's feet: two yellow and two purple.

His third Spirit Ring lit up. Luo Sanpao, beside him, let out a low roar.

Its round, piglike form was instantly engulfed in dazzling golden light.

Its body stretched and swelled within the light. Its limbs grew long and powerful, and a pair of broad golden wings unfurled from its back.

A curved horn emerged from its forehead.

Its body rose to a height of three or four meters, like a golden dragon out of legend.

Luo Sanpao threw back its head and opened its mouth. Golden fire surged from deep in its throat toward the web, sending out a wave of heat that briefly warped the air.

The instant the golden flames touched the web, the gray-white strands charred. Fragments turned to ash in the golden light and drifted away.

The flames kept going, striking the Man Faced Demon Spider and wrapping it completely in golden fire.

The Man Faced Demon Spider let out a piercing shriek.

It rolled wildly across the ground, its eight long legs kicking in every direction.

It tried to put out the flames, but the golden fire clung to its carapace and burned ever fiercer.

Its struggles weakened. Its eight legs twitched a few times, then splayed across the ground and fell still.

A few flickers of golden flame still danced over its blackened carapace.

The air filled with the acrid stench of burning.

Still standing in front of Meng Yiran, Meng Shu watched the web turn to ash before his eyes. He turned to Yu Xiaogang, his tone more solemn than before. "Thank you, Grandmaster. Without your help, that could have ended badly."

Then he glanced at Meng Yiran and gestured toward the spider.

"Yiran, go finish it off. This Man Faced Demon Spider suits you. Kill it now and absorb its Spirit Ring."

Meng Yiran nodded, tightened her grip on her Serpent Cane, and stepped forward.

She crouched beside the charred spider and aimed the tip of her Serpent Cane at its head. A snake-shaped blade sprang from the tip, and she drove it into the Man Faced Demon Spider, killing it.

A purple Spirit Ring rose from the corpse.

Meng Yiran sat cross-legged and drew it toward herself with her Soul Power, preparing to absorb it.

Yu Xiaogang looked at the Man Faced Demon Spider and suddenly frowned.

"Wait! Don't absorb it!"

Meng Yiran froze.

Released from her pull, the Spirit Ring returned to its original position.

She turned to look at Yu Xiaogang.

Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu turned at the same time, their expressions tightening.

"Grandmaster, what's wrong?"

Yu Xiaogang hurried over and crouched beside the spider. He extended his fingers to gauge the length of its legs.

The distance from its body to a leg tip was greater than an ordinary person's outstretched arm.

He withdrew his hand and stood.

"This Man Faced Demon Spider is over two thousand years old. Judging by its leg length—more than two meters—it's at least twenty-two hundred years old."

"That puts its Spirit Ring beyond her level. And the Man Faced Demon Spider's attributes are powerful, which will make it even harder to absorb."

"If she tries to absorb it rashly, her body won't withstand it."

"It's extremely dangerous for Yiran!"

Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu exchanged a glance.

Chao Tianxiang hurried forward and crouched to examine the spider closely. A moment later, she straightened, her puzzlement giving way to lingering fear.

She turned to Yu Xiaogang, clasped her hands, and bowed deeply.

"Grandmaster, we owe you so much this time. You've saved Yiran twice. Without you, we'd never have realized how far beyond her limit this Spirit Ring is."

Meng Shu also cupped his fist in salute, his voice heavier than before.

"Your reputation is well deserved, Grandmaster."

"Neither of us knows much about this. We nearly made a terrible mistake."

Yu Xiaogang waved a hand. He glanced down at the dead Man Faced Demon Spider and shook his head slightly.

"What a shame. It would have made an excellent Spirit Ring."

Then he straightened and gave Chao Tianxiang a slight nod.

"Let's go. We'll keep looking. There may be a better one ahead."

Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu agreed, and the group changed course, heading toward another part of the forest.

Luo Sanpao gave a low cry. "Luo!"

Yu Xiaogang stopped and looked back at the enormous golden figure behind him.

"Sanpao, what is it?"

Luo Sanpao cried "Luo, luo" twice more and tilted its head toward the charred Man Faced Demon Spider on the ground. Its golden tail swept lightly across the earth.

Yu Xiaogang turned to Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu. "My Martial Soul is a little hungry. It wants to eat that Man Faced Demon Spider."

"Sorry for the delay."