An evil ritual, the spider demoness

"What's supposed to go in the middle? You probably need to put something there to summon a Soul Spirit."

Ji Feng pulled open the first compartment of the standing cabinet, then the second, then the third...

Everything inside lay exposed to Ji Feng's eyes.

"Yellow paper, a Copper Coin Sword, a Bagua Mirror, a compass... does this Old Woman moonlight as a Daoist priest?"

Ji Feng stared at the pile of objects before him, lost in thought.

Not a single thing matched this Magic Array.

They belonged to completely different art styles!

This Magic Array had been drawn in blood, not cinnabar.

What was the point of all these occult supplies?

If he had to pick something that matched the aesthetic, only the Copper Coin Sword fit.

In theory, the Copper Coin Sword could stab someone and draw blood, which could then be used to trace the array.

Should I try this Copper Coin Sword first?

Ji Feng took out the Copper Coin Sword and examined it closely.

The Copper Coin Sword was roughly 1.2 meters long, its entire length formed from 108 copper coins strung together. Its blade was not straight, but curved with the contours of the coins, like a bronze serpent poised to strike.

The moment Ji Feng took the copper coins in hand, the red cord binding them abruptly snapped apart!

Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink!!

Copper coins scattered across the floor, rolling in every direction.

"What a coincidence!"

Ji Feng scrutinized the coins, waiting to see what would happen next.

All these objects were connected to Daoism. This was practically Ji Feng's home turf.

He practiced the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, after all, and the words "Northern Darkness" came from Zhuangzi's "Free and Easy Wandering."

"In the Northern Darkness is a fish whose name is Kun. So immense is Kun that none knows how many thousands of li it spans."

The Zhuangzi was a Daoist classic, and Ji Feng's family also had deep ties to Daoism.

His elders said that when he was born, purple qi had come from the east, forming a canopy in the sky, while a shaft of golden light burst from the crown of his head and shot straight toward the blazing sun!

His entire family said this was the auspicious sign of a Daoist Son!

Heh, heh. Please call me Ji Daozi.

After Ji Daozi's meticulous deliberation and careful sensing, he concluded that the core of this array was definitely the Copper Coin Sword!

Crack!!!

A sudden crash rang out, startling Ji Feng into activating Martial Soul Possession on the spot!

What was that?

He opened his slit-pupiled eyes and looked toward the source of the sound.

It was the Bagua Mirror. It had fallen out of the standing cabinet.

This Old Woman really was getting on in years. She couldn't even set a Bagua Mirror down securely.

Ji Feng continued staring at the copper coins on the floor, following the guidance of his own supreme Dao resonance.

"Why haven't I sensed anything after all this time?"

Clack! Clack! Clack!

Ji Feng heard something rolling.

Before long, the Bagua Mirror that had just fallen rolled over to him.

Ji Feng picked up the Bagua Mirror.

No way. Could the spirit be inside the Bagua Mirror?

Was my supreme Dao resonance wrong?

Threads of blood appeared inside the Bagua Mirror. This time, Ji Feng really did sense something!

It really was inside the Bagua Mirror?

Out of caution, Ji Feng aimed the Bagua Mirror at the Magic Array behind him rather than at himself.

Inside the Bagua Mirror, the threads of blood gradually twisted, intersecting with the Magic Array to outline a series of Pictures.

At first, the Pictures were crude, like a child's simple drawings. Slowly, they grew more refined, rivaling the work of a master manga artist, far surpassing ONE and closing in on Kishimoto.

It was as though Ji Feng were reading an exquisitely drawn, blood-red manga inside the Bagua Mirror.

A middle-aged man in a long robe took a little girl into a forest to hunt for a Soul Ring.

The man's robe covered his entire body, exposing only a stubble-covered chin, while the girl timidly followed behind him, clearly afraid of him.

At last, they found their target Soul Beast.

The little girl's robe tore apart as enormous bat wings sprouted from her back, and prominent fangs appeared at her lips.

A Vampire Bat, a classic Martial Soul among Evil Soul Masters.

The girl charged forward and fought the target Soul Beast.

That Soul Beast was none other than an old acquaintance of Ji Feng's: a Man Faced Demon Spider!

A Vampire Bat and a Man Faced Demon Spider were indeed highly compatible. Adding a paralyzing toxin to the bat's blood-drinking fangs would greatly increase its combat strength.

Yet from beginning to end, the man never lifted a hand. The little girl fought the Man Faced Demon Spider alone.

The little girl was a three-ring Soul Elder, while the Man Faced Demon Spider was at least a thousand-year Soul Beast.

Clearly, the little girl was no match for it.

The Man Faced Demon Spider plunged its mouthparts straight into the little girl's body, then spat silk to wrap her up.

There was no scene of it feeding. Apparently, the Man Faced Demon Spider did not intend to eat the little girl.

It crouched atop the enormous cocoon, discharging strands of red granules from its lower abdomen into the cocoon.

At first, Ji Feng had no idea what it was doing, but eventually, he understood.

The Man Faced Demon Spider was laying eggs.

The little girl was the nourishment it had left for its offspring, so she had to remain alive.

The enormous cocoon kept writhing. Clearly, the little girl was not dead yet.

But her death sentence had already been passed. Sooner or later, the Man Faced Demon Spider's eggs would hatch, and the young spiders would consume her body and Soul Power as nourishment, strengthening themselves to survive their infancy.

The man remained unmoved, as though the little girl had nothing to do with him.

The Man Faced Demon Spider left the enormous cocoon to seek its next victim.

The man kept tending to the enormous cocoon, occasionally taking out a syringe and inserting it into the cocoon.

The syringe clearly contained a life-sustaining drug. Each injection made the cocoon's struggles more intense.

After an unknown length of time, tiny spiders appeared on the enormous cocoon.

The tiny spiders constantly fought and devoured one another, until only one remained.

After devouring its brothers and sisters, this little spider had doubled in size since its birth.

It was impossible to imagine how large it would grow if it devoured this little Soul Elder girl.

Unfortunately, it would never get the chance.

A Magic Array suddenly took shape around the enormous cocoon.

The Magic Array was so familiar—it was identical to the one in this cellar!

The man held a curved blade in a reverse grip, forming a spell gesture with his other hand as his mouth moved incessantly.

The enormous cocoon seemed to respond to the man, its substance transforming from silk into flesh and blood.

That flesh enveloped the young Man Faced Demon Spider as well. In an instant, the enormous cocoon of flesh began trembling violently!!

The man's expression instantly turned frenzied, as though he were awaiting the birth of a god.

"Xiaoyue! Xiaoyue! Come out!"

The enormous cocoon stopped trembling. A sharp spider leg thrust out from within, piercing the man.

The man immediately crumpled to the ground, apparently dead.

His eyes were stretched impossibly wide, his face filled with disbelief.

The enormous cocoon of flesh tore apart, and a bizarre creature emerged.

Her lower body was entirely that of a Man Faced Demon Spider, except her spider legs were sharper and could stab deep into the soil. Her upper body resembled a little girl, with flowing hair and enormous bat wings growing from her back.

The man had succeeded. He had created a forbidden fusion of Soul Beast and human.

Unfortunately, the instant he succeeded, his own creation killed him.

Inside the Bagua Mirror, the Spider-Woman kept combing her hair with her spider legs.

She ignored the man struggling on the ground, her eyes fixed on Ji Feng with an icy chill tinged with sweetness.

Just comb your hair. Why are you staring at me?

I wasn't the one who turned you into this. Go after whoever did!

Ji Feng tried to avert his gaze, only to see Spider-Woman lower her spider legs and send her hair reaching toward him.

What are you doing? Trying to kill me?

Ji Feng felt no fear. Instead, he was excited.

If I absorb this Spider-Woman's Soul Power, could I gain that kind of regenerative ability?

His entire body tensed, and Soul Power surged rapidly through him!