Eight Spider Lances

It was afternoon.

After spending a long while entwined with Snow Empress again,

Lin Xiao finally managed to leave the room.

He had just received a message from Myriad Demon King.

The Shrek group had arrived at the hotel to rest.

Barring any surprises, they would soon clash with Canghui Academy's turtle teacher.

Just as he was about to call Xuan Zi,

Snow Empress suddenly came out of the room.

"Lin Xiao, let me come with you."

Her voice carried a hint of languor, but anticipation shone irrepressibly in her eyes.

Seeing Snow Empress acting almost coy, Lin Xiao naturally agreed at once.

Then he went to another spot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The Blue Silver Emperor that Xuan Zi had stolen long ago-Tang San's mother, Ah Yin-was quietly staying there.

After several years of recovery, the Blue Silver Emperor now had a thousand years of cultivation.

When she saw Lin Xiao arrive, she joyfully stretched out her leaves and slowly wrapped them around his hand.

"It's been a long time since I came to see you. Seeing you recover so well puts my mind at ease. Stay here and keep recovering, all right?"

At Lin Xiao's words, the Blue Silver Emperor obediently withdrew her leaves, but after a moment's thought, she extended them again and waved them gently.

She made a little goodbye gesture.

The hotel's door was pushed open, and the group from Canghui Academy walked in.

Every one of them strutted around with their noses in the air.

Among the Shrek group seated at a table,

Ma Hongjun spoke first.

"Boss Dai, that chick is a real beauty."

With that, he slapped a female student from Canghui Academy on the backside as she passed.

The girl started in shock, then angrily struck at Ma Hongjun.

Meanwhile, Oscar was waggling his eyebrows at Tang San.

"This is part of our training too. The dean once said that a Soul Master who doesn't stir up trouble isn't a good Soul Master."

Tang San nodded in agreement.

Then the clash between Dai Mubai's group and the other students grew increasingly fierce.

In the end, Dai Mubai and the others slammed one of Blue Sunshine Academy's students into the wall so hard he could not be pried loose.

At that moment, Lin Xiao and Snow Empress were in the hotel's second-floor corridor.

With their current strength, neither even needed to actively extend their senses.

They could take in every bit of the commotion below.

An old turtle who did not even have a black Soul Ring.

And a Shrek group so much more useless than her precious Lin Xiao that there was no comparison.

It was pure dog shit versus horse piss.

Snow Empress watched for a moment and lost interest.

She wrapped her arms around Lin Xiao's neck and invited him to play a round.

Lin Xiao: I'm busy right now. Invite me to battle later.

He was drinking juice, watching their fight with keen interest.

As the saying went:

Big or small, everything was a treasure in his eyes.

Since he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent,

he was here for the entertainment.

Never mind the conflicts between the characters in the original story.

Even if it was a ten-year Wind Baboon fighting a ten-year Soft Bone Rabbit in the Star Dou Great Forest, he would watch to the end before leaving.

But since he was here, things certainly could not play out exactly as they had in the original.

So he secretly pulled a little trick, attaching a strand of pure soul power to Ye Zhiqiu.

For some reason, Ye Zhiqiu suddenly felt a mighty force driving him.

Soon, the original stalemate became a one-sided battle in his favor.

He slapped Ma Hongjun away with one hand and blasted Dai Mubai back with the other.

He even had enough energy to spare for a turtle charge, ramming Tang San into a nearby tree.

The poor oak snapped under the brutal impact of Tang San's body.

Lin Xiao looked satisfied.

The commotion below also alerted Zhao Wuji.

The moment he stepped out of his room, he saw Snow Empress and Lin Xiao nearby.

Cold sweat immediately poured down his body.

Lin Xiao noticed Zhao Wuji too and waved at him with a broad smile.

Clearly, Zhao Wuji could not handle the pressure. He was so frightened that he raced downstairs, taking the steps two at a time.

He looked at Ma Hongjun, who was pinned beneath Dai Mubai.

Then he looked at Tang San, who had made intimate contact with the tree and was now lying on the ground clutching his lower back, unable to stand.

A nameless fury surged into his heart.

I can't beat Lin Xiao, but you think I can't beat a turtle bastard like you?

His Great Strength Vajra Palm sent Ye Zhiqiu flying straight into a well outside.

Then he helped the Shrek Six Monsters up.

They stared at one another.

Zhao Wuji snarled,

"What are you staring at? Every last one of you, get your asses back to bed!"

He first glanced at the second floor, where Lin Xiao and Snow Empress had already disappeared, then watched the others return to their rooms one after another.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

With a mighty leap, he landed on the hotel roof.

Zhao Wuji decided to admire the beautiful night sky tonight instead of sleeping.

Inside the hotel room, Snow Empress first swept the place with her soul power.

Once she confirmed it was safe, she sealed off the entire room.

No sound could escape, and no one else could enter.

She looked at Lin Xiao and placed both hands on his shoulders.

Snow Empress issued another invitation to duel.

Lin Xiao did not hesitate either. He accepted on the spot.

Then he swept Snow Empress into a bridal carry and gently laid her on the bed.

Snow Empress:

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Myriad Demon King transmitted his voice to him through the plants again.

"The people you're watching have entered the Star Dou Great Forest. I used a few tricks to drive the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that originally belonged to that girl with the Serpent Cane toward their location."

"Good. Get ready to send in the Titan Giant Ape!"

"Understood."

Snow Empress held Lin Xiao as she flew through the air.

She nestled the back of his head against her bosom.

Lin Xiao could fly himself, but she had rejected that option with a made-up excuse.

The scene below lay fully exposed.

Just as Tang San's group beat the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to within an inch of its life,

an old woman arrived nearby with a young girl.

They were Snake Granny and Meng Yiran.

After his sect was established, the system had issued its first mission.

It required him to assemble a seven-person team, compete in the National Advanced Soul Master Tournament, and win the championship.

Besides himself, he only needed to find six people: three main team members and three substitutes.

The remaining three main team members would be arranged by the system through divine power.

But he had brought the entire Skywater Academy under his command.

With Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the others as well, he certainly had no shortage of people.

He only needed to wait for the people the system would bring one month before the National Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

Still, he kept his eyes on Meng Yiran.

He pondered whether to recruit her into the Spirit Pagoda.

The Peerless Dragon Snake couple possessed a martial soul fusion skill that could briefly contend with a Titled Douluo.

Though they were nothing to him, they were still tasteless to eat yet a pity to throw away. Keeping them around for odd jobs would not be bad.

He even felt that these three had better character than that Ning fox.

At any rate, it was better than leaving them to Tang San.

His gaze returned to their contest.

Meng Yiran had already suffered a crushing defeat at Tang San's hands.

She could only surrender the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, seething with resentment.

"Er Ming can make his entrance now!"

At Lin Xiao's command,

the Titan Giant Ape's roar rang throughout the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhao Wuji's expression changed.

Behind him, Oscar was absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring.

And he could sense the forest's overlord, the Titan Giant Ape, drawing closer and closer.

As the sound of falling trees reached them, their hopes of a lucky escape shattered.

The Titan Giant Ape suddenly hurled a punch at Oscar, who was absorbing the Soul Ring.

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth and activated his seventh Soul Ring's Great Strength Vajra Bear Avatar, using all his strength to block the Titan Giant Ape's first blow, but the second sent him flying nearly ten meters.

The Titan Giant Ape's arrival also interrupted Oscar's absorption of the Soul Ring, and the backlash made him spit out a mouthful of blood.

The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Oscar, then ran deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Without Xiao Wu, Oscar was now the person Tang San shared the deepest bond with.

Seeing his good brother carried off by the Titan Giant Ape, Tang San felt an inexplicable surge of anger and instinctively gave chase.

Zhao Wuji tried to stop him, but Tang San shook him off with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

He could only order the others to return to the academy first, then rest and recover where he was before going to search for Tang San and Oscar.

Tang San was desperately pursuing them.

Suddenly, a Man Faced Demon Spider appeared in his path.

Seeing his target appear, Lin Xiao had the Titan Giant Ape drop Oscar and await orders where he was.

Then he teleported over and knocked Tang San unconscious with a knife-hand strike.

Snow Empress killed the Man Faced Demon Spider with a single slap.

After a search, the external soul bone appeared in her hand.

She handed the Eight Spider Lances to Lin Xiao.

"Are you going to absorb them?"

At that moment, Lin Xiao was contacting Myriad Demon King, asking him to toss four ten-year soul beasts over.

Hearing Snow Empress's question, he shook his head.

"Give them to Dugu Yan. They're no use to me."

A short while later,

four stalks of ten-year blue silver grass were tossed in front of Lin Xiao.

"Thank you."

Lin Xiao thanked the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon-Eyed Tree who had delivered them and sent some of his own soul power into him.

The Demon-Eyed Tree felt warm all over, and even his cultivation sped up a little.

He cheerfully waved his only movable branch at Lin Xiao, then concealed himself among the trees.

Lin Xiao used Tang San's hand to kill all four stalks of blue silver grass.

Four white Soul Rings emerged.

He guided the Soul Rings into Tang San's two martial souls for absorption.

Soon, blue silver grass: yellow, yellow, white.

Clear Sky Hammer: white, white, white.

At the same time, one of the ten-year blue silver grass plants had even dropped an exceptionally rare torso bone, the most precious kind of soul bone.

Lin Xiao was overjoyed at the sight and hurriedly had Tang San absorb the torso bone as well.

After absorbing a ten-year soul bone and four ten-year soul rings in succession, Tang San's level had shot all the way up to level 31.

Lin Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

Meanwhile, over by the Titan Giant Ape, Oscar had been casually tossed onto the ground and had passed out.

Er Ming scratched his head and thought for a moment, then guided the soul ring of a nearby wind baboon that had just passed the hundred-year mark onto Oscar.

And so Oscar's third soul ring ended up being the soul ring of a hundred-year wind baboon that Er Ming had accidentally rammed to death while running away.

(Yiyue here, answering everyone at once: Blind Douluo was just a meme. If we're being serious, the blue silver grass Tang San initially awakened hadn't awakened as the Blue Silver Emperor either, so it was pretty much the same as the stuff growing by the roadside. How was that any different from the protagonist's lousy wooden stick? Only Spirit Hall headquarters might have information on the Blue Silver Emperor, and even if Bibi Dong had awakened Tang San's martial soul herself, she might not necessarily have recognized it, right? Since innate soul power being linked to martial soul quality is pretty much common knowledge, I think Su Yuntao was practically blind for failing to notice the innate full soul power shown by the crystal ball. That's why he was called Blind Douluo.)