"Bang!"
Hu Liena felt a light flick on her forehead, clutched it in pain, and glared at the culprit—her junior brother, Gui Yuan.
Gui Yuan smiled slightly, "Senior Sister, hunting Soul Beast takes time and meticulous work. Obtaining a top-grade Soul Ring isn't that easy."
Hu Liena glared at him, displeased. "Of course I know that. I was just making a small complaint!"
"After all, the environment of the Star Dou Great Forest is not as comfortable as that of the Spirit Hall. We have to endure wind and rain every day, and we can't take hot baths. We can only wash ourselves with water and our Soul Power."
Gui Yuan did not refute Hu Liena's complaints because he wholeheartedly agreed with them.
The Douluo Continent era is equivalent to the ancient times of his previous life, when people often took a bath only once every few days or even once a month.
But Gui Yuan takes a bath every day.
Ordinary people here may not have the habit of bathing every day, but Hu Liena, who loves beauty and has the means, is an exception.
Bibi Dong also spoke up, "This is also to train your wilderness survival skills. If you can't overcome this, how can you be a good Soul Master?"
As she spoke, she couldn't help but recall the scenes of hunting Soul Beast when she was a child.
Low-level Soul Beast are easier to deal with. The Spirit Hall personnel can first severely injure and seal them off, and then take them to deliver the final blow.
Later on, when the lifespan of the Soul Beast reached several thousand years, she would need to go out hunting with Qian Xunji, just like she is now, enduring wind and rain.
Upon thinking of Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong frowned and fell silent.
Hu Liena and Gui Yuan both sensed her sudden change in aura, and neither of them dared to speak again.
They assumed that Bibi Dong was unhappy because of what they said, but it actually had little to do with the two of them.
Over the next few days, the three continued their search in the Mixed Zone.
Bibi Dong fell silent for a long time, but the search did not slow down.
The evening of the fifth day.
The three walked through a dense thicket of bushes and came to a dimly lit woodland.
The surrounding trees were unusually tall, their trunks covered with grayish-white spider silk, and a faint fishy smell permeated the air.
Bibi Dong suddenly stopped walking and raised her hand, signaling the two to stop.
"Wrong."
The next moment, a rustling sound came from all around.
Dozens of scarlet eyes lit up from the tree canopy, trunk, and ground.
That's Man Faced Demon Spider!
Those with a cultivation period of a hundred years or a thousand years were densely distributed on the surrounding trees.
At the top of the largest ancient tree directly in front of them, a massive creature was perched.
Its body was three or four times larger than that of an ordinary Man Faced Demon Spider, and the patterns on its abdomen that resembled a human face were clearer and more ferocious. Its eight long legs gleamed with a cold, eerie light, like steel spears.
Bibi Dong shielded the two behind her, her gaze fixed ahead.
"We're surrounded."
"Judging by its size, the Man Faced Demon Spider before us should have nearly 60,000 years of cultivation; it is the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor!"
She spoke calmly and made judgments extremely quickly.
She wasn't always so skilled at identifying Soul Beast.
Perhaps a long time ago, she wasn't particularly good at this, which is why she appreciated Yu Xiaogang's talent.
But after being injured, and especially after assuming the position of Pope, she consciously strengthened her studies in this area.
After accepting Gui Yuan as her disciple, she became even more serious.
After all, how could one not even be able to determine the age of Soul Beast in front of one's own disciple? That would be utterly disgraceful.
Bibi Dong turned to the two and said, "I'll handle this Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor. Do you have any ideas on how to deal with the other Man Faced Demon Spider?"
Gui Yuan and Hu Liena exchanged a glance. With their teacher's abilities, they should be able to deal with the swarm of Man Faced Demon Spider.
But clearly, this was a valuable experience for them.
"No problem, leave it to us," the two said in unison.
Bibi Dong nodded with satisfaction, then tapped the ground with her Pope's Scepter.
Thump!
A wave of Soul Power spread outwards, the shockwave forcing the surrounding Man Faced Demon Spider back several meters.
This attack was not intended to kill, but to buy time for the two to unleash their Martial Soul and prepare their Soul Skill.
Gui Yuan did not hesitate at all.
Six-Winged Golden Cicada Wings unfolded from behind, the six translucent, gilded wings refracting tiny sparkles in the dim light.
At the same time, he rapidly chanted the Soul-Activating Incantation.
" Heaven-Reaching Golden Chrysanthemum, iron-forged bodies."
" Heaven-Reaching Golden Chrysanthemum, golden cicada protecting the body."
A dark gold chrysanthemum and a gilded gold chrysanthemum simultaneously gathered in the palm of the hand.
These two foods have a short shelf life, only three days and two days respectively, so he needs to prepare them on the spot and hand them over to Hu Liena.
As for the Singular Velvet Heart-Guarding Petal and the Singular Velvet Life-Giving Pistil, Hu Liena has them in her Soul Tool.
Hu Liena took the two pieces of food, and then first consumed the Singular Velvet Heart-Guarding Petal she was carrying, instantly increasing her defense and resistance by seventy percent!
The enhancement of resistance is particularly crucial, significantly increasing the ability to resist mind control, mental attacks, and toxins.
Then she used the Singular Velvet Dark Gold Chrysanthemum to increase all attributes by fifty percent!
Immediately afterwards, Hu Liena released her Demon Fox Martial Soul, Third Soul Ring suddenly lit up.
" Third Soul Skill, Demon Fox Transformation!"
A phantom of a fox tail appeared behind her, and her fire attribute and Spiritual Power increased by 100% simultaneously.
Dozens of crimson Foxfire coalesced behind her, floating like stars in the sky.
She pointed her finger forward, and Foxfire poured out like a meteor shower, accurately blasting towards those centuries-old and millennia-old Man Faced Demon Spider.
As for the ten-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, Hu Liena knew that it would be better to leave it to Gui Yuan than to her, and the two of them worked together very well.
At the same time, Gui Yuan also made a move.
The ancient Man Faced Demon Spider had just sprang up from the tree and was about to pounce on Hu Liena.
But from the shadows beneath its body, a black, Ghost Hand silently reached out and tightly enveloped its abdominal segments.
Immediately afterwards, two more Ghost Hand emerged from the shadows on either side of it, each Ghost Hand containing a dark purple Shadow Ball.
The two Shadow Ball slammed into the carapace of the ancient Man Faced Demon Spider almost simultaneously.
boom!
boom!
Explosions rang out one after another, and the ten-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider was blasted away, crashing through several tree branches before barely managing to regain its footing.
Generally speaking, without any Soul Ring attached to his Second Martial Soul, Gui Yuan would not be able to use Ghost Hand and condense Shadow Ball so quickly.
There are two main reasons why we were able to do it so quickly.
First, Gui Yuan's proficiency with his Self-Created Soul Skill is now extremely high.
Secondly, the three Ghost Hand he instantly summoned extended from the shadow beneath the feet of the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Spider.
The presence of shadows not only allows the Ghost Hand to strike unexpectedly, but also significantly shortens the formation time.
The ten-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider rolled over and let out an angry hiss.