A minute passed quickly.
The transparent wings on Tang San's back gradually dissipated, and he descended to the ground. Lin Feng followed close behind, landing beside a large tree.
The Titan Giant Ape was already nowhere to be seen ahead. Only some branches it had trampled and broken remained.
Tang San caught his breath twice, then lifted his foot to continue the pursuit.
"Make sure of the direction first."
No sooner had Lin Feng spoken than the bushes beside them suddenly shook!
A black shadow lunged out of the woods, two sharp spider legs stabbing straight at Tang San's chest.
Tang San's expression changed. He put his footwork into motion, narrowly dodging the strike.
The spider legs missed and plunged viciously into the ground, sending dirt flying everywhere.
Lin Feng swiftly retreated, but his gaze fell on the black shadow's abdomen.
It was a huge, pitch-black spider, its body supported by eight long legs. The white markings beneath its abdomen vaguely formed a hideous human face.
Two of its eyes were already damaged, and wounds that had yet to dry remained nearby.
A Man Faced Demon Spider!
At the sight of those two wounds, Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat.
What a coincidence!
If he remembered correctly, this spider was the very one that had escaped from the Peerless Dragon Snake!
"Careful, its legs are poisonous!" Tang San warned, Blue Silver Grass rapidly spreading forward from his palm.
Lin Feng did not answer. The Soul Power within him was already circulating.
"Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, possess!"
Jade light surged out, his arms transforming into sharp spider legs as three Soul Rings-yellow, purple, and purple-rose in succession.
His third Soul Ring lit up, and green armor covered his entire body.
At the sight of him unleashing his Martial Soul, the Man Faced Demon Spider paused slightly, then let out a piercing screech and abruptly changed direction.
Lin Feng stamped down and took the initiative to meet it.
Two spider legs stabbed toward him. Rather than block them head-on, he slid a step to the side, the spider leg formed from his right arm slashing at one of its leg joints.
A sharp crack rang out.
A notch appeared in its hard shell, but the Man Faced Demon Spider used its other legs to prop its body up higher again.
Immediately afterward, its two front legs suddenly crossed and swept toward him!
"Second Soul Skill, Soul Devouring Spider Web!"
A jade-green web spread open, wrapping toward the sweeping spider legs.
The Man Faced Demon Spider pulled hard, actually tearing an opening in the web before it.
However, this also slowed its attack for an instant.
Lin Feng seized the chance to flip out of the way. The sharp spider legs swept across a tree trunk, instantly leaving two deep marks.
Tang San took the opportunity to drive his Blue Silver Grass forward, binding two legs on the Man Faced Demon Spider's left side in an attempt to trip it.
However, with a sudden slash of its sharp legs, most of the Blue Silver Grass was severed.
Tang San's brows knitted tightly.
This kind of Soul Beast was even harder to deal with than he had imagined.
Lin Feng had already circled to the other side, raising his hand to anchor several strands of spider silk between two tree trunks.
The Man Faced Demon Spider turned to pursue him. Its front legs pierced the silk, but its body stalled for a moment as a result.
Lin Feng had been watching its mouthparts the entire time, yet it never spat out another web.
It seemed the earlier chase had already taken a considerable toll on it.
That saved him quite a bit of trouble.
This instant was exactly what Lin Feng had been waiting for.
The spider legs behind him braced against the ground. His body abruptly sank, sliding beneath its raised front legs as his right arm stabbed straight at its abdomen!
The sharp spider leg pierced through an already damaged eye, and dark green blood immediately flowed out.
His first Soul Ring lit up.
"Death Feast!"
A surge of power flowed into his body through the spider leg.
The Man Faced Demon Spider screamed, its other legs stabbing down wildly.
Lin Feng immediately pulled back. The spider legs on his back blocked the attacks one after another. Several white scratches appeared on his armor, and he was driven back several steps.
Even so, he kept within three meters of it the entire time.
The phantom of the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor behind him opened its mouthparts, locking onto the Man Faced Demon Spider before him and continuing to drain its strength.
That strike had not only hit a vital spot but also made devouring it easier.
The Man Faced Demon Spider clearly realized something was wrong. It turned, trying to flee into the woods.
Lin Feng raised his head, jade light flashing in his eyes.
Trying to run?
The Soul Devouring Spider Web flew out again, wrapping around the rear half of its body. At the same time, Lin Feng pulled back hard, looping the other end of the web around a tree trunk.
The Man Faced Demon Spider had barely charged two steps before its body was yanked sideways.
Seeing this, Tang San immediately took a black box from his Soul Tool, his fingers swiftly working its mechanism.
He had already spotted the wound on its abdomen.
As long as he timed it right, he could shoot the crossbow bolts into it!
But before he could steady the box, Lin Feng had already charged forward again.
The jade-green figure skimmed along the ground. His left arm parried an incoming spider leg, while his right plunged viciously into the existing wound!
This time, Lin Feng did not pull it out immediately.
Death Feast remained active, and the Man Faced Demon Spider's wildly struggling body gradually lost its strength.
A moment later, its eight long legs finally went limp.
Lin Feng withdrew his spider leg and took two steps back.
A purple Soul Ring slowly emerged from the corpse.
It worked!
As he watched that Soul Ring, Lin Feng's chest heaved, but he could no longer suppress the upward curl of his lips.
After all the thought he had put into this, his wait had finally paid off.
Before Tang San could even fire his hidden weapon, this Man Faced Demon Spider had died by Lin Feng's hand.
According to the rules of Soul Ring absorption, Tang San could no longer absorb its Soul Ring.
Unable to get past even this step, he naturally no longer had the chance to obtain the Eight Spider Lances through it!
Tang San looked down at the box in his hands and slowly put it away.
"Are you all right?"
"I'm fine."
Lin Feng moved his arms a little. The scratches on his armor had not harmed the flesh beneath.
His rank-forty Soul Power, combined with the enhancement from his eight-thousand-year third Soul Ring, had been enough to see him through this battle.
There was no need to reveal those two hidden Martial Souls yet.
Tang San looked at the purple Soul Ring again and asked, "It should be over two thousand years old. Aren't you going to absorb it?"
"It's still a little too low for my fourth Soul Ring."
Lin Feng shook his head.
"It was about to escape just now. If I'd waited any longer, I might not have been able to keep it here."
Tang San nodded without saying anything more.
Had he dealt the killing blow himself, he could have given this Soul Ring careful consideration. But now that the Man Faced Demon Spider was dead, regret was useless.
Besides, he was more worried about Xiao Wu than the Soul Ring at the moment.
"Then let's keep going."
"Wait a moment. Let me recover some Soul Power."
Lin Feng walked back to the corpse, piercing its damaged shell with his spider legs and continuing to devour the power remaining within.
He was currently stuck at rank forty. Without a fourth Soul Ring, he naturally would not immediately break through because of this.
Still, it was just right for replenishing what he had expended in the battle.
As its power was steadily drawn out, the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse gradually shriveled.
Feeling his Soul Power fill up again, Lin Feng's mood grew increasingly buoyant.
Tang San, your Eight Spider Lances really are gone this time.
Just as he was about to withdraw his Martial Soul, a sudden rush of footsteps sounded in the distance.
"Up ahead!"
A somewhat familiar female voice rang out.
Immediately afterward, three figures emerged from behind the trees.
Besides Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, there was also an old man holding a dragon-headed cane.
Dragon Duke Meng Shu!
Meng Yiran spotted the corpse on the ground at once, and her expression instantly froze.
"Grandpa, that's the one!"
The old man stopped, his gaze shifting from the Man Faced Demon Spider to the two of them as his voice slowly grew grave.
"Who killed this Man Faced Demon Spider?"