Sky Screen timeline...
After traveling for a while, master and disciple landed safely in the Star Dou Great Forest.
The moment they landed and Bibi Dong's feet touched the ground, her legs began to give way uncontrollably. She nearly fell, but luckily, Nan Huai'an caught her in time.
"You can't even walk steadily? How useless!"
Nan Huai'an laughed.
"Teacher, isn't this all your fault?"
Bibi Dong pouted.
She clearly hadn't done anything, yet she was exhausted.
"Your teacher did nothing wrong. You're the one who's too useless. Otherwise, how would you have become my disciple?"
"Easy for you to say when you're standing there without an aching back!"
Bibi Dong felt bitter.
She hadn't done anything, yet her own teacher had given her a scolding. It was so unfair.
I swear I'll make Teacher regret this.
Hmph!
Only after Bibi Dong recovered did they venture into the Star Dou Great Forest. Nan Huai'an did not go very deep, however, instead roaming its outskirts in search of a suitable first Soul Beast for Bibi Dong.
When they reached a cave, Nan Huai'an's eyes lit up.
"Looks like there should be one inside!"
"Teacher, this place reeks. I don't want to go in."
Bibi Dong pinched her nose, utterly disgusted by the surroundings.
This simply wasn't a place for people. It was revolting, and there was even the stench of rotting corpses.
"Your martial souls are the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. I'm adding a Soul Ring to your first martial soul, the Death Spider Emperor, so we're looking for a spider Soul Beast. What, should I find you a Plant-type Soul Beast instead?"
Nan Huai'an pulled Bibi Dong into the cave.
Bibi Dong could only follow him.
This is awful. Why did I awaken such hideous martial souls?
I, Bibi Dong, was born beautiful. Couldn't I have awakened a Sword Martial Soul?
Teacher has a sword-type tool martial soul. Wouldn't it be better to learn swordsmanship from him?
Nan Huai'an couldn't be bothered with Bibi Dong's thoughts. As soon as they entered the cave's interior, he spotted a figure in the distance eating prey it had hunted.
It was slightly smaller than a Man Faced Demon Spider, with dark purple markings on its pitch-black carapace. One pair of its legs had mutated into curved sickles, their edges gleaming with a cold, poisonous light, while the remaining legs were slender.
"A seven-hundred-and-sixty-year-old Sickle-legged Demon Spider. It really fell into our laps without any effort!"
Nan Huai'an was delighted.
The Sickle-legged Demon Spider was better than other spider martial souls, and the original story had never described the first Soul Skill of Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor in detail.
He couldn't exactly hunt a Soul Beast that could only spit webs.
If Bibi Dong absorbed its Soul Ring, she would surely end up spitting webs too. Then she would truly become a spider woman. Given how Bibi Dong was now, she probably wouldn't be able to accept that in the slightest.
The Sickle-legged Demon Spider screeched and charged swiftly at Nan Huai'an.
"Teacher, it's coming! It's coming! Hurry up and do something!"
Bibi Dong hid behind Nan Huai'an, clutching his leg and trembling, utterly terrified.
The instant Bibi Dong closed her eyes, she heard a shriek. When she opened them again, the Sickle-legged Demon Spider was already lying on the ground, barely breathing.
"So fast! What just happened?"
Original story timeline...
The viewers across the continent were also stunned!
"So fast! I didn't even see that sword strike just now, and it knocked the Sickle-legged Demon Spider straight down?"
"Even with my cultivation as a Soul Ancestor, I couldn't see it clearly. Just what level has Brother Nan's control over the sword reached?"
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
"What swift swordsmanship. Old Sword, did you see it clearly?"
Gu Rong looked at Chen Xin, who had been staring at the sky screen.
"I did. Moreover, this young man's control over the sword has already reached the point of pure mastery. If he keeps improving, I'm afraid even I will have to learn from him."
Chen Xin was also astonished by the other's control over sword intent. That last strike hadn't used his martial soul, but rather a leaf that had appeared in his hand.
A leaf imbued with sword intent could reach such speed. It was impressive indeed.
Shrek Academy
What incredible speed!
Had Tang San not activated Purple Demon Eye beforehand, he wouldn't have been able to catch the trajectory of the strike at all.
No matter how fast he is, it's useless. Is he faster than my hidden weapons?
If I had the resources to create truly powerful hidden weapons, he wouldn't be a match for me at all. No amount of speed would help.
Tang Sect Hidden Weapons are the strongest.
Pope's Palace
Bibi Dong's expression grew increasingly appreciative.
"What a genius. To resolve it so swiftly. Not bad, not bad."
Hu Liena hid to one side and giggled. "Teacher looks so cute when she's scared!"
She hadn't paid attention to the speed of Nan Huai'an's strike. Instead, she had been watching Bibi Dong cry out in fear the entire time.
"Nana!" Bibi Dong snapped.
You dare laugh at me?
Hu Liena jolted, her eyes darting away. "Teacher, what is it?"
Bibi Dong smiled. "What were you laughing at just now?"
Hu Liena hurriedly explained, "Teacher, I wasn't laughing. I was just thinking about something."
"Really?" Bibi Dong gave a smile that wasn't quite a smile. "To save your life, you even called me Teacher."
Sky Screen timeline...
"Teacher, how did you do that?"
"How were you so fast?"
Bibi Dong looked at the small hole pierced through the Sickle-legged Demon Spider's body.
"With this, of course!"
A green leaf appeared in Nan Huai'an's hand.
"A leaf?" Bibi Dong was astonished. "A leaf can pierce through a Sickle-legged Demon Spider's body?"
"Of course it can."
Nan Huai'an flicked his finger, and the green leaf shot out at incredible speed, piercing through a nearby rock.
"Amazing!"
Bibi Dong's eyes widened.
Teacher's understanding of the sword is so profound. He can actually unleash such power with a single green leaf.
"Deal the finishing blow!"
Knowing that Bibi Dong still couldn't wield the Death Spider Emperor proficiently, Nan Huai'an took out a dagger and handed it to her.
Bibi Dong took the dagger and approached little by little. Looking at the Sickle-legged Demon Spider, which was still screeching at her, she continued to struggle inwardly. But then she thought, if she kept being weak, wouldn't she be letting all her teacher's painstaking efforts go to waste?
Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, gripped the dagger with both hands, and plunged it viciously into the Sickle-legged Demon Spider's head.
The blow killed it, and the Sickle-legged Demon Spider was utterly dead.
With the Sickle-legged Demon Spider's death, a yellow Soul Ring floated out.
"Sit down. Draw the Soul Ring over and absorb it."
"Understood!"
Bibi Dong wanted to sit down, but she discovered that the ground was covered in sticky blood and felt somewhat repulsed.
"Teacher..." Bibi Dong's hesitant expression left Nan Huai'an unsure whether to laugh or cry.
He took a clean blanket from his Storage Soul Tool and spread it on the ground.
"Sit down!"
"Thank you, Teacher."
Now she could relax.
After sitting down, Bibi Dong drew the Soul Ring above her head and began absorbing it.
The sight left the viewers outside the sky screen unsure whether to laugh or cry.
"His Holiness the Pope actually loved cleanliness this much as a child."
"Who doesn't? Besides, it's perfectly normal for a little girl to like being clean. And our Brother Nan really does dote on his disciple. Whoever said Brother Nan didn't know how to care for his disciple, step forward. I promise I won't hit you."
Shrek Academy
Watching this, Yu Xiaogang inwardly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Although he and Bibi Dong had separated, subconsciously, he still regarded her as his woman.