Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 153 Summoning the Spider
"A flawed plan!"

In the audience seats of Douluo Continent, Soul Masters from all sides gathered, representing the elite humans of the entire Tian Dou Empire.

There will always be smart people who can deduce the relationship between the merchants and Shrek Academy, and thus point to the real culprit.

Han Tao spread his hands and smiled helplessly: "If."

"According to their own methods, whoever benefits from the situation is the mastermind behind everything!"

No need to guess, the real culprit can be easily identified.

The business owner died.

Who benefits?

"Yu Xiaogang directed Flander to assassinate numerous merchants."

It neither creates alibis nor avoids conflicts of interest.

A simple group of people, with a simple decision, asked Tang San for a hidden weapon, and thought they were guaranteed to be safe?

"Is this considered a strategy?"

"An assassination attempt of this caliber wouldn't even qualify as a murder case on Earth in my previous life!"

Yu Xiaogang was smug and immersed in his perfect plan.

He climbed to the top of the stands, confidently spread his arms, and sunlight fell on his profile, as if a bright future was within reach.

"Quiet!" The voice was incredibly gentle.

Yet it conveys a sense of solemnity; these two completely different contexts resonate with the hearts of many Soul Masters.

Bibi Dong calmly and elegantly picked up her teacup, her lips slightly pursed.

The noise below and her current comfort were like parallel lines that would never intersect, clearly distinct.

"The Spirit Hall will give you an answer!"

"However, I hope that you will follow my instructions from now on, stay where you are and don't make me do anything difficult!"

His tone was gentle and calm, seemingly without any intimidation.

But anyone who actually thinks that way will be in for a world of trouble.

"Ghost Douluo!" Bibi Dong called out in a half-voice.

A ghostly figure, shaped like a shadow, suddenly appeared before everyone.

His face was shrouded in thick black fog, and from within the fog, a pair of deep, soul-stirring eyes shone through!
Snapped!
The obese, bloated corpse was brought to the scene by a ghost.

The ghost spoke with utmost respect, facing Bibi Dong, and solemnly reported:
"This is Zhang Dahai, one of the deceased members of the merchant group. According to the information in the Spirit Hall's notes, his spirit power level was 27, and his spirit was a vine."

Vines, a common martial soul, with a growth base of 0.5.

Han Tao knew this Soul Master.

Before acquiring the Lone Bamboo Soul Ring, he visited many low-level plant-based martial soul masters to exchange and discuss experiences related to martial souls, soul rings, and soul power. Zhang Dahai was one of them.

Bibi Dong gracefully extended her finger, and Zhang Dahai's corpse was enveloped and lifted by a powerful soul force.

"come over!"

Zhang Dahai's body flew to Bibi Dong's side.

"Soul-Devouring Spider King!"

But then, green patterns appeared on Bibi Dong's forehead, like interwoven spider webs, climbing and spreading across her entire body.

Feelings of nausea, fear, and disgust suddenly surfaced in the Soul Master's mind.

"Huh!" Han Tao was no exception.

"Third Soul Skill, Summoning the Demon Spider!"

Dark green light patterns emerged from beneath Bibi Dong's feet, gradually piecing together to form a circle.

Han Tao's gaze sharpened: "The macroscopic structure of soul power"

"Domain-type Soul Skill!"

Formed from the condensed death energy underground, it transformed into a dark green spider and crawled in front of Zhang Dahai's corpse.

Tearing, biting, sucking.

"Find the person who killed him!"

As the master gave the command, the dark green spider revealed a fierce glint in its eyes, and a strange aura was locked onto it.

Han Tao was somewhat hesitant:

"How does this spider lock onto its enemies?"

There are many ways to lock onto an enemy. More advanced methods include reading the soul's memories, reconstructing past scenes, and using fate and karma to locate the enemy.

Lower-end ones leave behind odors and traces.
The dark green spider, under the watchful eyes of everyone, moved towards Shrek Academy.

Immediately, cold sweat broke out on Flander's forehead.

Step by step, I quietly retreated, one step, two steps!

"Dean Flander?"

An immense, terrifying pressure emanated from Bibi Dong, carrying an unparalleled chill that made him truly feel a life-or-death crisis.

"No, it wasn't me!!" Flanders pleaded.

He collapsed to the ground, completely losing the image of a Soul Saint.

The dark green spider came to the many soul masters of Shrek Academy. It did not crawl directly towards Flander, but stopped in front of Tang San.

"What are you looking at?" Tang San's expression was grave.

In my mind, I began to rehearse how I would dodge if the spider attacked me.

The Ghostly Shadow technique can help me evade its attacks, but that's not enough to clear me of suspicion.

Therefore, a scapegoat is needed!

Oscar, from a commoner family, possesses a food-type martial spirit.
Why choose the Oscars?
Because he has no fighting ability, and no powerful backing, he can be sacrificed at will.

"Oscar, even though you're my teammate, I'm sorry!"

Tang San quietly approached Oscar.

Dark green spider, Tang San, Oscar, three points in a line.

Suppose the spider launches an attack, use Ghostly Steps to dodge, allowing the spider to pounce on Oscar behind it.

He then used his hidden weapon to kill the Green Spider and Oscar, silencing them and leaving no future trouble!

Subsequently, all the blame was placed on Oscar.

In this way, he could protect himself and Dean Flander.

"Hurry up!" Bibi Dong said impatiently.

Tang San's expression became even more tense, and he had already placed Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps and Dragon Beard Needles under his fingernails, ready to be used.

But
The dark green spider bypassed Tang San and found the real culprit: Flander.
It leaped up and pounced on Flander's face.

"what!"

Accompanied by excruciating pain, screams filled the air!
Flander seemed to have inherited the characteristics of both cats and eagles, with an exceptionally clear and mournful voice.

at the same time
Han Tao, who was in the illusion, took out his diary and wrote down:

[Bibi Dong, the Soul-Devouring Spider's third soul skill, possesses tracking capabilities!]

"A dark green spider, it seems..."

"It's difficult to determine whether the real culprit is Tang San or Flander."

Its hesitation and wavering allowed Han Tao to deduce additional information.

Even though the Spider Summoning skill is a domain-type soul skill, it should not possess advanced effects such as peeping into the past, searching for enemies based on their luck, or reading soul bodies.

"Even though this is a ten-thousand-year-old soul ring!"

Hypothesis
Given that the Spider Summoning ability is so advanced, it shouldn't have hesitated to target Tang San and Flander.

Based on its behavior, Han Tao made the following inferences. (These inferences may not be accurate.)
Because Flander's hidden weapon was given to him by Tang San.

Both of them carried the scent of the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Dart, which is why it was difficult for it to make a decision!
[Scent Lock] (Original setting)

Han Tao noted down this mark.

"Bibi Dong's soul skill should be able to locate enemies through scent!"

His fingers paused, and he thought for a moment.

Two more words were added: (guess)

Unverified theories can only be considered speculation.

Even so, Han Tao still couldn't put his mind at ease.

Feeling that I was still not careful enough, I hesitated repeatedly and continued writing:

[The above only demonstrates the tracking capabilities displayed by the Spirit Hall; other methods cannot be ruled out!]

(End of this chapter)