Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 491·Breaking in
Because he was wary of the appearance of high-age soul beasts, Tang Xiao did not dare to venture too deep into the Star Dou Great Forest. He simply found a secluded cave in the mixed area, closer to the core, killed a ten-thousand-year-old tiger-type soul beast, and occupied its cave as a temporary place to live.

Inside the cave, Tang Chen lay on a stone table, a tiger skin beneath him. His face was deathly pale, and the wounds torn open by the lightning of destruction were still slowly bleeding. He needed constant care to change his bandages and inject soul power to maintain his condition.

A divine descent is no simple matter; it places high demands on the body. Tang Chen had initially passed the test, but after being struck by the Destruction God's Lightning, his body, which had only been barely held together by the Asura God's power, began to crack again.

If it weren't for the Asura God using extra effort to maintain his condition, Tang Chen would have already died from his shattered body.

The prison cart carrying Tang Hao was placed in a corner of the cave. Neither Tang Xiao, Tang San, nor the elders of the Clear Sky Sect chose to release Tang Hao from the cart. Only Dai Mubai would occasionally give him water and food to keep him from starving.

No one attacked Tang Hao, because Tang Hao was taken away by Tang Chen, and no one could make a decision before Tang Chen woke up. But no one paid much attention to Tang Hao either, because in the hearts of everyone who knew Tang Hao, he was a piece of stinking dog shit.

Staying alive was the limit; no one thought of releasing him from the prison van, let alone treating him. That indifference only intensified Tang Hao's anguish and confusion, even though he thought he was used to pain and contempt.

Everyone looked at Tang Hao with hatred in their eyes, and those sharp gazes made Tang Hao, whose spine had been completely broken, unable to lift his head. Especially the gaze from Tang San, which made Tang Hao remain silent for a long time.

In the midst of this silent atmosphere, a chilling wind suddenly blew in from the cave entrance. The wind was like the icy chill of the deepest hell, freezing to the bone. It was also like a foul wind blowing from the depths of hell, carrying a thick stench of blood and malice.

The hairs on everyone's bodies stood on end instantly, as if a steel knife was scraping their necks down to their backs, the blade constantly tracing along their spines, seemingly ready to cut under their skin at any moment and separate their flesh and bones bit by bit.

With a roar, Tang Xiao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer without hesitation and immediately stood in front of the cave, his soul power surging out to form an invisible barrier, firmly protecting the others inside the cave.

"Who dares to challenge the majesty of my Haotian Sect?"

"Heh heh heh, I have no idea what prestige your Haotian Sect has now?"

The dense trees were violently pushed aside, and those giant trees that had grown for decades, centuries, or even millennia were easily snapped like chopsticks. A huge human-faced demon spider slowly stepped out, and the patterns on its abdomen that were originally just like human faces now seemed to be alive, twisting into a strange expression and mocking Tang Xiao with a sarcastic voice.

The size of spider-like spirit beasts has always been a very noteworthy issue. Take the Human-Faced Demon Spider as an example; even with a thousand years of cultivation, its diameter barely exceeds one meter, and its legs are just over three meters long.

Compared to most other soul beasts of the same size, it's already quite small, but among spider-type soul beasts, the Human-Faced Demon Spider is practically a giant. Due to their species, spider-type soul beasts are generally not very large. This results in all large spider-type soul beasts being incredibly powerful.

The Human-Faced Spider King that appeared was over fifteen meters in diameter, and its eight spear-like legs were thirty meters long, each step digging deep into the ground. The human-faced patterns on its abdomen writhed like a living creature, emitting an evil sound. Its carapace, resembling black iron armor, faintly revealed streaks of purple-gold patterns.

With a mere flick of its legs, ancient trees, reaching for the heavens, were sliced ​​and pulverized as easily as butter, melting into dust on the ground. Wherever its body brushed against the earth, every inch of soil turned purple, transforming into pools of poison reeking of a foul stench.

The moment Tang San sensed that aura, he involuntarily knelt on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably, his teeth chattering. He was like a slave before a king, devoid of any resistance, filled only with pure fear.

Tang San now possesses the deeply ingrained bloodline of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, a bloodline that even strengthens with his soul power, and in some ways, it is even more compatible with his essence than his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer spirit souls. While this enhances Tang San's power, it also makes him constrained by his own bloodline.

At this moment, both his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul were under severe suppression. Although they weren't completely unusable, even with extreme effort, he could only unleash about 70% of their normal power.

However, no one paid attention to the strange movements of Tang San at this moment, because the rampant evil power had caused the minds of many people, including the elders of the Clear Sky Sect, to pause briefly.

"A 100,000-year-old soul beast? A ferocious beast? Or a soul master?"

Tang Xiao looked tense, his eyes fixed on the enormous human-faced spider that resembled a walking castle, his mind racing with speculation.

Although he had never seen a real, untransformed 100,000-year-old soul beast, Tang Xiao could roughly understand the strength of a normal 100,000-year-old soul beast by deducing from the auras and origins of Ah Yin and Xiao Wu. As long as the bloodline wasn't too extraordinary, the strength of most 100,000-year-old soul beasts would only fluctuate around level 95.

(The standard for Douluo Continent II is that a 100,000-year-old soul beast is equivalent to a level 92 or 93 Title Douluo. Since soul masters in this era did not have soul cores, the benchmark is slightly higher.)
The strength of this human-faced demon spider king is at least equal to, or even greater than, that of himself.
Given the Human-Faced Demon Spider's character and qualities, if such a ferocious beast existed, it would undoubtedly be a peerless monster that would leave a significant mark on the history of the continent. However, Tang Xiao had never heard of such a soul beast.

Judging from the disdainful tone, Tang Xiao strongly suspected that this human-faced spider king was the manifestation of a Soul Master's Martial Soul True Body.

(End of this chapter)