Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 76 Soul-Devouring Spider King ②

Shu Yan's pupils contracted slightly.

The combined number of soldiers, civilians, and even soul masters who died in the war between the Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire more than four thousand years ago approached ten million. While the number of humans and soul beasts who died during the beast tide was not as high as in the war between the four kingdoms, it was certainly no less than one million.

Humans have conducted research on the Soul Devouring Spider King, a soul beast that stands at the top of the spider-type soul beast pyramid. In fact, there have been several powerful evil soul masters in the history of the continent who possessed the Soul Devouring Spider King and were notorious for their evil deeds. Apart from the Rakshasa God Bibi Dong, the strongest of them had reached level 98 in cultivation. In the end, it was only through the joint efforts of the three powerful nations and Shrek Academy that they were able to eliminate him.

But even so, what price did the four forces pay?
They lost three Title Douluos, and even two Super Douluos suffered serious injuries that damaged their foundations.

After that, the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor martial soul was labeled as an evil martial soul, and once it appeared, it would be hunted down by many forces on the continent.

What is the most powerful ability of the Soul-Devouring Spider King? It is nothing more than its ability to rapidly increase its cultivation level by devouring the souls or resentments of living beings.

If what this person said is true, then the two enormous disasters mentioned above, which delayed human development to varying degrees, also secretly bred an extraordinary ferocious beast.

This news was enough to shake the entire continent.

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"So, senior, you're now planning to embark on a so-called path of creating a god?"

After a moment of silence, Shu Yan continued to ask.

The woman smiled alluringly, seemingly somewhat surprised, and then said:
"God-making? This seemingly absurd phrase perfectly captures my thoughts... You're excessively intelligent, and I forgot to mention, I also saw some very novel things in your memories before. Compared to this world, you seem to be quite different..."

"What did you see, senior?"

Shu Yan's expression remained unchanged; he simply asked in a soft voice.

"Let me think... Actually, it's nothing much, just some bizarre fragments. I don't know exactly what they are, but I'm sure those things don't exist and don't belong to our world."

"You seem to be hiding a great secret, but unfortunately, this is all I can glimpse with my abilities..."

The woman giggled, her gaze towards Shu Yan filled with the same intense interest and greed as if she were looking at some tempting prey.

Shu Yan chuckled softly, then asked with some confusion:

"With your abilities, you could have easily killed us all without anyone noticing, but you haven't done so... I don't understand, what is the purpose of you following us all this time?"

Upon hearing this, the woman's smile slowly faded. She gave Shu Yan a deep look, then said softly:

"You should know about the concept of luck, right?"

Shu Yan nodded and said:
"Of course, the path of fortune is very mysterious, but what is certain is that such a thing does exist in our world."

Upon hearing this, a smile returned to the woman's face, and she said:
"When your spiritual power reaches a certain level, what you can see is not just the world. Some things that are ethereal and intangible to ordinary people will become things that you can feel and even change."

"My spiritual power is theoretically close to the level of a demigod. In other words, my spiritual origin has a tendency to transform and evolve towards divine consciousness. I can say without any reservations that in this world, only the Evil Eye Tyrant and the Ice Silkworm in the Star Dou Great Forest can surpass me in terms of spiritual power."

"I noticed you not just because of the immense life force emanating from your body, but more importantly, because I've taken a liking to your destiny..."

"Over the past few thousand years, I have visited the human world several times for various reasons. I have seen many powerful Soul Masters from both the righteous and evil factions in your human history. But whether they are Super Douluo, Limit Douluo, or geniuses who once shone in an era of your humanity, their fortunes are not as good as yours. Do you... understand what I mean?"

Shu Yan chuckled softly and said:
"Senior, are you saying that you never really intended to kill me?" The woman raised an eyebrow slightly, then shook her head honestly.

"At first, I did come with the idea of ​​observing you first, but your group of people all have good perception. You were able to leave without noticing me at all."

"I admit I acted hastily, and initially I did have the idea of ​​killing you and devouring you, but that thought quickly dissipated because your fortune wasn't weakened in the slightest by my appearance; on the contrary, it became even stronger. At that moment, I realized completely that I wasn't your destined calamity; in fact, you were the key to my survival..."

Shu Yan's interest grew even stronger, and he asked with some surprise:

"If all those evil spirit beasts were as calm and wise as you, senior, I'm afraid the world of spirit masters would be in turmoil..."

"An evil soul beast...an evil soul beast..."

The woman stared at Shu Yan with a half-smile, then she spoke:

"I really like this title. I remember about three thousand years ago, I made a powerful figure from one of your human powers kneel before me and shout 'Evil Soul Beast, an outrage against heaven and earth' a thousand times. The way he compromised with me to protect the little ones behind him was truly adorable. It's just a pity that evil soul beasts like me are the least likely to keep their promises..."

Upon hearing some familiar remarks, Shu Yan subconsciously asked:
"Which human faction do those people belong to?"

"Oh, let me think... if I remember correctly, it should be a human organization called the Tang Clan..."

Shu Yan: “…”

"No wonder, after all, Tang San, the founder of the Tang Sect, has always disliked you spider-type soul beasts."

The woman covered her mouth and chuckled softly, then slowly walked towards Shu Yan.

Her figure was gradually enveloped by a layer of dark green mist, and her originally beautiful human form disappeared. In its place appeared a huge and ferocious dark green spider in front of Shu Yan.

Eight enormous spider legs were firmly embedded in the surrounding hard rocks. Drops of viscous poisonous mist fell to the ground and emitted white smoke. The dark green eyes, mixed with a hint of blood red, were deep and terrifying, like a bottomless abyss that wanted to drag Shu Yan into it.

"Your body is strong enough to bear a portion of my power, so during the fusion process, you can absorb as much energy from me as you want until you reach your limit. I will seal any excess power within your spiritual sea."

"Fusion is not a sacrifice. Sacrifice would have too great an impact on me. If my remaining spiritual essence were to undergo the damage during the sacrifice, it would very likely be completely dissipated. I don't want to take such a big risk."

"When you need to acquire your sixth spirit ring, I will release the primal power that I have sealed away. If all goes well, your sixth spirit ring will be at the 100,000-year level. Of course, your other spirit rings can also absorb energy from my primal power to increase their age."

The dark green mist quickly enveloped Shu Yan, and the immense power, filled with a cold and evil aura, rushed into Shu Yan's body without any warning. His body, tempered by the Gold of Life, displayed its inherent strength and resilience. Shu Yan only groaned, then quickly sat down cross-legged and began to absorb the energy with all his might.

"Oh, kid, I take back what I said earlier about you getting a great deal. You have a terrifying amount of hidden resources; it's more like I'm the one who got a great deal..."

The voice carried a hint of joy, clearly indicating that the speaker was extremely satisfied with Shu Yan's physical condition.

But the next moment, in Shu Yan's spiritual sea, a silver light suddenly burst forth from his spiritual origin. The Soul-Devouring Spider Queen's enormous body suddenly stiffened, and a wisp of silver light flew out from her soul, then intertwined with that silver light.

The voice paused for a moment, then let out a cold snort, followed by a light scoff:

"Oh...you're quite protective of your master, aren't you? You forced me into a soul contract the moment I entered your territory...Kid, I'm getting more and more curious about your origins. Where exactly do you come from...?"

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(End of this chapter)