Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 72 The Fated Eight Spider Lances

Since the human-faced demon spider's soul ring was unsuitable, the Dragon Lord and Snake Lady did not linger and immediately took their leave.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu didn't offer any further help. Finding a third spirit ring for Meng Yiran wouldn't be difficult for Meng Shu, and catching a confirmed spirit beast nearby would be a simple matter. But searching the entire Star Dou Great Forest just for a thousand-year-old spirit beast seemed a bit contrived. It was possible that instead of doing Meng Shu a favor, he might make Meng Shu feel he was being too pretentious and ruin their previous goodwill.

After Meng Shu and the other two had gone far away, Xiao Yu walked up to the human-faced demon spider that was still hanging on by a thread, and unleashed a strike with his soul power, blasting the human-faced demon spider into pieces.

"Brother Xiao Yu, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Ye Lingling couldn't help but ask curiously, "In the past, Xiao Yu would always release any unsuitable soul beasts he encountered. Why did he kill this human-faced demon spider today? Brother Xiao Yu is a Soul Emperor, and he doesn't need a soul ring that's about two thousand years old."

"I just realized that Elders Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo are both very interested in the mixed venom of the Human-Faced Demon Spider. I'll collect some venom to take back for them to study!"

Xiao smiled slightly. This was indeed a reason. Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo had mentioned this matter more than once. Now that Xiao Yu had discovered the external soul bone while collecting venom, it was a plausible explanation.

Xiao Yu took out several jade bottles from his Ruyi Treasure Pouch and carefully used his soul power to wrap the venom and put it into the bottles drop by drop. He dared not touch this stuff with his bare hands.

While collecting venom, he also used his mental power to explore the human-faced spider's corpse, trying to find the external soul bone.

No matter how Xiao Yu searched every single piece of the human-faced demon spider's corpse, leaving no corner unchecked, he still couldn't find any trace of the soul bone.

What about the eight spider spears?

Xiao Yu searched again and confirmed that there was absolutely no soul bone on this human-faced demon spider.

I knew it!

Xiao Yu raised his head and looked up at the starry sky, as if he wanted to pierce through the clouds and soar straight into the heavens.

Asura God and Sea God, it turns out you orchestrated everything!

He wondered how everything could be so coincidental. A mere two-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider actually produced an external soul bone with effects comparable to a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, which eventually evolved into part of a god-level set.

It seems that the Eight Spider Lances were given to Tang San by the Sea God as a cheat, or that from the beginning, the Eight Spider Lances were intended to evolve into the Eight Wings of the Sea God.

Although he failed to obtain the Eight Spider Lances, at least one thing was confirmed, which wasn't all bad for Xiao Yu. He had to be careful when dealing with Tang San in the future. Who knew if those two shameless people would disregard martial ethics and send some kind of divine projection down to the mortal realm to help Tang San?

After a while, Huihuo finished absorbing the 100,000-year soul ring, and his soul power directly broke through from level 90 to level 92.

While it can't be said that both objectives of this trip have been achieved, it seems that the Eight Spider Spears are destined to be out of Xiao Yu's reach, and he has no reason to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest any longer. The Azure Ox Python will probably realize something is wrong at some point that this is not a place to stay for long. After a quick pack, the group left the Star Dou Great Forest and headed towards Soto City.

Just as Xiao Yu and the others were leaving, about a hundred miles away from them, Tang San sat cross-legged, his Blue Silver Grass martial soul quietly released from his palm, absorbing a purple thousand-year soul ring.

Not far ahead, the corpse of a human-faced demon spider lay quietly on the ground. Unlike the original story, this human-faced demon spider was only about 1,500 years old. Moreover, Tang San was not fighting alone. With the help of Zhao Wuji and other Shrek Academy companions, Tang San easily killed it.

Although the age limit was not exceeded, the Human-Faced Demon Spider was still a nightmare for small soul beasts. Its ferocity and brutality were its nature, and Tang San still found it very difficult to absorb it. Sweat soaked his forehead.

Xiao Wu looked at Tang San with a worried expression and murmured to herself, "Brother, you absolutely can't get hurt!"

"Xiao Wu, don't worry!"

As the saying goes, "No fight, no friendship," and with a common enemy, Xiao Yu, among the Shrek Seven Devils, Dai Mubai is currently the closest to Tang San and Xiao Wu. He walked up to Xiao Wu, seemingly encouraging her with laughter, saying, "Xiao San is exceptionally talented and has an extraordinary will. A mere human-faced demon spider's spirit ring can't defeat him!"

As if to prove something to his good brother Dai Mubai, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, which was absorbing a spirit ring, shone brightly. The Blue Silver Grass, which was originally somewhat blackish, emitted a faint purple ring, which was a phenomenon caused by the fusion of the Human-Faced Demon Spider's venom.

"Tang San is truly a prodigy. In less than half an hour, he withstood the energy impact of the thousand-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider's spirit ring. Alright, next is the spirit power conversion process. He should wake up soon!"

Because he had never been beaten by Tang Hao, Zhao Wuji only thought of Tang San as a talented commoner and had no idea about Tang San's background. Seeing this, he couldn't help but marvel and his attitude towards Tang San changed somewhat.

"ah--"

Just as Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief, Tang San suddenly let out a scream, startling her so much that her heart nearly jumped out of her chest again.

Tang San, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly convulsed, his clothes tore instantly, and eight nearly three-meter-long spider legs of the human-faced demon spider grew out from his back. These destined eight spider spears finally grew on Tang San's back.

A blue figure drifted through the void, muttering to himself, "Tang San, I've entrusted the Eight Wings of the Sea God to you. Don't disappoint me!"

While Tang San was absorbing the spirit ring and the Eight Spider Lances spirit bone, there was another person in the Star Dou Great Forest absorbing her third spirit ring, which was Meng Yiran.

For Meng Shu, a Soul Douluo, finding a third Soul Ring for his granddaughter wasn't a difficult task; he simply hadn't taken it seriously at first.

After bidding farewell to Xiao Yu, he quickly found a new target. Because of the many changes that had occurred before, this time, after confirming that the age of the soul beast was suitable, he went all out. With a Soul Douluo of over level 80 going all out, what ability did a thousand-year-old soul beast have to struggle?

While Meng Yiran was absorbing the soul ring, Snake Granny Chaotianxiang walked to Dragon Duke Meng Shu's side. The two had been together for nearly fifty years, and they knew each other's thoughts without having to say anything.

Chao Tianxiang spoke up, "Are you thinking about Xiao Yu from the Nine Star Palace?"

Meng Shu nodded: "This young man is not bad, and the Nine Star Palace's foundation is indeed formidable. You and I both know that at our age, we probably can't protect Yi Ran for many more years. Before we leave, we must find a good place for Yi Ran!"

"But we've only met Xiao Yu once; we can't make a decision so quickly!"

Chao Tianxiang thought for a moment and said, "I heard that the Nine Star Palace has established a Nine Star Academy in the name of a sect, and its reputation is quite good. Why don't we let Yiran enroll there and observe her further?"

Meng Shu thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright, let Yiran go and enroll first!"

(End of this chapter)