Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

"We'll leave tonight."

Flanders nodded, indicating that they would set off that evening.

When Tang San returned, he told him about this idea. After that, he extracted a portion of the power of the Eight Spider Lances to study and enhance his sensitivity to the aura of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

Given his natural talent for perception and his incredible speed in flight, finding the Human-Faced Demon Spider in Sunset Forest wouldn't be difficult.

Be careful!

Yu Xiaogang gave a word of advice, saying that this was his disciple's only way and opportunity to quickly improve his strength, and it was also his own opportunity.

The mistress's abilities must be enhanced so that she becomes the core of the team; only then can she perfectly prove herself.

……

As night fell, Flander took the Ruyi Treasure Pouch from Tang San and put Tang San inside. Then, with his martial soul attached, he silently flew towards Sunset Forest under the cover of darkness.

His Cat-Owl Martial Soul is naturally adept at nighttime activities, and it flies silently, also excelling at concealing its aura, ensuring it won't be targeted.

Flying at such high speed, disregarding the depletion of their soul power, they arrived at Sunset Forest that very night. They then entered the area of ​​ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, flying in circles around the core of Sunset Forest to sense and search for the presence of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

"found it!"

After circling around for a while, he quickly sensed something and excitedly flew towards the direction he had sensed. However, his expression changed slightly when he saw the target he had sensed.

After checking Tang San down, Flander took him out of his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.

"Take a look and see if this can still be swallowed."

He gestured, unsure whether the already dead Spider-Man could still be devoured by the Eight Spider Lances.

That's right, this is a dead human-faced demon spider. Judging from its size, it is definitely over ten thousand years old, but it looks like it has been dead for a long time.

"The time since his death was at least six months ago."

Tang San stepped forward and examined it carefully, roughly judging that the ten-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider had been dead for more than half a year.

The reason the corpse remained intact was mainly because this thing was highly poisonous, and no soul beast would want to eat it. In fact, because the whole body was highly poisonous, the corpse would not rot, which is why it was able to be preserved for so long.

But no matter how it died or how long it had been dead, as long as it can be devoured, that's fine.

The eight spider spears of soul bone manifested and pierced into the human-faced demon spider's body, but caused Tang San to stagger.

"Something's not right. The essence of this human-faced demon spider has been devoured."

Steadying himself, Tang San reached out and tapped the shell of the Man-Faced Demon Spider. After listening to the unusual sound, his expression changed slightly.

The human-faced spider's carapace was very fragile. He had thought that the Eight Spider Spears would have a hard time piercing it, but they pierced through it easily, causing him to stumble due to misdirection.

This is definitely not a normal corpse of a human-faced spider. At least half a year would not make the corpse of a ten-thousand-year-old human-faced spider so fragile.

He was no stranger to this situation. After he devoured the ten-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider, its body shell became much weaker. Its essence was devoured by the Eight Spider Spears, and even the power to condense the soul ring was devoured, which was why the Eight Spider Spears were able to be upgraded to the ten-thousand-year level.

In other words, the essence of this human-faced spider was completely devoured.

"Can we confirm whether it was done by a person or a spirit beast?"

Flander also sensed something was wrong. If someone else was also hunting the Man-Faced Spider, their plan would be in jeopardy.

"Entangle!"

Without an immediate answer, Tang San manifested his spirit, Blue Silver Grass, and used his first spirit skill to entangle the human-faced spider with the surrounding trees to examine it. He quickly discovered a small hole and some wounds on its head.

"It should be man-made. It looks like a blunt-strike type weapon spirit. But we can't tell the specifics now that too much time has passed."

After observing carefully, Tang San's mood was also not very good.

If it's just a battle between soul beasts, that's fine, but if it's man-made, it's deadly, especially since the small hole on the human-faced demon spider's head makes him very uneasy.

Could it be that someone else has obtained a devouring soul bone similar to the Eight Spider Lances, just like me?

"Mistress, come in first, I'll look for it some more."

Flander used his Ruyi Treasure Pouch to put Tang San back into it, and then, with his Martial Soul attached, continued to fly in circles in the Sunset Forest.

This flight lasted for several days, and when they were close to the core area, Flander brought Tang San out again.

Tang San, emerging from the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, stared at the enormous corpse of the human-faced demon spider before him, his face ashen.

Judging from its aura and size, this was definitely a human-faced demon spider with 100,000 years of cultivation, or rather, a human-faced demon spider king, yet it was still killed by someone, and not even for a long time, less than a month.

"The same marks are still there."

After examining the round hole on the head of the Human-Faced Demon Spider and looking at the wounds on its body, Tang San was certain that it was the work of the same group of people.

In the past few days, Dean Flander has helped him find more than a dozen human-faced demon spiders that are ten thousand years old, but without exception, they have all died, their essence completely devoured.

Now they're facing a 100,000-year-old human-faced demon spider, clearly confirming their worst-case scenario.

Sure enough, someone else was also hunting the Devouring Human-Faced Demon Spider, and even before him.

It's estimated that even if not all the ten-thousand-year-old or higher human-faced spiders in the entire Sunset Forest have been hunted down, most of them have certainly been hunted down. Finding the remaining ones will be even more difficult.

"Damn it, who is it?"

Tang San slammed his fist into the corpse of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, filled with boundless resentment.

The Eight Spider Spears were his only way to quickly improve himself, but now someone else had beaten him to it. How could he not be resentful?

He didn't even know how to face the expectant or disappointed look in his teacher's eyes, or what he should do.

Does it have to be a human-faced demon spider?

Flander couldn't help but ask, "Human-faced Demon Spiders are very rare, especially those that are ten thousand years old, but there must be many other spider-type soul beasts."

"Although it can also devour, the Eight Spider Lances cannot be refined and fused."

Shaking his head in reluctance, Tang San was unwilling to give up like this, but now he had no choice but to give up.

"Let's go back, the Soul Master Competition is about to begin."

With a sigh, Flander, though also regretful and unwilling, had no choice but to give up.

Tang San was unwilling to accept this, but Meng Yiran, who had already arrived in Xuefeng City, was very happy.

The initial guess was correct. She could also evolve her poisonous stingers by devouring human-faced spiders. After devouring so many human-faced spiders, especially the 100,000-year-old human-faced spider queen, not only did the toxicity of her eight poisonous stingers increase significantly, but their hardness and sharpness also improved by a level, further enhancing her close combat strength.

"Brother Qinghe!"

In a great mood, Meng Yiran skipped and hopped into her captain's room, barging in without knocking and staring wide-eyed as if she wanted to see something exciting.

Then I saw my brother Qinghe sitting on the sofa, dressed neatly, with three other people sitting opposite him, seemingly discussing something.

Meng Yiran was somewhat disappointed that she didn't see the scene she wanted to see.

"I've told you so many times, you have to knock before you come in."

Seeing Meng Yiran barge in again, Xue Qinghe gave her a helpless reminder.

He wasn't stupid; he could naturally tell that the girl had feelings for him. However, he already had someone he loved and had subtly expressed his feelings over the past year, but Meng Yiran remained persistent, which gave him a real headache.

What left him speechless was that Meng Yiran was initially attracted to him during the time she was his stand-in, meaning that the girl was actually interested in his stand-in, and he was just a victim of her.

Is this considered a love rival?

"They forgot!"

With a charming smile, Meng Yiran sat down next to Xue Qinghe, curiously observing the three people opposite her.

There were three people opposite her, two men and one woman. The woman was quite pretty, more mature than herself, and had a better figure. In particular, her gentle temperament made her feel a little inferior.

Of course, the most important thing is that the other person exudes a very comfortable aura.

Glancing at his arm, which was once again being embraced by a young girl, Xue Qinghe felt even more helpless, and then turned his attention back to the important matter at hand.

"As the Crown Prince of Tiandou, I agree to your requests in principle. The Empire has always supported the establishment of Soul Master Academy. However, I have learned about your situation and regret the past experiences of Blue Tyrant Academy."

Neither I nor the Empire want the same thing to happen again. Do you understand what I mean?

These three people were representing the former Blue Tyrant Academy to reapply for the establishment of the school, so he naturally wouldn't refuse such a request.

Since the Holy Spirit Sword Saint ushered in the era of geniuses and pioneered the concept of Soul Master Universities, the Empire has always strongly supported the establishment of Soul Master Academies and has never been stingy with financial allocations.

However, Blue Tyrant Academy is somewhat special. Although it used to claim to be an independent academy, that was just talk. In the end, it became a victim of a deal between major powers and has now been transferred to Shrek Academy.

He could agree to help rebuild Blue Tyrant Academy, but it must be a truly independent Blue Tyrant Academy, no longer controlled by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

“We understand Your Highness’s meaning, and we share the same thought. Dean Jade Marrow previously stated that he would sever ties with us. We only inherited the name of Blue Tyrant, and in other aspects, we have no connection with the former academy.”

Huang Yuan made a decisive statement, something that Dean Yu Shi Sui had already anticipated. After completing his final instruction to them, he announced the severance of ties and instructed them that no matter what happened in the future, they must not affect the independence of the academy.

They clearly do not want the current tragedy to repeat itself in the future, and this is something they have always kept in mind.

"Since you are all so determined, then I am relieved."

Seeing the determination in the three, Xue Qinghe was very satisfied. After thinking for a moment, he said, "All benefits and treatment will be in accordance with the policies of the Empire. However, due to the special nature of your academy, there is a group of students who urgently need a place to stay. I will give you a royal hunting ground fifty miles outside the capital as the location of the new academy."

However, there are not enough rooms inside to accommodate so many people, so you will need to make your own arrangements.

It just so happens that the Botanical Academy has also moved to our empire. The academy is located twenty miles south of the royal hunting grounds. They are very skilled at building treehouses; perhaps you could consider joining forces with them.”

Xue Qinghe showed great sincerity, without many roundabout ways.

Although I haven't known them for long, I can tell that these three people are all genuine and sincere. Trying to outsmart them will only make them dislike you; showing them sincerity and kindness is the best approach.

You should know that debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay.

Of course, that applies to those who are mindful. For those who are not, favors mean nothing, or they simply don't have that concept.

"Thank you, Your Highness. We need to settle those students as soon as possible, so we won't bother you any longer."

Huang Yuan thanked her gratefully, then glanced at the girl beside Xue Qinghe, and tactfully got up to take his leave.

Jiangzhu and Jingling also stood up and bowed, and the three of them left the room together.

"Are they the Blue Tyrant Academy that Shrek Academy replaced?"

Only after the three left did Meng Yiran ask the question.

She had heard of Blue Tyrant Academy, mainly because of the Shrek Academy incident, which was said to be quite tragic.

"He came from Blue Tyrant Academy, but it seems that the Jade Marrow Dean was very unwilling to be replaced by Shrek Academy, so he kept this trick up his sleeve and turned the tables on Shrek Academy."

Xue Qinghe chuckled softly, quite curious to see the expressions on the faces of the Shrek academy students when they found out about this; he was sure it would be quite a sight.

"How did things turn out this way and they ended up screwing us over?"

With a sparkle in her eyes, Meng Yiran became very interested in this scheme against Shrek Academy.