pertwk Chapter 444 The Fate of the Human-Faced Demon Spider
Chapter 444 The Fate of the Human-Faced Demon Spider
Chapter 444 The Fate of the Human-Faced Demon Spider
Deeper into the forest, the Titan Apes continued their rapid march toward the Lake of Life, the core area.
Its speed was astonishing, yet extremely smooth, so that Xiao Wu, who had already moved to its broad shoulders, felt no jolt whatsoever.
The arrival of Titan Giant Ape Erming was somewhat unexpected for Rogue Rabbit. Although she was happy, her mind was clearly not on him.
Sitting on the Titan Ape's shoulder, Xiao Wu looked worried, glancing back frequently. Her heart trembled slightly, and a voice deep within her seemed to urge her to return to Tang San's side as soon as possible.
"Alright, Erming, that's enough for now. Xiaosan is injured, I have to get back as soon as possible."
Xiao Wu's eyes flickered slightly, and she raised her hand to pat the Titan Ape's broad shoulder.
The Titan Ape stopped in response, bent down, and let Xiao Wu slide down its shoulder and thick arm to the ground.
"Erming, you shouldn't have come to me. Do you know that you've hurt all my friends?"
With her feet firmly on the ground, the rogue rabbit put her hands on her hips, striking a pose like a big sister, and began to berate the Titan Ape, her words full of blame.
"roar--"
The Titan Ape let out a low growl, feeling very wronged.
It only wanted to welcome Sister Xiaowu back to the shore of the Lake of Life as soon as possible, and had no intention of paying attention to those human insects. But who knew that those insects would attack it first? Could it tolerate that?
Of course not.
Besides, didn't it hold back? Those insects only suffered minor injuries, what's the big deal?
Besides, what difference would it make if the mighty Titan Ape, the king of the forest, killed them?
Humans are the mortal enemies of soul beasts. Killing them is perfectly justified. What's wrong with that?
Over the years, it has killed countless humans, and Sister Xiaowu has killed quite a few as well. Some of these killings were even carried out by Sister Xiaowu herself, leading it and Da Ming.
It used to work, so why doesn't it work now?
The Titan Ape looked completely innocent.
"Alright, don't do that again next time."
Looking at the Titan Ape's goofy, simple-minded expression, the Rogue Rabbit sighed and rubbed his forehead, then asked:
"How is the Ming Dynasty doing?"
The Titan Ape nodded.
"That's good."
Xiao Wu looked at the Titan Ape:
"Now that you've brought me out, I might as well condense my third spirit ring here. Erming, you protect me. Once I've condensed my spirit ring, you can send me back."
The Titan Ape nodded first, then shook its head.
It had no objection to protecting Sister Xiaowu, but sending her back was absolutely out of the question.
We finally managed to get Xiao Wu back, so how can we not have a proper get-together to nurture our relationship?
Should we send her back to those lowly humans? What if she gets taken advantage of? I have a feeling that Sister Xiaowu seems to have taken a liking to one of those ugly creatures from that group of humans.
The Titan Ape was extremely unwilling and shook its enormous head like a rattle drum.
"Erming, you're not listening to Sister Xiaowu anymore, are you? If you keep going like this, I'm not going to talk to you anymore."
Upon seeing this, the rogue rabbit's expression immediately turned displeased.
"roar--"
The Titan Ape looked aggrieved.
"Hurry, protect me!"
The rogue rabbit waved impatiently, sat down cross-legged on the Titan Giant Ape, and began to condense its third soul ring using a special secret technique that only soul beasts could master.
Titan Giant Ape Erming dared not utter another sound. He squatted down beside him, his kingly aura silently emanating from him, driving away all the soul beasts inhabiting the area within several kilometers.
Looking at Xiao Wu, who was surrounded by a hazy red light, whose body was becoming more and more perfect and who had obviously grown a size larger, the Titan Giant Ape's two lantern-sized crystal yellow eyes gleamed and suddenly revealed a hint of drooling.
…………
Meng Yiran was dumbfounded.
Looking at the lifeless human-faced spider on the ground, her face was filled with disbelief.
Her small mouth, painted with light purple lip gloss, was wide open, and her beautiful blue-gray eyes, as clear as gemstones, were also wide open. Her exquisite and beautiful face showed a stunned yet somewhat cute expression.
Just now.
Ye Qifeng made his move in less than a minute.
Several soft, smacking sounds rang out, followed by a loud thud. The human-faced spider lay neatly and cleanly in front of her.
Are the human-faced spiders so easy to deal with?
Looking at the human-faced spider on the ground, its eight spider legs severed at the root, leaving only a round, bald body, its ugly, ferocious white face on its lower abdomen a bloody mess, and its mouthparts that used to spit out spider silk also destroyed.
Meng Yiran was somewhat stunned, and a misconception arose in her mind—this human-faced spider was so weak.
A moment later, she suddenly realized, wait, no, this handsome guy named Ye Qifeng is really strong!
A thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider, whose strength was definitely above that of a Soul Venerable, was actually dealt with by him in no time at all.
Wow, that's amazing!
"Done."
Ye Qifeng waved his hand to disperse the black sword Dark Moon in his hand, clapped his hands, and walked back to Meng Yiran.
Meng Yiran glanced at Ye Qifeng, then at the human-faced spider lying on the ground, barely breathing, and subconsciously swallowed.
"Thank you, thank you for saving me."
When Ye Qifeng walked up to her, Meng Yiran thanked him sincerely.
"You're welcome. I just happened to be there."
Ye Qifeng waved his hand, looked at Meng Yiran, and said softly:
"However, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."
"Yeah, me too."
Meng Yiran nodded slightly in agreement, which surprised her as well.
Remembering the sharp black knife in Ye Qifeng's hand, she looked up at him and asked in a light, melodious voice:
"Was that jet-black longsword your martial soul? Are you also a weapon spirit master?"
Ye Qifeng gently shook his head:
"Oh, that's my soul skill, Black Blade Dark Moon, not my martial soul, and I'm not a weapon soul master."
"Huh? A soul skill?"
Meng Yiran tilted her head, quickly thinking of a peculiar soul skill, and exclaimed in a sweet voice:
"Could it be a weapon-type soul skill?"
As the heir to the Dragon Serpent Mansion of the Barak Kingdom, Meng Yiran is quite knowledgeable and possesses a great deal of knowledge about martial spirits, including weapon-type spirit skills.
It's not only weapon spirit masters who can possess weapons in this world. Certain unique beast spirits, when paired with certain rare spirit rings, can also grant spirit masters weapons similar to weapon spirits.
That's a weapon-type soul skill.
However, weapon-type soul skills are rare, practically nonexistent, and there are probably only a handful of people in the entire Douluo Continent who possess them.
That's why Meng Yiran was so surprised.
"You're right, it is indeed a weapon-type soul skill."
Ye Qifeng nodded.
"But I didn't see you summon your martial soul, nor did I see your spirit rings. Is it possible to use spirit skills without releasing your martial soul and spirit rings? How did you do that?"
Meng Yiran asked with a surprised look.
Ye Qifeng chuckled softly, raising a finger to his lips:
"Shh, it's a secret."
Meng Yiran pouted slightly:
"Another secret. If you don't want to talk about it, fine. Humph, stingy."
Ye Qifeng ignored her inner thoughts and changed the subject, asking:
"By the way, Miss Meng, why are you here alone? Where are your grandparents?"
Meng Yiran's face suddenly looked somewhat dejected:
"I got separated from them."
Ye Qifeng frowned slightly, looking at her in surprise:
"We got separated, what happened?"
Logically speaking, Meng Yiran should have been with the Dragon God and Snake Goddess all the time, so how could she suddenly get separated and be alone?
Could it be that they were attacked by a rioting spirit beast? Or did they encounter some other unexpected event?
"We encountered a huge monster."
Meng Yiran quickly cleared up his doubts, though he still seemed a little shaken.
"A big monster?"
Ye Qifeng was slightly taken aback, but then he understood:
"Is it a Titan Ape?"
As he said this, Ye Qifeng secretly glanced at a certain spot in the dense forest, and his powerful spiritual energy swept over it. Sure enough, he sensed that the aura of a certain figure hidden there suddenly became disordered.
The figure had just appeared, right after he had dealt with the human-faced spider.
However, Ye Qifeng did not make a fuss.
"Yes, it's the Titan Ape."
Meng Yiran was unaware that there was another person around her. She nodded slightly and then recounted her experiences of the past few days to Ye Qifeng:
"After my grandmother and I left that day, I quickly found my grandfather and told him in detail what you had warned me about."
"However, after discussing it, we decided to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest and continue hunting for spirit rings."
"We searched in the forest for three days, and not long ago we finally encountered a soul beast that was suitable to be my third soul ring. Yes, it is this thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider."
Meng Yiran pointed to the human-faced spider lying on the ground.
"Everything was going well until we were about to begin our hunt when an unexpected event occurred: a Titan ape suddenly appeared and attacked us."
"My grandparents were knocked away by the Titan ape while protecting me. However, the Titan ape seemed to have something urgent to attend to and ignored me, leaving quickly. That's how I escaped."
"To be honest, we were pretty unlucky."
At this point, Meng Yiran became indignant:
"That damned Titan Ape seemed to be just passing by, and we just happened to block its path, which is why it attacked us."
"That's what happened to Grandpa and Grandma; we don't know where they were blown away by it."
Meng Yiran glanced at Ye Qifeng, who was listening intently across from her, and sighed.
"Only after the Titan Ape left did I dare to follow the direction in which my grandparents were knocked away."
Unfortunately, what you warned me about has suddenly come true.
"Because of the appearance of the Titan Giant Ape, all the spirit beasts in this nearby forest have gone on a rampage."
"I had no choice but to take a detour to avoid the area where the soul beasts were rampaging, but in doing so, I ended up getting further and further away from my grandparents."
"Later, I was targeted by this vengeful human-faced spider. My grandparents weren't around, and I was no match for it, so I had no choice but to run away, which led me to this place."
As she spoke, Meng Yiran kicked the half-dead human-faced spider, saying hatefully:
"It's all that damned human-faced spider's fault. If it hadn't kept chasing me and made me lose track of my grandparents' location, I would have already bypassed those rampaging soul beasts and reunited with them."
"So that's how it is."
After listening to Meng Yiran's story, Ye Qifeng finally understood why she appeared here alone and was being chased by the human-faced spider.
That being said, this human-faced demon spider should be the one that Tang San was originally destined to intercept, right?
In that case
"Thank goodness I met you, otherwise I might not be alive."
Meng Yiran had no idea what Ye Qifeng was thinking. She patted her well-developed chest with lingering fear, then turned her beautiful eyes to look at him.
"And you? Why are you suddenly here?"
"Would you believe me if I said I came for you?"
Seeing Meng Yiran's curious expression, Ye Qifeng smiled and couldn't help but tease her.
"Huh? For me?"
Meng Yiran's pretty face flushed red instantly.
"Haha, just kidding. Actually, I had some things to take care of, so I came out for a bit."
Ye Qifeng laughed and said.
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Meng Yiran rolled her eyes, the spark of emotion that had just risen in her heart was immediately extinguished, but her face was still a little hot.
As her eyes darted around, Meng Yiran caught a glimpse of the human-faced spider on the ground. After a moment's thought, she asked softly:
"Can I have this human-faced spider?"
"I need a spirit ring to advance my rank. With it, I can directly advance to the Soul Master realm."
The Human-Faced Demon Spider's soul ring is extremely rare, much rarer than the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, and it is also very suitable for her serpent staff, especially given the Human-Faced Demon Spider's venom and control abilities.
The venom of the human-faced spider can enhance the toxicity of the venom attribute inherent in the serpent staff.
The ability to control the human-faced spider is something the Serpent Staff lacks, and it can make up for the Serpent Staff's deficiency in this area.
"Of course you can, it was originally yours."
Meeting Meng Yiran's eager gaze, Ye Qifeng smiled gently and nodded affirmatively:
"Do you remember what I told you before?"
"What did you say?"
"I stole your Phoenix Tail Cockscomb Serpent Soul Ring before, and I said I would compensate you."
Meng Yiran blushed slightly and quickly waved her hand:
"Oh, no need for compensation or anything like that."
"What I said before was just in anger, I didn't really mean to ask you for compensation. Besides, you just saved me, which can completely offset the loss of the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring."
"To be honest, I'm the one who owes you. After all, life is much more important than a spirit ring."
"Consider this human-faced spider a purchase on my behalf, how about it?"
"What? You want to buy it?"
Ye Qifeng stared at her in astonishment. Was it really necessary to be so polite?
I already told you, this human-faced spider originally belonged to you. I'm already being very embarrassed to return it to you as compensation, and you're even more embarrassed than I am?
Are you Meng Yiran? You must be a fake.
Shouldn't you be a spoiled, willful, arrogant young lady who wants everything and has to get everything?
This is nothing like you.
Meng Yiran couldn't hear Ye Qifeng's inner thoughts, so she raised her hand and patted her swollen chest:
"Don't worry, once I reunite with my grandparents and return to the capital of the Barak Kingdom, I will definitely send someone to deliver the reward to you."
"I, Meng Yiran, am the young master of the Dragon and Snake Manor. My reputation is absolutely guaranteed. You can trust me."
Ye Qifeng cleared his throat:
"Ahem, Miss Meng, there's no need for payment."
"How about this, I'll give you this human-faced spider as a gift."
Do I lack this little bit of money? No, I don't.
Besides, once you've absorbed the Human-Faced Demon Spider's soul ring and discovered its mysteries, you probably won't dare mention the reward anymore.
The value of that thing is probably enough to cripple your Dragon Serpent Mansion.
(End of this chapter)