Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends.

However, seeing the almost insane obsession and deep despair in Dai Mubai's eyes, he finally nodded. After all, he was just a guard.

"Yes, Your Highness. I will prepare the carriage and necessary supplies immediately."

"No, no carriage. It's too conspicuous and will easily expose our location. Let's travel light and on foot!" Dai Mubai decisively rejected the idea.

Chapter 104 Swarm of Human-Faced Demon Spiders

Huo An said no more and quickly got up to leave and make arrangements. As a Soul Emperor, he had his own means of ensuring survival in the wild.

A moment later, the two figures disappeared into the night, leaving Tiandou City silently and heading towards Sunset Forest.

Dai Mubai knew this was a high-stakes gamble—a gamble on his speed, a gamble on his luck. He feared that the mysterious witch might be hostile to the first person to arrive under the cover of night.

He had even thought about what he would say when he met Godot. He couldn't compare to Godot in terms of wealth, but he could promise the future, exchange information, and pay any price he was willing to pay.

Huo An sighed inwardly. The ruthlessness and decisiveness that the Third Prince, who had always acted so carefree, showed at this moment was beyond his expectations.

However, the road ahead is unpredictable, and even he dares not say he can be absolutely certain that he can protect everyone in the Sunset Forest at night.

Shortly after Dai Mubai and his servant disappeared into the darkness of the night, Zhu Tianlin and Davis received a secret report from their subordinates almost simultaneously.

"Oh? Mu Bai went to Sunset Forest overnight?" Davis was wiping his Purple Lightning Pearl when he heard the news. He paused for a moment, then let out a contemptuous sneer.

"My brother is really desperate. He thinks he can gain the upper hand this way? How laughable. Is Sunset Forest so easy to enter? I'm afraid he won't even get to see that lord before becoming some ten-thousand-year-old soul beast's midnight snack."

He didn't take Dai Mubai's actions to heart, instead thinking that the other party was overestimating himself and only making a fool of himself.

Davis was too lazy to stop him; he was happy to see Dai Mubai get hurt.

When Zhu Tianlin received the message, he only frowned slightly.

“Your Highness the Third Prince is too impatient.” He spoke in a flat tone, revealing neither joy nor anger.

"It's good that young people have drive, but too much of a good thing can be bad. Huo An should be safe with him, but trying to impress a Title Douluo with this..."

He shook his head, the unspoken words self-evident.

In Zhu Tianlin's eyes, Dai Mubai's actions were nothing more than a child's tantrum, utterly meaningless.

Real deals rely on substantial resources and imperial-level acquisitions, rather than clever but risky ventures.

"Ignore it. Proceed as planned, depart promptly tomorrow morning," Zhu Tianlin ordered.

He believed that only this weighty gift list in his hands could truly open the door to Godot's heart.

……

Deep within the Sunset Forest, beside the Eye of Ice and Fire, Godot had just finished brewing another batch of potions.

She seemed to sense something, and looked up at the dimly lit night sky, a hint of amusement and anticipation flashing in her dark green eyes.

"The fish... seem more eager than expected." She chuckled softly, as if she could already smell the unusual scent carried on the wind.

She gently stroked the wand in her hand, beginning to ponder how to entertain this first potentially uninvited guest.

……

Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and Huo An had already rushed to Sunset Forest.

The dense night, like ink that cannot be dissolved, framed the entire forest.

The branches of the towering ancient trees twisted and intertwined, casting eerie shadows under the faint starlight.

The air was filled with the damp smell of decaying leaves, a faint miasma, and a subtle, sweet, fishy odor.

"Your Highness, stay close to me," Huo An said in a deep voice, his soul power fluctuating slightly as six soul rings quietly appeared and disappeared.

His powerful aura spread out, driving away some of the weaker beings lurking in the darkness.

In his hand, Huo An also held a long sword burning with crimson flames, which served both as illumination and a deterrent.

Dai Mubai nodded, took a deep breath, and suppressed the pounding in his heart.

He is currently only a Soul Master, and in this perilous forest, he clearly feels his own insignificance.

But the flames burning in Dai Mubai's eyes did not go out; instead, they intensified due to the pressure of the environment.

The two ventured deeper into the forest, their feet sinking into the desolate ground. Huo An, experienced as he was, deliberately avoided areas with abnormal energy fluctuations or that were too quiet.

He knew that it was the symbol of a powerful soul beast's territory.

However, danger lurks everywhere in the Sunset Forest at night.

"Chichi-"

A faint sound came from behind the two. Huo An turned around sharply, his flaming longsword sweeping out horizontally. As the blade passed, several brightly colored venomous snakes that had sprung out of the humus layer were cut in two, and the cuts made a sizzling sound of decay.

"It's a spotted rot snake, extremely venomous. Watch your step and watch out for tree trunks!" Huo An warned in a low voice.

A cold sweat trickled down Dai Mubai's back; he hadn't even noticed it before.

The deeper they went, the taller and denser the trees became, almost completely blocking out the starlight, and they relied entirely on Hoan's flaming blade for illumination.

The miasma became thicker and had a hallucinogenic effect, forcing even Huo An to divert some of his soul power to resist it, which slowed him down.

"Roar!"

A deep roar shook the leaves to their core, and two eerie green lights appeared in the darkness ahead, rushing towards them.

It was a massive, ancient ghost tiger that clearly regarded them as intruders.

Huo An's expression turned grave as he shielded Dai Mubai behind him, saying, "Your Highness, step back! This guy is not easy to deal with!"

The battle erupted instantly.

Huo An and Ghost Tiger collided violently, the light of their soul skills tearing through the darkness, and a huge roar echoed far and wide through the silent forest.

Dai Mubai clenched his fists, watching Huo An fight the ghost tiger, but he could only watch helplessly from the sidelines. This feeling of powerlessness almost drove him crazy.

Huo An, being a Soul Emperor, possessed formidable strength. After a fierce battle, he finally managed to severely injure Ghost Tiger with a massive fiery blade aura, forcing him to retreat.

However, he also suffered considerable damage, with a deep, bone-revealing gash on his arm, which was covered in blood.

"Huo An, how are you?" Dai Mubai rushed forward.

"It's nothing serious, just a superficial wound." Huo An tore off a strip of cloth and hastily bandaged the wound, his face somewhat pale.

"Your Highness, we should not linger here. The commotion we just caused may lead to more trouble. We must find His Majesty's residence as soon as possible."

Dai Mubai gritted his teeth and nodded.

The two continued onward, but Hoan's injuries and exhaustion clearly affected their speed and stealth.

Finally, while traversing a dark woodland covered in giant spider webs, they triggered a real nightmare.

Almost instantly, countless fist-sized spiders with bizarre human-face patterns surged out from the treetops and ground in all directions, moving at an astonishing speed, spewing out viscous spider silk that shimmered with a purplish-black light.

"A swarm of human-faced spiders! Run!" Huo An was horrified. He brandished his flaming blade wildly, trying to burn through the spider silk, but the silk was extremely tough and could not be melted immediately.

Even more terrifying, these spider silks carry potent neurotoxins and paralyzing effects. Just inhaling a small amount of the smoke produced by the burning spider silk made Huo An feel dizzy and slowed down his movements.

Chapter 105 I Need Power

Countless spider silk instantly coiled around Huo An, wrapping him up layer by layer, and the light on the Flame Blade quickly dimmed.

He struggled desperately, his soul power exploding, breaking layer after layer of spider silk, but more and more spider silk kept wrapping around him, like a white wave, threatening to completely engulf him.

The toxins seeped through his skin, and Huo's power was rapidly diminishing.

"Your Highness, run!" Huo An roared in despair, on the verge of being completely swallowed up.

But the cold spider silk instantly wrapped around Dai Mubai's hands and feet, and the poison invaded, causing Dai Mubai to feel his body begin to go numb.

Just as Dai Mubai's consciousness was about to fade, and Huo An was about to be completely wrapped in a cocoon—

"Tsk, what a noisy night."

A languid yet strangely magnetic female voice seemed to whisper in their ears, or perhaps it came from every corner of the forest.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

All the surging spider silk, the frantically attacking human-faced spiders, and even the howling wind were frozen in this moment.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable, deep, and dark pressure swept across the woodland like a tide.

The ferocious and savage human-faced spiders, as if they had encountered their natural enemy, let out a sharp and extremely fearful hiss, and instantly retreated like a tide, disappearing into caves and tree crevices without a trace, leaving only a mess of spider silk and traces of battle on the ground.

The spiderwebs that were wrapped around Dai Mubai and Huo An were cut off as if by an invisible sharp blade, falling off one by one.

Dai Mubai collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, and looked up in shock.

Not far away, on the branches of a huge, strange plant that emitted a shimmering blue light, a figure was seen sitting.

Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the trees and fell precisely on her.

She was a woman breathtakingly beautiful, yet also so dangerous she sent chills down your spine.

She wore a long, deep purple dress with dark green stripes, the hem of which spread out like a blooming poisonous flower.

Her skin was pale and almost transparent, which made her dark green eyes appear even deeper.

Her face possessed an eerie beauty, a hint of amusement playing at the corners of her lips, as if she understood everything.

She toyed with a winding, twisted wooden staff in her hand, the dark gemstone at the top of the staff slowly gathering its heart-stopping energy fluctuations.

Just by being swept by her gaze, Dai Mubai felt a chill from the depths of his soul, as if all his secrets, all his struggles and despair had been seen through at a glance.

Huo An struggled to kneel on one knee, ignoring his injuries, and lowered his head, his voice filled with utmost awe and lingering fear: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my life!"

"Help? I just don't like my garden being disturbed by these noisy little bugs."

Ge Duo chuckled softly, her voice like the night breeze brushing against the strings of a zither.

Her gaze slowly fell on Dai Mubai, who was struggling to stand up, and she looked him up and down as if she were appraising an interesting item.

"The little prince of the Star Luo Empire?" She parted her red lips slightly, her tone languid.

"Instead of enjoying wealth and luxury in your palace, you've come to my dangerous forest to die?"

Dai Mubai's heart pounded, his blood rushing with fear and a strange excitement.

He forced himself to stand up straight, looked up to meet those unfathomable green eyes, and used all his strength, his voice dry and hoarse from nervousness.

"Your Majesty Godot! I'm not here to die! I'm here... to make a deal with you!"

Dai Mubai's voice echoed in the silent forest, trembling slightly, yet unusually clear.

Gedo leaned lazily against the branch of the glowing plant, her dark green eyes slightly narrowed, as if examining a moth that had wandered into a spider web and turned out to be quite interesting.

She didn't answer immediately, but instead tapped the twisted wooden staff lightly with her fingertips, making a soft tapping sound that struck Dai Mubai's tense nerves.

"A deal?" After a long pause, she finally spoke slowly, the last syllable drawn out with a hint of mocking amusement.

"What kind of deal can a prince who is disheveled and almost became a spider's snack in the middle of the night make with me?"

Her gaze swept over Dai Mubai's robes, which were covered in mud and cobwebs, and his young face, which appeared exceptionally pale from fear, anger, and a desperate gamble.

"The treasure you're talking about, is it that barely passable little thing you're carrying?" Ge Duo's red lips curled into a mocking smile.

"Tranquil Locust Tree? Yin Soul Flower? Ha, the prince of the Star Luo Empire is surprisingly generous."

Dai Mubai was struck dumb, his face turning deathly pale instantly.

She knew what he had brought without even looking.

Moreover, in her eyes, his carefully prepared treasures were utterly insignificant, like pebbles held up by a child.

Huo An struggled to say something, but was stopped by Ge Duo's casual glance. The pressure of the Title Douluo rendered him speechless.

“I…” Dai Mubai’s lips trembled as his last hope vanished rapidly.

Just as Dai Mubai was about to be completely defeated, Ge Duo suddenly changed the subject. Her voice was still languid, but it carried an elusive meaning.

"However..."

These two words, like a glimmer of light in the darkness, instantly captured Dai Mubai's entire mind.

He suddenly looked up, his heart pounding, staring intently at Ge Duo.

“But what?” he blurted out, his voice hoarse.

Ge Duo gracefully leaped down from the branch, her skirt like a violet blooming in the dark night, silently landing in front of Dai Mubai.

She was slightly taller than Dai Mubai. She leaned down slightly and gently lifted his chin with her cold fingers, forcing him to look directly into her unfathomable green eyes.