Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 327 Super Bodyguard Shadow

"Shadow Demon, I need to rest. You keep watch for us to prevent other soul beasts from entering this valley and protect Little Fox and the others."

After dinner, Ye Liangchen asked the big tiger to be his bodyguard, then went into his tent to prepare for sleep. With this big cat as his bodyguard, he believed that no soul beast would dare to venture into this valley.

"Master, don't worry. With me here, even if a 100,000-year-old soul beast comes, I won't be afraid."

Shadow Demon waved its paw, indicating to Ye Liangchen that it was very powerful and that protecting its master's safety was its natural responsibility as a pet.

"Pfft...!" Poseidon couldn't help but laugh when she saw Shadow's smug look.

Ye Liangchen returned to his tent, lay on his bed, and thought about his gains from this trip back to the mainland. It was simply amazing. First, he obtained the soul bone and divine ring of the Ice and Fire Dragon King, and now he had subdued the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Riding this big tiger around the mainland would definitely be very cool.

Ye Liangchen's taming of this big tiger can be considered a change in its fate. If it were to be accidentally encountered by Tang San in the future, its fate would probably be the same as in the original story—it would die. Now that it has become his pet, it's quite nice.

Outside the tent, the three girls, Xiaoli, Xiaoling, and Xiaoyun, were having a great time playing with Yingmei. After getting used to the big tiger, the three girls were not afraid at all, and Yingmei cooperated well, playing with them to their heart's content.

"Shadow Demon, I need to rest now. Keep an eye on the three girls and don't let them run around."

Poseidon watched the big tiger playing happily with the three girls and found it very amusing. After giving them a few instructions, he went into the tent to cultivate the Hunyuan Technique and began to explore how to transform the soul power in his body into divine power.

"Don't worry! With me here, Xiaoli and the others will be fine."

Shadow Phantom waved its claws, assuring Poseidon that it would protect the three little girls.

"Little Tanuki, Little Bell, Little Yun, can you tell me about what happened between you and your master?"

Yingmei sensed that the three little girls, like herself, seemed to be their master's pets, and felt an inexplicable closeness to them. So she used her mental power to transmit her thoughts to the three girls and inquired about the specific situation.

"It's like this, we were together before..."

"If it weren't for the adults and young master rescuing us, we would have become those expensive playthings until death, and our fate would have been terrible."

Xiao Li recounted her and her two sisters' experiences. As for becoming their master's pets, they knew it was because of that mysterious spatial treasure. However, the three girls didn't care about anything, since their master hadn't asked them to do anything.

"It's outrageous that those people treated you like that. I'll tear down that Tiandou Auction House later and get revenge for you."

Upon hearing about the three girls' ordeal at the Tiandou Auction House, Yingmei was filled with rage and wanted to avenge them.

"Shadow Demon, the young master and the lord have already avenged us, so you don't need to worry about it anymore."

"We were just ordinary people before, but then Young Master used elixirs to help us become Soul Masters, and now we can cultivate too."

The three girls were also a little touched, not expecting that this big tiger would care about them so much.

"That's good. You all need to become stronger in the future so that you can help your master and not hold him back."

"We know, Shadow Demon. Young Master said you have many abilities. Could you tell us about them?"

"No problem, I'll tell you..."

The three girls chatted happily with Yingmei, their giggles occasionally escaping, as if they were best friends of many years.

……

In the dead of night, the Star Dou Forest was very quiet, but danger lurked everywhere under the cover of darkness, especially in the area inhabited by ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, where it was even more dangerous.

The valley where Ye Liangchen and his group were located was extremely quiet because of the presence of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and no soul beasts dared to step into it.

Xiao Li and the others had already gone into their tents to sleep, while Ying Mei stood guard outside alone, using her spiritual power to monitor everything around her and perform her bodyguard duties.

"rustle…"

Just then, Yingmei sensed a powerful soul beast approaching from several hundred meters away in the valley, and its strength was also very great.

"That aura? It's actually it!"

As a super soul beast, Yingmei immediately sensed the arrival of a powerful ten-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider outside the valley.

"Master, a 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider has arrived. I must go and kill it."

Yingmei immediately used her mental power to transmit a message to Ye Liangchen, and then quietly sneaked towards the location of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

"Twenty years ago, you slipped away from me. I never expected to run into you here. Let's see how you escape this time."

Whether the human-faced spider had stumbled upon this place by chance or intended to harm its master, Shadow Demon had no intention of letting it go. By simply absorbing the human-faced spider's energy, its own cultivation would increase by at least 20,000 years. It couldn't miss such an opportunity. Moreover, its master was still resting in the valley, and as a pet, it had to eliminate all dangers for its master.

"A 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider?"

Ye Liangchen was awakened by Yingmei and immediately got up and walked out of the tent.

"Xiao Chen, Ying Mei has left, and a powerful soul beast has arrived at the outskirts of the valley."

Poseidon also came out of the tent at this time. She had been meditating and practicing the Hunyuan Technique to replace sleeping, and at the same time, she could keep an eye on everything in the valley.

"Sister Bobo, you protect the three little girls. I'm going to check on them. Yingmei sent me a message saying that a human-faced demon spider with a cultivation level of 50,000 years has come to the outside of the valley."

"Whoosh..."

Ye Liangchen quietly flew towards the direction where the Shadow Demon had stealthily moved, to see how it would deal with that 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider.

"Then be careful."

Poseidon gave Ye Liangchen a few words of advice, then continued meditating and cultivating, staying in the valley to protect the three girls.

The human-faced demon spider, which is over 50,000 years old, is indeed very powerful in combat, but it is still a bit weaker than the dark demon evil god tiger, which is over 60,000 years old. Therefore, Poseidon is not worried about Ye Liangchen being in any danger.

Ye Liangchen quietly flew to a large tree outside the valley, closed his eyes, and used his divine sense to investigate everything within a radius of a thousand meters. He discovered that Yingmei had concealed her aura and was hiding behind a row of large trees when she was a hundred meters away from the human-faced demon spider, quietly waiting for it.

"rustle…"

The 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider in the distance was also quietly observing everything around it. Then, it took eight long strides and walked towards this side, seemingly unaware of the Shadow Demon.

"Shadow Demon, do you intend to devour the cultivation of that human-faced demon spider?"

Ye Liangchen used his mental power to inquire about Yingmei.

"Master, if I absorb the cultivation of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, my cultivation will increase by at least 20,000 years."

"Master, is it alright?"

Yingmei expressed her thoughts and also sought Ye Liangchen's opinion.

"Then let's do it! I'll keep an eye on it for you; it won't get away."

Ye Liangchen felt there was nothing wrong with Yingmei devouring the human-faced demon spider, after all, it was his pet, and it was a good thing that it had become stronger.

In the struggle for survival, there is naturally killing among soul beasts. If the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena doesn't care, Ye Liangchen certainly won't bother with such matters.

"Thank you, Master."

Shadow Demon had been worried that her master wouldn't let her kill the human-faced spider, but she didn't expect him to be so open-minded.

"Whoosh..."

Shadow Demon rose and charged towards the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

"Whoosh..."

When the human-faced spider saw that its opponent was the Dark Demon God Tiger, it was startled and immediately spat out its web to block the opponent.

The Human-Faced Demon Spider is also a powerful soul beast that likes to devour other soul beasts to increase its own cultivation. It is known as the Slayer. Its eight legs are as sharp as scythes, and the spider web it spits out carries neurotoxins that can be used to paralyze enemies. It is because of this that the Human-Faced Demon Spider has earned the reputation of the Slayer, second only to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

These two spirit beasts are both known as killers, and their reputations are infamous. Now that they have met, it's either you die or I die.

"roar…"

"Whoosh...swish..."

With a roar, Shadow Demon conjured a black wind blade, which quickly shredded the spider web bindings of the human-faced demon spider.

"roar…"

Shadow Phantom brandished its claws, unleashing Shadow Claw Strike. This skill ignores the enemy's defense, and each hit adds a Mark of the Evil God, which increases its attack speed and accuracy.

"Hiss..."

"rustle…"

Seeing that its opponent was too strong and that it was no match for them, the human-faced spider immediately fled, spitting out several spider webs to block its opponent.

"Human-faced Spider, trying to escape? Did you get my permission?"

"roar…"

Shadow Demon snorted inwardly, then activated the Dark Demon Thrust skill and chased after them.

"Click-clack..."

The Dark Demon Thrust skill is very powerful, and coupled with the Shadow Demon's terrifying strength, the spider webs are useless against this guy, as fragile as paper. It caught up with the Human-Faced Demon Spider in just a few moments.

"hiss…"

Seeing that the Dark Demon God Tiger had already attacked from behind, the Human-Faced Demon Spider immediately turned around and leaped, swinging its long, scythe-like legs to stab at its opponent.

"Click..."

Its two forelegs, each four or five meters long, pierced towards the Shadow Demon like sharp blades.

"roar…"

"Whoosh..."

Shadow Demon roared, its body glowing with black light as it activated the Evil God's Guardian skill to block the opponent's long legs. Then, it swung its tail spikes at the Human-Faced Demon Spider, preparing to unleash its Domain of Life and Death.

"Bang... Clang clang..."

The two long legs of the human-faced spider collided with the Shadow Demon's evil thorns, producing a metallic clang.

"Buzzing..."

Just then, a black hole appeared above and sucked the two soul beasts in.

"What is Shadow Demon doing? Does it really need to use its ultimate move to fight a 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider?"

Ye Liangchen had been observing the duel between the two killers with his divine sense, and felt that Yingmei was deliberately toying with the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

……

In the mysterious space of the Arena of Life and Death, the Human-Faced Spider found itself transformed into a cute little creature and was filled with despair, while Shadow Demon looked at the Human-Faced Spider with a mocking expression.

"roar…"

"Whoosh..."

Shadow Demon rushed forward and slapped down on the Human-Faced Demon Spider with its claw, instantly killing it.

"Buzzing"

"roar…"

After killing the Man-Faced Spider, Shadow Demon released the Domain of Life and Death, stepped on the spider's corpse, and fell from the sky, letting out a long howl to announce her victory.

"Shadow Demon, you deliberately tortured the Human-Faced Demon Spider, didn't you?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.

"Master, twenty years ago, when I only had a cultivation of over 40,000 years, I was being chased by the Minotaur and the Great Monkey. At that time, this Human-Faced Demon Spider even ambushed me. I have long wanted to get rid of it. I had been looking for it for a long time, but I never encountered it. Now that I have encountered it, of course I must torture it and let it feel what despair is."

Yingmei explained to Ye Liangchen her grudge against the human-faced demon spider, saying that torturing it now would be a way to vent her anger.

"Oh well."

Ye Liangchen didn't pay much attention to Yingmei's actions, but this guy dared to go to the Lake of Life after only 40,000 years, he's quite bold.

"Whoosh..."

At this moment, bursts of black soul power rose from the human-faced demon spider's body, and then began to condense into a black soul ring.

"Wait a moment, let me see if I can put this spirit ring away?"

Ye Liangchen flew down and arrived beside the corpse of the human-faced demon spider. He reached out and placed his hand on the black soul ring to see if he could put it into his game inventory.

"Whoosh..."

With a thought, Ye Liangchen directly put the black spirit ring into his game inventory, an action that surprised him greatly.

"Whoosh..."

Ye Liangchen then took out the 50,000-year-old soul ring again and found that it had turned into a ball of golden energy.

"Buzz..."

When the spirit ring appears in the outside world, it immediately turns into a large black circle, and it can be easily absorbed by people. It is exactly the same as a spirit ring bestowed by the gods, except that its lifespan is only over 50,000 years.

"Excellent! Excellent!"

"Whoosh..."

This discovery surprised Ye Liangchen quite a bit. He then put the spirit ring back into his game inventory, thinking that it could be used as a spirit ring if someone else needed it.

"Master, do you want to absorb this spirit ring?" Yingmei looked completely bewildered by Ye Liangchen's actions.

"I'm not absorbing this spirit ring because I don't want to waste it. I'll just keep it so that others can absorb it whenever they need it."

As Ye Liangchen spoke, he used his divine sense to examine the human-faced demon spider's body and found that there was no soul bone inside.

"Oh! Then I'll absorb the energy of this human-faced spider."

"Click...buzz..."

After Shadow Demon finished speaking, it directly swung the evil god hook on its tail and pierced into the human-faced demon spider's body, beginning to devour its energy.

"Buzzing..."

As the Shadow Demon devoured the energy, its cultivation level gradually increased. Half an hour later, all the energy on the Human-Faced Demon Spider was completely devoured, and the Human-Faced Demon Spider's corpse shriveled up and then turned into a pile of ash.

"roar…"

"Master, my cultivation has reached 80,000 years."

Shadow Demon felt incredibly excited as she assessed her cultivation level. She was only 20,000 years away from reaching 100,000 years, at which point she could transform into human form and appear in human form, so as not to frighten others when she went to human cities with her master.

"I wonder what type of girl Master likes? I'll ask Master again later!"

Yingmei glanced at Ye Liangchen, her mind wandering as she pondered these things, finding them quite amusing.

"Eighty thousand years of cultivation! Not bad! Let's go back!"

Ye Liangchen gave Yingmei a thumbs up, then jumped onto her back.

"Yes, Master, hold on tight."

"Whoosh..."

Shadow Demon took four steps and ran happily towards the valley.

(End of this chapter)