Douro Continent

Chapter 140 The Evil Killer, the Human-Faced Spider (Part 2)

Looking at the surrounding terrain, Tang San sat down against a big tree. He knew that if he wanted to continue searching for Xiao Wu, he had to recover some of his strength first.

He took out his water bag from the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night and drank it in large gulps, not even noticing that his body was getting wet.

His breathing gradually calmed down. Tang San dared not cultivate, because no one knew if he would encounter any spirit beasts. He just wanted to wait until his strength recovered a bit before continuing his search.

Suddenly, a strange sound caught Tang San's attention.

The rustling sound sounded like someone changing clothes, or like leaves rustling. With growing vigilance, Tang San slowly stood up and cautiously looked in the direction the sound came from.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the source of the sound.

The color black filled Tang San with disgust. This suddenly appearing creature, like the Titan Ape before it, also had a black body. However, compared to the Titan Ape, its body was much smaller. But compared to its own species, it was surprisingly large.

Before Tang San appeared a spider, a bizarre giant spider with a body diameter exceeding 1.5 meters and eight spear-like legs exceeding 3 meters in length. Its entire body was covered in a shiny black carapace, and the tips of its long legs were slender, each step silently piercing the ground, demonstrating their sharpness.

Tang San spotted it, and it seemed to spot him too. Its eight long legs moved rapidly, creating a series of afterimages, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Tang San. Two of its front legs instantly rose up and thrust directly at Tang San's head.

As it raised its front legs, its body inevitably arched upwards as well, allowing Tang San to see its abdomen. It was this one glance that allowed Tang San to recognize its species.

Tang San rolled away almost without hesitation, dodging the long-legged spider's attack, but he gasped in shock. He never expected to encounter it in this place.

On the spider's underbelly were white markings, a stark contrast to its black body, which formed the shape of a ferocious human face. Eight small eyes, gleaming with an eerie purple light, were pressed against its underbelly. However, two of the eyes appeared to have been smashed open, leaving a bloody mess. Even the carapace on its underbelly bore several cracks.

It was nighttime, and if Tang San hadn't possessed the Purple Demon Eye, he really wouldn't have been able to see any of this.

Upon seeing that ferocious human face, Tang San thought of many names for the spider before him.

A nightmare for small soul beasts, a being that devours life, an object of hatred for all soul beasts, a terrifying and evil killer.

These titles are all used to describe the long-legged spider before them. Its name is the Human-Faced Demon Spider. Among soul beasts, it is considered a terrifying existence. Of course, compared to the Titan Giant Ape, it is clearly not on the same level. However, this Human-Faced Demon Spider is a creature that even soul beasts fear.

It has a solid carapace, incredible speed, eight long legs with strong penetrating power and deadly venom, and most terrifyingly, its spider web.

Ordinary spiders spin their webs from silk, but this one is different; it sprays its web directly. Not only is it extremely sticky, but it's also incredibly tough. It's coated with a terrifying neurotoxin. Even a spirit beast like Tang San's first spirit ring, the Mandragora Snake, would only become food for this Human-Faced Demon Spider.

At the same time, the Human-Faced Demon Spider was one of the targets for Tang San's third spirit ring, as instructed by Grandmaster. Grandmaster had told him that the Human-Faced Demon Spider was the most difficult to obtain and that he should never force it. Because even with a powerful spirit master by his side, encountering the Human-Faced Demon Spider could easily lead to danger.

The spiderweb spewed by the human-faced demon spider is not only instantaneous, but it can also cover an area ten times its own size, making it almost impossible to dodge. Even a powerful soul master caught in its web would need time to break free. And that time would be enough for it to do many other things.

Tang San hadn't expected to encounter a Human-Faced Demon Spider under these circumstances. Judging from its appearance, it clearly possessed over a thousand years of cultivation. The Human-Faced Demon Spider could spew its web three times a day. Generally, its first action upon seeing prey was to spew its web. However, this time it was attacking with its long legs. Coupled with the injury on its abdomen, this led Tang San to a possibility: this Human-Faced Demon Spider had already used up its web-spitting ability for the day.

Facing a fully-fledged Man-Faced Demon Spider, Tang San knew he had no chance. But if it were an injured Man-Faced Demon Spider, things might be different. After all, the Man-Faced Demon Spider's weakness was obvious: its eight eyes. It couldn't possibly compare to the Forest King he had encountered before. If he could kill the Man-Faced Demon Spider before him and absorb the spirit ring it formed, then it was almost certain that his physical condition would immediately recover to its peak, his strength would increase, and finding Xiao Wu would naturally become easier.

These thoughts flashed through Tang San's mind in the blink of an eye as he rolled away. As he stood up, the Blue Silver Grass Entanglement skill activated, and countless thick, long blades of grass suddenly wrapped around the body of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

Tang San knew that with the power of the Man-Faced Demon Spider, breaking free of his Blue Silver Grass's entanglement would be no problem. The paralyzing toxin attached to the Blue Silver Grass had no effect on it; the spider itself was highly poisonous. Besides its neurotoxins, the Man-Faced Demon Spider also possessed corrosive toxins, which explained its domineering nature. These were all qualities Tang San desired to appear on his Blue Silver Grass. Therefore, obtaining this spirit ring was extremely important to him.

He flipped himself up, and a black box appeared in his left hand. His right hand moved quickly around on the black box, making a series of mechanical sounds.

The Human-Faced Demon Spider moved even faster than Tang San had imagined. The binding effect of the Blue Silver Grass had clearly enraged it. A layer of eerie purple light spread from its body, and the Blue Silver Grass attached to it melted, or rather, corroded.

When the Blue Silver Grass corroded to a certain extent, the Human-Faced Demon Spider broke free without any hindrance and pounced on Tang San again. This time, its four front limbs were raised, clearly intending to kill Tang San with a single blow.

Tang San calmly looked at the Man-Faced Demon Spider, his right hand swiftly sweeping across his waist, dozens of white beams shooting out simultaneously, heading straight for the Man-Faced Demon Spider's eyes on its lower abdomen.

As expected, the Human-Faced Demon Spider was extremely cautious about its vital points. Coupled with the fact that both its eyes had already been severely injured, it couldn't afford to attack Tang San. It quickly crawled to the ground, its carapace being struck by hidden weapons, sending sparks flying. At this moment, Tang San finally completed the mechanism on the black box in his hand.

Tang San was now absolutely certain that the Man-Faced Demon Spider in front of him had already used up all the spider webs it could today. A thousand-year-old Man-Faced Demon Spider could spray its webs three times a day; unless it reached a cultivation level of ten thousand years, this number wouldn't increase. Furthermore, given that it was already injured, Tang San was even more certain of his guess. Otherwise, given the Man-Faced Demon Spider's violent nature, it would have already sprayed its webs in response to his provocation, instead of attacking with its long legs like it was now.

The Human-Faced Demon Spider had been thoroughly enraged by Tang San. After blocking the hidden weapon, the purple light that had previously corroded the Blue Silver Grass reappeared. Even before it got close, a pungent and nauseating smell wafted out.

But Tang San did not retreat. Instead of retreating, he faced the Human-Faced Demon Spider as it sprang up its eight long legs and pounced.

He transferred the fully-equipped black box to his right hand, while a black light flickered in his left, and a small black hammer with strange patterns silently appeared in his grasp. Facing a life-or-death crisis, Tang San finally unleashed his second spirit.

Although this second spirit does not come with any spirit ring skills, its weight is constantly increasing as Tang San's spirit power increases. The hammer itself does not look much different, but now the weight of this small hammer has reached a terrifying 500 jin.

Tang San knew that he only had one chance. With his current physical strength, he could never outrun the Human-Faced Demon Spider, so escaping was out of the question.

However, even if you attack him directly with hidden weapons, it would be difficult to cause him any real harm due to the Man-Faced Demon Spider's vigilance.

After all, even armor-piercing hidden weapons require substantial internal energy as support, and although Tang San's Xuan Tian Gong has achieved some success, it is still far from being truly substantial.

The black light pulsed, and Tang San's charging body suddenly came to an abrupt halt. The four front legs of the Human-Faced Demon Spider had already risen again. This time, it was even faster, and its long legs were covered with that corrosive purple light. Combined with its mental paralysis toxin, even a little bit of it would be enough to kill Tang San, let alone being directly pierced.

As an evil killer, the Human-Faced Demon Spider had devoured countless soul beasts and soul masters who ventured deep into the Star Dou Great Forest using this method. The six remaining small eyes beneath its belly were now gleaming with an eerie light.

Just as those four three-meter-long spider legs, resembling steel spears, suddenly descended, Tang San moved.

It was his left hand that moved, the left hand that had gathered all of Tang San's level 30 soul power at this moment, instantly injecting soul power into the small black hammer.

In an instant, the small black hammer in his hand doubled in size, and the patterns on it suddenly became clear, shimmering with a dark blue light.

(End of this chapter)