Douro Continent

Chapter 184 The Spider King's Intimidating Power (Part 1)

"So what if I am? Do you think you can win now? Don't forget, you're all alone right now, while you're facing six of us," the Spider Woman Soul Master retorted defiantly.

Tang San smiled slightly and said, "However, you're probably the only one who truly has combat power. Although I don't know why you were able to remain conscious and command your companions after entering that state, you also have to bear the negative effects of that enhanced state. Even if you still have some soul power left, you can't be at your best. In that case, this team battle will become a decisive battle between you and me, won't it?"

Kuang Xi had fully regained consciousness. The martial spirit possession state on his body had disappeared, but his physical strength had allowed him to break free from the pain. "Who said I have no fighting power? Even with the strength of my body, I can crush you, you bastard."

Mad Rhino's rage didn't subside despite his soul power being drained. He had never been so furious before. His formidable strength had been rendered useless by Tang San's spider web bindings, putting his side at a complete disadvantage. As soon as he finished speaking, he charged towards Tang San.

The Spider Woman Soul Master did not stop the Mad Rhino. She knew very well that with the Mad Rhino's strength, even without the aid of soul power, it could move a strong bull by its own strength alone.

The reason she was able to remain conscious in her frenzied state was due to the negative effects of her thousand-year-old spirit ring technique. Besides its potent toxicity and resilient appearance, her eight thousand-year-old spirit rings also possessed the ability to reduce all negative effects by fifty percent.

In other words, while she fully enjoys the positive effects of fanaticism, she only has to bear half of the negative effects of the fanaticism.

That's why she was able to stay as conscious as possible before, and now only half of her remaining soul power has been drained.

After the depletion from the previous battle and the shedding of her frenzied state, she now only had 30% of her soul power remaining.

Seeing the Raptor charging towards him, Tang San didn't activate his Blue Silver Grass spirit again. He wanted to conserve his spirit power to fight against the opponent's strongest Spider Woman spirit master. Without its spirit power, the Raptor was like a toothless tiger. Did he really need its spirit power to aid him against such an opponent?

Seeing the Rhinoceros charging towards him with its arms outstretched, Tang San didn't retreat but advanced, using the Ghost Shadow Step to lightly meet it.

The Ghostly Shadow Tracker carried Tang San's figure erratically. Although it seemed to be charging forward, Kuangxi could never catch his true form.

With a slight movement, Tang San had already cut to the side of Kuang Xi, his left foot nimbly placed under Kuang Xi's feet, his left arm raised horizontally, and his elbow struck out heavily from behind Kuang Xi.

Although Tang San's body doesn't look as strong as Kuang Xi's, his strength is not much weaker.

His childhood experience as a blacksmith, coupled with the intensive physical training he underwent during this period, gave him an extremely strong physique.

When Tang San tripped over Kuang Xi's feet, he felt a strong force coming from behind, and he was sent flying.

At that moment, the Spider Woman Soul Master finally made her move. Her thousand-year soul ring skill had disappeared due to insufficient soul power. Countless spider silks in her palms covered Tang San from the front the instant he was thrown out of the Mad Rhino and his body came to a standstill, enveloping all the space where Tang San could dodge.

Tang San frowned slightly. "Aren't you going to give up yet?" This time, he didn't dodge. Instead, he let the spider woman's spider silk wrap around his body. In just a moment, he was wrapped up like a rice dumpling, his whole body covered with a layer of pink spider silk.

The Spider Woman Soul Master was overjoyed and shouted, "Quick, throw him off the Soul Arena, and we'll win!"

However, she soon realized something was wrong, because none of her teammates responded to her. When she turned her head, she was shocked to find that her teammates, who had lost their soul power, were now tightly bound by strands of blue-purple Blue Silver Grass. Without soul power to resist the paralyzing poison, they had all lost the ability to speak.

The Spider Woman Soul Master suddenly felt her heart skip a beat, and an ominous premonition welled up in her heart. Then, before she could pull the spider silk to throw Tang San off the Soul Arena, an unparalleled pressure was suddenly released from Tang San.

It wasn't pressure from soul power, but a special aura, and for her, the effect of this aura was incomparably powerful.

A bizarre scene unfolded: the spider silk on Tang San's body suddenly melted away like ice and snow, starting from his back. All the spider silk frantically gathered towards his back, as if it were no longer a physical entity but merely an energy form.

In the blink of an eye, the spider silk in front of Tang San had disappeared, and the Spider Woman Soul Master was surprised to find that he was looking at her with a rather strange gaze.

The spider silk originated from the spider woman's hands. After all the spider silk on Tang San's body was absorbed from his back, a powerful suction force suddenly pulled the spider woman's body toward Tang San at high speed along the extension of the spider silk. By the time she realized what was happening, she was already in front of Tang San.

The Spider Woman Soul Master wanted to resist, but the suffocating pressure she felt made her unable to move at all.

The Spider Woman Soul Master couldn't see it, but the audience behind Tang San could. The clothes on Tang San's back had disappeared, and eight clusters of purplish-black light were shining from behind him. The spider silk was being forcibly absorbed from there.

Raising his right hand, Tang San grabbed the Spider Woman Soul Master's neck, thus preventing her from crashing into his body under the powerful suction force.

At this moment, Tang San's purple eyes flashed with a cold and sinister light. He turned his head to look at the noisy audience. All the audience members who saw the light in his eyes hurriedly lowered their heads, their whole bodies shivering. What an evil aura that was!

Tang San placed his left index finger above the lips of his mask, signaling the audience in the stands to be quiet.

The situation on the field was no longer going to change. Apart from the Spider Woman Soul Master, everyone, including the Mad Rhino that Tang San had thrown away and even the unconscious support-type Soul Master, was already entangled in the Blue Silver Grass. The Spider Woman Soul Master was also being held by the neck by Tang San. This team battle Soul Master had finally come to an end.

The eight clusters of purplish-black light behind Tang San vanished silently, and the taut spider silk snapped. The suffocating pressure that had been pressing down on the Spider Woman Soul Master also disappeared at that moment.

Her eyes were filled with complex emotions as she looked at Tang San with some difficulty. "Why...why?"

Tang San, of course, knew what she was asking. He grabbed her neck, pulling her closer, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Because my third spirit ring is the Thousand-Year-Old Human-Faced Demon Spider. Do you understand?"

The spider-woman soul master's body trembled suddenly. "You're clearly a plant-type soul master, so why, why can you absorb it...?"

"There's nothing inherently wrong with that; it's just that too many people have fallen into a misconception. Plant-type Soul Masters are also a type of Weapon Soul Master. Since your teammate's Ruyi Disc can easily absorb beast-type Soul Rings, why can't my Blue Silver Grass?"

As the host, Manager Ao, walked onto the stage, Tang San casually waved his hand, sending the Spider Woman Soul Master flying several meters away.

The battle is over.

The one that absorbed the spider silk of the Spider Woman Soul Master was naturally Tang San's strange external soul bone. As an external soul bone that carried the energy of the Human-Faced Demon Spider and lay dormant, it had an unparalleled deterrent effect on all spider-type martial souls.

At the beginning of the battle, Tang San held back, not using the pressure it exerted on his opponent. However, at the final moment, his own soul power was insufficient, and he didn't want to delay any longer, so he finally released the aura attached to his external soul bone. Of course, no one would know that it was the power of the external soul bone.

After practicing with his external soul bone for some time, Tang San discovered that whenever he used the power of the Eight Spider Lances, his emotions would be affected, as if he were tainted by the violent aura of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

When he stops using the Eight Spider Lances, his malevolent aura completely disappears. This is why he made that arrogant gesture towards the audience earlier, which was out of character for him.

Tang San consulted Grandmaster about this situation, and the Grandmaster's answer was simple: the Human-Faced Demon Spider's energy was stronger than Tang San's current soul power, and Tang San wasn't yet able to fully control the Eight Spider Lances. Therefore, he was affected by the Human-Faced Demon Spider's residual aura on the Eight Spider Lances. There was nothing to worry about; this negative effect would naturally disappear when Tang San's soul power was sufficient.

With Tang San's unwavering willpower, he wouldn't lose his true nature due to the influence of the Eight Spider Lances. At most, it would only be a change in his temperament.

"The Shrek Seven Devils win." The host, Manager Ao, announced the result with some difficulty, his gaze fixed on Tang San, the only one standing in the stands, with a special meaning in his eyes, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that these Soul Masters wearing green masks would soon become the darlings of the Soto Grand Soul Arena.

(End of this chapter)