Douro Continent

Chapter 660 God-level Evolution, Eight Spider Lances

The discovery of the Human-Faced Demon Spider invigorated Tang San. His Blue Silver Domain, which had been expanding in 360 degrees, quietly contracted and solidified only in the direction where the Human-Faced Demon Spider had been discovered, locking onto it firmly. This one-sided mental lock meant that no matter how skillful the Human-Faced Demon Spider's stealth abilities were, it would be impossible for it to escape Tang San's detection.

Although this human-faced demon spider's cultivation level was only slightly over 50,000 years, for a soul beast of its caliber, reaching this level was incredibly difficult. Tang San was determined to obtain this soul ring.

Approaching at lightning speed, when he was about a kilometer away from his target, Tang San's body suddenly became ethereal. A layer of pale blue ripples emanated from his forehead, instantly enveloping his body. After moving forward another ten meters, he and the Trident of the Sea God completely vanished into thin air. This was the activation of the invisibility effect of the Vast Ocean Shield skill, which had been used after the Heart of the Sea God fused with his head soul bone.

Having learned his lesson from the battle against the Dark Demon God Tiger, Tang San decided to go all out against the subsequent hunt of soul beasts and finish the fight quickly. Therefore, he immediately used his invisibility skill. Although the Human-Faced Demon Spider, with its 50,000-year cultivation, was powerful, its mental strength was no match for his, and it naturally could not detect his invisibility.

As they drew closer, Tang San suppressed his Blue Silver Domain to prevent its energy from becoming too strong and being detected by the human-faced demon spider.

By this time, night had fallen, and the Starry Sky Forest was quiet; even the sounds of insects chirping and birds singing were rare.

Stealthily making his way forward, Tang San finally spotted his target.

The 50,000-year-old human-faced demon spider appeared much smaller than expected, even smaller than the 10,000-year-old human-faced demon spider Tang San had seen before. However, its body was quite peculiar; its overall diameter was only about three meters, lying silently on the ground, its eight long legs retracted around its body. Its entire carapace was a strange dark gold color; without close inspection, it would appear black. No patterns were visible. Lying on the ground, it was inconspicuous in the dead of night. Around its body were more than ten large, pitch-black webs, densely covering the forest; Tang San could feel the strength of these webs even without touching them.

Having cultivated for over 50,000 years, this Human-Faced Demon Spider could now be called the Human-Faced Demon Spider King. Compared to the Cave Demon Spider King that Tang San had hunted, it was clearly far more terrifying. This was because the Human-Faced Demon Spider's aggression was much stronger than that of the Cave Demon Spider.

Tang San stopped fifty meters behind the Man-Faced Spider King, deftly planting the Sea God Trident into the ground. In this battle, he didn't intend to use his divine weapon again, but rather to refine the connection he had been constantly pondering. With his increasing strength, and the subtle evolution of his head soul bone under the influence of an unknown ability, while the Vast Ocean Protective Shield would still immediately manifest when Tang San used offensive soul skills, some support-type soul skills, such as flight or releasing his martial soul, remained unaffected.

Tang San's first spirit, the Blue Silver Emperor, was quietly released under the invisibility effect. The nine spirit rings shone brightly, and strands of Blue Silver Emperor began to swirl around Tang San's body. The feeling of power made Tang San slowly raise his hands.

Connect, connect, Tang San kept repeating these two words in his mind. With a light leap, he darted out like a raccoon.

With a nimble flip in mid-air, his attack began. His left leg was instantly enveloped in red light, and as he flipped backward, his entire left leg descended from the sky like a giant battle axe. Amidst a piercing explosion, a massive, dark red, axe-blade-like beam of light erupted. The red light, accompanied by a series of afterimages, almost instantly pierced through the black spider web released by the Human-Faced Demon Spider King, and flew directly towards its main body. This was Tang San's left leg soul bone skill, the Orca Demon Axe, a powerful single-target attack.

The Human-Faced Demon Spider King reacted incredibly fast. Tang San's attack was too sudden for it, but its three-meter-diameter body still sprang up, its entire body spinning violently like a millstone, its lower abdomen exposed, heading towards the direction from which Tang San pounced.

Tang San clearly saw that, completely different from the black carapace on its back, the lower abdomen of the Human-Faced Demon Spider King was entirely white, or rather, it was a pale human face with all the features, but it looked extremely ferocious, especially its pair of pale white eyes, which made people feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

Two beams of white light suddenly shot out from those eyes, heading straight for the Orca Demon Axe. At the same time, the Human-Faced Demon Spider moved its mouth, spewing out large swaths of black spider silk, frantically spreading between itself and Tang San.

Those two white eyes are not the true eyes of the human-faced spider, but rather an ability. Its true eyes are located below its head, six small, eerie blue eyes that emit a cold and surprised light.

With a deafening roar, the two beams of white light shattered under the onslaught of the Orca Demon Axe. At the same time, countless Blue Silver Emperors surged forth like waves, entangled with the spider silk spewed out by the Human-Faced Demon Spider Emperor.

The spider silk of the Man-Faced Demon Spider was indeed strong, but it was still far inferior to Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor, which was adorned with nine powerful spirit rings. The Blue Silver Emperor directly unleashed its first spirit skill, Entanglement, each strand drawing away a large amount of black spider silk, forcefully carving out a passage. This exposed the Man-Faced Demon Spider, which had originally intended to use the silk to give itself a respite, back to Tang San.

Tang San unleashed his third soul skill at this moment, and the Man-Faced Demon Spider King felt a surge of energy beneath him. With a soft "poof," sixteen thick Blue Silver Emperor spears instantly emerged, cleverly severing its eight spider spears and forming a cage three meters in diameter, trapping its body within. This was Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor's fourth soul skill, the Blue Silver Cage.

Tang San used these three soul skills in succession without any pause; they were released in a completely continuous manner, one soul bone skill and two soul ring skills.

His attack didn't stop. On his right arm, the blue-gold light mixed with the energy fluctuations generated by the expansion of the fifth-ranked red halo, turning Tang San's right arm into a blood-red hue. At the same time, he waved his left hand, and a layer of yellow light enveloped the Human-Faced Spider King. The Titan Giant Ape's left arm bone soul skill, Gravity Control, was activated. The Human-Faced Spider King, which had just begun to struggle, suddenly felt its whole body sink. The power it was preparing to unleash was momentarily delayed, but the carapace on its back still cracked rapidly, transforming into six black giant blades that spun wildly, frantically cutting through the blue-silver cage that trapped it. At the same time, the two spider spears at the front of its body rose up, and two jet-black rays shot straight towards Tang San, like two black needles, instantly reaching him. In the darkness, this kind of attack was extremely terrifying. It was fast, penetrating, and protected by color; a moment's carelessness could result in being hit.

Unfortunately, Tang San was already fully focused on sensing every change in his surroundings when he launched his attack. Faced with the Man-Faced Demon Spider's counterattack, he activated his gravity control, and his body suddenly spun around in mid-air, managing to force his way through the two black rays. Not only was he not blocked, but he also got even closer to the Man-Faced Demon Spider King.

Just then, the first layer of the Blue Silver Cage shattered under the strangulation of the Man-Faced Demon Spider King's carapace. Just as the Man-Faced Demon Spider King was about to rise up and create distance from Tang San under the pressure of gravity control, a large number of Blue Silver Emperors suddenly emerged from the ground like spears and pierced its body in the instant before it left the ground.

The Blue Silver Cage mutated skill, Blue Silver Spike Array, was activated. This was Tang San's fifth skill. While the Blue Silver Spike Array's attack power was insufficient to damage the powerful carapace of the Man-Faced Demon Spider, its forced one-second stun still took effect. This immediately disrupted the Man-Faced Demon Spider King's plan to take flight, interrupting its skill and causing the massive creature to fall back to the ground. At this moment, Tang San had already reached a distance of only ten meters. In his right hand, a not particularly large spear, gleaming with strange magical patterns, had already formed.

Tang San's fifth soul skill, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, has evolved to the 100,000-year level. Its name has also changed to the Blue Silver Emperor Spear, a single-target attack, 100,000-year soul skill. Moreover, it's an attack concentrated at a single point. Although it's only Tang San's fifth soul skill, due to its 100,000-year level and attack method, it's the most powerful of all his soul skills. Even with Tang San's cultivation level, it takes time to gather soul power to unleash this skill, demonstrating its immense power.

The Blue Silver Overlord Spear differs from the previous Blue Silver Overlord Spear; it is no longer entirely golden, but rather blood-red, interspersed with golden demonic runes, making it extremely dazzling. All the energy around the spear is solidified, with no leakage whatsoever. The moment that crimson light condensed in Tang San's hand was the exact instant the Spider Queen was slowed by the Blue Silver Prison's mutated skill, the Blue Silver Thrust Array.

One second is undoubtedly a very short time, but it is enough for Tang San to unleash his fifth soul skill, which is at the level of 100,000 years.

Like a roaring, angry dragon, it let out a sharp cry that seemed to pierce the sky. Within ten meters, only a flash of red light disappeared. The intense red light burst in the air for a moment, but what was terrifying was that its attack was only concentrated on a single point.

When the Spider King regained its senses from that momentary lapse, it immediately felt the approach of death. Its massive body thrashed backward, even crossing its eight spider-spear-like legs in front of it. Undeniably, with over fifty thousand years of cultivation, its judgment of danger was extremely acute. Or perhaps the aura locked onto it by the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear was simply too overwhelming. The point where its eight spider spears crossed was precisely the point the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear was about to attack; in other words, when that point of red light collided with the Spider King, it collided with its eight crossed spider spears.

Boom! Amidst the violent explosion, a red halo spread around the entire body of the Spider Queen, its piercing screams shattering the silence of the night. In the frenzied blast, its eight incredibly sturdy spider spears, which crossed at the front, were almost instantly blasted into fragments.

It's important to understand that the Spider Queen's spider spears are the hardest part of its body, more than ten times harder than iron essence. The defensive power of its eight spears crossed together is unimaginable. However, even this was insufficient to completely withstand the penetrating strike of the Blue Silver Overlord Spear. The instantaneous collision instantly shattered its defenses. Simultaneously, the Spider Queen's massive body was thrown back, spinning and crashing heavily backward. At this moment, it felt an incredibly sharp energy stimulating every part of its body, making it completely unable to control itself.

For soul beasts, as long as their main body remains, severed limbs are not terrible; they can regrow. The key is to preserve their lives. Therefore, when the Human-Faced Spider King flipped backward, although its face on its abdomen was completely distorted, it still exhaled a thick white mist to cover its body as it flew backward. At the same time, the carapace on its back cracked again, this time not for cutting anything, but for spinning wildly, actually using it as wings for a short time to stabilize its body.

That white mist was undoubtedly the Spider Queen's life-saving weapon. Even though it had only just been released into the air, it seemed to corrode the air, making a popping sound. At the same time, the white mist spread rapidly in all directions, and anything that came into contact with it instantly turned into a puddle of white water. Such potent toxicity.

However, Tang San was currently immersed in a wondrous state. From the initial attack with the Orca Demon Axe, to the subsequent entanglement skill that broke through the spider silk, then using the Blue Silver Cage to trap the Human-Faced Spider King's body, employing gravity control to limit the time it took for it to break free of the Blue Silver Cage, and finally, the one second gained by the Blue Silver Thrust Array that allowed the terrifying attack power of the Blue Silver Overlord Spear to be displayed. The entire process flowed seamlessly like clouds and water.

In this sequence, he used two Soul Bone Skills and four Soul Ring Skills without any seamless transitions, which proved extremely effective. From the start of the battle to shattering all eight spider spears of the Human-Faced Spider King with his Blue Silver Overlord Spear, it only took ten seconds—what terrifying explosive power! From direct attack to control, and then back to direct attack, he completely seized the initiative, giving the Human-Faced Spider King no chance to recover and suppressing it into an absolute disadvantage.

However, at this moment, Tang San, having used six soul skills in succession, was already somewhat depleted of his soul power. The speed at which his Xuan Tian Gong circulated was no longer keeping up with the speed at which he used his soul power. He needed to take a deep breath and adjust his Xuan Tian Gong internal energy before he could release another soul skill. At this time, Tang San was already facing the white poisonous mist spewed by the Human-Faced Spider King, while the Human-Faced Spider King was using the carapace on its back to escape at high speed.

In the past, Tang San would have chosen to temporarily bypass the poisonous fog in front of him, then pursue the Spider King from the side or above, catching his breath and regulating his internal energy. This way, he would still have a good chance of defeating the Spider King. But at this moment, Tang San's mind was filled with the word "connection," and he had no intention of pausing. Seeing the surging white fog rushing towards him, his body reacted almost instinctively.

His clear eyes flashed instantly. As the Blue Silver Overlord Spear blasted the Human-Faced Demon Spider away, and the spider spewed out white mist, two beams of azure light shot out from his eyes—the Purple Extreme Divine Light. Of course, this wasn't the full power of the Purple Extreme Divine Light he had used to severely injure Bibi Dong; it was merely a burst of spiritual energy, only one-third the strength of the complete version. But at this moment, it was more than enough.

As he unleashed the Purple Extreme Divine Light, he took a deep breath, instantly adjusting the Mysterious Heaven Technique within his body. Simultaneously, at the instant the Purple Extreme Divine Light shot out, his clothes tore open, revealing the blood-red Eight Spider Lances. A frenzied suction force surged from the eight spearheads, instantly condensing the massive corrosive white mist into eight streams, which were forcefully swallowed by the Eight Spider Lances. Changes also occurred within Tang San himself.

With a loud bang, the Human-Faced Spider King's escape plan was undeniably meticulous. With the super-corrosive poisonous fog blocking its way, it should have been able to buy itself enough time. Unfortunately, it was facing Tang San today. The poisonous fog could block physical objects and Tang San's body, but it could not block the impact of mental power. The azure light instantly pierced through the white fog and heavily struck the Human-Faced Spider that had just taken flight.

With a scream of agony, the human-faced spider's body tumbled in the air. Almost simultaneously, a foul-smelling white liquid gushed from the broken wounds of its eight spider spears. It was severely injured by the mental impact of the Purple Extreme Divine Light. To make matters worse, the bombardment of the Purple Extreme Divine Light caused it, whose mental strength was not particularly strong, to fall into a brief daze. Its three-meter-diameter body was slammed into the air as it tumbled.

Tang San's body instantly soared into the air, flying towards a point in the sky. At the moment he took off, it was precisely at the point where the Human-Faced Demon Spider's body was struck by the Purple Extreme Divine Light, and the Human-Faced Spider King's own flight was disrupted, causing it to flip over. Everything was calculated with almost millimeter precision.

At this moment, Tang San no longer possessed the Blue Silver Emperor aura that had previously enveloped him; instead, he wielded a massive Clear Sky Hammer. Gripping the hammer with both hands, Tang San's body arched backward in mid-air, forming a semi-circle, resembling the blade of a giant battle axe. As the Man-Faced Spider King soared into the air, the Clear Sky Hammer in his hands erupted with unparalleled black light. Simultaneously, the four spirit rings bestowed upon Tang San by the Clear Sky Hammer shimmered in a wave-like pattern from bottom to top, exuding an terrifyingly domineering aura, as if the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao had descended. The Clear Sky Hammer's size increased by a full thirty percent. With a powerful black light, it struck the Man-Faced Spider King heavily as the crimson Killing God Domain erupted.

*Pfft—, Boom—*

The terrifying explosive force made it sound like a thunderclap in the forest. The human-faced spider king's body was smashed down like a cannonball. Its carapace, muscles, and white liquid scattered everywhere. Although its body was not smashed to pieces, a huge crater appeared between its chest and abdomen, and countless white liquids gushed out wildly. Its life force, which had existed for 50,000 years, also ended completely at this moment.

Tang San, however, did not end his attack in mid-air. After the Clear Sky Hammer finished its strike, he used the rebound force to spin around once more in mid-air, his left and right hands flashing alternately. Only then did he float down to the ground.

Clearly, if that previous attack hadn't finished off the Spider Queen, it would have faced Tang San's Titan Skybreaker with his left hand and Azure Annihilation Thunder with his right. Both of these soul bone skills were incredibly efficient in terms of soul power and possessed astonishing power. Combined with them, Tang San could complete an eleven-hit combo of various skills. Not to mention the Spider Queen before him, even the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from before, if it had fully withstood this round of attacks, would probably have had no chance to retaliate.

With his feet firmly on the ground, Tang San didn't rush to examine the corpse of the Spider King. He was lost in thought. The seamless transition he had made earlier was initially deliberate, but later it flowed effortlessly from his mind, almost like a natural progression. The feeling was incredibly wonderful. A powerful 50,000-year-old Spider King hadn't even managed a single effective counterattack before being completely defeated by him. The exhilarating feeling of killing an enemy in a combo was even greater than instantly killing them. Every time he unleashed another soul skill, Tang San felt a sense of exhilarating satisfaction. It was as if every part of his body was involved in the battle. His overwhelming strength, which left his opponent utterly powerless, also filled him with immense pleasure.

Of course, this doesn't mean Tang San has mastered the ability to seamlessly connect skills. After all, he's very familiar with the Man-Faced Demon Spider, and his Eight Spider Lances successfully countered the spider's poisonous mist. Whether he can seamlessly connect skills against a stronger opponent remains to be seen. However, Tang San understands that he seems to have found a clear path. The foundation for following this path is mastering the characteristics of each of his skills. Only then can he apply them flexibly and effectively in combat when connecting attacks.

The burning sensation emanating from his back jolted Tang San from his excitement. He discovered that his eight spider spears were now embedded in the ground, absorbing the white liquid flowing from the Human-Faced Spider King. The greedy devouring seemed to have encountered some powerful tonic, a smile appearing on its face. Tang San knew that the opportunity for his eight spider spears to evolve again had arrived. This Human-Faced Spider King was truly being used to its fullest potential.

He leaned forward slightly, using his eight spider spears to support himself, and with a wave of his right hand, the powerful Crane Control Dragon Capture technique retrieved the Poseidon's Trident, which was stuck in the ground on the other side. All eight spider spears were then embedded in the corpse of the human-faced demon spider, rapidly devouring its fluids.

Although this Spider King was smaller than the Spider King Tang San had seen before, how much of this blood-like substance could possibly be inside its three-meter-diameter body? However, the eight spider spears on its back relentlessly devoured it, causing the Spider King's massive body to gradually shrivel. It seemed determined to devour everything completely. Fortunately, it devoured quickly, so Tang San didn't need to worry about not having time to absorb the spirit ring later.

As the Eight Spider Lances devoured everything, Tang San felt his back growing increasingly hot, especially around the eight ribs where the spider lances resided, where a surge of power emanated from. Tang San discovered that his entire back, bones and muscles alike, now felt like a single, red-hot steel plate fused together, its overall structure remarkably unified. Moreover, the feeling of power was as if a shield had been erected on his back. The Eight Spider Lances pulsed rhythmically, their original crimson light gradually fading, replaced by a white hue similar to that of the liquid.

From Tang San's aesthetic point of view, white was obviously not as dazzling or intimidating as blood red, but at this moment he had no choice. The direction in which the Eight Spider Lances would evolve was not something he could decide.

Gradually, Tang San noticed that the powerful feeling in his back was growing stronger. The scorching energy soothed his internal organs with an indescribable comfort. His meridians, bones, and blood had already been tinged with a faint golden hue, making his body somewhat transcend the realm of humanity. At this moment, when the burning sensation in his back reached a certain intensity, Tang San realized that the feeling of fullness he had experienced when he was with Xiao Wu and absorbed too many spirit rings had returned, but this time it only appeared in his back.

Without hesitation, the Light of Poseidon shone forth. The icy blue light flowed gently across his back like the most nourishing lubricant. The burning sensation remained, but the feeling of fullness gradually disappeared. At the same time, Tang San discovered through his mental detection that the bones, muscles, and meridians of his back were developing towards a pure gold color, much deeper than other areas. It was already somewhat resembling the color of the Trident of Poseidon.

What's going on? Could it be that my back has stepped into the realm of gods before my whole body? But I haven't even begun to receive the Sea God's inheritance yet!

In truth, Tang San himself was unaware that his Sea God inheritance had already begun when he first obtained the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, also known as the Heart of the Sea God. The Vast Ocean Universe Cover, integrated into his body, had been subtly improving his physique with the power of the Sea God. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to withstand so many spirit rings and spirit bones before his body felt full. And once he used the Light of the Sea God, he broke through the limits of the human body, reaching a level beyond human capabilities. All of this was actually the Sea God inheritance gradually changing his body.

As Tang San's strength grew, the combined effects of the Heart of the Sea God and the Light of the Sea God on his body naturally increased. The first soul bone Tang San obtained was the Eight Spider Lances, which accompanied him for the longest time. This evolving soul bone was present in almost every stage of Tang San's growth, benefiting him with each stage. This is why it was able to evolve multiple times.

Previously, Tang San felt all his soul bones were heating up, which was actually the power of the Sea God changing his soul bones. While other soul bones had fixed cultivation levels, making improvement relatively difficult, the Eight Spider Lances did not have this problem. It was capable of evolution and was the first soul bone to become Tang San's, so it undoubtedly benefited the most from the change process.

At this moment, having once again absorbed the essence of the Human-Faced Spider King, the quantitative change finally led to a qualitative change. This evolution, which shouldn't have happened, occurred. Among the six soul bones on Tang San's body, the Eight Spider Lances was the first to step into the god-level realm. In a sense, it was like one of the six soul bones of the Angelic Divine Armor.

The stiffness in his back gradually disappeared. Tang San discovered that the muscles in his back, besides their increased strength, seemed to have become more elastic. In his mind, they had completely turned golden, spreading across his entire back. The Eight Spider Lances, starting from their roots, also gradually transformed into gold. The Eight Spider Lances had turned golden before, but at that time, it wasn't an intrinsic gold; it was the color of the Blue Silver Emperor. After using the skill, it would revert back to red. But this time was different. The Eight Spider Lances had completely turned golden, and during the transformation, the Trident of the Sea God on Tang San's forehead remained shining. This time, it had truly stepped into the realm of gods; the only thing missing was the imprint of the Sea God.

His back seemed to be covered by a large suit of armor, yet it didn't hinder his movements in the slightest. The Eight Spider Lances, when extended, maintained their three-meter length, but were now adorned with dazzling and intricate patterns. These patterns were streamlined, with three patterns coalescing into a single strand, like the three blades of the Trident of Poseidon. With a mere thought, Tang San could make one of the Eight Spider Lances operate on its own. A flash of golden light, and a beam of golden ray shot out from the Eight Spider Lances, landing on a large tree not far away.

The golden thread didn't detach from the Eight Spider Lances; it easily pierced the large tree. Simultaneously, Tang San immediately felt a faint energy flow into his body along with the spear. The tree withered instantly, turning to ashes and disappearing in the blink of an eye, as if it had never existed.

Is this still the Devouring Skill of the Eight Spider Lances? Tang San stared dumbfounded at the Eight Spider Lances, which were covered in patterns and looked extremely dazzling. He was speechless.

Originally, when the Eight Spider Lances were used in conjunction with the Blue Silver Domain, they could release Devouring Golden Threads to help Tang San absorb the soul power of enemies within the domain. But now, it has become more direct and powerful. It doesn't need the domain's assistance at all; besides devouring, the golden threads shot out by the Eight Spider Lances themselves possess penetrating attack capabilities. They are not only extremely tough but also have devouring abilities. If these threads were to pierce an enemy's body, one can imagine the enemy's fate.

Of course, the enhancements from the Eight Spider Lances weren't limited to these. Tang San vaguely sensed that each of his eight spider spears seemed to possess a unique inner energy, as if it were self-sealed and couldn't be unlocked yet. The energy contained within them astonished Tang San. The only thing he was certain of was that this energy sealed within the Eight Spider Lances was related to his Sea God's Heart. But what exactly the Sea God's Heart had done to the Eight Spider Lances was beyond Tang San's current knowledge.

Regardless, Tang San was filled with nothing but joy at this moment. The super evolution of the Eight Spider Lances had increased his overall strength once again, and even his soul power had broken through again with the leapfrog evolution of the Eight Spider Lances, directly breaking through level 94 and entering the level 95 realm.

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Tangtang is sick.

(End of this chapter)