Triggering a treasure chest in Douluo Continent

Chapter 102 Dragon Lord's Suspicion

"How is it, old man?" Snake Woman looked at Dragon Man.

Dragon Lord shook his head in disappointment, tossed the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon back to Tang San, and looked around, a hint of doubt in his eyes. This soul beast couldn't have just disappeared for no reason.

The Snake Woman's gaze fell on the Dragon King. "Tang San, why are you here alone? Tell me everything that happened before and after you came here."

A look of sorrow flashed in Tang San's eyes, as if he had thought of something. "Seniors, the reason I am here is because we encountered a powerful soul beast that kidnapped my sister. I beg you to help me find my sister. I am willing to pay any price as long as you are willing."

The Snake Woman asked, "Wasn't Zhao Wuji with you? Could it be that he couldn't stop that soul beast either?"

Tang San nodded sadly.

"What kind of spirit beast is it?" Long Gong asked curiously.

Tang San quickly replied, "It's a Titan Ape. It's probably over ten thousand years old."

Upon hearing Tang San's words, both of them froze on the spot.

Long Gong, still somewhat uncertain, asked, "You said you encountered a ten-thousand-year-old Titan Ape on the outskirts?"

"Yes, senior."

"The Titan Ape is an ancient species, and those that are ten thousand years old can even contend with a Title Douluo. How could such a beast appear on the outskirts?" Long Gong even began to suspect that Tang San was playing a trick on him.

"Tang San!"

Shi Quan's voice came from afar, and a phantom figure fell from the sky. The blood-stained clothes had been removed, and he had put on an identical outfit.

Zhao Wuji and his group had arrived from afar, having also checked the time.

"Junior Zhuang Zhou pays respects to the two seniors." Shi Quan had just landed when he hurriedly bowed to the Dragon God and Snake Goddess.

"This person was also a member of Zhao Wuji's team. It was he and two others who killed the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent," the Snake Woman whispered in the Dragon Lord's ear.

Long Gong nodded slightly, his soul power subconsciously sweeping over Shi's entire body. Seeing that he couldn't sense the aura of a soul tool from Shi, he asked, "Zhuang Zhou, I ask you, why did Tang San come here alone?"

"To find Xiao Wu."

Why did you two break up again?

"Xiao Wu was kidnapped by a Titan Ape. Tang San, anxious to save her, ran away alone. Because I have the ability to fly, I was able to track her down here first."

"Is there really a Titan Ape?" Dragon Lord's expression changed.

"Grandpa, forget about the Titan Ape, let's find out about my Demon Spider first!" Meng Yiran was more concerned about her human-faced Demon Spider.

"This human-faced demon spider..." Long Gong frowned. He couldn't figure out what was going on. The human-faced demon spider had indeed disappeared here. If it was killed, its body was gone. If it ran away, there were no traces of it around.

"What human-faced demon spider?" Shi Quan asked, looking puzzled.

Tang San smiled wryly and explained again, recounting the entire course of events in detail, naturally omitting the fact that he possessed the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

"Show us the weapon you mentioned."

Tang San had no choice but to take out the Zhuge Crossbow, raise his hand, point the crossbow at a large tree next to him, and press the switch.

Crack, crack, a series of clanging sounds rang out, and everyone felt a blur before their eyes, followed by a series of thuds.

The instantaneous burst speed of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow caused the Dragon Lord and Snake Lady's pupils to shrink.

"With such a weapon, it is indeed possible to severely injure the Human-Faced Demon Spider."

Looking at the tree that had been pierced through, Long Gong nodded. He was even more puzzled. If the Human-Faced Demon Spider was hit by the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, it should have been severely injured, if not killed. The blood of the Human-Faced Demon Spider scattered around proved that it had been severely injured. How could it have disappeared after being so badly injured?

Just as the Dragon God and Snake Goddess were puzzled.

On the other side, Zhao Wuji and the others, after hearing the sound of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, finally determined the exact location and rushed over.

"Please, seniors, show mercy."

A series of figures arrived rapidly, led by Zhao Wuji and his companions.

Zhao Wuji breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tang San and Zhuang Zhou beside him.

"This is Senior Lord Long, whom I, Zhao Wuji, have long admired."

"Immovable King, you're too kind. It seems your luck isn't very good." Long Gong looked them up and down and could see that everyone, including Zhao Wuji, was injured to some extent.

They believed Tang San's words to a large extent, but the disappearance of the Human-Faced Demon Spider was too strange. In their opinion, someone must have secretly intervened, and this person was very likely someone in Zhao Wuji's team.

Zhao Wuji said with a helpless expression, "Senior Long Gong is right. We were indeed unlucky. We encountered a ten-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ape late at night, and it even kidnapped one of my students."

Long Gongdao said, "To say you were unlucky to encounter such a strange beast, yet only one of you was lost while the others were unharmed, I don't know whether to call it good luck or bad luck."

Zhao Wuji gave a bitter smile, shook his head, and said, "Senior, we are about to go rescue people, so we won't disturb you any longer."

"Wait a moment." Long Gong was unwilling to let everyone leave. He noticed something: Zhao Wuji and the others had all flown over.

If someone were to fly over, collect the human-faced spider into their soul tool, and then fly away, then naturally no trace would be left at the scene.

"What's wrong, senior?" Zhao Wuji asked helplessly, thinking that the Dragon God and Snake Goddess were about to settle old scores.

"Hand over the Human-Faced Demon Spider?" the Dragon Lord said slowly.

"A human-faced demon spider?" Everyone, including Zhao Wuji, was taken aback. After exchanging glances, Zhao Wuji spoke first, asking, "May I ask what kind of human-faced demon spider you are referring to, senior?"

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Long Gong roared, "Stop pretending! We were chasing a thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider here when Tang San severely injured it. After that, the human-faced demon spider mysteriously disappeared. How could such a large soul beast just vanish into thin air? It's only possible that you used your spatial soul tool to capture it. Hand it over honestly, and if you want to leave, you can leave without any problem..."

Zhao Wuji hadn't expected such a thing to happen, and he quickly explained, "Senior, we've been together the whole time and have never encountered the Human-Faced Demon Spider. We were unaware of this. Could there be some misunderstanding?"

"A misunderstanding?" Meng Yiran roared, "What misunderstanding? You stole my Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, and now you've made my Human-Faced Demon Spider disappear! You're deliberately targeting me!"

"It's alright, Yiran. With Grandpa here, I will definitely not let you suffer any injustice." Long Gong patted Meng Yiran's shoulder and looked coldly at Zhao Wuji and the others.

"Is this a misunderstanding? There's a very simple way: just hand over all the spatial soul tools you have, and I'll check them one by one."

"No problem, senior." Zhao Wuji was still very shrewd. This situation was clearly not the time to antagonize the Dragon God and Snake Goddess. They were no match for him, so he should admit defeat.

In fact, there are not many people among them who possess space-type soul tools. Apart from Tang San, there are only Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai.

Zhao Wuji himself was so poor he couldn't even afford to eat, so how could he possibly have money to buy a space-type soul tool? As for Ma Hongjun and Oscar, they were in the same situation. Zhu Zhuqing was disliked within her family. Ning Rongrong, needless to say, was never short of money in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, so how could she not have a space-type soul tool? Dai Mubai was also not short of money.

Long Gong quickly checked the soul tools of the two men and, unsurprisingly, found nothing unusual. However, he noticed the special identities of the two men: one possessed the exclusive token of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the other seemed to be from the Star Luo Empire.

Seeing that everyone's soul tools had been checked and there was still no trace of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, Long Gong frowned.

Of course, it was impossible to discover it. After Shi Quan put the human-faced demon spider into his treasure bag, he put the treasure bag directly into the system space. Unless the Dragon Lord could discover the existence of the system, it was simply impossible.

His search was destined to end in vain.

"No." Lord Long shook his head helplessly.

"How could this happen?!" Meng Yiran's eyes immediately reddened.

"We've checked everything that needed to be checked, and there's definitely nothing on them related to the human-faced spider."

Although Long Gong was helpless, thinking of the Titan Giant Ape, he immediately comforted him, saying, "It seems there's something wrong with the Star Dou Great Forest. In this outer area, let alone ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, even soul beasts over two thousand years old are extremely rare. Yet, a Titan Giant Ape has suddenly appeared. Soul beasts of this level rarely leave their own territory. Its appearance here must mean something is wrong in the outer area. Perhaps the disappearance of the Human-Faced Demon Spider is related to this Titan Giant Ape. Never mind, let's leave the forest first and come back in a few days to look for a suitable soul ring."

Meng Yiran's eyes were red. If even her grandfather couldn't detect anything unusual, it could only mean that the disappearance of the human-faced spider had nothing to do with Shi Quan and the others. Although she was unwilling, her grandfather had already spoken, so she could only accept it.

The Dragon God and Snake Goddess glanced at Zhao Wuji, then took Meng Yiran and flew away.

"Tang San, you're being too reckless!" Zhao Wuji shouted angrily as soon as the Dragon God and Snake Goddess left.

Tang San, recovering while eating the large sausage Oscar handed him, said firmly, "I must bring Xiao Wu back!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji became even more furious. "You brat? I think you didn't come here to find Xiao Wu, but to die! This Star Dou Great Forest isn't something you can just barge into all by yourself. Who do you think you are? If you had encountered a slightly stronger soul beast just now, we would be seeing your corpse right now!"

"Even if it means death, I will give it a try!" Tang San's expression remained unchanged.

Zhao Wuji shook his head angrily and said, "Then what do you take us for? What kind of hero are you trying to be? If it's a rescue, it's not your turn to do it alone..."

(End of this chapter)