In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

Zhu Zhuqing trembled and instinctively tried to break free, but Lan Si didn't give her a chance at all. He took out a jade bottle from his soul tool and stuffed it into her hand.

He smiled and said, "If we are destined to meet, we will meet again. If one day you feel you have nowhere to go, you can come to Lanba Academy in Tiandou City to find me. This jade bottle contains the same wound medicine I prepared, the same one you used. If you get injured by accident next time, you can use it in an emergency."

"I..." Zhu Zhuqing's cheeks flushed slightly. Although she understood the meaning behind Lan Si's words, she didn't have the courage to answer at the moment.

To be fair, while she wouldn't say she liked Lan Si, she definitely had some affection for him. At the very least, if it weren't for this engagement, she would have tried to get to know Lan Si. If they had truly fallen for each other, they might have even gotten married.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world. Once she did that, she would not only face Zhu Zhuyun's pursuit, but the entire Star Luo Empire royal family.

For the Star Luo royal family, there is zero tolerance for traitors.

At that time, not only her, but also Lan Si will be implicated, ultimately harming both herself and others.

Unless the two become strong enough to be unafraid of assassination attempts by the Star Luo royal family.

"Don't rush to answer. Just try your best and be the best you can be. Even if you fail, it's okay." Lan Si shook her head fearlessly, giving him a reassuring look. "Because..."

A gentle breeze blew by, white clouds drifted away, and Lan Si's tousled hair fluttered in the wind. Warm sunlight shone on his fair and handsome face. He opened his mouth slightly, and spoke slowly, deliberately...

The camera zooms out, revealing tree branches swaying in the wind, and the rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other echoes through the forest.

Apart from Zhu Zhuqing, no one heard what Lan Si said, but from a distance, two long, narrow shadows could be vaguely seen slowly merging together under the morning sun, eventually becoming indistinguishable from one another.

At this moment, the two seemed to have been reborn.

.........

After bidding farewell to Zhu Zhuqing, Lan Si embarked on his journey to the Star Dou Great Forest once again.

Perhaps because of Zhu Zhuqing, or perhaps for other reasons, he used to treat daily training as just a task.

At this moment, I am so eager to become stronger.

Hiking on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Lan Si relied on his powerful dynamic vision and keen speed to easily avoid one soul beast after another. Standing on the trunk of a large tree, he touched his slightly flushed cheeks and murmured to himself:

"Is this what it feels like to fall in love with someone? No, no... it should just be lust for her body. How can you fall in love after knowing her for less than two days? But this fluttering in my heart..."

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Lan Si shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions and focusing his attention on finding the soul beast.

His first soul skill is Azure Lotus Assault, which belongs to the offensive type and comes with the ability to fly.

The second soul skill, clone, can create four green lotuses based on the current number of soul rings.

Besides the blade, which has considerable attack power, the other two soul skills, flight and clone skills, are more geared towards assisting in combat and strengthening the martial soul itself.

The attack strategy is far too simplistic.

Therefore, for her third soul skill, Lan Si chose to add a control skill.

Spider-type monsters are undoubtedly the best choice.

Lan Si's first spirit ring was the Crimson Feather Eagle, which falls between 410 and 430 years old, extremely close to, and even slightly exceeding, the limit that Yu Xiaogang summarized based on the Spirit Hall's data for the first spirit ring.

The second spirit ring is a Shadow Beast that is over nine hundred years old, which has far exceeded the limit of the second spirit ring.

Therefore, for his third spirit ring, he planned to find a spider-like magical beast that was over two thousand years old.

Spiders like the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the Death Demon Spider (the predecessor of the Death Spider Emperor, which can only be called an emperor if it has lived for more than 50,000 years), and the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider (the predecessor of the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor) are all acceptable.

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Chapter Twenty-Three: The Soul-Devouring Spider (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

As evening approached, the sun began to set.

The sunset in the west, set against the backdrop of the Starry Sky Forest, created a uniquely beautiful and magnificent scene.

Lan Si wandered around the forest for several days, but still couldn't find a suitable spider-type soul beast.

Looking at the darkening sky and the surrounding terrain, Lan Si stopped on a large tree and leaned against the trunk. He knew he had to find a safe haven, otherwise, even though this was only the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, he would face unpredictable dangers at night.

Lan Si took out dry food and a water pouch from her storage soul tool, ate a simple dinner, and her slightly rapid breathing gradually calmed down as she looked around.

Suddenly, a strange rustling sound caught Lan Si's attention.

Lan Si had amazing eyesight. He looked in the direction of the sound and found the source of the noise in a haystack several hundred meters away.

Black and purple, a repulsive combination. This suddenly appearing creature was an ugly spider. A bizarre giant spider with a body diameter exceeding two meters and eight spear-like legs exceeding three meters. Its body carapace was black, densely covered with strange purple patterns that extended all the way to its eight legs.

The spider's legs are slender at the tip and are translucent purple. With each step forward, they silently pierce the ground, creating a purple halo, which shows how sharp they are.

"The Soul-Devouring Demon Spider, it's actually the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider."

Lan Si's face lit up with ecstasy. He had given up hope of getting such rare soul beasts, and his passion suddenly surged.

It's important to know that this is a powerful spider-like spirit beast, even rarer than the Human-Faced Demon Spider. It was the predecessor of Bibi Dong's second spirit, the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor, from the Spirit Hall.

Compared to the former, the Human-Faced Demon Spider is a mere junior. Both can instantly spew webs with a range ten times their own size, but the Human-Faced Demon Spider can only spew webs three times a day, while the Soul-Devouring Spider King can spew webs almost without limit. As long as there is enough soul power for it to devour, it can create webs indefinitely.

Its main means of devouring soul power are spider webs and spider legs. As long as the spider web or spider legs come into contact with the enemy, it can devour the enemy's soul power.

Of course, there is also the most direct method, which is to swallow the prey whole.

In addition, the neurotoxins attached to the Soul-Eating Spider are also terrifying, no less so than those of the Human-Faced Spider.

It can be said to be the most terrifying existence among spider-type soul beasts, with only a very few spider-type soul beasts such as the Death Demon Spider being able to rival it.

However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

Before evolving into the Soul-Devouring Spider King after cultivating for 50,000 years, the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider has a fatal weakness: its abdomen, where it stores its webs, is not yet covered with a solid carapace.

Once you break its abdomen, even if it doesn't cause fatal damage, you can at least disable its ability to release webs. The rest will be much easier.

After a brief moment of joy, a look of seriousness filled Lan Si's eyes, for at the same time he spotted the other party, the Soul-Devouring Spider seemed to have spotted him as well. Its eight long legs moved rapidly, leaving a trail of purple afterimages in the air, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Lan Si, spitting out a semi-transparent purple spiderweb.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lan Si stomped on the tree trunk, leaping high into the air to avoid the giant spider web while simultaneously summoning his Azure Lotus Martial Soul. The once vibrant tree, bound by the spider web, withered instantly, turning into rotten wood. A gust of wind blew, and it collapsed with a crash. The parts that had been in contact with the spider web were directly corroded by the potent poison, turning into steam. A cloud of blue smoke swirled around it.

Two yellow spirit rings rose from beneath Lan Si's feet, their dazzling light swirling around his body. Lan Si stood on the lotus pedestal, relying on the lotus's inherent flight ability, hovering in mid-air, looking down at the Soul-Devouring Spider.

The second and first soul rings lit up one after the other.

The blue lotus beneath his feet split into four, transforming into four identical blue lotuses. One of the blue lotuses transformed into eight sharp blades. With a wave of his hand, Lan Si sent the blades swirling in the air, spinning rapidly, and then suddenly thrusting towards the Soul-Devouring Spider King in a spiral shape.

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Faced with the eight sharp blades flying towards it, the Soul-Devouring Spider King's eight small, purple-glowing eyes shone brightly, and it once again unleashed a massive spider web. It blocked six of the blades, and the remaining two blades that pierced through the gaps in the web were deflected by its raised forelegs.

A look of seriousness flashed across Lan Si's eyes. He knew that without destroying the Soul-Devouring Spider King's abdomen, he would not be able to harm its main body. The spider web alone could block most attacks, and with its eight legs that were both offensive and defensive, it would be tantamount to courting death if he rashly approached it.

Immediately, Lan Si raised his hand to recall the eight sharp blades, controlling them to continue attacking the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider. At the same time, the two green scales in front of him also transformed into eight sharp blades each, for a total of twenty-four sharp blades attacking the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider from all directions.

This time, Lan Si had learned his lesson. He discovered that the Soul-Devouring Spider's eight spider spears were immobile the moment it spat out its web. Furthermore, the web couldn't possibly provide complete, all-around coverage. Therefore, it was utterly ineffective at defending against blades coming from all directions.

As long as the sharp blades continue to attack, the Soul-Eating Spider will have no chance to spit out its web.

As expected, the Soul-Eating Spider stopped spraying webs and instead used its eight flexible legs to dodge and defend itself.

However, the Soul-Devouring Spider was faster than Lan Si had imagined. While leaving a series of purple afterimages on the ground, it shook off the flying blades by a short distance and took advantage of the opening to suddenly spray a spider web at Lan Si in the sky, intending to use the spider web to pull him down.

Lan Si's lips curled slightly. Without leaving his spot, he took out an AK47, cocked it, and silently watched the spider web rushing upwards. He had already seen through the maximum range that the Soul-Devouring Spider's web attack could reach, between twenty and twenty-five meters. Therefore, he deliberately hovered at a height of more than twenty-five meters.

As expected, the spider web stopped rising less than two meters from Lan Si's feet and fell directly onto the Soul-Devouring Spider itself.

Bound by its own web, the Soul-Eating Demon Spider roared, and a layer of eerie purple light emanated from its body, causing the web attached to it to gradually melt away.

Taking advantage of the opening, Lan Si leaped forward and raised his AK47, firing a burst of bullets at the abdomen and back of the Soul-Devouring Spider.

Tap tap tap....

The Soul-Devouring Spider King couldn't dodge in time, and with that burst of bullets, its abdomen was immediately riddled with holes. A disgusting, viscous purple liquid oozed out.

With its vital abdomen destroyed, the Soul-Devouring Spider flew into a rage. Its eight sharp spider spears thrashed wildly as it charged toward where Lan Si had landed. In its path, grass and trees were sliced ​​through, leaving smooth, lifeless cuts. The remaining poison then corroded everything in its path.

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Chapter Twenty-Four: Thousand Blades of Snow?

"Is he going to fight me to the death?" Lan Si was stunned for a moment. He made up his mind, put the AK47 automatic rifle into his soul tool, and at the same time activated the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Technique. Lightning surged in his left hand, and Haotian Bamboo Shoot was summoned.

With his left hand, which held all his level 30 soul power, he instantly poured all his soul power into the small black hammer covered with brilliant golden spiral patterns.

In an instant, the small black hammer in his hand swelled several times larger, with the handle reaching a meter in length. The patterns on it suddenly became clear, flashing with extremely explosive blue electric arcs.

With his left hand swung out with all his might, the bamboo shoot pointing downwards, carrying terrifying lightning, it smashed straight towards the face of the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider.

The Soul-Devouring Spider instinctively sensed danger and raised its two front legs to defend itself.

Unfortunately, although it was prepared, it could not have predicted that the Blue Heaven Bamboo Shoots would have the ability to break through defenses.

The tip of the Haotian bamboo shoot struck the intersection of the two front legs of the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider with unerring accuracy.

Click...

With its foreleg snapped in response, Lan Si's lips curled slightly. Seizing the opportunity, he turned his hammer around and unleashed the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, furiously smashing it down once more towards the face of the Soul-Devouring Spider.

One hammer blow, two hammer blows, three hammer blows...

Instantly, smoke and dust billowed up in the area where Lan Si and the Soul-Devouring Spider were located, and lightning crackled.

When the thirty-sixth hammer blow landed, Lan was exhausted and had a brief opening. He immediately retreated dozens of meters to recover his strength while patiently waiting and quietly observing.

As the smoke and dust cleared, a huge crater appeared on the spot. The Soul-Devouring Spider lay pitifully in the crater, with only four of its eight legs intact. Two of its front legs had fallen off, and the third leg on the left and the second leg on the right were only half-finished. Its once jet-black and shiny head was completely sunken in, and only three of its eight eyes remained, dull and lifeless. Purple liquid kept flowing out from the broken parts of the Soul-Devouring Spider's legs, head, and abdomen.

He just lay there limply, looking utterly pathetic.

Seeing the Soul-Devouring Spider in this state, Lan Si remained vigilant, because as long as the soul beast had not developed a soul ring, it meant it was still alive.

With a flick of his right hand, the Azure Lotus Blade, which had been knocked down earlier, shot up again and thrust fiercely towards the Soul-Devouring Spider.

As if it had been prepared, the Soul-Devouring Spider sprang up its four legs the instant Lan Si controlled the blade, soaring over Lan Si's head and rapidly fleeing into the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Soul Masters can sense the strength of Soul Beasts within a certain range, and Soul Beasts can also sense the strength of Soul Masters. In the perception of this Soul-Devouring Demon Spider, Lan Si's aura was clearly that of an ant, far inferior to its own.

Yet it repeatedly managed to seize the initiative, first using its martial soul's flight ability to create distance and launch long-range attacks, provoking itself to spray spider webs, and then taking advantage of the opening to use a strange weapon to shatter the abdomen that it relied on for survival and stored spider webs, and then using its incredibly powerful second martial soul to severely injure itself until it was powerless to fight back.

In the end, even his act of faking death was seen through.

The Soul-Devouring Spider couldn't understand why it had suffered such a crushing defeat, given that it was already powerful and cunning enough among soul beasts.