Chapter 103

Listening to Gu Xuan's words, Li Li also stopped speaking further; for this older brother, she had absolute trust.

This Human Face Demon Spider was already wounded; on its spider's underside there were some white markings that formed a stark contrast with its purplish-black body, and these white markings together formed a ferocious human face.

Altogether eight small eyes flashing with a faint purple light were pressed against its underside, though two of the eyes seemed to have been smashed by something, a bloody mess, and even the carapace on its underside bore several cracks.

Nevertheless, even so, Tang San in his current state could hardly be a match for this Human Face Demon Spider; the outcome was certain death.

However, Gu Xuan knew that Xiao San would ultimately kill this Human Face Demon Spider with the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, then forcibly absorb its soul ring, finally obtaining the first External Plugin, the Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San and the Human Face Demon Spider were locked in a deadly struggle; with each attack he seemed to be pushing to his limit, yet he had no thought of giving up, even wanting to kill the spider and then absorb its soul ring.

Suddenly, a black hammer condensed in Tang San's left hand, and with a swipe at his waist his right hand produced a black box.

Li Li gasped at this sight: "Twin martial souls?"

That black box was clearly a special weapon, but the black hammer had directly condensed from his left hand—this was obviously a martial soul.

At that moment, Gu Xuan's voice sounded faintly: "Sword Dao—Flying Dragon Breaks Heaven in One Strike!"

The two dragon swords Li Li was standing on suddenly split into one, which shot toward the Human Face Demon Spider with the speed of thunder before one could cover their ears.

Gu Xuan did not exert his full strength, using only one dragon sword, but that was already enough.

Tang San was also startled by the sudden voice; the black hammer in his left hand instantly dissipated, and then he saw a dragon sword pierce the Human Face Demon Spider's abdomen, pinning it to a large tree.

"Who?!" Tang San coldly said, looking at the two figures descending from the sky.

Gu Xuan glanced at Tang San, then slowly landed and calmly said: "Your condition is poor; take this first."

Saying that, Gu Xuan threw a porcelain bottle at Tang San, who hesitated a moment and caught it just before it fell.

At this moment Gu Xuan still had six dragon swords spread behind him, imposing; when Li Li landed, the dragon sword beneath her feet also flew toward the Human Face Demon Spider, cleanly severing all eight of its limbs, as easy as cutting tofu.

Seeing this, Tang San instantly judged that the handsome young man before him was not ordinary—his pupils were different colors, and even his hair was red and blue; merely the aura he emitted and the strength he displayed were enough to make him apprehensive.

Facing Gu Xuan, Tang San even felt as if he were confronting Zhao Wují, which left him inwardly astonished.

Because both the handsome young man and the cute girl beside him appeared young; an initial estimate put the man's age at no more than twenty, and the girl definitely no older than fifteen.

Such strength at that age? Without even revealing soul rings, he casually subdued the Human Face Demon Spider that forced Tang San to go all out?

Are there monsters like this in this world?

However, all these thoughts flashed through Tang San's mind and vanished; he took a gentle breath, bowed his fists to Gu Xuan, and said: "Tang San of Shrek Academy, thank you for saving me."

"No need for that, and don't worry about how I'll treat you; the medicine I gave you is for healing your injuries, but may I give this Human Face Demon Spider to my sister? Her martial soul is also a Human Face Demon Spider." Gu Xuan spoke without any pleasantries, directly stating his idea.

Tang San staggered a moment, then thinking of his injuries, he looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand, fell silent, and said: "I……"

Before Tang San could speak, Gu Xuan continued: "Did a battle just happen here? The aftermath drew our attention, so we came to look; my grandfather has already gone to track that hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and if you later have a need, I can help you obtain your third soul ring."

Upon hearing this, Tang San's eyes lit up, and he earnestly said to Gu Xuan: "Your grandfather? Did he really go to pursue the Titan Giant Ape? My sister was taken by the Titan Giant Ape; I… I beg you, can you rescue my sister?"

Seeing Tang San's appearance in his clothes, Gu Xuan smirked inwardly but kept a smile on his face, replying: "Now I understand; no wonder you dared to come here alone—your feelings run deep."

After a pause, Gu Xuan continued: "Rest assured, my grandfather is a Titled Douluo; the Titan Giant Ape cannot harm him. Since he has gone, if he finds your sister still alive, he will surely do his utmost to rescue her, after all our Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has always stood for benevolence and morality."

"Titled Douluo!" Tang San was not surprised, because the two youngsters before him possessed such tremendous talent and came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect; having a Titled Douluo grandfather was therefore natural.

Tang San thought: If a Titled Douluo took action, he should be able to rescue Xiao Wu, right?

He was now utterly exhausted; if not for this person's sudden assistance, although he was confident he could kill the Human Face Demon Spider, he could not guarantee he would still have the ability to absorb its soul ring.

Thinking this through, although Tang San desired the Human Face Demon Spider's soul ring, it was clearly better to give it to the sister of the person before him.

Tang San nodded and replied: "Your sister can kill this Human Face Demon Spider and absorb its soul ring; Tang San thanks you again for saving my life."

As Tang San spoke, he bowed his hands to Gu Xuan once more; if one did not know his true nature, perhaps they would really be deceived by this boy's sincerity at this moment.

Gu Xuan did not answer Tang San further, but turned to Li Li and said: "Kill this Human Face Demon Spider."

Li Li nodded, then, with her martial soul manifested, she walked toward the legless, dying Human Face Demon Spider pinned to the large tree.

On Li Li's body two yellow soul rings rose; the second ring flashed bright, and her two jade arms instantly transformed into a pair of sharp, unstoppable purplish-black sickles—this was her second soul skill, the Slaughter Demon Sickle, taken from a Slaughter Demon Spider.

The sharp sickle pierced the pale human face on the spider's underside; shortly the Human Face Demon Spider lost vitality, ceased struggling, and a purple soul ring slowly rose from its body and condensed.

At this point Tang San no longer glanced at the Human Face Demon Spider; he took out a pill from the porcelain bottle Gu Xuan had given him, first sniffed it at his nostril, then felt his spirit lift and swallowed it.

This was not poison; it was indeed a pill capable of restoring injuries—a healing medicine.

After taking the medicine, Tang San sat cross-legged and fully circulated the Xuan Tian Technique to begin restoring his soul power.

Just as Li Li began to absorb the Human Face Demon Spider's soul ring, the forest leaves trembled and two uninvited guests flashed out from within.

Gu Xuan slightly lifted his gaze and saw that they were two Soul Masters.

At that moment Tang San also raised his eyelids, looked toward the two uninvited guests, and upon seeing them felt a slight inner start; among the two, one was someone he knew—this was the Snake Granny Zhao Tianxiang, with whom he had just parted not long ago.

Now her granddaughter Meng Yiran was still on the Shrek Academy team and had already joined Shrek Academy.

And beside Snake Granny Zhao Tianxiang stood a tall, thin old man who appeared to be at least seventy years old, with a full head of silver hair like hers.

The old man held a dragon-headed cane over four meters long, shining silver; the dragon's head on the hilt was lifelike, appearing extremely fierce and domineering, and the wrinkles on his face revealed his age.

Moreover, on this old man's body were eight soul rings undulating up and down—two yellow, three purple, three black.

Although the quality of his soul ring combination was not the best, he nevertheless possessed eight soul rings.

This indicated a cultivation of Soul Douluo above rank eighty; without asking, Gu Xuan also knew who this was—the husband of the Snake Granny, Meng Yiran's grandfather, Long Gong Meng Shu.

Tang San likewise formed a preconception of this person in his mind.

ps: typos to be corrected later.

(End of chapter)