Chapter 45 Expansion, Shadow Soldiers

The battle between the ghost tiger and the human-faced demon spider is still going on. The shadow soldier Fang is lying in the bushes, staring at the two soul beasts in front of him with a pair of eyes as empty as black holes. As the most loyal soldier of the king, finding suitable soldiers for the king is the most important thing for him at this stage. Therefore, Fang has set his target on the ghost tiger and the human-faced demon spider, while he himself is waiting with the mentality of a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

After Cheng Xiao discovered the two soul beasts, he quickly came to their vicinity. With the protection of the night, the two fighting soul beasts did not notice that there were two eyes as deep as ink staring at them on the tree trunks and bushes not far from them.

"With the addition of the nearly ten thousand year old ghost tiger and the five thousand year old human-faced demon spider, the power of my shadow army has been expanded a bit." Looking at the two soul beasts fighting desperately below, Cheng Xiao licked his lips and said.

As they were talking, the battle between the two soul beasts was coming to an end. The ghost tiger let out an angry roar, and then suddenly moved. Its extremely fast speed turned it into a black stream of light, and in the blink of an eye it had pounced on the human-faced demon spider.

The ghost tiger is an agile attack soul beast, and its speed is very fast. Even though it was injured and poisoned by the neurotoxin of the human-faced demon spider, it did not affect its speed much. It only pounced out, leaving the same black shadow in the same place.

Before the human-faced demon spider could react, the ghost tiger had already pounced on it. Its sharp claws easily tore open the spider's shell, and large pieces of flesh and blood leaked out.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Cheng Xiao smiled with satisfaction, then pulled out the dagger that was inserted into the ghost tiger's head, shook off the blood on it, and said with a smile: "With their joining, the combat power of the shadow soldiers will also increase a lot."

Heavy wails came from the two soul beasts, and black smoke emanated from their eyes. The long wails ended, and their shadows gradually took shape. They were the dead human-faced demon spider and ghost tiger.

The next second, Cheng Xiao jumped down from the tree trunk, and the daggers in his hands burst out with black light. With the sound of "puff", the two daggers pierced into the ghost tiger's head without any hindrance.

Snap——

After being pierced in the head, the ghost tiger's body instantly went limp. Cheng Xiao stepped on its back and fell vertically to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

In fact, this was the first time that Cheng Xiao used the ability of shadow extraction to transform the two soul beasts into shadow soldiers. The appearance of Fang was not summoned by him personally. Strictly speaking, Fang's shadow was taken away by the king, so after Cheng Xiao's soul power was cultivated to level 30, Fang appeared automatically.

As the human-faced demon spider tumbled, it became smaller and smaller, and its hard shell was covered with a layer of blue-purple light. Purple-black liquid continued to flow out from the part where the ghost tiger had gnawed, and it was obvious that it was dying.

"Uhhh…"

Looking at the king standing in front of them, the ghost tiger and the human-faced demon spider looked at each other and then made a respectful gesture. As soul beasts, they could not bow like humans, but this did not prevent them from lying down to show respect for the king.

Seeing that Ghost Tiger personally brought the opportunity to him, Cheng Xiao grinned, and the power of shadow in his body circulated. Black mist poured out along his arms and wrapped around the two daggers in his hands. In an instant, thick black mist swirled around the blades of the two daggers.

However, after all, it was a soul beast that was about to enter the ranks of ten thousand years. Although it was poisoned by the neurotoxin of the human-faced demon spider, it still tried its best to avoid the sudden attack of the shadow soldier's fangs. A red light flashed in the ghost tiger's eyes, and its four limbs exerted force at the same time, suddenly moving sideways to a big tree, and then using the trunk as a springboard, trying to jump to the ground.

The weak plants were corroded in an instant, and even the thick trees were immediately broken by its body. Within a radius of dozens of square meters, it was a mess, and no plant could remain intact.

However, the human-faced demon spider did not sit still and wait for death. Its remaining six spider legs moved, and its huge body began to twist wildly.

A young man and two old men entered the mixed area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. They looked either rich or noble. The young man walking in front of the two old men looked to be in his twenties. He was handsome and wore a robe embroidered with golden swans. His short golden hair looked clean and tidy, giving people a gentle feeling.

Unfortunately, no matter how the human-faced demon spider struggled, the ghost tiger on its body would not go away and continued to eat the flesh and blood of the human-faced demon spider as usual.

As he spoke, Cheng Xiao came to the bodies of the two soul beasts. Without any hesitation, he stretched out his palm, and black mist burst out from his body. A dark purple light shone from the depths of his eyes, "Stand up!"

But what it didn't know was that just above the big tree, a young man with a dagger in both hands was staring at it.

"Not bad." Cheng Xiao's mouth curled up, and he was happy about the Human-Faced Demon Spider and Ghost Tiger who had just joined the Shadow Legion.

Unlike when they were alive, after the human-faced demon spider and the ghost tiger were summoned, a layer of black mist appeared on their bodies, like armor. Compared to their appearance when they were alive, they are now more terrifying and shuddering.

After a moment, a nearly black thousand-year soul ring gradually took shape, and a purple thousand-year soul ring also appeared on the body of the human-faced demon spider.

The ghost tiger didn't care about anything and opened its bloody mouth and started biting. Large pieces of flesh and blood were swallowed into its stomach, as if it was the evil killer at this moment.

It all happened so suddenly that the ghost tiger didn't even have time to react before its head was pierced.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest.

Although there is a huge gap in the cultivation base between Fang and Ghost Tiger, the Ghost Tiger is now at the end of its strength. Having just experienced a great battle, it has no extra energy to fight a second battle, even though this soul beast that suddenly appeared is only a soul beast that is less than a thousand years old.

Seeing that the two soul beasts were both injured, the shadow soldier Fang who was lurking in the bushes suddenly jumped out and rushed straight to the ghost tiger standing on the human-faced demon spider.

There were two old men following behind him, one of whom was about two meters tall, with a thin body as tall as a telephone pole, and holding a golden spear in his hand.

The other old man had short, neat red hair, an extremely strong body, very sturdy upper and lower limbs, and red spikes protruding from his body. He had an average appearance, one could even say he was a little ugly.