Man-Faced Demon Spider

Note: I have a dentists appointment so early chapter

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After a few minutes, the four of them got back into formation and began thinking about where to go from here.

Gu Yue asked Tang Wulin, "What are we going to do next?"

Tang Wulin didn't hesitate at all with his answer. "Wait. There aren't too many soul beasts in this area, so we should be able to survive in this area until we pass. After that, we can go hunt soul beasts, so there's no need to be so anxious right now."

The four of them once again moved into position and with the large trees surrounding them, they were able to to maintain a perfect defense.

During the rebellion period, the number of soul beasts in the spirit ascension platform was far higher than normal, and they were also much more aggressive. In a short timespan of twenty minutes, they had encountered over ten soul beasts. Most of them were at the ten-year level, so they were able to make quick work of them. There were also some hundred-year soul beasts, and though they weren't particularly strong, they required more effort to kill. Everyone shared the spirit energy, not for the sake of being fair, but for the sake of quickly absorbing all of it.

Gloxinia had finished absorbing the energy from the people he killed and gained about 12 years total, 4 years going to each ring.

Evolving a spirit soul to the next level was a gradual process, and it would be a long time before Gloxinia could evolve his spirit souls to 10,000 years.

They had already survived for half the necessary time to pass their final exam and were relatively relaxed as they hadn't encountered any strong soul beasts yet.

"The rebellion period isn't that bad after all." Xie Xie had loosened up a lot from his previous nervousness since they had only encountered weak soul beasts until now.

The most dangerous situation for them was to encounter a powerful soul beast that they had no choice but to flee from. In their panic, they may run into one powerful soul beast after another and die.

Although their current course of action restricted the number of soul beasts they could hunt, it was a safe, defensive plan that maximized their survival time.

At this moment, Gloxinia suddenly felt like something strong was approaching them from the skies, causing him to look up. "Ahh... That's not good."

The three others who heard him, turned to look at him and then turned towards the direction he was looking at.

A yellow-green net descended from the sky, bringing with it a feeling of despair and strength.

A violent gale appeared within the formation of the four students. Gloxinia was the quickest one to react with his immense spiritual power.

Basquias flew up above them in it's blanket form, expanding until it covered every part they could see of thee yellow-green net.

Yet, against all expectations, that yellow-green net didn't even sway in the face of Basquias' defense and directly pushed it to the side.

"Retreat!" Tang Wulin decisively ordered as dozens of strands of Bluesilver Grass shot up to obstruct the net. However, Tang Wulin was aghast to see that the moment his Bluesilver Grass touched the net, it started smoking from corrosion.

If Gloxiniaaa hadn't noticed the net, the net would have ambushed and trapped them. It was likely their trials in the rebellion spirit ascension platform would have been cut short there.

rebellion spirit ascension platform would have been cut short there.

A massive figure descended from the sky after Basquias was completely pushed to the side. Eight long legs were extended like eight spears, surrounding the four.

The four of them took advantage of the few seconds the Bluesilver Grass bought them to escape the range of the net. In their rush to escape, however, their formation had been broken.

Apart from Xie Xie being deathly pale, Tang Wulin also started trembling once he saw that beast but quickly calmed down.

Black and white lines ran along a body as large as a millstone. Every single one of its legs were over two meters in length, while its body emitted a strange splendor. They had clearly seen a beautiful human face on its abdomen when it had descended, which only served to increase their fear.

"Man-Faced Demon Spider!" The four of them shouted in unison.

That was right! It was the Man-Faced Demon Spider that is said to easily cross ranks and completely ignore age while fighting, the soul beast who has immense power!

Even with Basquias' durability and defense, it was easily pushed aside. The Man-Faced Demon Spider truly was a terrifying killer in the world of soul beasts.

Gu Yue shot out a fireball which exploded on the face of the Man-Faced Demon Spider while the others quickly assembled.

Although the battle had yet to truly begin, Xie Xie and Tang Wulin were already shaken. It might not be a good idea for them to fight this battle.

They had originally thought that they were lucky to not have met a powerful foe in their first half hour, but it seemed that their fortune had come to an end.

In contrary, Gloxinia felt an urge that he hadn't felt since his past life slowly bud inside his heart, slowly building.

As he felt the urge surface in his mind, Gloxinia cracked his thumb on reflex and supressed it.

"Are we running?" Xie Xie asked Tang Wulin

They had learned a lot about the Man-Faced Demon Spider since their first entry. They knew that even if its cultivation was only at the hundred-year level, it was still a terrifying existence that could hunt thousand-year soul beasts! Moreover, they were currently in the spirit ascension platform, so even if they killed it, they would only gain the spirit energy of a hundred-year soul beast. Simply said, the potential profits did not outweigh the risks.

In their moment of hesitation, the hundred-year Man-Faced Demon Spider revealed it's might. Two of its legs flashed, destroying all of the fireballs Gu Yue had shot out with lightning speed. All that was left of the fireballs were drifting sparks. The Man-Faced Demon Spider wasn't guarded against them at all; rather, it slowly circled around them, a yellow-green thread of silk dragging along from its spinnerets. Anything that touched this silk would immediately wither.

"Running? Why would we run from a fight so exciting!" with a slightly sadistic expression, Gloxinia spoke before Tang Wulin had a chance to respond.

As Gloxinia's first spirit ring glew a bright purple color, Basquias came in front of him and turned into it's First Form, becoming a long spear.

Shooting Basquias towards the Man-Faced Demon Spider, Gu Yue quickly added the wind attribute to it to hasten it and also added a fireball on its tip to cause more damage.

As a streak of red, green, and gold was left behind in it's path, Basquias hit the Man-Faced Demon Spider head on.

Boom! As an explosion sounded out, Gloxinia's third spirit ring started glowing, splitting Basquias into many daggers that all shot towards the center of the explosion, where the Man-Faced Demon Spider lay.

As the smoke cleared, all that was left behind were particles of light that flew towards Gloxinia and Gu Yue, signifying the kill.

"Haha, nice!" enthusiastically going up to Gu Yue for a high five, Gloxinia exclaimed.

As Gu Yue nodded in response and high fived his extended hand, Gloxinia turned to Xie Xie and Tang Wulin, who were in a state of shock and teased them, "Scaredy-cats!"

In response, Tang Wulin blushed a bit in shame and retorted, "I was about to say we should attack it as a team but you started before I could even talk!"

Xie Xie also added his thoughts, "Yeah! You should've waited for the captain to give instructions!"

"Hah? We responded in the best way in the situation, there was no time to wait for instructions!" responding back, Gloxinia quickly added, "Gu Yue agrees, right!"

"En." nodding her head, Gu Yue made a small sound to show her agreement before speaking, "It's alright though, we only reacted because of our high spiritual energy, otherwise we would've listened to captain."

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Author's Note: Ay bruh, I tried to show how Gu Yue still liked Wulin but still disagreed with some things at this point in time since it hasn't been long since they met so yeah... I think it was decent.. I might edit it later..

Thank you for so many collections and powerstones!