64 Chapter 64 Soul-Devouring Spider King

"Swoosh." Landing on a branch with his toes, Lin Manshan lowered his head and looked towards the distance, and his jaw dropped.

'Soul-Devouring Spider King!?'

The dark green body, more than three metres in diameter, eight spider legs more than five metres in length, with golden fine lines coursing through the outer side of the legs, with the front section as slender as a spear, and the edge of the side that pointing towards the abdomen littered with tiny barbs, with thin glowing green blades linking them together like scythes.

'According to Yu Xiaogang's words and the original description, Bibi Dong's twin martial souls Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor are both spider-type spirit beast emperor-like existences. The former Death Spider Emperor is known for its terrifying self-healing power, super-strong corrosive and pervasive poison, and once poisoned by it, the body will continue to decay and rot until death. Known as the harbinger who spreads death, it is death itself for most, and is extremely powerful.'

'And the latter, Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, is known for its swift yet overpowering extraordinary body. Its strength and speed are all top-notch, and it possesses a strong devouring ability, with a hard outer shell that endows it with remarkable defence. It can even be called a super-strengthened version of the Man-Faced Demon Spider.'

'Its eight spear-like legs have strong piercing power and can easily penetrate the majority of defensive spirit beasts of the same rank's bodies. The thin blade within it is even more feared, incomparably sharp, and according to Yu Xiaogang, its surface seems to be attached with some kind of special energy, and once injured by it, the injury will continue to spread, it can only be resisted by consuming spirit energy, and those who are weaker will die from the exhaustion of their spirit power.'

'In addition, just like its name, Soul Devouring. The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's terrifying devouring ability enables it to replenish its own consumption and accelerate recovery from injuries by devouring the spirit energy and life force within the bodies of other organisms.'

'No wonder it's known as the Nightmare of Terrestrial Spirit Beasts, it's indeed fiercer than the Man-Faced Demon Spider.' Lin Manshan couldn't help but sigh.

'Ten thousand years old Soul Devouring Spider can be called king. This one in front of me, looking at the body shape and size, should be around twelve thousand years old. If I can successfully hunt and kill it, perhaps the enhancement of the strength of the physical body itself may not be as good as some of the top power system Spirit Beasts, but it's definitely not too inferior either. Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer fifth spirit ring is a 50,000-year-old Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor, and in terms of spirit beast bloodline, the Soul Devouring Spider is definitely above the Man-Faced Demon Spider.'

'After absorbing the spirit ring of this Soul Devouring Spider King in front of me, my strength, speed, and even defence will surely increase remarkably. Moreover, the defence-breaking ability of the martial soul as well as the sharpness of the martial soul will similarly improve, which means that the offensive properties of my martial soul will be greatly increased.'

"Very well, it is decided, I choose you!"

After thinking of this, Lin Manshan leapt and arrived thirty metres away from the Soul-Devouring Spider King in a few bounces.

'The soul strength of this Soul Devouring Spider King is indeed quite a bit stronger than me. However, according to the original story, Soul Shock is the lingering residue of the soul of a spirit beast before it dissipates after its death, formed from the resentment of the spirit beast, and is far from a complete soul.'

'Besides, the soul power I cultivate itself rejects foreign souls and consciousnesses, and with my body protected by soul power, it's questionable whether this Soul Devouring Spider King's resentment can invade my mind. Not to mention that I've been cultivating soul power for more than five years, and my soul strength has long been strengthened to a remarkable degree. A single resentment is just a resentment, based on my current soul strength it's more than enough to resist it.'

'As for the energy impact, not to mention my own physical strength, there's still the Blue Silver Emperor leg bone backing me up.'

Between the thoughts, his fingertips wiped his belt, and two long black needles appeared in his hands. Aiming at the Soul Devouring Spider King's large belly and the rear part that spit out silk, he fiercely threw it with force.

"Swoosh." Almost in the blink of an eye, "Ding ding!" The two long needles collided as they pierced the Soul Devouring Spider King's rear end, and in the next second, "Boom! Boom!"

Two small explosions suddenly rang out.

"Hiss." Ear-piercing and high-frequency hissing sounds rang out, and the Soul Devouring Spider King's rear end insanely trembled and twisted, while bending and closing into its abdomen.

In the next moment, the eight spider legs violently curved, and its body instantly bounced up, its figure twisting in the air.

Drops of green juice floated down like emerald jades.

"Sizzle." The spider legs landed on the ground, and Lin Manshan met with eight gruesome green orb-like eyes, as well as scythe-like chelicerae.

'The explosion effect of the Thunder Fire Needle isn't bad, besides, this spider is really hideous to look at.' Lin Manshan turned around and ran without hesitation.

Da da da, bang bang bang, the ultra-high frequency sound of branches and leaves being crushed on the ground, as well as the sound of trees collapsing resounded continuously.

"Hiss," Lin Manshan who sensed the soul getting closer twisted around to take a look, and suddenly his scalp went numb.

'How can eight legs move so fast with such coordination? Moreover, it's so flexible, hopping to a great height, and its leg blades are so sharp, with a single swipe a large tree is cut down, I, Ah Man, would like to call you the best lumberjack of the year!'

'Blinking Step!' With a slight push of his toes, his speed accelerated, and he hastily pulled away to maintain a distance of around twenty metres.

'Luckily the trees around are many and big. If it had been a flat ground, I would have been finished.'

While running, he looked back and observed, 'The spider's weakness lies in its waist and leg joints. However, this Soul Devouring Spider's cultivation has reached 10,000 years, and the layer of carapace above the waist has hardened to an extremely tough level, so it should be difficult for me to break through the defence. As for the leg joints, the armour covering it was very tight, so it was also very difficult to break it, and with its powerful body, it would not be easy to break it at first glance. Compared to the back, the defence of the lower abdomen is obviously much weaker, and the colour of the carapace that connects the waist and the inner back leg joints is very light, so it shouldn't have been that hardened that I can't break through the defence.'

'It's just that the gap is too small, and it's not easy to aim and attack it when it's moving around so much.'

'Well, to be on the safe side, I should better blind it first and then look for an opportunity.' His thoughts ran wild, 'Also, it's best not to get too close, its spider lance-like legs are five metres long, and it's so flexible, so getting close to it is too dangerous.'

'However, after all, it's a spider, the legs are growing under the belly, so the back is a big blind spot, which can be put to good use. Five metres of spider legs also happens to be its maximum attack range.'

'As for the spider silk, I think it shouldn't be able to spit it out for the time being.' Lin Manshan looked back at the silk-spitting area that was still dripping with juice and inwardly felt a little bit more assured.

'Five metres, it's possible to attack it with a reinforced version of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow loaded with armour-breaking arrows. Its force should be enough to pierce through it, and shooting sixteen of them at once, at least one will hit the mark.' Finalising his plan, Lin Manshan hurriedly pulled out the Godly Zhuge Crossbow from his Spirit Tool and loaded it with armour-breaking arrows as he ran. After changing the arrows and putting them back into the spirit tool, he quickly pulled out the Dragon Beard Needle and searched for an opportunity.

'With the fineness of the Dragon Beard Needle, it should be possible to create a good opportunity. It's best to take it down in a single swoop...' In the middle of his thoughts, he turned around at the waist and instantly reversed his direction, running towards an extremely thick and sturdy tree on the side. "Hiss." The Soul Devouring Spider King turned its body around and immediately chased after him.

Lowering his speed and altitude, using the tree to conceal his form while allowing the Soul Devouring Spider King to close the distance.

When it was close enough to the designated tree, Lin Manshan pressed his toes, making a blinding dash to step on the bare tree trunk, his gaze aimed at a tree trunk above, 'Vanishing Art!' With a flash of his figure, he came directly to that spot of the tree trunk. And right at this moment, the Soul Devouring Spider King had already ploughed the ground, chopped down a patch of shrubs and reached the front of the tree. Slightly raising its head, the eight spider legs fiercely pressed down, and instantly leapt up and jumped onto the tree.

"Sh… Sh..." The eight spider legs were like spears, easily piercing into the trunk of the tree, climbing upwards as if it were walking on a flat surface.

"Good chance!" The spider only had legs, not chelae, and they were all under the belly on both sides. Every time it climbed, all eight legs moved in unison, which meant that it wasn't easy for it to make blocking manoeuvres. Not to mention that it had its head facing upwards, with a wide enough field of view.

The streams of light disappeared into the eight emerald orbs at almost the same time, and then twirled and exploded.

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