That smelly attack only made the Man Faced Demon Spider slow its advance, and it kept dashing at Grandmaster and Xiao Wu as if it basically didn’t smell the stench of that fart, one forelimb swinging to and fro, whipping out to strike Luo San Pao from the air.
If it wasn’t for the Man Faced Demon Spider already having entered the range of the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure, the poison supplemented to its spider legs would have been enough to leave Luo San Pao barely alive.
Another three limbs stretched forward simultaneously, the legs sharp like spear tips thrusting straight at Grandmaster’s chest. Its target was of course not only Grandmaster, but at the same time Xiao Wu behind him, and with the length of its spider legs it completely held the capability of piercing both of them together.
“Pu——”
A dazzling red column of flame shot out from the side, heavily bombarding the Man Faced Demon Spider. The flames adhered directly to it, issuing an unpleasant stink. Fatty in impatience was unable to launch more powerful spirit abilities, and could only spit out the Phoenix Fire Wire to injure the opponent as much as possible.
Originally a two thousand year Man Faced Demon Spider put Tang San at risk of dying, to say nothing of this six thousand year existence in front of them. Even a ten thousand year spirit beast wouldn’t easily want to provoke this butcher. The Man Faced Demon Spider’s ice cold little eyes didn’t reveal any emotions over Fatty’s attack, and was still so sinister and unfeeling, as if its body wasn’t burning at all. The position its spider legs aimed for didn’t vary in the slightest, still thrusting at Grandmaster’s chest.
With a flicker of light and shadow, Xiao Wu quietly appeared in front of Grandmaster. Her one hand borrowed leverage by pushing at Grandmaster’s shoulder, both legs flying out simultaneously, accurately kicking below two of those spider legs. The Man Faced Demon Spider’s legs rose slightly, practically brushing the top of her head.
In order to fight for time, Xiao Wu couldn’t help the mental backlash she would suffer, and the light of Demon Confusion stung the little eyes on the Man Faced Demon Spider’s abdomen, making it delay for a short moment. At the same time Xiao Wu once again stepped on the Man Faced Demon Spider’s legs, using the rebound as leverage to forcefully push away Grandmaster behind her, just right to meet the hastily dashing over Liu Erlong.
At this very moment, the Man Faced Demon Spider and Xiao Wu were practically pasted to each other while attacking. Grandmaster had been pushed away from the danger zone, Fatty’s spirit power had just now congregated, and the others basically didn’t have enough time to strike away that Man Faced Demon Spider.
In an instant, Tang San’s heart had already leapt into his throat. Nobody understood the terror of the Man Faced Demon Spider more clearly than him. At that time, if it wasn’t for him acting when least expected and the potency of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, he would already have died in the Star Dou Great Forest. The pain absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider gave him he would never forget for a lifetime. Right now, Xiao Wu and the Man Faced Demon Spider in close combat, that was a six thousand year butcher, and Xiao Wu had the weakest spirit power among the Shrek Seven Devils.
Each of the six thousand year Man Faced Demon Spider’s legs had orderly rows of small barbs, and even though the toxin on its body was unable to cause any harm to Xiao Wu under the effect of the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure, if it pierced Xiao Wu’s skin, the toxin would still spread through her veins. That was in no way something Xiao Wu could resist. Moreover, just because of these barbs Xiao Wu didn’t dare use her Soft Skill on the Man Faced Demon Spider.
The use of Teleportation had a cooldown period. Xiao Wu had use it once just now, and right now in close combat with the Man Faced Demon Spider she couldn’t rely on it to dodge again. The only thing she could do was endure, endure until her companions arrived to help her.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was clearly completely infuriated, its rear legs propping it up, its four lance-like forelegs thrust at Xiao Wu from four different directions, deathly pale light erupting from its body. This time, it clearly used its full strength.
Just the opposite from Xiao Wu, the Man Faced Demon Spider’s only chance was to take advantage of nobody else having reached attack range to grab the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure and escape. It had seen with its own eyes what happened to the Unicorn Armored Beast and the Pit Demon Spider, so how couldn’t it know how frightening these humans in front of it were?
Xiao Wu moved extremely quickly, and also had abundant combat experience. When doing her utmost she wouldn’t stint on her spirit power in any way, and pouring strength into her legs, while escaping danger by a hair’s breadth, she kicked out four times, separately striking the weakest points of each of those four stinging spider legs. She knew that as long as she was able to get out of this attack, the help of her comrades would arrive.
The moment Xiao Wu’s legs kicked at the four spider leg pikes with full strength, her heart was already ice cold. That instant, she clearly felt that her kicks at those spider legs was like a butterfly shaking a stone tower, fundamentally unable to alter their attack power, and even more unable to change their direction.
Xiao Wu after all only had thirty seventh ranked spirit power, the gap to the six thousand year Man Faced Demon Spider attacking with all its strength the gap was really too large.
The little eyes under the Man Faced Demon Spider’s abdomen revealed a malevolent light. It had long ago planned ahead: as long as it could kill this human girl in front of it and snatch the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure, it would immediately spray out several spider webs at the people around to obstruct their attacks. In speed, relying on those four meter long spider legs, its running speed wasn’t something the Pit Demon Spider could compare to.
When Xiao Wu’s for kicks accurately struck the spider legs, all the Shrek Academy group almost cheered, but as they saw those four spider legs didn’t change direction, their hearts went completely cold.
In this extreme crisis, Xiao Wu could only curl up as much as possible, making herself the smallest possible target. However, even if she curled up even more, it would still be impossible to evade all the attacks. The Man Faced Demon Spider’s four spider lances perfectly sealed all her possible routes of escape.
Three spider lances thrust past, practically pasted to Xiao Wu’s body, but that final spider leg in the end couldn’t be dodged, and ruthlessly ran into Xiao Wu’s chest.
Part 3 (TL by Bagelson)
Instantly, everyone’s brains blanked out. Even though the piercing blow should hit the right side of Xiao Wu’s chest, how powerful was the Man Faced Demon Spider’s poison? Xiao Wu would inevitably be run through, and such an injury combined with the Man Faced Demon Spider’s poison wasn’t something Xiao Wu could possibly survive.
Everything happened too fast it was practically hard to catch it with the naked eye. Xiao Wu’s body was directly flung away close to twenty meters by the spider leg, but her hand still tightly gripped that Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure, refusing to let go no matter what.
As Xiao Wu was flung away, the Man Faced Demon Spider seemed to stare blankly a moment. Even though it’s goal in attacking Xiao Wu was attained, it still hadn’t obtained the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure.
“Go die!”
Fatty who was closest was the first to erupt, his Phoenix Ascension had now finally finished coalescing, and he struck that Man Faced Demon Spider with all his strength and burning hot flame in the side.
At the same time, having caught Grandmaster, Liu Erlong’s eyes turned scarlet. Xiao Wu had pushed away Grandmaster while in a crisis herself, separating him from danger. Just this point made Liu Erlong full of gratitude towards her. Seeing her without a chance to survive under the Man Faced Demon Spider’s attack made the ruthlessness in Liu Erlong’s heart practically reach a new peak.
With a close to frenzied dragon’s roar, her whole body emitted flames that directly form
ed into an enormous fire dragon, chasing after the Phoenix Ascension to strike away the Man Faced Demon Spider several meters, swallowing it up in a flash.
The six thousand year cultivation Man Faced Demon Spider struggled in the dragon shaped flame, but it was still unable to escape the tyrannical gravity within the flame.
Fire in itself possessed a restraining effect on poisonous things, whether it was Fatty’s phoenix flame or Liu Erlong’s dragon flame, they were both among the most potent existences among flames. Fatty’s flame possessed the even more powerful adherence property that was comparatively insidious, but Liu Erlong’s dragon flame only possessed one property: explosiveness. Under the simultaneous effect of these two kinds of flame, even the Man Faced Demon Spider’s solid outer shell softened, its entire body trembling violently.
The third to reach it wasn’t the flying Flender, but rather Tang San who dropped like a stone from the sky. Seeing Xiao Wu in danger, Tang San leapt from Flender’s back at the same time as he shouted. Blue Silver Grass condensed into wing shapes in midair, sending him gliding in that direction.
Unfortunately, all that was really far, far too late, even if he used all his power he still couldn’t reach the Man Faced Demon Spider before it speared Xiao Wu.
Watching Xiao Wu flung away, Tang San’s heart instantly froze like a ten thousand year glacier, as if it had already stopped beating, and he was even unable to breathe. Looking at the conflagration below, his gaze was completely lifeless, and just like a moth drawn to flame he still fell downwards.
“Get out of the way, do you want to die?”
Liu Erlong was shocked. She was only too clear on just how potent her dragon flame was, and even though Tang San could glide with the Blue Silver Grass wings on his back, he still fell downwards. Everyone understood Tang San’s place in Grandmaster’s heart, and Liu Erlong naturally wouldn’t want him to destroy his life in her dragon flame like this.
But Tang San didn’t even seem to hear anything, and still dropped towards the Man Faced Demon Spider. Helplessly, Liu Erlong had no choice but to stop sending out her dragon flame, but despite this that dragon shaped flame wasn’t extinguished immediately.
The Eight Spider Lances on Tang San’s back thrust through the top of the dragon flame, and from the point of view of everyone, right now he seemed to be lying on his stomach on the back of the Man Faced Demon Spider.
The Eight Spider Lances were sharp, and right now that Man Faced Demon Spider’s carapace had been further softened by the heat of the phoenix flame and dragon flame. In an instant, Eight Spider Lances had pierced into the Man Faced Demon Spider’s carapace, the front half entering completely as white and red luster rose from Tang San. Strangely, Liu Erlong’s tyrannical dragon flame was unable to enter within a one chi[1] range of Tang San’s body.
The instant the Eight Spider Lances entered its body, that Man Faced Demon Spider shuddered violently, and seemed as if its entire body had frozen.
Immediately afterward, it no longer struggled, but started to tremble quickly. The Eight Spider Lances Tang San had stuck into its body began to turn pale white, as if pulse after pulse of light was constantly drawn into Tang San’s body via the Eight Spider Lances.
Nobody knew what was going on, and since Tang San lay prostrated, everyone was unable to see his facial expression. But with Xiao Wu’s survival unknown, they could understand the suffering in Tang San’s heart. Liu Erlong wanted to rush over and pull Tang San away, but was caught up to and stopped by Grandmaster.
“He’s alright, help Xiao Wu first.”
Grandmaster knew something of Eight Spider Lances’ drain capability. Further adding that the Man Faced Demon Spider was left barely alive after Liu Erlong’s dragon flame, and that Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances had already pierced its vitals, this six thousand year Man Faced Demon Spider was essentially incapable of resisting further.
Oscar had already dashed over to Xiao Wu’s side, and while running he had already finished summoning a small sausage and a large sausage. After falling Xiao Wu’s body hadn’t stirred, and he hastily but cautiously supported her back.
Mouthful after mouthful of blood flowed from Xiao Wu’s mouth, but what astonished Oscar was that there wasn’t a trace of blood on her chest.
“Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, how are you?”
Oscar rocked Xiao Wu gently, right now he also didn’t have any means of getting Xiao Wu to eat his big sausage.
By now Flender had also reached Xiao Wu’s side, and grabbing one of her hands he pressed at her wrist, slowly infusing his own spirit power into Xiao Wu.
“Yi……”
Flender’s face very quickly revealed bewilderment,
“Why is it like this?”
Oscar’s heart tightened, the Shrek Seven Devils had been together so long that the feelings between each other were profound, nevermind Xiao Wu being Tang San’s little sister, their friendship alone made him extremely anxious about Xiao Wu,
“Dean, can Xiao Wu still be saved?”
A smiling expression suddenly appeared on Flender’s face, pulling up Xiao Wu he turned her over and gave her back seven quick slaps.
With a vomiting sound, Xiao Wu once again spouted out a mouthful of purple black blood. Supported in Flender’s hands, she unexpectedly slowly opened her eyes.
“What, what’s going on?”
Oscar looked dumbstruck at all this. He was unable to understand how Xiao Wu still wasn’t dead after that powerful blow from the Man Faced Demon Spider. When he first ran over he was with the expectation that Heaven didn’t listen to the plans of humans. But now it seemed that, although Xiao Wu’s complexion was pale, it was far from the expectations everyone had before.
Flender said:
“She’s alright, she only stopped breathing just now, that’s all. Xiao Wu, how do you feel?”
While speaking, he slowly infused his spirit power into Xiao Wu, helping her calm her energy and pacify the roiling qi and blood.
Xiao Wu’s voice was somewhat hoarse,
“My chest is very tight, a bit constricted. Otherwise nothing. Don’t worry, I won’t die.”
While speaking, Xiao Wu slowly stretched a hand into her chest, and under Flender and Oscar’s attentive gazes, a brightly colored flower appeared in her hand. Precisely that Yearning Heartbroken Red.
Originally, when Xiao Wu saw she was unable to dodge the Man Faced Demon Spider’s attack she curled up as far as possible. When she was finally still sent flying by a spider lance, that spider lance fortunately struck precisely the Yearning Heartbroken Red at her chest.
Before the Yearning Heartbroken Red recognized its master it couldn’t be plucked with force, and after it recognized Xiao Wu it gained even more unbreakable properties, more durable than anything. Even though the Man Faced Demon Spider’s attack was powerful, it still couldn’t pierce this bizarre immortal treasure flower. Otherwise Xiao Wu wouldn’t be flung away, but rather directly run through, and the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure in her hand would naturally also end up in the Man Faced Demon Spider’s grasp.
Even Xiao Wu hadn’t expected that her life would actually be saved by her tenderness keeping her from eating the fantastic immortal treasure.
Under the assistance of Flender’s spirit power, Xiao Wu with difficulty roused her mind. After eating one of Oscar’s big recovery sausages, her mind was immediately much better. Now she also noticed Tang San and that Man Faced Demon Spider, and instantly changed color.
“My Ge, he……”
Grandmaster and the others also finally noticed the circumstances on Xiao Wu’s side, and they all understood Xiao Wu’s circumstances. Grandmaster said:
“Nothing will be wrong with little San. If I’m not mistaken, right now his Eight Spider Lances are ending the life of that Man Faced Demon Spider. I only don’t know if he’s prepared to absorb this spirit beast’s spirit ring, or if he still insists on that Pit Demon Spider.”
That treacherous Pit Demon Spider had been th
rown to the side by Flender, right now it lay on its back facing upward. Flender knew it was cunning and had chopped off its legs, leaving it unable to run.
Perhaps it was because Liu Erlong’s dragon flame was too terrifying, but the spirit beasts outside of the poison formation had for the most part withdrawn, only a few especially powerful ones still watched the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure in Xiao Wu’s hand.
“Little San, Xiao Wu is alright.”
Flender shouted in Tang San’s direction.
Flender’s judgement here was extremely correct. Hearing the two words ‘Xiao Wu’, Tang San slowly raised his head from the Man Faced Demon Spider’s back, and everyone discovered that at some point his eyes had turned completely red. Within the red light roamed a purple radiance.
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[1] 1尺 = ⅓ m
Chapter 088: Drain, Eight Spider Lances
Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)
Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu sitting there anxiously watching him. His expression was blank a moment, then the bloody light in his eyes gradually withdrew, and his mind also gradually recovered to normal.
Actually, even he himself didn’t know just what he did just now. Piercing the Man Faced Demon Spider with Eight Spider Lances was all something he did subconsciously while his mind was blanked out. Now, seeing Xiao Wu was still alive, Tang San’s heart also subsequently came back to life. Then he noticed his current situation.
The Man Faced Demon Spider still constantly twitched below him, pulse after pulse of powerful energy entering his body via Eight Spider Lances. What made him astonished was that after this ruthless energy had circulated one turn within him, it would again be transmitted to his Eight Spider Lances to coagulate at his vertebrae, and the vertebrae and eight ribs where Eight Spider Lances attached became incomparably hot, absorbing the energy like a deep abyss.
This was the first time Tang San truly used the Eight Spider Lances’ drain ability, and the target was a Man Faced Demon Spider.
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