"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
A continuous retching sound spread through the outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest. Though the smell was intensely nauseating, it was precisely this scent that drove both people and Spirit Beasts wild, causing them to flock to it.
"Xiaogang, hurry up and pick a Spirit Beast for Tang San," Flender shouted at Yu Xiaogang. "Once you're done, let's leave quickly. The Spirit Beasts are already fighting over there, and another thing—if we don't leave soon, just listening to the continuous retching of these Spirit Beasts, I'll want to retch too!"
Every Spirit Beast wanted to eat the surströmming bursting stinky tofu stew, but there was only so little of it. The Spirit Beasts who couldn't get any became agitated, and the ones who did were also very agitated. As long as a complete piece of stinky tofu wasn't eaten all at once, the effect was useless. Spirit Beasts had already started small-scale attacks on each other because some Spirit Beasts, as part of the food chain, saw others as something to take a bite out of.
"Let me take a look," Yu Xiaogang said, but he immediately retched as soon as he opened his eyes. The sounds were too continuous, and even Ye Yin was starting to find it unbearable.
"I think that thousand-year-old Cave Devil Spider is pretty good," Ye Yin shouted, pointing at a grey-brown spider.
Yu Xiaogang nodded. "A Cave Devil Spider is indeed good, but it's a pity there's no Man Faced Demon Spider, which is what I wanted. Never mind, a Man Faced Demon Spider is hard to come by, so forget it. That's the one."
Lu Qibin's six spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, and several Star Luo chess pieces clattered down, successfully forming a chessboard array that firmly controlled the Spirit Beasts in the area. Zhao Wuji, with his spirit attached to his body, charged in, smashing the heads of several Spirit Beasts with two casual slaps. He then broke off the eight spider legs of the thousand-year-old Cave Devil Spider, knocked it out, and walked out carrying it. His brutality was absolute.
"With the Cave Devil Spider in hand, let's go quickly," Zhao Wuji said.
Everyone stopped lingering and swiftly fled into the distance until they were out of the range of the surströmming bursting stinky tofu stew. Only then did everyone stop.
"Tang San," Zhao Wuji shouted, "hurry and deal with this Cave Devil Spider. This Cave Devil Spider is almost done for."
Tang San nodded, pulled out his forging hammer, and slammed it onto the Cave Devil Spider's head, smashing its brain to a pulp with one blow. A purple, thousand-year spirit ring slowly rose. Tang San sat cross-legged and began to absorb the thousand-year Cave Devil Spider's spirit ring.
Half an hour later, a purple spirit ring rose from beneath Tang San's feet, successfully absorbed.
"Quick, show me what changes your Blue Silver Grass has undergone," Yu Xiaogang said, his impatience obvious. He carefully observed the Blue Silver Grass. The originally greenish-blue Blue Silver Grass had turned grey-brown, the exact color of the Cave Devil Spider. The Blue Silver Grass had become thicker, and a layer of fine fuzz had appeared on it, making it look like the Cave Devil Spider's hairy legs had transformed into Blue Silver Grass vines.
Yu Xiaogang tried to pull at the vines. "Not bad, the toughness has increased, and the strength has also increased quite a bit. The only problem is the lack of venom, which is a great pity." Yu Xiaogang sighed at the thought. The first spirit ring's bamboo had no venom, the second spirit ring's bamboo leaf snake also happened to be a non-venomous bamboo leaf snake, and the third spirit ring's Cave Devil Spider also had no venom.
"It's fine, Teacher," Tang San said. "Although there's no venom, it's already strong enough in other aspects. It won't be too late to add venom later."
Yu Xiaogang nodded. Since things had come to this, there was no more to say. "How is it? What is your third Spirit Ability?"
Tang San's third spirit ring flashed, and several Blue Silver Grass vines shot out from the ground, enveloping Yu Xiaogang's body like a net. "Third Spirit Ability, Blue Silver Prison!"
Yu Xiaogang tried to pull at it. "Not bad, very tough. According to my estimation, an Attack System Spirit Master of the same level cannot break through your prison. This is the power of a Control System Spirit Master. At the same level, no Spirit Master is a match for a Control System Spirit Master."
Dai Mubai shook his head. "I don't think so. A casual strike should be enough. Grandmaster, your judgment of an Attack System Spirit Master's attack power might be a bit off." With the White Tiger phantom attached to him, Dai Mubai slammed into the Blue Silver Prison.
"Bang!"
The Blue Silver Prison enveloping Yu Xiaogang burst open with a loud bang, creating a large hole.
Instantly, Yu Xiaogang fell silent. He quickly changed the subject. "That's because the Blue Silver Grass spirit is too weak, which is why this Spirit Ability doesn't seem that powerful. The characteristic of this Spirit Ability is still its suddenness. If it suddenly controls the opponent's Support-type Soul Master, the opponent definitely won't react in time."
Everyone nodded. What Yu Xiaogang said was indeed correct.
"Grandmaster, I have a question. That is, why control the opponent's Support-type Soul Master? Are you afraid the opponent has no protection? Even if they are caught in the Blue Silver Prison, it cannot stop the opponent's support Spirit Ability. The outer shell of the Blue Silver Prison can even provide protection."
[Resentment from Yu Xiaogang +20!]
Tang San's mind reacted faster. "The key to control is, of course, control. The opponent cannot move. This way, when Xiao Wu or Zhuqing charge forward to attack, I will then release the Blue Silver Prison, thus allowing for precise attacks."
Yu Xiaogang nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, Tang San is right."
Ye Yin's faint voice sounded again. "Actually, is there a possibility that control isn't needed at all? Whether it's an Attack System or an Agility-Attack System, their speed and strength are incomparable to a Support System. They can easily defeat them without control."
[Resentment from Yu Xiaogang +30!]
[Resentment from Tang San +20!]
Flender smoothed things over. "Alright, since the third spirit ring has been absorbed, there's no point in saying more. Let's leave quickly to avoid any unforeseen complications. The Spirit Beasts gathering there are increasing, and the battle is very likely to spread."
Everyone swiftly fled toward the outside of the Star Dou Great Forest to avoid being affected later. One day later, everyone successfully left the outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest. Although everyone had left, Ye Yin could still continuously receive resentment from many Spirit Beasts through the system. The effect of the bursting stinky tofu could last for seventy-two hours, or three days. The only problem was that the smell of surströmming might not last that long. But it could still provide Ye Yin with a large amount of resentment points. He even considered whether to place these resentment collectors in Spirit Beast forests in large quantities every once in a while. Or in densely populated areas, that would also be quite good.
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