"Snap!"
A finger snap.
The surrounding time instantly froze.
The leaves drifting in the air, the bobcats leaping through the forest, and Zhou Sidong's father, who was patrolling nearby—everything was put on pause.
"This… time has been stopped."
Zhou Sidong walked out of the tent, staring in disbelief at the scene before him.
Xiao Xue looked at the masterpiece before her and smiled triumphantly: "Of course. I once reversed the history of Douluo Continent by ten thousand years; controlling time is the easiest thing for me. It's just that I've lost all my power now. I can only pause it for two hours. So, you only have two hours."
"That's enough."
Zhou Sidong nodded and, together with Xiao Xue, headed towards the thousand-year Soul Devouring Spider six miles away.
Midway, Zhou Sidong learned from Xiao Xue that there were two ways to release the person from the suspended state.
First, wait until the designated time.
Second, Zhou Sidong needed to touch them.
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Soon, Zhou Sidong and Xiao Xue, after spending fifteen minutes, arrived at the Soul Devouring Spider's territory, six miles away.
Everywhere, there were spiderwebs. The air was filled with a gloomy aura, and the ground was covered with the skeletal remains of Soul Beasts. The thousand-year Soul Devouring Spider was resting on a spiderweb, chewing on a viscous substance. Zhou Sidong didn't know what it was.
It was also suspended.
"Kill it directly and obtain the Soul Ring, or wake it up and fight it one-on-one? It's up to you."
Giving Zhou Sidong the choice, Xiao Xue casually sat down against a tree trunk.
"Of course, I'll fight it."
Zhou Sidong chose the latter. He picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it at the Soul Devouring Spider.
The moment the stone hit the Soul Devouring Spider, its dull eyes instantly blazed with blood-red light. A large web, along with a sticky substance, shot out from its mouth.
The Soul Devouring Spider intended to eliminate the intruder that had suddenly appeared. Soul Beasts all have their own territories, and they are extremely territorial.
"How unsanitary."
Zhou Sidong frowned in disgust, then sidestepped to avoid the attack.
At the same time, the Soul Devouring Spider's form was already in front of Zhou Sidong's face. Its thick forelegs rose up, intending to cleave Zhou Sidong in two.
"Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, Martial Soul Avatar."
Zhou Sidong let out a low shout. Ink-green spiderweb patterns grew on his forehead, and a layer of shimmering ink-green light spread from his body. Three pairs of ink-green spider legs appeared on his back, and his arms transformed into similar ink-green spears. His lower body was completely enveloped in a layer of ink-green light.
This was Zhou Sidong under the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's Martial Soul Avatar.
To outsiders, his Martial Soul was just the Soul Devouring Spider. However, in the eyes of this Soul Devouring Spider, which had just entered a thousand years, a suppression of bloodline caused its body to stiffen slightly.
When the Soul Devouring Spider finally reacted, Zhou Sidong had already swung his ink-green spear, severing the Soul Devouring Spider's front claws. Ink-green blood flowed from the severed area.
Seeing the situation was not good, the Soul Devouring Spider immediately tried to escape.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Zhou Sidong wouldn't just watch his prey get away. He took a fragmentation grenade from the belt tied around his waist.
He pulled the pin, aimed at the Soul Devouring Spider, and threw the grenade.
Zhou Sidong heard a "ding" as the grenade shrapnel flew out. Then, in the Soul Devouring Spider's confused gaze, the grenade went "boom," exploding and scattering countless small steel balls, piercing the Soul Devouring Spider's body.
These small steel balls were all made of refined iron, and combined with the impact force of the explosion, they were enough to cause significant damage to the Soul Devouring Spider.
Just as Zhou Sidong had thought, the Soul Devouring Spider fell to the ground, emitting thick black smoke, and the smell of burning made Zhou Sidong's nose sting.
Dense, varying-sized wounds appeared on the Soul Devouring Spider's body; it was already on its last breath.
Zhou Sidong didn't hesitate, flicking out a throwing knife that instantly ended the Soul Devouring Spider's life.
This was Zhou Sidong's first time truly hunting a Soul Beast. Thanks to the sudden appearance of the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul, combined with the already devastating power of the grenade, Zhou Sidong had managed to kill his first Soul Beast, and it was a Soul Devouring Spider that had just entered the thousand-year level.
The Soul Devouring Spider's eyes gradually lost their luster, and its body stopped trembling. Following this, a faint purple light condensed on the Soul Devouring Spider's body, and a purple thousand-year Soul Ring appeared!
"Well done! Hurry and absorb it."
Xiao Xue flew down from the tree trunk and came to Zhou Sidong's side.
"Hmm."
Zhou Sidong nodded and sat cross-legged. He had Innate Full Soul Power at level twenty, so the upper limit of Soul Rings he could absorb was already much higher than that of ordinary people. Coupled with the aid of medicine during this period...
It could be said that Zhou Sidong was no longer the same as before.
However, according to Xiao Xue, this was just the beginning. The immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye were the only things that truly caught her attention.
Under the pull of Soul Power, the purple thousand-year Soul Ring produced by the Soul Devouring Spider instantly flew to the top of Zhou Sidong's head. Then, the Soul Ring slowly descended, officially settling at Zhou Sidong's feet.
A strong surge of power entered his body, making his limbs and bones excruciatingly painful. The power of the thousand-year Soul Ring caused Zhou Sidong to frown. But soon, Zhou Sidong's mind became clear and cool. A gentle force replaced the violent power of the Soul Ring, flowing throughout Zhou Sidong's body.
"Such a strong soul power. It seems the blessings Qian Xunji brought to Zhou Sidong after his death were indeed considerable," Xiao Xue exclaimed, witnessing all of this with her own eyes.
In less than half an hour, Zhou Sidong had finished absorbing the Soul Ring.
As Zhou Sidong slowly woke up and stood from the ground, he smiled at the purple thousand-year Soul Ring at his feet, his eyebrows lifting with joy. Absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring as his first, there was no one else like him.
Then, Xiao Xue smiled and shook her head, snapping her fingers. The purple Soul Ring under Zhou Sidong's feet instantly turned into a hundred-year one.
"It's better to be low-key. Let me see your first Soul Ring Soul Skill," Xiao Xue said with a smile.
"Okay."
Zhou Sidong took a deep breath. He instantly completed the Soul Devouring Spider's possession. The yellow Soul Ring under his feet rotated, and a wisp of sinister energy coiled around the two spears. Then, the two spears were brought together, their surfaces flashing with green light, forming two intersecting beams of energy that flew out from the spears transformed from Zhou Sidong's arms, destroying the rows of towering trees in front of him. The cut surfaces were smooth, and the broken areas had already begun to corrode.
"The first Soul Skill is not bad. If the person hit is not treated in time, the sinister energy the Soul Devouring Spider itself carries can corrode them completely."
After Xiao Xue finished analyzing, she immediately asked, "Have you thought of a name for your first Soul Ring?"
"Let's call it: Crescent Moon."
The evil aura it emitted was like a waning moon.
"We have a little over an hour and a half left. Let's hurry to the next location. Three miles north of here, there's a Red-Footed Centipede that's fifteen hundred years old. It's the strongest Soul Beast in the entire Soul Hunting Forest."
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