Ma Hongjun was also scared, "Boss Ning, from now on you are my real boss, the only boss."
The coldness on Zhu Zhuqing's face had disappeared, replaced by heartache and worry. She looked at Ning Chuan with moist eyes, "How do you feel?" Just when the sword and shield were shattered by the black air wave, Ning Chuan chose to use his body to protect her.
This touched her again after the Shrek entrance examination.
"It's okay, I won't die for the time being." Ning Chuan pretended to be extremely weak, but his eyes were looking at Xiao Wu who was held by the Titan Giant Ape. He urged in his heart, go quickly, go quickly, if you don't leave, I can't continue this play.
The Titan Ape was about to attack. Xiao Wu, looking at Ning Chuan, whose mouth was bleeding, felt distressed, but also thought he was worried about her. She cried out, "No!"
The Titan Ape stopped abruptly, looked down at Xiao Wu, who was in his grasp, and with a low growl, turned and flew towards the core of the Star Dou Great Forest. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the jungle.
"Xiao Wu," Tang San called out, wanting to chase her, but found himself too injured to pursue.
Zhao Wuji also wanted to chase, but his speed was far inferior to the Titan Ape's, and he couldn't catch up.
Ning Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had to put in the work.
He thought that Meng Yiran had wasted a lot of time absorbing spirit rings. Perhaps he hadn't found the Dragon Duke, or that the Snake Lady, worried about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest, had sent Meng Yiran out early. The Dragon Duke, unaware that his granddaughter had obtained a spirit ring, continued to pursue the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
He looked at Ning Rongrong and said, "Rongrong, give me some support."
"Ah!" Ning Rongrong was momentarily stunned, but upon seeing Ning Chuan's expression, she seemed to understand something and summoned the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial spirit.
"Seven Treasures transforms into Glazed Pagoda, and the second word is: speed!"
Ning Rongrong's clear voice echoed, and a brilliant, multicolored light descended upon Ning Chuan.
Ning Chuan felt his body lighten, and with a tap of his toes, he glided onto the branches of a large tree.
"Wait, Ning Chuan, what are you doing?" Zhao Wuji shouted urgently, not wanting to see Ning Chuan do anything foolish.
"Sorry, Teacher Zhao, Xiao Wu is my classmate. If it were you who was captured, I would chase you too. Even if it was Xiao Wu's body, I wouldn't let it lie exposed in the wilderness."
Leaving behind these polite words, Ning Chuan sped off in the direction the Titan Ape had left.
"Ning Chuan, I've given you all my soul power. The amplification effect will last for one minute after leaving my support range. Go quickly, I'll support you with all my strength,"
Ning Rongrong shouted, heading in Ning Chuan's direction.
"You guys..."
Zhao Wuji was so angry he was speechless as he watched Ning Chuan leave, and Ning Rongrong cheer him on.
Ning Rongrong's face was pale from the exhaustion of her spirit power, but a smile graced her delicate features. "Teacher Zhao, you just heard it too. Ning Chuan said he would risk his life to save any of us."
Oscar scoffed. "He would save any of us?" Why didn't he save himself?
A moment later, Tang San, having recovered from his injuries, approached Oscar. "Little Ao, give me the Mushroom Sausage."
Mushroom Sausage was Oscar's third spirit ability, named just like in the original novel. It grants the user the speed of a crested snake for one minute, roughly equivalent to that of an average agility-type spirit master.
At that moment, Tang San felt nothing but hatred. He was so weak. If he had been a little stronger, he wouldn't have suffered such a severe injury, unable to even pursue Xiao Wu when she was abducted by the Titan Ape.
In the end, it was Ning Chuan who was blamed. He went after Xiao Wu.
He was really fed up with his own powerlessness.
Although the Star Dou Great Forest is home to numerous and diverse spirit beasts, all of them retreat upon sensing the Titan Giant Ape's presence.
This is why, in the original novel, Tang San, aside from a chance encounter with the Human-Faced Demon Spider, encountered no other spirit beasts while deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
It also explains Ning Chuan's courage to venture forth alone. However
, to be on the safe side,
after about seven or eight miles away from the Shrek group, Ning Chuan slowed down.
"This distance should be about right."
Ning Chuan slowly raised his left hand, and a silver sphere, about a foot in size, appeared in his palm. As soon as it appeared, it transformed into dozens or even hundreds of rays of light, shooting outward. Then, it transformed into tiny specks of silver light, spreading in all directions.
This was Ning Chuan's second Martial Spirit, the Gold Devouring Beetle.
It was extremely sensitive to fluctuations in spirit power,
making it perfect for searching for the Human-Faced Demon Spider.
Meanwhile, Ning Chuan's right hand pulsed with a shimmering green light, but he did not summon the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword Martial Spirit.
[Ding! Detection: The host cannot use two spirits simultaneously. Please bind a recipient.] "
Bind Tang San."
After transferring the side effect of being unable to use two martial spirits simultaneously to Tang San, Ning Chuan unleashed the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and his three yellow and purple spirit rings without hindrance.
The second spirit ring illuminated, and Ning Chuan cast a sword and shield before continuing forward.
After several more miles, the gold-eating insects a thousand meters to the southwest reacted, and the target was rapidly fleeing.
Without hesitation, Ning Chuan flew in the direction of the target, intending to intercept it in its path.
A moment later, Ning Chuan sighted the target.
It was a monstrous spider with a gleaming black shell. Its main body was over 1.5 meters long, with eight legs measuring over three meters long. The front of these legs were slender, and with each step, they silently pierced the ground, their sharpness exceeding expectations. Also visible on its abdomen was a humanoid face composed of white lines.
The face had eight eyes, two of which were shattered. It was the Human-Faced Demon Spider.
At the same time, Ning Chuan, through the Gold Devouring Beetle's feedback, sensed that hundreds of meters away, Tang San was advancing at a speed comparable to that of a Spirit Master of the Agility Attack type. It seemed as if he had taken Oscar's mushroom sausage. After the effects wore off, he stopped to rest under a large tree.
"That's even possible," Ning Chuan was speechless. Following the direction the Human-Faced Demonic Spider was moving, it would undoubtedly have crashed into Tang San.
And as expected, the Dragon Lord was still unaware of his granddaughter's spirit ring. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was vast, and the Human-Faced Demonic Spider was scurrying aimlessly. It was unlikely that the Snake Lady would continue this adventure with Meng Yiran. She had probably sent Meng Yiran away first, then returned to search for the Dragon Lord herself.
Thinking of this, Ning Chuan no longer hesitated. He summoned the Gold Devouring Beetle, transformed it into a silver sphere, and shot it towards the Human-Faced Demonic Spider.
The Human-Faced Demonic Spider also noticed Ning Chuan, but seemed to disdain the silver sphere. Its eight legs moved rapidly, charging towards Ning Chuan head-on, leaving behind a series of phantoms.
Bang! The silver ball, upon contact with the black shell of the Man-Faced Demon Spider, turned into tiny specks of silver starlight, seemingly shattered.
(End of this chapter)