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Just as Tang San moved, Shi Quan's figure also moved.
The ethereal figure floated up, chasing directly in Tang San's direction.
"Zhuang Zhou, what are you doing again!" Zhao Wuji was furious; he also wanted to stop him, but he clearly couldn't stop Shi Quan's figure.
"I'll go bring Tang San back," Shi Quan's voice came.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji's expression improved significantly. He turned back and glared at Oscar, "You brat, hurry up and make your Mushroom Sausage for me. If we're going to chase, we'll chase together."
"Got it, got it," Oscar nodded repeatedly.
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In mid-air, Tang San, having eaten the Mushroom Sausage and boosted by Ning Rongrong's amplification, was so fast that even Shi Quan could only stare at his dust. Fortunately, with Spirit Sense locked on, Shi Quan could always pinpoint his location, and with the boost from Nine Shadows Shift, Shi Quan was not shaken off by Tang San.
The Star Dou Great Forest was exceptionally dark at night. If it were an ordinary night, if Tang San dared to fly like this, he would have been surrounded by flying Spirit Beasts and not even his corpse would have remained.
It was only because of the Titan Giant Ape that he didn't encounter a single flying Spirit Beast on his way.
Fortunately, Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage could only last for one minute, and Ning Rongrong's amplification also had a limited duration once it exceeded a certain range.
This barely kept Tang San within Shi Quan's Spirit Sense lock range.
Tang San landed after flying less than three thousand meters and began to move with all his might through the forest, while Shi Quan continued to fly forward. Coupled with Tang San's injuries, the distance between them gradually closed.
"He stopped."
Excitement flickered in Shi Quan's eyes. He was now only a few hundred meters from Tang San, and with his speed, he could catch up in less than a minute.
On the other side, Tang San had just taken out a water bladder from his Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges and was gulping it down. Just as he caught his breath, he was drawn by a strange sound.
The rustling sound was like someone changing clothes. Tang San slowly stood up, cautiously looking in the direction of the sound, and immediately saw a black spider.
It was a Man Faced Demon Spider.
Shi Quan in the distance also sensed the aura of the Man Faced Demon Spider.
His flying speed instantly reached its maximum.
On the other side, Tang San and the Man Faced Demon Spider's battle had already begun. He quickly discovered that the Man Faced Demon Spider was injured. If it were in its prime, Tang San would have definitely chosen to flee, but an injured Man Faced Demon Spider was a different concept.
The battle scene was no different from the original work. Tang San, relying on the unexpectedness of the Clear Sky Hammer and the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, directly inflicted critical damage on the Man Faced Demon Spider with just two collisions, causing fatal wounds.
It was only because of the Man Faced Demon Spider's tenacious vitality that it did not die immediately.
Purple light, blue liquid, the Man Faced Demon Spider's robust body twisted and writhed frantically on the ground.
Delicate plants were instantly corroded, and even thick trees shattered upon impact with its body. Within tens of square meters, it was a mess, with no plant remaining intact.
Tang San had already rolled dozens of meters away, quietly waiting for the Man Faced Demon Spider to die.
It was also at this moment that Shi Quan's figure suddenly appeared above the Man Faced Demon Spider. Looking at the dying Man Faced Demon Spider on the ground and Tang San hiding twenty to thirty meters away, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Perfect timing!
His third spirit ring lit up, the Black Moon appeared, and a black light enveloped the Man Faced Demon Spider.
Shi Quan's figure shimmered with iron-colored light and descended from the sky. The impact of Dream Ripple and the deterrence of Concentrated Soul-Suppressing Technique were released simultaneously.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's writhing movements paused. Shi Quan, having activated Indestructible Divine Skill, was like a sharp blade descending from the sky, piercing the Man Faced Demon Spider's head with one foot. Blue liquid exploded, and before he even landed, Shi Quan's figure returned to its ethereal state.
The Man Faced Demon Spider, which had been struggling, immediately went still. Purple light condensed, and a purple spirit ring had just appeared. Shi Quan's movements did not stop at all. He lifted his clothes, grabbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's leg, and brought it to the opening of his hundred treasure pouch.
The next second, the enormous Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse and the hovering spirit ring were all put into the hundred treasure pouch by Shi Quan.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the external Spirit Bone Eight Spider Lances, triggering a plunder treasure chest. It has been opened for the host. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the reward: Dragon Spine."
Hearing the System's voice, Shi Quan's lips uncontroll to curl upwards.
Please call me the King of Plunder.
Although Tang San had inflicted a fatal wound on the Man Faced Demon Spider, the standard for determining who killed a Spirit Beast and thus owns its spirit ring is based on who delivers the killing blow.
Tang San's fatal wound did not directly kill the Man Faced Demon Spider; it was merely fatal. If no one else had attacked it in the interim, the spirit ring would naturally have been his when the Man Faced Demon Spider died. But the key point is that when Shi Quan arrived, the Man Faced Demon Spider was not dead, so in that case, my apologies.
In the original work, Tang San brought the corpse of the Demonic Spider to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb it.
So Shi Quan had long wondered if, when he collected the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse into his hundred treasure pouch, the spirit ring would also enter the hundred treasure pouch with it.
And indeed, the spirit ring truly entered the hundred treasure pouch along with the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse, just as Shi Quan had expected.
Having done all this, Shi Quan did not pause at all. He immediately concealed his figure, silently widening the distance between himself and Tang San.
On the other side, Tang San, due to the exhaustion of his spirit power, a significant depletion of his physical strength, and his internal injuries, his legs gave out as soon as he reached a safe place. He could no longer hold on and directly collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath. He had no mind to look at the Man Faced Demon Spider.
Hearing that the sound of movements from Man Faced Demon Spider in the distance had stopped, he turned to look, he could no longer see its figure.
"Where's the Man Faced Demon Spider?" Tang San was stunned, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly got up and walked towards where the Man Faced Demon Spider had been.
He had originally intended to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's spirit ring. The Man Faced Demon Spider was one of the Spirit Beasts in his original plan, but because his poison-attributed Blue Silver Grass couldn't bear too much, this plan had to be changed to absorbing a Spirit Beast with a devouring and absorbing attribute.
But now he couldn't think that much. He just wanted to increase his strength and find Xiao Wu quickly. In Tang San's view, even if he absorbed another poison-attributed Spirit Beast, his Blue Silver Grass would definitely still be fine.
But the problem now was that the Man Faced Demon Spider had mysteriously disappeared.
He was very sure that he had just inflicted a fatal injury on the Man Faced Demon Spider. Its death was only a matter of time. But now, what was going on with this Man Faced Demon Spider suddenly disappearing?
"It ran away?" Tang San muttered with a grim expression, looking around and then shaking his head, "Impossible. With such severe injuries, it couldn't have run. Even if it escaped, it couldn't have done so without a sound. What exactly happened?"
Tang San's mind was completely a mess right now, mainly because too many things had happened in one night. First, the Titan Giant Ape, Xiao Wu being captured, then the Man Faced Demon Spider, and its sudden disappearance.
"If it disappeared, then it disappeared. Saving Xiao Wu is more important." Tang San couldn't afford to think too much. In his current state, if he encountered another Spirit Beast, he would surely die in the Star Dou Great Forest. He had to recover to a certain extent before he could continue searching for Xiao Wu's whereabouts.
At this moment, he could no longer care about potential dangers. He sat down again, gasping for breath, barely allowing his spirit to recover a bit, and then began to Cultivate to restore his spirit power.
However, just as Tang San began to Cultivate, three figures ran towards him.
"You are... Tang San?" Snake Woman was the first to spot Tang San's figure. Looking at his miserable state, she couldn't help but frown.
"Tang San, why are you here? Did you fight the Man Faced Demon Spider? Where is the Man Faced Demon Spider?" Snake Woman looked at the Man Faced Demon Spider's blood on the ground, scanned her surroundings, and seeing no trace of it, she couldn't help but ask with a frown.
Tang San smiled bitterly and stood up, "Senior, Junior did indeed encounter the Man Faced Demon Spider just now, and I did fight it. Junior coincidentally critically injured the Man Faced Demon Spider. When I ran to the side to dodge, the Man Faced Demon Spider suddenly disappeared inexplicably. Junior doesn't know where it went specifically."
"Disappeared?" Meng Yiran said angrily, "Tang San, are you lying to ghosts here? How could such a large Spirit Beast just disappear inexplicably?"
"Senior, Junior's words are all true. You can check the traces of the battle on the scene. Junior just walked over from that side."
Tang San pointed to the rolling tracks on the ground.
Dragon and Snake Woman exchanged glances and nodded. As a Spirit Douluo-level powerhouse, Dragon's observation skills were astonishing even in the dark. While Tang San was explaining, he had already observed everything around him. He could confirm that Tang San was not lying, but they had never heard of a Spirit Beast disappearing like this, so they naturally couldn't easily believe Tang San's one-sided story.
"You have a space-type spirit tool, right?" Dragon's gaze fell on the Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges at Tang San's waist. spirit tools all have spirit power fluctuations, so Dragon naturally recognized it at a glance.
Such a large Spirit Beast naturally couldn't just disappear. In their opinion, there was only one possibility: Tang San had killed the Man Faced Demon Spider in this short time and put it into his spirit tool.
Dragon and Snake Woman guessed correctly, but unfortunately, this Man Faced Demon Spider was not in Tang San's Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges, but in Shi Quan's hundred treasure pouch.
"Senior, Junior's space spirit tool is called Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges. It contains twenty-four gems, and each gem can only store one cubic meter of things. The Man Faced Demon Spider is so big, it's impossible to put it into my spirit tool," Tang San quickly explained.
"Whether it is or isn't, why don't you let me check it?" Dragon sneered.
Tang San naturally didn't want Dragon to check, but out of helplessness, he could only hand over the Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges.
No choice, he couldn't win, and to find Xiao Wu, he could only concede.
Dragon took the Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges and unceremoniously began to examine it. Besides discovering some special Hidden Weapons, he naturally couldn't find anything related to the Man Faced Demon Spider...