16: Chapter 16 The Human-Faced Demon Spider Appears, Meng Yiran Arrives

Returning to the tent, only Oscar and Su Ling were with Su Ling.

Tang San, Flender, and Zhao Wuji were in one tent.

Oscar did not go to sleep, but was instead Cultivating to consolidate his Soul Power.

Su Ling did not disturb him either; he sat cross-legged and took out the top-grade ten-thousand-year Whale Glue.

There were three portions in total, and Su Ling intended to try one.

Before long, the Whale Glue was in his mouth, and Su Ling began to circulate his Soul Power to absorb it.

The top-grade ten-thousand-year Whale Glue from the System had its side effects removed and was now improving Su Ling's body with its extremely potent medicinal power.

It felt as if a warm current was injecting itself into every cell of his body; Su Ling could not feel any pain at all—what a truly side-effect-free item.

Items from a black treasure chest are truly extraordinary.

The night was very peaceful, with no Spirit Beasts disturbing them. After dawn, Su Ling had basically absorbed most of the medicinal efficacy of the top-grade Whale Glue.

His body was further strengthened; although the increase in strength and other aspects was relatively small, his Physique had definitely seen a significant improvement.

Thus, Su Ling was now even more confident about absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring at this stage.

In the morning, the ten people ate a simple breakfast and then continued their journey, searching for a suitable spirit ring for Tang San.

Shortly after the group set off, Su Ling, who was walking in the middle, suddenly stopped.

"Boss Su, what's wrong?" asked Oscar, who was beside him, in confusion.

Su Ling lowered his head and picked up a small pouch. Its material was not ordinary. After checking it with his Soul Power, he realized it was actually a spatial spirit tool.

It was even the kind that could store living things. After probing it slightly with his Mental Energy, Su Ling discovered that there were quite a lot of things inside.

After just a glance, Su Ling immediately put it away.

"It's nothing, I just stepped on something earlier," Su Ling said.

He couldn't let it be known that he had picked up a spatial spirit tool; there was no telling what Flender might be scheming.

Could this be the passive skill 'Luck' mentioned by the System?

Picking up money when going out—and this spatial spirit tool he picked up didn't seem simple either; it had a capacity of over twenty cubic meters, which was definitely not something an ordinary Spirit Master could possess.

The ten continued to advance; the spirit ring Tang San needed was not easy to find.

In fact, Su Ling really wanted to say that Tang San's path for his Blue Silver Grass was wrong; Great Master was simply a layman, using Tang San as a test subject.

The greatest characteristic of Blue Silver Grass was not for control, nor was it for adding toxins or anything of the sort.

Vitality was the special aspect of Blue Silver Grass. Tang San had the Clear Sky Hammer, so he did not lack attack power. If he maximized the life attribute of the Blue Silver Grass, it would absolutely be more than ten times better than any control system.

It could be said that he was abandoning the characteristics of the Blue Silver Grass, forcibly elevating its shortcomings, and constantly increasing its toughness and toxicity.

However, Su Ling only thought about this; there was no need to tell Tang San. After all, Tang San had already taken the wrong path, and it was too late to change it.

Tang San's requirements for the spirit ring were somewhat high. The group searched for seven consecutive days. During these seven days, Su Ling had been consuming the medicinal efficacy of the top-grade ten-thousand-year Whale Glue.

Of the three portions of Whale Glue, Su Ling had successfully absorbed two.

Regarding his Physique, Su Ling estimated that it had definitely surpassed the level of a Spirit King.

During these seven days, the favorability of the three young women had increased a little more.

Xiao Wu increased by three points, Ning Rongrong by five points, and as for Zhuqing, her favorability slowed down after reaching seventy-five, increasing by only one point.

Regarding treasure chests, there were three white treasure chests and two yellow treasure chests.

At this moment, Su Ling had accumulated 16 white treasure chests and 10 yellow treasure chests.

As long as he was willing, the yellow treasure chests could become a purple treasure chest, but there was no need for that for the time being.

Su Ling did not intend to use the purple treasure chest when there was no special need. Accumulating them to become a black treasure chest in the future was the most important thing; perhaps he could even open an immortal-grade item directly from a black treasure chest.

At night, after dinner, everyone prepared to rest, and Su Ling still kept watch for the first half of the night.

Just as everyone entered their tents, Su Ling's System sent another notification.

[Ding... Detected a Goddess within 500 meters of the host whose comprehensive Goddess value meets the requirements!]

[Goddess: Meng Yiran]

[Goddess Comprehensive Value: 90]

[Binding Requirement: Favorability above 60]

[Current Favorability: Unknown]

A new Goddess had appeared, and her comprehensive Goddess value of 90 just barely met the minimum requirement.

Meng Yiran had appeared; didn't this mean that Tang San's third spirit ring, the Man Faced Demon Spider, was coming! And the Eight Spider Lances?

Because of his arrival, the plot development had shifted slightly, but it seemed as though some force in the dark was correcting it.

Otherwise, why would they meet Meng Yiran at this time? There was a high probability that the Man Faced Demon Spider was nearby.

While he was thinking, a rustling sound came from the jungle.

It's here!

"A Spirit Beast is coming," Su Ling immediately notified everyone.

Before long, the Man Faced Demon Spider appeared, and at the same time, everyone in the tents came out, as they had only just gone in and had not yet entered a state of rest.

"A Man Faced Demon Spider, a thousand-year one. Dean, this is one of the best third spirit rings that the teacher told me about," Tang San said.

It's no wonder the protagonist has such good luck; as soon as he got sleepy, a pillow was delivered.

When he needed a spirit ring, a Spirit Beast would take the initiative to bump into him.

"Good, I will deal with it," Flender immediately took action; he could not let this Man Faced Demon Spider run away.

With a boom, Flender unleashed an eagle claw over a meter long, which grabbed directly onto the body of the Man Faced Demon Spider. This strike injured several of the Man Faced Demon Spider's legs, restricting its movement.

The Man Faced Demon Spider was very fast; after all, it had been able to escape from the Dragon Duke and Snake Lady for so long.

Flender was worthy of being an experienced Spirit Saint; his strike was precise.

Just at this moment, the Dragon Duke and Snake Lady arrived from behind, and accompanying them was a special young woman.

The young woman looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, about 1.7 meters tall, and had a very well-proportioned figure.

Compared to the three beauties of Shrek, her body was already quite perfectly developed; Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong appeared much more immature in front of her.

A pair of large brown eyes, long eyelashes, and that exquisite, flawless face—it was nothing like what was described in the animation.

In fact, when Su Ling read the novel in his previous life, he realized that the image of Meng Yiran in the novel and the animation were somewhat different.

The animation had a smoky makeup look and was not particularly beautiful.

Clearly, the Meng Yiran before him was not like that; she was much better-looking than her image in the anime.

At this moment, she should be exactly sixteen years old with level thirty Soul Power; her potential was not high compared to these monsters at Shrek.

But compared to ordinary Spirit Masters, she was still quite good. After all, being able to become the vice-captain of a high-level Spirit Master academy team, Meng Yiran was not bad.

Her appearance was not much worse than the three beauties beside Su Ling. The reason why her comprehensive Goddess value was only 90 might be because her talent held her back.

Originally, according to the original plot, Shrek should have snatched the Spirit Beast she needed twice.

But this time, it was the same Phoenix-tailed Cockscomb Serpent for Oscar; they did not meet them, but instead met them in front of this Man Faced Demon Spider!

"This is the Spirit Beast we were chasing. Thank you, friend, for helping me stop it," Dragon Duke Meng Shu said.

Flender and Zhao Wuji glanced at the Dragon Staff in the other's hand and already knew his background.

"So it is the Dragon Duke and Snake Lady. Flender, the Flying Horn of the Golden Triangle, greets you both."

"This is the Immovable Bright King, Zhao Wuji, and the others are all students of our Shrek Academy. Since it is the Spirit Beast you two were chasing, we will not interfere. Please, go ahead," Flender said.

In the original work, Zhao Wuji only faced the Snake Lady Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran; Dragon Duke Meng Shu was not there, so Chao Tianxiang chose to back down.

But with both of them together, Meng Shu was a genuine Spirit Douluo, and the two had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Their combat power was comparable to an ordinary Titled Douluo, so Flender immediately chose to back down.

In fact, he had guessed as much from the appearance of the Man Faced Demon Spider just now, so Flender yielded directly.

Seeing Flender say this, Tang San could not say anything.

"So it is one of the Golden Triangle and the Immovable Bright King. Then thank you both for helping to stop this Spirit Beast," Meng Shu thanked them.

"Yiran, this Spirit Beast is yours!" After finishing, Meng Shu gave the Man Faced Demon Spider another strike.

But just as Meng Yiran took out a dagger, preparing to kill the Man Faced Demon Spider, Su Ling immediately stepped forward and said, "Wait, this Spirit Beast is not suitable for her. If you let her absorb it, it will harm her instead."

"Kid, what are you saying?" Meng Shu looked at Su Ling. Could the Spirit Beast he chose harm his own granddaughter?

At this moment, Su Ling checked, and Meng Yiran's favorability toward him upon their first meeting was 2 points.

"Hmph, how could the Spirit Beast my grandfather chose for me harm me?" Meng Yiran glanced at Su Ling coldly.

However, Su Ling walked straight to the side of the Man Faced Demon Spider, glanced at Meng Yiran beside him, and said indifferently, "The actual age of this Man Faced Demon Spider has already exceeded two thousand years, surpassing the limit for absorbing a third spirit ring. If you are not afraid of the risks of absorbing a spirit ring beyond your limit, then it's fine; consider that I said nothing."