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Tang San unleashed his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to its fullest, his body flickering through the forest like a shadow, relentlessly pursuing the Man Faced Demon Spider fleeing before him.
Suddenly, the Man Faced Demon Spider ahead stopped abruptly. Its pair of chilling compound eyes shifted slightly, as if it finally realized that only Tang San was chasing it from behind. The next second, the Man Faced Demon Spider's eight jet-black long legs suddenly spread open, letting out a piercing shriek from its mouth. It then abruptly turned its body and pounced towards Tang San.
"First Spirit Ability, Binding!"
Seeing the Man Faced Demon Spider suddenly turn and attack him, Tang San's expression also changed slightly. Almost instinctively, he raised his hand and waved, and his Blue Silver Grass Spirit was instantly released. Immediately after, the dark Blue Silver Grass spread rapidly like a living thing, like a huge net, tightly Binding the Man Faced Demon Spider's massive body.
However, events unfolded beyond his expectation. As soon as the thick, dark blue vines wrapped around the Man Faced Demon Spider's body, several crisp snaps were heard before they could fully tighten. The latter's eight jet-black long legs suddenly tensed, and immense force surged out, severing the Blue Silver Grass in the blink of an eye!
"What?!" Tang San's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief. He said, "How is this possible? Isn't my Blue Silver Grass very tough? How could it be easily broken by it?"
His mind reeled, and he hadn't fully reacted yet. The Man Faced Demon Spider's four front sharp long legs simultaneously lifted, emitting a chilling black light and an incredibly sharp whistling sound, like long spears, fiercely stabbing towards Tang San's chest!
At this critical moment of life and death, Tang San's heart tightened, and a murderous glint flashed in his eyes. He dared not hold back any longer. With a sudden flip of his left hand, black light surged, and an incomparably heavy Clear Sky Hammer instantly appeared in his palm, exuding a domineering and fierce aura.
"Hmph!"
His Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track suddenly shifted, and Tang San charged forward. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand swung out fiercely, smashing hard towards the black figure coming at him.
"Boom—!"
A dull thud echoed through the forest. After the Man Faced Demon Spider's massive body was struck by the Clear Sky Hammer, its eight sharp legs trembled in unison, and its body was instantly sent flying backward, plummeting like a projectile into the forest ahead. The next second, several giant trees were instantly snapped, causing a resounding explosion.
Although the Clear Sky Hammer currently had no Spirit Ring attached, as Tang San's Spirit Power increased, its weight also continuously grew, now reaching a terrifying eight hundred jin.
"I didn't expect the power of this hammer strike to be so great? It seems the Clear Sky Hammer is indeed much stronger than the Blue Silver Grass!"
His gaze sharpened, Tang San's figure flickered as he chased in the direction where the Man Faced Demon Spider had fallen. However, when he stepped into the forest, it was eerily quiet all around. Besides the fallen trees and broken branches, there was no trace of the Man Faced Demon Spider.
"It disappeared?" Tang San's heart sank slightly, and his gaze quickly scanned his surroundings.
Just then, his keen sense of smell detected something unusual in the air. Not far ahead, the entire forest was encircled by a faint bluish-green gas, carrying a chilling and fishy scent that drifted with the breeze.
"This seems to be poisonous gas?!" Tang San's expression changed, his brows furrowed, and he muttered softly.
Just as he was intently observing the bluish-green gas ahead, a rustling sound suddenly came from behind him, accompanied by an eerie low-frequency vibration. His heart tightened, Tang San turned his head sharply, his gaze instantly freezing.
He saw the Man Faced Demon Spider appear silently behind him like a ghost, its massive body carrying intense killing intent, pouncing fiercely once again.
Due to the suddenness of the event, Tang San had no time to prepare and could only quickly raise his hand, holding the Clear Sky Hammer horizontally across his chest to block.
Suddenly, with a loud bang, the spear-like sharp spider legs struck the Clear Sky Hammer fiercely, sending out a shower of sparks and numbing his arms. However, the Man Faced Demon Spider's strength was too great for Tang San to bear. He was actually sent flying backward, eventually plummeting towards the bluish-green poison array ahead.
"Oh no!" Tang San's heart jumped, and in the blink of an eye, his back made intimate contact with the poison array.
Accompanied by a piercing sizzling sound, he felt a severe burning pain in his back, his skin began to rapidly rot, and greenish-blue corrosive marks quickly spread throughout his body.
"This beast! What should I do? If this continues... poison!?" Gritting his teeth, Tang San seemed to have thought of something.
The next second, his External Spirit Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, unconsciously emerged from his back. The sharp spear tips flickered with a faint black light, rapidly absorbing the surrounding poisonous gas, neutralizing a significant amount of its toxicity.
"Boom—"
With a muffled thud, Tang San's entire body fell heavily to the ground. Fortunately, this poison array was only a circular area. His body quickly passed through the poisonous mist, and he soon broke through the encirclement of the poison array.
But when he sat on the ground and slowly propped himself up, he found that almost no part of his skin was intact. The rotting areas emitted a putrid smell.
"If it weren't for the Eight Spider Lances' ability to absorb potent toxins, I might have already died."
Enduring the intense pain throughout his body, Tang San exhaled a turbid breath, slowly stood up from the ground, his gaze sweeping towards the area of the bluish-green poisonous mist ahead. He frowned slightly and muttered to himself:
"How could there be a man-made poison array in this Sunset Forest? Could it be that there's some Heaven And Earth Treasure hidden here?"
At this point, he took a deep breath and stepped forward. But with every step, the burning pain from his back made it almost impossible for Tang San to breathe. Yet, he still gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressed the pain, and walked resolutely forward.
After a long while, he suddenly noticed that the air ahead seemed to be filled with a scorching aura, accompanied by a faint smell of sulfur, which made his heart slightly jump.
"Heat? Sulfur..." A hint of surprise flashed in Tang San's eyes, and he asked doubtfully, "Is there a hot spring ahead?"
Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate, speeding up towards the direction where the heat was emanating.
A moment later, the sight before him completely shocked Tang San.
He saw a huge, oval-shaped pool of water quietly embedded in the mountain hollow. The spring water churned, and the surface of the water displayed a peculiar dual color, milky white and fiery red spring water flowing intertwined. Hot steam rose, enveloping the valley, as if one were in another strange World.
"This... could this be the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record?" Looking at this scene, Tang San's breathing became rapid, his face filled with shock.
He took a deep breath, no longer suppressing the excitement in his heart. Focusing his Spirit Power into his eyes, his Purple Demon Eye activated. A crystalline purple light condensed in his pupils. Although everything around him was still hazy with mist, in Tang San's eyes, it became extraordinarily clear.
With the aid of the starlight and moonlight from above, he saw everything around him clearly. Around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, various plants were scattered everywhere; all kinds of immortal-grade medicinal herbs were available, like a giant exotic herb garden.
"Hahaha, it really is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well! Such a treasure land, naturally belongs to the virtuous. How fortunate I, Tang San, am to obtain it today!"
These immortal-grade medicinal herbs immediately revealed the greed on Tang San's face. At this moment, even the speed of his heartbeat seemed to quicken a few beats.
"If I bring these Heaven And Earth Treasures back to Shrek Academy... It truly lives up to the saying, 'Survive a great disaster, and there will surely be good fortune to follow!'"
As he spoke, he eagerly ran forward, then squatted down and began to dig, even pulling out the roots of the immortal-grade medicinal herbs.
However, just then, not far behind him, a figure quietly emerged. It was a green-robed elder, standing silently, his aura deep and sharp.
"Heh heh, you Shrek Academy people are truly audacious, daring to come to this old man's herb garden to steal things," the elder sneered. "And you want to take them back? You're dreaming!"
"Last time I spared your life, but I didn't expect you to deliver yourself to my doorstep again this time. Truly, there's a path to Heaven but you don't take it, and no gate to Hell but you rush in!"
"Since you've come, then obediently stay and become fertilizer for this old man's herb garden!"