Chapter 47: The First Evolution of the Eight Spider Lances, Breakthrough, Rank 40!
Under the moonlight, the shadows of the spider lances flickered faintly.
"It's over."
Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward, her expression calm as she looked at the Man-Faced Demon Spider that had been forcefully suppressed by her.
Behind her, the Eight Spider Lances rose high into the air, ready to deliver the final strike and completely end its life.
"Wait."
Bai Lu suddenly spoke, stopping her just as the spider lances were about to pierce the Man-Faced Demon Spider and grant it death.
"Why wait?"
Zhu Zhuqing was initially confused, but then she recalled what had happened to the previous Man-Faced Demon Spider.
She asked doubtfully, "Don't tell me this one can also drop an external soul bone?"
"That's hard to say…"
"But before devouring it, it's always good to fatten it up a little."
There was a strange excitement in Bai Lu's voice.
"Little kitty, don't be nervous. Let me borrow your body for a moment."
Before Zhu Zhuqing could react, Bai Lu had already taken control of her body.
However, she did not struggle. She simply observed his actions silently from within the spiritual sea.
"As the saying goes, even in death, one should die with a full stomach."
"Little spider, come. Have something good and nourish yourself."
Bai Lu walked up to the dying Man-Faced Demon Spider and gently removed its remaining six spider legs. He then took out a basket of whale rubber.
Flames ignited in his right hand, softening the whale rubber.
After that, as if it cost nothing, he stuffed piece after piece into the body of the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
"What are you doing?"
Inside the spiritual sea, Zhu Zhuqing was completely stunned.
Heaven have mercy, this time Bai Lu not only did not torture the Man-Faced Demon Spider, but he was actually feeding it her "cat treats."
"Can't you see? I'm replenishing its energy so it can grow quickly."
"The ancients once said that hearing the Dao in the morning is enough, even if one dies in the evening."
"Before it dies, I want this little spider to witness the magnificent scenery in the distance."
Bai Lu's face was full of concern as he stared at the Man-Faced Demon Spider without blinking.
"You would be that kind-hearted?"
Zhu Zhuqing was shocked.
Judging from everything he had done before, no matter how she looked at him from any angle, Bai Lu was nothing but a complete scoundrel.
Could it be that after he sacrificed himself to her, he had been influenced by her and turned over a new leaf?
"I can't be kind?"
Bai Lu glanced at her strangely and said with complete justification,
"It's only right to treat it better. The stronger it becomes, the more benefits we'll gain when the Eight Spider Lances devour it later. Isn't that correct?"
"..."
Zhu Zhuqing fell silent.
She knew it. This tiger was cunning beyond measure and full of crafty ideas.
Even she could fall into his traps if she was not careful.
Only she was influenced by Bai Lu.
Bai Lu himself was never influenced.
The girl let out a soft sigh. "You really are not a good person."
"How can you think of me like that?"
Bai Lu looked at her in astonishment, pretending to be hurt.
"Who am I doing all this for? Isn't it all for you, my dear little kitty?"
"The whole world can blame me, but you cannot."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the latter half of her words.
"But I feel like I can't live without you anymore."
"..."
Bai Lu's movements abruptly froze. It felt as if something in his heart had been touched.
Sure enough, sincerity was the ultimate killing move.
He felt like he had been struck down once again.
"It's the middle of the night, and you're saying something like that."
He forced himself to remain calm.
"Watch carefully and learn. Although the process is a bit cruel, it will help you in the future."
As he spoke, he stuffed the last piece of whale rubber into the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
After being flooded with a large amount of whale rubber, the Man-Faced Demon Spider's wounds healed, and its entire body turned crimson.
Although it had lost its eyes and spider legs, its aura was actually even stronger than at its peak state.
Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously, "What are you going to do next?"
"The experience points are almost enough. Time to level it up properly."
Bai Lu's eyes burst with red light.
A blood-colored ripple spread beneath his feet. The power of slaughter and soul power drifted out in strands from the White Tiger Slaughter Formation, pouring into the Man-Faced Demon Spider's body in one surge.
"Roar… roar…"
The Man-Faced Demon Spider let out agonized screeches. Its body convulsed violently.
But Bai Lu paid no attention to its suffering. He forcibly elevated its power and raised its cultivation years.
During the process, the Man-Faced Demon Spider underwent a massive transformation.
Its carapace grew thicker, and blood-red patterns emerged across its surface.
New spider legs grew sturdier, and sharp bone spurs extended from their joints.
Its human face was dyed crimson, becoming as ferocious as a vengeful ghost. Its eyes regenerated, bursting with scarlet light.
Its aura surged at a visible speed.
Six thousand years… seven thousand years… eight thousand years… nine thousand years!
"What… what kind of method is this?!"
Zhu Zhuqing was completely dumbfounded within the spiritual sea.
She had never heard of anyone forcibly raising a soul beast's cultivation like this.
"It's the secret technique from the White Tiger Slaughter Art."
Bai Lu's voice carried confidence.
"No one understands slaughter-type soul beasts better than I do."
As a former top-tier hunter, he was extremely familiar with slaughter-and-devour-type soul beasts like the Man-Faced Demon Spider and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
If that damned Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had not ambushed him, and if he had been allowed more time to grow, he might have evolved into a true God of Slaughter White Tiger.
Finally, when the Man-Faced Demon Spider's aura crossed a critical threshold,
"Now!"
Bai Lu shouted loudly.
Zhu Zhuqing instantly regained control of her body and commanded the Eight Spider Lances to mercilessly pierce through the Man-Faced Demon Spider's head, sending it into the underworld.
The next moment, a light-black soul ring slowly rose from its corpse.
"Ten thousand years?!"
Zhu Zhuqing was astonished.
She had never expected that Bai Lu could, through sheer manipulation, forcefully turn a six-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider into a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
Bai Lu said calmly, "It's just overdrawing its potential. Hurry and absorb it."
"Alright!"
Zhu Zhuqing's gaze sharpened. She activated the devouring ability of the Eight Spider Lances, frantically extracting the vast energy from the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
She could clearly feel that energy flowing along the spider legs and ultimately converging around the spine-like ribs where the Eight Spider Lances were anchored.
This energy of the same origin began to perfectly fuse with the Eight Spider Lances, causing them to evolve.
The leg bone of the ever-diligent Ah Yin once again acted like a lubricant, releasing threads of cool energy that assisted the Eight Spider Lances in undergoing a deeper metamorphosis.
"This!"
Perhaps stimulated by the surge of energy, Zhu Zhuqing suddenly widened her eyes.
Soul power surged within her body. Her level was stimulated, and she smoothly broke through to Rank 40.
At the same time, the length of the Eight Spider Lances increased from three meters to four meters. Their color deepened, and flowing blood-red patterns appeared across their surface.
The lance tips grew even sharper, faintly reflecting a cold gleam.
Even more astonishingly, Zhu Zhuqing could clearly sense that once she activated the Eight Spider Lances, her overall strength would receive a far greater boost than before.
At the very least, more than 80 percent.
"So this is… the evolved Eight Spider Lances…"
Zhu Zhuqing murmured, her eyes shining with delight.
On the ground, the Man-Faced Demon Spider that had been forcibly nurtured to a ten-thousand-year level and then devoured had completely withered into an empty shell.
Only the forcibly elevated, yet high-quality, ten-thousand-year soul ring remained.
End of Chapter