Chapter 192: The Devouring Spider Emperor, Ning Rongrong's Fear
Huo Wushuang tugged Huo Wu back into the tunnel, and Tianshui Academy's group likewise headed for the passage they'd come from.
At that moment, nearly every gaze in the arena fell on Tianshui Academy's team. Most of those looks were aimed at the six lovely girls – all with alluring curves – while the rest focused squarely on Qian Renchuan.
Feng Xiaotian, arms crossed, frowned deeply. He was only rank 44 right now, already lagging far behind those two from Tianshui. He wondered whether his self-created soul skill, Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Strikes, could manage to put up a fight. After all, when he fully stacked all thirty-six hits, the destructive force of the final strike could reach Soul Emperor level.
The thought crossed his mind, then he hurried off to the Blazing Academy rest area. His beloved Huo Wu had lost, and she was sure to be upset. He needed to go comfort her.
Heaven Dou Team Two's Gu Chen also kept his eyes on Tianshui Academy. He narrowed them slightly. If Qian Renchuan's strength amounted to that alone, he definitely wouldn't be Gu Chen's match. But from what Gu Chen's teammates said, Qian Renchuan was far stronger than he'd appeared – and anyway, if he couldn't break Gu Chen's defense, whatever methods he used would be futile.
Back at the Great Spirit Arena in Soto, Xiao Wu and "Rongrong-meimei" had taken injuries. This time, at the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament, he intended to make them pay.
Heaven Dou Team Two's rest area.
"That's enough, Gu Chen! How many times do I have to tell you? I only like my Third Brother! Nothing, absolutely nothing, will make me go with you!!"
Xiao Wu glared furiously at Gu Chen. During the days Tang San had been away, Gu Chen's behavior toward her had become more and more over-the-line. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he would always sit next to her in class, shoulder to shoulder. She endured it for the sake of her Third Brother. After Tang San withdrew into himself, Gu Chen dragged her by the hand to the matches, so she put up with that too. But just now, Gu Chen had dared place his hand on her thigh, which was intolerable and seriously threatened her reputation.
Gu Chen looked annoyed. He was quite pleased Xiao Wu was so devoted, yet if only that devotion was directed at him. He vowed that if it were, he would spare no effort to treat Xiao Wu like a princess – the happiest girl in the world.
"Exactly, Gu Chen-ge. There's still three years left on your bet with Third Brother, but what you just did is going too far."
Ning Rongrong, unwilling to watch her dear friend be harassed, stepped up as well. Indeed, Gu Chen's actions were excessive – a girl's thigh was no place to simply lay your hand.
Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing also sided with Xiao Wu. Tang San's first martial spirit had been ruined by Yu Xiaogang, but he still possessed the world's greatest assault-type spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer, and behind him stood the world's strongest sect, the Clear Sky Clan. No matter how you looked at it, his potential still outstripped Gu Chen's.
Noticing the way everyone stared at him, Gu Chen sighed. "Xiao Wu, what's so special about that brainless loser Tang San anyway? He's a fool who was ruined by some rank 29 'Grandmaster,' an utter disgrace. Three years from now, what right will he have to challenge me? The outcome's already obvious."
Xiao Wu shouted back, "I won't let you say that about Third Brother! He has twin spirits. Even if his Blue Silver Grass is gone, he still has the Clear Sky Hammer spirit, and his first hammer ring can be a thousand-year one!"
"Twin spirits? So what. Who doesn't? Stand back."
Abruptly, Gu Chen rose. His circulating soul power was no longer blackish, but green – an intensely evil green.
A cobweb pattern of dark green spread over his forehead, complete with eight lime-green eyes. A translucent jade-green glow radiated across his body, shredding the Heaven Dou Team Two uniform. Three pairs of green spider limbs erupted from his back, and his arms turned into the shape of green lances, while the lower half of his body was sealed beneath that green glow.
"This is...twin spirits!"
Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing gaped. In their last life, the only twin spirits had been Tang San and Bibi Dong, yet here a fourth had emerged!
"That's right. My second martial spirit is a top-tier poisonous spider-type – the Devouring Spider Emperor!"
Gu Chen's eyes darted to Xiao Wu. "So, as you said, Tang San's first spirit is already wasted. Even if he uses the Clear Sky Hammer, he can only fuse a thousand-year ring for his first. Meanwhile, both my Bone Dragon and Devouring Spider Emperor are no weaker than his hammer. For my Spider Emperor, I can attach a fifty-thousand-year ring right from the start. You still think Tang San can stand up to me?
"Once I fully devote myself to this second spirit, I'll overshadow the entire continent. That Tang San will only be fit to tie my shoes!"
Xiao Wu continued yelling, "Don't get so cocky! My Third Brother can become a god!"
Gu Chen sneered, "A god is just a legend. If his crippled Blue Silver Grass and half-ruined Clear Sky Hammer can lead him to godhood, I'm even more likely to ascend – and more worthy!"
With that, he put away the Devouring Spider Emperor. Observing how his uniform was in tatters, he awkwardly covered his chest with both hands and went to the changing room. He'd not yet mastered controlling the Spider Emperor, so each time he used it, his clothes got wrecked.
While Gu Chen stepped into the testing room, the five Shrek members all wore different expressions, the atmosphere tense and strange.
Xiao Wu's eyes were filled with determination. She would never be with Gu Chen. Never. Her body and soul belonged to her Third Brother. No matter how strong Gu Chen became, she loved only Tang San. If Gu Chen tried to take her by force, she'd choose death.
Dai Mubai, constantly weighing pros and cons, began to tilt inwardly toward Gu Chen. He'd never imagined Gu Chen would also be a twin spirit user. Since Tang San was "ruined," what choice did Dai Mubai have but to cling to Gu Chen, if he wanted to survive?
Zhu Zhuqing lacked strong opinions. She would follow Dai Mubai, given their shared fate.
Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, was unwaveringly on Tang San's side—not only for the brotherly bond between them but also because his beloved Bai Chenxiang was in the Clear Sky Clan. After this tournament, he planned to join the clan to meet her again.
"Rongrong, what's wrong?"
Oscar, who always had Ning Rongrong in mind, immediately noticed her odd expression—a look of profound disbelief in her eyes.
Ning Rongrong didn't hear him. Her shoulders trembled slightly.
The Devouring Spider Emperor...the Devouring Spider Emperor—that was Bibi Dong's spirit, wasn't it? So how could Gu Chen-gege have it?
Unlike the Shrek crowd, who tended to forget Bibi Dong, Ning Rongrong remembered her vividly. Because every morning, in front of the mirror, seeing her own face—a face seven parts similar to Bibi Dong—she couldn't help thinking of her. Could it be that she and Bibi Dong really were connected somehow!?
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