"Since that's the case, Brother Zhao, you should leave first,"
"Lest your dean worry."
Meng Shu smiled, nodding his head in agreement.
"Then this junior will take his leave."
Zhao Wuji did not linger; he quickly led his people away.
Staying here longer would only arouse the suspicion of Meng Shu and his group.
At this moment, Meng Yiran already had the Man Faced Demon Spider, so she was eager for them to leave quickly.
Their presence here was a hidden danger.
"Yiran, use your snake staff to crush its head. Its spirit ring will be yours,"
"But be careful; the Man Faced Demon Spider's body contains potent venom, so don't let it get on you."
"Understood, Grandpa,"
Meng Yiran replied, and her snake staff plunged forcefully into the spot where Meng Shu had smashed it open.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's several small eyes suddenly widened.
"Go!"
Meng Shu grabbed Meng Yiran and quickly retreated.
Purple and blue liquids surged within the Man Faced Demon Spider's body.
Although its strong body had lost its legs, it still twisted and thrashed wildly on the ground.
Fragile plants were instantly corroded.
Within dozens of square meters, it was a mess; not a single plant remained intact.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's thrashing became less and less vigorous.
Its carapace was covered in that blue-purple glow.
Purple-black liquid continuously flowed from its wounds, clearly indicating it wouldn't survive.
As the Man Faced Demon Spider's life gradually faded, specks of blue-purple light began to condense above its body, finally forming a dazzling purple spirit ring.
It was time to absorb the spirit ring.
After a thousand-year Spirit Beast dies, its spirit ring can be preserved for one hour; it can be absorbed as long as it is taken within that hour.
"Yiran, prepare to absorb the spirit ring,"
"You must be well prepared,"
"Although the Man Faced Demon Spider offers immense benefits to you, absorbing it is much more difficult than absorbing that Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent."
"Understood, Grandpa,"
Meng Yiran nodded and sat cross-legged.
Under the guidance of the grey-white spirit power, the purple spirit ring swiftly encompassed the snake staff.
The purple-black light, as if having waited for a long time, finally found an outlet to vent.
As soon as it sensed Meng Yiran's Spirit, it immediately surged towards her like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.
Seeing the dense purple-black light instantly envelop Meng Yiran's body, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang couldn't help but be secretly astonished by the powerful spirit power fluctuations.
How many years of cultivation did this Man Faced Demon Spider possess?
As the person involved, Meng Yiran felt it even more clearly.
She only felt a massive surge of heat suddenly pour into her body.
Before she could react, that hot current had already begun to burn her body like scorching flames.
Under the strong spirit power fluctuations,
Meng Yiran only felt as if her body was about to explode.
The intense pain caused her to directly spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Yiran!"
Chao Tianxiang was startled.
"Old woman!"
Meng Shu quickly called out to her.
"This Man Faced Demon Spider's spirit ring is too overbearing; absorbing it will not be easy."
"Now she can only rely on herself; absorbing a spirit ring cannot be aided by any external force."
"Otherwise, it will only have a counterproductive effect. We can only believe that Yiran can persevere and make it her own."
Chao Tianxiang's body stiffened, her face filled with worry.
But then Meng Yiran suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood.
"Yiran!"
Meng Shu also shouted anxiously.
"Bang!"
Meng Yiran's body finally could not bear it any longer.
With a bang, it suddenly exploded,
splattering red blood all over the two of them.
Instantly,
both of them were stunned.
"Yiran!"
Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang simultaneously shouted loudly; they had never imagined that Meng Yiran would die while absorbing a spirit ring.
Their tragic cries echoed continuously through the Star Dou Great Forest.
The members of Shrek Academy, who were on their way out, heard part of the sound.
"Something's wrong, let's go!"
Zhao Wuji said nothing and immediately led everyone to quicken their pace.
Although he didn't know what had happened, it certainly wouldn't be good for Gai Shi Long She.
"Yiran!"
Tears continuously flowed from the eyes of both Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu.
"Yiran!"
Suddenly,
Meng Shu, who was crying, suddenly looked in a certain direction.
"Someone's there!"
Chao Tianxiang was momentarily stunned.
"Someone?"
"Why don't I see anyone?"
She continued to sob.
"There's no one there, old man, don't try to distract me with such methods."
Although Meng Shu didn't see anyone, he clearly felt it.
This could be called intuition.
He suddenly swung his dragon staff forward.
"Bang!"
A huge explosion instantly erupted from the dragon staff.
Chao Tianxiang's body trembled at once.
This explosion was too familiar!
It was exactly the same as the explosion that had hit her before.
Meng Shu suddenly shouted,
"Who's there! Come out!!"
"Why resort to such despicable and base methods!"
Two figures slowly emerged from the distance.
They held newspapers in their hands and had knives at their waists.
Zombie with Knife and Newspaper.
"What are you things!"
Meng Shu was also momentarily stunned upon seeing these two Zombies with Knife and Newspaper; he had never seen such things before.
The two Zombies with Knife and Newspaper continuously advanced.
Finally, Meng Shu couldn't hold back any longer.
He swung his dragon staff.
The two newspapers instantly shattered.
The two newspaper zombies simultaneously drew the knives from their waists.
They wore eerie smiles.
The two coordinated extremely well, attacking Meng Shu simultaneously from two directions.
However, Meng Shu wasn't overly worried.
He could tell that
the strength of these two things was only that of a Spirit Emperor.
Two Spirit Emperors were merely seeking death.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Two loud explosions suddenly rang out from both sides, and Chao Tianxiang was solidly hit by two more explosions.
She spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and fell to the ground, unresponsive.
"Old woman!"
Meng Shu roared in anger, as two long knives slashed directly towards him.
He hastily raised his staff to block.
In his fury,
his eighth spirit ring flashed.
A golden dragon shadow flew out from the head of the dragon staff and heavily struck the two Zombies with Knife and Newspaper.
The two instantly dissipated into spirit power.
He quickly went to Chao Tianxiang's side; she could still be saved.
Having just lost his granddaughter, he couldn't lose his wife as well.
But when he looked at Meng Yiran,
her shattered body had disappeared.
Along with it, the killed Man Faced Demon Spider was also gone.
Even the spider legs he had broken with his dragon staff were gone.
Only then did he realize that the other party had come for Meng Yiran and that Man Faced Demon Spider.
Meng Shu suddenly shouted into the air,
"If you have the guts, come out!"
"Don't let me find out who you are, or I'll tear you to pieces!"
But by then, there was no one around him.
All the zombies had quickly left after achieving their objective.
Ye Fan also revealed a faint smile.
The protagonist is not a good person; he pursues cultivation, not being a good person, and he wouldn't use the system to help modify or remind him of such things.
Regarding Meng Yiran's death, the main reason was that the person who made her absorb it didn't know the age of the spirit ring when she absorbed it.
[translator :why did he kill her, she was a goth beauty.]
It wasn't that the protagonist, as a passerby, knew the age and didn't say anything, which caused her death; one must rely on oneself, not on passersby.
If Meng Shu had let Zhao Wuji and the others leave directly, and they had hunted the Man Faced Demon Spider by themselves, Meng Yiran would still have met the same fate.
Additionally,