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"How was it, old man?" Snake Woman looked at Dragon Lord.
Dragon Lord shook his head in disappointment, throwing the Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges back to Tang San. He looked around, a hint of confusion in his eyes. It was impossible for this Spirit Beast to just vanish into thin air.
Snake Woman's gaze fell on Dragon Lord. "Tang San, why are you here alone? Tell me the reason you came here and everything that happened from beginning to end."
Sadness flashed in Tang San's eyes, as if he remembered something. "Seniors, the reason this Junior is here is because we encountered a powerful Spirit Beast that took my younger sister. This Junior begs you to help me find my younger sister. As long as you are willing, this Junior is willing to pay any price."
Snake Woman asked, "Isn't Zhao Wuji with you? Could it be that he couldn't stop that Spirit Beast either?"
Tang San nodded in sorrow.
"What kind of Spirit Beast was it?" Dragon Lord asked curiously.
Tang San quickly said, "It was a Titan Giant Ape. It was probably over ten thousand years old."
Upon hearing Tang San's words, both of them froze in place.
Dragon Lord still asked with some uncertainty, "You said you encountered a ten-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ape in the outer area?"
"Yes, Senior."
"The Titan Giant Ape is an ancient variant. A ten-thousand-year-old one can even contend with a Titled Douluo. How could such a variant beast appear in the outer area?" Dragon Lord even began to suspect Tang San was playing a trick on him.
"Tang San!"
Shi Quan's voice came from afar, his ethereal figure descending from the sky. His blood-stained clothes had been replaced with an identical set.
Zhao Wuji and the others on the other side had already arrived. He had also rushed over from a distance, watching the time.
"Junior Zhuang Zhou greets the two Seniors." As soon as Shi Quan landed, he quickly bowed to Dragon Lord and Snake Woman.
"This person is also a member of Zhao Wuji's team. He and two others killed the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent," Snake Woman whispered into Dragon Lord's ear.
Dragon Lord nodded slightly. His spirit power instinctively swept over Shi Quan. Seeing that he didn't sense any spirit tool aura from Shi Quan, he then asked, "Zhuang Zhou, I ask you, why is Tang San here alone?"
"To find Xiao Wu."
"Why did you separate again?"
"Xiao Wu was abducted by a Titan Giant Ape. Tang San, eager to save her, ran out alone. Because I have the ability to fly, I tracked him here first."
"There really is a Titan Giant Ape?" Dragon Lord's expression changed.
"Grandpa, who cares what Titan Giant Ape it is, first ask about my Man Faced Demon Spider!" Meng Yiran was more concerned about her Man Faced Demon Spider.
"This Man Faced Demon Spider…" Dragon Lord frowned deeply. He couldn't figure out what was going on. The Man Faced Demon Spider had indeed disappeared here. If it was killed, the body was gone. If it ran away, there were no traces around.
"What Man Faced Demon Spider?" Shi Quan showed a puzzled expression.
Tang San explained again with a wry smile, detailing the entire development of the events. Of course, he naturally concealed the matter of his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Spirit.
"Show us the weapon you mentioned."
Tang San could only reluctantly take out the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. He raised his hand, aimed the Godly Zhuge Crossbow at a nearby large tree, and pressed the switch.
Clack, clack, a series of metallic clicks rang out. Everyone only felt a blur before their eyes, followed by a series of thudding sounds.
The instantaneous burst speed of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow made both Dragon Lord and Snake Woman's pupils contract.
"With such a weapon, it can indeed severely wound a Man Faced Demon Spider."
Dragon Lord looked at the tree that had been directly pierced and nodded. Seeing this, he became even more confused. If the Man Faced Demon Spider was hit by this Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, then logically, even if it didn't die, it would be severely wounded. The scattered Man Faced Demon Spider blood around proved that the Man Faced Demon Spider was severely wounded. Under such severe injuries, how did it disappear?
Just as Dragon Lord and Snake Woman were puzzled.
On the other side, Zhao Wuji and the others, hearing the sound of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, finally determined the exact location and rushed over.
"Seniors, please show mercy."
A series of figures rapidly arrived, led by none other than Zhao Wuji and his group.
Zhao Wuji breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tang San and Shi Quan beside Tang San.
"This is Senior Dragon Lord. This Junior Zhao Wuji has admired you for a long time."
"King of Immovable Ming, no need to be polite. It seems your luck isn't very good." Dragon Lord sized them up, noticing that several people, including Zhao Wuji, had sustained injuries to varying degrees.
He believed Tang San's words for the most part, but the disappearance of the Man Faced Demon Spider was too strange. In their opinion, someone must have secretly intervened, and that person was very likely someone from Zhao Wuji's team.
Zhao Wuji said with a helpless expression, "Senior Dragon Lord is right, our luck is indeed bad. We encountered a ten-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ape late at night, and it even abducted one of my students."
Dragon Lord said, "If you say your luck is bad, encountering such a rare beast yet only losing one person, with the others still safe and sound… I don't know whether to say your luck is good or bad."
Zhao Wuji showed a bitter smile on his face, shook his head, and said, "Senior, this Junior and the others are still preparing to rescue someone, so we won't disturb you."
"Wait a moment." Dragon Lord was unwilling to let them leave. He noticed one thing: Zhao Wuji and the others had all flown over.
If someone flew over, took the Man Faced Demon Spider into a spirit tool, and then flew away, then naturally, no traces would be left at the scene.
"What is it, Senior?" Zhao Wuji looked helpless, thinking that Dragon Lord and Snake Woman were preparing to settle old scores.
"Hand over the Man Faced Demon Spider?" Dragon Lord said slowly.
"Man Faced Demon Spider?" Everyone, including Zhao Wuji, was stunned for a moment. After exchanging glances, Zhao Wuji was the first to ask, "May this Junior ask, which Man Faced Demon Spider are you referring to, Senior?"
Dragon Lord looked at their puzzled expressions, then roared, "Don't pretend here! This old man and others chased a thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider here. After it was severely wounded by Tang San, this Man Faced Demon Spider mysteriously disappeared. How could such a large Spirit Beast disappear into thin air? It could only have been taken in by your spatial spirit tool! Hand it over honestly, and you can leave, no problem…"
Zhao Wuji hadn't expected such an incident to occur in the middle of all this, so he quickly explained, "Senior, our group has been together the whole time and have never encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider. We are unaware of this matter. Could there be some misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding?" Meng Yiran angrily said, "What misunderstanding? You already took my Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, and now you've made my Man Faced Demon Spider disappear! You're deliberately targeting me!"
"It's alright, Yiran. With Grandpa here, you certainly won't be wronged." Dragon Lord patted Meng Yiran's shoulder and coldly looked at Zhao Wuji and the others.
"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, there's a very simple way: hand over all your spatial spirit tools, and I can inspect them one by one."
"No problem, Senior." Zhao Wuji was still very shrewd. In this situation, it was clearly not the time to antagonize Dragon Lord and Snake Woman. They were not opponents, so it was best to concede when necessary.
In fact, among the group, not many people possessed spatial spirit tools. Besides Tang San, only Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai had them.
Zhao Wuji himself was so poor he couldn't make ends meet, so how could he afford to buy a spatial spirit tool? As for Ma Hongjun and Oscar, it was the same situation. Zhu Zhuqing was disliked within her Family. Ning Rongrong, needless to say, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no shortage of money, so how could she not have a spatial spirit tool? Dai Mubai also had no shortage of money.
Dragon Lord quickly inspected the two's spirit tools. As expected, he found nothing unusual. Instead, it made him notice the special identities of the two: one possessed the exclusive token of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the other seemed to be from the Star Luo Empire.
Seeing that everyone's spirit tools had been inspected and the Man Faced Demon Spider was still nowhere to be found, Dragon Lord's brows furrowed.
It was, of course, impossible to find it. After Shi Quan put the Man Faced Demon Spider into his hundred treasure pouch, he directly placed the hundred treasure pouch into the System space. Unless Dragon Lord could discover the existence of the System, which was simply impossible.
His search was destined to be fruitless.
"None." Dragon Lord shook his head helplessly.
"How could this be?!" Meng Yiran's eyes immediately reddened.
"Everything that needed to be checked has been checked. They indeed don't have anything related to the Man Faced Demon Spider on them."
Though helpless, Dragon Lord thought of the Titan Giant Ape incident and then comforted her, "It seems there's some problem with the Star Dou Great Forest. In this outer area, let alone a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, even Spirit Beasts over two thousand years old are rare, yet a Titan Giant Ape suddenly appeared. This level of Spirit Beast rarely leaves its territory. Its appearance here must mean there's some problem in the outer area. Perhaps the disappearance of the Man Faced Demon Spider is somewhat related to this Titan Giant Ape. Let's go, Yiran. Let's leave the forest first, and we'll come back in a few days to look for a suitable spirit ring."
Meng Yiran's eyes were red. If her grandpa couldn't find anything unusual, it could only mean that the disappearance of the Man Faced Demon Spider had nothing to do with Shi Quan and the others. Although she was unwilling, her grandpa had already spoken, so she could only accept it.
Dragon Lord and Snake Woman glanced at Zhao Wuji, then directly took Meng Yiran and soared away.
"Tang San, you're too reckless!" Seeing Dragon Lord and Snake Woman leave, Zhao Wuji immediately roared.
Tang San, recovering by eating the big Sausage Oscar handed him, said firmly, "I must bring Xiao Wu back!"
Zhao Wuji grew even angrier upon hearing this. "Just you, you stinking brat? I don't think you came to find Xiao Wu, but to die! How can the Star Dou Great Forest be entered just because you say so? Who do you think you are? If you had encountered an even stronger Spirit Beast just now, what we'd be seeing now would be your corpse!"
"Even if I die, I have to try!" Tang San's expression remained unchanged.
Zhao Wuji shook his head in anger and roared, "Then what do you take us for? What hero are you trying to be alone here? If there's a rescue to be done, it's not up to you to do it alone…"