"Little San, your Eight Spider Lances must have other abilities, right?" Yu Xiaogang pulled Tang San to a secluded spot.
He had clearly seen Tang San's hesitant expression earlier; having been Tang San's teacher for six years, he understood his actions well.
"As expected, I couldn't hide it from you, Teacher!" Tang San nodded, then said excitedly, "Teacher, I discovered that absorbing flesh and blood with the Eight Spider Lances not only repairs the damage to the spears, but my soul power also increases while absorbing flesh and blood!"
Yu Xiaogang wasn't surprised; instead, he showed a knowing expression.
Absorbing flesh and blood to increase strength—this was the ability of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.
"Little San, don't easily reveal this ability to others, especially your ability to increase strength by absorbing flesh and blood." Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a deep look.
"Teacher, are you afraid someone will kill you and take your bones?" Tang San nodded thoughtfully.
"Killing someone to extract their bones isn't a major concern. External soul bones are different from ordinary soul bones. Once you've fully fused with them, even if someone kills you, they won't be able to use them."
"What I'm worried about is your Eight Spider Lances' ability to increase your strength by devouring flesh and blood."
Yu Xiaogang's expression slowly turned serious. "Do you know that in the soul master world, the ability to increase strength through devouring is considered taboo by everyone?"
Tang San was taken aback, somewhat puzzled.
"It's alright if you devour the corpses of soul beasts, but if you dare to devour humans or even soul masters, you'll be wanted by the soul master world once discovered!"
Yu Xiaogang continued. "So you must never easily use this ability in front of others in the future, even if you devour soul beasts, you must keep it hidden."
"Once others know about your ability, you will inevitably be ostracized, after all, no one knows whether you have actually devoured humans."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San finally understood the seriousness of the matter and nodded solemnly.
"It's good that you know. Anyway, no one will know your Eight Spider Lances' devouring ability unless you use it."
Yu Xiaogang nodded, considering for a moment but deciding not to tell Tang San about the Blood Demon Ritual.
"By the way, I should be going to the Star Dou Great Forest next. I've broken through to level 30 and need to obtain a spirit ring." Yu Xiaogang turned around. "I'll arrange the training. You stay in Soto City with the others and train hard."
After saying that, he walked towards the Shrek Academy village.
Tang San nodded and followed.
Not far away, a black crow watched everything.
...
Soto City, in the restaurant.
Luo Ling had a faint smile on his lips. Yu Xiaogang hadn't stopped Tang San from using the Eight Spider Lances to devour flesh and blood to increase his strength, only telling Tang San not to reveal it.
It must be related to the Blood Demon Ritual.
He withdrew his gaze. Yu Xiaogang was going to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a spirit ring, and he had just reached level 50 and also needed to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
...
Over the next few days, Yu Xiaogang arranged the training program for the Shrek Seven Devils.
It was nothing more than physical training and daily sparring, nothing new.
Finally, three days later, Yu Xiaogang told everyone and then headed to the Star Dou Great Forest with Flander.
Luo Ling also called Ghost Douluo and they also headed towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Your Highness, have you really reached level 50?" Ghost Douluo asked Luo Ling from the carriage.
"Uncle Ghost, you've asked so many times already. Didn't you check my soul power level?" Luo Ling said helplessly, but he understood Ghost Douluo's shock.
After all, he had unexpectedly leveled up four times in a row.
Ghost Douluo withdrew his gaze, his expression still carrying a look of existential doubt.
Luo Ling was already level 50, and he was only thirteen years old, making history once again.
Shaking his head, no longer paying attention to Ghost Douluo's situation, Luo Ling looked out the window.
His vision slowly lost focus, and then he saw another scene.
Three kilometers away, in another carriage, Flander and Yu Xiaogang were traveling towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
They chatted and laughed, completely unaware that a crow was following them in the sky.
...
They arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest a day later.
As darkness fell, Luo Ling and Ghost Douluo casually found a place to stay.
Yu Xiaogang and Flander also stopped.
"Tomorrow, I'll trouble Uncle Ghost to help me find a dark-type soul beast that's 40,000 to 50,000 years old." Upon entering the room, Luo Ling sat directly on the bed.
"40,000 to 50,000 years?" Ghost Douluo frowned.
A typical Soul King at level 50 can only absorb a soul ring up to 15,000 years old; 40,000 to 50,000 years is the limit only Soul Saints can absorb!
"Your Highness, your fourth soul ring is over 20,000 years old. Isn't there some risk in directly absorbing a 40,000 to 50,000 year old soul ring for your fifth?"
"Uncle Ghost, have you ever seen me do anything I wasn't confident about?" Luo Ling smiled slightly.
Ghost Douluo pondered for a few seconds, then finally nodded.
...
Soon, the night passed.
Yu Xiaogang slept soundly, probably the first time he had slept so peacefully in many years.
His soul power had broken through, and the Blood Demon Ritual manual gave him hope of shedding his reputation as a waste.
"Xiaogang, have you decided what kind of soul beast you want to hunt for your third soul ring?"
Flander asked Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang's martial soul was truly unique, a beast martial soul with independent consciousness. Flander couldn't think of any way to match such a martial soul with soul rings.
A smug smile appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face. He had thought about his soul skills many years ago.
Luo Sanpao used farting as his attack method. His first soul skill was to blast people away, and his second soul skill had a hypnotic effect.
Yu Xiaogang planned to poison Luo Sanpao for his third soul skill.
This was something Yu Xiaogang had thought of when configuring soul skills for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
Since Blue Silver Grass could gain poison effects, what about Luo Sanpao?
If his farts were highly poisonous, that would be a powerful skill.
Not only can it control the enemy's movement, but it can also attack enemies with poison, killing two birds with one stone.
"I plan to add a poison attribute to my Luo Sanpao, so I need to hunt down soul beasts with poison attributes,"
Yu Xiaogang said slyly, looking like a master.
"My Luo Sanpao uses farting attacks. If it has a poison attribute, the farts it releases will be poisonous, which can greatly restrict others."
Flander adjusted his glasses, thinking it made a lot of sense.
If Luo Sanpao could be given poison, it would indeed be a great improvement.
In a room not far away, Luo Ling laughed at Yu Xiaogang's idea.
As expected of Yu Xiaogang, who completely copied the theory, adding poison to one's own martial soul is a very dangerous act. Just
think of Dugu Bo, who already had a poison attribute and was tormented to death by the poison.
Tang San has a plant-type martial soul, so he can't possess the martial soul and the poison can't touch him, but Yu Xiaogang is different.