The apology on Oscar's face deepened, but his heart remained completely untroubled.
In his view, as long as he could survive, what did sacrificing two "brothers" matter?
With his talent, as long as he could cling tightly to Tang San's leg, it would be enough.
On the other side, Tang San sat cross-legged, putting all his effort into absorbing the three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Soul Devouring Demon Spider spirit ring. The deep purple spirit ring rotated around him, and powerful energy continuously poured into his body, stretching his meridians until they throbbed with pain.
But relying on his experiences from his previous life, he forcibly suppressed the restless energy within his body, a confident smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
He believed he could definitely succeed in absorbing this over-limit spirit ring, and his strength would achieve a qualitative leap.
After becoming a god in the future, the entire continent would surrender at his feet.
Flender and Zhao Wuji stood to the side, looking at Tang San with solemn expressions, their hearts filled with worry.
They didn't know where Tang San got his confidence to dare take such a risk.
Once the absorption failed, Tang San would not only lose all his spirit power but might even lose his life.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stood in the distance, watching this chaotic scene with mixed emotions.
Oscar's selfishness chilled their hearts, the miserable state of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun made them unable to bear it, and Tang San's madness made them feel a sense of estrangement and fear.
"If only Brother Fu Qin were here," Ning Rongrong muttered softly, her eyes full of worry.
Zhu Zhuqing also nodded, her favorability toward Fu Qin increasing by a few more points.
After all...
Fu Qin's selflessness formed a sharp contrast with Oscar's selfishness and meanness.
Time passed minute by minute, the spirit power fluctuations on Tang San's body grew stronger, and the deep purple spirit ring gradually merged into his body.
But just at the moment the spirit ring was about to be completely absorbed, his face suddenly turned deathly pale, and a trace of black blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Not good! spirit power backlash!" Flender cried out in alarm, wanting to step forward to help, but not daring to affect Tang San's current state.
Tang San gritted his teeth hard, the energy inside his body like a runaway horse, wildly crashing into his meridians.
He hadn't expected this three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Soul Devouring Demon Spider spirit ring to be even more overbearing than he had imagined.
"Why... is it like this..." Tang San's consciousness began to blur, his eyes filled with unwillingness and despair.
He was the reincarnation of a God King, how could he fall to a mere three-thousand-eight-hundred-year spirit ring?
"No, I won't die, and I absolutely cannot die!!"
"Save me, whoever it is, save me!!"
...
Tang San sat cross-legged on the ground, his face pale as paper, the spirit power around him in disarray. The deep purple spirit ring spun wildly on the surface of his body, yet it delayed merging into him, instead continuously crashing against his meridians and spiritual sea.
Probing through his mental force, Fu Qin could clearly see the miserable state inside Tang San's body.
The Soul Devouring Demon Spider's violent energy was rampaging through his meridians, and a spider-web-like toxin had already spread to his internal organs.
What was even more fatal was that the Remnant Soul of the Soul Devouring Demon Spider had actually burrowed into his spiritual sea and was bit by bit devouring his divine soul.
"If this were any ordinary Spirit Master, their soul would have dissipated long ago," Fu Qin thought to himself, having to admit that the resilience of the Child of Fortune was indeed terrifying.
But it was precisely this resilience that made him even more certain that he had to dig a bottomless pit for Tang San.
"Fu Qin, Little San's condition is extremely dangerous. Do you have any way to save his life?" Seeing this, Flender rushed forward as if grasping a life-saving straw, his tone carrying an unprecedented urgency.
He knew Tang San was Tang Hao's son. If this great deity's only sprout died at Shrek, not only would the academy be unable to be protected, but the few of them would likely be ground to dust by Tang Hao.
Fu Qin feigned contemplation, his gaze sweeping over the anxious Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, finally landing on Xiao Wu's worried face before he slowly spoke.
"I can save him, but I need something: a hundred-year-level plant-type Spirit Beast. it must have no ability to resist, the more ordinary the better."
"A hundred-year-level plant-type?" Flender froze for a moment, then was overjoyed.
"That's simple! I'll go find one right away!" The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest lacked nothing more than low-year plant-type Spirit Beasts. Before his voice had even faded, his wings unfurled, and he turned into a streak of black light, disappearing into the depths of the forest.
Ning Rongrong quickly walked to Fu Qin's side, her small hand tightly grabbing his sleeve, her tone worried.
"Brother Fu Qin, can you really save Tang San? Will there be danger?" Although she didn't like Tang San, she didn't want to see Fu Qin get hurt just to save a piece of trash.
[Ning Rongrong's Favorability +10, Current Favorability: 227 points]
Xiao Wu also stood on her tiptoes, her eyes full of concern: "Fu Qin, you must be careful too, don't push yourself too hard."
[Xiao Wu's Favorability +30, Current Favorability: 1080 points]
[Xiao Wu's Inner Thoughts: Brother Fu Qin is always so kind, he's so good to everyone, I must protect him well!]
Fu Qin laughed inwardly. Kind? He wasn't that good-hearted.
He patted both their hands, his tone gentle: "Don't worry, although I don't have a hundred percent certainty, I will do my absolute best to treat Third Brother!"
Not long after, Flender returned carrying a lush green bamboo.
The bamboo was about ten meters tall, with dew still hanging on its leaves, emitting a faint spirit power fluctuation. It was precisely a Solitary Bamboo with a cultivation of exactly one hundred years. "Fu Qin, the plant-type Spirit Beast you wanted has been found!"
Fu Qin nodded, took the Solitary Bamboo, and the spirit power in his body erupted instantly.
His hands glowed with a silver-white light, and the Alchemy Gloves Spirit slowly emerged, the alchemy patterns on them flickering with an eerie light.
"First Spirit Ability, Hundred Refinements: Materialization!"
With a low shout, the Solitary Bamboo quickly decomposed in his hands, turning into strands of pure plant-type energy that were firmly restrained by the Alchemy Gloves.
Immediately after, his Second Spirit Ability activated: "Divine Mechanism: Object Control!"
Those plant-type energies seemed to gain life, condensing into a green ribbon of light in the air.
"Third Spirit Ability, Heavenly Eye: Construction!"
Fu Qin closed his eyes, and his mental force surged out like a tide. Through the Heavenly Eye Spirit Ability, he clearly saw every meridian and every damaged part of the divine soul inside Tang San's body.
He took a deep breath, turning his mental force into a fine needle, slowly intruding into Tang San's spiritual sea.
Inside the spiritual sea, it was a complete mess.
The Remnant Soul of the Soul Devouring Demon Spider had turned into a pitch-black spider and was wildly tearing at the source of Tang San's divine soul, while Tang San's consciousness was still stubbornly resisting.
Even though he was on the verge of collapse, this reincarnation of a God King was still unwilling to give up.
"Still holding on?" Fu Qin's consciousness manifested in the spiritual sea. Looking at the scene before him, a cold smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Without the slightest hesitation, he manipulated his mental force threads, winding them toward the Remnant Soul of the Soul Devouring Demon Spider.
"Outsider! Get out!" Sensing the threat, the Remnant Soul of the Soul Devouring Demon Spider let out a sharp hiss, abandoned its attack on Tang San's divine soul, and instead lunged at Fu Qin's consciousness body.