Dai Mubai's heart nearly shattered, but since Zhu Zhuqing came out again not long after going in,
his heart remained intact.
He took a deep breath.
Zhu Zhuqing ran back to the dormitory, blushing.
She lived in a room by herself; after all, she paid for it. Naturally, a single room gives her private space,
to do things she wants to do.
The night was hazy.
Life is but a dream.
Some people had a good dream, some had a nightmare, and some didn't sleep at all.
Of course, that would be Dai Mubai and Oscar.
Their hearts were nearly broken.
Very uncomfortable.
Although Oscar obtained a pretty decent soul beast, the woman he liked was orbiting someone else.
And these past few days, he'd been a bit unlucky.
He felt like his life had entered a low point.
As for Dai Mubai, he both hated and felt grateful to Zhang Fan.
Grateful, of course, because Zhang Fan saved him from the belly of the Phoenix-Tailed Crest Serpent with one sword.
Hate, naturally, because Zhang Fan was a playboy who stole the woman he liked.
But then again, he himself was a peerless lustful freak, also quite a playboy, so he couldn't really blame others for being the same.
Thinking of this made him feel speechless, helpless, powerless—even a bit hopeless.
He didn't know what Zhu Zhuqing did in Zhang Fan's room just now,
but she came running out blushing.
That feeling was deeply unpleasant.
He really wanted to let off some steam.
Tang San, on the other hand, slept like the dead.
He figured life was bitter enough as it is—might as well sleep well.
Tomorrow might just be a better day.
...
The Next Day.
They once again entered the Star Dou Forest.
Having previously encountered the Snake Woman and Granny Chao Tianxiang,
Zhao Wuji was cautious, worried they might run into that grandmother-granddaughter duo again, which would be troublesome.
So they didn't venture deep into the Star Dou Forest.
Instead, they searched the outskirts.
Soon, they found an evil-looking spider, entirely black.
It emitted an evil aura.
Its body was over 1.5 meters in diameter, with eight long spear-like legs,
a monstrous spider over three meters long, with a ferocious human face on its belly.
It had eight small glowing purple eyes.
Tang San was thrilled at the sight of the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
"Teacher Zhao, that's the one!"
"A wounded two-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider? You lucky brat. But can you handle it?"
Zhao Wuji looked at Tang San, curiosity in his eyes.
"I can!" Tang San replied seriously. After all, if Zhang Fan could attach a freakish thirty-thousand-year soul ring,
absorbing a mere two-thousand-year one should be no problem.
"Alright, just like before—everyone, attack together!"
Zhao Wuji smiled.
"Whoosh whoosh…" Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Tang San—they all rushed forward.
Zhang Fan didn't move, of course.
He was considering how this time the Titan Giant Ape hadn't shown up.
After all, Xiao Wu had already reached level 31, and unlike before when she reached level 30,
there was no need to go find a soul ring.
So that part of the plot wouldn't happen.
Which meant Tang San wouldn't be fighting the Man-Faced Demon Spider alone.
"Brother Fan, aren't you going to act?" Xiao Wu looked at Zhang Fan and asked.
"Zhang Fan, you don't need to step in. Let them get some practice," Zhao Wuji reminded him.
"Alright then," Zhang Fan nodded.
Ning Rongrong's hands glowed with multicolored light, and her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda lit up:
"Seven Treasures, First: Speed! Second: Strength!"
Two beams of rainbow light landed on Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar.
"Whoosh whoosh…" The group charged in.
Tang San suddenly lunged forward. Seeing Xiao Wu rushing from behind,
he pretended to be knocked away by the Man-Faced Demon Spider,
hurtling toward Xiao Wu—
Planning to use it for a close physical encounter.
That way, he could gradually win her heart.
He thought to himself: I'm a genius.
Zhang Fan saw Tang San flying toward Xiao Wu.
His eyes immediately turned cold.
Ding! Modification Task Triggered!
[Tang San is flying toward Xiao Wu.]
A pop-up appeared before Zhang Fan.
He immediately changed the characters "Xiao Wu" to "Ma Hongjun",
using one 3-character modification right.
"Whoosh…"
Tang San's creepy grin instantly froze—
he found himself suddenly flying toward Ma Hongjun instead.
With a bizarre twist.
At that moment, Ma Hongjun was mid-air, kicking out at the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
But Tang San's sudden swerve caused him to slam right into Ma Hongjun's flame-coated foot.
"Ahh—San-ge, what are you doing?!"
Ma Hongjun shrieked, but it was too late to pull his foot back.
Meanwhile, Tang San tried to extend Blue Silver Grass to change trajectory—but too slow.
BOOM—
A thunderous impact—Ma Hongjun's flaming kick landed square on—
Tang San's butt.
BANG— Like a volcanic eruption.
Spraying S all over Ma Hongjun's leg.
"AAAHHH—" Tang San was sent flying back by Ma Hongjun's full-force kick.
Like a cannonball, he flew straight into the spider's belly and—
kissed it.
Smooch—
"AHHH—" Everyone on scene was instantly petrified.
Even Zhang Fan was stunned—his eyes widened a little.
Xiao Wu also froze.
This was too weird.
Did Tang San rub on oil or something?
He was flying—and changed direction?
Then ended up kissing the Man-Faced Demon Spider?
She couldn't even look.
"WTF… San-ge's got some niche tastes!"
Ning Rongrong was utterly dumbfounded. Tang San wouldn't even spare a Man-Faced Demon Spider?
"Xiao San is truly wild! To go that far—'Peerless Lustful Freak' must now be your title!"
Dai Mubai was also frozen in shock, jaw nearly hitting the ground.
Snort— Zhao Wuji let out a pig-like noise.
He couldn't even look anymore—this was just too funny.
Tang San nearly killed him with laughter.
And weirdly… the Man-Faced Demon Spider looked a little shy.
Was that its first kiss? Was it female??
"…Ughhh…" Tang San gagged.
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai then launched their attacks at full force.
"Whoosh…" Tang San quickly used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step to dart away.
"Whoosh whoosh…" Dozens of hidden weapons blasted toward the Man-Faced Demon Spider—
but Tang San's back was seriously hurting. He held his butt, barely able to stand.
BANG BANG— Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing also joined the assault.
Under their siege, the Man-Faced Demon Spider was dying.
Especially Tang San and Dai Mubai—they were vicious.
They pummeled it like it owed them money.
They'd been holding in too much frustration lately.
They dumped it all on the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
Zhao Wuji was stunned.
Zhang Fan said nothing.
Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong walked over to Zhang Fan.
"Brother Fan, how was my performance?"
Ning Rongrong came over asking for praise.
"Very good!" Zhang Fan gave her a thumbs-up.
"You were all great!" Zhang Fan looked at Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu and said.
"Hehe…" The girls were beaming from his praise.
"But man, Tang San really was hilarious.
He actually kissed that Man-Faced Demon Spider!"
Even Xiao Wu couldn't help but laugh.
"For real!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded.
"Pfft—haha…" Ning Rongrong burst into laughter.
Tang San delivered the final blow to the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
Then sat down and began to absorb the soul ring.
(End of Chapter)