In the midst of the fog, the sound of cracking bones occasionally echoed out, each time bringing a thrilling feeling to the surrounding crowd. However, the third soul ring that should have appeared with absorption still hadn't materialized. This proved that Tang San had yet to fully absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.

  Dai Mubai worriedly whispered to Zhao Wuji: "Teacher Zhao, if things continue like this, Tang San will probably be in danger."

  Zhao Wuji's eyebrows were also furrowed, "I know. But now we can't interrupt him. Otherwise, the consequences will be even more severe. Now it's up to his willpower. The energy granted by this soul ring should be something he can absorb, it's just that his physical condition isn't optimal, and the human-faced demon spider soul ring itself has an overly violent energy, which is why this situation occurred. I hope Tang San can get through this ordeal... Otherwise..."

  At this moment, the suffering Tang San was enduring was something only he knew. In front of the energy of the Man-Faced Demon Spider's soul ring, he felt as if his entire body was being cut by countless sharp blades. His internal organs were in agony, and the powerful energy was constantly tearing at his body, keeping him in a state of extreme suffering.

  Actually, Zhao Wuji was wrong about one thing. Due to the rarity of the Man-faced Demon Spider, even if a grandmaster were present, it would be very difficult to determine its true cultivation range. The third soul ring of a Soul Master can absorb up to 1,700 years or more of soul power. It is only with the fourth soul ring that one can absorb around 5,000 years of cultivation. The fifth soul ring's upper limit for absorption is around 12,000 years. The sixth soul ring's upper limit for absorption is 20,000 years. The seventh soul ring's range is between 30,000 to 50,000 years, depending on the different attributes of different Soul Masters. It is only with the eighth soul ring that one may be able to absorb a soul ring above 50,000 years. Only the final ninth soul ring has the possibility of absorbing a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Of course, among known Soul Masters, no one has been able to absorb a 100,000-year-old soul beast as their last soul ring.

  The Man-Faced Demon Spider that Tang San killed had a true cultivation of over two thousand years, although it was only just over, but already beyond the limit that a third-rank Soul Master's soul ring could absorb. This is also why Grandmaster didn't really approve of him searching for this kind of soul ring despite knowing how much help the Man-Faced Demon Spider would be to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.

  During the battle, Tang San simply estimated the strength of the Man-Faced Demon Spider, but he overlooked one point - after all, that Man-Faced Demon Spider had been injured by Meng Shen. With Meng Shen's strength, the injury he inflicted on the Man-Faced Demon Spider would naturally greatly affect its strength.

  Tang San's situation is different from most Soul Masters, because he has a twin martial soul and also cultivates the Xuan Tian Wu Shuang recorded in the Xuan Tian Scripture. His physical strength is much stronger than an ordinary person. In theory, if it were an ordinary Soul Beast, absorbing one that is around two thousand years old would not be too big of a problem for his third soul ring. After all, the advantage lies in his body.

  But this Man Faced Demon Spider was no ordinary soul beast. Its own ferocity and strength made the Soul Ring extremely overbearing, and with Tang San himself not being in his best state, he instantly fell into a huge crisis.

  If the current situation of Tang San could be calculated, then his final outcome would only have one possibility: his body would be unable to withstand the energy impact of the Man-Faced Demon Spider and he would explode and die. After all, that energy had already exceeded the range that he could absorb.

  But some things are immeasurable, such as willpower and faith.

  When a person's willpower is firm to a certain extent, or has an unshakeable faith, miracles often occur.

  At this time, Tang San was enduring unbearable pain, but deep within his heart, he had an extremely stubborn conviction - to rescue Xiao Wu.

  With this conviction, he withstood wave after wave of pain, even as fresh blood seeped from his body, still resisting the tyrannical energy of the Soul Ring.

  In a certain sense, Xiao Wu being taken away by the Titan Ape actually helped Tang San. While absorbing soul rings beyond one's limits would bring about enormous crisis, if successful, the gains would also be enormous.

  The intense energy fluctuations continued to rise, and the blood mist around Tang San's body became increasingly visible. Within the blood mist, a faint stench of gore seeped out. It was unclear whether it was impurities within Tang San's body or toxins belonging to the Man-Faced Demon Spider.

  As everyone was in a flurry like ants on a hot pot, suddenly, a light and nimble footstep caught Zhao Wuji's attention.

  "Who?" Zhao Wuji's icy gaze turned in one direction, his soul power suddenly surging. At this moment, Tang San had reached the most critical juncture, and he would not allow anyone or any soul beast to disturb him.

  "Teacher Zhao." A slender figure ran out from the woods. Seeing her, not only was Zhao Wuji stunned, but others also couldn't help but stare. This person who suddenly ran out of the woods was actually Little Dance.

  At this time, Xiaowu looked a bit disheveled, with more torn clothes on her body, and the neat scorpion braid on her head became messy, but her face was very rosy, looking as if she had matured a few years.

  "Xiao Wu, you're not dead?" Oscar said this sentence only to realize that his words were somewhat tactless.

  Xiao Wu said in a bad mood: "Are you eager for me to die? What's going on? This fog... Oh my god, what happened to Xiao San?"

  Seeing Tang San in the pale red misty air, Xiao Wu's heart tightened instantly and she sprinted over with three steps becoming two.

  She was brought by Titan Ape, and although the Starry Sky Forest is vast, it's not difficult for Titan Ape, as the king of the forest, to find Slark Academy. All soul beasts can be his eyes. After sending Xiaowu nearby, Titan Ape quietly left.

  "Don't disturb him. He's absorbing his third soul ring." Zhao Wuji hastily stopped Little Dance.

  Xiao Wu exclaimed, "But how did absorbing the third soul ring turn out like this?" She turned her head to look at the corpse of the human-faced spider demon beside her, and she somewhat understood. "It's the human-faced spider demon, it's not good. This human-faced spider demon's cultivation has exceeded two thousand years. Master said that the limit of a Soul Master's third soul ring is over one thousand seven hundred and sixty years. Xiao San he..."

  Zhao Wuji was taken aback, "How did you know that this human-faced demon spider has two thousand years of cultivation?"

  Xiao Wu only then realized she had misspoken, "The cultivation of the human-faced spider demon can be seen from the length of its legs. Look, this human-faced spider demon's leg length has already exceeded three meters, which is a sign of cultivation exceeding two thousand years. Don't you know that every time a thousand-year soul beast's cultivation exceeds a thousand years, there will be some obvious changes? Just like how a hundred-year soul beast will change according to its hundred-year cultivation, and a ten-thousand year soul beast will change according to its ten-thousand year cultivation."

  Zhao Wuji was taken aback and said: "This I'm really not too clear about. Didn't expect you to know so much about the Soul Beast."

  Xiao Wu Dao said, "These are all Master's teachings." Shifting the blame for her own mistake to the master who knew the most about martial souls was clearly a good idea. Sure enough, after hearing her words, everyone's doubts were dispelled.

  Zhao Wujie sighed and said, "Xiaosan has already started absorbing the soul ring. There's no stopping it now. We can only hope that he withstands the energy impact from the soul ring and gets through this ordeal. By the way, Xiaowu, how did you escape from the Titan Ape Demon's clutches? Tell us what happened first."

  She certainly couldn't tell everyone that it was because the Titan Ape had sensed her aura and deliberately came to take her away. Before returning, Xiao Wu naturally thought of an excuse, and while looking at Tang San with concern, she explained: "I don't know what happened either. That Titan Ape grabbed me and ran towards the forest, but not far from here, there seemed to be a loud bellowing sound like that of a cow coming from one direction. The Titan Ape looked very tense, glanced at me, then threw me aside and ran away."

  "What cow sound? What kind of cow can make Titan Ape nervous?" Later on? Zhao Wuji couldn't help but furrow his brow.

  Xiao Wu's eyes flashed with a fearful light, "That Titan Ape threw me down and let out a roar before leaving. I only felt a dizzy spell and then fainted. When I woke up, it was already gone. The scene at that time was very terrifying, with at least dozens of soul beasts stunned around me. Those with weak strength were directly shocked to death with blood flowing from their mouths and noses. I don't know whether to say I'm lucky or unlucky, but I suddenly discovered that my own soul power had also broken through to level 30."

  Zhao Wuji was shocked, "What? You're also level 30? Who's older, you or Tang San?"

  "I am several months younger than him."

  Zhao Wuji was speechless for a moment. The record that Tang San had just created had already been changed. However, Xiao Wu's next words made his eyes widen even further.

  Xiao Wu said: "At that time, I was very scared. Perhaps the increase in soul power was also due to the external stimulation being too great. Just then, I discovered a thousand-year-old soul beast that was suitable for me in a coma, and I hunted it down to obtain my third soul ring."

  "Is this okay too?" Fatso stared at Xiaowu with an expression as if he had just seen a blind cat run into a dead mouse.

  Xiao Wu's face showed a lingering fear, "Consider me lucky, I thought I was dead for sure. In order to avoid being attacked by the surrounding soul beasts after they woke up, I had no choice but to kill all the soul beasts that were stunned around me. After absorbing the third soul ring, my physical strength recovered, and I followed my memory back. Earlier, I heard a sound from this side and came looking for you, finally found you."