One person to face a second rank Undying Realm demon!

This is equivalent to an Undying Realm demon of a Martial Dao Saint.

Hou Yuxiao felt a little tremor in his heart, but he had already chosen to enter, and having made the choice, he had to face it. The ancient tree space was clearly inescapable; if he did not kill the Spider Demon, there was only a dead end.

He bit his lip, and the once languid Demon Ape Martial Spirit once again flashed brilliantly with fervent fighting spirit, surging to nearly ten thousand feet.

The Canglong Staff was surrounded by Demonic Qi, and even though he clearly sensed the Spider Demon's demonic power had reached a level that could crush him, Hou Yuxiao did not retreat a single step. Instead, he leapt forward, launching the first attack.

The Demon Ape Martial Spirit wielded the Sky-Supporting Long Staff, leaping across the sky. The overwhelming Demonic Qi was swept up by the staff's wind, raising a thousand waves, reaching the Spider Demon's face in just an instant. The horizontal wave unleashed by the staff's wind coalesced into a Black Dragon in mid-air, baring its fangs and claws, its momentum terrifying beyond compare.

"Demon Dragon Soul, give it all you've got."

"Yes, Master!"

Hou Yuxiao shouted sternly, and what was clearly just the shadow of a Black Dragon formed by martial arts techniques seemed to develop a consciousness and replied to him.

The pupils of the Black Dragon, floating mid-air, showed a trace of a black-and-gray hue. The originally mighty staff wind was suddenly imbued with a sense of obliteration and peace.

Although it looked exactly the same as before, the moment that obliteration and peace appeared, the Spider Demon's pupils contracted sharply as if seeing something deadly. Its eight blade-like limbs were instantly retracted to shield its front, and its large body began a frenzied retreat.

It was actually, afraid...

Hou Yuxiao was startled. Indeed, when fighting alone, he did put in his full effort. Yet despite saying he gave his all, he actually could not put much work into cultivation; he could only pin his hopes on the Demon Dragon Soul's evidently strong ability to restrain demons.

Still, he did not expect that the Spider Demon would actually retreat.

Previously, in the Golden Light Passage, the ability to slay Spider Demons, although surprising, he always believed it was due to the support of over a hundred people that it went so smoothly.

Now, it seems, it wasn't the case at all.

This Demon Dragon Soul within the Canglong Staff, what exactly is it? Its ability to restrain demons is heaven-defying, allowing him, a Sub-Saint of Martial Dao, to chase and beat a second rank Undying Realm demon?

Despite the shock, Hou Yuxiao would not relent just because the Spider Demon chose to retreat.

A cold glint in his eyes intensified, the Black Dragon was as bright as electricity; although unable to match the Spider Demon's speed, the ancient tree space was too small, and even if the Spider Demon wanted to flee, it could not run far.

Sss...

The Black Dragon formed from the staff's shadow eventually caught up with the Spider Demon. However, it did not strike its body at first but was blocked by the Spider Demon's eight hastily raised limbs. Surprisingly, those eight limbs, resembling steel knives and seemingly incredibly sturdy, emitted thick smoke and a hissing sound the instant they touched the Canglong Staff, as if they encountered a highly corrosive substance.

Roar...

What followed was the Spider Demon's roar of pain and anger.

Logically, a second rank Undying Realm demon equates to a Martial Dao Saint, being able to transform and speak human words should be fundamental. Yet neither the one encountered earlier in the Golden Light Passage nor this one here, these two Spider Demons, resembled common wild beasts, only capable of emitting sharp howls.

This puzzlement in Hou Yuxiao's heart was fleeting. These two Spider Demons were abnormal from the start; they clearly did not possess the intelligence of normal demons, their actions relying solely on instinct, and if not for their cultivation strength indeed reaching the second rank level, he would have thought these two demons were merely puppets.

But at least, if they were normal second rank demons, he probably wouldn't have been able to handle them.

As the Spider Demon cried out in pain, its ferocity was thoroughly provoked, its overwhelming demonic power instantly filling the whole ancient tree space. It abruptly retracted its eight scorched limbs, its body violently pouncing, recklessly crushing towards Hou Yuxiao.

Black demonic power instantly brought about a burst of violent wind, as it charged towards Hou Yuxiao. At the same time, countless white spider webs gushed from the Spider Demon's abdomen, just like the scene that happened in the Golden Light Passage before, the webs directly assaulted Hou Yuxiao's Demon Ape Martial Spirit.

In an instant, those webs wrapped the Demon Ape Martial Spirit around once.

Witnessing this, Hou Yuxiao's brows tightly furrowed, for the scene in the Golden Light Passage was still vivid in his memory. Once the Martial Spirit was completely entangled by these webs, his Sea of Consciousness would also be invaded by the Spider Demon, and previously, more than forty Sub-Saints of Martial Dao fell before his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, withdrew the Canglong Staff continuously attacking the Spider Demon, frantically swinging it before himself, soon weaving a star-like round shield fast enough to grab all webs relentlessly coming in, beginning a tug-of-war with the Spider Demon in mid-air.

During the intervals of drawing the webs, Hou Yuxiao did not remain idle; he controlled the Demon Dragon Soul to release a trace of black-gray substance, which attached itself to the webs. Unbeknownst to him, as soon as the substance approached the webs, it instantly incinerated them completely, vanishing without a trace. This discovery made Hou Yuxiao's eyes explode with intense joy.

But he quickly calmed his excitement down, continuing to deal with the webs seemingly helplessly. The mindless Spider Demon thought he would give in at any moment, increasing the speed of shooting webs more and more rapidly. In just a moment, it almost completely entangled the round shield that Hou Yuxiao had spun.