World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 59 - 56 Biggest Breakthrough Meng Tuoluo Black Widow!
59: Chapter 56: Biggest Breakthrough, Meng Tuoluo, Black Widow!
59 -56: Biggest Breakthrough, Meng Tuoluo, Black Widow!
Lanling did not know how long he had slept, but in his dreams, he clearly felt Yao Xing constantly releasing energy into his brain and eyes.
Lanling knew that this was Yao Xing enhancing his spiritual power.
Upon awakening, Lanling did not immediately open his eyes, and then he suddenly discovered a very strange thing.
That is, even though his eyes were closed, he could still see things, or rather, sense them.
At this moment, he was lying by a lake, with two squirrels not far away.
Most importantly, about three meters away from him, sat a woman, an exceedingly beautiful woman.
Even though what he could sense with his eyes closed was but an outline, that outline was already breathtakingly beautiful.
This woman was the very one who had rescued him from the cave of the Shadow Spider Queen, her name was Aluo.
This was too, too mystical, and Lanling was incredibly astonished.
“Yao Xing, how much is my spiritual power now?
Can it lock onto a target 150 meters away?” Lanling asked.
“150 meters?
Not a problem for even 300 meters,” Yao Xing said.
“Your current level of spiritual power has reached that of a ninth-level practitioner, and you’re about to enter the middle ranks.”
A practitioner refers to someone who specifically cultivates spiritual power, and most of these people serve in the Dragon Temple.
“That much?” Lanling was overjoyed.
The requirement for spiritual power in the final examinations was merely 150 meters, but now, after devouring the spiritual power of the Shadow Spider Queen, he could lock onto targets as far as 300 meters away.
Yao Xing said, “The Shadow Spider Queen enhanced her spiritual power by devouring the brain matter of countless people.
You have completely absorbed her spiritual power.
How astonishing is this enhancement?
Even if only one percent of that spiritual power becomes your own after refining and absorption, it still far surpasses the standard of a middle-ranked practitioner.
However, your brain and body can only endure so much spiritual power baptism for now.
So, I took the initiative to use the remaining spiritual power to enhance your spiritual aptitude.”
Yao Xing had said that spiritual aptitude and spiritual power are different.
To give a simple example, a person with high spiritual power can sense and lock onto targets farther away.
But a person with high spiritual aptitude can lock on with greater precision, consume less spiritual power and draconic energy, and can lock onto multiple targets at the same time.
Of course, there’s more to it than that, and most importantly.
A person with high spiritual aptitude not only practices swordsmanship, martial techniques, and spells with twice the result for half the effort.
That is truly the most important aspect.
Therefore, spiritual aptitude is the most fundamental and vital talent.
Originally, Lanling’s spiritual aptitude was around 7.5, which could be considered one in a thousand but certainly not top-notch.
“Now, what is my spiritual aptitude?” Lanling asked.
“8.1.” Yao Xing said.
“You are already one in ten thousand.”
Lanling said, “What would happen if one’s spiritual aptitude reached 9.9?”
Yao Xing said, “With such aptitude, the most difficult swordsmanship and martial arts would be learned in one lesson.
No matter how complex and profound the enemy’s moves, you would see through their flaws at a glance.”
Lanling was astonished; this was truly defying the heavens.
Lanling then asked, “Has my arm strength reached 300 jin (approx.
150 kg)?”
Yao Xing regretfully said, “No, it’s still 250 jin (approx.
125 kg), because the Shadow Spider Queen was all about spiritual power.”
So his arm strength was still 50 jin (approx.
25 kg) short of the target?
Now, there were just over twenty days left until the final examinations, and the journey back would take another four or five days.
It seemed that there really was a dire scarcity of time.
…
“Since you’re already awake, why haven’t you opened your eyes yet?” the woman’s clear, ethereal voice rang out.
Lanling opened his eyes and suddenly saw an incomparably beautiful face, sitting on a tree branch with her feet dangling in the water.
Her gaze was not directed at Lanling; her figure was truly graceful and exquisite, especially those jade feet, which were captivating.
Lanling got up, bowed deeply, and said, “Thank you for your life-saving grace, miss.”
While bowing, Lanling asked inwardly, “Yao Xing, how skilled is this woman in martial arts?
She managed to fight the Shadow Spider Queen to a draw in the cave earlier.”
“Dragon Samurai,” Yao Xing said.
Lanling was immediately taken aback.
Although he had no idea how formidable a Dragon Samurai was, he knew that he was not even a first-level Samurai yet, and one only became an intermediate Samurai after breaking through the ninth level.
An intermediate Samurai is divided into nine stars, and after breaking through a nine-star intermediate Samurai, one becomes a high-ranked Samurai.
A high-ranked Samurai is divided into nine grades, and only after breaking through a nine-grade high-ranked Samurai does one reach the level of a Dragon Samurai.
His sworn brother Suo Hanyi had become a Dragon Samurai at twenty-seven, and was regarded as a once-in-a-century prodigy in Tianshui City.
And this miss Aluo before him, she was probably just over twenty years old.
It was truly heaven-defying.
Aluo turned her head, revealing half of her face, which was so beautiful it took one’s breath away.
“Who saved whom is still not certain,” Aluo said.
Lanling asked, “Miss, where are we?”
“Down the mountain,” Aluo replied.
Lanling said, “Is it still far from the lair of the Shadow Spider Queen?”
“Not far, just tens of miles.” Aluo said.
“Thank you for taking me out, but may I ask what about the others in the cave residence?” Lanling inquired.
“The Shadow Spider Queen is dead, so they naturally got released from the spiritual lock and will leave on their own.” Aluo said.
Lanling said, “I still have a companion, a woman named Ye Jingyu; have you seen her?”
“I haven’t.” Aluo said, “After the Shadow Spider Queen died, I took you away directly, without paying attention to anyone else.”
Lanling bowed again and said, “I thank you once more for saving my life, then I shall take my leave now.”
Aluo turned her head and asked, “Where are you going?”
Lanling said, “Back to the Shadow Spider Queen’s cave residence to find my companion.”
“That’s not possible.” Aluo said softly.
Lanling was taken aback, finding it hard to believe what she said, this woman who resembled a fairy.
Although Lanling hadn’t asked for her identity, she wore the Sky Screen Ring from the Dragon Temple on her head, so Lanling instinctively felt that she must be a female cultivator from the Dragon Temple.
Female cultivators from the Dragon Temple are highly detached beings.
Surely she must have heard of the Shadow Spider Queen harming people here and thus came alone to eliminate the menace.
People as noble as her would certainly save others without seeking any reward.
Yet now, she outright said it wasn’t possible for Lanling to leave.
“This… why?” Lanling asked.
Aluo said, “Because I came here specifically for you.
Otherwise, why would I venture into the Shadow Spider Queen’s den by myself?
Do you think I am tired of living?”
Lanling was stunned and said, “Miss, you entered the Shadow Spider Queen’s den not to rid people of evil?”
“Rid people of evil?
Why should I rid people of evil?
The Shadow Spider Queen and I have nothing to do with each other; as long as no one enters its territory, they won’t die.
So those who were killed totally deserved it.” Aluo said indifferently, “I went there, solely for you.”
Lanling was completely shocked, what in the world was going on?
He didn’t feel he was that special.
“Miss, you came all this way for me?” Lanling said, “And, you even risked your life?”
“Yes.” Aluo turned her face, her exquisite and stunningly beautiful face smiling slightly, instantly making one’s soul feel like it was about to take flight.
“Why is that?
I am not that special.” Lanling said, “Miss, why did you come to find me?
What matter is it for?”
“To take you home.” Aluo said, “Back to my home.”
Lanling said, “And then?”
“Then, to marry you.
I want to marry you.” Aluo said.
In an instant, Lanling’s head almost exploded.
This woman before him was so beautiful, comparable to Princess Zhining.
In terms of appearance alone, her level among women was far above that of Suo Lun among men.
And now, she said she had come all the way to the Shadow Spider Queen’s cave residence, risking her life, just to marry him?
Could this again be one of Suo Lun’s many affairs?
But among the pile of portraits Suo Lun had, this woman wasn’t included, and Lanling felt, that playboy Suo Lun probably couldn’t match up to this fairy-like woman before him.
“May I ask, miss, did we have a secret affair before?” Lanling asked, puzzled.
“No.” Aluo said, “I just saw your portrait, so I fell for you at first sight, and came all this way to marry you.”
At that moment, Aluo smiled still so ethereal, her fairy-like demeanor intact, yet she had uttered such words.
Instantly, Lanling’s heart was utterly confused.
Taking a deep breath, despite the bizarre situation and the woman before him being stunningly beautiful, with an extremely noble demeanor, epitomizing the lover that men dream about—
Lanling bowed once again and said, “I appreciate your kindness, miss, but I already have a fiancée.
Now I must go to find my companions, so I bid you farewell.”
“That’s not possible.” Aluo’s sleeve lightly fluttered, and Lanling suddenly found himself completely immobile.
Lanling said, “Miss, what do you mean by this?”
The ethereal beauty akin to a fairy, Aluo, said softly, “Beautiful men are so scarce these days; it’s been a long time since I last married or drank blood.
Now that such an exceptional beauty as yourself has appeared, how could I possibly let you go?”
Upon hearing this, Lanling felt a chill run down his spine.
Then, Aluo gently floated to Lanling’s side, revealing her pale teeth, and lightly scraped his neck with them, her tongue softly tasting his skin as she ethereally said, “Young master, how is my fairy disguise?
I thought long and hard before deciding to meet you in this appearance and demeanor.”
Instantly, Lanling’s hair stood on end.
Had he escaped the tiger’s den only to enter the wolf’s lair?
“Dear master, allow me to introduce myself,” Aluo bowed before Lanling and said, “I am the Chieftain of the Poison Snake Tribe of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Meng Tuoluo, known as the Black Widow.”
The Black Widow, it was indeed the Black Widow.
