443, Break the Twin Lock, Destiny is in my hands

Dealing with a Level Two Immortal Demon alone!
This is equivalent to a Martial Saint-level Immortal Demon. Please note that the translation may not be accurate and may lose some contextual meaning.
侯玉霄心底多少是有些胆颤，可他毕竟已经选择进来了，既然作出了选择，那就要面对，古树空间明显已经出不去了，不杀蜘蛛精，那就只有死路一条了。
He clenched his teeth, and the previously listless magic ape martial spirit burst forth with strength again, soaring to nearly ten thousand feet.
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苍龙棍魔气环绕，即便明确的感知到蜘蛛精的妖力已经到了碾压自己的程度，侯玉霄还是没有退缩分毫，反而纵身一跃，率先攻了上去。
The Demon Ape Martial Spirit grasped the Sky-Width Long Staff, leaping through the air, with overwhelming demonic energy being whipped up by the staff's wind, crashing like a thousand waves. In just a moment, it reached the Spider Spirit's face, and the horizontal waves created by the staff's wind coalesced in mid-air into a black dragon, baring its fangs and claws, with an incredibly intimidating presence.
“Demon Dragon Soul, use all your strength.”
"Understood, master!"
Hou Yuxiao shouted fiercely, and the black dragon phantom that had evolved from a martial arts move seemed to have gained intelligence and actually replied to him.
The black dragon's eye flickered with a hint of black and gray in the air. The previously overwhelming momentum of the staff wind added a sense of extinction and tranquility.
Clearly, it seemed no different from before, but once this sense of extinction and tranquility appeared, the spider spirit's eye suddenly shrank, as if it had seen something fatal. Its eight blade-like lower limbs instantly retracted to shield its body, and its massive form began to retreat wildly.
He unexpectedly... became afraid...
Hou Yuxiao's expression froze, after all, he was dealing with it alone. He did use all his strength. Speaking of all his strength, in terms of cultivation, he couldn't really do much. He could only rely on the demonic dragon soul that had obvious restraint ability against demons and monsters.
Although that being said, he never expected Spider Demon would retreat.
In the previous golden light passage, he was able to slay Spider Demon, and although he was surprised at the time, he always believed that it was because of the help from those hundred plus people that it went so smoothly.
It doesn't seem like it at all now.
What exactly is the background of this demon dragon soul in the Canglong Staff? Its ability to restrain demons is so extraordinary that it enables a Martial Saint like him to chase after a second-rank Immortal Realm demon!
Even though the spider spirit has retreated, Hou Yuxiao will not let it off the hook.
His eyes glowed with a chilling light, and the black dragon was like a flash of lightning. Although it couldn't keep up with the speed of the spider spirit, the ancient tree space was too small; even if the spider spirit wanted to escape, it couldn't get far.
Haha...
The stick transformed into a black dragon, finally catching up to the spider demoness. However, it didn't strike her body immediately but instead was blocked by her hurriedly raised eight lower limbs. Unexpectedly, those eight limbs, seemingly as hard as steel blades, when touching the gap of the Azure Dragon staff, were corroded by some highly corrosive substance. Immediately, a thick smoke was emitted, accompanied by a sizzling sound.
Roar…………
Followed by that was a painful roar of anger from the spider spirit.
Generally speaking, a second-rank immortal realm demon would be equivalent to a martial arts sage, and it was basic for them to take shape and speak human language. However, both the one encountered in the golden passage earlier and the one in front of me were just like ordinary wild beasts, only able to let out sharp screeches.
Hou Yuxiao's doubt flashed briefly in his mind. The two spider spirits were inherently abnormal; they clearly lacked the intelligence of normal demons and acted solely on instinct. If it weren't for their cultivation level being undeniably at the second rank, he might even think that these two monsters were mere puppets.
不过也好，若是正常二品妖魔，他恐怕还对付不了。
蜘蛛精吃疼的同时，凶性也被彻底激发出来，狂暴的妖力霎时充斥在整个古树空间之中，它勐地收回八只被灼伤的下肢，身躯勐然回冲，不要命的碾向侯玉霄。
The black demon energy suddenly unleashed a violent wind, charging towards Hou Yuxiao, while the spider spirit's abdomen erupted with countless white spider silk, reminiscent of the previous scene in the golden light passage, the silk directly aimed at Hou Yuxiao's magic ape martial spirit.
In an instant, the spider silk wrapped around the demon ape's Wuling for a week.
Hou Yuxiao, who witnessed this scene, raised his eyebrows in shock. The images from the golden light passage earlier still lingered in his mind. Once the Wuling was completely entangled by this spider silk, the spider spirit would invade his sea of consciousness. Over forty martial sage experts had already died in front of him.
He gritted his teeth and retracted the Canglong Staff, which was relentlessly attacking the spider demon. He began to twirl it wildly in front of himself, quickly forming a circular barrier as fast as a shooting star, which ensnared the continuously incoming spider silk, engaging in a contest of strength with the spider demon in mid-air.
In the meantime, Hou Yuxiao did not waste any time. He controlled the dragon spirit and released a dark gray substance that attached to the spider silk. Unexpectedly, as soon as the substance approached the silk, it immediately burned and disappeared. This discovery filled Hou Yuxiao with excitement.
But he quickly calmed down the excitement in his heart and continued to deal with the spider silk with a helpless look. The spider spirit, who seemed confused, thought he would not be able to hold on much longer, so it started releasing the silk at an even faster pace. In just a moment, it had almost completely entangled the circular screen that Hou Yuxiao had danced out.
The cobwebs were increasing, and Hou Yuxiao's speed with the Azure Dragon Staff was slowing down more and more. His movements became restricted, causing him to pause mid-action. Whenever the spider spirit exerted force, his actions would inevitably become distorted, and he even had the tendency to be pulled in front of the spider spirit.
似乎已经看到自己夺胜的希望了，蜘蛛精的动作变得愈发狂暴，强大的妖力附着在蛛丝上，不断将侯玉霄以及他身后的魔猿武灵往自己这边拉扯，只过了不到片刻，两人的距离就只剩下了不到十余里。
This distance, in front of the two massive creatures, is almost considered close contact.
Suddenly, the spider spirit opened its bloody maw, a thick, greenish-blue poison slowly gathered and surged from its throat. The venom emitted a strong toxic aura, continuously condensing from its throat, and by the time it reached its mouth, it had already transformed into a greenish-blue orb of light.
Bang...
The Spider Demon let out a roar, and a green light ball, resembling a cannonball, immediately shot out, piercing through the ancient tree space and heading straight for Hou Yuxiao's Demon Ape Wuling. Not only was the speed of the light ball fast, but everything it passed by along the way was corroded into pitch-black cracks in space. Before reaching Hou Yuxiao's face, it had already destroyed almost half of the ancient tree space.
This is a strike intended to take one's own life!
Hou Yuxiao furrowed his brow, and a sinister look suddenly flashed across his face.
He sharply concentrated his consciousness, and a torrent of black-gray substance suddenly surged from his sea of consciousness, rapidly coating the Canglong Staff. The spider silk that was originally wrapped around the Canglong Staff was instantly corroded by this black-gray substance, producing a layer of black smoke. Though it did not catch fire, the thick black smoke quickly followed the spider silk all the way to the body of the spider spirit.
To be precise, it's the abdomen from which he expelled the silk.
This is different from the previous strand of black-gray material. The black-gray substance that Hou Yuxiao is currently gathering flows continuously; if this is a flame, then the spider spirit's silk is like cotton, igniting immediately upon contact with the flame.
"Sikong Yue let me in, just waiting for this scene!"
The black-gray substance immediately burned onto the Spider Demon's body, just like how Hou Yuxiao had dealt with other demons before. Even though this Spider Demon ranked as a second-grade demon, once it was contaminated by this substance, there was no suspense at all. The process of disintegration began.
Roar…………
The originally bright red eyes of the spider essence were now filled with panic and terror. Its eight lower limbs were incessantly striking its own body, even slicing through it, clearly indicating its desire to peel away the black-gray substance.
It's a pity that Hou Yuxiao deliberately accompanied him for so long, how could he easily let go?
```htmlHou Yuxiao's body surged forward, the Blue Dragon Stick accompanied by an endless torrent of black and gray materials, madly attacking the spider spirit. At this moment, he dared not hold back in the slightest.```
He could have easily broken free from the spider silk long ago; the reason he didn’t was precisely for this moment.
After all, the spider spirit's cultivation was still superior to his. If he kept evading without getting close, he really wouldn't have a way to deal with her. This wretched creature lured him close with her silk, which played right into his hands.
Bang... bang........ bang... bang........
In the ancient tree space, the sound of long staffs striking flesh continuously echoed, accompanied by the frenzied screams of the spider spirit. The nearly peak-level magic ape wielded a Canglong staff, with a dark gray glow enveloping the staff. It crazily struck at the spider spirit from various angles, and with each blow, it almost left a chilling dent on the spider spirit's body.
蜘蛛精疯狂的嘶吼，什么也改变不了，它对比侯玉霄唯一的优势，修为，此时也顶不上什么大作用了，那黑灰色物质实在是太过逆天，不仅时刻在灼烧着他的妖躯，还在不停的瓦解着他的妖力，原本漫天遍野的黑色妖气，伴随着侯玉霄一下下的攻击，很快就萎靡到了原先的一半。
Moreover, the trend of decline continues to persist ……….
Huo Yuxiao appeared crazy, yet his gaze grew increasingly clear. As he watched the decay of the Spider Demon’s physical form, his brows furrowed tightly, showing signs of hesitation time and again.
Sikongyue lets him in is to kill Spider Spirit, so if that's the case, killing Spider Spirit will release the millions of demons trapped in the ancient tree.
In that case, should he kill Spider Spirit or not?
When Hou Yuxiao reached this point in his thoughts, his expression suddenly became serious, and a moment of clarity flashed through his mind. He then looked towards the barely conscious spider spirit, and a glint of coldness suddenly flashed in his childlike eyes.
“What a good Sikuang Yue, what a good Sikuang Yue!”
After finishing this sentence, Hou Yuxiao no longer hesitated, raising the Canglong Staff in his hand and striking down fiercely at the source of the spider spirit's demonic power in the abdomen.
Boom………………
The source of demonic power, similar to the Star Sea Core of the Martial Saint, is equivalent to death once it is destroyed. The moment Hou Yuxiao's staff crushed it, all traces of the Spider Demon's aura also abruptly ceased.
The demon energy in the air began to dissipate rapidly, and the demon body gradually lost its vitality. However, Hou Yuxiao was the first to wave his hand, extracting a light orb from the spider spirit's abdomen. Immediately after, he took out another light orb from his pocket. Looking at the two light orbs in his hands, he said nothing and directly sat down cross-legged on the spot.
“Going outside again, there will probably be a storm. The lifetime cultivation of two second-tier Undying Realm monsters, let's take this last bit of time to see if there's a chance to break through!”
The ancient tree space, although it did not undergo any changes due to the death of the Spider Demoness, Hou Yuxiao instinctively sensed a hint of danger. It was impossible for Sikong Yue to deceive him into coming here with such calculated intentions without anything happening. Please note that the @ symbol is not used in English to mention or reply to someone.
It hasn't happened yet, but it might later!
……………………
Hou Yuxiao's guess was indeed correct.
At the moment when he killed the Spider Demon in the ancient tree space, outside the ancient tree space, Siskong Xingzhou, who was still battling the Alliance Saint, suddenly stopped.
As soon as he stopped, the saints from the alliance who were attacking him also halted, and on the other side, Jin Di, Zhuge Yuan, and the other saints also stopped altogether.
Everyone followed Sikon Xingzhou's gaze and discovered that he was staring at the direction of the ancient tree, and as he looked, a look of joy appeared in his eyes.
"The twin lock has been broken, Your Majesty, we can now open the Ten Thousand Demon Cave!"
These sudden words from Sikuang Xingzhou caught everyone off guard.
Twin lock?
Your Majesty?
Everyone turned their gaze to the Jin Emperor Yu Wendong, only to find that his face was also full of confusion. They then looked at Sikong Xingzhou with a mix of surprise and uncertainty.
"Twinborn Lock!"
With a sudden exclamation, Zhuge Yuangeng seemed to have thought of something. He first scanned the surroundings, his eyes lingering on the chains binding the celestial beings, and then turned to Sikong Xingzhou, saying in a deep voice, "It is said that the most proud creation of the national master of the Divine Dynasty, Mo Yunzi, is called the Eight-Armed Demon Spider Twinborn Lock. Though it is an artifact, it is made from the souls of demons. Its shape resembles a demon spider, and its power is on par with a second-grade Undying Realm demon. The spider silk it produces is exceptionally strong, capable of not only restraining physical entities but also penetrating the Sea of Consciousness. The chains imprisoning these demons are, after all, the Twinborn Lock."
Si Kong Xingzhou did not respond to him. Instead, in the distance, those martial arts semi-saints who had just emerged from the golden light passage with Hou Yuxiao erupted into a discussion. The leader, Chu Kuangren and others, suddenly changed their expressions dramatically.
They do not know about the Twinborn Lock.
But the words "Eight-Armed Demon Spider" instantly reminded them of the second-grade Immortal Realm spider spirit they had just encountered in the golden light passage. Moreover, Zhuge Yuan's description was enough for them to confirm that the second-grade spider spirit was indeed the Eight-Armed Demon Spider Twinborn Lock mentioned by Zhuge Yuan.
“Hahaha, Sikong Yue, you did a great job with the task!”
As Chu Kuangren and the others were still pondering the situation, suddenly, a hearty laugh rang out from beside them. The group jumped in fright and quickly turned around, only to find that the source of the laughter was Jiang Yuyun, who had been standing at the back like a transparent person the whole time.
Jiang Yuyun is smiling...
What is he smiling about?
Was that last remark from Sikong Xingzhou referring to him as the Great Emperor?
No, wait, Jiang Yuyun, why did you call Sikong Xingzhou Sikong Yue?
In an instant, a multitude of questions emerged in the minds of everyone present.
As Jiang Yuyun's momentum began to rise steadily, the confusion on their faces vanished in an instant, replaced by deep horror and shock...
"Tianming is in Yu, Tianming...is in me!"