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Chapter 2215 Blood Toad
Chapter 2215 Blood Toad
As he gazed at the densely clouded sky, a strange thought suddenly occurred to him:
When the war started, the sky was clear and blue. When did it turn into a sky covered by clouds?
And the clouds churned and surged, like an upside-down sea, as if some monster was trapped inside.
Before the thought was finished, more than ten bolts of lightning suddenly shot out from the clouds, striking the distant mountains with a few crackling sounds. The long chains of electricity were terrifying to behold.
Not only did the forest catch fire, but a huge rock with a diameter of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) was also split in two by lightning and rolled down into the deep valley with a loud rumble.
Both armies were taken aback.
Hu Min's subordinate general Wu Yitian was leading his men over the low slope when he heard the sound and turned around to look. To his surprise, a cloud of red mist appeared behind him!
In an instant, the red mist transformed into a monster.
This thing looks like both a human and a toad, or to be more precise, like a toad standing up, because its hind legs are long and its forelimbs are short, its head is big and its mouth is big, with its mouth stretching all the way to the back of its ears, and its body is covered with many red bumps.
Unlike toads, its claws are longer and sharper than those of sloths, yet exceptionally agile.
Upon seeing this, Wu Yitian's personal guards shouted "Watch out!" and rushed forward.
But it was too late. The thing grinned, and a red shadow flew out, piercing through the back of Wu Yitian's head.
Then it opened its big mouth and swallowed Wu Yitian whole!
Everyone was shocked.
This is the first time I've ever seen a god eating people on the battlefield.
Furthermore, its appearance is completely different from its original form.
The divine descents that He Lingchuan had seen before, regardless of which god controlled them, did not change their physical appearance much; only their inner cores were different.
But this thing has undergone a complete overhaul of its appearance, which undoubtedly greatly enhances its combat capabilities.
More than a dozen arrows flew toward its back, but the red toad dispersed into red mist.
It disappeared when the arrow passed through the red mist.
After more than ten breaths, Hu Min's heart suddenly skipped a beat—a warning sign!
He was a battle-hardened warrior with an almost instinctive sense of danger; his heart clenched as if someone had stuck a needle into it.
He happened to be standing next to a fine horse, and without thinking, he lunged to the side, using the horse to shield himself.
Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain shot through my left arm, and I heard the horse neighing in pain.
The two red ropes had pierced the horse's thighs, and with their remaining force, they pierced his arm as well.
If he hadn't reacted so quickly, the red rope would have pierced his heart.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't a red rope at all, but clearly a monster's tongue!
Moreover, after the tongue pierces the prey, it will immediately fork and open up, fixing the prey in place.
Despite its small size, this monster retracted its tongue, pulling both men and horses back with it, intending to devour them in one gulp.
But a large horse plus a person is quite heavy, so its tongue doesn't retract as quickly as usual.
A blade flew in from the sky, slicing across the red tongue with a whoosh.
The red tongue, as hard as a steel cable, snapped, saving Hu Min. The long sword flew another ten feet and landed on the ground, its hilt shaped like a beautiful dragon head.
Life is fleeting.
At the critical moment, He Lingchuan made his timely move.
The Floating Life Blade now possesses the ability to disappear. Once thrown, it immediately vanishes into the void and only reappears in front of the enemy, greatly reducing the possibility of being intercepted and making it less susceptible to interference during flight.
With another wave of his hand, the Floating Life Blade returned to its master.
The red toad's eyes followed the treasured sword, fixing firmly on He Lingchuan.
He beckoned to the thing with his finger, "Come on."
Let's see who kills whom.
Strictly speaking, this monster's skill is the same as the stealth ability of the Floating Life Blade; it slips behind the enemy and only reveals itself in their blind spot. And this is the kind of opponent He Lingchuan fears least.
The monster grinned at him, revealing bloody steel teeth.
After that pause, Xu Shichu said, "It seems to have gotten a little stronger."
Before Blood Toad's first attack, his skin was all sunken and flaked, like a dried-out duck. But now, after ambushing Hu Min, he actually has some muscle and is no longer skin and bones.
He Lingchuan's eyes flickered slightly: "It can strengthen itself by eating people."
The blood toad glanced at He Lingchuan again, then vanished from the spot once more.
The guards around General Tiger Wing gripped their weapons, ready to attack as soon as it appeared.
However, it did not come over.
Where did it go? Everyone's eyes searched back and forth across the battlefield. The open space by the lake was neither too big nor too small, and it was teeming with people. The terrain was undulating with countless bunkers, making it impossible to find a monster here. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Suddenly, the Great Wind Guard on the side shouted, "There!"
Looking in the direction he pointed, on a small hill two hundred feet away, the red toad had bitten another young general, Du Lingshan, who had just turned twenty-three yesterday. He had distinguished himself in the previous battle of Yuheng City and was later promoted by He Lingchuan. He was now leading a group to intercept Bejia's army at the foot of the mountain.
His two bodyguards tried desperately to save him, but they were both eaten.
But Du Lingshan, despite the pain, retaliated with two slashes, striking the monster squarely on the shoulder and severing one of its arms!
The skin, strengthened by divine power, was incredibly hard, even a blade capable of cutting through gold and jade couldn't pierce it. Du Lingshan was able to win with a single blow, not only because of his own superb cultivation and martial arts skills, but also because of the dense red Yuan energy!
The generals of the Panlong army possessed a power so great that even their divine bodies couldn't withstand it. Furthermore, their reaction speed actually exceeded the Heavenly Demon's expectations.
The blood toad roared and vanished into red mist.
Before the Panlong Army's expedition to the Xiluo region, Bega and Panlong City had not fought for several years. Although he had never given up on paying attention to Panlong City, he could only understand a lot of information by handing it over to people, such as the growth and changes in Panlong City's Yuan Power.
The Blood Toad's downfall was its slow intelligence updates; a dignified god was actually injured by humans.
However, this exchange also reveals that the Panlong Army soldiers, individually, still find it difficult to contend with the Heavenly Demon. Aside from the Heavenly Demon's own strength and agility, its divine arts are incredibly diverse, and opponents can easily fall victim to them if they are not careful.
At this moment, Hu Min also rushed over, clutching the half-severed tongue that had been cut off by the Fusheng Blade. General Hong, who was chasing the Jindu Ghost Child, turned around and shouted to Xu Shichu across the distance: "It's just a smokescreen, track down its whereabouts."
The blood toad's long tongue resembled an oversized earthworm, soft, slippery, and wriggling in his hand. Xu Shichu, however, was not disgusted. He grabbed it, scraped a sample of flesh and blood from it with the end of a silver needle, and then roasted it over a fire.
The flame was an eerie pale blue, and you couldn't feel its temperature when you touched it, but the entire silver needle was burned to a bright red, like a branding iron.
Taking this opportunity, Hu Min's personal guards quickly treated his wounds.
Hu Min was lucky; the Blood Toad's attack hadn't broken his bones, and the wound was small. He sealed his acupoints to stop the bleeding, swallowed two pills, and his personal guards applied a gel-like ointment, which caused a tingling, itchy sensation in the wound.
(End of this chapter)