The ice layer split apart, shards flying everywhere, and milky-white mist spread out with it.
A bottomless great hole appeared in view.
"Guh!"
A tremendous roar followed, deafening, shaking the heart and soul.
Then a huge black shadow emerged from that underground cavern.
Along with it came spiritual pressure—wild to the extreme. Even Lin Xuan felt a faint tremor run through him.
He wanted to flee, yet it was as though something had locked onto him.
The Giant Whale King's reaction was much the same. He stared fixedly at the creature within the mist.
It was a toad—or rather, a creature that looked like a toad. Its body was more than thirty zhang long, and nearly transparent from head to toe, with strange light faintly twisting and turning over it.
"This..."
Lin Xuan had yet to react, but the Giant Whale King's face had darkened beyond words. "Ice Demon Heart Toad. Impossible. How could such a creature be sealed here?"
The First Warrior of the Sea Race's voice trembled slightly, revealing unconcealed fear.
"What, fellow Daoist, do you know this demonic beast?"
Lin Xuan's cold voice entered his ears. There were no eternal enemies; it all depended on whether the interests of both sides would clash. As this giant toad emerged, Lin Xuan and the Giant Whale King could not help shifting their attention to it.
The exchange they had just had seemed no more than passing clouds.
Lin Xuan believed the Giant Whale King would make the correct choice. After all, as the king of a race, he certainly would not be a shortsighted figure.
And the Giant Whale King indeed did not disappoint Lin Xuan.
"Demonic beast? Hmph, fellow Daoist underestimates him far too much. This Ice Demon Heart Toad is no longer within the category of demonic