Mud Swamp True Venerable finally calmed down.
"You sword cultivators are a rare breed. Why didn't you just come charging to my door?"
"Why all this sneaking and hiding?"
He sneered.
"Fellow Daoist Mud Swamp, that is quite mistaken."
"You were clearly the one who tried to kill me for my treasures. I merely defended myself and counterattacked in desperation. How did you make yourself sound so wronged?"
Jiang Ding opened his eyes and smiled faintly.
"You know very well what the truth is!"
Mud Swamp True Venerable snorted coldly. "This old man has fallen into your trap today, but if you want this old man's life, that will depend on whether you have the ability!"
"Jade Dragon Worm of Emerald Poison Crystal!"
He shouted lowly. Numerous emerald-green lumps on his back opened, exposing hole after hole. Half-black, half-white tadpoles shot out from them, resembling both magical treasures and living creatures. Their tails swayed, but their mouths were lined with savage fangs capable of easily biting apart vast stretches of space. They were hideous and terrifying.
In an instant, the black-and-white tadpoles multiplied into countless numbers, blanketing heaven and earth and obscuring a vast region of space.
It was not merely their number. Numerous formation patterns linked the black-and-white tadpoles together, while Space Rules runes and poison-oriented Life Rules spread in all directions. In an instant, they formed a three-dimensional composite grand formation spanning tens of thousands of kilometers, blotting out the Sun, Moon, and Stars in the sky.
These were precisely the countless tadpoles Mud Swamp True Venerable had produced using the Sky Blue Treasure Fishing Toad, then refined with countless Natural Treasures into Dao soldier magical treasures!
Roar!
In but a moment, countless black-and-white tadpoles gathered together, linked by innumerable formation patterns, forming a chaotic black-and-white towering giant