"Are we really going to deal with Gongsun Sheng?" Yu Lin asked worriedly.
Lu Ku narrowed his eyes at the direction Shang Huan had vanished in.
"Not for now, but this is an opportunity."
"An opportunity to learn more about Gongsun Sheng."
The group fell silent.
"Once we decide to make a move, the more we know now, the better our odds of winning will be," Lu Ku said softly.
Thirty miles north of Moon Embracing Mountain, beside a water pool the size of a basketball court.
Clack, clack...
A black Little Wooden Horse seemed to have springs beneath its four hooves.
Its front and rear legs alternated as it landed, clumsily yet swiftly circling the water pool.
Boom!
The surface of the water pool suddenly exploded.
A blood-red shadow shot toward the wooden horse, only for the Little Wooden Horse to nimbly dodge aside.
The red shadow unwillingly withdrew beneath the water.
The next moment, an even larger splash erupted.
A red-skinned Great Toad as tall as a basketball hoop suddenly leaped from the water pool.
Pfft!
The red shadow appeared again—it was the Great Toad's blood-red tongue.
A massive tree requiring three or four people to encircle was pierced through in an instant by the toad's tongue, which was about to strike the wooden horse hopping behind the tree.
But the sky suddenly darkened.
A dense rain of black arrows abruptly descended from above.
Pfft, pfft, pfft...
The red-skinned Great Toad, its entire body covered in brown warts, was instantly riddled with holes.
Croak!
The Great Toad let out an explosive roar, shattering every tree within five meters.
The Little Wooden Horse was also blown away by the gust.
The next moment, the red-skinned toad could no longer withstand its injuries. It lay sprawled on the ground,