"Glasses!" Seeing Wei Dengke swallowed by the giant frog, Zhong Lichun cried out in alarm and froze on the spot as if petrified. Mo Li's reaction was far more direct. He charged at the giant frog and, reaching it, slammed a fist into its belly.
Mo Li figured that if he struck the giant frog's stomach with all his strength, the pain might make it spit out Wei Dengke. However, when his fist hit the giant frog, he was shocked to discover that it felt as though he had punched a rubber tire.
The giant frog's abdomen did cave in from Mo Li's punch, but a powerful rebound quickly surged from the point of impact. Mo Li was sent flying by the terrifying recoil and crashed heavily onto the ground three meters away.
The fall did not affect Mo Li too badly. The problem was that the impact on his arm had been too great. His entire right arm had gone numb, making another attack impossible.
As a tough woman, Zhong Lichun was not about to back down either. While Mo Li attacked the giant frog, she had already slid down from the huge spherical fungus and charged toward it alongside him. The only difference was that Zhong Lichun was not empty-handed—she was gripping a military dagger.
Although Mo Li's punch had not injured the giant frog, it had drawn its attention. The giant frog lowered its head to look at Mo Li, just in time to see Zhong Lichun charging over with her dagger. Whether it knew how dangerous a knife was or not, the creature suddenly twisted its body when it saw her approach, and a huge tail whipped over.
The giant frog had been facing the three of them the entire time, so no one had noticed that it had a tail. How could a frog possibly have a tail?
By the time Zhong Lichun and Mo Li saw the huge tail swinging toward them, it was already too late to dodge. The two were struck directly and sent flying by the tremendous impact.
They crashed heavily onto the ground. Mo Li and Zhong Lichun were both dazed by the blow, and Zhong Lichun blacked out and fainted on the spot.
Because of his physique, Mo Li's resistance to blows was fairly strong, so he did not lose consciousness. However, the enormous impact made him feel as if every bone in his body had broken. Moving would be impossible for the time being.
After sending Zhong Lichun and Mo Li flying with one sweep of its tail, the giant frog waddled toward them with its massive body. Clearly, it intended to eat them too. But just as it was about to reach them, its body suddenly trembled, then stiffened in place. Immediately afterward, its belly began to writhe strangely. Finally, it opened its mouth and vomited out Wei Dengke, whom it had swallowed only moments earlier.
Wei Dengke was covered in mucus and looked disgustingly wretched. He was also clutching something resembling a fountain pen, though its cap was missing.
After being vomited out, Wei Dengke lay on the ground and coughed violently. His body was even emitting faint wisps of smoke. Clearly, the giant frog's stomach acid was corroding him. Fortunately, the acid was not strong enough to melt him immediately.
Mo Li had no idea why the giant frog had spat Wei Dengke out, but seeing that Wei Dengke was still alive filled him with wild joy. Just then, Wei Dengke, still coughing violently, finally shouted, "Quick! Throw me into the water!"
Hearing Wei Dengke's shout, Mo Li finally understood. He scrambled up and ran toward Wei Dengke. Fortunately, after vomiting Wei Dengke out, the giant frog had entered a motionless state and did not attack the three of them again. Otherwise, it would not have been easy for Mo Li to reach Wei Dengke.
Mo Li yanked Wei Dengke up and carried him in his arms, then sprinted toward the lake. The parts of Wei Dengke's body touching Mo Li's arms sent a burning sensation through them, as if they were on fire. Clearly, this was the effect of the frog's stomach acid.
Mo Li reached the lake at top speed and threw Wei Dengke into it, then plunged both his own arms into the Lake Water. The moment they touched the cold Lake Water, the burning sensation in his arms immediately weakened considerably. Under the washing current, the gastric fluid clinging to his arms was finally rinsed away.
When Mo Li pulled his arms out of the Lake Water, he saw that they were bright red, as if they had been boiled. The moment they left the water, the searing sensation returned. Fortunately, the stomach acid had been washed off. Otherwise, he could not imagine what would have happened to his arms.
Looking at his arms, Mo Li began worrying about Wei Dengke again. Wei Dengke had been completely swallowed by the giant frog. Although Mo Li did not know how he had gotten out, he was certainly covered in stomach acid. Just this little bit on Mo Li's arms had caused severe burns. Wouldn't Wei Dengke, whose entire body was covered in it, have a whole layer of skin stripped away?
Ribbit! Just as Mo Li was about to swim over and check on Wei Dengke, the giant frog's cry suddenly came from behind him. Hearing it, Mo Li suddenly remembered something: that girl Zhong Lichun was still over there, and she seemed to have fainted. Wouldn't leaving her there be extremely dangerous?
At that thought, Mo Li whipped around. He saw that the giant frog had once again walked toward Zhong Lichun and was slowly opening its enormous mouth.
"Damn it!" Mo Li cried out. He turned and charged toward the giant frog without even checking on Wei Dengke. He had no time to consider whether rushing over would accomplish anything. He simply could not stand by and watch Zhong Lichun be eaten by the giant frog.
Mo Li pushed his speed to the limit, his entire body nearly becoming a blur. Even so, he was still not faster than the giant frog's tongue. Once it reached Zhong Lichun, the giant frog shot out its long tongue again and wrapped it around her. Just as it was about to retract its tongue into its mouth, Mo Li finally arrived and reached out to seize it.
Mo Li did not think too much. Deep down, he believed that as long as he grabbed the tongue, he could stop the giant frog from swallowing Zhong Lichun. But he had still greatly underestimated the frog's strength. Almost the instant he grabbed its tongue, an utterly terrifying force surged over, and Mo Li was directly yanked into the air by it.
If Mo Li let go now, he would probably avoid being dragged over. But he knew that if he released the tongue, Zhong Lichun would be eaten. So even though he knew being pulled over was dangerous, he could only brace himself and face it.
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