Dreams of the Celestial Machine
Chapter 37

Giant Frog Attacks (2)

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"Glasses!" Seeing Wei Dengke being eaten by the giant frog, Zhong Lichun cried out in alarm, her entire body frozen in place as if petrified. Mo Li's reaction, however, was much more direct than Zhong Lichun's. He actually charged towards the giant frog and, upon reaching it, punched its stomach.

Mo Li had thought that by hitting the giant frog's stomach with all his might, the frog, in its agony, might spit out Wei Dengke. However, when Mo Li's fist connected with the frog, he was astonished to find that his fist felt as if it had hit a rubber tire.

The giant frog's abdomen did indeed cave in from Mo Li's punch, but soon, an immense rebound force came from the spot Mo Li had struck. Mo Li was directly sent flying backward by this terrifying recoil force, crashing heavily onto the ground three meters away.

Mo Li himself wasn't too affected by the fall, but the impact on his arm was too great. His entire right arm had lost all sensation, making it impossible to attack again.

Zhong Lichun, being the tough woman she was, certainly wouldn't back down. As Mo Li attacked the giant frog, Zhong Lichun had already slid down from the massive spherical fungus and, like Mo Li, charged towards the giant frog. The only difference was that Zhong Lichun wasn't empty-handed; she was holding the military dagger.

Although Mo Li's punch hadn't caused any damage to the giant frog, it had captured the frog's attention. The giant frog lowered its head to look at Mo Li, just in time to see Zhong Lichun charging forward with the dagger. Whether the giant frog understood the danger of a knife was unknown, but as soon as it saw Zhong Lichun approaching, it violently twisted its body, and a large tail whipped out. Previously, the giant frog had been facing the three of them directly, so no one had noticed it had a tail. How could a frog have a tail?

By the time Zhong Lichun and Mo Li saw the whipping tail, it was too late to dodge. Both of them were directly hit by the tail and sent flying backward by the immense impact.

Crashing heavily onto the ground, both Mo Li and Zhong Lichun were dazed by the tail strike. Zhong Lichun's vision went black, and she fainted on the spot.

Due to his physique, Mo Li's resilience was relatively strong, so he didn't faint. However, the immense impact made him feel as if all his bones were broken, making it impossible for him to move for a short period.

After sending Zhong Lichun and Mo Li flying with a single tail swipe, the giant frog swayed its massive body and walked towards them, clearly intending to eat them as well. However, just as the giant frog was about to reach them, its body suddenly trembled, and then it froze stiffly in place. Immediately after, the frog's stomach began to writhe strangely, and finally, it opened its mouth and vomited out Wei Dengke, whom it had just swallowed.

At this moment, Wei Dengke was covered in slime, looking extremely disgusting. In his hand, he held something like a pen, but the cap was missing.

After being spat out, Wei Dengke lay on the ground, coughing violently. His body was emitting faint smoke, indicating that the frog's stomach acid was corroding his body. Fortunately, the stomach acid's corrosive properties were not too strong, and Wei Dengke was not immediately dissolved.

Mo Li didn't know why the giant frog spat Wei Dengke out, but seeing that Wei Dengke was still alive filled Mo Li with a surge of ecstatic joy. Just then, Wei Dengke, who was coughing violently, finally shouted, "Quick~! Throw me into the water!"

Hearing Wei Dengke's cry, Mo Li finally reacted. He scrambled to his feet and ran towards Wei Dengke. Fortunately, after spitting out Wei Dengke, the giant frog had fallen into a state of stillness and had not attacked the three of them again. Otherwise, it would not have been so easy for Mo Li to reach Wei Dengke.

Grabbing Wei Dengke, Mo Li directly scooped him up in a princess carry and then sprinted towards the lake. The parts of Mo Li's arms that touched Wei Dengke's body felt a burning sensation, as if fire were burning him, clearly the effect of the frog's stomach acid.

Reaching the lake at extreme speed, Mo Li directly threw Wei Dengke into the lake, then plunged his own arms into the lake water. Upon contact with the cool lake water, Mo Li immediately felt the burning sensation in his arms greatly diminish. Washed by the lake water, the stomach fluid clinging to his arms was finally cleaned off.

When Mo Li pulled his arms out of the lake water, he saw that his arms were bright red, as if they had been boiled. As soon as they left the lake water, the burning sensation returned. Fortunately, the stomach acid had been washed off; otherwise, who knew what would have happened to his arms!

Looking at his arms, Mo Li once again began to worry about Wei Dengke. That guy had been completely swallowed by the giant frog. Although he didn't know how that guy got out, he was definitely covered in stomach fluid. If his own arms had suffered such severe burns from just a little bit of acid, wouldn't Wei Dengke, covered in it, have his skin peeled off?

Croak~! Just as Mo Li was about to swim over to check on Wei Dengke's condition, the giant frog's croak suddenly came from behind him. Hearing the frog's call, Mo Li suddenly remembered something: Zhong Lichun was still there, and she seemed to have fainted. Leaving her there would be very dangerous.

With that thought, Mo Li sharply turned his head and looked back. He then saw the giant frog walking towards Zhong Lichun's location again, slowly opening its large mouth.

"Not good!" Mo Li exclaimed. Without bothering to check on Wei Dengke, he turned and charged towards the giant frog. He no longer had time to consider what good his charge would do; he simply couldn't just stand by and watch Zhong Lichun get eaten by the giant frog.

Mo Li was now at his absolute limit of speed, his entire body almost a blur. But even so, he was still not as fast as the frog's tongue. Upon reaching Zhong Lichun, the giant frog once again shot out its long tongue and wrapped around her. Just as the giant frog was about to retract its tongue into its mouth, Mo Li finally arrived and reached out to grab the frog's tongue.

Mo Li didn't think too much about it. Subconsciously, he felt that if he held onto the tongue, he could stop the giant frog from swallowing Zhong Lichun. However, he had underestimated the frog's strength. Almost the instant he grabbed the frog's tongue, an incredibly terrifying force transmitted through it, and Mo Li was directly yanked into the air by the tongue.

At this moment, if Mo Li let go, he wouldn't be pulled over. But he knew that if he let go, Zhong Lichun would be eaten. So, even knowing the danger of being dragged over, he could only grit his teeth and face it.

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