Toad

"Heh~"

Qin Chen let out a light laugh, successfully confirming a conclusion.

When people are speechless, they really do laugh!

Could things get any worse?

A wolf ahead, a tiger behind?

He wasn't a sandwich—he wasn't used to being squeezed from both sides, damn it!

Suddenly, the dark shadow ahead moved. A long, black, strip-like object extended from its mouth, hurtling toward Qin Chen at breakneck speed.

w(ﾟДﾟ)w

Qin Chen's expression shifted sharply. Without a second thought, he immediately ducked down.

The next moment, a whistling sound of breaking air rang out above his head, accompanied by a thick, rancid stench.

"Brat! You stopped to surrender without a..."

He Wen's perverse, excited voice rang out behind Qin Chen but cut off abruptly less than a second later.

Then came a panicked shout.

"What the hell is this thing?!!"

Qin Chen lifted his head slightly and saw He Wen now tightly bound by that long, strip-like object.

When his sharp claws struck the thing, they only produced a shower of sparks, failing to damage it in the slightest.

"Is that... a tongue?!"

A flicker of doubt crossed Qin Chen's face, and he whipped his head around to look.

Studying it closely, he finally made out the shape of the dark shadow ahead.

A massive black toad!

It radiated an overwhelmingly powerful aura—so strong that Qin Chen couldn't even gauge its realm.

But one thing was certain: it was far stronger than He Wen.

Because He Wen was being dragged toward it without any ability to resist.

Watching himself draw closer and closer to that stinking, gaping maw, He Wen let out a furious roar.

"Holy Descent!"

The next moment, countless hairs burst forth from He Wen's body, and his frame began to swell, even showing signs of breaking free from his bonds.

But that trend lasted only an instant.

As the toad exerted its strength again, He Wen's expanding form suddenly froze.

The color of his skin rapidly turned blood-red, his face twisted in unbearable agony, and a scream tore from his throat.

"Ah!!"

"Pfft!!"

Countless sprays of blood mist exploded from He Wen's body, and his aura instantly withered to nothing.

With no strength left to resist, the toad pulled him in and swallowed him whole, as easily as a mosquito.

After finishing, the giant toad even licked its lips with that foul tongue.

All of this seemed to take a long time, but in reality, it was over in just a few seconds.

He Wen—a Star Vein Realm cultivator who had made Qin Chen's life hell moments ago—had been devoured by the toad before him.

Gulp!

Qin Chen couldn't help but swallow hard. Staring at the enormous toad fixedly watching him from not far away, he slowly backed up, forcing a sheepish smile.

"Uh... Bro Toad!"

"I'm just passing through. I don't know anything, and I didn't mean to disturb your rest!"

"How about you just treat me like a fart..."

Before Qin Chen could finish, the black toad leaped into the air, its explosive power sending up a massive splash.

It soared over Qin Chen's head and landed behind him.

Incredibly fast.

(⊙o⊙)...

Qin Chen turned around stiffly, only to be met by those chilling blood-red pupils.

Looking closer, he could faintly make out a hint of human-like mockery in them.

A sound of breaking air rang out as the black toad extended its tongue again, hurtling toward Qin Chen at lightning speed.

At this distance, Qin Chen had no time to react at all.

A dull thud echoed as the massive tongue slammed into him like a roaring train.

Crack!

A clear sound of bone fracturing rang out, and the spot on Qin Chen's chest where the tongue had struck even caved in slightly.

In an instant, Qin Chen's body shot backward like a cannonball at tremendous speed.

A large mouthful of blood spewed from his lips.

Battered by this heavy blow, Qin Chen could no longer hold on. He felt himself engulfed by boundless darkness, losing consciousness.

He flew straight toward that blood-red vortex, ultimately plunging headfirst into it.

The blood-red vortex merely rippled with a few energy waves on its surface before falling still again.

But the black Toad suddenly froze in place, its expression shifting like a human's in rapid succession.

(⊙o⊙)...

o((⊙﹏⊙))o.

w(ﾟДﾟ)w

In less than a second, its face went through a triple transformation.

Even many human masters of facial expression would be left in the dust at this level.

The black Toad's body trembled slightly.

Screwed!

It had actually knocked a human into the secret realm. If its master found out...

As if imagining some terrible consequence, it shook its head vigorously.

No way! It'll be fine for sure!

That human's aura was so weak just now—even if he entered the secret realm, he wouldn't last long.

He definitely wouldn't affect the master's plans at all.

Right! It'll be fine!

The black Toad kept comforting itself.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded around it, startling the entire Toad into jumping.

"Little Black! Can you explain what happened here?"

"Didn't I tell you to guard the Corrupt Abyss Secret Realm properly?"

A figure wrapped entirely in a Black Robe stood not far away, staring at the black Toad with a chilling gaze.

"Croak!!"

The black Toad let out a terrified cry at the sight of the Black Robe, then stood up like a human, its two forelimbs gesturing wildly while it kept croaking.

After a long moment~

"You mean someone broke in here, and you swallowed him whole?"

The Black Robe frowned slightly.

"Croak croak croak!!"

The black Toad nodded vigorously, then lowered its bloated body, its stomach churning.

A few seconds later, it opened its foul-smelling mouth and spat out a corpse that had already lost all signs of life.

Much of the skin on the corpse's surface had been corroded by strong stomach acid, but its features could still be made out.

"He Wen?!"

The Black Robe's tone carried a hint of doubt.

He had seen this face not long ago and had even warned the man never to come to Muyang City.

But judging from the situation now, it seemed the man had taken his words as wind in his ears!

"That waste Scarlet Tiger! Can't even keep his own people in line!"

The Black Robe cursed under his breath, then fell silent for a moment before speaking again in a low voice:

"So He Wen barging in here was pure coincidence?"

"Croak croak!"

The Toad croaked twice again, nodding with an expression of agreement plastered on its face.

It dared not tell its master that someone had accidentally been knocked into the secret realm.

Knowing its master as it did, once it said that...

It'd be totally screwed!

The Black Robe was puzzled.

He felt something was off.

Why would He Wen come down to this sewer for no reason?

He had chosen this spot precisely because it was so secluded and rarely visited by anyone.

That was why he had placed the Secret Realm Anchor here—yet someone still managed to find it?

After a long silence, the Black Robe lifted his head to look at the black Toad before him and said coldly:

"Continue your mission!"

"Guard this place. Absolutely no one is allowed near. If anyone approaches, slaughter them all. Understood?"

"Croak!!"

"Hmph!"

The Black Robe let out a cold snort, and the next moment his figure vanished from the spot, as if he had never been there at all.

"Croak~"

Seeing the Black Robe leave, the black Toad's tense body finally relaxed.

It wiped the sweat from its forehead with its right foreleg.

"Croak croak! (Lucky this Toad Lord was quick-witted, or I'd have died young!)"

Then it turned its head to glance at the blood-red vortex behind it.

"Croak croak croak! (That weak human must be dead by now, right? Mm! Definitely dead—no way there's an accident!)"

After croaking, it returned to the front of the Blood-colored Vortex and sank its body back into the murky water...

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