Out of curiosity, Chen Mo casually touched the toad's teeth and found that they felt much like his own teeth, with the same hardness and everything.
Of course, touching its teeth had merely been a passing impulse. He could not keep touching them for long, and since the teeth were inside the toad's mouth, one could imagine how many germs they carried.
Thinking of that, he immediately pulled his hand back, all curiosity gone.
Then he began questioning the toad carefully, asking it about the group from earlier.
Naturally, they did not communicate through language, but through Mental Power. The toad's intelligence was not particularly high either, roughly equivalent to that of a child under five. It could communicate, but much of what it said was unclear, requiring Chen Mo to make his own guesses.
Fortunately, the matter was simple enough. He asked about the toad's fight with Rhine and the others, the general course of events, and whether they had encountered anything after entering the Nine-story Tower.
The toad described the battle outside rather clearly, but when it came to entering the Nine-story Tower, its words became muddled and incoherent.
Chen Mo only learned that the toad's duty was to prevent anything from entering the tower. Once an intruder appeared, it was supposed to kill them.
Because Rhine and his group were so powerful, the toad had been unable to stop them and could only let them enter. Especially after being injured, it had hidden in the underground passage of the Nine-story Tower, barely preserving its life.
The toad greatly despised Rhine and his group, yet it had no way to take revenge. Thus, while communicating with Chen Mo, it repeatedly asked him to avenge it and not let Rhine and the others off easily.
Chen Mo had no