"Fifth Brother," someone laughed in the distance. "How many creatures do you think can sever the Star Toad Eye? Not many."
The Three Heavens Sword Intent swept through the void, but had no effect on the Star Toad Eye.
Little Eighteen kept its attacks trained on him. Lu Yin had tried several times, but couldn't cut off the Star Toad Eye. In that case, he'd just have to hit it head-on. He raised his palm, and tremendous force came crashing down. Surging with Life Qi, Little Eighteen rammed into him, relying on its tough skin to charge straight ahead. Lu Yin pressed it down with his palm. It turned and kicked at him, but Lu Yin stamped down, driving its whole body into the ground. A trident thrust up from below and pierced through it. Lu Yin seized the weapon, turned it around, and stabbed.
With a clang, the trident couldn't pierce Little Eighteen. It clung tightly to the shaft with all four limbs, making no effort to save face. Lu Yin grabbed the trident and swung it away, flinging Little Eighteen along with it into the lake.
It splashed into the water with a plunk.
Lu Yin stood by the lakeshore and glanced at his hand. Little Eighteen was about his equal in both strength and defense. No wonder it could be such a handful. At the very least, it had the right to face an Eternal Lifeform head-on.
But that alone wasn't enough. It hadn't used its full strength.
It had been testing him, too.
But so far, it had done nothing but take a beating. It had no shame at all about this test, and the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads around them didn't seem to care.
The Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads didn't need to save face.
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