Yan Chihuo watched for a moment, then suddenly understood. After the Poison Toad finished eating the Silver-Tailed Scorpion, the Green Spider would probably have swallowed at most one poisonous insect. Who would ultimately win between them was still anyone's guess. However, the Silver-Tailed Scorpion was still alive and had no visible injuries, making it difficult for the Poison Toad to get it down, while the Green Spider ate a little faster. Seeing this, the Poison Toad grew anxious and swallowed the web along with its pearl-like threads.
After swallowing the entire Silver-Tailed Scorpion, the Poison Toad lunged at the Green Spider. The Green Spider had just finished eating the centipede. At the sight of the attack, it immediately retreated several feet, crouched to gather strength, and bared its fangs and claws, ready to fight. The Poison Toad did not pursue it, however. Instead, it bit down on the head of the Golden-Thread Snake's corpse and tried to retreat.
The Green Spider would never let it get away with that. It too bit down on the tail of the Golden-Thread Snake's corpse, and the two poisonous creatures began tugging against each other. They were evenly matched in cultivation and strength, and each had swallowed a poisonous beast of the same rank. For a time, it was difficult to tell which would prevail. Yet before half an hour had passed, the Poison Toad began to falter. Its pale belly started to turn faintly red, as if something had gone wrong inside it.
Yan Chihuo was puzzled, then suddenly remembered that the Poison Toad and the Snow-Frost Centipede were water-type demons, while the Silver-Tailed Scorpion was fire-type and the Green Spider was wood-type. Water nourished wood, but water and fire countered each other. After swallowing the Silver-Tailed Scorpion, the Poison Toad needed time