Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Toad Tribe clansmen's expressions changed drastically.
The Black Mountain Demon Venerable was merely a pathfinding vanguard. If they killed him, they would surely invite the boundless wrath of the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect!
But... at this point, did they still have any chance to retreat?
"Once the bow is drawn, there is no turning back. Devour him!"
The chieftain's expression shifted rapidly. In the end, he abruptly waved his hand and gritted his teeth as he gave the order to destroy the Black Mountain Demon Venerable's Nascent Soul.
Whoosh!
The enormous heavenly toad opened its maw, and a powerful suction force drew the Black Mountain Demon Venerable into its mouth.
"You... will regret this!"
Just as the heavenly toad's jaws closed, the Black Mountain Demon Venerable's unwilling voice rang out.
The Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Array continued to rumble as it operated. After swallowing the Black Mountain Demon Venerable's Nascent Soul, the giant heavenly toad simply sat in midair, its pair of bulging eyes closed and its body utterly motionless.
As though it were digesting food.
"It has begun devouring the spirit..."
Chen Changming murmured.
After the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art devoured someone, it had to refine the other party's divine soul. Only after refining it could it absorb it completely, thereby strengthening the heavenly toad phantom.
Chen Changming was somewhat curious. The enormous heavenly toad phantom below was actually formed when several Nascent Soul Realm members of the Heavenly Toad Tribe used the grand array to fuse their own heavenly toad phantoms together.
Once it was absorbed, would it be divided evenly? Or would the amount of divine soul energy gained differ according to one's strength?
Chen Changming hovered in midair and quietly waited.
Several hours later.
Chen Changming noticed that the heavenly toad