Above the dried-up rift valley, the Purple Toad cultivator wore a savage grin, as though he had not seen Lu Mu at all.
He activated his spirit art, and a purple toad spirit pattern appeared on his face.
That spirit pattern was naturally nowhere near as terrifying as the one Venerable Origin Toad had displayed, capable of easily swallowing even ancient demons.
Yet at this moment, as the spirit pattern and spiritual radiance gathered and solidified, it still transformed into a massive purple toad that lunged toward the Sixth Stage Heaven-Horned Dark Deer.
This kind of Heaven-Horned Dark Deer was not particularly formidable in battle. It was originally a wood-attribute spirit deer raised in captivity; how could it possibly evade? It could only struggle desperately, turning into a streak of azure light in an attempt to flee, but it was still too late. The purple toad swallowed it whole.
Its struggles merely caused the purple toad phantom to twist and distort. Soon afterward, it settled back into stillness.
A satisfied expression appeared on the Purple Toad Daoist's face as well.
"This..." Lu Mu was utterly enraged.
They had planned to capture the Wilderness-Breaking Sect's Spirit Transformation cultivators, but they had never expected the Purple Toad Daoist to be so powerful.
In the blink of an eye, he had swallowed one of the Mystic Deer Sect's Sixth Stage spirit deer.
The Mystic Deer Sect had only two Sixth Stage Heaven-Horned Dark Deer to begin with. Now that one had been lost, Lu Mu's heart ached beyond measure.
Fortunately, having listened to Ye Haifei, he had already recorded everything with a jade talisman the instant he acted. That way, when they sought help from Divine Source Valley later, they could still obtain some compensation.
At this moment, he could clearly see the