Settle the Score with the Dryland Turtle

"Croak..." Near noon, a loud frog croak rang out beside Huo Hai's tent. A golden shadow leaped out of a pit in the ground—it was an exceptionally strange-looking toad.

The toad's eyes were gold, and its entire body was gold as well, with only the whites of its eyes remaining white. It did not look particularly ferocious; instead, it had the air of a work of art. Yet the blood-red eye in the center of its forehead made it clear that this toad was no easy customer. As soon as the golden toad jumped out, it began looking around, seemingly curious about everything nearby.

The instant the toad emerged, Huo Hai, who had been resting inside the tent, already knew. He vaguely sensed a familiar aura nearby and knew that his Golden Silkworm Gu had been successfully refined.

Using such a crude method, such an almost utilitarian means, he had unexpectedly refined a Golden Toad Gu in just one night. Although spiritual energy was incredibly potent, the Three-Eyed Toad's own resistance was equally astonishing.

Unfortunately, Huo Hai had not refined it with care. The Three-Eyed Toad did not possess much intelligence and was still about the same as an ordinary Yellow Grade Spirit Beast, only slightly smarter than a wild beast. Moreover, it had not been refined through the Insect Refining Formation, nor had the Three-Eyed Toad undergone blood refinement. This toad did not share much of a connection with him. It could obey his commands, but he could not direct it precisely.

If it went too far from him, it would also slip beyond his control and might even turn into a wild Spirit Beast and flee outright. Yet this had its advantages as well. This Golden Toad Gu did not occupy Huo Hai's Mental Power and was merely