"Gwa!"
The Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad fixed its eyes on Zhiling and let out a deep roar like crashing thunder, radiating enough might to subdue a fourth-tier Demon King. Zhiling's gaze sharpened. The seven snowy-purple fox tails behind her swayed slightly, shimmering with faint silver halos beneath the sunlight-the phenomenon that accompanied the activation of the Purple Luo Heavenly Barrier profound ability.
Clearly, although Zhiling had appeared very confident before Chen Beiwu, she dared not be careless against a Perfection Demon King, given the enormous disparity in their cultivation. She glanced sidelong at Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele beside her.
"Ying!" (What are you staring at? Attack together!)
Zhiling urged them.
Golden Egg blinked its dragon eyes in surprise.
It had thought Zhiling intended to defeat the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad alone and display the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox Clan's divine might before Chen Beiwu. And this was it? In the end, they were still ganging up on it!
"Woof."
Iron Egg barked softly, crouching slightly with a wary expression, indicating that Golden Egg was overthinking things.
However powerful a Seven-Tailed Purple Fox's innate talent profound ability might be, it could not possibly bridge three stages to defeat the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad.
"Na."
Xuele flashed onto Iron Egg's back and nodded in agreement.
A Perfection Demon King could not be taken lightly, much less an unfamiliar variant species like the one before them.
As one of the strongest in their group, only a step away from becoming a peak Demon King, Xuele could sense just how formidable the fire-attribute aura surrounding the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad was.
If Zhiling stubbornly insisted on fighting alone, she would almost certainly lose!
As it turned out, although becoming a Demon King had gone to Zhiling's head enough for her to boast before Beiwu, she had not