" Lin Kong!"
Dugu Yan looked at the boy who had suddenly appeared beside her, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and a surge of grievance and panic welled up inside her. Almost instinctively, she rushed over and grabbed his arm tightly, her fingertips trembling slightly. "You, you're back!"
A thin layer of moisture welled up in her beautiful eyes, and a charming blush quickly spread across her fair cheeks. At this moment, Lin Kong was practically the only person in her heart and mind.
Lin Kong raised his hand and gently patted the back of her hand, but his gaze had already turned to the fierce battlefield on the other side, and then glanced at the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master blocking her way.
Although he hadn't fully grasped the cause and effect of the conflict, none of that mattered when it came to his stance.
Whoever provokes Yanyan, whoever provokes the Imperial Fighting Team, becomes his enemy!
However... judging from their attire, are they from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?
Lin Kong's eyes darkened slightly. He stepped forward and asked calmly, "Could you please move aside?"
The Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master shook his head without hesitation, his neck stiffening as he said, "No! Unless..."
He originally wanted to negotiate some terms, such as comparing their poison skills or getting Dugu Yan to admit defeat and apologize.
However, before he could finish speaking, Lin Kong's figure had already rushed forward like an arrow released from a bow!
He took the first step with his right foot, and a patch of Dark Blue Silver Grass sprouted from the ground beneath his feet, which became his perfect foothold. As his second foot landed, the leaves of the Dark Blue Silver Grass sprang up, like a spring that had been storing energy, propelling his body forward. Before his third foot even landed, the grass leaves behind him slammed hard against his back, adding another push!
quick!
Faster than I could have imagined!
It was so fast that no one had time to react!
The Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master was still grinning coldly, frozen in place, when Lin Kong rushed towards him with a gust of wind.
The boy leaped into the air, his arm swinging in a wide arc, and his elbow slammed down hard!
Bang!
The olecranon, the hardest bone in the human body, slammed solidly into the equally hard forehead.
With a muffled thud, the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master didn't even have time to scream before he was knocked down like a sack of potatoes.
"Then I'll force my way through!"
Lin Kong lowered his head, looking down at the Soul Master lying on the ground, Bingbing uttered these words, and was about to step past him.
tread!
Lin Kong had just taken a step when he suddenly stopped.
A sticky sensation suddenly wrapped around his waist—it was the tongue of the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master!
The Second Soul Ring on this guy's body was flashing with a yellow light, and his tongue was like the toughest rope, tightening tightly. At the same time, his tongue suddenly spewed out a black poisonous mist with a fishy smell, enveloping Lin Kong.
Fortunately, Lin Kong had consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and had also tempered his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so this level of poisonous fog had no effect on him at all.
"You bastard..." The Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master slammed his limbs into the ground, cracking several pieces of the hard stone slab. Using the force, he flung himself to the side, his tongue, which was wrapped around Lin Kong, spinning wildly like an iron chain. His tone was full of mockery, "You really think you're Beast Martial Soul Master, capable of knocking me out with brute force?"
You, a Tool Martial Soul Master, actually dared to hit him on the head with your elbow?
Is there something wrong with your brain, or is there something wrong with him?
I'm the Beast Martial Soul Master, okay?
Although the physical attributes granted to Soul Master by the Poison-Swallowing Toad Martial Soul are very ordinary, they are still higher than those granted by a Tool Martial Soul Master!
" Second Soul Skill, Poison Tongue Frenzied Strike!"
The Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master roared, and the tongue wrapped around Lin Kong's waist suddenly loosened. The huge centrifugal force flung Lin Kong away. Before Lin Kong's body landed, the tongue covered with black slime swept out like a steel whip again, with a whooshing sound, and slammed hard into Lin Kong's face!
As the foul-smelling tongue rapidly magnified before his eyes, Lin Kong felt a wave of nausea wash over him.
Swish!
Dark Blue Silver Grass suddenly sprouted from the ground, weaving into a shield in front of him.
Bang!
The tongue slammed hard against the grass shield, producing a dull thud. The force caused Lin Kong's blood to surge. His back slammed into a large patch of Dark Blue Silver Grass leaves that had been prepared behind him. The supple grass leaves, like the bowstring of a slingshot, were bent, stretched, and elongated by the impact, accumulating a surging recoil force.
"Are you crazy!" The Soul Master Poison-Swallowing Toad's pupils shrank sharply.
The next second, the Dark Blue Silver Grass, which had been accumulating to its limit, suddenly rebounded. Lin Kong's figure was like a cannonball, carrying a strong wind, and magnified in the pupils of the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master.
Lin Kong's eyes were sharp as knives, and his tone was icy cold. "If you've got guts, don't try to hide!"
"What a joke!" The Soul Master Poison-Swallowing Toad, brimming with confidence, laughed disdainfully. "You think I'd hide from you?"
A Tool Martial Soul Master, do you think you can make me hide in close combat?
Bang!
With a muffled thud, Lin Kong's right fist slammed into the forehead of the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master. The powerful force erupted, Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master groaned, and his two hind legs slid uncontrollably backward a palm's distance on the ground.
Almost simultaneously, the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master's right foreleg swept out from right to left like a fan, carrying a strong wind, aiming straight for Lin Kong's waist and abdomen. Lin Kong was prepared, his body suddenly sinking down, stabilizing his lower body, and his left hand struck out like a steel whip.
Bang!
With their fists and legs colliding, the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master's right front leg was bounced back by the force of the impact, and Lin Kong's left hand also felt numb and sore. For a moment, neither of them gained the upper hand.
"Is this all you've got?" Lin Kong shook his numb left hand, his tone undisguisedly sarcastic.
After that head-on clash, he already knew the situation—his physical abilities were almost identical to those of this Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master, and he could definitely fight him head-on!
So how do I win him over?
Using the Dark Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul?
No! This guy's surface secretes a slippery, sticky substance; the grass leaves can't restrain him at all and will easily break free.
Using the Eight Spider Lances?
Lin Kong's eyes flashed, but he suppressed the thought for the time being; it wasn't the right time yet.
A new problem quickly surfaced in his mind—the direct lethality of the Dark Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was too low! Without using the Eight Spider Lances, he could only rely on the grass leaves to restrain the enemy and fight a war of attrition; his fighting style was far too unbalanced.
Of course, this is a common problem for the vast majority of Soul Master.
Just like Dugu Yan, it was precisely because of her specialization that she was perfectly countered by the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master of the same realm.
Playing with poisons, you can't outmaneuver your opponent's ability to devour you; in close combat, you can't match your opponent's physical strength.
After summoning their Martial Soul, the Jade Phosphorus Snake Soul Master's lower half of body transforms into a snake tail, enhancing their physical attributes. However, the upper half of their body remains human, with no change in physical attributes. Therefore, in close combat, they are no match for the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master.
So, how am I supposed to deal with this guy in front of me?
Just then, the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master's left foreleg, whipped with a powerful gust of wind, slammed down towards Lin Kong!
A fist? No, I just tried it, the opponent's stats can deflect most of the force.
A slap? That won't work either, for the same reason.
To break through their defenses... we must concentrate our forces and attack a single point!
Lin Kong's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and his right hand clenched into a fist, but in a completely different way than before—his thumb was firmly fixed outside the palm by his index and middle fingers, with the finger bones protruding and forming a sharp point at the edge of his fist!
Pfft!
A dull thud that made your teeth ache.
The Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master's pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, and his left foreleg, which had been slapped at him, was actually pierced through by Lin Kong's fist!
The weak point was the webbing between each toe—the weakest point on his body, which the toad usually used to propel itself in the water, but now it became a fatal flaw!
"Ugh--" A scream came from the mouth of the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master.
Lin Kong exerted force with his right hand, twisting his wrist sharply, and following the texture of the webbed hand, he forcefully tore the thumb-sized blood hole into a long bloody gash, from which dark green blood gushed out, carrying a strong, fishy stench.
The Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master's left foreleg twitched in pain. Taking advantage of the situation, Lin Kong jumped up and, using the force of gravity, stomped down hard with his heel.
Thump!
The kick stomped so hard it created a crater in the ground. Luckily, the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master dodged quickly enough, avoiding a blow that could have broken his toes. He staggered back several steps, bracing himself on his right foreleg to stand upright. At the same time, he deactivated his Martial Soul Possession. His face showed lingering fear as he shook his head, his tone timid and hesitant.
"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! If you keep hitting me, I'm really going to break my bones!"
While Martial Soul Possession, the webbed fingers of the left foreleg were torn apart. After the Martial Soul was released from possession, the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master was left with swollen and bruised fingers on his left hand.