Taking Up the Path Halfway

"How outrageous!"

The Golden Toad Dharma King had readied the tongue-stud arrow in his mouth again and again, but he had never expected the swan demon to ignore him altogether.

That left him unable to put on airs and launch a sneak attack.

In a direct fight, the Golden Toad Dharma King might be able to defeat the swan demon as he was now, but if she fled for her life, he would have no way to stop her.

More troublesome still, if he did not deal with her, the Golden Toad Dharma King would surely lack the Demon Power needed to keep his body suppressed.

Only two days' travel remained before they reached the Xieluosi River Holy Land. He could not afford to collapse on the final stretch.

"What grand airs! Could the Tiger Strength Demon King be greater than the Holy Son? Even a demon like you who hasn't taken human form dares show disrespect!"

The Golden Toad Dharma King shouted at her.

But the swan demon did not answer him directly. Instead, she hurled an insult at Jin Wanliang.

"This young lady is going to wash up! Get lost, you ugly, disgusting toad!"

At those words, the Golden Toad Dharma King took a deep breath.

"We have to eat her, or we'll all die today!"

The Golden Toad Dharma King murmured in Zhang Xuezhou's ear.

Without the Golden Toad Dharma King to lead them, Zhang Xuezhou and Jin Wanliang would struggle to make their way out of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. Without his guidance, the human and the demon would be outsiders, with little chance of gaining a foothold.

The closer they came to the Holy Land, the more plainly bound together they became, and the less Zhang Xuezhou and the others could do without the