Cheng Xiu jumped out of the way.
The red appendage hit the water around the rock that she was standing on, creating a big splash.
Cheng Xiu avoided the water, looking at it in suspicion as a light smell of flowers drifted to her senses.
She had a foreboding understanding that the water was contaminated with something that would work as a hallucinogen.
It made sense in way. The creature would have to catch its prey and it could not maintain the illusion for a long time, even if it was external illusion. It needed something more substantial. And what was more substantial than a drugged waterbody.
The creatures of the forest and the swamp would have to come to it on their own.
The long appendage was pulled out of the water.
Her line of sight followed the pink structure and landed on the creature.
It was a toad. With deep blue body that glistened with black secretion.
