"Pfft~"
Lu Chen held the hilt of the peach wood sword and swung his sword to cut the long tongue into two.
"Caw~"
Not far away, there was a cry of pain. A green-skinned toad that was half the height of a person jumped out and fled into the distance.
"I'll use you as a sacrifice for my saber!"
Lu Chen retracted his sword and entered his Spirit Aperture. He quickly rushed forward.
In the blink of an eye, he caught up to the giant toad. With a clang, he unsheathed his saber. A dark light flashed, and before the giant toad could react, half its head was cut off. It retreated a few steps.
A pool of bright red blood flowed out from under him.
Lu Chen was observing Yan Ming Saber when he saw the light screen before him shake.
"Eh, refreshed again?"
Lu Chen's expression froze. He stretched out his hand and tapped lightly.
"Open!"
[Circular Light Upgrade Requirements]:
[1: Cultivate for ten days (1/10, unachieved!)]
[2: Ten departed souls (2/10, unachieved!)]
[3: 100 grains of Spiritual Sand (0/100, unachieved!)]
....
He had already mastered the Circular Light. Upgrading it to perfection required ten souls. Killing the ghoul yesterday was the first one. Just as he killed the giant toad, another soul was added.
Lu Chen's eyes lit up as he muttered, "Giant toad is equivalent to a departed soul?"
This way, this place could completely be used as a place to farm departed souls. He just didn't know if there were many giant toads here and if there were enough to kill. He's looking forward to it.
"What's wrong?" When Fang Yuqi saw Lu Chen's strange expression, she stepped forward.
"Nothing." Lu Chen sheathed his saber and smiled. "Come, let's take a look inside."
"Mm." Fang Yuqi didn't say much. She placed her hand on the hilt of her sword and followed Lu Chen to the center of Toad Island with a vigilant expression.
"Caw, caw~"
After taking a few steps, another giant toad jumped out.
One after another.
The big one was almost as tall as a person, and the small one was as tall as a person's calf. There were all kinds of colors, and there were two shameless toads. They had hateful faces and looked a little scary.
"Let me do it." Just as Fang Yuqi was about to attack, Lu Chen rushed forward with his hand on the hilt of his saber.
"Caw, caw~"
The giant toad stuck out its tongue, and the shameless toad spat out fragrance.
Lu Chen stepped lightly on the ground and dodged it. He jumped up and instantly unsheathed the Yan Ming Saber in his hand.
"Pfft~"
One slash almost split a toad in half. Red and white blood flowed all over the ground. The other giant toads screamed and tried to escape, but Lu Chen chased after them.
It was unsheathed and sheathed. One slash, one kill.
These giant toads were similar to large beasts. It was a little troublesome for ordinary people to deal with them. But when Lu Chen went into battle, it was like torturing noobs.
"Three… five…"
After killing eight of them in a row, Lu Chen finally stopped and looked at Yan Ming Saber. He saw that the originally black blade was turning dark red.
The saber drank blood. It trembled slightly.
Lu Chen sheathed his saber and heard that the toads nearby had stopped cawing. The sound of the toads jumping into the water could be heard.
The two of them continued deeper into Toad Island. Not long after, he saw a stone tablet stuck diagonally into the ground. On it were two sentences:
Immortal Toad had boundless magic power. As it swallowed the clouds and spit out fog, it had countless descendants.
"Heh!" Lu Chen sneered. Halfway through his journey, he saw another bronze toad with its limbs facing the sky. Its body and limbs looked like giant toads, but its head was a human head. Its face was ugly. It opened its bloody mouth. It stood on its hind legs. It was even holding a steel fork in its hand, looking rather strange.
"Is this the appearance of the Immortal Toad?"
"I think so." Fang Yuqi nodded and explained. "Back then, this toad demon was insufferably arrogant and caused a lot of trouble. Even the Fengxian Town was deeply harmed by it. Every once in a while, it would use death row prisoners as sacrifices for it to devour."
"No one can kill it?"
"I heard from my father that Immortal Master Zongfa of Fengpo City came more than once back then, but he couldn't find the exact location of Toad Island. It seems that there's a huge array enveloping it and it can't do anything to the other party."
"No wonder."
The two of them chatted all the way and soon arrived at the center of Toad Island.
It was a hill that was more than ten meters tall. A deep cave appeared in front of them. The entrance of the cave was facing south. It was nearly five meters tall and had already collapsed. One could barely recognize the word "cave" above the cave entrance.
"Toad Cave?" Lu Chen was deep in thought.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass on Toad Island!"
At this moment, a loud shout came from the cave. Then, a long tongue shot out quickly and urgently. Lu Chen was shocked and instinctively took a step to the left. He barely dodged it.
Just as he was about to slash out, the long tongue quickly retracted after missing.
"Caw~"
A toad croaked, and a huge green-skinned toad jumped out of the cave. This toad was two meters tall. Its two huge eyes rolled as it opened its mouth and spoke in human language, "Who are you? How dare you trespass on Toad Island?"
"We—"
"Caw~"
Just as Fang Yuqi was about to speak, the giant toad took the opportunity to open its mouth and spit out a mouthful of colorful mucus.
"Be careful!"
"Pear Blossoms!"
Fang Yuqi's pretty face changed. It was too late for her to dodge. With a delicate shout, the Jinghong Sword at her waist was instantly unsheathed. It danced up and down, dancing like water that could not be splashed.
Seeing that the giant toad was about to open its mouth again, Lu Chen formed a sword seal with his hand and guided it with one hand. "Quick!"
The peach wood sword flew out and stabbed out.
"Toad Devours the Heavens!" The giant toad shouted loudly. It opened its huge mouth and swallowed the peach wood sword.
"You're courting death!" Lu Chen coldly laughed and twisted his sword finger, causing the peach wood sword to pierce through the giant toad's body. The giant toad cried out in pain and spat out a large mouthful of blood before turning around to hide in the cave.
"Remove the armor!" Fang Yuqi finally escaped. Her pretty face was covered in frost as she rushed forward. Four consecutive slashes cut off the giant toad's limbs. Then, it flew up and slashed down from above.
"Flying Crane!"
Before the giant toad could react, the Jinghong Sword had already stabbed into its opponent's head.
Straight to the hilt!
Fang Yuqi floated down, panting slightly.
"This is a Level 1 toad demon?"
"It should be. After refining the transverse bone, it can speak the human language."
Lu Chen walked forward and dragged the toad demon's corpse out of the cave. He muttered, "It swallowed my peach wood sword. The connection is vague. It's a little strange."
"It's most likely isolated by demonic qi."
"Is that so…"
Lu Chen held the Jinghong Sword in his hand and directly dissected the toad demon. After a while, he finally found the peach wood sword from its stomach pouch. Fortunately, it was not damaged.
Buzz!
The sword trembled slightly and returned to his spirit aperture.
Fang Yuqi stepped forward and pointed at the stomach that Lu Chen had thrown aside. She said, "This stomach has been demonized and can be considered a spiritual material. Perhaps it can be refined into a storage bag or a bag-type magic artifact."
"Really?"
"Yes, but there's no one in Fengxian Town who knows how to refine it. We can only get rid of them."
"That's not bad either."
Lu Chen cleaned up the stomach and handed it over to Fang Yuqi. Then, the two of them began to explore the toad cave. After walking a dozen steps, Fang Yuqi ran out.
It was too dirty inside.
Filth, feces, urine, and mucus filled the air with a disgusting smell. It was unsightly. It was so intoxicating that they felt like vomiting.
Lu Chen pinched his nose and crawled in. Yaoyao, who was on his shoulder, could not smell anything. Her face was filled with curiosity as she looked around with her big eyes. She suddenly pointed at the stone wall with her small hand. "Brother, there's something shiny there."
"Here?"
"Mm, mm~" The little girl nodded. Lu Chen took out his peach wood sword and stabbed it in. He dug a foot deep. Sure enough, a shiny object rolled out.
A grain of spiritual sand!
Lu Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
However, he only had nine grains of spiritual sand left on him. It was not even enough to upgrade the Eternal Youth Technique and Qi Refinement Technique. One additional grain could be considered a timely help. Hence, he praised, "Not bad, Yaoyao is awesome!"
"Really?"
"Mm."
"That's great!" Meng Yao clapped her hands and cheered. Her face was filled with joy. Her big eyes were bright as she looked over. "Brother, there's another one over there."
"I'll dig!"
"Here, here~"
"I'll dig!"
"I'll dig!"
"I'll dig, dig, dig!"
Lu Chen threw caution to the wind and dug wherever there was spiritual sand. Unknowingly, he arrived at the deepest part of the toad cave. The smell here was even more terrifying. The feces and urine formed a river that could simply make one faint.
Lu Chen was about to leave.
Meng Yao, who was on his shoulder, pointed at the ground and suddenly shouted, "Brother, over there, over there, there's something very, very bright!"
"What is it?"
"There are many of them. Anyway, they're very, very, very bright things."
"How deep is it?"
"That deep." Yaoyao tried her best to stretch out her arms, her big eyes sparkling.
"Half a meter, and… it's still at the innermost part." Lu Chen's face turned pale and his expression changed. In the end, he stomped his feet and gritted his teeth. "I'm going all out!!! Sword Control Technique!"
Lu Chen formed a sword seal with his hand, and the peach wood sword stabbed wildly. Meng Yao flew up from his shoulder and landed on the ground. Her small body sank directly into the ground, as if there was nothing on the ground, and she was not stained in the slightest.
"Brother, go down a little more. Towards this. Yes, yes, that's it."
Under Meng Yao's command, Lu Chen finally found the culprit. He reached out and pulled out a plate-like object. In an instant, green light overflowed.
Nine green crystals were embedded in a circular bronze plate. Every single grain was sparkling and translucent.
"Spiritual stones!"
Lu Chen's eyes widened and his breathing quickened.
Spiritual Stones were also known as the 72-Face Immaculate Crystals. One Spiritual Stone was equivalent to 1,000 Spiritual Sands. Nine Spiritual Stones were the value of 9,000 Spiritual Sands.
"We're rich!!" Lu Chen felt dizzy. He hugged Meng Yao, who had flown back, and kissed her fiercely. "Good, Yaoyao has done a great service."
A blush appeared on Meng Yao's small face. She clutched the corner of her shirt and said shyly, "Brother, it stinks."
"…"