Chapter 325 – Ice Illusion Toad
Chapter 325 – Ice Illusion Toad
Having just flown out less than thirty feet, suddenly, countless blue-black ice arrows shot out in unison from the deep black water.
The ice arrows covered an extremely wide range, the Foundation Establishment casual cultivator was unable to dodge, and in his haste, he could only offer up an ebony shield, dodging and protecting his body at the same time.
The power of the ice arrows exceeded the crowd’s imagination, crackling sound, the surface of the shield of the third-grade defensive artifact level appeared a blue-black mark.
“Ice arrows harbor intense poison.”
Lu Xuan said slowly.
His eyesight was among the forefront of the many Foundation Builders, and he could clearly and unmistakably see wisps of tiny black smoke rising from the shield.
Above the deep black waters, the Foundation Establishment loose cultivators sensed the abnormality and ran their spiritual energy to the maximum, not caring about the trace-riddled shield, and quickly returned to the ranks of the crowd.
“What demonic beasts are hiding in these waters?”
The crowd of cultivators looked down at the deep black waters below, and despite the fact that the secret realm was right in front of them, no one wanted to take the risk of rushing to the front.
A short cultivator stepped out from the crowd and sprinkled countless silver-colored powders towards the waters.
A few breaths later, only thousands of toad sightings appeared in the waters below.
Densely packed, they surfaced from time to time.
The toads are dark blue, extremely large, with several black bumps on their backs, from which the previous blue-black ice arrows were shot.
“Let’s try.”
Three people stepped forward, and a large amount of spiritual energy surged out from each of their bodies, forming a thick spiritual power shield, and together they flew over the deep black waters at extremely high speeds, attempting to swiftly cross the waters and reach the deserted island.
In the waters, waves lifted up, and an ice arrow shot out from the toad’s back like rain.
Faint black gas filled the air, imparting a fishy odor.
The spirit light of the aura shield formed by the three people flowed extremely fast, and once where it was about to break, it was immediately replenished with spirit power.
However, the number of ice arrows was too many, and the black smoke was strongly corrosive, the aura shield became precarious under the impact of wave after wave of countless ice arrows.
The three of them were too far away from the deserted island, and without confidence that they could arrive at the opposite side safely and unscathed under such an onslaught, they similarly retreated back.
“Most of them are second grade demonic beasts, with quite a few third grade demonic beasts mixed in.”
“But the number is just too much, the difficulty of arriving at the island safe and sound is just a bit too high.”
After two experiments, the crowd had a rough understanding of the strength of the many toads in the deep black waters.
If they didn’t count the losses, most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators present would be able to cross the waters here, but the problem was that it was difficult to do so.
The secret realm is right in front of us, if these toads lose a lot of spiritual energy, lose important artifacts, and their strength is greatly reduced, then it is very likely that they will lose the chance of the treasures inside.
For this purpose, everyone is looking forward to someone to take the lead in impacting the toad demon beasts, and minimize their losses.
The water area was extremely wide, and there were quite a few cultivators walking around the periphery, trying to find a suitable route.
Lu Xuan, together with Shi Zhong, bypassed the rest of the cultivators and came to a relatively remote location.
“I don’t know what these toads are from, their numbers are actually so high, it can’t be that they stayed in the secret realm and there were no cultivators to clean them up, so they have been reproducing to this point today, right?”
Shi Zhong guessed.
Lu Xuan didn’t utter a word, and during one of his attempts to storm the Deep Blue Toad’s defense line, he silently cast a sprinkle of numerous demonic beast crumbs.
Since it was mixed in with the sheer sword intent, Shi Zhong and the two of them did not notice this small action of Lu Xuan.
The numerous toads spread out in the waters, even if they were jealous of what Lu Xuan had sprinkled, there was always the existence of those who accidentally swallowed into their bellies, and after completing this procedure of feeding, Lu Xuan was thus informed of the detailed information about it.
【Ice Mirage Toad, group dwelling demonic beast, mainly second grade, a few leaders are third grade demonic beasts, mastering the ice system’s low-grade intermediate arts, nourishing highly poisonous ice arrows within the body, and extremely capable of concealing itself in the water】.
[Extremely sensitive to things moving at high speeds, and will become extremely frantic when stimulated by fire-type spiritual energy.] “It looks like it’s an ice-type demonic beast, according to the principle of the five elements being mutually exclusive, why don’t we use a fire-type technique to attack strongly? It might be able to have an unexpected effect.”
Just as Lu Xuan lowered his head to digest the information in his mind, Zhou Bingyu voiced out a suggestion.
“Never!”
He hastily spoke out to stop it.
The two Shi Zhongs looked at him in confusion.
“I just remembered the origin of this toad demonic beast. I remember reading in a certain tome in the Sect’s library that the demonic beast is called the Ice Illusion Toad, which contains intense poison, and that fire-based spells would only have the opposite effect.”
“Then how should we cope with it?” Hearing that Lu Xuan was clear about the origin of the demonic beast, a hint of anticipation appeared on Shi Zhong’s face.
“A strong attack will definitely not work, but there is a targeted method that can reduce the consumption of spiritual energy while arriving at the opposite side safely.”
Lu Xuan spoke softly, the corner of his mouth moving slightly as he transmitted his voice to the two.
“Fellow Daoist Lu this method of yours is confirmed to be effective?”
Zhou Bingyu frowned with a puzzled expression.
It was really because Lu Xuan’s suggestion sounded a bit unbelievable, facing so many Ice Illusion Toads and actually trying to cross the deep black waters at a slow speed.
“We can try it, it might be effective. We can follow the group with the largest number of people and have them share the Ice Illusion Toad’s firepower, and if the method doesn’t work, we can still return peacefully.”
The three looked at each other and returned to the crowd.
The remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators deliberated for a while before finally deciding to forcefully break through the heavy siege of the toad demonic beasts together.
Shi Zhong voiced out a suggestion for the three of them to take the rear, and the others couldn’t wait to arrive at the deserted island earlier, so they naturally wouldn’t have any opinions.
More than ten people flew to the sky above the deep black waters, or urged the strongest defense magic weapon talisman, or harnessed the flying magic weapon, and sped through the air at the fastest speed.
In an instant, sharp whistling sounds rang out as countless blue-black ice arrows attacked the crowd with lightning speed.
Lu Xuan’s trio took out their defensive magic weapons and flew around their bodies, following behind the crowd without slowing down.
The ice arrows that attacked the three of them were obviously much less than the others.
The rest of the Foundation Establishment cultivators’ Spiritual Awareness noticed this scenario and didn’t think much of it, just assuming that the three of them were lagging behind the others.
Although the ice arrows that attacked Lu Xuan’s trio were a large portion less, their power was still not to be underestimated.
Among the three, Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu were responsible for blocking the ice arrows, while Lu Xuan was responsible for dispelling the poison, a clear division of labor.
The poisonous gas had an evil spiritual power, so Lu Xuan specially took out a Third Grade Spirit Purifying Talisman.
Taking out a Third Grade Spirit Purification Talisman, Lu Xuan directly purified it.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators in front of them kept on impacting, stopping and going, while the three of them kept an even speed, so the ice arrow attacks they attracted were very stable.
When they arrived at the deserted island, their speed was not much slower than most of the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators, but the amount of spiritual energy they saved was much more.
In the actions that followed then it could have a noticeable effect.
Shi Zhong and the two of them knew it all in their hearts, and they expressed their gratitude to Lu Xuan.
“I didn’t expect that Fellow Daoist Lu, who has been working with Spiritual Plants and Spiritual Beasts for a long time, would be able to play a key role in such a situation… Cultivation of all the hundred arts each has its own great role to play.”
“It just so happens that I have read about this Ice Illusion Toad, it is also my honor to be able to help the two Fellow Daoists.”
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
The two had spoken out to help him before he entered the Mysterious Realm, so he naturally had to return the favor.
(End of Chapter)