Chapter 170: Isn't the Performance Bonus Here Already?

No, it was more than one ray of light; the interior of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, previously pitch-black, became as bright as day.

Poison Dove Priest's eyes suffered secondary damage from the intense light, and he was so "moved" that tears streamed down his face.

Amidst the intense light, Shark and Zhangdahuizhang had long since put on a pair of sunglasses.

It turned out that the Holy Light just now was unleashed by a Clone of the Sunflower Emperor.

Many of the Sunflower Emperor's Clones had been unable to leave in time and were trapped by the Heaven-Swallowing Toad.

Just now, when Zhangdahuizhang was trapped by the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, he had sent a message to Ye Bai via a paper doll.

Sure enough, Ye Bai followed Zhangdahuizhang's instructions and commanded the Sunflower Emperor's Clone to unleash Holy Light.

The areas struck by the scorching light emitted a faint, roasted aroma.

It made Shark drool greedily.

"Shark, watch your image, watch your image."

Zhangdahuizhang reminded him in a low voice.

"Damn it."

After being stimulated by the intense light, Poison Dove's vision became completely blurred, as if he were a patient with thousands of degrees of myopia.

"Save me, Father, we don't want to be erased by the Heaven-Swallowing Toad."

"Father, I beg you to spare my life, I will never dare to speak ill of you behind your back again."

"No, I'm still young, I don't want to die yet."

The Priest felt a buzzing sound in his ears, which made him feel exceptionally irritable.

"Heaven-Swallowing Toad, kill everyone present."

"Only the dead have no secrets."

"Members of the Gospel Society, thank you for your contribution. As long as you can kill Zhangdahuizhang, you will have performed a great service, and it can be considered a worthy death."

"I will not forget your immense merits."

At this moment, the Priest revealed a triumphant smile.

Everything was within the scope of his plan; he had never intended to let these Gospel Society members return alive.

After all, these people knew he had been disrespectful to the Star Sage, and their survival was a nuisance to Poison Dove Priest.

"Zhangdahuizhang, once the Heaven-Swallowing Toad closes its shell, it cannot be opened from the outside."

"Even a Tier 7 Pet Beast cannot break the shell of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad."

"And inside the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, you cannot summon new Pet Beasts."

"This Storm Crow of yours still cannot affect the Heaven-Swallowing Toad."

"The flesh and blood of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad can achieve Self-Regeneration rapidly; no matter how many attacks you have the Storm Crow launch, it is useless."

The Priest paused.

"Although the interior of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad has no offensive power, it can secrete a natural gastric acid."

"This gastric acid is comparable to aqua regia."

"Don't think that anyone can save you."

"Unless I die, you will not be able to escape from the Heaven-Swallowing Toad."

"But how could I, a dignified Tier 6 Pet Beast Master, die so easily?"

"Hahaha, I will kill every single member of your provincial guild, and I will create a massive Blood Sacrifice in Yangcheng."

"Ahahaha."

"Zhang Jian, you are doomed!"

"That group of people from the Yandong Pet Beast Guild you lead are also doomed."

Poison Dove's figure flashed by.

Zhangdahuizhang appeared unmoved; if he really encountered his subordinates, could this old Poison Dove still escape?

He had four Tier 6 Pet Beast Masters under his command.

Four against one, there would basically be no problem; the difficulty now was how to get out of here.

In normal times, this would not be a problem at all; any one of Zhangdahuizhang's main Pet Beasts could solve the Heaven-Swallowing Toad.

But inside the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, his connection to the Pet Beast Space was blocked.

All he could command now was the Storm Crow beneath him.

"Shark, use your Gun Shark's maximum power to test the effect."

Shark directly raised two Gun Shark pistols, his two fierce eyes staring fixedly at the interior of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad.

Only two bangs were heard.

Two bullets slammed into the body of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, causing a violent explosion.

Two unfathomably deep pits appeared where the Gun Shark bullets had struck.

But the pits grew back in the blink of an eye and soon returned to their original state.

Zhangdahuizhang frowned.

This was the maximum power attack of a Tier 6 Gun Shark, yet the Heaven-Swallowing Toad recovered in the blink of an eye.

Zhangdahuizhang scanned the area; he wanted to find the Heaven-Swallowing Toad's weakness.

However, after looking around, he didn't find a weakness, but he discovered that the Sunflower Emperor had inserted its roots into the flesh of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad and was absorbing its power.

Wherever the Sunflower Emperor devoured, a wound that was difficult to heal appeared.

This meant that the Sunflower Emperor could restrain the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, slowing down its regeneration speed.

At this moment, shrill screams came from the Gospel Society members below: "Strong acid, this Heaven-Swallowing Toad is secreting strong acid, it wants to eat us completely."

"Damn Poison Dove Priest, it turns out we were treated as cannon fodder by him from the very beginning."

Everyone was itching with hatred; they wished they could grab Poison Dove Priest right now and slice him into a thousand pieces.

They looked toward President Zhang: "President Zhang, please save us. I know you must have a way to get out."

"If you are willing to raise your hand in mercy and save us, we will tell you all the intelligence we know."

"Although we are just small fries in the Gospel Society, we have also gathered a lot of inside information; we know all the Gospel Society's outposts in Yandong Province."

"We can swear upon the Vow Stone; if we break our promise, we will suffer a miserable death."

Although President Zhang was very tempted, he did not show it; instead, he shook his head heavily.

"Not enough. The chips you are offering are not enough."

"If I want to find your Gospel Society's outposts, it would only take a little effort."

"This condition you've proposed is not enough to move me."

"I am only able to protect myself right now."

"If you have anything else, just bring it all out and say it."

"The gastric juice of this Heaven-Swallowing Toad will be secreting even more in a moment."

"I can guarantee that I and my subordinates will survive, but I cannot guarantee the same for you."

"Alas, people value returning to their roots, but you all will just have to become a meal for the Heaven-Swallowing Toad."

After hearing President Zhang's words, one of them gritted their teeth: "I know the Gospel Society's outposts in other provinces."

Someone immediately stepped forward and said: "I know the activities the Gospel Society is about to launch."

Someone else immediately added: "I know which officials in Yan Country the Gospel Society is in contact with; those officials have leaked a lot of classified intelligence."

President Zhang and Shark looked at each other, meaningful expressions appearing in their eyes.

Isn't this performance record just coming in?

"Sunflower Emperor, get to work." The Clone of Sunflower Emperor sprouted roots and bound the Gospel Society members directly; at the same time, the Sunflower was also secretly devouring the flesh and blood of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, and it split off even more Clones.

In the blink of an eye, the interior of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad's body became an ocean of flowers.

Gradually, the speed at which the Heaven-Swallowing Toad's body recovered slowed down significantly.

The shell, white as jade, also gradually dimmed quite a bit.

Poison Dove Priest arrived in the outside world, where there was a giant shell.

Ye Bai looked at the giant shell, which was emitting a crystalline, jade-like luster under the sun's illumination, and he felt lingering fear.

He had almost been swallowed by the shell; luckily, he had arrived in time.

At this moment, a figure appeared from the void.

Ye Bai took a closer look; isn't this that priest? He gave a wink to Sunflower Emperor, and Sunflower Emperor immediately understood his intention.

It dropped down directly from the air, the leaves on its hands constantly undergoing Expansion; it clenched its leaves into a fist and swung heavily at Poison Dove Priest below.

A sound of breaking through the air rang out.

At this moment, Poison Dove Priest suddenly had a bad premonition.

Although his vision was unclear, his spine felt cold and his brow was twitching wildly.

"Not good, someone is ambushing me!"

The priest did a somersault, successfully avoiding the attack; his body was covered in dust, and at this moment, his hood fell off.

Ye Bai also saw this guy's true appearance: triangular eyes, a hooked nose, thick lips, and a black mole on his face.

With graying hair, this old bastard clearly wasn't a good bird at first glance.

Sunflower Emperor's fist landed heavily on the ground.

The ground vibrated slightly, and cracks appeared in the surrounding area.

"Damnable Pet Beast Master, once your grandfather here recovers, I will take your head at the first opportunity."

The priest's vision had not yet recovered, so he could only summon the Mud Monster King.

Ye Bai had a somewhat strange expression.

"That's strange, where are President Zhang's subordinates? How come they have all disappeared one by one?"

Such a huge commotion had been made, so why was there no one around?

What Ye Bai did not know was that these people were trapped.

They had fallen into a strange illusion.

A person wearing a black robe remained in mid-air.

In their hand, they held a Scepter that radiated endless daylight.

"Entrusted by others to trap you here for one hour."

"If Zhang Jian can escape alive, that is his fate, and I will naturally let you go."

"If Zhang Jian dies, I will use you to exchange for Star Sage; Star Sage, one of the three giants of the Gospel Society, is being held in a water prison by the Yandong Pet Beast Association—what kind of talk is that?"

"As for that stupid guy, old Poison Dove, a guy who can be crushed to death at any time, we'll just see what his fortune is."

"To scheme against fellow cultists for one's own selfish interests is a violation of the Gospel Society's rules; that is a capital offense."

"However, as long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, some things will remain unknown to anyone."

Poison Dove Priest's vision gradually recovered.

He manipulated the Mud Monster King to launch an attack.

This Mud Monster King possessed a giant single eye, and its mouth was filled with sharp teeth.

It raised its hand and slapped heavily toward Sunflower Emperor.

Muddy water with a foul odor scattered all over the ground.

The ground where this guy walked became incredibly sticky.

It was just like having a layer of hot-melt asphalt spread on the ground.

The Slime King opened its large mouth and sprayed purple poison gas from it to attack the Sunflower Emperor.

"Slime King, give this guy a good lesson for me; it almost killed me just now."

Petrification Beam.

A massive amount of gray light erupted from the Slime King's eyes, surging menacingly toward the direction where Ye Bai was.

Ye Bai only felt that his hands and feet were unable to move, and the Sunflower Emperor was still some distance away from him; it seemed it would not be able to save him.

His pupils reflected the grayish-white beam of light as it surged toward him.

If he were hit by the beam, he would likely be done for.

At this moment, a black shadow descended from the sky, directly grabbed Ye Bai's clothes with its huge beak, and flew toward the sky.

"Space Pelican, you're back."

A trace of surprise appeared in Ye Bai's eyes.

He had almost been hit by the Petrification Beam just now, and his life had been saved by the Space Pelican.

The Petrification Beam landed on the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, actually turning a part of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad's body into gray stone.

Ye Bai felt as if he had discovered a new world.

The Slime King is a Tier 4 Pet Beast, while the Heaven-Swallowing Toad is Tier 6; logically speaking, the Slime King's attack should not be able to cause the slightest effect on the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, so what exactly is going on here? Could it be that the Slime King's Petrification Beam is a Law-type skill, just like Meidusha's eyes, capable of ignoring level rules to petrify an opponent?

Old Poison Dove, who secretly thought things were looking bad, was instantly dumbfounded.

He saw the signs of petrification spreading.

If the Heaven-Swallowing Toad were completely petrified and that guy Zhang Jian broke free, where would he have any chance of survival?

He had discovered the young Heaven-Swallowing Toad in the wild with great difficulty and had spent a massive amount of resources to raise the Heaven-Swallowing Toad to Tier 6.

Because too many resources were consumed, his second Pet Beast, the Slime King, was only Tier 4, which severely held him back.

Once the Heaven-Swallowing Toad died, he would be a Tier 4 weakling; if he returned to the Gospel Society, he would be immediately stripped of his position as a priest and become cannon fodder for the Gospel Society.

At this moment, Old Poison Dove was anxious.

With his life and livelihood at stake, he was so anxious that beads of sweat the size of beans were about to seep from his forehead.

"Slime King, hurry up and cancel the Petrification Beam, hurry!"

Old Poison Dove roared directly.

However, the Slime King looked not very bright; it seemed it only knew how to release the Petrification Beam, but did not know how to cancel it.

This left Old Poison Dove completely speechless.

"Bastard, you bastard, if the Heaven-Swallowing Toad dies, you go down to be buried with it too."

Inside the Heaven-Swallowing Toad.

"It's receding, the golden stomach acid is receding."

The people of the Gospel Society showed joy on their faces; joy diluted their fear.

One by one, they swore upon the Vow Stone that if they successfully escaped from inside the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, they would reveal all the intelligence of the Gospel Society to Zhang Jian, the President Zhangdahuizhang.

However, Zhang Jian also kept his guard up; he had the Sunflower Emperor tie these people up tightly to prevent them from escaping just like that.

What Zhang Jian feared was that these people might possess the means to break the Vow Stone.

The Sunflower Emperor seemed to have returned to the moment when it was the CEO of a cleaning company.

The recovery speed of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad could no longer keep up with the devouring speed of the Sunflower Emperor.

Moreover, the flesh and blood of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad contained spatial attributes, so the small spaces derived within the Sunflower Emperor's body grew larger as a result.

The Clones all stored their own energy, providing it whenever the Sunflower Emperor needed it.

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