Chapter 168: Hero Realm! Astonishment! Frogman Egg!

A middle-aged man with a hooked nose, wearing an exquisite black-gray magic robe and possessing light brown hair and pupils, walked out step by step from the depths of the dense forest.

The soft ground was composed of weeds and rotting leaves.

The opponent's pace was completely unaffected, as if an invisible force were supporting this gray-robed mage as he walked upon it.

The soft forest floor showed not a trace of indentation beneath the opponent's footsteps.

Following that!

An invisible aura radiated from the gray-robed mage, and the surrounding branches and leaves were forcibly pushed aside by this aura.

An invisible pressure surged forth.

The White Mist Witch, who had just been screaming, fell silent abruptly; the Green Leaf Witch grabbed the White Mist Witch's arm tightly and lowered her head in fear.

And at this moment!

The White Mist Witch's torn stomach began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye, but her aura had clearly weakened significantly.

Tang Zheng looked at this gray-robed mage, a trace of solemnity and seriousness appearing in his eyes.

Even across a distance.

He could still feel the opponent's powerful presence, which was on a clearly different level; this feeling was very strange, a sensation he had never experienced from any of the opponents Tang Zheng had encountered before.

Above level 20?

No.

The opponent was definitely a magic caster who had stepped into the Hero Realm, above level 29!

Tang Zheng glanced at the twin witches not far away, who were somewhat terrified.

Thinking of their series of strange behaviors—sending the cave lizardmen to deliberately provoke him and then leading him here—the answer finally became clear.

The twin witches intended to use his hand to drive away the opponent or deal with the gray-robed mage!

Heh, borrowing a knife to kill?

These twin witches were truly clever.

However...

Tang Zheng stared at the gray-robed mage walking slowly toward him, wondering who exactly the opponent was and why he had appeared here.

"A Third Rank Monitoring Dominion Authority Angel; no wonder you dare to break into this great wetland alone, mastering this level of magic at your age."

"You shouldn't be unknown in the Slane Theocracy... so, are you another 'talent' that has been hidden away?"

The gray-robed mage's light brown eyes looked indifferently at the Monitoring Dominion Authority Angel hovering above Tang Zheng's head, which was in a defensive stance.

Regarding this level of angelic summon, there was not a hint of concern in his voice; in fact, when he said the word "talent," his tone clearly deepened, laced with mockery.

"'Humanity First,' humans are the God-chosen race—this kind of brainwashing indoctrination is truly disgusting."

The gray-robed mage's sneering voice grew louder: "Those high-ranking officials in your Theocracy are the ones who are truly cold-blooded..."

"Interrupting for a moment."

Tang Zheng's voice suddenly rang out.

The gray-robed mage looked over with cold, indifferent eyes, looking at Tang Zheng as if he were looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"Although I don't know what grudge you have against the Slane Theocracy, I still want to clarify that I am not from the Slane Theocracy."

Tang Zheng spoke up to remind him.

"Oh—"

The gray-robed mage tilted his neck slightly and let out a long sigh, his light brown eyes shifting from their original coldness to indifference: "That is truly a pity."

"I originally wanted to let you live a little longer, but this is fine too."

An undisguised killing intent radiated from the gray-robed mage.

"It seems that even if I leave voluntarily now, it won't work. So, before I die, can you tell me what is going on with this frogman?"

Tang Zheng's eyelids drooped slightly, his palm gripping the bone chain of the Evil Spirit Dog, and he asked with curiosity.

"Trying to stall for time?"

"Or do you think you have a chance of winning?" The gray-robed mage raised both hands, a low chuckle emitting from his hooked-nosed face, completely unconcerned by Tang Zheng's little schemes, and instead boasted:

"Isn't it amazing? A frogman actually able to crawl out from the stomach of another creature."

"Do you know? Frogs are a very magical creature; they reproduce through eggs, and in the process of growth, they undergo a completely different morphological transformation. Frogmen also possess this characteristic."

As the gray-robed mage said this, a fiery look appeared in his eyes; he wiped his palm across his waist, and an object like a translucent glass ball the size of a pearl appeared in his palm.

"Look, this is a frogman egg. I processed it slightly, adding a little something before the egg developed."

Tang Zheng saw the frogman egg in the opponent's hand, slightly reflecting the sunlight, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Wasn't what the opponent described just the "metamorphic development" of a frog during its growth process?

People in the Other World actually study this?

"The little thing added will develop along with the frogman. Once it is completely mature, this frogman will be completely under my control."

The gray-robed mage's voice paused, and he shook his head, saying coldly: "But this is too slow!"

"The time for a frogman to fully grow takes at least ten years or so, so I thought of other methods."

Speaking of this.

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The gray-robed mage tossed the pearl-like frogman egg in his hand into mid-air.

In an instant!

This egg began to grow and enlarge at a speed visible to the naked eye in mid-air; first, it turned into a large black tadpole, and immediately after, the tail rapidly degenerated, and legs and forelimbs grew out.

In just two or three breaths.

This egg turned into a sturdy frogman, over a person's height, appearing in the field of vision of everyone present.

Tang Zheng couldn't help but widen his eyes, an expression of astonishment appearing on his face; if the occasion weren't inappropriate, he would have almost let out a curse.

However!

Just when Tang Zheng thought it was over,

The gray-robed mage shook his head instead, his tone full of disappointment: "Unfortunately, the frogman created this way is just a piece of trash that looks good but is useless."

While speaking!

This frogman's whole body suddenly began to swell, then abruptly contracted, and then exploded violently, with a large amount of blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

Before this blood and flesh could splatter onto the gray-robed mage, a wave of air formed by his magic robe blocked and repelled it all.

"Come here, you filthy creature."

The gray-robed mage raised his head again, looked at the frogman birthed by the Mist Witch, and beckoned.

The frogman, who had been standing there sluggishly, reacted immediately; its muscular legs pressed down slightly, and with a leap, it landed beside the gray-robed mage.

Air waves surged!

This leap, full of a sense of power, made a smile appear on the gray-robed mage's face again.

"Since the forced-ripening method doesn't work, then we'll do the opposite."

The gray-robed mage spoke while raising a finger, pointing it at the center of the frogman's forehead.

Thump!

A heartbeat-like sound came from within the frogman's body; the frogman's entire body began to collapse, then turned into a pearl-like frog egg and fell to the ground.

The gray-robed mage picked up this frog egg, and on his cold face, his light brown eyes looked at Tang Zheng, filled with killing intent: "A perfect work, isn't it?"

The air became somewhat quiet at this moment!

"Impressive!"

Tang Zheng was silent for a moment, then spoke with genuine admiration, and then continued:

"It seems that I truly cannot leave this dense forest alive."

The fact that the opponent could reveal such a secret to him without reservation showed that he never intended to let him leave alive from the start.

After finishing!

Tang Zheng raised his head, looked directly at the gray-robed mage opposite him, and grinned: "That is, if you can manage to kill me!"

Hum!

An astonishing magical power fluctuation radiated from the gray-robed mage, and a two-meter-long silver spear rapidly condensed in mid-air.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 169 =====