Chapter 1552: The Frog King Hidden in the Eyes (Two-in-One)

"Sigh— Big Brother, I'm so hungry, it's only the first day, and there are still three months until the banquet, what am I going to do—" Er Pang scratched his belly, sprawled in the shade slacking off, "Not getting to eat is one thing, but I have to come to the Long Gong to work too, a frog's life is still a life!"

Da Pang frowned tightly: "Things have come to this, I can only activate my lifelong ultimate art!"

Er Pang's eyes lit up: "What ultimate art?"

"Stealing Heaven, Exchanging the Sun!"

Da Pang looked left and right, sneakily pulling out a fathead fish from his waist.

Er Pang stared dumbfounded: "Big Brother, where did you get this."

"Shh, don't let the Elders hear, I had the Footless Frog secretly save me an employee meal, we'll split it fifty-fifty—" Da Pang raised a toe, splitting the fathead fish in two—

"Boom!!"

Wild currents rushed the face, the big fish flopped.

"What sound, what sound!"

Da Pang, Er Pang jumped in fright.

Er Pang suddenly hugged the big fish, tilted his head back and slurped it all down in one gulp, and just at that moment looked up at the vault of heaven: "Frog, there's a shooting star!"

A brilliant black star, shooting straight toward Jianghuai!

Not caring that his half of the fish had been eaten, Da Pang had sharp eyes: "It's the Footless Frog! Such speed! This, what is going on?"

No frog could answer.

"Boom!"

A black whirlwind tore open the great marsh, tore open the currents, churning the great marsh!

"Frog!!!"

Da Pang and Er Pang froze on the ground, hugging each other tightly, their bodies rippling with wave-like undulations.

"Ah!!! It's over, it's over! Fatty must have advanced his divine ability again!"

Last time at the third stage, he was already evenly matched, another level up—

The Third Prince screamed, wanted to flee, but was firmly sucked in by the black tornado, could only hold on tight to the fire trees and silver flowers. Amid the Third Prince's miserable screams that shook the dragon realm, the fat fish crashed headfirst into the Long Gong plaza, extended its long whiskers, instantly grabbed for the Third Prince, and then— didn't catch him.

The whiskers closed from three chi away from the dragon tail, then stretched infinitely from three chi!

From a sphere to a pancake, then from a pancake back to a sphere.

An elastic squeeze and collision.

Incredibly fast coming, incredibly fast going.

The fat fish bounced uncontrollably off the bottom, jumped into mid-air, and just as it had smashed into the great marsh it burst out of Jianghuai again, flying up to the ninth heaven.

The Third Prince, clutching the fire trees and silver flowers for dear life, screamed continuously; after a long while, finding himself unharmed, he felt his dragon horns and butt, looked back, and laughed uproariously holding his belly: "Hahaha, Fatty! Fatty! Drip-flow round! How ridiculous!"

The fat fish flew into a rage.

A mere inner attendant, how dare he show disrespect to a Duke!

Yet its body was beyond its control, bouncing back and forth, full of spring; precisely in this state of extreme anger, it had an epiphany.

Demon King Web Stage.

Standing on emptiness!

The bouncing black leather ball came to an abrupt halt.

The fat fish pinched its paired fins into a meditation seal, paused the void, then leaped in mid-air, stepped on a falcon, fish-leaped and leaned back, reversed direction, and rushed downward!

Da Pang and Er Pang stared dumbfounded, their fists raised holding stone materials frozen in place.

The smile on the Third Prince's face gradually faded, watching the fat fish draw nearer and nearer, casting a shadow.

"Ah oh— this is bad—"

"Ah!!!" The Third Prince turned and continued fleeing, "Boss! Eying Jie! Laozu Sect! A dragon's life is at stake!"

Whoosh!

Long whiskers flung out, like a brandished pitch-black iron chain, coiling around the Third Prince's dragon tail.

"Wuwuwu!"

Tears and snot streaming, the Third Prince extended his dragon claws, trying to hook that unreachable immortal island in the clouds, then was violently yanked back, the scenery in his vision flashing wildly.

"Ah!!! Don't swing me!"

Gripping the dragon tail, the fat fish brandished him in mid-air, like a lasso-throwing fellow, then yanked long, pinching head and tail, violently stretching, jumping rope.

"Hateful, this is you forcing me!"

The Third Prince sprayed white mist.

In an instant.

Mirage Tiger, Mirage Rhino, Mirage Deer— over ten pure white mist beasts at the peak Entering Zhen Xiang realm appeared!

The Mirage Tiger roared, Geng Metal sharp and blinding, charging straight at the round white belly.

The fat fish gave a cold snort, neither dodging nor avoiding.

Petty great demons, laughable, laughable, today I will make this treacherous minister witness the Duke's might!

Belly thrust forward.

The Third Prince gloated: "Hahaha, you're done for! Petty traitor, just once more deceiving the Sage's hearing, advancing a divine ability, luckily gaining a bit of strength, you think I haven't grown? Only out of consideration for our colleagueship, not wanting to see blood, mist beasts, combine! Eat my ultimate move! Lightning Poison Dragon Drill!"

In a flash.

Over ten mist beasts surged forth one after another, actively leaping toward the leading Mirage Tiger, merging into it!

The fierce tiger roared, aura skyrocketing.

The running white tiger kept stretching, suddenly transforming into a sinuous white dragon, unstoppable.

"Not good!" Da Pang horrified.

Though they'd never clashed webs, having hung out with the Footless Frog eating and chatting freely, he knew the strength of the water beasts under the Water Lord like the back of his hand; this Third Prince inherited the Mirage clan's ancestral legacy, extremely formidable, this one move fusing a dozen peak great demons, under heaven, no beast could block it!

Even legless frogs must temporarily avoid its edge.

Yet, long whiskers whipped and fluttered, soaring through the air; the fat fish's mouth curled upward, still not dodging.

The Third Prince exclaimed in shock: "Fatty! Why don't you dodge!"

"Because I'm not afraid!"

"Why aren't you afraid?"

"Not afraid, is just not afraid!"

With those words spoken, the fat fish actively braced itself.

"Bad!" The Third Prince tried to withdraw his move, but it was already too late, "Done for, you're courting death, this is suicide"

The words stuck in his throat.

The mirage dragon skimmed the ground, gale winds sweeping the great marsh, terrifying waves.

"Buzz buzz buzz————"

The mirage dragon turned into a white whirlwind, frantically drilling into the fat fish's belly.

However————

Sparks flew in all directions!

The round white belly rippled out wave after wave, yet the mirage dragon could never break through the belly defense, nor make the fat fish retreat half a tail-length!

The Third Prince stared dumbfounded: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Had enough fun yet! And, call me, Xiong! Ya! Jiang!"

Rippling like a wave, it bounced out with force.

The frantically spinning mirage dragon let out a miserable howl, instantly collapsing inch by inch, vanishing into smoke.

"Bang!"

White smoke exploded and scattered.

Big Fatty, Second Fatty were stunned wide-eyed.

"No!!!"

The Third Prince broke into a cold sweat, it finally realized something was wrong, the black sesame tangyuan seemed to have cultivated not a divine ability————

"Hmph, hah!" The fat fish pointed one whisker to heaven, one to earth, raised its fish tail, striking a pose, "If you don't like calling me Fierce Tooth General, calling me Fat Duke works too, I can bear it! Today you have no road to heaven, no door to earth, I won't spare you!"

"Ah!!! Done for done for, Big Bro, Sister Eying, Laozu Sect————"

Dragon horns burst open, the voice dissipated in the wind.

The fat fish grabbed the dragon tail, whipped it hard, spinning it into a giant pinwheel.

"I know nunchaku, whoosh haha, I know nunchaku, whoosh haha!"

Fire trees and silver flowers shone brilliantly.

Amid the Third Prince's miserable screams it was whipped, four claws scrambling wildly, afterimages constantly encircling and intertwining around the legless frogs, slowly, the pattern grew clearer and clearer, more and more distinct.

Finally, Big Fatty, Second Fatty's eyes bulged perfectly round.

Formal attire!

They saw on the legless frogs a "formal attire" woven from afterimages!

Walking the void, unafraid of the fatal strikes of ten-odd great yaos————

All sorts of things, clues converged.

An inconceivable thought spanned the mind, just like the cyan galaxy that pierced the vault of heaven yesterday.

Big Fatty turned serious.

"Legless Frog, it's different now."

Second Fatty scratched its head: "Where's it different?"

"The eyes!" Big Fatty said deeply, "In the Legless Frog's eyes, hides the Frog King! When the Frog King has bugs intrude its territory, the Frog King will suddenly turn from a lazy frog into a deadly ferocious beast! In the Legless Frog's eyes, right now hides the Frog King!"

The little junior brother of yesteryear vivid in memory, building houses in the dark, fish-eating contest————

Second Fatty grew desolate.

It understood, between them and the Legless Frog, there was already a sad thick barrier, they needed to starve and wait until the ninth of the ninth month, while the Legless Frog didn't.

Clatter!

Stone material hit the ground.

"Can't move", Fist, Round Head, Awei found it hard to accept.

Xu Rongguang stood dazed in the Long Gong, watching the fat fish humming and hahing, at a loss for a moment.

"What's going on————"

North Water, the Long Eying who was communicating with Hai Fangzhu looked up southward, completely unaware who the sudden "Stone in River" that ran to the Dragon Court was, only faintly having a few points of premonition.

"Is it A Fei————"

The hedgehog was still metamorphosing.

Fierce high temperature evaporated the water flow.

Liang Qu closed his eyes, sensing the spiritual link with the fat fish.

After the pattern on the Marsh Cauldron changed, many things became different; the information radiance and position fruit information that used to appear in the mind, previously needed to be "looked at", understood, now there's a feeling of memories from deep inside being reorganized, refurbished and emerging anew.

Water beasts have so many evolutions, there's an obvious watershed, roughly at the great spirit monster stage, several innate essence lights emerge, choosing one allows development, basically setting the prototype of later divine abilities.

From great yao to transforming into a Yao King, requires ten million essence, sixty favors, ten points of dominion, faintly vaguely, there seems to be another new something that can be nurtured, and is under his control.

Not only that, his own world, the Heaven-Earth藏, also seems to have derived a "tentacle", gaining an extra small pillar.

"Displacement reaction?"

Liang Qu was surprised.

The entire process was rather like using a mature minor Position Fruit to substitute out an immature one, similar to another Position Fruit birthed from a Self World.

As for what could be nurtured, what specific form it would solidify into — that depended on A Fei's own efforts.

"Bang!"

The golden cocoon shattered.

Liang Qu turned his head.

Root after root of long needles shot straight toward the sky, flashing with silver light.

Power, boundless power!

Wisdom circulated even faster.

The body grew even lighter, shedding a layer of iron armor.

Most crucial of all, vigorous and abundant qi and blood.

Lifespan, an even longer lifespan — the unique advantage of the dragon race.

Yao!

No longer a minor spirit or a major spirit, but thoroughly, completely, a yao! The Little Great King's former realm, my own present.

It had finally————

Two lines of clear tears flowed down.

The hedgehog clenched its little claws, folded them at ninety degrees: "This minister was originally a commoner, tilled the fields at Hanging Temple, merely preserved his life in chaotic times, did not seek fame and recognition among the lords. Great Great King, loyalty!"

Liang Qu nodded: "Since you have gained growth, the enthronement ceremony — full authority is handed to you, help Eying share some of the trouble. Also, tomorrow is the sixth of the sixth month, convention calls for the River God sacrifice; the procedure is already very familiar, no need to trouble yourself, same as always will do."

"Does the Great King want to preside over the sacrifice?"

"No need."

Having held it twice at the Great Hunt, it emptied this year's Huaijiang; Liang Qu estimated there would be no harvest this year, perhaps even————

Not necessarily any harvest again.

Sigh, got carried away, can't rejoice with the people anymore.

With a sigh of reflection, Liang Qu mused: "When the time comes, have the Third Prince pinch one of me to attend in my place."

"Understood, I will serve with utmost devotion until death!"

Little claws folded again, eyes full of determination.

The Yinglong circulated.

The hedgehog returned to the Jianghuai.

"Huala!"

Bubbles rose in profusion.

"Ah!!! Help!"

On the plaza, the Third Prince clung to a tree branch, still screaming miserably, then was yanked down by Long Beard.

Sixth month, sun-warmed slightly hot water surged onto the face.

The hedgehog instinctively held its breath, flailed its limbs, but very quickly it began to adapt, began to stabilize — big, unobstructed breaths; not as easy or efficient as on land, but no longer needing to wear a big air bubble!

The surrounding currents, even more like a pair of light large hands, buoyed it up.

A slight shift of center of gravity, and it naturally swam forward in the corresponding direction.

This is———— the Dragon Hedgehog!

The hedgehog took a deep breath, glanced once at the Long Gong plaza, swung the Third Prince like a horsewhip, rode "Bu Neng Dong," brandished Awei, performing an imperial personal campaign to conquer the disloyal Round Head and Fist — the fat fish — then turned and left.

Hmph!

All treacherous ministers.

Just gained power, not thinking to make greater contributions, yet riding on other treacherous ministers, flaunting might.

A truly loyal minister only thinks of helping the Heavenly God share worries!

"Come fish!" The hedgehog waved a big claw, "I want to, burn myself!"

The Third Prince twisted, head and tail overlapping to form a long whip. Awei stiffened, leg segments retracting into a blade edge, mouthparts becoming a sword tip, slicing through the water.

"Giddyup! Giddyup! Giddyup! Faster, even faster! Whoa!" The fat fish swung the Third Prince, twisted its waist, fiercely whipped "Bu Neng Dong's" butt, rose into a standing Green Dragon stance, raised the Awei Heavenly Centipede Sword, aimed at Fist and Round Head, "Bold traitor! Why not quickly raise your pincers and surrender! Stretch your neck and await execution!"

Pai Xiao Xing swayed its antennae, pretending to be a little soldier.

Round Head feigned compliance.

Fist flew into a rage, leapt up!

"Take that, enemy crab refuses to surrender, still dares to resist!"

The fat fish flew into a rage, swung the Heavenly Centipede Sword, struck down viciously.

Fist's twin pincers generated tigerish wind, a horizontal sweep of a thousand armies slicing toward the belly. The fat fish puffed its chest and sucked in its abdomen to dodge, a back-fin cleaving Mount Hua, chopped onto the shell — gold and iron clashed, Awei dizzy and dazed.

The two beasts did not stop, speed against speed, hardness against hardness.

Golden centipede collided with crab pincers, clang clang clang, sparks flying in all directions!

Suddenly.

The fat fish shivered, grew alert.

Who? Who is coveting its Duke of State treasure position?

Searched for a long time, couldn't find the source; only saw at the Long Gong entrance, several sharp spines flashed and vanished — the fat fish suddenly remembered proper business.

Grand construction projects!

Duke of State, oh Duke of State.

To celebrate the Heavenly God, to celebrate the Divine Consort, how can one degenerate here?

All the fault of treacherous ministers, sticking up their butts and posing seductively, seducing it into fighting, wanting to make it indulge in this!

With a flick of its two fins, it hurriedly shook off Awei and the Third Prince; the fat fish fished out a white hat and put it on: "Right! Time to work!"

Awei spun in circles, tensed up for a long while, waist sore and back aching, stretched out a round, and hurriedly flew off.

Day one of missing my person and pet.

Returned to the Southern Frontier.

"Hateful! The little fish got lucky, the little fish got lucky!"

The Third Prince was frantic with rage, all four claws scratching away.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully the young dragon into poverty!

The Laozu Sect has not yet fully recovered; once the Laozu Sect recovers, it will surely be able to bestow a Demon King mirage Qi!

"Wuu wuu wuu————"

The clamor stopped; Dapang and Erpang stared at each other, and immediately went to report the good news to the Frog King.

At the same time, the porcupinefish, killer whales, and fish helping out inside the Long Gong, without exception, shuddered in their fish bodies and scattered to spread the word.

The clan has produced a second Demon King!!

"I said long ago, you must be respectful to the Huai King, respectful! Look how it turned out!" the Big Horse King scolded, full of regret.

The Little Horse King gripped the dragon claw tight.

The Third Horse King advised: "Big Brother, this can't all be blamed on Second Brother; who could have known Bai Yuan and the Huai King are the same person, and can even transform into a rainbow?"

"If not it, then who?" the Big Horse King scolded, "Wasn't it it that was obsessed back then? Now look, June 12th, to go or not to go? If I don't go what do I do? If I go what do I say? What to give!"

"Kill kill kill!" the Little Horse King screamed hysterically, suddenly roaring, "Big deal, kill me, refine a new Horse King Pill, and give it to the Huai King!"

"You're doing this again!"

"What did I do? Ah, what did I do? Didn't you agree back then?"

Outside the main hall, the seahorse clan stared at each other, listening to the three Great Kings roar, only feeling their prospects were bleak.

After delivering fish fins to Eying, giving her a helping hand.

Liang Qu summoned Lan Gai King and Hu King again.

"For you!"

Hu King caught a Position Fruit: "Divine One, this is————"

"I used the Cyclone Fruit; this water-attribute Position Fruit is compensation for you; the refining method and advancement method are both on this slip of paper."

Mind went completely blank.

A long while.

Hu King shuddered, choked up: "Di, Divine One!"

"No need for words of thanks; Lan Gai King, I need your Position Fruit too, of course, won't let you lose out." Liang Qu raised a hand and beckoned; twenty-odd Position Fruits dense and numerous hovered in the air, "These small Position Fruits, you pick one to swap."

"???"

Lan Gai King shivered, wild joy and shock surging inside; ten thousand feelers folded in unison, shouting loyalty, then immediately began carefully selecting.

Half a moment.

"Divine One, this one okay?"

"Of course, decided?"

Lan Gai King nodded vigorously.

"Fine."

Dead yet reborn, extracting fat legacy, seeing the two kings overjoyed, Liang Qu directly activated Yinglong Flow.

*Sizzle*—

Hu King suddenly felt light and floaty; Lan Gai King felt a slight coolness at the center of its head.

The two beasts stood dazed in place.

"Alright, from now on you two don't need to fight anymore." Liang Qu grinned.

Long-lost freedom————

Hu King trembled, green algae on its shell shaking off, tears and snot streaming: "Meeting the Divine One is the honor of my life, I'm smart, I really am smart, I should have coveted Jianghuai, coveted Jianghuai, only then would I come challenge, be appointed by the Divine One, even broader skies!"

"Audacious!" Lan Gai King pressed Hu King down with one hand, "Great King, don't believe this scoundrel! Given the Position Fruit, who knows how many times you'll regret it."

"Nonsense! Bewitching the masses!" Hu King flew into a rage, "How dare you deceive the Divine One, today I'll sweep clean the treacherous, eat my Universe Throw!"

"The treacherous jumped out themselves, afraid you won't succeed!"

Mud and sand shook, sky and earth darkened.

"Haha, alright, all loyal ministers, no treacherous ministers, go work hard! Go help Eying, now Jianghuai has expanded, in the future I'll carve out a territory for you at the Jianghuai estuary, to be my door gods!"

"Haha, all right, all of you are loyal subjects, no traitors—get to work! Go help Long Eying; now that Jianghuai has expanded, I'll grant you a plot of land at the mouth of the Jianghuai River in the future, to serve as my door guardians!"

"Flesh and bone smeared on the ground!"

Another Flow.

The underwater fell silent in an instant; all noise, clamor vanished without a trace, six senses pure and clear.

"Should be about enough, several Demon Kings busy back and forth. Finally, the Haiya King————"

"It should be about enough, several demon kings rushing back and forth. Finally, the King of Haiya—"

The Haiya King's situation is more complicated, or rather Qing Nu's situation is more complicated, to the point that the current Haiya King has become something like an artifact spirit.

But if resurrected, then refined as the Haiya King, and extracted once more, it should be possible to pull it out.

"No need————let the kid keep it for now."

Continuously dropping "engineers" into the Long Gong to help Eying, Liang Qu felt he had helped a great deal; the guilt of slacking off vanished completely, replaced by a few parts of righteous confidence.

Already transformed into a rainbow, can't I enjoy myself a bit?

Once they've turned into rainbows, can't they enjoy themselves a bit?

All done.

"Nothing to do, huh————"

June 6th.

Banners filled the sky, a sea of people.

Drums boomed, resounding and uplifting—the Holy Emperor, the Sweat King, the tribal chieftains, uninvited, came in droves, tens of thousands paying homage.

The inn couldn't hold them, so they took boats; the boats couldn't hold them, so they climbed onto rooftops; when there were no rooftops left, they jumped into the water—June 6th, the water warm and not

cold.

The Third Prince had a bruised nose and swollen face, spitting white mist, until the River God's sacrificial rites were completed.

"Really gone now?"

Worried of being caught by Xu Eying, Liang Qu didn't show himself, lying on the clouds, beyond the Nine Heavens, sighing.

Not a bit of favor shown.

Despite the premonition, when it truly appeared, it still felt empty and hollow.

Huaijiang Water Sovereign Consort, Liang Qu discovered he could directly bestow favor upon a certain individual, and correspondingly, sacrificing to Huaijiang, he could no longer receive favor.

"Turned into pure entertainment, huh————Oh well, enjoy the fun!"

June 11th, evening.

The water light was dim yellow, the orange coral trees glowing softly.

Hedgehogs delivered documents, dragon folk shuttle back and forth, decorations everywhere, banners raised.

Xu Eying the dragon, together with the Xu clan, the Empress, and Xu Rongguang, made the final arrangements.

Running to the southern borders, following the straw-hatted old man to the Deer Cang River, Liang Qu, who had fished for five days, stood at the gate, glanced at the sign, scratched his butt, and stepped into the Long Gong with one foot.

The buttocks, one foot stepping into the Long Gong.

The "Eye Recognition Method" suddenly took effect.

He turned and looked.

Xu Eying's gaze was deep and distant.

Liang Qu covered his mouth and coughed once: "That, wife, I'm back after finishing my business!"