Chapter 167: Blood Poison Toad

Ye Liuyun's figure sprinted wildly in Mi Lin.

He also didn't dare to ride Qiong Qi to fly in the sky. An ordinary lark, whose size already exceeds Lei Ming, would be far too conspicuous flying here.

But at that moment, the Ten Thousand Gods Command suddenly stirred, indicating that he should go in another direction.

He hesitated briefly, thinking the Ten Thousand Gods Command wouldn't harm him, and thus walked toward the direction it indicated.

After walking for a while, he noticed that the direction indicated by the Ten Thousand Gods Command carried the aftershocks of a battle, so he quickened his pace and rushed over.

His Divine Sense, from far away, detected Guo Kai and more than ten disciples of varying realms besieging a blood-colored toad.

The toad's whole body was blood-colored, its "croak, croak" sounding like Lei Ming, having a sound‑wave attack effect. Each attack spat out a tongue resembling a blood line, pulling a disciple into its mouth.

A pair of golden eyes on the toad's head stood out especially. Some disciple tried to attack its eyes but found it utterly ineffective. The toad's eyes were completely unafraid of attacks, never blinking, and seized the chance to swallow the attacker.

However, its Physical Body, unlike a scorpion's that is impervious to blades and spears, was riddled with many cuts under the crowd's assault.

The toad, perhaps feeling heavily wounded, suddenly spewed a cloud of blood mist, enveloping two disciples—including the highest‑ranked disciple of Sea Transformation Fourth Rank—and then seized the chance to dart into a Cave behind it.

The blood mist lingered for a long time after being expelled. The others heard the people inside the mist scream in agony, yet could not see what was happening inside.

Thus the others each stepped back a bit, observing the situation within the blood mist.

After a while, the blood mist finally dissipated. But the disciples inside had already turned into a pool of blood water; on the ground remained only weapons corroded to the point of smoking and Storage Rings.

Ye Liuyun, seeing this scene, hesitated and stopped his steps. He was also unsure whether his Immortal Overlord Body Eighth Rank could block the blood mist spewed by the toad.

And Guo Kai and the remaining eight disciples were also indecisive, unable to resolve whether to pursue into the Cave.

If, inside the Cave, they were hit by the toad's spray just once, they wouldn't even be able to dodge it.

But in the end they couldn't resist the lure of opportunity, gritting their teeth and chasing after. After all, this toad was among the opponents they could still slay. If it were a scorpion, they wouldn't even have to think about it.

Ye Liuyun instantly flickered his form and followed inside.

Inside, the Cave was dim, damp, exuding a strong smell of blood. Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense discovered the toad hiding in an open area, where there was a pond. The pond was filled with blood water, bubbling.

The toad faced the Cave passage, its two golden eyes shining, alert to Guo Kai and the others approaching.

Guo Kai and the others had already walked nearly half the distance and should soon encounter the toad.

Ye Liuyun immediately quickened his pace and chased after.

Inside the darkness, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense found that when Guo Kai and the toad faced each other, the toad's golden eyes spotted them, while Guo Kai and his group had not yet seen the toad.

The toad directly spewed a mouthful of blood mist, hurling it toward Guo Kai and the others from afar.

The Sea Transformation Third Rank disciple at the front hadn't even realized before a scream erupted.

The people behind instantly became alarmed.

Ye Liuyun originally thought these people were doomed, but then a flash of Golden Light, a Golden Light shield, enveloped Guo Kai and the others.

One disciple, with a complaining tone, rebuked: "Guo Kai, you have such a treasure, why didn't you bring it out earlier."

Guo Kai's voice replied: "This treasure was given to me by my master to protect my life; it can only be used three times! I hadn't had time to bring it out, and the senior brothers were already caught!"m.

Seeing the glow of the Golden Light shield waning, another hurried: "Now is not the time to dwell on this; while the Golden Light shield is still effective, rush in and deal with that toad."

"Hmph, Guo Kai, later don't be reluctant to use it; when we fight the toad, you must use this treasure to block that beast's blood mist!" the first speaker instructed.

"I will, rest assured, senior brother! I also don't want to die here!" Guo Kai replied meekly, though a cunning glint flickered in his eyes.

And so they began to accelerate toward the toad.

Seeing this, the toad directly thrust out its tongue to attack, but with a sizzle, a layer of its skin was burned off by the Golden Light.

The toad, in pain, didn't retreat; instead it blocked the cave entrance, clashing hard with the Golden Light.

Boom.

The entire Cave quivered violently, stones from the ceiling falling in droves.

The toad was knocked back, flying away, and the Golden Light shield was instantly dispersed by the impact.

Guo Kai and the others seized the chance to rush forward and attack the toad. The toad was instantly slashed several times by a few of them, its injuries worsening, its hind legs nearly severed.

It croaked, spouting several more bursts of blood mist. Guo Kai hurriedly activated the shield, but only enveloped himself.

"Guo Kai! You little scoundrel!"

"Ah! Guo Kai, you won't die a good death!"

The others were all enveloped by the blood mist, consecutively letting out wails of agony.

Guo Kai, seizing the chance, drew his treasured sword and frantically slashed at the toad's head. The toad again attacked with its tongue, spewed blood mist, and finally mustered all its strength to shove Guo Kai away, shattering Guo Kai's Golden Light shield.

But its head was also nearly cut in half, falling face‑down on the ground, kicking its legs incessantly.

Guo Kai cautiously approached, suddenly striking, and with one slash cut the toad's head off.

"Hahaha! This opportunity is all mine! You idiots still dare to threaten me!" Guo Kai laughed wildly.

Clap, clap, clap!

The sound of clapping echoed through the Cave passage.

"Who?" Guo Kai asked in a trembling voice.

"Brilliant, truly brilliant! I've finally witnessed how to trap and kill teammates!" Ye Liuyun stood at the passage entrance, clapping and cheering for Guo Kai.

"It's you?" Guo Kai, upon seeing Ye Liuyun, immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Before Ye Liuyun could speak, he had already activated the Golden Light shield and charged at Ye Liuyun.

"I'm going!" Ye Liuyun turned and ran, thinking to himself, "Guo Kai this kid reacts fast!"

But after he ran just two steps, Lei Ming tightly grasped his shoulder, warning that danger lay ahead. Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also saw a violet snake, its whole body covered in scale armor, slithering into the Cave. Its size perfectly blocked the Cave passage, leaving no way to escape.

Golden Light pursued from behind, while the violet snake blocked the way ahead.

"This is trying to block me to death!" Ye Liuyun immediately turned and ran toward Guo Kai. Guo Kai was also startled, then let out a snarling laugh and continued charging forward.

But when Ye Liuyun rushed close to them, he suddenly vanished. Reappearing, he was already behind them.

"Hahaha! Take your time playing!" Ye Liuyun's mocking voice came from behind Guo Kai.

And at this moment, he also saw the crawling violet snake. The violet snake curiously stared at the glowing golden sphere.

"Ah!" Guo Kai shouted, and turned around to run.

But his speed wasn't as fast as Ye Liuyun's; the purple snake quickly caught up, its core spat toward the light sphere, and with a boom the light sphere dimmed considerably.

Still, Guo Kai's speed increased a lot, and he was about to run out of the passage.

Yet Ye Liuyun appeared at the far end of the Cave, swung Yi Dao, and blasted Guo Kai back.