Chapter 208: Black Toad
The crowd stood still and looked at the coffin. Sure enough, a crack appeared at the bottom of the coffin, and it continued to spread.
It didn't take long for it to accompany
With a "boom", the coffin completely cracked, revealing the steps below.
"Sure enough." Ruan Shihuo looked at the bottom of the coffin and took the lead.
"You come with me." The rest of the people hurriedly followed. The steps all the way down, and the small space made Wu Ma Jingquan and Ruan Yingsong, the two big guys, have to bend over and walk, which is very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the steps were not long, and within a few breaths, the group followed Ruan Shihuo to the next floor of space.
"Drip, drip, drip." The water that leaked out of nowhere fell to the ground, becoming the only sound in the space.
The space underneath is more appropriate than a secret room. There were no planks on the ground all around, and everyone stepped on the muddy ground, and from time to time they would step on the wild flowers and weeds that emerged.
Wu Ma Maoxin wanted to observe the surroundings, but he was limited by the dim environment, so he had to barely probe with the help of a few rays of light shining through the gaps.
Ruan Shihuo skillfully took out a torch, took out a wine jug from his arms, and after soaking the torch with wine, he urged his spiritual power.
In an instant, a flash of fire illuminated the passage. Due to disrepair, the bottom is very dilapidated.
"Follow me." I saw Ruan Shihuo taking the lead, ignoring the surrounding scenery, and walking straight in one direction, with Ruan Yingsong following behind.
"You've been here?" Wu Ma Maoxin was very surprised, Ruan Shihuo's behavior obviously had a clear goal, not like it was the first time he came here.
"Of course not." Ruan Shihuo replied,
"The coffins on it have just been opened, how can I come down early?"
"Yes." Wu Ma Maoxin nodded.
"The spiritual fruit grows in the most dense place of spiritual power, where spiritual power is scarce, and there is obviously no gain." Ruan Shihuo walked at the front and explained for everyone behind him,
"Treasure collectors, on the other hand, often don't store their treasures in obvious places."
"Combining these two points, let's go directly to the deepest part of the ancestral land."
"Practice makes perfect." Feng Yichen behind him exclaimed,
"I've figured out the experience."
"Huh." Ruan Shihuo smiled,
"It's just a little trick." While speaking, everyone went a little deeper, and suddenly, Ruan Shihuo, who was at the front, stopped.
There was an unpleasant smell in the humid air, and it didn't just come from anywhere.
As the crowd deepened, the smell intensified. Ruan Shihuo took out two masks from the package, one of which was handed to Ruan Yingsong, and the other was put on his face.
Ruan Shihuo turned his head to look at everyone.
"Everyone, you can't go straight anymore, although I don't know where this smell comes from, but this smell is usually toxic, and the human body can't bear it after the concentration reaches a certain level, and-"
"Be careful!" At this moment, with the help of the faint firelight, Wei Changming behind him suddenly saw that behind Ruan Shihuo, there was a pair of eye-catching red eyes, hidden in the dark, ready to move.
Just as Wei Changming reminded him, the owner of the red face began to move quickly.
"Wow!" With a toad roar, a huge black toad gradually approached everyone, and suddenly jumped towards Ruan Shihuo.
Ruan Shihuo heard Wei Changming's shout, and as soon as he turned around, he saw a huge black shadow in the air.
Ruan Shihuo's eyes shrank suddenly, and he had no time to dodge at this time. That's when it happened.
"Crazy Bull Knife Technique!" Wu Ma Jingquan held the knife in his hand and slashed at the black shadow in the air. The black shadow met the hilt of the knife directly, and with the heavy impact, Wu Ma Jing almost didn't hold the handle of the knife.
And the black shadow, after a blow, disappeared into the shadows. Due to the lack of a momentary reaction, the torch in Ruan Shihuo's hand was shot down by the shock wave and fell into the muddy soil, extinguishing the fire.
Ruan Shihuo picked up the torch, only to find that the core of the fire had been wrapped in dirt and could no longer be lit. In the darkness of the space, the only light was gone.
"You, did you see that?" Wang Yu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and gestured with both hands: "Such a big toad." ”
"I guess that's the patron saint of the Black Toad tribe." Ruan Shihuo recalled the appearance of Fang Cai's black shadow. The black shadow is quite large, and there are some irregular brownish-red spots under the black skin all over the body.
It appears to have very rough skin, and except for the top of the head, the whole body is covered with rough wart grains of various sizes, and the warts are covered with black-brown spines.
"I thought the patron saints of the tribe were all rumors, but they actually existed." Wu Ma Maoxin was shocked,
"But is the size of that toad a little too big?"
"Because the environment here is so suitable for toads to grow." Jin Yi opened his mouth and said,
"Toads like to hide in mud holes, under damp stones. At the same time, it feeds on moths, flies, maggots, etc., and after so many years, it is estimated that the people of the black toad tribe did not expect that it could grow so big. ”
"Miss May is right." Ruan Shihuo looked at the woman with some surprise.
"I didn't expect Miss Mei to also study this kind of thing."
"I just know a little bit about it."
"Shall we move on now, or shall we just retreat?" Ruan Shihuo looked at everyone,
"Miss Mei didn't mention one thing yet, if a toad can grow to such a size, it must be inseparable from the spiritual fruit that it guards, and the spiritual power can feed back to it."
"However, there are risks and opportunities, and I dare not guarantee your safety."
"It's all here, how can there be any reason to go back." Wu Ma Maoxin looked gloomily ahead.
"So do we." Wei Changming said.
"Good! Then let's move on. Ruan Shihuo spoke,
"But before that, please do a good job of protection, the poisonous gas is getting stronger and stronger." As natives of Fengzhou, it is not the first time that the two brothers have encountered this incident, so they are naturally prepared.
I saw the two of them take out two antidote pills from their arms, put them in their tongues and lowered them. On the other hand, Jinyi and the others naturally did not expect such a situation and were unprepared.
Just when Wang Yu and others were at a loss.
"Take it." Wei Changming threw a medicine sachet to one of his companions. Jin Yi took it, and instantly felt that the air around her was fresher.
"Yes, Wei Changming, I actually prepared this." The medicine bag came from the hands of Senior Brother Wang of Taoshan Dan Pharmacy.
Since Wei Changming saved half of his life because of the medicine bag in the Linglong Pagoda, he specially went to thank Senior Brother Wang who gave him the medicine bag, and spent the sect's contribution to prepare a few more medicine bags in case of emergency.
"I didn't expect it to be used here."
"Now that we're ready, let's move on!" Seeing that everyone was ready to go, Ruan Shihuo moved forward again.
Under the dim sight, everyone could only use their spiritual sense to probe the surroundings, and they were always on guard against the black toad. But I didn't expect the next journey to be very smooth, and the black toad never appeared again.
It didn't take long for everyone to go to the deepest part.
"Found it!" I saw a lotus flower, growing in the soil, and it seemed that the surrounding methane could not be disturbed in the slightest.
Colorful petals, still radiating in the dark.
"Colorful Snow Lotus!" Ruan Shihuo was shocked,
"I didn't expect the treasure of the Black Cicada Tribe to be this."
"Legend has it that the colorful snow lotus can make the knights of the foundation building period cross a small realm, and at the same time, the medicinal effect is very mild, and it will continue to warm the body and stabilize the realm in the future, but the number is very rare, and every time it appears, it will cause a lot of sensation."
"Colorful Snow Lotus? How I haven't heard of it. Wang Yu looked confused.
"Therefore, this is a unique medicinal material in Fengzhou, which is limited by the harsh growth environment, and cannot be artificially cultivated at all, nor can it survive in the environment of other continents."
"You should also be very careful when picking, and you must pull up the stems together, otherwise the medicinal power of the colorful snow lotus will quickly dissipate." Just as Ruan Shihuo stretched out his hand.
"Wow!" The black toad couldn't hold it anymore, emerged from the shadows, and pounced on Ruan Shihuo. This time, everyone was clearly prepared.
When they sensed the fluctuation of the black toad's spiritual power, several people quickly picked up their weapons and beckoned towards the black shadow.
"Boom!" Under the shadow of the sword, the black toad was repulsed, but that was all. The repulsed black toad stared at Ruan Shihuo, as if as long as it stretched out its hand again, it would attack again.
"No, its skin is too hard." Ruan Yingsong shook Wei Wei's somewhat numb hands. The attack of the crowd did not cause any damage to the black toad at all.
"I'm coming!" I saw that Wu Ma Maoxin suddenly stretched out a hook lock, and the tip of the hook lock was deeply embedded in the black toad's skin.
"Wow!" The black toad visibly felt uncomfortable and rushed towards everyone again. I saw that the black toad suddenly opened its huge mouth, and a tongue rolled in the direction of Wuma Maoxin.
"Jingquan!"
"It's coming!" I saw Wu Ma Jingquan's hands bursting up,
"Tiger Knife Technique." A phantom of a tiger faintly appeared, and Wu Ma Jingquan held a knife in both hands and slashed at the black toad's outstretched tongue.
"Boom!" Blood pumped out, and the black toad's tongue was cut open. The black toad was hurt and suddenly became even more frenzied, but Wu Ma Maoxin struggled to pull the hook and lock embedded in the black toad's skin to stop its movements.
After a while, sweat flowed from the corner of Wu Ma Maoxin's forehead, and he gritted his teeth and looked at Wei Changming and his party.
"Don't go to the theater! Work! I can't hold on. Hearing this, Feng Yichen hurriedly took out the axe and wanted to step forward, but saw that Jin Yi took a step forward and stopped everyone.
"I'll come." Jinyi's hands were sealed, and he silently recited the mantra in his mouth.
"Momoyama is thundering, out!" Suddenly, in the dim underground space, a bright light suddenly flashed, so dazzling that Ruan Shihuo and the others hurriedly covered it with their hands.
Jin Yi shouted at Wu Ma Maoxin,
"Let go!" Hearing this, Wu Ma Maoxin hurriedly loosened the other end of the hook. The black toad, which had lost its restraints, suddenly wanted to rush towards everyone.
At this time, suddenly a thunderbolt slashed towards the toad, and the thunder light increased its power in the humid environment, and it instantly spread to the toad's whole body along the water vapor.
"Zi, zi, zi." After struggling for a long time, the giant toad swallowed, lifted its feet off the ground, and flipped over.