Chapter 416: What a Big Frog
Before Ouyang Ruochen understood what was going on, he saw the Demon-Binding Rope tied around his waist, so he flew back to the team using the power of the rope.
"Junior sister, what's wrong? There's nothing wrong."
Zhong Ling'er pointed at his shoes and said, "Big Brother, look at the soles of your shoes!"
Ouyang Ruochen lifted his foot and took a look, and the others gathered around to check.
The soles of my shoes are wet and a little dusty, which is normal.
No, that's not right. This is not water. This is mucus, a liquid that is similar to water but thicker.
Zhong Ling'er looked towards the end of the corridor, but saw nothing, so she suggested that Yu Meiyi shoot an arrow over there, calling it "testing the waters".
Yu Meiyi shot an arrow with a strong wind. A ray of bright light flashed in the dark corridor, and then it was submerged in the darkness.
Soon, a roar was heard, the ground was shaking, countless tiny stones and dust fell, everyone's bodies were shaking, and Zhou Yizhuo immediately protected Zhong Ling'er by his side.
Soon, a huge creature came over, its huge body filling the entire corridor. In its body was the arrow that Yu Meiyi had stabbed, but it had pierced into the skin without bleeding. Apparently the skin of this creature was too thick and the arrow could not penetrate it.
Zhong Ling'er looked at the huge creature carefully. It had dark green skin, with a whiter and smooth belly. Its back was very dark in color, almost ink-black, and had countless small protrusions, as if it had tumors. It made people feel very uncomfortable to look at.
It looks like a toad no matter how you look at it, but its head is too big!
Suddenly, the toad stretched out its long, scissor-like tongue and rushed straight towards Yu Meiyi and Ouyang Ruochen who were standing in the front. This time, the speed was so fast that only an afterimage could be seen, and the force was also so amazing that the gust of wind seemed to be able to pierce people.
Ouyang Ruochen grabbed Yu Meiyi's collar and quickly retreated, with a slash of sword energy coming out from the long sword in his hand, heading straight for the fork of the tongue.
The sword's power was so grim and unmatched that it seemed to tear the void apart.
The tongue was quickly retracted, leaving only saliva on the ground.
It turned out that the water stains on the ground were the toad's saliva. Bai Luochen's face turned pale and he really wanted to find a place to spit.
"This is really a toad!"
Hearing Yu Ruyi's sigh, Zhong Ling'er gave a positive answer, "Yes, it's still a very large toad."
Zhou Yizhuo pulled Zhong Ling'er, Yu Shunyi pulled Yu Ruyi, and they ran backwards together. Although the toad was bulky, it moved very fast. If they continued to run, someone would die.
In the sea of consciousness, Bai Ze gave Zhong Ling'er a scientific explanation: "This is an underground stone frog. It feeds on various minerals. It is huge and very heavy. Its saliva can corrode various minerals, including humans."
"Does it have no weaknesses?"
"It's a demon beast. You can try to kill it, but remember not to get stained by its saliva. Also, its skin is very thick, so it's difficult to hurt it."
"He is a frog. Can his meat be eaten?"
Bai Ze had never thought about this question. He was stunned for a moment before saying, "You can give it a try."
After running for a while, everyone stopped at a fork in the road. Zhong Ling'er looked at the stone frog that was still some distance away from them but did not stop chasing them, and immediately decided to change the route.
Just as they took a few steps on another road, they heard exclamations and footsteps. Yu Chengxuan and his group came rushing over, and behind them, a huge stone ball was rolling over.
Zhong Ling'er led everyone to turn around and run. When they reached the intersection, Zhong Ling'er saw that the stone ball was facing the way they came, so she had to turn towards the direction of the stone frog.
When Yu Chengxuan saw Zhong Ling'er running in that direction, he followed her, and even pushed Zhong Ling'er and others forward when they didn't want to run.
Seeing that the stone frog was not far away, Zhong Ling'er had no choice but to turn around and run again. This left Yu Chengxuan and the others ahead, but they soon realized what Zhong Ling'er and the others were hiding from, so they hurriedly chased after them and fled back.
When they turned back, they happened to collide with the stone ball. Zhong Ling'er quickly grabbed Qi Haoran and pressed him against the wall, thus avoiding being crushed by the stone ball, allowing the stone ball to rush unimpeded in the direction it came from.
Seeing that the stone frog was approaching, Yu Chengxuan led his men to rush towards the path where the stone ball came from, but Zhong Ling'er grabbed Yu Ruyi who was about to follow.
"Don't go over there, let's wait a moment."
Yu Ruyi was puzzled, but saw Zhong Ling'er took out a mace and swung it hard. The force of the blow was no less than the one from the stone frog's tongue just now.
The stone frog didn't dare to use its tongue to fight a spiked mace. Even if it was not afraid of being hit, it was still afraid of being pricked by the thorns, so it had to take a step back.
At this moment, a rumbling sound was heard and the stone ball rolled back.
This time, because it rolled downwards, its speed was even faster, and it brought with it a lot of rolling stones and rushed towards Yu Chengxuan and others who had not run far.
Chaotic shouts rang out. Yu Chengxuan and the others had no way to turn back and could only run forward quickly. As for whether there were any unknown risks ahead, they no longer cared.
The stone frog was frightened by the sound of the stone ball and paused for a moment. Zhong Ling'er was overjoyed. She grabbed Qi Haoran who wanted to rush up and fight, shouted "Hurry up", and then took the lead to run back the way they came.
After running back to the previous fork in the road, everyone stopped to take a breath. Zhong Linger pointed to a shallow pit and said, "This should be where the stone ball just rolled to."
Bai Luochen also said: "I wonder what could make such a heavy stone ball roll so far from the bottom to the top?"
Qi Haoran concluded, "No matter what it is, Yu Chengxuan and his people must have been offended."
Yu Ruyi hugged Zhong Ling'er's arm and said, "Junior sister is really quick to react. After seeing the stone ball, she said she would never take that road again. Otherwise, we would be the ones who would suffer."
Zhong Ling'er seemed to be thinking, "In front of us is a toad, and in front of them is a big stone ball. Will there be a challenge waiting for us on every road after that level?"
Yu Shunyi was puzzled, "Junior Sister, why do you think so?"
"Brother Yu, think about it this way. We didn't encounter any obstacles when we got here, but we didn't gain anything. Does this mean that we didn't enter the core area? On the way down, we gained a spiritual vein, then a toad, and coincidentally, we met another group of people in the same distress at the same place."
"And the stone ball doesn't look like a natural thing. It's so big and round, and the surface is smooth. It must have been set up by someone. To be honest, I feel like I'm being tested."
Zhou Yizhuo thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we take another route to verify Junior Sister's guess."
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