Chapter 525: Chapter 243: Toad on a Rainy Night (Part 2)

"You killed Junior Brother Peng!" At this moment, the disciple’s eyes were red with fury.

However, the giant toad just tilted its head, looking at the disciples in front of it.

"I’ll kill you!"

The disciple roared in anger, drew his sword, and charged forward.

"Don’t act impulsively!" A few other disciples were shocked and quickly sounded the gong in their hands.

The sword struck the giant toad, but it couldn’t harm it at all, and the toad just lowered its head and swallowed the disciple whole!

"Run!"

The remaining people, seeing how terrifying the toad was, turned to flee. But as soon as they turned, the toad’s long, slippery tongue shot out from its mouth, sweeping them all into its maw.

At this moment, Zhanhe Mansion was also alerted.

Many powerful figures emerged, and when they saw such a monster wantonly devouring people within Zhanhe Mansion, they were extremely furious.

The disciples swallowed by the toad were spat out without a single scratch on them, but all of them were lifeless.

"Monster, meet your end!"

The major elders of Zhanhe Mansion joined forces to attack the toad!

Throughout the night, the people of Zhanzhou State could hear earth-shaking sounds that seemed like the sounds of battle, continuing late into the night until things finally quieted down.

By morning, when people woke up, the event was still the subject of much discussion.

And then, another shocking news spread throughout Zhanzhou State!

Not a single person from Zhanhe Mansion survived; everyone was dead!

Corspes were scattered everywhere!

At first, the public thought it was a tasteless joke, but when they actually arrived at Zhanhe Mansion, they realized it was no joke.

Zhanhe Mansion had indeed been wiped out!

Inside and out, there was no one left alive.

More disturbingly, the manner of death was exceedingly strange; from their appearance, there wasn’t a single wound, yet they were dead, in a very perplexing manner.

This plunged all the people into a massive panic.

The City Lord of Zhanzhou State personally inspected, and upon seeing the condition of Zhanhe Mansion, was also greatly shocked, thus he could only request aid from the nearby sect.

He wrote a letter to Dao Mountain Ancient Land, hoping someone there could come and see what was going on.

Night fell.

The weather was not good today, with dark clouds obscuring the moonlight, and before long, a light drizzle began to fall.

Due to the rain.

The streets of Beihan City were mostly deserted.

From a small tavern by the roadside, faint light emanated, emitting a hint of warmth in the cold.

The small tavern had few patrons.

Only a man sat by the door, with two pots of wine and a dish of small snacks on the table before him.

"General, do today’s snacks suit your taste?"

The Shopkeeper came out, bringing a dish of peanuts and placing it on the man’s table.

"Heh heh, not bad, not bad, it’s the familiar taste I like," Zhao Beiming said with a smile, pouring himself a cup, seemingly thoroughly enjoying this quiet moment.

"Your tavern’s wine is quite good too."

"Paired with this rainy weather, it’s really nice," Zhao Beiming complimented.

"Heh heh, I heard recently a new tavern opened in our Beihan Country, called the Evergreen Tavern, said to have great wine, but it closed down before I got a chance to try it," the Shopkeeper said regretfully.

"Evergreen? Was it run by the Evergreen Commerce Association?" Zhao Beiming mused aloud.

He had few hobbies, but enjoyed wine, and hearing there was good wine, it aroused his craving.

At the city gates of Beihan City.

Some guards were on duty.

But suddenly, they noticed something massive and indistinct appearing in the blackness of the rainy night.

"What’s that?" One guard curiously took a couple of steps forward, but before he could see clearly, a whooshing sound came, and a long tongue coiled around his waist!

"Enemy attack!"

Seeing this, several guards shouted and quickly drew their knives to cut the tongue, but they were too slow, the giant toad already swallowing the guard whole!

The rain continued to patter down, eerily silent.

Zhao Beiming’s ears twitched, his hand, about to pour wine, paused.

He picked up his enormous Nine Truths Spear and walked out the door.

Gazing into the distance, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

He heard the sounds of fighting and cries of enemy attack.

Zhao Beiming quickly realized that someone was taking advantage of the absence of top experts, who were watching the decisive battle between Jiang Tianyun and Li Xuanxi, to make trouble.

Thankfully, he hadn’t gone.

Carrying the Nine Truths Spear, Zhao Beiming soared into the sky, flying towards the city gate!

He wanted to see who had the audacity to cause trouble in their Beihan Country now.

At this time, the giant toad had already made its way into the city, even smashing through the city gate, devouring people as it encountered them, and spitting them back out.

When spat out, they were already lifeless bodies.

"Courting death!"

Upon arriving at the scene and seeing the corpses of numerous guards, Zhao Beiming was furious!

The Nine Truths Spear shot out, sweeping across with a force of a thousand pounds, smashing into the toad’s abdomen.

The toad, as large as a small mountain, seemed massive before Zhao Beiming, and it hadn’t taken Zhao Beiming seriously, but it had underestimated the spear’s power.

The massive body was actually forced back over ten meters by Zhao Beiming’s strike!

Unfortunately, Zhao Beiming’s spear still failed to harm the giant toad; instead, its eyes turned even redder, its cheeks puffing out in apparent anger.

It hadn’t expected a mere human to inflict pain on it.

In an instant, the toad frenziedly lunged at Zhao Beiming.

"General Zhao, be careful!"

Many guards around urgently warned him.

But a serious Zhao Beiming was formidable, his Nine Truths Spear deploying, enveloping the toad within a massive aura.

Every thrust from Zhao Beiming contained the force of crashing waves. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Yet, what Zhao Beiming hadn’t anticipated was the toad’s body being so soft, it could readily neutralize most of his power, making it difficult to inflict substantial damage.

Nonetheless, the toad didn’t gain much from Zhao Beiming either; its tongue attempting to swallow Zhao Beiming was easily deflected by Zhao Beiming’s Primordial Qi.

Ultimately, the toad turned and fled in disarray.

"Think you can escape?"

Seeing the toad harming so many within the city and then attempting to flee, Zhao Beiming naturally wouldn’t allow it and immediately gave chase.

Both he and the toad disappeared into the rainy night.

The city guards watched from afar, but they weren’t worried; with Zhao Beiming taking action, there was no cause for concern.

The toad, meanwhile, was fleeing ever faster, quickly leaving the main road and vanishing into a ravine.

Zhao Beiming pursued it for over thirty miles.

The farther he chased, the more desolate it became, and Zhao Beiming gradually developed a strange feeling.

It was as if the toad was deliberately leading him here.

With this realization, Zhao Beiming’s sense of foreboding grew stronger, and he paused, planning to leave.

Just as Zhao Beiming turned to leave, he noticed the rain stopped, the wind stilled, and there was a faint feeling of heat.

Fire soared up around, and from within those flames, a woman walked out, smiling at him.

The woman’s slender figure was enticing, each of her movements carrying a seductive charm.

"Hello, General Zhao."

The woman smiled.

"Who are you?" Zhao Beiming asked, frowning. "Bringing me here, what do you want?"

"I’ve long admired General Zhao’s reputation, I’m quite a fan," the woman said with a smile. "Let me introduce myself, you may call me Yu Yuan. I am the Vermilion Bird Protector of the Longevity Sect."