Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1662 - 1699: A Smooth Journey

Ding Fan’s Frost Toad inherently possesses the bloodline of an Ancient Divine Beast, thus exerting a natural suppression on Yuan Beasts. Generally, Yuan Beasts, whether Sixth Grade, Grade Eight, or even Grade Nine, will be suppressed by them.

However, a Grade Nine Yuan Beast feels the repression from the Frost Toad slightly less. After all, although such Yuan Beasts have an inferior bloodline compared to the Frost Toad, their strength may not be significantly weaker. After all, they are Grade Nine Yuan Beasts, which are formidable even for Cultivators at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

Still, such Grade Nine Yuan Beasts, although not fearing the Frost Toad intensely, do experience a certain suppression from it. At least, it can hinder them from fully exhibiting their original strength, which is already quite deadly for those Grade Nine Yuan Beasts.

After all, these Yuan Beasts, if they were to fully engage an enemy, that enemy wouldn’t be ordinary. Even if the Frost Toad suppresses a layer of their strength, it is a critical weakness for those Grade Nine Yuan Beasts. Moreover, this weakness is something the Yuan Beasts cannot alter.

The power of the bloodline is an inescapable issue that the Yuan Beasts must confront.

Even Grade Nine Yuan Beasts face this; not to mention the Sixth Grade Yuan Beasts, whose strength simply isn’t on par with the Frost Toad. The bloodline suppression of the Frost Toad can limit those Yuan Beasts to only exert about thirty percent of their capability, making it easy for the Frost Toad to slay them.

Moreover, Ding Fan knows that the Frost Toad itself bears the bloodline of an Ancient Divine Beast, which is exceedingly powerful. Previously, the Frost Toad also consumed a large number of high-grade Yuan Beast Crystal Cores, marking a significant period of growth. Coupled with the consumption of the Guardian Yuan Beast’s Crystal Core in the Xuantian Secret Realm.

It is known that the Guardian Yuan Beast was one with a powerful bloodline, albeit slightly weaker compared to the Frost Toad’s. Yet, it’s far superior compared to ordinary Yuan Beasts. Thus, devouring such a Yuan Beast will undoubtedly let the Frost Toad’s power soar.

Ding Fan anticipates that the Frost Toad, even now, can easily take down Cultivators at the Spirit Severing Late Stage. Even against Cultivators at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, Ding Fan believes the Frost Toad has the strength to fight, and to the current Frost Toad, Sixth Grade Yuan Beasts pose no challenge.

Ding Fan predicts that the Frost Toad, even when confronting Grade Nine Yuan Beasts, may not necessarily lose. Moreover, Ding Fan knows the Frost Toad hasn’t completely digested the Guardian Yuan Beast’s Crystal Core yet. Ding Fan estimates that the Guardian Yuan Beast, even with less than a thousand years of existence, was at least several hundred years old.

Obviously, such a Yuan Beast Crystal Core won’t readily be absorbed entirely.

Thus, the moment Ding Fan released the Frost Toad, the Yuan Beasts before him cowered in fear, no longer as rampant and fearless as they had been. They could sense the fear deep within those Yuan Beasts. Naturally, Ding Fan’s Frost Toad wouldn’t pity these Yuan Beasts. To the Frost Toad, Ding Fan is its only kin, and while the Frost Toad’s intelligence is not on par with a human’s, it’s very clever.

Additionally, when Ding Fan captured the Frost Toad, he had already formed a master-servant contract with it. Therefore, even without emotional connection to Ding Fan, the Frost Toad would obey Ding Fan’s commands for its own survival. Of course, now the Frost Toad and Ding Fan share a deep bond.

After all, Ding Fan has invested heavily in this little creature, feeding it countless high-level Yuan Beast Crystal Cores. Each of these Crystal Cores is a rare treasure in its own right. Currently, Ding Fan’s Great Ocean Sect is just starting, and Ding Fan is in great need of Spirit Stones or a large sum of Gold Coins.

However, to nurture the Frost Toad’s growth, Ding Fan unhesitatingly gave it the Crystal Cores of the high-level Yuan Beasts he had slain to consume.

The Frost Toad is acutely aware of this, thus harboring deep affection for Ding Fan. Now, the bond between the Frost Toad and Ding Fan transcends the master-servant relationship, resembling more that of friends or parent and child.

Now understanding that Ding Fan is in a crucial crisis, the Frost Toad spares no effort, swiftly and accurately slaying the Sixth Grade Yuan Beasts before it.

Simultaneously, the Arctic Chill automatically released by the Frost Toad inflicted considerable damage to other lower-level Yuan Beasts, some even completely frozen by the chill, only to be slain by Ding Fan’s sword or by Guo Linn and Ah Du, who stood beside him.

At this moment, Ding Fan and his two companions advanced smoothly, with the Sixth Grade Yuan Beasts charging towards them swiftly slain by the Frost Toad. The Yuan Beasts were utterly incapable of defending against the Frost Toad, already cowed by its aura, allowing the Frost Toad to easily slaughter the Sixth Grade Yuan Beasts.

The Frost Toad knows well; now is no time to indulge its appetite. Hence, it touched none of the Crystal Cores from the Yuan Beasts it slaughtered. Further, the Frost Toad senses the tension within Ding Fan, aware of the difficulty presented by the current situation.

It also sensed the presence of that big guy outside and felt slightly worried, but there was not a shred of fear. Ding Fan had already sensed this about the Frost Toad, and Ding Fan knew that the True Dragon outside was probably not something the Frost Toad could handle.

However, Ding Fan believed that the Frost Toad’s bloodline was definitely not inferior to the True Dragon outside; otherwise, the Frost Toad wouldn’t exhibit any fear at this moment. Nevertheless, Ding Fan could still feel the Frost Toad’s slight concern. But Ding Fan believed that even if the Frost Toad couldn’t defeat the True Dragon, it definitely had the ability to escape. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

After all, the Frost Toad was very small in size and its body was enveloped by an Arctic Chill, which served as good protection, thus making the Frost Toad unafraid of the True Dragon. Additionally, the Frost Toad was extremely quick, and Ding Fan was confident that even the True Dragon outside wouldn’t be able to catch up with his Frost Toad.

At that moment, in the tunnel of the mountain cave, the Frost Toad moved with such speed that even Ding Fan couldn’t observe its actions, even using Divine Sense to capture the Frost Toad’s movements was indeed difficult. Not to mention, Guo Linn and Ah Du also couldn’t see it.

Both of them were shocked as they watched the Sixth-grade Yuan Beast beside Ding Fan inexplicably fall to the ground and die. They were very astonished and for a moment couldn’t understand how Ding Fan achieved it. They hadn’t seen Ding Fan make a move, yet all those Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts were quickly slaughtered.

Guo Linn even noticed that those Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts, which by rights should have been violent and brutal facing them, seemed to completely change in demeanor when facing Big Brother Ding Fan, like they were chicken waiting for slaughter, which was simply incredible and unbelievable.

"Big brother, you aren’t transformed from a Yuan Beast, are you?"

Guo Linn joked incredulously, pulling his Longsword out from the body of a frozen Yuan Beast and looking at Ding Fan.

Under Ding Fan’s lead, the three of them progressed very smoothly, as those Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts, which were troublesome in the eyes of Guo Linn and Ah Du, all fell dead as Ding Fan approached them, making the situation seem far less dire than before. Guo Linn felt somewhat relieved.

Ah Du was also very curious about Ding Fan’s methods. He naturally didn’t believe Guo Linn’s joke. He knew Ding Fan must possess some special techniques that couldn’t be exposed, allowing him to effortlessly slay those Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts without anyone noticing.

Ah Du couldn’t help but feel a renewed sense of mystery about Ding Fan, finding it hard to believe the opponent possessed such impressive special techniques, knowing that Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts were equivalent to cultivators in the Avatar Phase, and yet Ding Fan slaughtered them so easily.

Does that mean, if the opponent faced a cultivator in the Avatar Phase, he could easily defeat them as well? This thought sent a shiver through Ah Du’s heart, realizing that, after painstakingly cultivating to the Spirit Severing Initial Stage, he still appeared weak in the hands of this opponent.

This was simply ironic! Although Ah Du knew that under Ding Fan’s lead, the three of them were progressing very smoothly, he felt no gratitude towards Ding Fan, but intense jealousy. He was unwilling to accept that, after finally breaking through to the Avatar Phase, he still seemed so weak in the opponent’s hands.

But Ah Du quickly came up with a new assumption that made him feel a bit better. Ah Du still refused to believe the opponent’s strength was greater than his. He knew that not only had he broken through to the Avatar Phase, but he also obtained the supreme "Sword Drawing Technique" from the Sword Washing Pool, which he had cultivated to the level of the Third Sword Technique. Therefore, although he was only at the Spirit Severing Initial Stage, he was confident that he could face mid-phase cultivators.

Thus, he was sure that Ding Fan’s strength couldn’t possibly be greater than his. As for why Ding Fan dealt with the Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts so easily, Ah Du believed the opponent must have some techniques specifically targeting Yuan Beasts.

In other words, the opponent relied on this effective technique dealing with Yuan Beasts to kill the Sixth-grade Yuan Beasts in front of them, but action against Avatar Phase cultivators was impossible. So, the opponent’s strength couldn’t surpass his. The opponent was merely adept at dealing with Yuan Beasts.

Ah Du’s greatest reliance was the "Sword Drawing Technique", which he had cultivated to the Third Sword Technique. He was well aware of the power of this martial arts technique, and believed Ding Fan, at the Emergence Stage, wouldn’t possibly be an opponent against a cultivator in the Avatar Phase, and certainly not against him.

After all, he had already cultivated the "Sword Drawing Technique", which he believed would easily crush an Emergence Stage cultivator like Ding Fan, and even against cultivators at the same level as himself, they wouldn’t be his match.

While slicing through weaker Yuan Beasts alongside Ding Fan and Guo Linn, a sense of superiority gleamed in his eyes as he cast a disdainful glance towards Ding Fan who wasn’t paying attention to him, feeling a surge of arrogance.

At that moment, Ding Fan indeed wasn’t concerned with Ah Du’s thoughts. He heard Guo Linn’s words but didn’t respond because he would absolutely not reveal the situation with the Frost Toad; while his current strength was decent, there were still many strong adversaries outside.