Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

"Gudu! Gudu!"

The sound kept going on, but Jiang Yi didn"t hear anything through his ears. It was directly sounding inside the human mind and deep down the soul. This sound had inexplicable magic. It could make people"s hearts beat with it, hasten one"s breathing, and contract the pores all over the body. It was so extremely terrible.

Buzz!

Jiang Yi"s body lit up with white light. He vanished and instantly-shifted upwards. After moving for several kilometers, he stopped and inspected the north part of the valley with his divine senses to find out what horrible existence was.

"Gudu! Gudu!"

The sound was getting louder and faster. Jiang Yi"s heartbeat became faster as well. He felt that his heart could pump out of this chest at any minute, and his blood was going to reverse its direction. However, he still couldn"t detect that scary presence via the divine senses.

Thud! Thud!

His heart was beating faster and faster, but he didn"t run. Chickening out was not his style. At least, he needed to make sure that he was no match for that monster before he would flee. The ghost flames all over the valley enticed him like a naked beauty.

"Gudu! Gudu!"

A few moments later, that monster finally showed its ugly face.

This beast appeared savage and terrifying, and it was inconceivably hideous. It looked like a toad, with pointy splinters around its body which were oozing with puss and blood. One glance at it made people feel nauseous. Most strangely, this toad had a face of a human.

Obviously, its face was slightly different from an actual human face. When Jiang Yi saw it with his divine senses, the first impression was that it looked like a human face. There were also splinters and puss on that face, making it look like carrion.

To Jiang Yi"s astonishment, this monster was not big—only the size of a calf. Still, it was horrifying enough for a toad to grow this big. However, its small size was peculiar in comparison to its intimidating power.

This Human-Faced Toad made Jiang Yi feel that it"s extremely dangerous. Especially, when its round belly kept bulging up, creating that horrible voice. Jiang Yi almost had the urge to flee from here.

How powerful was this monster?

Jiang Yi had no clue, but he was sure it was no weaker than an average demon king. The strength of the demonic beasts and sea beasts was proportional to their size. A tier-three demonic beast was normally 10 to 17 meters long. The smallest demon king that Jiang Yi had seen had a length of 27 meters and a height of 10 meters, which looked like a small hill. However, this monster was only the size of a calf. Clearly, this didn"t make sense.

"Gudu! Gudu!"

The Human-Faced Toad was contracting and expanding its belly faster and faster, and so was Jiang Yi"s heartbeat. He felt more and more uncomfortable. That Human-Faced Toad didn"t move at all. It stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at Jiang Yi. There was even a hint of mockery in its eyes.

"Let"s go!"

Jiang Yi noticed the looks of the Human-Faced Toad and felt inauspicious. This demonic beast was clearly very intelligent, which meant its strength was considerably strong. Tier-three peak-stage demonic beasts had some intelligence. The demon king was as smart as humans: they could speak and even transform into humans after reaching the demon thearch stage. This Human-Faced Toad even knew how to ridicule others, which suggested that it had the strength of a demon king at least.

Buzz!

White light glowed on his body, Jiang Yi quickly instant-shifted upwards. He didn"t dare to risk his life now and had to be very prudent. He would only risk his life and fight if there was really no other way.

"Eh?"

After instant-shifting for a while, Jiang Yi spotted something wrong as he sensed the presence of black fog above him. There was indeed black fog at the opening of the valley, but that was 17 kilometers below the ground—there was no fog below it. Now, he was still 33 kilometers above the valley floor. Where did this black fog come from?

"This black fog is spreading to the bottom…?"

Jiang Yi found out another problem. The black fog was moving down rapidly like black clouds. On the next second, the more shocking thing happened. The black fog started to appear from the cliff walls around him. The black fog was pressed towards him like a shapeless monster from three directions.

"Just now, when I pa.s.sed this black fog, it was poisonous. What"s the meaning of it spreading towards here now?"

Gripping the rope with one hand, Jiang Yi turned his eyes and didn"t dare to instant-shift upwards haphazardly. In fact, he could travel past 33 kilometers by just one instant shift now. He was still dozens of kilometers from the entrance of the valley. He would be doomed if he happened to be in the black fog after instant shifting.

Buzz!

He took a few glimpses of the black fog fearfully before taking out a divine artifact from the fire spirit pearl and shooting towards the black fog all of a sudden. Soon, his expression became rather unpleasant.

It was because after that divine artifact went into the black fog, its surface started corroding with a plop. According to Jiang Yi"s divine senses—though the black fog wasn"t damaging the divine artifact at a very high speed, one-fifth of the divine artifact was gone within a short time.

How tough was the divine artifact?!

Jiang Yi had a fairly strong body, which was way too weak compared to the divine artifact. Even the divine artifact was rapidly corroded by the black fog. Once he was caught by the black fog, he would instantly turn into a pile of bones.

"Gudu! Gudu!"

The strange sound came from below again. Jiang Yi was reminded of the ridicule in the eyes of the Human-Faced Toad. He understood it now. Without a doubt, this black fog was the Human Face Toad"s doing. It didn"t move—as Jiang Yi couldn"t escape anyway.

The black fog was spreading fast, and soon, it got closer to Jiang Yi. Turning his eyes, Jiang Yi suddenly clapped his hand, forming Nine Heavens" Dragon Flames on his palm. He tried to see whether this flame could disperse the black fog.

Tsk-Tsk!

In the end, the Nine Heavens" Dragon Flames whizzed right through the black fog, without making any difference.

Jiang Yi was at his wit"s end, but swiftly, he was struck by another idea. Taking out the Universal Palace, he controlled several demonic beasts on the third floor to sprint towards the black fog, to test whether demonic beasts would be harmed by the black fog.

"Wu-Wu…"

The outcome was even more pathetic. As soon as those tier-three demonic beasts touched the black fog, they were immediately disintegrated and soon turned into a pile of white bones and crashed down.

"I have no way to escape!"

At this moment, Jiang Yi was no longer in panic. Instead, he became usually calm. He never risked his life easily, but there was really no room to fall back. He wouldn"t be intimidated. He would fight until the last moment.

It was fine for him to pa.s.s this black fog just now. That Human-Faced Toad was clearly the one controlling the black fog to move suddenly. Thus, if he wanted to get out of here alive, the only way was to kill that Human-Faced Toad.

Buzz!

The Fire Dragon Sword showed itself. Jiang Yi flickered and instantly-shifted downwards. When he was three kilometers away from the Human-Faced Toad, he swung his sword suddenly.

Wind Myriad!

Tens of thousands of small fire dragons whizzed out and rushed down ferociously as if they would destroy the world. Jiang Yi"s essence force was very strong now. Even the old Eunuch Lin wouldn"t dare to directly face this attack.

"Gudu! Gudu!"

To Jiang Yi"s utter shock, that Human-Faced Toad expanded its belly drastically before contracting it just the same. Opening its mouth, it spat black liquid towards the little fire dragons.

The second that those little fire dragons touched the black liquid, they vanished into thin air. It was like the fire was immediately put out by the sea.

"As I expect, it is a monster at the demon king stage."

Jiang Yi"s eyes twinkled and trembled incessantly. He kept instant-shifting to stop himself from falling down. A sliver of chill appeared in his eyes. He struck down the fire dragon sword, releasing the Wind Myriad. After that, he swiftly changed his place by instant-shifting, which was followed by another strike. Then… he instant-shifted again as fast as he could!

This time, he directly landed on the valley floor, just behind the Human-Faced Toad. His hands were radiating with brilliance. He quickly gathered the Nine Heavens" Dragon Flames. With one sudden palm strike, a sea of fire immediately devoured the Human-Faced Toad.

"Gudu! Gudu!"

Without a slight trace of terror, the Human-Faced Toad turned to Jiang Yi. As usual, its eyes were full of contempt.

"Not good!"

At this moment, Jiang Yi was terrified. A fatal warning arose from the bottom of this soul. White light gleamed on his body; he was ready to flee and instant-shift right away.