44: Taunting, Enraged Swamp Poison Frog
"Glug, glug—"
Su Yuan and Xiao Yan had just arrived above the swamp and descended in altitude.
A large number of mud bubbles emerged from the swamp below.
Following this, one Swamp Poison Frog after another, each the size of a calf, floated up. With half their bodies submerged in the mud pond, pairs of eyes stared at Xiao Yan and Su Yuan in the air with vigilant gazes.
"Xiao Yan, give them a taste of our power!"
Seeing that more than half of the Swamp Poison Frogs below had surfaced, Su Yuan immediately shouted at Xiao Yan.
He was doing this on purpose for Li Xian and Li Mu, who were high above, to see.
Moreover, after these Swamp Poison Frogs discovered that Su Yuan and Xiao Yan had intruded into the airspace above their territory, they did not rush to attack; it was clear they were all there to guard the Poison Soul Fruit Tree in the center.
From this stance, it was obvious that it would be very difficult to lure these Swamp Poison Frogs away from the vicinity of the Poison Soul Fruit Tree.
If Su Yuan wanted to lure these Swamp Poison Frogs away, he had to enrage them.
Hearing Su Yuan's instruction, Xiao Yan let out an excited screech.
Immediately, it flapped its wings, and the surrounding fire elements rapidly condensed into feather-shaped fireballs.
Then, like raindrops, they bombarded the Swamp Poison Frogs below.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Dozens of fire feathers descended from the sky, exploding the moment they landed on the swamp.
The powerful explosion blasted craters two or three meters in diameter into the swamp below.
However, these craters were quickly filled back in by the surrounding mud.
After being hit by Xiao Yan's fire feathers, most of the ordinary-level Swamp Poison Frogs suffered.
Although Xiao Yan had intentionally controlled the power of the skill it released, it was, after all, an Awakening-level rank 4 beast, and of perfect quality at that.
Furthermore, after its flames had been baptized by the sacred fire fruit, their power had become even greater.
Even though it held back significantly, every one of Xiao Yan's fire feather attacks reached the power of a full-force attack from an ordinary Awakening-level rank 3 fire-type Vicious Beast.
The concentrated energy of dozens of fire feathers was nothing short of that of an ordinary Awakening-level rank 5 fire-type Vicious Beast.
Therefore, those Swamp Poison Frogs that only possessed ordinary-level strength, even with the protection of the swamp, all perished under Xiao Yan's attack.
Only those Swamp Poison Frogs that had reached the Awakening-level, after Xiao Yan released its attack, used the terrain advantages of the swamp to dodge Xiao Yan's attack unscathed.
"Croak, croak, croak—"
After being attacked, the Swamp Poison Frogs quickly shifted from their initial vigilance to anger.
One after another, they let out angry roars toward Xiao Yan and Su Yuan in mid-air.
The next moment, over a dozen Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs unleashed a venom attack, and streams of viscous venom shot out from their mouths.
The viscous venom pierced through the air like bullets, shooting toward Su Yuan and Xiao Yan in the air.
The strength of the dozen or so Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs was basically around Awakening-level rank 3.
Among them, the two most powerful Swamp Poison Frogs had already reached Awakening-level rank 6.
Facing the attacks of so many Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs, Xiao Yan dared not be careless.
After all, Su Yuan was on its back; even if it could withstand the attacks of these Swamp Poison Frogs, Su Yuan could not.
Therefore, when these Swamp Poison Frogs launched their attacks, Xiao Yan immediately responded by dodging.
Its agile body was not affected much by Su Yuan on its back, and like a nimble rabbit, it constantly dodged the venom bullets shooting at it from below in the air.
In a few breaths of time, all the attacks were easily dodged by Xiao Yan.
"Hum!!!"
After dodging all the attacks, Xiao Yan launched dozens more fire feather attacks, bombarding the Swamp Poison Frogs again.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Successive explosions rang out around these Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs.
A burnt smell immediately emanated from some of the weaker Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs.
Only those Swamp Poison Frogs that had reached Awakening-level rank 4 or above remained unscathed by Xiao Yan's attack.
"Chirp, chirp!!!"
After launching the second round of attacks, Xiao Yan did not forget to let out bursts of highly provocative chirps toward the Swamp Poison Frogs below.
Being Vicious Beasts themselves, although they were of different species, these Swamp Poison Frogs still understood the mockery in Xiao Yan's cries.
The Swamp Poison Frogs, which were already full of suppressed anger, were instantly enraged. They unleashed powerful attacks, attacking Xiao Yan and Su Yuan in the air once again.
Some of the powerful Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs even violently shot their tongues out toward Su Yuan and Xiao Yan.
The speed of their tongues was extremely fast, even quicker than the venom they spat out.
Every Swamp Poison Frog's tongue could shoot up dozens of meters in height, transforming into long spears that thrust directly at Xiao Yan and Su Yuan.
The attacks from the two Awakening-level rank 6 Swamp Poison Frogs were even sharper; Xiao Yan almost failed to dodge in time, nearly having its claws coiled by these two guys' tongues.
"Xiao Yan, that's enough. These Swamp Poison Frogs are already enraged; we should be able to lure them away now."
"There is still a powerful Giant Rock Tremor Frog here; we've caused such a huge commotion, that big guy is probably about to wake up."
"Let's hurry and leave."
While Xiao Yan was maneuvering with the Swamp Poison Frogs below, Su Yuan held tightly onto Xiao Yan, but his attention was always on the Giant Rock Tremor Frog beneath the Poison Soul Fruit Tree.
Through the Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye, Su Yuan had already discovered that the Giant Rock Tremor Frog, which had been in a deep sleep, twitched its eyelids slightly, and he immediately issued the order to retreat to Xiao Yan.
"Screech!"
Hearing Su Yuan's instruction, Xiao Yan immediately understood. It immediately let out another ear-piercing, mocking cry toward the enraged Swamp Poison Frogs below.
Then, it turned around, presented its backside to these Swamp Poison Frogs, and swaggered off into the distance.
"Croak—" "Croak—" "Croak—"
Facing such humiliation, the dozen or so Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs were all blinded by rage.
Without a second thought, they all chased after the direction in which Xiao Yan and Su Yuan were retreating.
But halfway through the charge, one of the Awakening-level rank 6 Swamp Poison Frogs suddenly stopped. It turned its head to look at the Poison Soul Fruit Tree behind it, and let out a roar fiercely in the direction of Su Yuan and Xiao Yan's retreat.
In the end, it still took two Awakening-level rank 3 Swamp Poison Frogs to stay behind and guard the swamp.
It only let the other Awakening-level rank 6 Swamp Poison Frog take the dozen or so Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs to pursue Su Yuan and Xiao Yan.
"Heh, this kid exceeded our expectations. Although his beast is only Awakening-level rank 4, the power it unleashed is already comparable to an Awakening-level rank 5 beast."
"However, the fact that he actually lured away 80% of the Swamp Poison Frogs is even more beyond our expectations!"
"There is only one Awakening-level rank 6 and two Awakening-level rank 3 Swamp Poison Frogs left guarding here; with our strength, we can completely easily take care of these three Swamp Poison Frogs."
After the Swamp Poison Frogs pursuing Su Yuan and Xiao Yan all disappeared into the poisonous mist, and the sounds grew fainter until they vanished entirely.
Li Xian, high above, revealed a confident smile on his face.
He turned his head and exchanged a glance with Li Mu. The two of them, with great tacit understanding, attacked simultaneously, summoning their respective beasts to attack the three Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs below.
As for the remaining ordinary-level Swamp Poison Frogs, they were simply not taken seriously by them.
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