46: Return to the Swamp
"Such a huge commotion?"
Several kilometers away from the swamp, Su Yuan heard the sounds of explosions and the roars of a Giant Rock Tremor Frog coming from deep within the valley.
He looked toward the valley behind him with a surprised expression.
However, he was now several kilometers away from that stretch of swamp in the valley.
Even with his mythical-grade talent, 'Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye', he could not see exactly what was happening deep in the valley.
However, Su Yuan was very clear that Li Xian and Li Mu must have completely awakened the sleeping Giant Rock Tremor Frog, which was why such a huge commotion had broken out.
"The Giant Rock Tremor Frog is at the Awakening-level Rank 9, and it is a high-quality Vicious Beast of Excellent 7-star quality."
"This level of strength is not weaker than an ordinary Transcendent Level Vicious Beast of Excellent quality."
"The strength of those two is only at Awakening-level Rank 6 or 7; it is absolutely impossible for them to be the Giant Rock Tremor Frog's match."
"However, both of them have flying tamed beasts, so if they run for their lives, they might just survive."
"I hope those two guys can help me lure that big guy away for a while."
Feeling the huge commotion coming from deep within the valley behind him, Su Yuan curled his lips, revealing a smile.
Immediately, his gaze fell on the dozen or so Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs that were closely following and hunting him from below. The smile on his face faded, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Time waits for no one. Those two guys might not be able to hold off that Giant Rock Tremor Frog for long; I cannot waste any more time with these Swamp Poison Frogs."
"Xiao Yan, wipe them out!"
Hearing Su Yuan's order, Xiao Yan, who had been flying slowly at a low altitude, had a gleam of excitement flash in its eyes and immediately nodded to indicate it understood.
It had been holding back for so long, constantly being chased by these Swamp Poison Frogs that were inferior to it in strength.
If it weren't for Su Yuan's order, it would have long since burned all these disgusting toads to death with one burst of fire.
"Chirp!!!"
Xiao Yan let out a light cry.
Carrying Su Yuan, it made a sharp turn in the air and turned to face the dozen or so Swamp Poison Frogs chasing from below.
"Swish, swish, swish!!"
The dozen or so Swamp Poison Frogs were stunned when they saw Xiao Yan suddenly stop with Su Yuan, but soon, they unleashed their venom sprays at Xiao Yan and Su Yuan, filled with rage.
Streaks of viscous black venom shot toward Xiao Yan and Su Yuan in the air like bullets.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!!"
Regarding these attacks from the Swamp Poison Frogs, Xiao Yan did not dodge at all this time.
Instead, it summoned a flame shield around itself, wrapping itself and Su Yuan within it.
The venom from those Swamp Poison Frogs landed on its flame shield, all of which was blocked by the flame shield and quickly burned into puffs of black smoke.
After putting up the flame shield, Xiao Yan did not forget to launch an attack.
Streaks of flaming feathers manifested in the air and then fell like raindrops toward the dozen or so Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs below.
"Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!"
For this fire feather attack, Xiao Yan held nothing back; the power of every single fire feather was pushed to the limit by Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan's Perfect 5-star quality, plus the fact that it had consumed the sacred fire fruit.
Even though it was only at Awakening-level Rank 4 right now, the power of its full-force fire burst was enough to rival the fire attacks of an ordinary Awakening-level Rank 9 Fire-type Vicious Beast.
Facing such a formidable fire offensive, the dozen or so Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs below suffered heavy casualties in the very first exchange.
Except for the most powerful one, an Awakening-level Rank 6 Swamp Poison Frog, all the other Awakening-level Swamp Poison Frogs were wiped out in this wave of Xiao Yan's fire feather attack.
"Croak—"
After the wave of attacks ended, the Awakening-level Rank 6 Swamp Poison Frog below had its entire body charred black, and after letting out a painful hiss.
This sole surviving Swamp Poison Frog turned around and fled without looking back.
Xiao Yan suddenly bursting out with such strength was completely beyond its expectations.
Now, it no longer had its previous rage; it only thought about fleeing back to the swamp as quickly as possible.
Their king was there, and with the king's powerful strength, it would definitely be able to kill the intruder and protect it.
"Swish!!!"
Before this Swamp Poison Frog could run a few steps, a figure suddenly appeared above its head like a ghost. Caught completely off guard, it had its head slashed open by a claw, and the Vicious Beast crystal core inside its skull was dug out.
The Swamp Poison Frog, having lost its Vicious Beast crystal core, instantly lost the gleam in its eyes, and its body, which was leaping in mid-air, fell powerlessly. Under the force of inertia, it tumbled forward seven or eight times before finally coming to a stop.
"Meow!"
At the same time, the figure that had just killed the Swamp Poison Frog landed gracefully; it was Xiao You, holding the crystal core in its claws.
After landing, Xiao You let out a soft cry and then its figure disappeared again.
A pitch-black figure was seen flashing back and forth among the remaining corpses of the Swamp Poison Frogs that had been killed by Xiao Yan.
In the blink of an eye, it had dug out all the crystal cores from the total of fourteen Swamp Poison Frogs.
Then, with a flash, it jumped onto Xiao Yan, came to Su Yuan's side, called out excitedly to Su Yuan, and then handed all fourteen crystal cores to Su Yuan as if asking for credit.
"Well done. Now, you go back into the beast taming bracelet first."
Su Yuan took the fourteen Swamp Poison Frog crystal cores and dotingly patted Xiao You's head.
With a thought, he recalled Xiao You back into the beast taming bracelet.
It was Su Yuan who had just released Xiao You, solely to utilize Xiao You's speed to quickly collect all the Swamp Poison Frog crystal cores so he could hurry back to the swamp as soon as possible.
Under normal circumstances, with Xiao You's Ordinary-level Rank 6 strength, even though its quality was as high as Excellent 9-star, it would not have been able to so easily break through the Swamp Poison Frog's skin defense.
But those Swamp Poison Frogs had just been heavily injured by Xiao Yan; their surface skin had been burned to charcoal, and the layer of protective mucus on the outside had turned to ash, causing their defense to plummet.
This was why Xiao You was able to so easily break through these Swamp Poison Frogs' defenses and take out the crystal cores inside their bodies.
"Xiao Yan, let's go back!"
After recalling Xiao You into the beast taming bracelet, Su Yuan immediately spoke.
Xiao Yan heard this and nodded gently.
With a flap of its wings, it carried Su Yuan and returned along the original path at full speed.
...
Under Xiao Yan's rapid flight, Su Yuan returned to the vicinity of the Poison Soul Fruit Tree in less than half a minute.
Along the way, Su Yuan had been watching his surroundings through his Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye, and only after ensuring that the Giant Rock Tremor Frog was not in the swamp did he dare to approach the Poison Soul Fruit Tree like this.
"So tragic; it seems that although the battle between those two guys and the Giant Rock Tremor Frog was short, the intensity was not small."
"There is still such a strong fire elemental aura left here; with that Blazing Fire Crow's strength, it shouldn't be enough to unleash such a powerful attack."
"Coupled with the explosion I heard earlier, it is nine times out of ten that the Blazing Fire Crow self-destructed, causing this scene here."
"I wonder how long they can hold off that Giant Rock Tremor Frog?"
Looking at the giant crater in the swamp near the Poison Soul Fruit Tree that had not yet fully recovered, as well as the charred corpses floating around the swamp.
Su Yuan could not help but twitch his eyes, shocked in his heart.
But soon, Su Yuan cast aside the distracting thoughts in his heart and turned his gaze toward the Poison Soul Fruit Tree.