126: Chapter 126 Heavenly Spirit Intermediate Level, Level 58 Ink Scale Toad!
Ye Wushuang stood by the pool, looking at the scarlet fruit, and fell silent for a moment.
"There is only one extreme spirit fruit, you eat it."
He looked at Lin Fan.
"You have the fewest armor aperture, you need it the most."
Ye Qing also nodded.
"It has no effect if we eat it."
Lin Fan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Ye Qing had already waved her hand.
"Stop dawdling. If you feel bad about it, just give us some compensation after we get out."
Lin Fan thought about it and nodded; it was hard to refuse further.
He had already opened four armor aperture, so this extreme spirit fruit was of no use to him, but he could not say that openly.
Moreover, their heartwarming behavior made him even less sure how to refuse.
Afterwards, the three said nothing more and turned to continue examining the pool.
Although the three had agreed on the ownership of the extreme spirit fruit, no one went up to pick it.
They all knew that in the Mirage Realm, there was a high probability of a guarding Armor Beast, and its strength would definitely not be low.
A Heaven And Earth Treasure like the extreme spirit fruit could not possibly be left unguarded.
Furthermore, the three were currently injured and had consumed quite a bit of Qi, so now was not the best time to fight.
"Let's regulate our breathing first."
Lin Fan sat down against a rock.
"Wait until our Qi recovers, then we'll go pick it."
He took out a few bottles of Qi recovery potions from his backpack and distributed them to Ye Qing and Ye Wushuang.
"Let's rest for a day first. We'll talk about it tomorrow."
Ye Qing took the potion, took a big gulp, and leaned against the rock to close her eyes and rest.
Ye Wushuang held the potion without drinking it, just staring at the fruit in the center of the pool, wondering what he was thinking about.
Lin Fan closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his body. His Qi flowed slowly through his Meridians; the wound on his chest had healed for the most part, but his Qi had recovered less than half.
He took a deep breath, guiding the Qi to circulate within his body.
One cycle, two cycles, three cycles.
With every cycle, his Qi grew a fraction stronger.
It was so quiet in the Mirage Realm that one could hear the sound of gravel rolling at the bottom of the water.
Lin Fan did not know how much time had passed; it might have been an hour, or perhaps two.
His Qi had mostly recovered, and the wound on his chest had left only a faint scar.
He opened his eyes, just about to speak—when suddenly, a large number of bubbles appeared in the center of the pool.
"Gurgle... Gurgle..."
The bubbles became more numerous and larger, and the pool water began to churn violently.
Lin Fan stood up abruptly, and Ye Qing opened her eyes at the same time.
The surface of the pool exploded, and a huge dark shadow rushed out from the bottom of the water.
Water splashed everywhere, landing on the fluorescent plants on the bank, making a sizzling sound.
It was a giant frog, its whole body ink-green, its skin covered with pimple-like bumps, each bump emitting a ghostly green light in the darkness.
Its size was as large as an adult buffalo, with thick limbs, wide webbed feet, and suction cups on its fingertips.
Its eyes were golden-yellow with horizontal pupils, and it was currently staring fixedly at the three people on the bank.
The most eye-catching part was its tongue—long and thick, with a forked tip, swaying gently in the air, bringing with it a fishy stench.
Lin Fan's left eye felt slightly warm, and information appeared in his field of vision.
[Species]: Ink Scale Toad [Rank]: Rank 58 [Aptitude]: Heaven Spirit Medium [Attribute]: Water/Poison [Status]: Awakened from sleep, highly aggressive [Skills]: Venom Spray, Tongue Whip Bind, Water Bullet Barrage, Toad Heavy Press, Poison Mist Domain [Evaluation]: The overlord of the Mirage Realm, feeds on the Qi of the extreme spirit fruit, extremely territorial. The poison glands on its skin can spray highly toxic liquid, its tongue can extend up to ten meters with extremely strong binding force. Its weakness is slow movement and a brief pause upon landing when jumping.
Lin Fan's mouth twitched.
"Rank 58, Heaven Spirit Medium. This thing is much harder to deal with than the Golden Sword Lion King."
A Rank 58 Armor Beast was already one of the top existences in an Advanced Secret Realm.
With their strength, they might not really be able to handle it...
Just as the three were still thinking, the Ink Scale Toad suddenly opened its huge mouth and let out a low croak.
The sound wasn't loud, but it made their eardrums ache, and their chests were resonating.
Its tongue shot out suddenly, coiling towards Lin Fan. The speed was astonishing; it covered the ten-meter distance in the blink of an eye.
Lin Fan's left eye predicted the trajectory, Light Travel Step erupted, and he dodged to the side.
The tongue flew past his shoulder, wrapped around a rock behind him, and with a light pull, the rock was crushed into pieces.
"Ye Qing! Pull back the distance!" Lin Fan shouted.
Ye Qing's right leg tentacles swayed, Spatial Jumped to Lin Fan's side, grabbed his arm, and jumped again.
The three appeared at the edge of the Mirage Realm, fifty meters away from the Ink Scale Toad.
The toad turned around, its golden-yellow eyes staring at them, its tongue retracted into its mouth, and its cheeks bulged up.
"It's going to spray poison!" Ye Wushuang shouted.
The Ink Scale Toad's cheeks bulged to the limit, and it opened its mouth to spray a stream of ink-green venom.
The venom dispersed in the air, turning into a cloud of poison mist, shrouding towards the three.
Ye Wushuang's Ice Crystal Wings suddenly unfolded, an Extreme Ice Storm exploded in front of him, and the ice-blue cold air froze the poison mist, turning it into ice crystals that fell to the ground.
The poison mist was blocked, but after the ice crystals landed, they immediately corroded the ground, making a sizzling sound.
Lin Fan looked at the corroded pits on the ground, his expression grave.
"This poison is too fierce. We can't get close."
He looked at Ye Qing, "Can you use Spatial Jump to jump onto its back?"
Ye Qing estimated the distance.
"I can. But I'll only be on the ground for an instant, it will definitely shake me off."
Lin Fan thought for a moment.
"Then just an instant. You jump onto its back and use Ghost Poison Spores. Its skin is poisonous, but the spores should be able to attach."
He looked at Ye Wushuang again.
"You attract its attention from the front; its eyes are its weakness."
Ye Wushuang nodded.
Ye Qing took a deep breath, and the tentacles on her right leg tensed.
Lin Fan's Light Travel Step lit up with a pale golden glow, and the Flood Dragon Poison Fang in his left hand were ready to strike.
"Go!"
Before the words had even faded, the tentacles on Ye Qing's right leg suddenly elongated, and Spatial Jump was activated.
She disappeared from where she was, and in the next second, she appeared on the back of the Ink Scale Toad.
The toad's skin was slippery and sticky, with pimple-like bumps resembling small tumors.
When Ye Qing landed, her foot slipped, and she almost fell; she instinctively pressed her left hand onto the toad's back to steady herself.
In that very instant, the Shadow Moss's Ghost Poison Spores were activated—countless tiny dark green spores surged from her palm.
They attached themselves into the folds of the toad's skin and the crevices of the bumps.
As the spores entered its body, the toad's skin shuddered violently, and those ghostly green lights dimmed for an instant.
Ye Qing did not linger; the tentacles on her right leg swayed again, and she used Spatial Jump to leave.
The toad's tongue curled over, missing its target, and slammed into its own back, causing it to let out a muffled grunt in pain.