478: Chapter 478 The Golden Toad Accepted Bribes! The Prodigy Cries Out: What Did We Do to Deserve This?!

The Three-legged Golden Toad stared fixedly at the dragon horn in Su Chen's hand.

In its sun-sized golden vertical pupils, the color of greed was so intense it almost solidified.

Saliva burst from the corners of its massive mouth like a dam breaking.

It wasn't dripping.

It was pouring.

A translucent waterfall of mucus hung from that giant mouth, which could swallow a mountain peak in one gulp, crashing heavily onto the metal ground with a "sizzling" corrosive sound, burning through three inches of Immortal Iron Bedrock.

Its mountain-like body began to tremble violently.

Not because of anger.

Nor because of fear.

But because of gluttony.

A Pure-blood Golden Dragon Horn.

For a Starry Sky Behemoth like the Three-legged Golden Toad, which advanced by devouring high-Rank Bloodline Origins, the attraction of this thing surpassed everything else.

Su Chen looked at the Golden Toad's pathetic appearance, looking as if it were about to swallow its own tongue.

He felt a wave of contempt in his heart.

[As expected.]

[Whether it's a human or a toad.]

[As long as enough benefits are given.]

[Integrity is just a rag used to wipe the floor.]

[This big toad is even greedier than I imagined.]

[But... greed is good.]

[Greedy things are easier to negotiate with.]

The expression on Su Chen's face didn't move an inch.

He casually threw the dragon horn onto the ground.

There was a crisp "clack."

The dragon horn bounced twice and rolled half a circle on the metal floor, emitting a pungent and intense pure-blood Dragon Clan Origin aura.

"Do you want it?"

Su Chen's tone was as flat as asking a roadside vendor "how much is this cabbage per pound."

The Golden Toad's reaction, however, was as if someone had stuffed a feather down its throat.

Its giant head, comparable to a small city, nodded up and down like crazy; the magnitude and frequency were exactly like an oversized chick that had just learned how to peck at rice.

The entire Floating Island shook violently with its movements.

In the distance, several Prodigies who couldn't stand steadily were shaken right onto the ground.

The eyeballs of those hundreds of surrounding Prodigies almost popped out of their sockets.

What were they seeing?

A Great Emperor Realm Starry Sky Behemoth, the kind that was just now looking majestic and ready to eat everyone as appetizers, was now nodding frantically at a Great Saint First Heaven youth.

That fawning posture was even more humble than a watchdog wagging its tail at the manor gate.

"This..."

"Am I seeing things or is there something wrong with my brain?"

"A Great Emperor... a Great Emperor Realm Starry Sky Behemoth is wagging its tail... no, nodding to a human?"

"Why doesn't it just swallow that dragon horn along with the person in one bite?"

And Su Chen was waiting for exactly this reaction.

He held up a finger and wagged it at the Golden Toad.

"Don't be in a hurry. Listen to the rules first."

"The dragon horn is yours. But there are conditions."

"First, make way for me."

"Second, from now until I finish my bath and come out, no second group of people is allowed to take half a step within ten thousand miles of this Immortal Passing Pool."

"Third—"

Su Chen paused.

He turned his head, glanced at the hundreds of Prodigies behind him who were pricking up their ears to eavesdrop, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Clear the area of these eyesores for me."

His voice wasn't loud.

His tone even carried a bit of laziness.

But these words fell into the ears of all the Prodigies like a ladle of cold water being splashed into a pot of boiling oil.

"What?!"

"Clear the area?!"

"He's making that Great Emperor Golden Toad act as his doorman?!"

"And booking the whole place?! Does he think the Immortal Passing Pool is his family's bathhouse?!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could a Great Emperor Realm beast..."

However, before he could finish his sentence.

The Golden Toad had already moved.

With an extremely agile movement, it stuck out its long, purple-red tongue covered in barbs.

"Slurp!!"

It was freakishly precise.

The dragon horn was rolled up and retracted into its mouth without even a speck of dust touching it.

It closed its giant mouth and shut its eyes.

A long, extremely satisfied purr vibrated from its throat.

That posture was no different from a gourmet tasting a three-star Michelin meal.

A full three breaths passed.

Only then did the Golden Toad slowly open its eyes.

The way it looked at Su Chen had changed.

Before, it was a high-and-mighty indifference.

Now, it was fawning.

Naked, undisguised fawning that radiated from the depths of its pupils.

Its mountain-like massive body actually shifted to the side with extreme flexibility.

With every step it took, the Floating Island followed with a muffled "thump-thump."

It cleared a straight, spacious path for Su Chen that could fit three carriages side-by-side.

Then it lifted its right front claw.

That giant claw, which could crush a meteorite with one palm, now made an extremely standard and human-like gesture.

Five toes spread wide.

Palm facing up.

With a slight motion, it guided him toward the Immortal Passing Pool.

"Grandpa, please come in."

If it could speak, its expression was clearly saying this.

The entire scene.

Dead silence.

It was so quiet one could hear the sound of a small meteorite shattering in the distance.

The Dragon Scale Armor Plate Qian Duoduo was holding fell to the ground, and he didn't even notice.

His small eyes were wider than copper bells, his mouth was open in a perfect "O" shape, and his jaw almost fell off.

"Bo... Boss..."

He rubbed his eyes and pinched the fat on his thigh.

It hurt.

Not a dream.

"Did... did it just bow to you?"

Jian Buping's starfall sword slipped from his hand and hit his foot with a "clang," yet he didn't even react to pick it up.

On that habitually cold face, two big words were written right now—Absurd.

The Rebirth Mantra that the monk Monk Jiese was reciting got stuck on the third line.

His hands remained frozen mid-air in a prayer position, and the Buddhist beads between his fingers snapped, scattering all over the ground with a "patter."

He turned his head mechanically, looking at Su Chen in a daze, his lips trembling for a long time before he squeezed out a Buddhist greeting.

"Ami... amitabha..."

"Benefactor Su, you aren't subduing a spirit pet."

"You are enlightening a Great Emperor."

Hua Nongying had the strongest reaction.

Her peach blossom fan, which never left her hand, fell into a puddle by her feet with a "splash."

She didn't go to pick it up.

Her fox-like eyes stared straight at Su Chen's back without blinking, her pupils slightly dilated.

She had studied the art of controlling people in the Hehuan Sect for eight hundred years.

She had spent her life reading the "Three Hundred Chapters of the Charm Sutra" and "Game Theory of the Field of Love."

She believed there was no human heart in this world she couldn't see through.

But today.

Her entire theoretical system collapsed completely before a young man who bribed a toad with a dragon horn.

As for Su Chen himself, he had zero interest in the collective mental crash of the group behind him.

His attention had already shifted entirely to the hundreds of Prodigies still standing around the perimeter of the Immortal Passing Pool, occupying spots and refusing to leave.

Eyesores.

Too much of an eyesore.

He tilted his chin and gestured toward the Golden Toad with his head.

"You took the money, now do the job."

"I don't like being watched while I bathe."

"Understand?"

The Golden Toad understood.

It understood very well.

It turned its massive head, and the way it looked at those Prodigies instantly switched from fawning back to indifference.

No, it was even harsher than indifference.

It was a dangerous gaze that said, "I just ate something good and I'm in a good mood, so don't you dare spoil it."

It opened its mouth.

Took a deep breath.

Its chest swelled violently, and golden patterns flowed frantically across its back.

"Roar—!!!"

A terrifying roar containing Imperial Might exploded!

The golden sound waves transformed into a physical storm wall, carrying a terrifying Imperial Might capable of crushing stars as it expanded frantically outward from the Golden Toad!

The faces of those Prodigies turned pale.

The first few who reacted quickly desperately circulated their protective Qi, barely propping up a layer of defense.

It was useless; the Imperial Might rolled over them.

That layer of defense was as fragile as window paper.

"Ah—!"

"Wait—who did we provoke?!"

"This toad took dirty money!"

"Run..."