Toad, the charm of a local specialty

Lin Xuan and the other three did not rush forward.

They carefully observed the area from where they stood.

After all, there were many myths and legends about Guanghan Palace.

For example, the story of 'Change Flying to the Moon'.

Change, whose full name was Heng'e, was the wife of Hou Yi in the mythical stories.

According to legend, Hou Yi shot down nine suns, which angered the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor banished Hou Yi and Change to the mortal realm to suffer.

Later, Change could not endure the hardship, so she secretly consumed a spiritual elixir and ascended to the Moon Palace, becoming a fairy there.

Thus, the story of her flying to the moon came to be.

Of course, this story was just one of them.

There were also tales like Wu Gang chopping the cassia tree, Jade Rabbit pounding medicine, and the Heavenly Dog eating the moon.

There were even other legendary accounts regarding Guanghan Palace.

Lin Xuan remembered that in the mythological legends of Journey to the West,

the Moon Palace, also known as Guanghan Palace, was actually the residence of the Taiyin Star Lord.

Change was a general term for the palace maids of Guanghan Palace.

And the Fairy Change whom Zhu Bajie flirted with back then,

her true identity was a palace maid named Fairy Nishang.

There were two different versions of the widely circulated story alone.

Coupled with other folk legends, everyone felt it was better to be cautious before thoroughly understanding the situation.

At the very least, they needed to roughly deduce whether the mythical figures in this palace were good or bad.

Of course, everyone was an adult.

They already knew that good and bad were relative.

So, what they analyzed was merely the mythical figures' attitude towards the human race.

After all, in the past five hundred years of Blue Star's development, they had encountered quite a few ruins formed from mythical legends.

Some of these were gentle towards the human race.

Others immediately entered a hostile state upon meeting them.

“Wu Gang only used his axe to warn us just now, so this Guanghan Palace should be inhabited by gentle mythical figures, right?”

Liu Da Erduo said, looking around.

After finding no danger, he was the first to walk towards the plaza in front of the palace.

His level was the highest among them, over one hundred and thirty.

Not being ejected by the black mist proved that the rules of this ruin were higher than those of Divine Grace Cemetery.

So, if there were monsters inside,

their levels were likely far above one hundred.

For safety, it was most suitable for him, the highest level, to be the front-liner.

“I'll go up and take a look.” Liu Da Erduo held a Bagua plate in his left hand and a Luoyang shovel in his right, slowly moving forward.

After taking two or three steps, he crouched down and used the shovel to dig a hole in the ground, then took two more steps forward and dug another hole.

The plaza was very large. Liu Da Erduo continued to dig a hole every three to five meters, having already walked nearly a hundred meters.

Lin Xuan and the others guessed this was Liu Da Erduo's skill, so they didn't ask.

“Why is there a fishy smell?”

Zhang Fan twitched his nose, his brows furrowing. “The fishy smell is very foul. Can you all smell it?”

Lin Xuan and Chen Wanqiu shook their heads.

“No, no. This fishy smell isn't right.”

“Brother Liu, come back quickly!”

Zhang Fan stared intently at the palace ahead and shouted loudly.

Liu Da Erduo had already reached the middle of the plaza at this point and hesitated upon hearing the shout.

He looked around, then at the Bagua plate, and seeing that the pointer was not spinning rapidly, he replied,

“What's wrong? There's no danger.”

“Come back quickly, the air flow and smell are not right.”

Zhang Fan was a bit anxious. After taking a deep breath to calm down, he closed his eyes and began to sense.

Lin Xuan did not disturb him when he saw this.

Zhang Fan had talked to him about some things after the college entrance examination.

His family had arranged an S-grade talent card for him after the college entrance examination.

That talent card was called 'Rhythm of Wind' and it perfectly matched Zhang Fan's Flowing Wind Knight.

It not only provided wind element related buffs but also allowed him to sense information in the wind.

Since Zhang Fan said the wind was not right at this moment, it meant there was indeed an unknown danger ahead.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan no longer hesitated and directly transformed into Lich King Form.

Wu Gang had killed many of his Skeleton Soldierss with an axe just now, and his anger value had already accumulated to one hundred.

However, transforming at this time was not for combat.

Lin Xuan waved his arm, summoning two Peony Flower Fairies and Lotus Fairies that had been converted into Undead.

These two types of monsters possessed healing skills, which were perfect for this dangerous situation.

“Brother Liu, don't go any further for now. I'll send these healing pets over.”

Lin Xuan said, directing the monsters to walk towards Liu Da Erduo in the plaza.

The two monsters were not as cautious as Liu Da Erduo, covering the hundred-meter distance in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Zhang Fan also opened his eyes.

“Xiao Xuan, you are an Necromancer. Can you sense if the palace ahead is a living or dead thing?”

Zhang Fan's eyes were grave. “I sensed a foul, fishy smell, heat, and wildness from the wind.”

“It feels like this isn't information a palace should have.”

“It's more like a living creature.”

Hearing Zhang Fan's explanation, Lin Xuan also became serious.

In Lich King Form, he could sense more things.

As soon as his perception extended forward slightly, he detected that the palace was indeed not an inanimate object!

“It's not an inanimate object.” Lin Xuan shook his head.

At this moment, Chen Wanqiu, hearing Lin Xuan's reply, also did not stay idle.

A huge dark shadow emerged from her own shadow and floated behind her.

After two or three breaths.

Chen Wanqiu retracted her shadow and widened her eyes.

“There's a heartbeat!”

“And the palace's shadow isn't a palace!”

“It seems to be a…”

“Toad.” Chen Wanqiu slowly uttered two words.

Lin Xuan and Zhang Fan quickly shouted towards Liu Da Erduo, “Come back!”

At this point, Liu Da Erduo had almost reached the opposite side of the plaza.

He was only a dozen steps away from the palace stairs.

Upon hearing the shout, he quickly realized something was wrong.

However, just as he was about to return,

the colossal Guanghan Palace ahead actually began to tremble.

Immediately after that,

to the shock of the few people present,

the originally majestic Guanghan Palace instantly transformed into a giant greenish-black toad!

The toad was thirty to forty meters tall, and its body was covered in disgusting, sticky bumps.

It opened its mouth, and a tongue as long as its body instantly shot out, coiling towards Liu Da Erduo.

The toad attacked incredibly fast.

Fortunately, the two monsters Lin Xuan sent out proved useful.

Although both monsters were Black Iron Tier 5, they were auxiliary pets.

They not only had healing skills but also powerful control and support skills.

Seeing the toad attack, the two monsters did not hesitate.

The Peony Flower Fairy extended both hands forward, and several flower vines instantly wrapped around the toad's tongue in the air.

Meanwhile, the Lotus Nymph beside her cast acceleration and recovery skills on Liu Da Erduo.

“Damn it, what the hell is this thing?!”

Liu Da Erduo cursed and turned to run.

With the acceleration skill, his speed was now much faster.

However, the toad's tongue was even faster!

The flower vines only briefly obstructed it before being broken.

The tongue accelerated and touched Liu Da Erduo's back.

Liu Da Erduo felt a huge force, and he was directly sent flying.

Fortunately, the Lotus Nymph had cast a recovery spell on him, otherwise, this single blow would have severely injured him.

“Wind Blade!”

Seeing Liu Da Erduo in danger, Zhang Fan's hand conjured a cyan short blade formed from wind elements.

With a wave of his arm, the short blade sliced through the air and flew towards the giant tongue.

-1, -1, -1…

The wind blade disappeared on the giant tongue without leaving even a single mark.

“Damage value is one!”

“Damn, what the hell is this thing, so tough!”

Zhang Fan couldn't help but curse.

Lin Xuan was not idle at this moment either; if Liu Da Erduo died, their efforts today would be in vain.

Holding frostmourne, he was about to cast the control skill Death Entanglement.

He saw that Liu Da Erduo had already escaped the tongue's second attack.

His method of escape?

He actually burrowed into the small holes he had previously made, just like a groundhog.

Using these small holes,

Liu Da Erduo escaped to their side in two or three breaths.

“Is this Earthescape (Earth Escape)?”

“Indeed, the native profession of 'Tomb Raider' has its merits.”

Lin Xuan secretly marveled.

This was the second time he had experienced the charm of professions derived from various national cultures.

The first time was when he met a Sword Cultivator in Jiangcheng.

“There's only one week left until the Global New Student Exchange Competition.”

“According to previous news, Sakura Country will almost exclusively send out their unique national characteristic job classes this year.”

“I heard there's even a profession called 'Hokage' over there.”

“I need to study it thoroughly when I get back…”