noffsinger Chapter 29 The Jade Spirit Toad, Clash
Chapter 29 The Jade Spirit Toad, Clash
Inside Kulong Mountain.
Inside an ice cave that covers several acres.
The surrounding rock walls are riddled with holes, from which gusts of biting wind blow, creating gusts of wind throughout the ice cave and whipping up a flurry of snow.
This has resulted in a thick layer of ice remaining frozen on the walls of the ice cave year-round.
Looking around, one can see various raised ice blocks inside the ice cave.
In the corner of the many ice blocks, inside a block of ice nearly two zhang high.
There was a white spirit toad the size of a millstone, hiding inside the ice block, greedily absorbing the surrounding ice-type spiritual energy. This place was something the Frost Jade Spirit Toad had fought desperately to seize.
Originally, an ice python with the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining was coiled up in this place.
The Cold Jade Toad relied on its Qi Refining Level 8 cultivation and a sneak attack to drive away the Ice Python. Now, after cultivating here for nearly twenty years, it has also pushed its cultivation to the peak of Qi Refining Level 8.
It's just one step away from advancing to the ninth level of Qi Refining. Once it reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, the Frost Jade Spirit Toad won't be so afraid of dying.
After all, there were no natural enemies within a radius of hundreds of miles that could directly oppose it.
After reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, it is more secure to occupy a spiritual peak.
Swish!
Just then, the toad inside the ice block, which was as white as jade, suddenly opened its pair of dark blue eyes, and its four toes grew sharp jade claws more than ten inches long.
It casually swung its arms forward twice, then broke free from the ice and landed to the side.
"A spirit fox?"
"Could it be a fox from Fox Mountain?"
"What are you doing running all the way to Kulong Mountain?"
"His cultivation level is suspected to be at the late stage of Qi Refining. Regardless of his purpose, let's test his strength first."
A thoughtful look appeared in the eyes of the Jade Toad.
The magical imprint he left on the outskirts of Cave Mountain was triggered, and he immediately broke out of his cultivation state. If the magical imprint sensed the aura of the spirit fox, it wasn't particularly strong.
If he had sensed that the approaching spiritual cultivator was not someone to be trifled with, he would have wanted to disappear into a hole and run away just now.
No matter what, if you encounter someone powerful, running away first is never a bad idea.
The demonic energy within the Jade Toad spread out, and in the next moment, its body began to expand rapidly as if being inflated. In just a few breaths, its body was several times larger than before, and on its stretched belly, one could even clearly see interwoven blue blood vessels.
Goo!
Immediately afterwards, the Jade Toad spat out a large clump of white mucus, and its internal energy immediately weakened considerably.
Then, the Jade Toad spewed out streams of pure demonic energy, which merged into the mucus.
On the surface of the milky white mucus, miniature jade toads, each about the size of a fist, began to appear. These toads, seemingly full of life, detached themselves from the mucus and burrowed into the holes in the rock wall.
In the blink of an eye, all the hundreds of jade toads that had formed from that clump of slime vanished before his eyes.
After doing all this, the Frost Jade Spirit Toad took out a mid-stage Qi Refining Ice-type Spiritual Cultivation Demon Core from its storage bag, swallowed it, and began to refine the cold-type spiritual energy on the demon core to replenish the energy it had just consumed.
"I shouldn't have any grudge against Fox Mountain, right?"
"When I passed by back then, I only ate two foxes at the early stages of Qi Refining. After eating them, I ran away. It was just a taste, and I shouldn't have left any serious marks."
At this moment, the Jade Toad was still recalling whether it had ever had any grudges with Fox Mountain and whether the other party had come looking for it.
No matter how hard I try, I can't find any reason to have a grudge against Fox Mountain.
"That fox is so fast..."
The Jade Toad sensed its magical mark and was rapidly approaching the ice cave where it was located. In the blink of an eye, it was about to enter the ice cave, its eyes filled with strange light.
In the blink of an eye, the Jade Spirit Toad concealed its aura, stirred up a gust of wind and snow, and wrapped itself in a snowball, remaining motionless as if it were a dead object.
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Lin Li unleashed his full power of divine sense as soon as he entered the area of Cave Mountain.
Several subtle magical imprints were already detected on the outskirts of Cave Mountain.
That magical imprint, like Lin Li's, was of ice-type magic, which is why it could be sensed by him.
Lin Li made no attempt to conceal his actions, deliberately triggering the magical energy fluctuations that accompanied the magical imprint.
Lin Li also locked onto the depths of the ice cave where the magical power imprint was flowing back. Without any hesitation, he stirred up a demonic wind and followed the wave of magical power until he reached the ice cave inside the mountain.
"Oh?"
"This toad is quite well hidden."
Upon entering the ice cave, Lin Li sensed the active ice-elemental spiritual energy all around, confirming that this place was indeed an excellent cultivation cave for ice-elemental spiritual cultivators.
Its divine sense probed the surroundings but did not detect where the Cold Jade Spirit Toad was hiding.
Just at this time,
One by one, fist-sized jade toads emerged from the numerous caves in the rock walls behind Lin Li, spitting out thin ice blades that rushed towards him like a whirlwind of ice blades, displaying considerable power.
"Ice Soul Cold Needle."
With a thought, Lin Li sent out a cold needle-like magical artifact, resembling a slender white fish, flying out of his mouth and leaving swift white afterimages in the air behind him.
The jade toads that tried to pounce were blasted into ice shards.
The icy gust of wind struck the spiritual energy shield surrounding Lin Li, only causing a few ripples on it.
Bang bang bang!
Clumps of white, misty ice shards exploded behind me, resembling blooming white mist flowers.
The ice shards that splashed in all directions swept around like a fine ice rain, and the few that touched the spiritual energy shield around them were like stones sinking into the sea.
"I'd like to see how long you can keep hiding."
After dealing with the numerous small jade toads behind him, Lin Li controlled the Ice Soul Cold Needle, transforming it into a white afterimage within the ice cave. With unstoppable force, it blasted through the ice blocks of varying sizes within the cave.
It moved at lightning speed, piercing through hundreds of blocks of ice in the blink of an eye, and continued to extend outwards, layer upon layer, towards the outside.
At this moment, a demonic wind rose beneath Lin Li's feet, causing him to float several feet in the air and look down at the numerous ice blocks below.
There was a medium-level defensive talisman protecting the front, right, left, and right sides, preventing the hidden Jade Spirit Toad from launching a sneak attack.
"grass!"
"You wicked fox from Fox Mountain, you've gone too far in bullying demons!!"
Seeing that the superior magic weapon, the Ice Soul Cold Needle, was about to reach his face, the Frost Jade Spirit Toad, which had been hiding and pretending to be dead, cursed angrily. The snow around him was instantly blown away, and a black, demonic wind formed from beneath him, lifting him into the air.
At this moment, the Jade Toad's eyes were filled with icy killing intent as it looked at Lin Li.
"We have no past grudges or present enmity, yet you come to my Cave Mountain to provoke me like this? Have you gone mad?!"
"The Jade Toad said angrily."
While speaking, he began to rapidly refine the demon core he had just swallowed, continuing to enhance the demonic power within his body.