1943 Drawing straws
âThatâs Yingluo!â
Yunxiao was taken aback. His eyes flickered as he saw a beam of light suddenly shoot out of the cracked ground and devour Xiao Hong and the puppet!
âAh?â
The people in the sky were all shocked and hurriedly fled into the sky to avoid being affected by that unknown thing.
Yunxiao, qu Hongyan, and feini stood still, quietly watching the huge beam of light slowly shrink and disappear in the sky.
He saw that the ground had been broken half an acre in size, and inside was a cave that was several thousand feet deep. The situation could be vaguely seen.
Qu Hongyan and feini suddenly screamed and their faces turned pale. They saw a huge toad squatting at the entrance of the cave. It was as tall as a person and was staring at them with its lantern-sized eyes.
Qu Hongyan calmed herself down. Although the aura exuded by the toad was terrifying, it was not as terrifying as its appearance. For a woman, its appearance was extremely lethal.
Feiniâs face turned pale as she hid behind Yunxiao and said in a trembling voice, â âJust now, that little red Pixiu was eaten by this thing Pixiu, Pixiu, Pixiuâ
When the beam of light shot out, everyone was so shocked that they retreated into the sky. Only the three of them did not move, so they could see it clearly.
The beam of light had come from the Toadâs mouth. Everything that had been sucked into the beam of light, including the puppet, had been swallowed by the toad.
Yunxiao and the toad looked at each other for a while before he said, â âThis thing must be an ancient mutant. Thereâs most likely another space in its stomach. Otherwise, it wouldnât have just swallowed Xiao Hong and the puppet, but also a large amount of soil and stones. It wouldâve died from overeating.â
âThen, is Yingluo and Xiao Hong dead?â
Feini said in a daze. Then, he plucked up his courage and walked out from behind Yunxiao. He thought that he had the bloodline of the heavenly Phoenix, which was one of the strongest even in ancient times, and there was no reason for him to be afraid of a Toad.
Yunxiao chuckled. you know Xiao Hongâs situation. How can a mere ancient xenogeneic kill her? I think this Toad is going to be out of luck.
After a brief moment of shock, Wan Yiqian and the others saw the situation clearly and also flew down.
âBrother Feiyang, is the heavenly venerable one doing well?â Wan Yiqian asked.
Yunxiao glared at him and said in an unpleasant tone, â âHeâs already been eaten, how can he be fine!â
âHehe.â
Wan Yiqian smiled awkwardly, knowing that his performance was a little cowardly, which made Yunxiao very dissatisfied. So, he sighed and said earnestly, â âBrother Feiyang, in your opinion, do you think we can go inside the cave?â
Mu Jie looked at it with her wondrous spiritual eyes for a while and said in surprise,âThis isnât a cave, this is just a heavenly passage that was blasted open! The Toadâs aura was extremely violent, and it was indeed an ancient species. It was probably not far from its true spirit. The worst thing is, Iâm afraid thereâs more than one of these beasts!â
Qu Hongyan took out the testing device and saw countless light spots flashing on it, pointing to the ground.
Even Yunxiaoâs face changed. If all the monsters displayed were as strong as this Toad, they would be lucky to leave this place alive, let alone find the tower.
âWhat should we do, Zhenzhen?â
Not only was Wan Yiqian stunned, but everyone also fell silent. The underground space was obviously a world left behind from the ancient times, full of ferocious beasts.
âGulp!â
Suddenly, a sound came from the Toadâs stomach. In an instant, it doubled in size and its entire body became round.
âWoof! Buzzzzzz! Whoosh!â
Its body grew like a balloon, almost blocking the hole in a few blinks of the eye. The Toadâs eyes burst with a fierce light, and it suddenly opened its mouth to shoot out a beam of light!
âBOOM! BOOM!â
Beams of light shot out towards the sky. They were not deliberately attacking, but seemed to be venting something.
Its round body was constantly changing shape, and black ripples kept spreading out from its snow-white belly. Bang Bang â sounds were heard, and it was trembling all over.
The black magic patterns seemed to have cleansed the Toadâs entire body. The sacs on its back began to rupture, and green liquid flowed out, splashing in all directions. With a sizzling sound of corrosion, the solid rock layer was melted in large areas.
âBlargh!â
The Toadâs body trembled uncontrollably, and a large amount of white liquid began to flow out of its mouth. The MU family elder looked over and immediately revealed a pained expression. There were remnants of the puppet in the liquid.
âGulu Gulu.â
The White belly continued to grow as the magic pattern rippled. The toad finally couldnât be round anymore. It flipped backwards, but its belly immediately faced the sky, and it couldnât flip over.
âPfft!â
Suddenly, a flame burst out from the White belly. It was colorless and invisible. It was the ice fiend Heart Flame. The entire belly was burning like a piece of paper.
The Toadâs four limbs twitched for the last time before it stopped moving completely. In the blink of an eye, it was burned to ashes.
A beam of white light shot out, and Xiao Hong appeared in front of everyone. She was wearing a long white dress with a bright red flower printed on it, and it fluttered in the wind.
âDamn Toad, you dare to swallow me!â
Xiao Hongâs face was as dark as water. Being swallowed by the toad had made her extremely angry. It seemed that burning the toad to ashes was not enough to vent her anger. She suddenly punched out again, and with a loud â boom â, a large pit was formed where the toad was standing.
He snorted angrily and stood to the side without saying anything.
Everyone looked at the deep pit in silence.
what should we do now? who has an idea? we canât just sit here and watch, can we? â Wan Qianqian asked awkwardly.
Yunxiao rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought. âWhy donât we wait for the people from the natural moat ocean to come, and let them open the path?â
Wan Yiqian was shocked and said hurriedly, â we canât do that. When the people from the natural moat ocean come, how much of our share will we get? â
then, do you have any wise ideas, brother Yiqian? â Yunxiao asked indifferently.
Wan Yiqian pretended to think for a while before saying, â âIn your humble opinion, although this underground world is dangerous, itâs not a problem for us. The toad was so ferocious just now, but wasnât it still easily killed by the Lord heavenly venerable? We only need to choose a leader to lead the way, and then everyone will carefully follow behind and cover him. Weâll be absolutely safe.â
Yunxiaoâs eyes flickered as he cupped his fists and said, â âBrother Yi Qian is indeed wise! Then the leader will be none other than brother Yi Qian!â
Wan Yiqian cursed Yunxiao a hundred times in her heart before she declined, â âBrother Feiyang, you think too highly of me. Itâs not that I donât want to, but I really donât have the ability to.â
âOh, so brother Yi Qian proposed this plan not to lead himself, but to let someone else lead?â
Yunxiaoâs face turned cold as he said in a lukewarm voice, â âThen, in brother Yi Qianâs opinion, who should be the leader?â
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Wan Yiqian glanced at everyone and chuckled, â in your opinion, the two strongest people among us are none other than the heavenly venerable one and the palace Master of Hongyan Palace.
Xiao Hongâs expression changed as she chided, â Iâm not interested in this hollow. Itâs full of disgusting monsters. If you want to go, you can go!
Thinking about how she was swallowed by the toad just now, she still felt nauseated and her face turned green.
Jing Qi, â Xiao Hong said. send a signal after you find the tower. Iâll come again.
âYes,â Jing Qi immediately bowed and replied.
what? â Yunxiao sneered as well. brother Yiqian, do you mean to let the women clear the way in front? â How could ten men do such a thing?â
Everyoneâs face was slightly red. Wan Yiqian was also a little embarrassed. He said awkwardly, â âThen who do you think is the best leader? In any case, I canât take on such a heavy responsibility.â
If Qian Qian was used to being thick-skinned, everyone would not be surprised. Although she was thick-skinned and embarrassing, at least she could keep her life.
Everyone thought in their hearts that the myriad Treasure Tower had stood tall for so many years. It seemed to be very reasonable. At least, they would not put themselves in danger.
âHow about this, I have a method that Iâm not sure if itâll work. All the men come over to draw lots, and those who win will go to the front to open up a path, how about it?â
âHmm, this is a wonderful method.â
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Yunxiao agreed immediately. The MU family had the most people, so they had the highest probability of winning the draw, and this was the fairest way. The people who won the draw could only blame their bad luck.
Wan Yiqian thought about it and agreed. He also felt that his chances of winning were too small.
Mu Zhuang smiled and waved his hand. More than ten swords shot out and stabbed into the ground, causing it to tremble.
âOne of these swords has a red tip.â
Everyone frowned. There was a strange power flowing in the ground that interfered with their divine sense, so they really couldnât find out which sword had a red tip.
Everyone secretly blamed themselves for being careless and not being able to follow mu Zhuang clearly when he made his move.
âHahaha.â
Oh? â Yunxiao smiled inexplicably and said, â Lord mu Zhuang is indeed smart. Then, he pointed in the air and a sword immediately flew up. He grabbed it in his hand. The tip of the sword was bright and colorless. Clearly, he had missed.
The rest of the people were quite disappointed, but many of them braced themselves and also grabbed in the air.
âWhoosh! Whoosh!â
The sound of swords could be heard continuously.
âHaha, it didnât hit. Thatâs great!â
Most of them missed and were extremely excited.
Wan Yiqianâs expression changed slightly, and he immediately felt a sense of pressure. After scanning with his divine sense, he made a grabbing motion with his five fingers. With a whoosh, a sword flew up and landed in his hand.
âå!â
Wan Yiqian suddenly drew in a cold breath, his entire person dumbfounded. The front end of the sword was half a finger wide and scarlet red, stained with a little blood.
âNo, thatâs impossible!â
He didnât believe it. With an angry shout, he flicked his sleeve, and all the swords stuck in the ground flew up into the air, their tips colorless.
âBang! Bang! Bang! Bang!â
If by any chance the ground turned into dead ash, those treasured swords would instantly fall to the ground one after another, scattering like garbage, as if they were worthless. He stared at the sword in his hand. The Scarlet dot was glaring.
Yunxiao clapped his hands and praised him. Lord mu Zhuang is indeed a good man. The moment the sword fell, it just so happened to stab a rat to death, so it was stained with a little blood. Tsk, tsk, brother Yiqian also happened to get it.