Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique
Chapter 390: The Poisonous Lake! (1 more)

Chapter 390: Chapter 390: The Poisonous Lake! (1 more)

West Ridge Mountain Range wasn’t too far from Xuanwu Village, Ling Feng traveled at full speed, and reached his destination within a few hours.

Ling Feng, being well-versed in various Medical Scriptures, also had a certain understanding of the habits of the Three-legged Fire Toad. Such a poisonous creature naturally favored growing in places dense with poisonous miasma.

About a day later, Ling Feng arrived at a small valley within the West Ridge Mountain Range.

At the center of this valley lay a lake covered with black, thick mist where the water was extremely foul-smelling, forming a dense black fog above it in the dimness. This fog was a combination of various poisonous gases and evil energies, extremely toxic. For ordinary martial artists, merely touching a wisp of it would instantly turn them into a pool of blood.

Such an environment was considered treacherous with poor and dangerous terrain, yet it was exactly the kind of place that the Three-legged Fire Toad preferred.

"Hopefully, there will be one here." Ling Feng leaped forward and flew towards the center of the valley.

At this moment, more than ten martial artists had already gathered around the lake, and to Ling Feng’s surprise, it was the Shadow Sting Hunting Team he had encountered in God Burying Mysterious Swamp!

Moo Yao was no longer with the team, replaced by Hei Feng, whose strength was second only to Moo Yao within the Hunting Team.

Upon seeing Ling Feng at this place, the members of the Shadow Sting Hunting Team immediately came forward to greet him.

"Young Master Ling!"

"You guys are here too!" Ling Feng touched his nose. Although these people had fled the battle last time, after all, their meeting was a fleeting one, without any deep relationship, so Ling Feng did not hold any grudge against them.

However, it was destined that these people could only be ordinary friends, not to be intimately associated with.

"Yes, Brother Ling!" Hei Feng smiled somewhat awkwardly, "We encountered Captain Moo Yao back in the commandery, and she has already told us all about what happened afterward. Um, we’re really sorry..."

"Let’s not dwell on the past anymore. So, has Captain Moo Yao already left the Shadow Stab Hunting Team?"

"Yes." Hei Feng nodded, "After all, Moo Yao had originally left her family to gain experience, haha."

"Right, why are all of you gathered here? Could it be that there’s some treasure in the lake?" Ling Feng changed the subject and asked indifferently.

"Yes, indeed!" Before Hei Feng could speak, the team’s only female member Bai Yushuang immediately responded: "Actually, this time we have teamed up with the largest Hunting Group of Beiliang County to hunt the Three-legged Fire Toad!"

Bai Yushuang smiled and said, "Two days ago, we discovered a Three-legged Fire Toad and followed it all the way to this lake. We were about to join forces to drive it out when you arrived just in time."

A dark shadow crossed Hei Feng’s face as he inwardly complained about how quickly Bai Yushuang’s mouth had moved. Now that Ling Feng knew this news, he might also want a piece of the action!

However, Hei Feng, after all, was an old hand who had been rolling in this area for decades, and he still maintained a pleasant smile on his face, saying, "Ah, it’s just a minor Fire Toad, I believe Brother Ling surely wouldn’t be interested in it, right?"

Ling Feng chuckled, responding lightly, "To be honest, my trip here is indeed for the Three-legged Fire Toad."

"Uh..." The smile on Hei Feng’s face froze momentarily, but he quickly laughed again, "What a coincidence, such a coincidence..."

Ling Feng’s mouth curved into a hint of disdain. Such people were all too common in this world, and he had long grown accustomed to their presence.

"By the way, Brother Ling Feng, let me introduce you to someone. This is the Vice Captain of the Blood Wolf Hunting Team, Lee Wencheng, Vice Captain Lee," Hei Feng pointed to a man in a blue robe, a late-stage Origin Transformation Martial Artist, and said.

"Vice Captain Lee," Ling Feng greeted Lee Wencheng with a cupped fist salute and a faint smile.

"Brother Ling, I’ve heard so much about you!"

Lee Wencheng appeared to be in his thirties, with a square face and thick eyebrows, exuding a sense of reliability. When he saw the Heavenly Position Academy attire on Ling Feng’s body, he immediately showed a measure of respect.

After all, those who could enter the Heavenly Position Academy were geniuses within the Empire, and they might well become dominant powerhouses in the future. Thus, most Loose Cultivators tended to show additional respect toward the students from the Four Great Universities.

These Loose Cultivators from the Hunting Team were also hunting the Three-legged Fire Toad for trade, and as long as Ling Feng was willing to offer a fair compensation, a reasonable exchange could naturally take place.

Shortly after exchanging names with the members of the Blood Wolf Hunting Team, Ling Feng didn’t engage in further small talk but directly began discussing how to capture the Three-legged Fire Toad in the lake.

A mature Three-legged Fire Toad could reach the peak of a Fifth-rank Demon Beast, and the one they were chasing was naturally not a mature Fifth-rank Three-legged Fire Toad; otherwise, even if they tripled their courage, it wouldn’t be enough to consider hunting such a creature.

The Three-legged Fire Toad was extremely poisonous, but its poison sac was also a high-level Alchemy Material. Furthermore, the toad contained an extremely dominant Fire Poison, which was precisely the arch-enemy of all sorts of poisonous miasmas, making it effective in suppressing the Demonic Qi poisoning that had invaded Lin Xian’er’s body.

Not only that, but the gallbladder of the Three-legged Fire Toad was also an excellent antidote, able to resist all kinds of poison below the Divine Origin Realm when ingested. At the very least, it was impervious to any poison. Moreover, the Demon Core of the toad contained Heaven and Earth Elemental Power that all cultivators zealously sought as a treasure.

Especially for those Cultivators who practiced Poison Technique, they held a particular fascination for the Three-legged Fire Toad.

Regrettably, due to excessive hunting, this creature had become quite rare within the Sky White Empire, and as for the Southern Border Demon Domain, ordinary people really didn’t have the guts to enter the Demon Domain to hunt for the Three-legged Fire Toad.

"Brother Ling, the lake is shrouded with a deadly poison fog. Even for a Martial Artist of the Origin Transformation Realm, falling into the lake would likely result in certain death. What’s most terrifying is that the lake’s intense poison seems to be able to corrode a Martial Artist’s Elemental Power, which adds to the difficulty of capturing that Three-legged Fire Toad," Lee Wencheng explained the problem they had encountered in detail to Ling Feng.

"It’s no matter. Just divert the lake water and force the Three-legged Fire Toad to show itself," Ling Feng said calmly. "This lake isn’t very large; there shouldn’t be a Fifth-rank Demon Beast hiding inside. If we work together to move the water elsewhere, the Three-legged Fire Toad will have nowhere to hide."

"Good idea!"

Everyone nodded in agreement. If they couldn’t enter the water, they might as well empty the lake and see where the Fire Toad could flee.

Ling Feng’s eyebrows raised sharply as he was the first to circulate his True Qi, forming a large hand out of True Qi that acted like a giant scoop moving through the surface of the lake. With every scoop, he spilled a large amount of water to the side.

In fact, had he not wanted to avoid exposing the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, he could have simply swung the Heavenly Palace over the lake surface and drained the water effortlessly, sparing him all this trouble.

Immediately after, the other Martial Artists also followed suit, forming Elemental Power hands in the manner of Ling Feng, attempting to transport the water to the side.

However, the water was so utterly poisonous that their Elemental Power could hardly scoop up the water before it was utterly corroded. Among all those present, only a few, like Ling Feng and Lee Wencheng, were actually capable of scooping up the lake water.