Longevity Strange Immortal
Chapter 88: Golden Toad, I Need Your Heart Blood

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Golden Toad, I Need Your Heart Blood

The Golden Toad Daoist Temple was in complete disarray.

Even though the array covered the cliff, one could still see the colossal creatures entangled within, with shattered stones falling like raindrops.

The loose cultivators were puzzled; the Golden Toad was definitely not the most fitting target for the Mountain and Sea Hermit, yet the latter chose to attack him.

Quack!!!

A deafening toad cry sounded, and the childhood loose cultivators instinctively covered their ears.

They could feel that, during the first half of the battle, the Golden Toad’s presence was becoming increasingly terrifying, sending chills down their spines.

A cultivator stopped a fleeing farmer from the Golden Toad Daoist Temple.

They found the farmer’s mind already deranged, muttering incessantly, "Golden Toad Upper Immortal, save me."

The Futu Hermit’s eyes involuntarily showed some concern.

According to the original plan, Li Mo should have resolved the Golden Toad, but now there was no sign of it ending, and the situation was deteriorating.

"This is tricky..."

The Futu Hermit showed a slight headache, his flesh-bound Daoist robe shaking, and if a real accident happened, he could only abandon the Daoist Temple to go for the rescue.

The Mountain and Sea Market was incredibly noisy, with a dozen figures hovering mid-air.

Unknowingly, Li Mo had already gained significant prestige in the Duozhi Mountain, and even cultivators at the Late Teenage stage had to regard Li Mo seriously.

Manager Tian sat cross-legged on the platform at the mountain peak, facing a female cultivator with arms all over her back, resembling a thousand-armed Buddha statue.

The two were playing Go with black and white stones.

Shi Ji, as the shopkeeper of the Mixed Grain Shop, had no apparent aura and said with implication: "At a glance, one knows the chess skill is lacking, yet the ambition isn’t small."

"Taking on too much? Arrogance will lead to early demise on the path of cultivation."

"Hahahahaha..."

Manager Tian wore a simple smile, although the game was falling behind, he stubbornly refused to retreat even a step.

The two exchanged moves, with toad cries and beast roars almost scattering the clouds.

Bang.

Cracks spread across the cliff where the Golden Toad Daoist Temple was located, with dark red blood seeping from the mountain body’s connection points, as if about to collapse.

The cultivators stationed at the Daoist Temple below couldn’t help but feel frightened.

They attempted to discern the situation of the Golden Toad Daoist Temple, but even with the array gone, the billowing sandstorm still made visibility extremely low.

The Desert Map was riddled with holes, and Li Mo’s exposed skin was covered in scars.

The sandstorm stirred by the Golden Toad incredibly contained countless sharp-edged copper coins, and the number of coins was still crazily increasing.

Li Mo’s expression remained calm, deftly evading the assaults of the sandstorm.

On his shoulder lay a miniature salamander, the life force released by the Tattooed Beast barely able to protect the wounds from further worsening.

Until then, Li Mo’s strategy was still to defend while awaiting the opportunity to attack.

The Golden Toad’s original form was no longer visible, its phantom in the sandstorm was over fifteen meters tall, exuding a rich metal spiritual power.

Li Mo checked the perspective of the Ghost Tiger.

He saw the Golden Toad’s viscous body sticking to the ground, its uneven skin covered with dense mouths, extending numerous tongues.

Hundreds of tongues swung and stuffed nearby copper coins into its mouth; the Golden Toad’s power had already recovered to the Weak Crown Middle Stage.

Fortunately, the array at Duozhi Mountain was still effective, keeping the Golden Toad stuck at the final step of transforming into a Deceit Beast.

Li Mo found it fortunate that the Golden Toad’s strength in the Weak Crown Middle Stage was much weaker than expected.

Either be a person or a ghost; being neither pleased none.

A column of water fell, creating a wound on the back of the Golden Toad.

The Ghost Tiger furiously tore away the tongues around it, spewing poison smoke to cover the Golden Toad’s wound, striving to tire it out from recovering.

The Red Fox darted and dodged, yet the flames around it appeared slightly dispirited.

Only the Kun Whale maintained a good state, as it could hover in mid-air, but the spiritual power required for maintaining it far surpassed that of the Ghost Tiger and the other beast.

Currently, they were still managing, but unfortunately, the Deceit Beastified Golden Toad played by no rules, able to mass-produce copper coins through metal spiritual energy, and devour them to enhance its strength.

Luckily, the Tattooed Beast was equally unafraid of death and injury, otherwise, it would undoubtedly fall to a disadvantage.

Li Mo observed the depth of the Golden Toad’s Deceit Beastification, continuously counting in his mind, his eyes growing bright.

He understood that the Golden Toad’s Corpse Spirit Root had already borne Deceit Beastification, and its heart blood should suffice for him to draw a Beast Head Tattoo.

Li Mo took a deep breath, his legs exerting force to start approaching the center of the sandstorm.

Breath Fog surged from his nose and mouth, and a swarm of Poison Bees scattered away, heading toward the Golden Toad from different directions in search of its weakness.

Li Mo retrieved the Kun Whale, his body becoming sturdy again.

The Red Fox and Ghost Tiger exchanged glances, understanding they must cover for Li Mo to get within ten meters of the Golden Toad, their restrained aura instantaneously exploding.

They lunged forward one after the other, various chaotic auras intertwining together.

Li Mo unfurled the True Word Sect’s Secret Bone, the skull covering most of his body, and with a few flickers landed within a hundred meters, facing the Golden Toad directly.

He hadn’t expected that, under the effect of the array, even though the Golden Toad’s Deceit Beastification was irreversible, it still regained some spiritual wisdom.

However, instead of enhancing the Golden Toad’s strength, the regained wisdom caused a stall in the Deceit Beastification, nearly causing it to fall to the Early Stage of Youth.

"Li Mo..."

The Golden Toad’s voice was filled with venomous resentment, and its body was undergoing regenerative mutation, seemingly gestating limbs from within.

Even with its flesh torn to mush, its mouth never ceased mocking Li Mo.

"Even with a Taoist body upon you, how does it matter, you’ll end up dead with the Dao disappearing, didn’t expect you, Li Mo, to accompany me to the grave, ha ha ha..."

Li Mo could detect the fear hidden in the Golden Toad’s words.

He didn’t respond, each step seemed premeditated, evading tongues while using the Eight-Armed Spine Nerve to block the incoming copper coins.

"Forty meters."

Li Mo raised his eyebrows, retracting the Red Fox and Ghost Tiger within himself, the previously depleted spiritual power getting replenished, and his speed increasing by thirty percent.

"You’re too late, turning back is a dead end!!"

"Twenty meters."

Veins bulged on Li Mo’s forehead, the Golden Toad was like a fly by his ear, constantly blabbering ever since regaining wisdom.

Lines appeared on his legs, with the partial support of the Primordial Dao Body, he stamped forcefully on the ground, his figure swiftly approaching ten meters.

The Golden Toad uttered a strange laugh, "Li Mo, are you seeking death..."

The laughter abruptly ceased as he noticed something odd about Li Mo, his skin turning a brass color, with intricate patterns spreading from his chest.

The sandstorm intensified, yet the deafening beast roars and toad cries vanished.

Shi Ji’s face turned pale, the black piece had already beaten Manager Tian into disarray, but the latter’s expression remained calm and composed.

"You, the Daoist of the pawn shop named Mountain and Sea, indeed have unparalleled strength in the same realm, but does it warrant such concern from you?"

Manager Tian said nothing, directly flipping the chessboard with a hand.

"Looks like I won."

The sandstorm gradually subsided, Li Mo slowly walked out. Though he was covered in injuries, he held a fresh heart in his hand.