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Chapter 738: One Person, One Toad!

Chapter 738: Chapter 738: One Person, One Toad!

How to recapture the toad now is the most important task at hand.

If we scare the Blood Toad away again like before, that would be very bad.

If Blood Mist spews chaotically again, more stone creatures might appear, which is the last thing Tang Zhong wants to see. The priority is to quickly recapture the toad, as that is the most appropriate action.

But how to recapture it?

Tang Zhong must think of a good strategy.

This kind of creature is of Spirit Communication nature.

From afar, Tang Zhong lay on the ground, watching the Blood Toad at the edge of the swamp.

At this moment, the Blood Toad lay there, its belly pulsating, its underside shimmering with light.

That was the power of blood.

In other words, the Blood Toad’s internal Blood Power was strong because of its own blood.

Now Tang Zhong must avoid startling the Blood Toad, so he could get closer!

This is the first and most difficult step because there’s always the risk of accidentally scaring the toad away. If you can’t even get close to the toad, how can you talk about capturing it?

He stepped forward, but who knew, as soon as the toad saw him, it prepared to leave.

Tang Zhong couldn’t let it get away and hurriedly stepped back.

The Blood Toad stopped in its tracks too.

It seems direct confrontation won’t work!

Tang Zhong tried to approach from behind, but still, to no avail.

Every move he made, the toad reacted.

Now Tang Zhong needed to steady himself.

He guessed that maybe his size was too large, which caused the problem, so he crouched down and this time, he noticed the toad didn’t react.

It seems that was indeed the case.

This time Tang Zhong lay flat on the ground and slowly inched toward the toad.

With all limbs on the ground, he crawled forward bit by bit.

He imagined himself as a toad, as this would help him get closer to the Blood Toad.

Previously, as soon as the Blood Toad saw someone, it would immediately leave, but this time it didn’t. It lay there, its belly pulsating, its pupils locked on Tang Zhong for a while before looking elsewhere.

It didn’t flee, marking a significant step towards success.

However, even so, Tang Zhong didn’t dare get too close.

Fearing a careless move might scare the toad away.

Sure enough, when he was four meters away from the toad,

The toad’s body started moving, showing signs of fleeing.

Tang Zhong immediately stopped.

It seems pretending to be a toad is no longer useful.

He must find another tactic now.

Success is within reach; how could Tang Zhong possibly give up?

At this moment, he watched the toad, and the toad watched him.

Tang Zhong had some understanding of animal behavior and knew more about toads. He could tell that the toad was very nervous, its body trembling, which meant that it was afraid as Tang Zhong approached, but the toad hadn’t left. It preferred to stay. What was the reason for this?

Tang Zhong squinted his eyes.

If the toad won’t leave, there must be something nearby it’s reluctant to depart from.

He observed the toad’s surroundings carefully and suddenly noticed that the spot where the toad lay was a stone.

There were other stones nearby.

The only difference was that the stone beneath the toad was wet—clearly because the swamp water had covered it before, and the stone had remained submerged, so it was moist.

Now the toad wasn’t lying on any other stones but on this wet one, which must signify a problem, right?

Could it be because of the water on the stone?

Tang Zhong suddenly remembered that toads are creatures that like moisture!

Maybe now, the toad hasn’t left because of the wet stone.

He wanted to verify his hypothesis.

He scooped up some water from the swamp and sprinkled it onto a nearby stone.

Soaking the entire stone.

Then, he silently backed away to a distant spot and hid on one side to see what choice the toad would make.

At first, the toad was very still, lying in its original spot, only its pupils moving.

Tang Zhong kept watching. He had always thought he might have made a mistake and was about to leave, his gaze fixed on the toad. He couldn’t let the creature get far, or it would indeed be difficult to catch.

But just as he was about to move, at that moment, the toad suddenly sprang into action.

Slowly, it crawled forward, and the direction it headed was toward the wet stone that Tang Zhong had doused.

Tang Zhong watched, his fists clenched in secret. He now had to prove whether this toad was really as he had suspected.

"Hurry... hurry up and get on there!"

The toad was moving slowly.

Finally, Tang Zhong smiled.

Because the toad had climbed onto the stone he had wetted.

It seemed that the toad was looking for a cool place; otherwise, it would not have found him twice by the swamp.

Animals possess spirituality, and this Blood Toad must be the same.

Since it had Spirit Communication, all he needed to do was to make the toad feel his goodwill.

Tang Zhong felt he had a plan.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the muddy place beside the distant swamp.

There had been water there before.

After the swamp’s water level dropped, it emptied out, but the soil inside had to be very moist.

If he could build a nest for the toad, then it would be much easier to handle.

With this in mind, Tang Zhong quietly crawled over to that spot.

To save his parents, he was really going all out this time. He would even kneel on the ground if he must, as long as the toad could help his parents. Anything he did was worth it.

Once he reached the muddy interior, he did not care about his dirty clothes.

He plunged his hands in and began to dig.

With each dig, he scooped out a large chunk of wet soil!

A hole soon appeared.

Feeling it was still too crude, Tang Zhong used his hands to smooth out the dug area, making it resemble a bird’s nest.

Then he sprinkled some water inside, continued to smooth it out, making it look even more moist to attract the toad.

Once everything was ready,

Tang Zhong looked at the toad not far away and gestured towards it.

Since the toad had Spirit Communication, it must be able to see his gestures.

Indeed, the toad, upon seeing Tang Zhong’s gestures, fixed its gaze on him.

"There’s a damp place here, dug just for you. Would you like to have a look?" Tang Zhong said.

After speaking, he retreated and lay down behind a large stone, secretly watching the toad, eager to see how it would choose.

At first, the toad did not move at all and remained on the stone.

Time ticked by slowly.

An hour, two hours.

A man and a toad were in a standoff there, Tang Zhong staring at the toad, and the toad staring back at Tang Zhong.

Although Tang Zhong was anxious, he had to be patient now; otherwise, it wouldn’t work.

He could only wait, wait for the toad to come over, to trust him. That would mean he was halfway to success.

He did not plan to kill the toad but catch it. Since the Blood Mist the toad exhaled could turn a stone into a real Stoneman, if that mist were to spray onto a person’s tongue, then the person’s tongue could surely be regrown.

But now, the immobility of the toad was a huge problem.

He had to find a way to get the toad to move.

But there was no way to do so.

The only thing Tang Zhong could do now was to pray, this most primitive method, or else it was all useless.

"Go on, hurry up and move. Don’t just stay there!"

"Ahead is an even damper place!" Tang Zhong remembered shouting out.

For him, it was truly torturous now. After all, hope was in sight, yet it was unattainable, and that feeling was excruciating.

Suddenly, the toad moved!