Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 1728 - 1748: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind_1

Chapter 1728: Chapter 1748: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind_1

Chu Yue frowned and said, "We followed the stench here, what’s causing it, could you explain?"

The color of the man on the right’s face slightly changed: "No comment, please leave."

Lin Chen observed their expressions, slowly speaking: "You’re here to hunt this beast that’s emitting the stench?"

The man on the left sternly said: "Please leave, or don’t blame us for being rude."

Lin Chen and Chu Yue looked at each other, both seeing seriousness in each other’s eyes.

It seems they really came here targeting the beast that’s emitting a strong stench. It seems they also know that the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros likes food with a strong smell of blood, and they’re hunting here to prepare the bait!

Since Lin Chen already got this information from a book, it’s natural that others who came prepared would also know.

"Alright!"

Lin Chen didn’t want a direct conflict, after all, they hadn’t even figured out the situation yet. To fight just like that, wouldn’t that be a loss?

Chu Yue was about to speak, but saw Lin Chen giving him a look, so he stopped speaking and followed Lin Chen to leave.

After they had walked a few hundred meters, Chu Yue finally asked through psychic communication: "Why did you let them go? This place doesn’t belong to their Five Poison Hall, how can they claim it?"

Lin Chen replied with a smile: "Those two are clearly just sentries. If a conflict arises, someone stronger would definitely show up. There’s no need for that; we can just take a detour, right?"

Chu Yue looked at Lin Chen and chuckled, "I thought you were really going to leave."

Lin Chen replied with a grin: "We came here for the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros. No matter what the other party is doing, since they’re being so secretive, of course, we have to find out. No way we’re leaving!"

After travelling around a mile, Lin Chen raised his hand, stacked Death Marks, and put one on both himself and Chu Yue.

Their Qi disappeared like two lifeless stones in the mist.

This mist inherently has the ability to block divine senses. Now that they don’t have any breath, who would know where they are?

Chu Yue asked in surprise: "Your methods are quite mysterious."

Lin Chen replied with a smile: "Just a little trick. I’m not very strong, so I’m good at hiding and running."

At Lin Chen’s reminder, they both followed the edge of the wilderness lightly and nimbly, once again heading towards the lake without using any psychic abilities.

Soon, they arrived at the edge of the lake. The stench here was so strong it made people want to vomit.

The lake was not calm, with ripples forming in circles, indicating that something large was moving in the lake.

"Is the Array ready?"

"It’s ready!"

"Then let’s force it ashore. Once it enters the Array, our laid poison can quickly kill it. We’ll use its body to lure out the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros. Once it eats this creature, the poison will enter its body, and then we can do whatever we want with it!"

"Then I’ll make my move!"

"Alright!"

The sounds of people speaking floated through the air, but no one was visible. Judging from the sounds, they weren’t too far away.

Lin Chen and Chu Yue looked at each other but didn’t move.

As expected, the other party knew that the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros likes food with a strong smell of blood. They were planning to poison the bait and directly turn the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros over with poison!

The Five Poison Hall is truly skilled in using poisons. They are planning to use poison to deal with the beast in the water and the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros.

"Boom!"

A fierce attack suddenly erupted in the lake, a strong spiritual Qi blast instantly turned into a spiritual Energy Storm, sweeping in all directions.

The fast-flowing mist briefly gave Lin Chen a clear view.

On the lake surface, water waves violently trembled. A giant beast stuck its head out from the water. Its huge mouth opened like a black hole, and a high-speed water bullet instantly sprayed out from it, attacking the assailant.

Looking at the beast in the water, Lin Chen’s expression turned a bit strange when he saw it clearly.

The shape... looks like a toad?

"This is a Xuan Water Toad. Its strength is comparable to a Golden Immortal. It’s best at water bullet attacks. The water it spews is mixed with its saliva and has a strong dissolving ability. Its water bullets are also extremely powerful."

Chu Yue’s words echo in Lin Chen’s head, to which Lin Chen replied: "Let’s wait and see."

Although the Xuan Water Toad is just a toad, like what Chu Yue said, its water bullet attack is not weak.

The attacker in the air got hit by a water bullet as soon as he made his move, but fortunately, he had prepared and put up a shield.

The water bullet hit the shield, directly breaking through the spiritual Qi barrier on the surface, hitting the face of the shield, causing a large dent, then the water bullet exploded and turned into a large amount of liquid covering the surface of the shield.

The defensive shield, made of unknown metal, visibly began to melt. In a blink of an eye, all of the Array on it collapsed and shattered, turning the shield into a piece of scrap iron.

The attacker was also shocked and hurriedly tried to escape to the shore.

The Xuan Water Toad was enraged by the attack, directly leaping out of the water with the propulsion of his hind legs, landing on the shore, and begun to chase after the attacker.

The attacker intentionally led the Xuan Water Toad into the Array they had set up earlier in a blink of an eye.

"Activate the Array!"

With a shout, the ground suddenly burst into bright light. Several golden rays of light suddenly turned into a cage, firmly trapping it that it couldn’t escape for a while.

At the same time, numerous pale green lights appeared outside the golden light, directly covering the Xuan Water Toad. The Xuan Water Toad, which had just been trapped by the Array, instantly began to struggle violently, letting out miserable hisses.