Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Her intention in having Chi Rong conceal his aura was to allow the demon beast to move around freely without restraint, so that she could take advantage of the chaos to leave and create the illusion that she was in grave danger.

Otherwise, those old men outside the forest would definitely come searching day and night, since they bear an unshirkable responsibility for the students' mysterious disappearance.

If that's the case, it will cause her a lot of trouble.

"Beast Core!" Chi Rong exclaimed excitedly, his voice filled with impatience, "Master! Quickly, get the beast core!"

These past few days it has been wandering around the inner and outer perimeters, but due to its powerful aura, it hasn't encountered any demonic beasts with intelligence at the seventh level or above, which has made it very hungry.

Now that it's encountering eighth-tier demonic beasts, it can't possibly hold back.

"Wait, it'll still be useful." Guan Xun shook his head, signaling it to behave.

Ye Qingchi was merely bait to lure it out, but she turned out to be quite useful, as she lured out an eighth-tier water toad.

Although the Water Toad hates the Ming Dynasty, it has a great fondness for gold and silver jewelry, especially sparkling gemstones.

Judging from its happy appearance, you can tell how satisfied it is with that golden hairpin.

Since that's the case, she decided to play along.

Thinking it over, Guan Xun took out a handful of glittering gold coins from his storage ring and threw them at the water toad.

Their skin is rough, covered with countless tiny pores for ventilation, and between the pores grow fleshy bumps of varying sizes.

They look extremely disgusting, and that's why their outer skin is hundreds of layers thick; even a normal scratch isn't enough to tickle them.

The gold coins in Guan Xun's hand were all imbued with spiritual power, and the force of this attack was not weak. Each coin struck the flesh deeply, leaving visible dents in the skin.

"Quaa?!"

With a sway of its massive body, the water toad snapped two more tall trees nearby.

It turned its head, and the glittering gold coins came into view, making it even more excited. The pain from being hit was instantly forgotten, and it quickly stretched out its paw to catch the falling gold coins.

"Big guy."

Guan Xun shouted loudly. After the water toad turned its large eyes on its head and stared at her, she rubbed her fingertips on her storage ring a few times, and a pile of gold coins immediately appeared on the open ground in front of her.

The golden light refracted against each other, making it extremely dazzling.

"Croak?!" The water toad's eyes widened, as if they were about to be squeezed out from under its eyelids. With a flick of its long tongue, it swallowed all the hair ornaments and gold coins around its body.

Then, it slapped its belly a few times with its front paws, took a half step back with its huge hind paws, and suddenly leaped high into the air, pouncing straight towards the pile of gold coins.

Great, hooked.

Guan Xun smirked, flicked his hand, and the gold coins were returned to his storage ring: "These are mine, but if you can snatch them, I'll give them all to you."

Having said that, he turned and fled back.

The water toad stared in the direction where the other had disappeared, hesitated for a moment, and then croaked, "Croak! Croak!"

“Master, it says if you lie, it will tear you to pieces,” Chi Rong said slowly.

"Haha." Guan Xun didn't turn his head, his voice carrying slowly and deliberately, "You keep your word."

-

Meanwhile, around the campfire.

"Did you all feel the commotion just now?" Ling Moyan leaned against the tree trunk, observing his surroundings with a serious expression and a hint of worry between his brows.

It has been a long time since Guan Xun left, and now there are some unknown movements. He has a bad feeling and hopes that nothing bad has happened to him.

After taking the medicine, Zeng Qianxue's lips regained some color. She looked around and frowned: "Such a commotion, could it be that a demon beast has gone berserk...? Guan Xun has not returned yet, and Ye Qingchi is nowhere to be found."

"The monsters have gone berserk? Could something have happened to them?" Qiu Chuan broke out in a cold sweat.

A sudden gust of cold wind swept in, extinguishing the campfire. The men's expressions changed, and they unconsciously moved closer to each other.

"Crack! Crack!"

"Clap!"

The sounds of the massive object landing and stomping gradually drew closer, and with each thud, the ground trembled.

Such commotion clearly indicated that a large object was rapidly approaching.

"Hurry!" Lu Shenqu reacted quickly, grabbing Zeng Qianxue's waist and turning to fly outwards.

Qiu Chuan, needless to say, was the first to run to the front and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Compared to him, Ling Moyan hesitated. Guan Xun should still be nearby. How could he abandon his junior sister and leave?

If something were to happen to his junior, then he...

Having pondered this, a serious expression appeared on his face, and he decided to go in the opposite direction from the others.

"Ling Moyan?!" Lu Shenqu exclaimed in shock, "What are you doing! Get out of here right now?!"

"You guys go first! I'll go check on Junior Sister Guan Xun and then meet up with you." Ling Moyan leaped up.

Sudden.

"call out!"

A sharp, piercing sound of wind breaking came rapidly from the direction of the huge commotion, like a flying arrow piercing through, making the heads of the group buzz.

A white blur was hurtling towards them at a terrifying speed, the gust of wind it generated like an eel, piercing through the gaps in the leaves, brushing against the robes of the group, leaving scratches in its wake.

"Junior Sister Guan Xun?!" Ling Moyan had sharp eyes and immediately recognized who the afterimage was. His joy had just flashed in his eyes when he was shocked by the huge monster behind the afterimage.

He recognized the monster; it was an eighth-tier Water Rot Toad.

When he came with his family to capture the monster, he encountered this Water Rot Toad. The quasi-elder was injured after fighting with it, which aggravated his injuries when he later captured the Soul-Destroying Rainbow Crane, and he unfortunately died.

An eighth-rank spirit master, capable of matching a level 50 or higher, yet here he is, chasing after Guan Xun.

"Senior!" Guan Xun's face was full of terror as she rushed over, constantly turning her head to look at the water toad. Her voice trembled, and anyone who heard it could feel her fear.

That's right. The eighth-tier demonic beast in front of them is beyond their current ability to contend with, both in terms of size and strength.

"Senior, Senior Ye, she..." Guan Xun bit his lower lip, looking as if he had something difficult to say, "...it ate her! Let's go!"

what? !

The group's faces were solemn with shock. Although they were not familiar with Ye Qingchi, they were still from the same academy. They found it hard to accept that she had been eaten.

"What exactly is this..." As the demonic beast drew closer, Lu Shenqu gasped, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted.

"go!"

Ling Moyan's spiritual power transformed into a wave of fire, bypassing Guan Xun and heading straight for the Water Toad. The attack landed, but it caused no pain or itch; the toad croaked a few times, becoming even more excited.

The wave of fire transformed into an enormous wall of fire, blocking the water-rot toad from behind.

"Tsk." Guan Xun turned his head and glanced at it.

In the blink of an eye, she saw Ling Moyan flying towards her, his tense expression as if he were risking his life to save her from a sea of ​​fire.

Wow, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly, this senior is such a good person.

Unfortunately, I ran into her; she was a wicked person.

As the two drew closer, Guan Xun's aura dissipated, and her flying speed instantly dropped sharply. Her face turned pale, and she looked extremely exhausted.

“Guan Xun!” Ling Moyan reached out his hand to her and shouted hurriedly.

Seeing that the water toad behind them had broken through the wall of fire, it leaped down, its large mouth covered in mucus descending from above, swallowing them whole in just a few meters.

As soon as Guan Xun grabbed Ling Moyan's hand, a stench enveloped her from above. She turned around abruptly and saw a large, dark mouth, breathing hot air, biting down.

She frowned, forcefully shook off Ling Moyan's hand, and wrapped her spiritual energy around her right foot. Just as the water toad's giant mouth closed, she kicked him hard in the chest!

In an instant, a living person was swallowed whole and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Croak! Croak!" The water toad patted its belly, jumped from side to side, and danced with joy.

Lu Shenqu was terrified. He released his grip on Zeng Qianxue and pushed her back: "Jade slip."

Zeng Qianxue awoke with a start, took out the jade slip from her waist, and crushed it...