The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 382

Chapter 382: Chapter 378: Obtaining the Golden Toad (Fourth Update) Chapter 382: Chapter 378: Obtaining the Golden Toad (Fourth Update) Ao Hong's gaze sharply contracted and a flash of gold glimmered on his forehead, seemingly detaching a piece of bone armor. It shot directly into the midair and transformed into a turtle shell shield in a flurry of golden light, guarding him from above.

A loud “boom” resounded!

The golden blade light fell on the turtle shell shield, causing innumerable flashes of golden light to burst forth. The entire Heavenly Pit shook as a result, the surrounding water resembled a tsunami, whipping up waves several tens of feet high and destroying countless trees and surging in all directions.

Shen Luo gripped Xie Yuxin's arm tightly, protecting the two of them with the Water Repelling Technique, controlling the water current to carry them to the surface. The Shrimp Soldier Langsheng was swept away hitting a broken tree, barely stabilizing his figure.

Midair, a crisp snapping sound echoed.

The turtle shell shield exploded in response to the sound and stirred up circles of golden halo. Ao Hong, who had escaped the attack, his body's light retracting, transformed back into his human form. With a twist of his wrist, a golden longsword appeared out of thin air in his palm.

“A storage magical instrument.” Seeing this, Shen Luo's eyes fell on the ring on his right ring finger, and he was mildly astonished.

“This old guy is really asking for it, thinking my East Sea Dragon Clan is incapable?” Ao Hong's face changed, his eyes suddenly filled with a cutting murderous air.

With another twist of his wrist, a red Elixir Pill the size of a longan kernel appeared in his palm. He raised his hand and threw it into his mouth.

With a crisp “crack”, Ao Hong bit his teeth and crushed the pill directly.

A wisp of red smoke from within the pill instantly seeped out considering his mouth full of red.

Immediately following, his nose wrinkled. He took a deep breath, and the free-floating red smoke flowed into his nostrils, leaving nothing behind.

Once the red smoke disappeared, Ao Hong's revealed facial expression bore a strange expression never seen before, looking like a madman with indescribable madness.

What was even more strange was that his Qi fluctuation began to increase rapidly, directly breaking through the bottleneck of the peak of the later stage of Grain Avoidance, reaching the Soul Condensation Stage.

“What is he?” said Xie Yuxins in surprise.

“He likely took a drug that stimulates potential and rapidly elevates his cultivation level. He seems to be preparing for a desperate fight. This state of his won't last long; I have to help.” Shen Luo frowned tightly and said.

After finishing talking, he removed the hand that was holding Xie Yuxin's arm, took out two new Armor Horse Talismans from his sleeve and affixed them to his legs. He held the Ghost Wailing Ring in one hand, and a Thunderfall Talisman in the other, mentally preparing himself to rush forward.

“Roar…”

In response to the dragon's chant, Ao Hong saw two dragon horns extend out from his forehead. His legs and arm skin turned into layers of golden scales, and his palms extended into scaly claws. He transformed himself into a half-dragon, half-human state.

He tightly gripped the sword handle with his dragon claw and lunged forwards, his figure shot out more than ten feet instantly. He moved swiftly and ended up right in front of Tong Guan, slashing his sword down.

Tong Guan's eyebrows raised sharply, his gaze concentrated, and his golden blade suddenly slashed out, meeting Ao Hong's advance.

Where the sword and blade intersected, the clanging sound was endless, sword and blade lights sprayed in all directions, cutting the surrounding trees into pieces, and the noise of tree falling was never ending.

As soon as Shen Luo got a little closer, he was pushed back by the residual force of the dense sword, and for a while, it was difficult for him to intervene.

Ao Hong and Tong Guan exchanged blows in a series of rapid attacks, the echoing sound in the forest was like rolling thunder, booming non-stop.

A loud “boom” sounded!

After a fierce collision, two figures exploded back several tens of feet from the centre of the impact.

Ao Hong was shrouded in golden light, as if water vapor was evaporating from his body, turning into a layer of faint gold mist. This made his whole figure appear hazy and fraught.

His single hand brandishing the longsword, a low chant could be heard from his mouth, the swirling golden fog around him started to congeal, transforming into a golden dragon phantasm. After spiraling around him once, it flew into the longsword.

At the same time, Ao Hong's scale armor faded away, causing him to revert from his half-dragon, half-human state.

“Prepare to die.”

A low growl emerged from his lips as his figure suddenly lunged forward, transforming into a golden light directly stabbing towards Tong Guan.

Seeing his figure arrive in a blink of an eye, Tong Guan's pupils violently constricted. With a sweep of his hand, the Five Peaks True Form Seal was shot out once again, with the three mountain range imprints lighting up simultaneously.

Following that, the three mountain peak phantoms materialized one after the other, overlapping each other to form a mountain shield blocking his front.

A “zing” resounded as a dragon shadow slithered out from the golden sword edge and directly struck the mountain peak phantom, setting off an earth-shattering roar.

The entire Heavenly Pit shook violently, with cracks sprawling across the surrounding mountain walls and rocks tumbling about.

A rift appeared on the earth, leaking the accumulated sea water into the ground.

However, the golden dragon phantom, despite plunging into the mountain peak, was unable to shatter it in one fell swoop. Instead, the two forces were at a deadlock.

Ao Hong was trembling in golden light, like a raging fire burning. Clearly, not only was the consumption of his Mana extreme, even the effect of the earlier taken pill was rapidly diminishing.

Tong Guan's face was as pale as iron. He had already put away his golden blade, focusing his power into the seal while clearly not relaxed.

However, it is clear who would have a greater chance of victory if they continue to drag this out.

Just then, ripples suddenly appeared in the pool of water beneath Ao Hong. An almost transparent figure suddenly shot out and instantly reached his side.

Nobody could notice this change. Everyone was astounded.

However, instead of attacking Ao Hong when it got close, it simply unhooked the Dragon Whisker Basket from his waist and fell back, returning towards the pool of water below.

“Golden Toad…”

Ao Hong tensed up. He wanted to chase, but he was unable to withdraw his power at the moment. If he gets distracted and makes a mistake, he would inevitably meet with disaster.

Just as the semi-transparent figure was about to fall into the pond, the pool of water violently surged, and more than a dozen water ropes reached out to tie up the semi-transparent figure in mid-air.

Feng Shui had been hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to steal the Jade-eyed Golden Toad. He had finally seized the opportunity and used a secret method to control the Water Shadow Puppet to unhook the Dragon Whisker Basket, only to be tied up by water ropes, which left him seething with rage.

At this moment, he didn't care about anything else. He only wanted to get the Jade-eyed Golden Toad first. So, he dashed out from his hiding spot and quickly ran towards the Water Shadow Puppet.

However, another figure got there faster than him and shattered the puppet with one punch.

The moon shadow under Shen Luo's feet had not yet disappeared as he stowed the Dragon Whisker Basket into his sleeve. After glancing at Feng Shui rushing towards him, he side-stepped and moved away.

Feng Shui wanted to chase after him, but was blocked by Xie Yuxin and Lang Sheng, one in front and one behind.

Seeing this, Feng Shui did not engage in a fight with the two, his body melted like a stream and merged into the pool of water, hiding once again.