The colossal creature was a gigantic toad, its body semi-transparent. After swallowing Long Chen, its body instantly turned a vibrant green.
"The Swallowing Heaven Toad is a descendant branch of the ancient divine beast, the Swallowing Heaven Beast. It forms its own world within its body. Once swallowed, there is no escape." Someone cried out in alarm.
The Heaven-Swallowing Toad exists only in mythological stories. According to myths, there are beasts in the divine realm that swallow and spit out the sun, moon, and stars. All gods and demons tremble at the mere sight—this is the Heaven-Swallowing Beast.
As for the Heaven-Swallowing Toad, it was originally just a magical beast. During the divine beast battle, it accidentally swallowed a drop of the Heaven-Swallowing Beast's blood, causing it to mutate and become a monster with divine beast bloodline.
Although the Devouring Sky Toad is not as terrifying as the Devouring Beast and cannot devour the sun, moon, and stars, it forms its own world within its body known as the Blood Domain Prison.
The Devouring Toad survives by devouring. No matter what magical beast it swallows, it enters another world. In that world, there is an endless sea of blood, and in fact, that sea is the toad's stomach acid.
Even if the stomach essence were a divine artifact, it would be melted and corroded, and flesh and blood could not withstand it.
Like the Chasing Cloud Swallowing Sky Sparrow clan, the Sky-Swallowing Toad carries traces of the Devouring Sky Beast bloodline. However, the Sky-Swallowing Toad is too violent and extremely low-intelligence, similar to magical beasts. Because it poses such a great threat, it's said that it was already wiped out by the union of powerful beings.
Unexpectedly, a Heaven-Swallowing Toad appeared here, and its aura was vast and terrifying—it was actually a peak twelfth-rank Mystic Beast.
As soon as the Sky-Swallowing Toad appeared, everyone was shocked. This was a nightmare-level monster, different from the divine abilities of the Chasing Cloud Swallowing Sky Sparrow clan. After devouring a strong opponent, the otherworldly space would directly strangle and annihilate them.
But the belly of the Swallowing Sky Toad is a prison. Legend has it that there is only entry but no exit; once inside, it can only slowly be corroded by the sea of blood until it disappears, waiting for death amid endless pain, fear, and despair.
"Whoosh."
After the Heaven-Swallowing Toad devoured Long Chen, Ye Benchang suddenly jumped onto its head, slapping its head with a large hand, and a rune surged into its body.
"Long Chen, I won't let you die like this." A cold smile appeared at the corner of Ye Benchang's mouth.
Long Chen had too many secrets. It would be a pity if he died. He couldn't let the Swallowing Heaven Toad kill Long Chen; he controlled the Swallowing Heaven Toad and imprisoned Long Chen.
Because the Swallowing Sky Toad was too low-intelligence, even though it was his mount, it couldn't clearly comprehend its meaning. He could only control it to imprison Long Chen, so it wouldn't kill him.
He was very confident in his mount. After all, this Swallowing Sky Toad was built by his entire fortune, and the resources consumed to train it were unimaginable—even more than he had used on himself.
Even if a fourth-step Tongming Realm expert is swallowed, they won't be able to escape. The Heaven-Swallowing Toad is his most powerful killing move. Even among the Divine Clan, few know this secret. But today, he used this trump card.
"Gurgle gurgle gurgle... The
Heaven-Swallowing Toad suddenly puffed up huge bubbles on its cheeks. As these bubbles appeared, the void trembled and roared. Blood-red runes appeared all over the toad's body, and its emerald-green body turned red.
"Whoosh"
At the same time, its belly began to rapidly expand, growing bigger and bigger.
"What?"
Ye Benchang was shocked. He had never seen a Heaven-Swallowing Toad behave like this. The toad actually showed signs of fear, but its mind was in chaos, and Ye Benchang couldn't figure out what was happening.
"Not good."
Seeing cracks appear on the Swallowing Heaven Toad's skin, Ye Benchang immediately jumped up and fled at high speed.
With a loud explosion, the massive Heaven-Swallowing Toad swelled to ten times its original size, then suddenly shattered.
The Heaven-Swallowing Toad shattered, endless flames burning in the void, turning the world into a sea of fire.
The sea of fire was endless, flames scorched the sky, and the temperature of the entire world suddenly rose. After the Heaven-Swallowing Toad exploded, its corpse and blood were completely burned.
As the flames flickered, a figure carrying a black long blade slowly stepped out from the sea of fire.
The terrifying flames beside him seemed so gentle, like a gentle breeze brushing by, making Long Chen's long hair flutter and his black robe flutter, as if a fire god had descended upon the world.
"Even a toad is thrown to your death. Ye Benchang, are you out of tricks for your foolish donkey?" Long Chen carried the Dragonbone Evil Moon, flames flickering around him, coldly staring at Ye Benchang.
After being devoured, Long Chen was also startled. He entered a world filled with a sea of blood. As soon as Long Chen entered, the blood surged and transformed into countless monsters that lunged at him.
The terrifying corrosive power even made Long Chen's heart tremble. The worst part was that this place was a world of its own, and the laws were strange. Long Chen felt as if he had no power to use it.
However, when Long Chen activated the World-Destroying Flame and unleashed the Great Brahma Heavenly Scripture, he discovered that even in this space, the Great Brahma Heavenly Scripture was still effective, with endless flame power surging in.
What Long Chen didn't know was that the flame power he extracted did not come from the Tianwu Continent, but from another world. As a result, with the strike of the World-Destroying Fire Lotus, the entire world order collapsed, swelling infinitely and eventually bursting the world.
"Bastard, how is this possible?" Ye Benchang looked deeply pained. That was the mount he had cultivated with all his life's effort, and yet it had been killed just like that.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, the Dragon Bone Evil Moon in Long Chen's hand trembled as he attacked Ye Benchang again. With a simple strike, he took advantage of Ye Benchang's distraction and used his soul to lock onto him.
Ye Benchang's expression changed. Just now, because of the death of the Swallowing Heaven Toad, a flaw in his mind had suddenly appeared, but Long Chen caught it and, guided by his energy, launched an attack directly.
"Boom!"
Ye Benchang raised his sword to block, but Long Chen struck him with a single blow, causing blood to spurt wildly. In a clash of experts, a single opening can easily bring defeat and death.
"Boom boom boom...
Suddenly, a thunderous explosion erupted behind Long Chen, and thunderous spears shot out—it was Kunpengzi's attack coming at him.
Just now, Ye Benchang had saved Kunpengzi's life. Now that Ye Benchang was in trouble, Kunpengzi had intervened. It wasn't that Kunpengzi was loyal, but that at this moment, they had no choice but to join forces.
"Buzz"—
the void shattered, and a blood-red spear tore through the air. The spear whistled, carrying the sound of ghostly wails, sending chills down one's spine. That shot seemed like a curse from hell—a strike with a curse.
Only Tian Xiezi, the son of the evil path, could unleash such an evil strike. Tian Xiezi had no intention of sitting back and watching the tigers fight; he had unleashed his strongest trump card.
As Tian Xiezi launched his attack, the void roared and exploded. A gigantic figure, wearing a golden crown and wielding a sky-holding spear, radiated imperial might, tearing through the ancient sky with a single strike, charging at Long Chen.
Di Feng also made his move. At this moment, he stood at the brow of the emperor's figure, fusing with the Blood Emperor. The power of the Blood Emperor erupted, its might capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Kunpengzi, Tian Xiezi, and Difeng simultaneously launched their strongest attacks. Ye Benchang, who had been retreating rapidly, suddenly shouted sharply, steadied himself, and spat a mouthful of blood onto his sword, which was streaked with blood, crawling like little snakes.
"Blood Sacrifice, Devouring Life Slash."
Ye Benchang slashed out with his sword, blood energy surging, and the attacks of the other three simultaneously slashed toward Long Chen. The attacks of the four great powerhouses came at once, and Long Chen was instantly plunged into a desperate situation.
"Even if you all go at the same time, what difference does it make? Besides the Great Emperor, among those of the same rank, who has I, Long Chen, ever feared? Seeing
the four attacking simultaneously, Long Chen shouted sharply, holding the Dragon Bone Evil Moon in both hands. One hundred and eight thousand stars trembled, and endless life-and-death power surged toward Long Chen's Mingmen Star like a hundred rivers converging into a sea.
The Underworld Gate Star trembled, twisting all its power into one rope. At the same time, the five stars—Feng Mansion, Jade Balance, Siming, Gong Qi, and Shen Guan—lit up simultaneously. All of Long Chen's strength converged on the Dragonbone Evil Moon.
"Buzz buzz buzz... The
Dragonbone Evil Moon trembled continuously. As Long Chen's power poured in, it felt as if shackles within it were being broken open, and its strength kept rising.
"Haha, finally enough power. Long Chen, don't use the Eighth Form of Heaven Creation. I'll teach you the ultimate technique of our Evil Dragon clan." The Dragonbone Evil Moon shouted excitedly, its evil aura making all the stars tremble.
"Evil Dragon Cleaves the Heavens!"
Suddenly, Long Chen and Dragonbone Evil Moon shouted loudly at the same time. The moment Dragonbone Evil Moon slashed, the void shattered, and a black blade shadow slashed out, like a giant dragon's tail and crescent moon, lashing fiercely.
"Boom!"
The attacks of Tian Xiezi, Kunpengzi, Difeng, and Ye Benchang shattered instantly, the void was blasted into nothingness, huge ripples spreading, and all five spat blood as they were sent flying.
Tian Xiezi's spear shattered, Kunpengzi's thunder halberd vanished, Difeng's Blood Emperor figure was shattered, and as he retreated, he kept coughing up blood, his brow splitting open.
Ye Benchang's long sword shattered, countless divine sword fragments passing through his body, scorching it into a sieve.
It was a peerless impact, terrifying ripples covering the entire battlefield. Countless powerful warriors were sent flying, bones shattered and muscles shattered, blood spraying wildly. Though it was just an aftershock, it was unstoppable.
The chaotic battle ended because of this single strike. Since they couldn't fight anymore, they couldn't even care about their own lives. As they rapidly retreated, their eyes fixed on the void, the space fading away, and the four battered figures rolling in disarray.
"Huh, where's Long Chen?" Someone cried out. Just moments ago, five figures had been seen flying out, but now only four remained. Long Chen's figure was nowhere to be found.
"Young master, be careful."
Suddenly, the Kunpeng clan experts let out heart-wrenching screams, for they were horrified to see a figure carrying a black broadsword behind the rapidly retreating Kunpengzi. Upon seeing that figure, all the Xuanshu clan experts were stunned.
"Pfft!"
Before Kunpengzi could react, a fiercely shaped black long blade stabbed into his back, piercing his body.