The purple mist was impenetrably thick. Jiang Qiu stood at the head of the group, his long spear held at a slant in his right hand, eyes narrowed. A massive toad, two to three stories tall, squatted in the middle of the road. With its every inhale and exhale, the surrounding mist was driven away.
A clearing in the purple mist, over two hundred meters in diameter, formed around it—an area more than twice the size of King Niu's. Its round, shimmering blue eyes stared wide and unblinking, like two small blue moons suspended in the air.
"CROAK~"
Its massive maw opened, spitting out a dozen or so unconscious youths. It rolled its tongue and glanced at Jiang Qiu, whose aura was utterly unremarkable. In a puzzled tone, it said, "That fellow King Niu who fled from Dongqi Lake couldn't even defend his own territory?
I can't let Lady Spider Mother's offerings escape..."
