Chapter 198 - Displaying A Man’s Gallantry (1/2)
“Oh no, oh no!”
In the mountain forest, Cheng Dongfeng was beside himself in anxiety, muttering in regret, “I should have known—with Jiang He’s usual attitude, how could he not start trouble since he was so keen on changing our heading to Lake Kanas?”
“It’s over… Jiang He is definitely dead if he angers the Red Toad King!”
Beside him, Chen Jingzhou had yet to fully recover from the shock of hearing the chain of explosions and muttered as well, “Jiang He was merely rank-nine last night. How could he be so bold? Didn’t he say that he just wanted to fish? Why would he blow up the lake?”
“Did you assume that he got his Bomber Prince nickname out of nothing?” Jiang He chuckled begrudgingly.
That was when a blade light landed.
Delighted, Cheng Dongfeng ran towards it, even shouting from the distance, “Blade King senpai, please help save Jiang He—it’s not easy for a genius to come by Lingzhou City.”
Chen Jingzhou ran up to them too.
From afar, He Litong, Zhou Rui, and Yang Chengwei were rushing towards them as well, and came to stand beside Three Blades Lin.
They were positioned higher up on a mountain slope, and even happened to have a clear view of Jiang He as he stood on the shores of Lake Kanas.
Three Blades Lin had a somber gaze, and appeared at a loss towards Cheng Dongfeng’s request. “I want to help, but…’
“A while ago, Jiang He started some major trouble by killing the Black King Drake. In addition, Minister Wang slew the Blue King Drake as well in order to intimidate the other Feral Kings, which left them utterly infuriated. In fact, some of the other Feral Kings within the country is on the move, and war would ignite if I act now.”
Right now, Three Blades Lin was between a rock and a hard place.
Taking a deep breath to calm his mood, he threw up his hands, saying, “Let’s wait and see. Jiang He is not weak, and the Red Toad King would not be able to restrain him if he wanted to flee… by the way, why would he throw bombs into Lake Kanas for no reason?”
Three Blades Lin had ten thousand questions in his head!
Had Jiang He gone mad?
Beside him, Cheng Dongfeng offered meekly then, “Perhaps he wanted some fish. I did hear Jiang He mumble about getting bored of eating the meat of the Black King Drake and the Blue King Drake…”
“…”
Hoho.
Three Blades Lin sneered and seethed through clenched teeth. “Bastard. I’m letting the Red Toad King do him in!”
However, he had already made up his mind.
If Jiang He was really in danger, Three Blades Lin would step up even if he risked war. After all, the kid would not stay beneath Wang Hou if he continued to grow!
He must be saved!
***
Back at the lake, the shockwave from the explosion had already faded. However, the surface of the lake was churning and kicking up massive tides as a colossal toad that was over a dozen meters tall swam beneath, before it abruptly leapt and crashed out of the surface.
A tide arose beneath its feet, turning into a gigantic pillar that kept its gigantic body aloft.
On the shores of the lake, Jiang He was standing with his hands clasped behind his back, a calm expression on his face as he looked out at the Red Toad King that was a hundred meters away.
In spite of that, he felt slight surprise inwardly—
“Red Toad King, Red Toad King… I’ve always thought that it was a nickname. I didn’t expect that its whole body is red!”
Aside from being around six-floors tall and being entirely scarlet, it did not look at all different from a normal toad endlessly enlarged. Its protruding eyes were a demonic red as well, and it had many orifices over its back that resembled miniature volcanoes.
On the way here, Jiang He had already read about the data on the Red Toad King.
That Feral had evolved from a ‘red-eyed toad’, a species of toad newly discovered ten years ago. A mutation might have taken place after it evolved, causing its whole body to become red.
“Toad… Can toads be eaten?”
The thought occurred to Jiang He’s mind then… that thing was probably edible. One should not be obsessed with its ugly looks, but there were many spots on its body where one could pour in condiments. Still, it was poisonous and the cooking method is very specific, and one should not have too much or they would die.
And now, Jiang He was staring at the Red Toad King, and it was staring back at Jiang He too.
But for some reason…
Even as the thought of ‘could the Red Toad King be eaten’ occurred to Jiang He, the Feral King could not help shuddering in fear inwardly, although that was soon consumed by its endless fury.
“Human!”
The Red Toad King gaped its maw and thundered in rage, “You dare provoke this king, human?”
“Die!”
At the sound of the word ‘die’…
Swish!
The Red Toad King abruptly shot out its tongue!
How quick did its tongue moved?
Five times the speed of light? Ten?
It was inestimable!
In the very least, all Jiang He felt was his vision blurring in that instant.
Without the time to react, the Red Toad King’s tongue had coiled around Jiang He… and while its tongue shot out rapidly, it retracted even quicker.
Burp…
A dozen miles away and on that mountain slope, all Three Blades Lin saw from afar was the Red Toad King open its mouth, firing out its tongue and retracting it…
After that, Jiang He was gone.
“Jiang He!”
Three Blades Lin roared in rage, instantly turning into a blade light and rushed towards Lake Kanas.
Cheng Dongfeng and the others had weaker vision and could not even see much—all they saw was the Red Toad King open its mouth and close its mouth, after of which was Jiang He disappearing from the banks of the lake.
Amongst them, Chen Jingzhou was a top rank-nine and had better eyes.
There was a look of disbelief on his face, and his whole body shuddered before he went limp and fell on his knees, muttering, “Jiang He… was eaten by the Red Toad King?”
Whoosh!
Meanwhile, Three Blades Lin had covered the dozen-kilometer distance in the blink of an eye.
Three Blades Lin’s blade swung down as he bellowed in rage, “Red Toad King, spit out that person you just swallowed—even if I don’t slay you, Minister Wang would personally arrive and turn your Lake Kanas upside down!”
In response, the currents in the lake shot in the air, turning into jet streams as it deflected the blade light while replying, “So, it’s the Blade King… you would allow a young human bombing my residence and break the rules, and now attack me? Are you really sure that our kind would not dare to attack your nation?”
“Wang Hou may be outstanding to outclass the Blue King Drake with a single stroke, but could he do anything to me if this king would leave?”