Chapter 406 - Chapter 406: Chapter 398: A Cat Has Nine Lives_1 (2/2)
Grade: Grade Eight Tailless Golden Swallowing Toad, experience 100 million/1 billion
Lifespan: 1000 years
Energy: 9 million
Skills: Swimming Grade Seven 1000000/10000000, Qi Gong Defense Grade Seven 2000000/10000000, Predation Grade Seven 1000000/10000000, Hibernation Grade Three 109/1000, Frog Croak Grade One 0/10
Talent: Devouring, Defense, Venom Immunity
The Golden Toad had indeed advanced to Grade Eight, but there was almost no significant change in its skills and talents.
There was an additional Frog Croak.
This skill seemed to be a sonic attack skill.
The specific effects of the attack were not yet clear.
Furthermore, its other skills had also improved.
Only the Hibernation skill remained the same.
It was immune to all venoms, which was a significant improvement.
Previously, it was only immune to some venoms.
From its name, it was not hard to see that it had the ability to swallow gold.
Qin Niu had tested this ability before. It could swallow small pieces of metal, such as black iron, silver pieces.
But it digested them very slowly.
And after eating them, there was no significant improvement in its abilities.
This made Qin Niu stop feeding it metals later on.
Because the input-output ratio was too disproportionate.
“Green-Head Summoning Bee, come out.”
Qin Niu summoned the un-cultivated Green-Head Summoning Bee.
“Wart Toad, try attacking it with your Frog Croak Skill.”
He wanted to see the effect of the Frog Croak Skill.
“Croak!”
The Golden Toad croaked at the Green-Head Summoning Bee.
Without any warning, the Green-Head Summoning Bee dropped straight to the ground.
Like the birds frightened by the mere twang of a bowstring in the legends.
“What a powerful skill.”
Qin Niu was also worried that the Green-Head Summoning Bee had died.
Fortunately, it had only been in a brief injured state after the sonic attack.
It soon took flight again.
Panicked, it fled into the distance, evidently wounded and filled with fear of the Golden Toad.
“In the future, to deal with insects in the air, just have the Golden Toad croak.”
Qin Niu felt delightfully smug about this.
The Golden Toad’s biggest weakness previously was its inability to attack flying insects.
Now that it had evolved the Frog Croak skill, capturing insects in the air would be easy.
“Husband, husband, come quickly, I think my cat is dead!”
Wang Wanyan urgently called out from inside the house.
Qin Niu hurried over, only to see the cat lying stiff and motionless in its cage.
“Even in death, it shouldn’t be like this!”
Qin Niu was well aware that animals, birds, or insects that had consumed Ancient Banyan Tree Blood often exploded upon death.
The cat’s body looked only slightly swollen, not burst.
This struck him as strange.
“Don’t worry about it for now, keep it in the cage and observe for a couple more days. If it’s truly dead, we’ll bury it then. I’ll find you a better pet,” Qin Niu said, wrapping his arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
They say cats have nine lives. Perhaps this cat wasn’t dead after all.
Wang Wanyan looked at the cat she had raised for many years lying lifeless in the cage, motionless, and she was deeply saddened.
Her eyes were red.
With comfort from Qin Niu, she felt a bit better, and Tang Caixian took over to continue consoling her.
But she barely ate anything at dinner.
This pained Qin Niu deeply.
The next day, the cat was still laying motionless in the cage.
Qin Niu stared attentively, noticing there was no rise and fall of the cat’s belly, indicating it wasn’t breathing.
Could it really be dead?
He reached into the cage and touched the cat’s body.
It was somewhat cold.
But oddly, its body wasn’t stiff, still soft.
This gave a glimmer of hope.
“Let’s continue observing for a few more days. If it starts to smell, then it means it’s really dead. If it doesn’t smell, it could be a case of apparent death.”