"Damn, I kicked a steel plate. Damn, it's better to know when to quit!"
The toad thought to himself.
Then, he opened his mouth wide and begged for mercy, "I surrender, I surrender! Stop grabbing, I'm going to explode! I admit defeat, I admit defeat! I'll give you my Yuan Dan, and half of my demonic energy too, alright big brother? Are you satisfied, big brother?!"
"Big brother! Spare my life!"
"Shrink your body, you're an eyesore."
Ling Fan said indifferently.
"Alright, big brother! You command, and I'll do it right away!"
The toad's body rumbled as it shrank, its demonic energy surging.
Soon, a silver toad, only about three zhang tall, landed on the ground.
"Taller than me?"
Ling Fan raised an eyebrow.
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!" the toad quickly replied, but inwardly it was complaining, "I'm a demon beast, what's wrong with being a bit bigger than you little bugs! Damn! So much nonsense."
Despite his inner grumbling, the toad dared not slack.
He quickly shrank his body again.
Soon.
A toad, half a person tall and as fat as a pig, appeared before Ling Fan.
"Big brother, how do you like this size? Are you satisfied now?"
The toad said with a fawning smile.
"Who's your big brother? Are you even human?"
"This... I'm not human, but 'big brother' is a term of respect. If I don't call you big brother, how else should I address you?"
"My surname is Ling, Ling Fan."
"Ling Venerable!"
The toad blurted out without thinking.
Ling Fan didn't correct it.
As long as it didn't call him "big brother" and annoy him.
He didn't mind if it called him Ling King or Ling Venerable.
After all, although Ling Fan's current strength was not yet comparable to a true Core Formation realm cultivator, it was not far off.
And with Ling Fan's various methods.
If it truly came down to a life-and-death battle, it would be other Core Formation realm cultivators who would die.
Once Ling Fan's Nirvana Tribulation Body achieved minor completion, his strength would truly be comparable to those in the Core Formation realm of the lower realms.
If one looked at the entire lower realm, only by entering the Core Formation realm could one be considered to have barely entered the ranks of the strong.
"Give me half of the demonic power from your demon core."
Ling Fan said.
The toad trembled all over.
It thought, what was coming, had finally come.
The toad put on a cute act and said pitifully, "Ling Venerable, you can't use my demonic energy. Isn't the Yuan Dan left by that old man enough for you?"
"You won't give it?"
Ling Fan looked down at the toad.
The toad shivered all over and said with great reluctance, "I'll give it!"
The toad opened its mouth wide and spat out a white demon core, about the size of a fist, which slowly flew out of its throat.
It floated and bobbed in a dense aura of demonic energy.
The toad cast Ling Fan another pitiful glance, attempting a final struggle.
However, seeing Ling Fan's indifferent expression.
It could only sigh in its heart.
Resigned.
Who told it that it wasn't as strong as the other party?
The strong feast on the weak!
The weak can only suffer losses.
How tragic.
Terrifying demonic energy poured out from the demon core.
Ling Fan reached out and grabbed it, all the escaping demonic energy being contained by him in a sphere.
The sphere continued to expand.
On the other hand, the toad's demon core visibly dimmed.
The toad's aura also plummeted.
If it could previously be compared to a peak King realm cultivator.
Now, it was only equivalent to the late stage of the Giant Spirit realm, and that was still a stretch.
"Give me half of your demon blood too."
Ling Fan said.
"Damn it, Ling Venerable, give me a break!"
The toad was on the verge of tears.
Its toad life was too difficult!
Giving Ling Fan half of its demonic energy, it could still slowly cultivate back.
But giving half of its demon blood was equivalent to taking half its life!
But seeing Ling Fan's unquestionable gaze.
The toad despaired.
It cursed inwardly.
It raised a front paw and slammed it fiercely onto its chest, and a ball of silver light, dense with essence blood, floated out from its body.
"Ling Venerable, please accept it."
Although the toad's heart was bleeding, it still forced a smile, but the smile was more bitter than crying.
Ling Fan glanced at it and said, "You're a Silver Toad, and half your essence blood is only this much? Are you stupid or am I stupid?"
The toad gave an awkward laugh.
It said, "My body has been weak these past two days, and my essence blood is insufficient. Let me see if I can squeeze out a bit more."
The toad struck its chest again with a paw.
Another ball of silver, radiant, powerful essence blood floated out.
"Ling Venerable, I'm almost drained dry. This is truly my limit!"
Ling Fan's voice turned cold, the mark of his Heavenly Demonic Eye faintly visible, and he said, "Toad, if you try to play any more tricks, I will kill you and take all your demon blood."
"Ling Venerable!"
The toad went "plop."
Its hind legs, like human legs, knelt down.
It hurriedly said, "Ling Venerable, don't rush, I think I have some more essence blood, I can still squeeze a bit more!"
The toad gritted its teeth, hardened its heart, and struck itself in various places with its claws, and several more balls of silver essence blood were struck out.
Having lost so much essence blood, the toad's aura instantly weakened.
Its legs could no longer stand, and it collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, weakly sticking out its tongue.
"Ling Venerable, if you're still not satisfied this time, you'll just have to kill me,"
The toad said.
"Stop playing the victim, I won't take your essence blood for nothing."
Ling Fan kicked it.
"If you're not dead, get up and guard me. I need to cultivate here for a while."
"Alright, as Ling Venerable commands, even if I, Mo Dazui, die of exhaustion, I will stand my last post for Ling Venerable!"
"Mo Dazui? You have a name."
Ling Fan said with interest.
"The old man gave it to me. He said I was a toad, so he took half of the character '蟆' (ma) to be my surname. Then he said I had a big mouth, and a big mouth could eat in all directions, so the name Mo Dazui was quite fitting!"
Ling Fan couldn't help but smile.
It seemed that the Moon Gazing Martial Venerable was also an interesting person.
People liked to choose majestic and powerful demonic beasts like dragons, qilin, celestial horses, and pixiu as their demonic pets.
This Moon Gazing Martial Venerable, however.
Chose a toad.
Truly had unique taste.
Although it didn't sound very pleasant, this toad's bloodline was not weak.
Ling Fan withdrew his thoughts.
He sat down cross-legged on the mountaintop.
A sphere containing a terrifying amount of demonic energy appeared, and on the other side, a ball of silver, radiant demon blood, as large as a human head, floated.
The Nirvana Tribulation Body cultivation technique was instantly activated.
In an instant.
Countless pores and acupoints in Ling Fan's body opened, as if transforming into a terrifying black hole, madly absorbing the demonic energy from the sphere and the toad's demon blood.
Boom!
A terrifying spiritual fire appeared out of nowhere.
And due to the special nature of the Food-Eating Golden Toad's demonic energy and demon blood, this flame was even more terrifying, distorting space itself.
Ling Fan's body was immediately engulfed in a terrifying blaze.
Mo Dazui, who was alone and melancholic at the edge of the mountaintop, felt the terrifying flame appear and immediately turned back.
"Oh my god!"
It was so scared that it fell backward into a squat.
Fearing that even a single spark from Ling Fan's flames would splash onto it.