Everything happened too fast for anyone to react; the young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect was sent flying with a slap.
As everyone regained their senses, they saw a young man with gray hair and black eyes, dressed in a simple gray cloth robe, standing with his hands behind his back in front of Han Hai.
He was the one who had delivered the slap.
Beside him stood a silver toad, taller than a man, looking spirited and lively.
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect clutched his face, which had swollen into a pig's head. Fierce killing intent blazed in his eyes as he jumped up and roared, "Who are you? How dare you hit me! Do you know who I am? I am the young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect, you are dead!"
Ling Fan's gaze was indifferent, calm as still water. He said lightly, "Heavenly Remnant Sect? Never heard of it. You were bullying my friend just now. Kneel down and kowtow to apologize, and I might let you leave."
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect grinned savagely, revealing his pearly white teeth.
"You group of insignificant rogue cultivators dare to demand that I, the dignified young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect, kowtow and apologize? What the hell are you? So what if I bullied you? A mere trash who hasn't even condensed a Nascent Core dares to sneak attack and slap me when I wasn't paying attention? None of you will leave today."
With a look from the young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect, a group of experts from the Heavenly Remnant Sect surged forward. Among them were two Golden Core realm powerhouses. Two waves of Golden Core pressure instantly erupted, crushing forward with unparalleled might.
One Golden Core expert wielded a broad, heavy saber, stirring up endless saber dao laws. It seemed to split the void as the saber descended.
On the other side, another Golden Core expert from the Heavenly Remnant Sect had muscles bulging like earthworms under his skin. He was a rare martial cultivator who practiced the law of brute force. He unleashed a punch, and it was as if thousands of dragon-elephant phantoms appeared, charging forward.
Han Hai, Yang Shili, Lu Beinian, and Jin Gu's expressions turned grim, filled with despair.
Just then.
Ling Fan calmly instructed, "Toad, don't hold back."
The toad split its wide mouth into a grin.
"No need for you to say it, I know what to do! Watch how Mo Ye here deals with these arrogant bastards."
The toad's body suddenly enlarged, growing from a mere person's height to a size of thirty feet, like a small mountain. Its toad skin emitted endless silver light, shimmering brilliantly, with specks of golden spots flashing within. As it swiped a claw, the void itself roared like thunder.
*Bang!*
With a single claw, it easily tore apart the saber dao laws of the first Heavenly Remnant Sect Golden Core expert and firmly slammed onto the face of this early Golden Core realm powerhouse.
"Ah!"
A scream echoed as the Heavenly Remnant Sect Golden Core expert's face contorted. Half his teeth, mixed with blood, were swallowed. He spun in the air like a top countless times before crashing heavily into the mud.
Though the toad appeared clumsy, its movements were as swift as lightning. After sending one Golden Core expert flying with a claw, it raised a thick, strong toad leg and kicked through the other Heavenly Remnant Sect Golden Core expert's law of power. Then, it delivered a kick to the man's abdomen.
This Golden Core expert fared even worse. His internal organs were displaced by the toad's kick. His eyes bulged, and he vomited blood and sour fluid. The toad stomped down heavily, then stood upright, pinning the Heavenly Remnant Sect Golden Core expert beneath its foot.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
When everyone snapped back to reality, the toad had already dealt with both Golden Core experts of the Heavenly Remnant Sect.
Everyone was dumbfounded, utterly bewildered!
Those were two early Golden Core realm Martial Lords of the Heavenly Remnant Sect. Although only in the early Golden Core stage, they were by no means opponents that those below the Golden Core realm could contend with.
This toad, clearly only at the Quasi-Golden Core cultivation, had crushed two early Golden Core realm Martial Lords with such ease. It was truly shocking.
"Brother Toad... you're awesome!"
Han Hai, Yang Shili, Lu Beinian, and Jin Gu all gaped, unable to believe their eyes.
On the other hand, the Heavenly Remnant Sect members looked as if they had eaten something foul, their expressions as ugly as could be. Especially the young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect, whose eyes were wide, rendering him speechless for a moment.
"You... what kind of monster are you! Release our Heavenly Remnant Sect people quickly, or our Heavenly Remnant Sect will never let you go!"
"What is the Heavenly Remnant Sect? If you're not convinced, come and try me. Mo Ye is always ready!"
The toad stood with its hands on its hips, exceedingly proud.
It thought to itself, although it couldn't yet compare to that Bolong steed in suppressing the masses, it could at least crush two Golden Cores. Once it entered the Golden Core realm, its combat power would be at least mid-Golden Core, or even close to late-Golden Core. Wouldn't that be even more glorious?
With one foot on a Heavenly Remnant Sect Golden Core expert, the toad became a little conceited and began to daydream.
It felt blissful.
"You... you all wait! Our Heavenly Remnant Sect will send a peak Golden Core expert. Once he arrives, you will all be turned into corpses in an instant!"
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect pointed angrily.
"Oh, you still haven't had enough slaps, have you? Still daring to yap here."
The toad glanced at the young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect disdainfully and swiped a claw from a distance, causing the young master's head to tilt to the side. He face-planted onto the ground, swelling the other side of his face too.
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect became quiet now, no longer daring to speak rashly. He called out to his group of Heavenly Remnant Sect members, preparing to flee.
Ling Fan suddenly spoke, "Hold on, you still owe us something. Leave all your storage bags behind."
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect said with a pained expression, "I only owe them four Law Stones. Why should I leave my storage bags?"
"You won't leave your storage bags? Toad, you continue to entertain him. I'll take responsibility if he's beaten to death."
Ling Fan said lightly.
The toad rubbed its claws together and chuckled sinisterly.
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect shivered in fear, his eyes filled with terror. He quickly placed his storage spiritual artifacts on the ground. The other Heavenly Remnant Sect experts followed suit.
"This... is this alright!"
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect felt like his heart was bleeding.
These storage spiritual artifacts contained more than half of his wealth. Forget four Law Stones; they were worth more than forty thousand Law Stones, filled with rare heavenly treasures.
But now, under the circumstances, he could only endure it for now, thinking about how to gather reinforcements to regain his honor. Only then would he settle the score with this trash and this toad!
"Let's go!"
The young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect left with a cold and resentful gaze, slinking away.
The toad laughed heartily and kicked the Heavenly Remnant Sect Golden Core expert under its foot, sending him flying.
The Golden Core expert rolled a few times on the ground. He finally managed to get up, his face full of shame. He couldn't even lift his head and felt too ashamed to stay any longer, slinking away to follow.
"Thank you, Brother Ling and Brother Toad, for your assistance."
Han Hai, Yang Shili, Lu Beinian, and Jin Gu all cupped their fists in gratitude towards Ling Fan and the toad.
"No need to be so polite. Toad ate so much of your roast meat for free, so it naturally had to lend a hand."
Ling Fan waved his hand and, with a grab from a distance, took the storage spiritual artifacts left behind by the young master of the Heavenly Remnant Sect and the others into his possession.