Lin Ling's heart skipped a beat.

Could it really be this coincidental?

The blood of the [Bi Gua Guai] (Jade Toad Ghoul) had never had any effect before, and they had washed it off promptly this time, yet it still attracted something?

"Be alert! Everyone, be alert!"

Better safe than sorry.

Following his cautious approach, Lin Ling immediately told the team to perk up again.

Accompanied by several more rumbling sounds, something was getting closer and closer, heading straight for them with a clear purpose.

Boom!

Another rumbling tremor, like some gigantic being leaping high into the air.

At the end of the darkness, at the edge of the human soul bonfire light, a huge frog head suddenly appeared!

That giant frog face was almost identical to the [Bi Gua Guai]'s, but several times larger.

That huge head, between the brightness of the human soul bonfire and the darkness outside, showed only half a face.

Magnified in proportion, the giant [Bi Gua Guai]'s exaggerated, gigantic bright copper eyeballs slowly rolled downward.

Its gaze seemed to lock onto the tiny humans below.

Lin Ling's heart sank. Leaving aside why this [Bi Gua Guai] was so big, just the sight of those giant bright copper eyeballs, without any black blood flowing, was enough to make his scalp tingle and cry out that something was wrong.

"Black-rank… mid-stage!"

Lin Ling's heart sank, and he uttered the words with difficulty.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically, and they panicked.

They could cooperate to slaughter the [Bi Gua Guai], a black-rank early-stage ghoul.

After all, the [Bi Gua Guai] was a relatively low-level existence among black-rank early-stage ghouls.

But a giant [Bi Gua Guai] of black-rank mid-stage was not something they could compensate for with numbers.

If there wasn't a Houtian second-rate expert present, encountering a black-rank mid-stage ghoul was usually a near-death experience!

"Wake up Xiao Ye! Wake up Xiao Ye immediately!" Han, who was being protected in the most central position, shouted immediately.

Waking up Fang Yue could indeed solve the current predicament.

But…

Lin Ling clenched his fists.

Am I really so useless that I can't even create a safe environment for Xiao Ye to cultivate in?!

What's more, forcibly waking up Xiao Ye from his cultivation now could very likely cause internal injuries, damage his meridians, or even lead to cultivation deviation!

"Captain Lin!" Han shouted again, but Lin Ling, with his back to Han, suddenly interrupted, "...I can do it!"

"What?"

"I can stop it!"

Lin Ling roared, and before the giant [Bi Gua Guai] could attack, he took the lead and rushed forward.

"Captain Lin?!"

"Don't be impulsive!"

"Damn it! Follow Captain Lin!"

Seeing this, the others gritted their teeth and followed.

They rushed up as if they were launching a suicide squad attack.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu (Pale Sky Paper Kite Dance) was stunned for a moment, instinctively wanting to shrink back, but when he thought of his achievements tonight, his brain heated up, and he gritted his teeth and followed.

Lin Ling took the lead, and as the giant [Bi Gua Guai] moved its eyeball, he suddenly jumped high and pierced the giant bright copper eyeball directly with his spear!

Tss!!

Before Lin Ling could attack again, foul-smelling blood splattered from the eyeball, drenching Lin Ling, obscuring his vision and making it impossible to see anything.

Before he could react, his falling body was hit by a strange force horizontally, sending him flying backward, landing heavily on the village path, shattering the porcelain-white stones on the surface.

The intense pain caused Lin Ling to cough up a mouthful of blood, almost passing out.

Enduring the pain, he barely propped himself up with his spear and looked forward.

His pupils shrank.

He saw the giant [Bi Gua Guai] leaping high again. In the process of jumping, like a giant elephant knocking away ants, the team members and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu who had rushed up were all directly knocked away by the huge body, scattering and falling in all directions.

Lin Ling's eyes turned red instantly. He propped himself up with his spear and was about to rush forward, but before he could get up, he suddenly leaned forward and fell to the ground.

His injuries were so severe that he couldn't exert any strength for a moment! He could only barely look up, watching the giant [Bi Gua Guai] land precisely in the middle of the village path.

The only fortunate thing was that the giant [Bi Gua Guai], like the ordinary [Bi Gua Guai], had a human body cut in half horizontally for its lower body, combined with a huge bulging frog.

So, when the giant [Bi Gua Guai] landed, there were actually only four points of contact, perfectly avoiding the carriage in the middle of the village path.

Its huge hands and feet, like reverse joints, landed heavily around the village path, leaving four deep pits.

Judging from this, the weight of the giant [Bi Gua Guai] must have reached an exaggerated level. Just the weight and the pressure from the jump could smash out such deep handprints and footprints, which was simply terrifying.

"Han!"

"Captain Ye!"

Those who had been knocked away and were still alive all cried out in alarm.

The team members who had been staying near the carriage turned pale and trembled.

"Wuu wuu wuu…"

Xiao Xue Dou (Little Blood Bucket) also seemed to feel the huge threat from the behemoth above, like a roof covering its head, whimpering and trembling in Jing Yan's arms. Jing Yan even felt his clothes becoming wet and sticky, emitting a urinous odor—Xiao Xue Dou had actually peed from fear!

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Jing Yan was jolted back to his senses by the smell of urine. Holding Han in his left arm and carrying Xiao Xue Dou in his right, he was about to run out.

But after only two steps, he was stopped by Han's stern voice: "Stop! Don't run out, go wake up Xiao Ye…"

Before Han could finish speaking, suddenly, with a whoosh, a pool of blood suddenly sprinkled down from above, drenching his head.

Han had no hands, not even to wipe his face, and he blankly felt the taste of blood that had accidentally entered his mouth. He looked up.

It would have been better if he hadn't looked.

Han's eyes widened instantly, and his heart trembled violently.

He saw that the giant human body of the bulging frog, which originally carried the upper body of the giant [Bi Gua Guai], now had a huge bloody hole broken open from its belly.

From the bloody hole, he could see a giant bright copper eyeball peering down at the situation below.

The giant [Bi Gua Guai] had actually used the bulging frog to pierce through its own human half, just to open a hole to look down on the village path.

What… did it want to see?

Han had never seen such a bizarre scene before.

While Han was puzzled, he discovered that the bright copper eyeball was moving.

It slowly rotated, observing everyone, and finally stopped abruptly, locking onto a target.

It was none other than the man who was still sitting in meditation and cultivating, unmoved by the excitement outside, the man whom everyone called Captain Ye!

"Gua!"