In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

Lu Yuan couldn't help but retreat, but soon his eyes were attracted by a rock above the toad's head.

In the cracks between the rocks, there is a patch of light yellow grass, and in the grass, a palm-high plant with six leaves stands straight. The leaves grow in a spiral shape, like a spiral staircase.

It's a herbaceous herb, and its six leaves represent sixty years of medicinal age.

Why is it so small? The forbidden area has existed for countless years, it shouldn't be.

Lu Yuan observed carefully and finally found a broken stem as thick as his little finger in the grass. Combined with the corpses of many monsters in the valley, Lu Yuan understood the cause and effect.

I don't know how many years ago, after a long period of growth, the soul grass guarded by the Ice Toad finally reached the point where it could be taken. The aura it exudes attracts other nearby monsters, and their greed for the Soul Grass suppresses their fear of the Ice Toad, causing them to come here regardless.

The Ice Toad couldn't resist the monsters that came one after another, so he swallowed the divine soul grass and greatly increased his strength, killing the monsters that would offend him in one fell swoop.

Just let the seedlings be seedlings. Anyway, you can use the Palm Sky Bottle to ripen them.

And you have already eaten one. Is it okay if I pick up some seedlings? Lu Yuan murmured in his heart, and at the same time held back his breath, not to wake up the toad that seemed to be still sleeping.

He hid behind a boulder, frowned slightly, lowered his head and thought about a complete strategy to deal with this monster.

Several top-level magic weapons were all given to Erlunzi. With the three melons and two dates in his hand, he was looking for death.

Relying on the stealth acceleration of the stealth talisman can be considered, but it must be taken off the mortal calamity soft armor. But if he is halfway through, or if collecting medicine awakens the Ice Toad, he will have no choice but to stay like those monsters and serve as an ice sculpture for the toad to watch.

After thinking hard for a while, Lu Yuan suddenly had an idea that he thought was a good idea.

He took out a low-level giant tiger puppet from his pocket, activated it and controlled it, preparing to slowly approach the Ice Toad.

However, the movements of the giant tiger puppet were too stiff, and it made a clattering sound when it stepped on the gravel, which was particularly harsh in this silent valley.

Great!

With a crash, the giant tiger puppet in front was smashed to pieces by an ice pick as thick as an arm.

Lu Yuan's heart sank and he didn't wait for him to make any move.

The boulder he was hiding in suddenly exploded, and among the rubble in the sky, several ice picks stabbed Lu Yuan as fast as lightning. Fortunately, the soft armor of Mortal Tribulation was strong enough, and the ice pick did not pierce it, but shattered it to pieces.

However, Lu Yuan was still hit by the impact and flew several feet away. But if there were no boulders to block it, the impact of the ice pick alone would probably cause serious injury to him.

Lu Yuan suppressed the blood rising in his throat, struggled to get up, and took a moment to take a look.

Sure enough, the Ice Toad woke up and was staring at him with eyes the size of copper bells.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was still moving, Ice Toad suddenly trembled, and strands of white cold air emerged from the longan-sized knot on his back.

In just a few breaths, Lu Yuan noticed that the air around him was stagnant, and patches of white light appeared in the mist.

Soon, the entire valley became clearly visible, and a layer of white frost adhered to the ground.

The fog in the valley was frozen into frost!

Lu Yuan did not dare to delay, so he used Luo Yanbu and ran out of the valley.

Not long after he ran away, a strong wind hit him from behind. Along with the strong wind, there was also a biting chill, which made Lu Yuan shiver from the cold. He quickly poured all his magic power into the Mortal Tribulation Soft Armor to withstand the severe cold.

How can it be?

The red fire fox cloak and the mortal calamity soft armor can't stop it. How cold is it?

Could it be that the Ice Toad chased him out?

Lu Yuan looked back, only to find that the huge body of the Ice Toad was still squatting on the spot, and the biting cold wind was two blasts of cold air sprayed from its nostrils.

Oh shit!

Lu Yuan cursed secretly and continued running. Due to resisting the severe cold, his mana was consumed rapidly and he could not hold on for long, so he could only choose to retreat temporarily.

Fortunately, for some unknown reason, the Ice Toad did not chase him out, allowing Lu Yuan to escape by luck.

After resting for a while, Lu Yuan combined the magical powers of the Ice Toad and his own life-saving means, and plunged into the valley again.

Not long after, the disgraced Lu Yuan escaped again.

After going back and forth several times, the Ice Toad just wouldn't move. This also made Lu Yuan's idea of ​​luring the Ice Toad away and collecting herbs go bankrupt.

Now that both his mana and physical strength were completely exhausted, he had no choice but to dig a hole in the big tree outside the valley and hide in while recovering his mana while thinking of a solution.

......

Outside the crater, Han Li stood behind a big tree and stared at the fog for a long time.

Lu Yuan told him before coming in that there were too many changes in this trip to the forbidden area. The Moon Sun Orb is likely to become ineffective, and the heavy fog in the crater may not disappear as it did in the past. Therefore, Han Li was advised not to wait for the third day for the fog to dissipate. It was best to enter the outer edge of the crater in the dense fog and wait for an opportunity.

Just when Han Li was hesitating, the sound of fighting came.

Han Li frowned, and after careful consideration, he decided to go over and take a look because he had enough cards.

After carefully approaching a certain distance, the sound of fighting stopped.

Han Li was shocked. He had been discovered!

Just when Han Li was about to leave, he suddenly noticed a special aura.

This smell is a bit familiar!

It belongs to my junior brother!

Han Li has been with Lu Yuan for many years and is very familiar with him.

There were many different scents ahead, but among them, Han Li clearly felt a trace of Lu Yuan's.

The aura of this valley is vague and very weak.

According to the junior brother's plan, shouldn't it be time to enter the second-level center a long time ago?

Thinking of the fight just now, a kind of uneasiness came to my heart.

Could it be that Lu Yuan was blocked here?

No, you have to go and see it!

Han Li clasped the silk magic weapon with one hand, pressed it on the storage bag with the other, and sneaked over quietly.

In the quagmire wetland, a big hole was dug out of a big tree. There were more than twenty disciples in different costumes standing around, all of them with gloomy faces.

Han Li observed carefully and found that these people were divided into three factions. It's the people from Tianque Castle, Spirit Beast Mountain, and Huadaowu.

Under their feet, there were more than ten corpses lying in a mess.

Han Li couldn't see clearly what the corpses looked like, but he could tell based on their clothing. Most of them were from the three sects, and the other two were disciples of the Giant Sword Sect. Lu Yuan was not found.

"His grandma's! It was just a hiding place for Lu Yuan. We didn't even see a single figure. We just had a fight here and killed and injured so many of our fellow disciples."

"Brother Hu, Brother Yu, we can't go on like this!" The middle-aged man at the head of Huadaowu said fiercely to the other two groups.

"Brother Liu, what you said is nice, but why didn't you have this awareness when you just started!" The leader of Tianque Fort was a skinny old man, and there was no trace of good humor in his words.

He didn't get much advantage in the fire, and several good players died. Not far away from him, Feng Yue, who also belonged to Tianque Fort, was lying on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, his chest bloody and bloody.

Han Li breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It seemed that this was just a place where Lu Yuan had a short rest, and he should have escaped long ago.