Guo Ran disappeared mysteriously, startling everyone. Everything happened so suddenly, without a single warning.
The four hurried to the spot Guo Ran had just arrived. Fortunately, Guo Ran was wearing armor, leaving clear footprints on the ground.
Following Guo Ran's footprints forward, everyone suddenly noticed a huge corpse ahead.
The corpse had a massive head and sharp teeth like knives, enduring billions of years yet immortal, still giving off an incredibly sharp aura.
This corpse had four limbs, short and strong, with a tail dragging behind it. It looked a bit like a crocodile, but its proportions were extremely strange.
The mouth occupies almost two-thirds of its body, with a large head and small body, looking extremely mismatched.
Its huge mouth was wide open, seemingly roaring and devouring, lying there quietly, its mountain-like skeleton standing tall, exuding an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.
"Judging by its shape, this must be the legendary Devouring Heaven Toad. Everyone, be careful—the Devouring Heaven Clan is truly terrifying." Long Chen reminded him.
"Isn't the Heaven-Swallowing Toad supposed to have three legs?" Mo Nian couldn't help but ask.
"No, the three-legged Devouring Sky Toad is called the Swallowing Heaven Golden Toad. It is the emperor of the Devouring Heaven Golden Toad clan. The four-legged one is one level below the Golden Toad in terms of bloodline." Long Chen explained.
As they spoke, everyone continued to follow Guo Ran's footprints. Sure enough, this guy was heading straight for the Sky-Swallowing Toad, and judging by the size of his tracks, it was obvious he was running right there.
It was easy to imagine that when Guo Ran saw this Devouring Heaven Toad, he must have thought he was about to find treasure again, so he ran over excitedly.
Everyone followed Guo Ran's footsteps, and when he reached the Swallowing Toad's mouth, he suddenly disappeared.
"Wait for me, I'll go take a look."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he ran over following Guo Ran's footsteps. As he stepped onto Guo Ran's last footprint, suddenly countless sharp teeth in the mouth of the Heaven-Swallowing Toad began to flicker with light.
"Whoosh!"
A powerful spatial force enveloped Long Chen, and his figure vanished in an instant. Outside, Mo Nian, Xia Chen, and Yue Xiaoqian were startled.
"It's the power of devouring. Xia Chen, you guard outside and don't let the Swallowing Toad close its mouth. Let's go in and take a look." After Yue Xiaoqian finished speaking, she also walked over.
Yue Xiaoqian had just reached the end of the footprints when she vanished in an instant. Mo Nian nodded:
"This is entering the internal space of the Swallowing Heaven Toad. Brother, you guard outside. As long as the toad's mouth doesn't close, that's enough. If you're worried, see if you can pull out all its teeth—they're definitely treasures." Mo Nian patted Xia Chen on the shoulder and said, then walked over as well, his body instantly disappearing.
"Damn!"
Mo Nian had just entered an open area and couldn't help but cry out in surprise. He saw endless gold and silver piled up into a mountain.
Guo Ran was frantically pounding on Jinshan, while Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian were also helping out.
With a loud "boom,"
a colorful "mountain peak" was forcibly snapped by Long Chen and rolled down from the summit, rolling with a thunderous roar straight toward Mo Nian.
The mountain peak stretched for thousands of li, formed entirely from various immortal alloys, its weight immeasurable. Mo Nian was so frightened that he quickly dodged to the side, and the mountain slammed heavily into his feet.
"Wow, haha, you're getting rich! Got rich! Guo Ran rushed over, hugging the golden peak, dancing excitedly.
"Kid, your luck is incredible. This Heaven-Swallowing Toad was probably a terrifying existence in life, having devoured so many treasures." Mo Nian saw that Guo Ran was fine and had found such a treasured place, and couldn't help but envy him.
"Impressive, my ass. Without us, he would have come in on his own and wouldn't have been able to get out, and would have ended up trapped here." Long Chen shook his head and said.
Yue Xiaoqian said, "This Heaven-Swallowing Toad was probably a terrifying existence in life, having devoured countless powerful beings."
The Heaven-Swallowing Toad is a type of gold-devouring beast that specifically likes to devour various immortal metals. Once the immortal metal enters its body, it can control the power of metal, making it impervious to blades and spears, and impervious to water and fire.
So much immortal gold here, all of the finest among immortal metals, would be remarkable if they were refined. "
Hehe, when I saw this immortal gold, the first thing I thought of was forging the Dragonblood Battle Armor and the Dragonblood Battle Sword.
When the time comes, gather the brothers of the Dragonblood Legion and arm them. Hmph, from now on, anyone who dares to act arrogant in front of me will have their underwear blown off. Guo Ran said with a smug expression, as if he could already see the scene of commanding the Dragonblood Legion being invincible.
"Hurry up and put everything away. Don't make Xia Chen worry." Long Chen said, speaking as he continued to dismantle the mountain.
The Golden Mountain stretches for tens of thousands of li, but not all the immortal gold in the mountain is top-grade; the parts above the mountainside are the best.
Below the mountainside, the area was much worse, and at the foot of the mountain, it was even more of a piece of junk. The quality of this golden mountain was related to the cultivation level of the Swallowing Heaven Toad.
When weak, the Devouring Toad could only absorb some low-grade immortal gold to strengthen itself. But as its cultivation gradually improved and its strength grew, it began to devour more and better immortal gold.
The mountain peak's immortal gold is the top-tier material for forging domain artifacts. Previously, Guo Ran and Xia Chen had been worrying about where to find materials to forge domain artifacts.
But whatever he thought of came true—he sliced through several peaks in succession, and the materials he obtained were enough to arm every Dragonblood warrior to the teeth.
To save time, they only took the best portion of immortal gold, since collecting these mountains of gold was still very labor-intensive.
Besides the gold mountain, Long Chen searched another place—a blackwater swamp, a land of death.
Even immortal gold thrown into the swamp, or domain artifacts entering the black water, would be corroded. Guo Ran saw the honeycomb-like holes appearing in the areas of his sword stained by the black water, and was startled:
"What kind of water is this?" So terrifying? "
This is the stomach acid of the Swallowing Heaven Toad, one of its strongest killing moves. When it devours its enemy, it seals the enemy's fate, with no chance of survival."
This is also the most terrifying aspect of the Swallowing Sky Clan—their bellies are their strongest weapon. Yue Xiaoqian explained.
"Boss, why are you staring at this thing?" Could it be? Guo Ran saw Long Chen gazing at the Blackwater Swamp and couldn't help but ask.
"Don't you think this is something good?" Long Chen asked.
"Boss, you mean..." Guo Ran suddenly understood, his eyes shining. He remembered the Netherworld Water Long Chen had given him back then.
"No way, even porcelain shards can corrode this thing."
But soon, Guo Ran became dejected. Back then, he could use porcelain to resist the corrosion of the Netherworld's water, but not here.
"I have a way!"
Suddenly, Yue Xiaoqian spoke.