The moment Hong Zhencheng’s head appeared, Ye Yu could hardly believe his eyes.

He actually came back?

And the person he brought could break through Shen Kangren’s flesh barrier?

Bear in mind, even fallen, that guy was still at the peak of the Ancient God Realm.

He wasn’t some random roadside target anyone could manhandle!

"Clinging like a ghost—utterly senseless."

Shen Kangren recognized Hong Zhencheng as well and flung a wide sleeve.

The surrounding flesh, as if summoned, surged toward where Hong Zhencheng and the woman stood.

Seeing this, Hong Zhencheng’s face changed drastically. He shouted, "Suan Cai!"

"I’m here!"

The round-faced woman cupped her cheeks in both hands, gazing at Hong Zhencheng with eyes full of love, completely ignoring the flood of flesh roaring in.

The next second, a frog appeared out of thin air. It snapped its mouth wide and performed a world-devouring gulp on the onrushing, waterlike flesh.

As more and more flesh poured in, its body swelled larger and larger, a bump rising on its back.

In Ye Yu’s eyes, it completed a transformation from frog to giant toad.

Unbelievable.

Even Shen Kangren couldn’t help feeling a jolt of shock.

On instinct he immediately began retracting the surrounding flesh.

This was only the second divine beast he’d met that could devour his flesh.

The first was Little White, and the second was this frog.

When did the God Realm get beings like this?

How had he never encountered them before?

[croak]

The toad clearly wasn’t full. Seeing Shen Kangren pull his flesh back, it reflexively shifted its gaze to the flesh barrier all around.

Food is food.

Dig in.

The toad moved with incredible speed and began its gluttonous feast.

It showed not the slightest disgust for the black flesh—only a hungry fixation on getting full.

"No!"

Shen Kangren let out a piercing scream.

As a flesh-and-blood abomination, all his power came from that flesh.

Before, even if the flesh was smashed, it would always gather again.

So his strength had never truly been affected.

But now, massive amounts of flesh were being swallowed, the link to Shen Kangren severed completely, leaving no possibility of reconvening.

That meant this flesh abomination’s strength was destined to plummet.

Sure enough, in just a few breaths,

Shen Kangren fell from the peak of the Ancient God Realm to the late stage of the Golden God Realm.

An entire major realm’s worth of cultivation had been eaten away by a toad.

Unbelievable.

And it wasn’t that the toad had hit its limit—it was that Shen Kangren had already pulled every last scrap of flesh back into his body, not daring to release so much as a thread.

The toad turned its head toward the round-faced woman called Suan Cai and gave a croak.

It was plainly asking whether it could swallow Shen Kangren too.

Suan Cai didn’t answer directly; she asked Hong Zhencheng softly, "So—this man, kill or spare?"

Her tone was light, as if asking whether to step on an ant.

Hong Zhencheng could be overly straightforward at times, but he understood the principle of cutting the grass and pulling up the roots.

He answered without hesitation. "Kill him."

Shen Kangren didn’t hesitate either; he spun to flee.

But Ye Yu had already prepared for that.

Maybe back when you were at the Divine Lord Realm or even the Ancient God Realm I couldn’t match you.

But now you’re only at the Golden God Realm. Killing you is still hard, but stopping you? That’s no problem at all.

Ye Yu formed a seal one-handed and unleashed the divine art Hell of Fear.

In an instant, Shen Kangren’s body jolted to a halt.

He recovered quickly, but the best window to escape was gone.

The toad was already blocking his path.

All around, countless phantoms of emerald bamboo groves bloomed into being, swaying gently in the wind.

They looked tranquil, but from that calm Shen Kangren felt a suffocating killing intent.

There was no doubt—the round-faced woman was the one moving.

Reduced now to the Golden God Realm, Shen Kangren had no confidence at all he could break out.

He shouted at once, "You can’t let your divine pet eat me. I’m under the curse of the Black Blood Serpent God—my flesh is fated to wither. If your pet devours me, it won’t live long either!"

Suan Cai curled her lip.

"That woman Tong Fang—when did she ever do curses? From the look of you, it’s snake venom, that’s all. A trivial toxin is nothing to my little frog.

So spare yourself the worry. Go die properly."

Hearing that, Shen Kangren was struck as if by lightning.

Not a curse? Snake venom?

How could that be?

Why could that be?

No wonder so many gods good at curses said they couldn’t read the ‘curse’ on him.

Turns out he’d never been cursed—just poisoned by a snake?

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Driven half mad, Shen Kangren spat blood on the spot and roared, "Tong Fang, you lied to me so miserably!"

Before the words finished, the toad swallowed him in one bite.

Thus fell the flesh abomination.

The toad let out a deeply satisfied burp.

Comfortable.

In the next heartbeat, it vanished without a trace.

Ye Yu arched a brow, looked at Suan Cai, and asked tentatively, "Your divine pet—will it be all right?"

"Relax. It’s fine. My little frog has eaten every poison there is—no problem at all.

And its digestion is excellent. By now that guy should already be broken down."

Suan Cai gave a sweet smile, then introduced herself to Ye Yu of her own accord.

"I’m Suan Cai, Hong Zhencheng’s Dao partner. You’re his brother-in-life—I think we should get to know each other."

Fair is fair—so open and poised; she was truly likable.

Only... where had he managed to find such a powerful Dao partner?

Ye Yu smiled, then pulled Hong Zhencheng aside and began to question him in earnest.

Hong Zhencheng looked a bit embarrassed and recounted what had just happened.

At first, he really did want to go seek help.

Unfortunately, he didn’t know the way and was lost at once.

Thankfully, that didn’t last long. He quickly got moving again.

Even if he had to ask for directions, he would find out where the Ye Residence was.

With that in mind, Hong Zhencheng flew forward at top speed, ready to ask the first person he saw.

And the first person he ran into—was Suan Cai.

Because he was going too fast, he almost barreled into her.

Hong Zhencheng had no time to explain. He hurriedly asked if she knew where the Ye Residence was.

Naturally, Suan Cai didn’t.

Since that was the case, Hong Zhencheng didn’t want to waste another moment. He turned to leave.

But Suan Cai stopped him.

You almost ran me over and you’re just going to leave? Not planning to say anything?

Faced with that question, Hong Zhencheng answered without even turning his head.

Sorry, but I don’t have time to apologize properly. I still have to save my brother.

He’s being hunted by a Divine Lord-level powerhouse, so I have to find a way to save him.

Even if I run myself to death on the road, I will not turn back.

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