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Chapter 126 Hunting the Giant Toad

Chapter 126 Hunting the Giant Toad (Fourth Update)
The group sat down to rest on a clearing on the hillside.

"I wonder if that giant toad will return to its nest today or tomorrow," Deng Guang muttered to himself. "At its speed, if we set off from the community when it starts its return journey, we might not make it in time."

Li Yue pondered for a moment, then said, "If not today, then tomorrow."

"Isn't that obvious?" The others rolled their eyes.

Wang Jun said, "I checked the number of mayflies in the river this morning, and there are hardly any left. There are also not many mayfly corpses left on the surface of the river. Judging from the giant toad's appetite, it is very likely that it will be today."

Yang Cunshen said, "It's most likely today."

Just as everyone was talking, a faint but distinct sound suddenly came from the foot of the mountain, like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's hearts.

"Boom."

The familiar voice made Qin Ziwen stand up involuntarily.

"It's coming!"

He felt his heart pounding.

He couldn't tell if he was nervous or scared, but he could feel his adrenaline quietly being released.

"Everyone, get ready," Qin Ziwen reminded everyone.

“Don’t be too scared, everyone. No matter how big it is, it’s still a toad! Toads aren’t particularly brave! If it’s injured, it will most likely run away. We don’t need to stop it. Even if it escapes back to the cave, we have a Plan B,” Wang Jun reassured everyone.

Yuan Mingbai's fair cheeks were flushed. He opened his eyes wide and his breathing became rapid. "Damn it, I've never killed such a big monster before. If I succeed, I must take a lot of pictures to remember this moment."

The sound of the giant toad leaping at the foot of the mountain grew closer and closer.

The crowd hid.

The footsteps are getting closer.

Suddenly, the giant toad stopped.

Qin Ziwen, hiding behind the stone, sensed the silence in the air and his heart tightened.

Have they been discovered?
After a while, the giant toad moved.

"Oh!"

The ground trembled slightly.

The giant toad leaped into the pit, curled its tongue, and stuck the two mayfly carcasses at the bottom of the pit into its mouth.

The bottom of the pit was densely packed with the corpses of more than a dozen mayflies, which they had retrieved from the lower reaches of the river.

Although the giant toad dominates the area with the highest concentration of mayflies in the river.

However, mayflies are active in this section of the river, and some mayfly carcasses are not eaten by the giant toad. They drift downstream and become food for the fish in the river.

Previously, these mayfly larvae swam upstream to eat fish in the river. Now, their corpses and newly hatched larvae become food for the fish in the river. Every bite and every drink is part of the cycle of life.

The giant toad, with its tiny brain, was too lazy to think about why there were mayfly corpses here, and why the ground around it seemed to have a strange smell.

But that's okay. For it, once it sees something, it just eats it. It's that simple.

Because it hasn't encountered a natural enemy for many years.

Although it sensed some strange little insects around it, it didn't pay them any mind, because these weren't on its menu.

On a hillside not far away, Qin Ziwen and Du Yu stood up at the same time, drew their bows and nocked arrows, each holding a compound bow.

The two men aimed at the giant toad's left and right eyes respectively.

The giant toad has very large eyes, as big as lanterns.

And naturally, it's easier to hit the target.

"Whoosh-"

The giant toad sensed the movement; its powerful ability to detect movement allowed it to observe two black afterimages approaching.

However, its body couldn't react in time. Its unique body structure meant that when faced with such a high-speed moving target, only its tongue could react.

Its strong tongue, more resilient than a whip, instinctively lashed out.

An arrow was deflected in an instant.

A sharp arrowhead pierced the tip of its tongue, causing it to bleed.

Immediately afterwards, my left eye went black, and an even stronger stinging pain surged into my mind.

"Quack!!!"

The giant toad let out a long cry.

It tilted its head back, and an arrow pierced its eye, penetrating the eyeball and embedding itself inside.

It scratched the ground with its claws.

Just about to jump
But several strange sounds came from inside my eardrum.

"Crack~"

Immediately afterwards, a burning pain suddenly shot through my back, feet, and abdomen.

Flames engulfed its entire body.

Its thick skin initially blocked the flames, but as the flames burned through the stratum corneum, the intense pain stimulated all its nerves.

It's these little bugs! The giant toad's last remaining eye glared fiercely at the group of bugs around it.

He opened his mouth wide, and his tongue lashed out like a whip.

"Boom!!"

The tongue landed on the tree, and a large hole was ejected from the trunk, as if it had been struck by some kind of blunt object.

After losing an eye, the giant toad's vision was greatly affected, and its once-proud accuracy was greatly reduced. It stuck out its tongue seven or eight times in a row, but it was crooked and far away from people.

"After throwing the Molotov cocktails a second time, leave."

After Qin Ziwen finished speaking, he quickly retreated. When he was speaking, he noticed that the giant toad tilted its head slightly in his direction.

Molotov cocktails cause continuous damage; as more Molotov cocktails are added, the burning area on the giant toad's back grows larger.

The group threw a second round of Molotov cocktails.

"Snapped!"

The Molotov cocktails shattered, breaking apart on the giant toad's back, and flames clung to its body, burning fiercely.

The giant toad leaped into the air, jumping seven or eight meters high, like a meteorite, and bounced forward.

"boom!!!"

The giant toad's enormous body crashed directly into a tree that would take two people to encircle, causing the trunk to shake violently and bend into an arc.

"Click——"

A crack appeared on the surface of the tree trunk, and leaves fell in a rustling sound. The whole tree leaned forward, its roots were uprooted, and waves of earth surged up from the ground.

The giant toad was also shaken and dazed.

"Gurgle!!!" The giant toad made an angry sound from its throat. Its whole body was burning with flames. It turned its head, one eye was stuck with an arrow, and blood and juice kept flowing down. Its other eye was staring straight at Yuan Ming.

The intense pain caused it to stretch out its left claw and keep digging at its eye, but it only dug the arrow deeper and deeper, making the wound more and more serious.

"Goo-"

The giant toad stopped moving and stared intently at Yuan Ming to its right front with its only remaining eye.

The others anxiously gestured to Yuan Ming, urging him to leave quickly.

After the second round of Molotov cocktails were thrown, everyone gradually retreated, but Yuan Ming was closest to the giant toad, with a cliff right next to him.

Yuan Ming's lips twitched; he wanted to retreat, but his legs felt weak.

He thought he wouldn't be afraid when facing the giant toad head-on, but he found that he had overestimated his physical instincts.

This is a terrifying monster that, just by lying there, is taller than a floor tall.

Yuan Ming leaned against a nearby tree, slowly stood up, and then slowly backed away.

Suddenly, the giant toad moved.

Like a gust of wind, it leaped heavily towards Yuan Ming.

"Bang!!!"

The giant toad crashed heavily into a tree that would take three people to encircle. The tree trunk bent, and the recoil threw it to the side, nearly causing half of its body to fall off the cliff. Fortunately, it reacted in time, its two claws gripping the soil tightly to maintain its balance.

Then, little by little, I climbed upwards.

"good chance."

Qin Ziwen and Du Yu simultaneously took out their composite bows and aimed at the giant toad's only remaining eye.

Two people, one on the left and one on the right.

"Whoosh-"

"Quack!!!"

The giant toad loosened its grip.

He fell off a cliff.

Everyone heard a very muffled, loud bang.

Upon reaching the edge of the cliff, the giant toad lay motionless at the bottom.

"Yuan Ming, are you alright?" Qin Ziwen helped Yuan Ming up from the ground.

Yuan Ming had a large bump on his forehead and his eyes were tightly closed.