I run a Taoist temple in a bizarre world.

Chapter 47 Where exactly is this old man from?

After the old man with the cane appeared, Zhao Hai coaxed the four-legged toad to sleep.

Yu Ying then focused most of his attention on the old man's movements.

The white-bearded old man didn't pay much attention to Yu Ying, who was casting a wary glance at him.

His gaze lingered briefly on Yu Ying and Zhao Hai before shifting to the four-legged toad.

Yu Ying looked the old man with the cane up and down.

At the same time, Zhao Hai made a gesture to him.

roughly means.

[First Rank.]

After confirming that the old man with the cane who came here was indeed only at the first level of strength, Yu Ying continued to leap towards the dizzy four-legged toad.

The plan to kill the four-legged toad first and temporarily ignore the old man with the cane remains unchanged.

But the caution he had developed from spending so much time in this treacherous world still made him speak to Zhao Hai.

"Keep an eye on this old man for me. If he tries to cause trouble, stop him if you can."

Zhao Hai nodded and reminded him.

"Okay, but you can't be in such a hurry anymore, Yu Ying."

"This will only accelerate the depletion of your energy, which is not worth it."

Yu Ying punched the four-legged toad's teetering, nearly shattered eyeball.

"……OK."

After educating Yu Ying and receiving his reply, Zhao Hai didn't say anything more.

But seeing the four-legged toad regain its senses once again due to pain, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Damn it! These kinds of demons that rely on their physical bodies to grow are the most annoying."

"If it were a malevolent spirit, after taking so many of my mental attacks, it would have been completely exterminated, leaving not even ashes behind!"

A mental shock, filled with anger and almost draining his mental energy, rushed straight into the four-legged toad's mind.

Having just regained consciousness, and before he could even slap Yu Ying's tongue as usual, the four-legged toad was once again dizzy and disoriented.

"..."

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and get on board!"

Zhao Hai crushed the [Ghost Core] that he had already drained, and said to Yu Ying, who was looking at him with a speechless expression.

"By the way, the [Strange Core] I brought is only enough to support me for 3 more Mental Power Impacts. Do you have any extra [Strange Core]? Share some with me."

"..."

Yu Ying opened his mouth, but ultimately chose not to speak.

He squeezed the slightly loose brass knuckles and looked at the four-legged toad.

Three times?

"After three punches, I should be able to gouge out the last eye of the four-legged toad."

"At that time, the four-legged toads that have lost their mobility and sight will be even more vulnerable than fish on a chopping board."

"Without it seeing me, I can throw punches at will, and the time it takes to clear out the four-legged toad won't be long anymore."

"Apart from……"

Yu Ying glanced again at the old man with a cane who had arrived.

It has been standing in that spot ever since, without moving an inch.

They didn't help the four-legged toad, nor did they lift a finger.

It was as if they were just passing by, simply there to watch the show.

"Never mind!"

Yu Ying leaped up, and the brass knuckles, gleaming with a metallic sheen, landed in the four-legged toad's eyeball like a meteorite.

I wonder if that punch landed a critical hit.

Or perhaps the four-legged toad's eye was already on the verge of collapse.

There was a soft "plop" sound.

The eyeball collapsed as Yu Ying threw a punch.

Yu Ying's entire arm was submerged in the flesh and soft tissue of his eyeball.

A nauseating, sticky sensation traveled up his arm and into his brain.

Despite the discomfort, Yu Ying withdrew his arm and quickly stepped back.

quack!

Completely out of sight, the four-legged toad, writhing in pain, shook its head and screamed, while flicking its bright red tongue.

The fleshy tongue slammed into the hard soil, instantly creating a pit large enough to bury a person.

Some clumps of mud even flew out of the meadow and landed in the mud outside.

The four-legged toad frantically smashed its surroundings, seemingly searching for Yu Ying's figure.

Wild grass leaves and bits of mud mingled together and flew everywhere.

"Mental attacks are almost useless."

Zhao Hai dodged the mud flying towards him, casually discarded the [Strange Core] he had drained, and shook his head as he looked at the four-legged toad that was still going berserk after being hit by his mental energy.

"In this situation, do we just have to wait until it runs out of energy?"

"This is the best option."

Zhao Hai answered Yu Ying's question.

Even if you really want to kill this four-legged toad as quickly as possible.

"You'll have to wait too."

"This advice is not based on my concern for your safety."

"But rather, it's for the sake of more ordinary people who are drawn into this area."

"You need to do this now, as you approach the point of success, to save the four-legged toad a few minutes before it gets exhausted."

"But what if he were severely injured, or even killed, by the crazed four-legged toad?"

"In this operation, among the people who have returned from the daytime and entered this strange fusion area, none of them possesses greater strength than you, and can kill this four-legged toad that is only one step away from death with pure physical strength."

"The bizarre fusion zone continues to exist."

"Other ordinary people will continue to die."

"Don't look at me. I don't have your physical strength. My mental attack can only make this four-legged toad faint for a while. It has no other effect."

"Only you can do it, so you can't afford to make a mistake before the four-legged toad dies."

"We don't want to save a little time at the expense of causing more deaths."

"Wait."

Zhao Hai's words were cold.

Having collaborated with him multiple times, he had come to understand Yu Ying's personality.

He knew that in this situation, this single-minded man might just have to conserve the toad's energy for those last few minutes before it ran out of strength.

Relying on the physical strength provided by his extraordinary abilities, he disregarded his own safety to deal with the four-legged toad's attack.

Use a strategy of exchanging injury for life to eliminate the four-legged toads.

"……good."

Yu Yingqiang suppressed his anxiety and quietly watched the four-legged toad gradually showing signs of losing its strength.

Just then.

again and again!

Yu Ying and Zhao Hai immediately looked in the direction from which the sound came.

An old man with a cane!

"At this time?!"

Yu Ying was already annoyed by the sudden appearance of the four-legged toad, which was unaffected by Zhao Hai's mental energy, and the fact that he would have to waste a few more minutes.

And now this old man with a cane is causing trouble at a time like this.

"That's just asking for death!"

Yu Ying shouted, gripped his brass knuckles tightly, and was about to rush up to the old man with the cane and give him a couple of good whacks.

But Zhao Hai stopped them in time.

"Yu Ying, wait a minute!"

Yu Ying stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Zhao Hai, who had an incredulous expression on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"See for yourself."

As Zhao Hai spoke, he pointed to the four-legged toad.

Beside the four-legged toad, several soil spikes that had tried to pierce it were broken.

Two dark black thorns emerged from the ground, overlapping each other like shackles, locking one of the four-legged toad's intact forelimbs to the ground.

again and again!

again and again!

again and again……

Several crisp tapping sounds of the cane rang out.

The four-legged toad's forelimbs, hind limbs, body, head, and even its protruding tongue are all firmly locked in place by a series of earthen spikes.

Moreover, the frenzied four-legged toad was about to break free from the soil spikes.

More soil spikes have already emerged, continuing to lock down the four-legged toad.

In an instant, the four-legged toad was pinned to the spot by the earth spikes in a bizarre and strange posture.

"Which side is this old man on?"

Yu Ying looked at the sudden scene and asked.

"I don't understand, but it feels like something's fishy."

"Don't tell me it's some kind of trick to lure you up and then drag you down with me."

Zhao Hai adjusted his glasses and said cautiously.

The next second, a scene unfolded that matched Zhao Hai's guess.

The old man with the cane disappeared at some point.

The unmaintained earthen spurs gradually began to disintegrate.

"Look, I just..."

Zhao Hai hadn't finished speaking.

The old man with the cane reappeared, and the spiky soil that was about to collapse was reinforced.

And for the first time, he turned his head to face them.

It's like asking a question.

"I've controlled everything, why aren't you dealing damage?"

Zhao Hai was somewhat embarrassed.

"I'm going to kill this toad!"

Yu Ying shouted.