Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, the first day went by.
Deep inside the underground cavern, the Miasma Demon Frog still stubbornly suppressed its restlessness, crouching in place and refusing to budge.
However, the lingering fragrance of the Quiet Heart Grass kept wafting around its nose, constantly tempting it.
In just a single day, the drool dripping from the corners of its mouth had already pooled into a small puddle beneath it.
Even though it craved it to the extreme, the demon frog remained vigilant deep down.
Even if the herbal fragrance is any more alluring or sweet, I will absolutely not risk going out!
Just smelling the fragrance is enough. I will never fall for the human martial artist's trick!
Meanwhile, on the surface, Ye Ling maintained the Turtle Breathing Art, standing silently in the shadows.
For an entire day, she did not alter her posture in the slightest. Showing no sign of impatience or restlessness, she quietly lay in wait.
One day, two days, three days, four days, five days.
A full five days and five nights quietly passed by.
During these five days, Ye Ling did not move a single step, constantly maintaining her state of ultimate concealment, keeping even her breathing rhythm perfectly steady.
She had already made up her mind to camp here for at least a month. If there was still no result after a month, she would think of another way to lure the frog out.
Meanwhile, the Miasma Demon Frog underground had long been driven half-mad by the torture of the spiritual herb's fragrance.
The drool beneath its feet had already gathered into a large pool of water, dampening the entire cavern.
Its once-resolute vigilance, under the temptation of the fragrance over these five days, completely split into two opposing thoughts, violently tugging and battling within its mind.
One thought was restless and frantic, constantly urging it on.
Go! What are you afraid of? It's already been five days. That human martial artist must have lost patience and left long ago.
Such a top-grade miasma-attribute spiritual herb is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once you miss it, it's gone.
The other thought was cautious and cowardly, firmly holding it back.
Absolutely do not go! It has only been five short days; the other party is highly likely still lying in wait in the dark.
Once you show yourself, it will be certain death.
The two thoughts repeatedly collided and tore at each other in its mind, making the Miasma Demon Frog anxious and restless, suffering immense torment.
This internal struggle lasted for a long time. In the end, the ultimate temptation of its appetite completely overrode its caution and vigilance.
The Miasma Demon Frog steeled its resolve, a fierce impulse exploding from the depths of its heart.
Forget it! At worst, I'll die a well-fed ghost. I absolutely cannot miss out on such an unparalleled herbal fragrance.
The instant it made up its mind, its massive body suddenly moved. Activating the Earth Escape Art, it surged upward at full speed along the underground crevices.
On the surface, Ye Ling had not relaxed in the slightest.
Over these five days, she had constantly kept her Divine Sense expanded to its absolute limit, keeping a lock on any movement deep beneath the camphor forest at all times.
Constantly maintaining her Divine Sense at full capacity was highly draining, severely consuming her soul energy.
Yet she did not dare to slacken even a bit. Only by maintaining constant detection could she ensure she would not miss any opportunity when the demon frog broke through the earth.
Right at this moment, a powerful and malevolent demonic energy suddenly surged from deep underground.
A massive and majestic demon beast aura was rapidly approaching from several hundred meters beneath the earth.
Ye Ling's eyes, which had been waiting in ambush for days, suddenly lit up. After five days of patient waiting, the prey had finally taken the bait.
With a loud rumble, the soil and gravel in the center of the forest exploded and flew in all directions as miasma surged.
A demon beast with a body size comparable to a water buffalo broke through the earth, its heavy form landing in the forest clearing.
It was indeed the Xiantian exotic species that had been hiding underground and bringing disaster to Xiaoyan Village: the Miasma Demon Frog.
The dark-purple toxic spots covering its body squirmed in layers, and its dark-green frog eyes gleamed with greed.
The moment it set foot on the ground, it had no time to look around or check for ambushes.
In its eyes, there was only the dozen or so fragrant Quiet Heart Grass in the center of the clearing.
With a sudden leap of its massive body, kicking up a rolling toxic miasma, it pounced straight toward the spiritual herbs.
At the very instant the demon frog's entire body completely left the soil and was exposed on the ground, Ye Ling's figure suddenly moved from absolute stillness to extreme motion.
The spiritual energy, Sword Force, and physical strength that had been dormant for five days erupted completely.
With a flick of her wrist, the cold light of the Qinglan Sword flashed. She directly unleashed the fourth style of the Qinglan Sword Canon, while simultaneously stacking the One Layer of Sword Force she had condensed onto it.
This style was the strongest killer move Ye Ling could currently execute.
The sharpness she had built up for five days erupted completely. The cold sword light tore through the miasmic mist, stabbing straight toward the Miasma Demon Frog with a power that could suppress all things.
To an outsider, this demon frog might seem foolish and brainless for exposing itself out of greed for the herbs, but in reality, it had its own meticulous calculations.
The very moment the sharp, bone-chilling sword light, enveloped in slaughter energy, came bearing down on it, the toxic spots all over the demon frog's body suddenly lit up.
It had anticipated this. Knowing that the ambushing human martial artist had indeed not left, it was not panicked at all. Instead, it waited with complete confidence for the sword light to draw close.
As it watched Ye Ling charge forward with the terrifying sword light, the distance between them shrank to a mere half-meter, and the fatal sword strike was about to hit.
In the next instant, the Miasma Demon Frog's massive body suddenly vanished, disappearing completely from the spot!
"A bloodline skill?"
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. Instantly expanding her Divine Sense to its full range to scan the surrounding hundred meters, she locked onto her target again in a split second.
The demon frog had not fled the battlefield at all. Instead, it had used its bizarre supernatural ability to teleport to the center of the clearing in an instant.
Opening its mouth, it swallowed the dozen or so Quiet Heart Grass whole.
With its belly full, the massive frog turned slightly, its dark-green eyes looking at Ye Ling, who was not far to its side.
The flesh at the corners of its mouth pulled back slightly, unexpectedly forming a highly human-like, mocking grin.
Combined with its mottled toxic spots and hideous, dark appearance, this expression was both comical and sinister, dripping with pure playfulness.
This was the Miasma Demon Frog's greatest source of confidence, the reason it dared to take the risk and break through the earth despite knowing there was an ambush.
When it broke through to the Xiantian Realm, it had awakened a rare bloodline talent inherited from its ancestors: Void Evasion.
The range of this secret technique was extremely small, with a limit of only a hundred meters. In ordinary combat, it was rather useless, serving little purpose.
However, in today's close-quarters struggle, this short-range instant evasion technique became the ultimate, unresolvable divine skill for survival and sneak attacks.
Having devoured the spiritual herbs it had been longing for, the demon frog did not dare to linger.
Although it had perfectly dodged Ye Ling's fatal sword strike, which carried her Sword Force, using Void Evasion, the terrifying sharpness that pierced the air and tore through the miasma had already caused cold sweat to break out across its back.
It knew all too well that if that sword strike had actually hit its body, even with its physical defense, it would have been severely wounded if not killed outright.
In that brief instant of clash, it had already judged the terrifying strength of the human youth before it.
To have such an age, such combat power, and such a condensed, terrifying Sword Force—this person was absolutely a True Disciple genius of a top sect. This was not someone it could afford to provoke.
Run! It had to escape back underground immediately!
With a thought, the miasma surged around the demon frog's body. It was about to cast Void Evasion again to burrow deep into the soil and flee.
But the moment it moved, a calm, faint smile curled on the corners of Ye Ling's lips.
Since she had dared to spend five days patiently waiting in ambush here, she had long since made complete preparations.
How could she possibly allow it to come and go as it pleased?
Even though she was surprised by the demon frog's rare bloodline evasion technique, Ye Ling did not panic in the slightest.
At the very moment the Miasma Demon Frog had broken through the earth and emerged from underground, she had quietly crushed several hundred spirit stones, activating the formation she had set up in advance.
Rate on N.U.
