deity might come to save us

The toad monster hated the person in front of it immensely. Not only had he stolen its beautiful woman, but he had also left it in this pitiful state. No matter what, it couldn't swallow this anger.

Suddenly, pieces of the toad monster's flesh scattered around exploded, and a blood mist spread out. The blood-colored heavenly blade floating in the air absorbed all the blood mist, making the blade even more eerie. Eventually, the mist condensed into the ghostly image of a child with sunken eyes. The child's wailing cries emanated from the blade, sounding extremely terrifying.

The blood blade flashed in front of the toad monster and disappeared. The next moment, it appeared strangely in front of Clark.

"Nine Layers of Lightning, Second Layer!"

Clark formed a diamond-shaped seal with his hands, and the spiritual energy within his body was almost instantly drained. At the same time, a considerable amount of the lightning released by the blood-colored thunderbolt within him surged through his body.

Another bolt of lightning struck from the sky, this time faintly tinged with blood-colored light.

"Damn you to hell!"

The toad monster, struck by the lightning, could only leave these last words before it was reduced to ashes.

Originally, it had two chances to escape, but it trusted Clark's deceitful words. First, it was lured back to the battlefield after self-harming to fake death. It had already crossed several mountain peaks and was far away, but it was tricked into returning. Later, while severely injured and wanting to flee, Clark claimed he could only perform the technique one last time. Trusting him again, the toad monster was killed without a trace left.

Twice it had the chance to live, and both times it was deceived by Clark.

One can imagine how bitter it felt in its final moments and wondered why there was no trust between humans and beasts. The toad monster was also puzzled, as it was supposed to be besieged by four ferocious beasts together, but only it had arrived. Where were the others?

In fact, the other groups of beasts had arrived long ago but were deceived by a giant white wolf—Shadow.

Amidst the dense forest, three lion kings and two giant elephants were pursuing Clark along his escape route.

The three lion kings were at the eighth level of Qi Refinement, and the two giant elephants were at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. They could already speak human language.

This time, the great ox demon had enlisted many of its old friends to ensure that Sherry, that hateful woman, was captured.

Suddenly, rustling sounds came from the bushes ahead, and a giant white wolf jumped out.

"Wolf pup, have you seen a man and a woman pass through here?" one of the giant elephants asked, its massive trunk curling up.

Hearing this, the giant wolf pointed continuously with one paw towards a path to the west, howling urgently.

It was indicating that the people they were looking for had gone west and that they should hurry if they didn't want to miss them.

"Big brother, why waste words with it? There are obvious signs of battle ahead; they must be in front," another giant elephant, more observant, said to the one beside it.

"Maybe, maybe not. The situation is urgent, and we can't afford delays. That guy is very fast. If they're not ahead, we won't have time to catch up later!" the older giant elephant analyzed decisively with its wisdom.

"You're right, big brother!" the younger giant elephant showed an expression of admiration.

"Wolf pup, if you dare lie to us, you know the consequences!" the giant elephant threatened.

Shadow beat its chest wildly, indicating that it could be trusted without error.

Before long, another group of beasts arrived.

Shadow once again jumped out of the bushes.

Leading this group was a blazing leopard with a leopard's body and flames rising from it.

After asking the same question, it received the same answer and headed west.

At this time, the blazing leopard saw the thick clouds and lightning ahead, but Shadow directed it to a quiet path, raising suspicion.

Shadow, seeing the leopard's doubt, pointed to the sky with one paw and to the ground with the other, howling frantically.

"Arrogant fool! Do you believe I won't kill you right now?" The blazing leopard roared angrily upon seeing Shadow, who was howling arrogantly and posturing boastfully.

Shadow shook its massive head like a drum and gestured with its paws. The blazing leopard finally understood. Shadow was claiming that, with Heaven and Earth as witnesses, it was telling the truth: the two people they sought had run down the small path ahead, and if they delayed any longer, they would not catch up.

Having tricked three groups, Shadow's dog-like mouth stretched to its ears as it laughed, almost like a human.

Shadow's success in deceiving several groups of pursuing beasts lay in the fact that Shadow itself was also part of the beast faction. Humans and these fierce beasts were not friendly, essentially mortal enemies. No one could have anticipated that Shadow would betray its kind and become a traitor.

When the deceived groups of beasts met each other on the dead-end path to the west, they were immediately dumbfounded. After sharing their situations, they cursed Shadow profusely.

All the beasts, filled with rage, rushed back to the previous fork in the path. They swore that if they caught Shadow, they would tear it to pieces.

One of the giant elephants roared, "Damn it! I knew that with my speed, there was no way those two could have slipped away under my nose. Turns out they had help from a traitor!"

When they arrived, there was no trace of Clark and Sherry.

All the beasts moved forward, and while there were indeed signs of battle ahead, they had arrived too late. The ground was littered with bloodstains and the shattered armor of the toad monster.

"It seems we are too late," the older giant elephant shook its head, looking at the ashes before it.

"Big brother, if only we had split up to track them down," another giant elephant said.

"Are you stupid? If we had split up, one of us would probably be dead by now. I had suspected that woman had more tricks up her sleeve, and now it seems I was right," the older giant elephant replied with a knowing expression.

Clark was unaware of these events. After killing the toad monster, he and Sherry didn't dare to stop and rushed toward the outskirts of the ruins.

They were in a dire state. The effect of the ancient talisman had worn off, and Clark's strength had fallen back to the seventh level of Qi Refinement. His spiritual energy was completely depleted.

Both of them were dragging severely injured bodies, but as long as they could get out of the ruins, they would be safe.

However, the journey out was perilous. Any encounter with another fierce beast would spell their end.

Using his experience in the jungle, Clark managed to avoid several groups of beasts.

Once they crossed the high mountain ahead, they would have completely exited the ruins.

Suddenly, seven flying pythons at the fifth level of Qi Refinement rushed towards them. These creatures had the bodies of snakes and the wings of birds, making them incredibly fast.

Surrounded by the flying pythons, they were ready to face death. Both were out of spiritual energy and gravely injured, unable to cast even the simplest spell like the lightning ball technique.

"Who would have thought we'd die here? Do you think a deity might come to save us at the last moment?" Clark had lost all hope.

Right now, even one flying python would be too much for them to handle, let alone seven.

Sherry shook her head. Her once-beautiful face now looked haggard, her vibrant red lips cracked, and her clothes tattered, revealing glimpses of her perfect figure.

Just as they were about to give up, a towering figure appeared—a giant wolf over ten meters long.

It struck a heroic pose in front of them and even winked at Clark, as if asking if it looked like a deity.

The flying pythons, seeing their almost-captured prey blocked by this giant wolf, hissed menacingly, their half-meter-long tongues flicking out at Shadow.

Shadow shielded the two behind it, baring its teeth and howling at the flying pythons. Its massive body crouched slightly, ready to attack.