The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#591 - Cut it off

After the toad-headed monster finished speaking, it flicked its tongue towards Lu Jing with its large mouth.

However, in the next moment, even though there was clearly nothing obstructing it, its tongue seemed to hit something, bounced back by an invisible wall.

On the other side, Lu Jing's hand holding the array disk also trembled slightly.

Just now, he felt a large chunk of the secret power within his body being rapidly extracted, the consumption speed even exceeding that of the battle against the stone python before.

And one should know that the toad-headed monster only flicked its tongue, and there was more than just this one monster that came out of that pool of water.

Seeing that its companion's attack failed, the giant turtle on the other side also moved, lifting one of its feet and stepping forward.

This leg had at least a thousand pounds of weight, directly causing the Beast Controlling Array to shake.

If this were normal circumstances, Lu Jing would probably be overjoyed to witness this scene, but now he couldn't be happy at all.

The prerequisite for consuming secret power was that he had to be able to leave alive; if he was dead, then even if he could consume secret power, it would be useless.

While stabilizing the array, Lu Jing said to the old fisherman who seemed to be frightened silly beside him, "What are you still standing there for? Run!"

The old fisherman then woke up as if from a dream, and without saying a word, he started running towards the maple forest.

However, he had only taken a few steps when that persistent flying fish entangled him again; the flying fish was not within Lu Jing's Beast Controlling Array, so it was naturally not trapped at this moment.

Flapping its wings a few times, it reappeared in front of the old fisherman in the next instant.

Seeing that Lu Jing was already entangled by the toad-headed monster and the giant turtle, the old fisherman knew that he could only rely on himself this time; fortunately, he was also a martial arts expert, although not among the top tier, he had made a name for himself in the martial world back then.

He took a deep breath, adopted a stance, and attacked first.

Because he didn't have a weapon on hand, he used his two fingers as a sword, pointing out a finger directly towards the flying fish's abdomen.

However, the opponent skillfully flicked its tail, dodging his charged attack, and incidentally slapping a fin on his face.

The old fisherman was knocked out two teeth on the spot, and fell to the ground in a sorry state.

When he got up from the ground, the flying fish was already in front of him again; this time, the old fisherman became smarter, and didn't rush to make a move, first raising his arms to protect his face.

So the flying fish changed direction and crashed into his chest, knocking him to the ground once again.

When the old fisherman got up from the ground and saw the flying fish rushing towards him again, this time he didn't even bother to defend, turned his head and ran behind Lu Jing, shouting for help as he ran.

However, Lu Jing couldn't spare any time right now; especially when his old opponent Ah Hua also joined the battle, Lu Jing's pressure suddenly increased.

Moreover, he had teased the stone python for a long time during the day, and the secret power he had left was not much to begin with, and he was facing three against one.

The only saving grace was that the little thing that looked like an anteater didn't seem to have much fighting power; unlike its older brothers, it was just watching the excitement on the sidelines, acting as part of the atmosphere group.

Even so, Lu Jing calculated and found that his secret power could only last for at most the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

And he finally realized why Ye Gongmei insisted that he practice the Beast Controlling Array well before coming; if he could master more changes, and not just be limited to the Force Array and the Suppress Array, he wouldn't have to face every attack head-on like he was now, and naturally he would have more room to maneuver.

But these were all things for later; he had to get through the current predicament before he could consider what to practice next.

Lu Jing's peripheral vision caught sight of the old fisherman running towards him.

He had already sensed that the other party would drag him down, but he didn't expect the other party to drag him down so thoroughly, unable to even hold on for a moment.

Seeing this situation, Lu Jing knew that he had no choice.

So, before the old fisherman ran in front of him, Lu Jing took the initiative to point to the location of the Beast Controlling Array and said, "Where are you running!"

"I'm not going!" The old fisherman's answer was also very straightforward.

The old fisherman's expression changed when he heard this, and he cursed inwardly.

Although his lightness skill was not bad, he didn't have the confidence to outrun a first-rate expert, and he was still being entangled by the flying fish; if Lu Jing really withdrew the array at this critical moment.

Then he would definitely be dead, so the old fisherman hurriedly said, "I'll go, I'll go!"

"Now is not the time to joke, and don't play any tricks, otherwise you'll only harm yourself in the end." Because he was not at ease, Lu Jing exhorted again.

Fortunately, the old fisherman obviously knew that the situation was urgent this time, and didn't do anything tricky again.

Passing by Lu Jing, he continued running towards the Beast Controlling Array, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the giant turtle and the toad-headed monster that almost killed him.

The old fisherman's heart also became more and more nervous, until he heard Lu Jing's voice in his ear, "Duck down!" Only then did he feel as if he had been granted amnesty, hurriedly stopping his steps and simultaneously lying down.

And almost at the same time, the old fisherman felt something brush past the back of his head.

At first, he thought it was Lu Jing's flying sword.

Until he saw the toad-headed monster's expression also change slightly, and the giant turtle even retracted its head and limbs into its shell at the first moment.

Immediately afterwards, the old fisherman saw that the flying fish that had been harassing him, making him helpless, suddenly split into two in the air.

And the invisible blade that cut it open continued to fly forward, finally slashing on the turtle shell.

After a loud bang, the originally incomparably hard turtle shell was actually cut out with a terrifying crack that was two inches deep!

But before he had time to appreciate the results of the battle, Lu Jing grabbed the old fisherman's collar, lifted him up from the ground, and then used the Surging Waves, running towards the maple forest without looking back.

Lu Jing had actually planned to run for a long time, but there was no way, this pool was indeed not something he could deal with now; just the four strange objects on the shore were enough for Lu Jing to handle, and who knew how much stock was under the pool.

No wonder Ye Gongmei called this thing the number one fierce beast of the academy.

Fortunately, the flying sword was already in hand, and Lu Jing had no reason to continue fighting the opponent head-on; the reason why he didn't run before was only because of the existence of the flying fish, he knew very well that he couldn't run too far, let alone with an old fisherman.

Until just now, he seized the opportunity to use the Mountain and River Slash to solve the flying fish, and incidentally deterred the toad-headed monster and the giant turtle, which gave himself and the old fisherman the time to escape.