Chapter 91: It turns out that Toad Art can be used as a Sound Detector

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  Xia Xingxiao actually didn't have any ideas. He had no understanding of the sand crabs and the sand scorpions. As the saying goes, "the ignorant are fearless". Instead, he wanted to experience for himself what the sand crabs and sand scorpions were like, and how strong their fighting power was. He said: "Let's find an opportunity to test the combat strength of the sand crabs and sand scorpions. After testing, we'll make a decision."

  Li Yuzi nodded immediately and said to the three Buddha heads: "Let's go! Continue moving forward!"

  A group of people continued to move forward. Along the way, they were all extremely cautious, trying their best to choose relatively open spaces to advance in order to avoid being ambushed by the desert creatures. Don't look at them flying in mid-air, but the possibility of being attacked was still very high. Because of the damned Stellar Forces, the speed of the space beasts was generally not affected by gravity.

  From time to time, there are deep and bottomless pits, black and unfathomable. These large pits were actually formed by the impact of meteorites. Due to the great force of the meteorite impact, the surrounding area of the pit generally has a mountain package rising, enclosing the pit. Over time, these pits become like volcanic mouths. Some people also call them "heavenly pits".

  The surface of Ailuros is almost devoid of vegetation, with bare black rocks everywhere. In some places, the rocks are red because of the presence of volcanic lava nearby. The surface of Ailuros has many large and small volcanoes. These volcanoes are extremely active, frequently erupting suddenly and unpredictably.

  In such a terrible environment, it is naturally impossible for vegetation to grow. However, in those deep and unfathomable pits, there are plants that exist. Since there are plants, there will be other living things. To be precise, they are demonic beasts, the native demonic beasts of Ailuoxingtu. The pig-like beast that Xiaoxiao saw that day was one of them.

  Generally speaking, where there are monsters, there are treasures. The only treasure in Aiyue Star, apart from minerals, is hidden deep within these caves. Some cultivators often go down to explore them. As for whether they can find the treasure, it depends on their luck. If they're lucky, they might gain a lot. If they're unlucky, they might even lose their lives inside.

  However, as the saying goes, "people die for wealth and birds die for food", even if they clearly know that there are dangers inside the heavenly pit, people still come to take risks. In fact, their gains are sometimes quite attractive. Inside the heavenly pit, there are some precious medicinal materials that can be used to refine elixirs. There are also some rare minerals that can be used to forge weapons and equipment.

  The farther away from the Mello military base, the more rugged and bizarre the surface rocks of Ailuoxing are. Various different rocks build up different shapes. Some are very strange, while others are simple. If you appreciate them carefully, each one can be called a work of art. Unfortunately, ordinary people do not have the qualifications to appreciate them.

  Aylee Star is a planet with an extremely complex structure. There are scorching volcanoes, and there is still slowly flowing magma. There are also icy snowfields that stretch as far as the eye can see. In the buffer zone between the volcanoes and the snowfields, there are numerous dormant volcanoes. From outer space, those dormant volcanoes look like craters. The entire surface of Aylee Star has countless such crater-like landscapes.

  "Not good!"

  Xia Xingxiao suddenly called out in a low voice.

  The people following behind were shocked and immediately became fully alert.

  Li Yuzi went forward and found that in front of their team, behind a black rock, there was a large pile of broken limbs. The scattered area of the broken limbs was very large, as if something had directly exploded the body. What's even stranger is that there were broken limbs, but no blood. There was not a single drop of blood around. It didn't seem like it had seeped into the rock below, but rather had been sucked dry by some kind of monster.

  Xia Xing Xiao burned his true energy, patrolling back and forth around the black rocks, but didn't discover anything. The surroundings of the black rocks were also all black rocks. With his observational powers, he temporarily didn't find any out-of-place locations.

  Li Yuzhi also carefully observed the surroundings, and said thoughtfully: "They should have been hit by the venom of the sand scorpion before being decomposed by the sand crab. If my guess is correct, they should have been ambushed by the sand crab hiding behind the rocks."

  Xia Xing Xiao frowned and said: "It's Yun Han Tang's team."

  Although his relationship with Yun Hantang was not good, the two had crossed paths before. However, when his team was ambushed and casualties appeared, it was naturally not a good thing for Xia Xingxiao. Since the sand crabs could ambush Yun Hantang's team, they could also ambush their own team. Who knew where those damned sand crabs would be hiding?

  The Shazak's biological trait is their strong ability to burrow. Under the power of the stars, no matter how hard the stone is, it can't stop their infiltration. They are most skilled at hiding underground and suddenly jumping out to attack their opponents. To be honest, a team that is marching and suddenly suffers an attack from underground is indeed very passive.

  The team of Yun Han Tang is actually not weak. Even when facing a group of sand thieves, they have the ability to take a risk. However, when encountering creatures like sand scorpions and sand crabs, it becomes very troublesome. Because these creatures hide underground, can't be seen or touched, who knows where and when they will jump out?

  Some things are just so depressing. When you're on high alert, fully focused and waiting with bated breath, nothing happens, no signs of thieves, bandits or crabs anywhere. But when you let your guard down, want to catch a breath, stretch your limbs or have a good sleep, the enemy suddenly appears.

  Li Yuzi's face also turned somewhat gloomy. Yunhantang's team had two lower-ranking soldiers, and the rest were all first-class soldiers, still quite strong. Otherwise, they wouldn't have continued to move forward. Unexpectedly, here, they actually lost two people. Judging from the severed limbs at the scene, it seemed that two people unfortunately met with disaster.

  What's even more ominous is that around these dismembered limbs, not a single corpse of a sand scorpion or sand crab was found. This suggests that Yun Han Tang and the others didn't even manage to kill a single sand scorpion or sand crab. From this, it can be inferred that either they were ambushed and didn't have time to react before someone was killed, or the sand scorpions or sand crabs were too powerful, and they were simply no match for them.

  However, judging from the situation on the scene, Li Yuzi is more inclined to the former. Because if it's the latter, Yun Han Tang and others would have retreated in frustration. Since they didn't retreat, it means they are still moving forward. Maybe they were blinded by the anger of revenge, or maybe there was another reason, anyway, they continued to move forward.

  "Those damned sand worms and crabs, where the hell are they hiding? Is there any way to flush them out?"

  He burned his true energy, urging the green and red dust to rise as high as possible and expand the radius of his reconnaissance. As a result, all around was quiet, without any reaction. Not to mention sand scorpions or sand crabs, no other living creatures were seen.

  As far as the eye can see, everything is hazy and silent. The distant volcanic ash is very clear. Surrounding the volcano mouth, there are red molten rocks flowing. Faintly visible, there are several craters of varying sizes around it. From inside the crater, white mist drifts out, and who knows what's inside.

  Li Yuzi thought for a moment and said: "Xia Xingxiao, do you understand the Toad Skill?"

  Xia Xing nodded slightly. The Toad Skill was Ou Yangfeng's ultimate technique, and he naturally understood it. During the Huashan Sword Conference, Ou Yangfeng's Toad Skill was very formidable. However, after being tricked by Guo Jing, he became neither human nor ghost. But as for how to fully unleash the power of this martial art, he still had to explore further.

  In his understanding, the Toad's Skill and Huang Yaoshi's Tide of the Emerald Sea are roughly the same, both being large-scale sonic attacks. The power of this sonic attack is very strong, even stronger than the Buddhist sect's Lion's Roar. However, its consumption of true energy is also unprecedented. In the initial stage of cultivation, it is basically impossible to use these large-scale sonic attacks.

  Li Yuzhi said: "Operate your skills, release your strength, and observe all around."

  Xia Xingxiao suddenly understood. Li Yuzhi was going to use the Frog Skill as a radar. The Frog Skill that spread out were actually true energy. If there were other living beings lurking around, they would definitely react very sensitively to the true energy.

  Different creatures have different feedback on the true energy, and rocks and other objects also have different reflections. Therefore, as long as the true energy of the toad's work appears abnormal, it can be judged where the enemy is located.

  "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

  "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

  Xia Xingxiao immediately gathered his true energy and continuously launched the Toad Skill.

  The launch of the toad skill is like the ripples on a lake, relying on the constant vibration of the true energy in the air sea. The expanding circles of true energy are layers of ripples. Before the previous ripple has fully expanded, the next ripple begins to emerge. Layer upon layer of ripples combine to form the basic toad skill. Of course, there are many secrets to making the power of the toad skill even greater.

  As expected, the aura spread out and immediately discovered an abnormality. Ordinary rocks or substances without energy have no reaction to the aura. Only things that contain energy and have relatively active energy are more sensitive to the aura.

  For example, a crab that is dormant underground, ready to strike at any moment. The energy inside its body must be accumulating and waiting to be released. This is like a tightened bowstring that cannot withstand any external interference. When it encounters external energy probing, it will naturally react. Unless it actively releases all its energy.