The voice seemed to come from the icy lands of the far North, carrying the ruthlessness in Tang Zhongtian’s heart. Suddenly, he reached out his left hand to his waist, and with a swift movement, he shockingly counterattacked towards Li Changlin.
Suddenly, from Tang Zhongtian’s left hand came a bizarre cry.
At that moment, Tang Zhongtian threw his hand forward, sending a living creature hurling towards Li Changlin’s face.
The creature closed in rapidly, reeking with an odorous scent that made one want to vomit, and Tang Zhongtian’s body lunged forward as well.
"Damn, what the heck is this!" Li Changlin was alarmed and quickly held his breath while swinging his hand at the creature.
The creature opened its mouth and sprayed a putrid stench. At this moment, Li Changlin’s palm strike swept across, hitting the creature heavily.
Instantly, the creature was violently hurled away, and Li Changlin seized this opportunity to get a clearer look at it; it was an disgustingly ugly toad.
The toad was incredibly ugly, especially the foul smell it emitted was unbearable. Li Changlin felt nauseous after just one glance.
However, at this time, Tang Zhongtian had already swiftly advanced, swinging his palm towards Li Changlin’s chest.
Li Changlin was on high alert, and promptly raised his fist to counter.
A palm and a fist collided fiercely, and Li Changlin’s strength of 24,000 kilograms made Tang Zhongtian stagger back three steps.
However, Li Changlin also ended up releasing his held breath.
Suddenly, he inhaled a bit of the foul smell, which had a bizarre taste; although repulsively rotten, it strangely brought a supremely comfortable feeling once it entered the respiratory tract.
Li Changlin was extremely shocked and immediately became more vigilant.
The more this was the case, the more ominous the situation seemed.
Meanwhile, the toad he had flung away was oddly croaking and had jumped back into Tang Zhongtian’s hand. Tang Zhongtian laughed menacingly and threw it again at Li Changlin’s face.
"Damn it!" Seeing this scene, Li Changlin felt so depressed he wanted to spit blood, and hurriedly punched the toad again.
Now he realized, this toad was incredibly resilient defensively; his strength, which was equivalent to the Late Stage of Virtual Energy and even exceeded Tang Zhongtian’s by 4,000 kilograms, was still unable to kill it with one blow—truly frustrating.
However, the toad was really bizarre, especially the stench it emitted, which made Li Changlin wary, so he dared not let his guard down.
Unsurprisingly, Li Changlin once again sent the toad flying, and what slightly surprised him was that the toad remained unharmed, but Tang Zhongtian’s mouth, out of nowhere, had traces of blood seeping out.
"Strange, what’s going on here!" Li Changlin was slightly startled, and for a moment, couldn’t make sense of the situation.
At this time, Tang Zhongtian threw the toad again, but this time, the number had changed; it had gone from one to two.
"Could it be capable of splitting itself?" Li Changlin grew even more puzzled. With a quick thought, he decided to ignore the toad’s attack and twisted his body, heading straight for Tang Zhongtian.
"Bring it on!" Tang Zhongtian did not retreat, but instead powered up his Internal Qi and clashed with Li Changlin’s palm.
This confrontation was a clash of force against force; Li Changlin, being stronger than Tang Zhongtian, naturally had the upper hand.
Moreover, the situation this time surprised Li Changlin even more. His punch had unexpectedly caused Tang Zhongtian to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.
On the surface, Li Changlin seemed to have gained the upper hand. As long as Tang Zhongtian couldn’t react in time to escape through the air, it was indeed possible that he would be beaten to death by Li Changlin.
However, Li Changlin didn’t feel much excitement in his heart. The situation was too bizarre. In his understanding, although his punch was powerful, it shouldn’t have been able to make Tang Zhongtian spit blood directly.
After all, Tang Zhongtian was also in the Late Stage of Virtual Energy. Even though Li Changlin indeed had a strength advantage of four thousand jin over his opponent, at most he could only push him back, far from making him spit blood.
When two people of the same realm battle, victory cannot be decided in a short while. Even though Li Changlin was a tad stronger, Tang Zhongtian was certainly no pushover.
So this situation made him even more cautious.
At that moment, Tang Zhongtian raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, then flung his arms, releasing two shiny silver snakes from his sleeves.
The silver snakes danced in the air, and their sinister hissing sent shivers down the spine.
And from behind, the croaking sound also came attacking. Those two toads had suddenly leapt from the ground, aiming for the back of Li Changlin’s head.
With silver snakes in front and toads behind, these small creatures, though diminutive, were all extremely poisonous.
By now, Li Changlin had a faint guess—Tang Zhongtian actually intended a fight to the death, opting for a desperate struggle.
All four poisonous creatures were Gu Insects nurtured by Tang Zhongtian’s own essence blood. Any attacks suffered by these Gu Insects would be endured by Tang Zhongtian himself, which explained the reason for his bleeding.
Since they could ignore the opponent’s attack, these Gu Insects could exploit their greatest advantage.
In fact, this wasn’t the most malevolent part. Initially releasing one toad and later adding another was all part of Tang Zhongtian’s calculations; he simply wanted to create an illusion in Li Changlin’s mind.
Although the poison of the Gu Insects was powerful, it seemed unable to affect their master.
If Li Changlin really thought so, then he was gravely mistaken.
The poison of the initial toad was essentially benign. If it were just the toad, it wouldn’t affect Li Changlin’s body at all.
But now, it was different.
Tang Zhongtian had released the Silver Ring Snake.
The poison of the Silver Ring Snake wasn’t very strong, and compared to the Golden Ring Snake, it only had some effect on martial artists below the Transformation Realm.
However, at Li Changlin’s level, the poison of the Silver Ring Snake could almost be ignored completely.
Thus, seeing the two Silver Ring Snakes appear, Li Changlin did not really take it to heart.
His main focus was still on the toads because their poison felt truly strange.
Thus, Li Changlin naturally fell into the trap.
As the two Silver Ring Snakes spat out their poison mist which Li Changlin inhaled, it immediately merged with the toxin hidden inside Li Changlin from the toads, creating a new type of poison.
"Haha, Li Changlin, you’re doomed!" Feeling that Li Changlin had fallen into his trap, Tang Zhongtian sensed it clearly.
For this game, he was even willing to sustain serious injuries—it was a sacrifice he was willing to make.
Tang Zhongtian knew in his heart that for someone like Li Changlin, if he didn’t pay a price tonight to keep him here, he would never have another chance to kill him again.