Sword drawn from the constellations, poison as its edge.

Chapter 107 King of Ten Thousand Poisons
The group did as instructed, went out and took a few torches from the fire, and then began to stick them in all directions.

At this moment, the roar of "Jiang Ang, Jiang Ang" grew louder and more astonishing, as if it were getting closer and closer.

"Oh no, oh no!" The guide suddenly rushed out of the thatched hut, screaming wildly, "The plague god's mount is here! The king of all poisons, the Manggu Toad! Anyone who sees it will turn into pus and blood! Everyone, run!"

The guide's name was Mu Gang, a famous swordsman among the Yi people. Mu Nai, who was in Jiang Mingzhe's group and whose neck was snapped by the Crocodile God of the South China Sea and thrown into the Yangtze River, was his cousin.

While walking today, Mu Gang pulled Jiang Mingzhe aside and asked him in detail about how Mu Nai died. Jiang Mingzhe praised him highly, saying that Mu Nai was the only one among them who dared to draw his sword against the Crocodile God of the South Sea. Mu Gang nodded with tears in his eyes, saying that he had taught Mu Nai his swordsmanship and hoped that he could meet the Crocodile God of the South Sea and personally kill him to avenge his brothers.

When Mu Gang said these words, he was full of passion, but now he looked terrified, shouting as he ran towards his horse, clearly intending to mount it and escape.

Then a flash of cold light appeared, and Mu Gang fell to the ground with a short knife stuck in the back of his head.

Granny Ping walked over, stepped on his head, pulled out her knife, and shouted sternly, "Don't panic! Anyone who shouts or runs away again will be a prime example! Liu Hei, come out here! What is this 'Manggu Zhuha'?"

Liu Hei, a local martial artist from Dali, was well-versed in geography. Hearing this, he smiled wryly and said, "Grandma, I don't know. I rarely come to Wuliang Mountain. I guess there must be some kind of ferocious beast in the mountains. But Mu Gang is not a coward. For someone to scare him like this, he must be no ordinary person."

Granny Ping sneered, "Not simple? What could be not simple? No matter how fierce the beasts in the mountains are, they can't be stronger than bears, tigers, or giant pythons. With so many of us, what do we have to be afraid of?"

Before the words were finished, a man who went to the west to plant torches suddenly let out a long scream. When everyone looked over, they saw his whole body shaking violently. In the blink of an eye, he collapsed like mud and fell silent.

This sudden turn of events caused everyone to fall silent, making the sound of "Jiang Ang" all the more deafening.

A moment later, another person on the east side let out a scream and collapsed, trembling.

Granny Ping exclaimed in shock, "'Water-Severing Blade' Xiong Xiu's swift blade can cut through the wings of a fly, how could he not even have time to draw his blade? What kind of monster is this?"

Before the words were finished, screams rang out from the south as well, one person crying out in anguish, "It's a toad, a toad..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and the body collapsed limply to the ground.

Granny Ping and Granny Rui exchanged a glance, both feeling a chill run down their spines.

Grandma Ping kept saying that there were no more ferocious beasts in the mountains than bears, tigers, and pythons, but the deaths of these people were extremely strange. How they died, what killed them, there was no trace of them. They died right under everyone's noses.

Liu Hei said in a trembling voice, "Mu Gang just said that it's the mount of the Plague God, the King of Ten Thousand Poisons. I wonder if what he said is true, could it be some kind of ghost? Otherwise, how could it carry the Plague God?"

Before he could finish speaking, a loud roar of "Jiang Ang" suddenly came from beside him. Liu Hei's face turned pale instantly. Just as he was about to run away, he saw a faint red mist rise up from beneath his feet. Liu Hei immediately let out a painful roar, his body convulsed violently a few times, and then he collapsed to the ground and died.

Granny Ping exclaimed, "It's in! That thing has come in!"

Granny Rui shouted, "It must be the Five Poisons Sect's evil tricks! You despicable villains, if you have the guts, step forward and take a whack with my cane!"

The two old women roared and screamed, one drawing two short knives and the other brandishing an iron cane, charging left and right side by side. However, it was all to no avail. People continued to die one after another at the scene. In just a few breaths, eight or nine more people died, and they all died in different locations, clearly indicating that the murderer was incredibly fast.

Seeing that more than half of them had died in a short time, the remaining ones could no longer hold on and shouted in unison, "It's a ghost! There's a ghost! Everyone, run!"

Some people immediately used their lightness skills to run away in a random direction, while others ran to untie the reins. But after only a dozen steps, three of them died in succession. Only the first person managed to tear off the reins with one claw, jump onto the horse's back, and escape quickly.

Seeing that some people had successfully escaped, the remaining will of the crowd completely collapsed, and Granny Ping yelled, "Let's all run for our lives!"

With a leap, his obese body hopped away into the distance like a giant toad.

Jiang Mingzhe was also in a panic. Just now, when Mu Gang shouted the words "King of Ten Thousand Poisons, Manggu Zhuha", he already knew what it was.

In the original novel, the only achievement of this Manggu Toad was poisoning the Lightning Sable, then chasing a centipede into Duan Yu's mouth, where it was directly digested.

At this moment, the Manggu Toad unleashed its power, killing people like a ghost. Even though Jiang Mingzhe had read the original story, he couldn't bring himself to catch and devour it. He only wanted to escape far away from this terrifying creature.

Just as he was about to use his Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) to escape, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Granny Rui's fierce expression. She smashed the carriage with her iron crutch, picked up Mu Wanqing and threw her out, then used her lightness skill to fly away.

Jiang Mingzhe immediately guessed the old woman's intention. She clearly saw that the situation was critical and it was difficult to ensure that Mu Wanqing could be escorted back to Suzhou, so she simply abandoned her to feed the monster.

Although Mu Wanqing was tied up like a dumpling, her ears were not plugged, and she could hear screams outside from inside the carriage. She originally thought that she could escape quietly by taking advantage of being in a closed carriage, but who would have thought that Granny Rui would be so cunning.

If Granny Rui were to kill her with a single blow, Mu Wanqing wouldn't actually be afraid. When she was captured, she had already decided to starve herself to death. But while she wasn't afraid of death, she couldn't eliminate her biological instinct for fear in the face of this bizarre situation.

Mu Wanqing lay sprawled on the ground, her eyes immediately falling on Jiang Mingzhe. She cried out, "Big Ginger, kill me before you leave! I don't want to be eaten by ghosts!"

Jiang Mingzhe hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran over. He picked up Mu Wanqing and was about to leave when a flash of red light appeared, and a small toad appeared in front of him, poised like a tiger, blocking his way.

This toad was no more than two inches long, its whole body was crimson, its two eyes gleamed with golden light, and its mouth was slightly open. Then, the thin skin on its neck trembled rapidly, and it let out a loud roar, "Jiang Ang!" which made Jiang Mingzhe's eardrums ache. At the same time, a red mist spewed out from its mouth and shot straight at Jiang Mingzhe.

Jiang Mingzhe shifted his position, sliding back several feet in one step to dodge the red mist. Just as he was about to leave again, the little toad leaped over and blocked his way once more, opening its mouth to roar and spewing out another cloud of red mist.

Jiang Mingzhe was greatly surprised. Since he learned this footwork, he could not say that he was invincible, but he could certainly escape. He never expected that he would be stopped by such a tiny toad.

He turned and walked away, but the toad followed him like a shadow. Under the moonlight, Jiang Mingzhe's figure changed, almost walking in a circle. The toad blocked his way, and the red mist it spewed out connected with each other, tightly trapping Jiang Mingzhe.

Jiang Mingzhe was shocked, but then he remembered that Duan Yanqing had been defeated by him. He couldn't help but laugh at how Duan Yanqing had been driven to such a state by a mere toad. He thought to himself: "They say the highest form of tragedy is absurdity, and my experience is a perfect example! Damn it, since I can't escape, I'll fight you to the death!"
He channeled his inner strength and snapped the ropes binding Mu Wanqing, then hissed, "Go to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion in Dali and find Azi and Zhong Ling!"

After saying that, he swung his arms and threw Mu Wanqing high into the air, out of the red mist. Then he activated the Absorption Technique of the Northern Darkness Divine Art at full speed, let out a low roar, and plunged his whole body into the red mist!

(End of this chapter)