Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

The hissing sound was incessant as the poisonous net eroded the barrier at a visible speed.

Li Hao's face turned pale, and the spiritual light on the black iron shield fluctuated violently, clearly indicating that he was under tremendous pressure.

Just then, two first-grade high-level Fire Talismans flew out, transforming into two huge fireballs that exploded, the powerful flame shockwaves shattering the poison net.

At the same time, Gao Yuan's figure shot out like an arrow.

The heavy sword traced a sharp trajectory in the air, aiming straight for the venomous tumor on the toad's back.

The poisonous toad seemed to sense the threat, its massive body leaping back nimbly, while its long tongue lashed out like a whip.

The tongue moved with extraordinary speed, and its tip glowed with an eerie purple light, clearly indicating that it contained an even more terrifying venom.

"Watch out for its tongue!" Pharmacist Chen hurriedly warned, already holding several antidote pills in his hand in preparation.

Despite the danger, Gao Yuan remained calm, turning his heavy sword from a slash to a block, and dark red spiritual light condensed in front of him.

With a muffled "bang," the tongue whip struck the sword, the immense force sending Gao Yuan flying backward, the spiritual light on the heavy sword noticeably dimming.

Just as the poisonous toad was about to press its advantage, Lin Zhao's Fire Element Pearl finally found an opportunity, transforming into a powerful burst of flame energy that precisely struck the largest abscess on the toad's back.

"Pfft!"

The abscess burst open, and dark green venom gushed out.

Evaporated by the flames of the Fire Element Pearl, the poisonous toad let out a painful hiss, and the poisonous mist around it paused.

Everyone's spirits were lifted.

Chu Xin unleashed her ice sword, its tip trembling slightly as dozens of fine, hair-like ice needles flew out, precisely piercing the other pustules on the poisonous toad's back.

The poisonous toad roared angrily, and its poisonous mist condensed into a shield, blocking most of the ice needles.

However, a few ice needles still managed to break through the defenses and puncture several smaller pustules.

More venom splattered out, and the toad's breathing became noticeably disordered.

But it was also more ferocious, its emerald green eyes almost spitting fire.

Suddenly, the poisonous toad did something that surprised everyone. Instead of spitting venom, it opened its mouth wide and began to frantically devour the surrounding poisonous mist.

As it inhaled the toxic fumes, the pustules on its body swelled at a visible rate, and the color of its skin changed from dark green to deep black.

"It's gathering an even stronger toxicity!" Pharmacist Chen's expression changed drastically. "Stop it!"

Gao Yuan slashed out with his heavy sword again, the dark red light aimed directly at the wide-open mouth of the poisonous toad.

At the same time, Cheng Jin's bronze seal flew over, attempting to interrupt the poisonous toad's power-gathering.

But it was too late. The poisonous toad completed its charge in an instant, and it suddenly opened its mouth, spitting out a beam of dark green light that was condensed to the extreme.

The beam of light was only as thick as an arm, but the toxicity it contained caused everyone's protective aura to fluctuate violently.

Wherever the beam of light passed, even space itself seemed to be corroded, leaving behind a distorted trail.

"Defend with all your might!" Gao Yuan roared, taking out dozens of defensive talismans and setting them up in front of him. The talismans emitted a dazzling spiritual light.

Everyone knew that this blow would determine life or death.

Li Hao's massive black iron shield was enlarged to its maximum and placed at the very front. Wu Laodao's Qingyuan Formation was operating at full power, and the emerald green spiritual light was added to the black iron shield to fiercely resist the poisonous energy.

The dark green beam pierced through the layers of talisman defenses, and with its power weakened by several layers, it collided violently with Li Hao's massive black iron shield.

There was no deafening roar, only the chilling sound of corrosion.

The giant shield trembled violently under the impact of the beam of light, and its aura dimmed at a visible speed.

Even with the blessing of Master Wu's Qingyuan Formation, Li Hao still felt a sweet taste in his throat. He forced down the blood that surged up and continued to urge the giant shield to resist. Cracks began to appear on the spiritual light on the giant shield.

At this rate, the defenses will be completely breached in just a few breaths.

At this critical moment, Lin Zhao finally found an opportunity. While the poisonous toad was attacking with all its might, he used a concealment talisman, along with the magic on his robes, to silently leave the formation and circle around to the side of the poisonous toad.

The spiritual light on the Qingfeng Sword was contained to the extreme, and then suddenly burst forth.

"Azure Profound Sword Technique, Sever the Flow!" Lin Zhao's Azure Edge Sword slashed fiercely from bottom to top! A condensed, almost tangible, azure sword light, like cutting through a waterfall, slashed fiercely towards the relatively vulnerable side of the poisonous toad.

The poisonous toad sensed the danger and tried to dodge, but it was too late. Its magical power was all used to unleash the beam of light, leaving its protective aura weak.

The sword light successfully pierced through its protective aura, and the remaining small portion of the azure light struck its side abdomen, causing the azure aura to erupt within its body.

"Gurgle—!"

The poisonous toad let out a piercing scream, and the dark green beam of light dissipated.

Its massive body convulsed violently, and a huge wound was cut open in its abdomen. What gushed out of the wound was no longer venom, but blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

But its final, desperate counterattack was even more terrifying. The venomous toad stared intently at Lin Zhao, who had severely injured it, and all the pustules on its body burst at the same time, spraying massive amounts of venom in all directions like a torrential rain.

The venom rained down, each drop containing terrifying corrosive energy. Lin Zhao, who had just used a powerful sword technique, had exhausted his mana and was unable to react in time.

Cheng Jin's bronze seal magnified above, drawing most of the venom away from Lin Zhao's direction. Chu Xin's ice sword struck in time, its icy blue light freezing the venom aimed at Lin Zhao, causing it to crystallize and fall to the ground.

Finally realizing what was happening, Lin Zhao transformed the Water Element Pearl into a water curtain to block the last bit of poison gas emitted by the venom.

Finally, after the last drop of venom was blocked, the toad's massive body collapsed to the ground, its life force completely extinguished.

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence. Everyone was exhausted, and the spiritual light on the magical artifacts had dimmed to the extreme.

Lin Zhao gasped for breath; the battle had depleted more than half of his magical power.

Sword cultivators' attacks are indeed powerful, but the price of that power is the lack of other means. After Lin Zhao used the sword technique, he was unable to immediately use other magical artifacts.

This is why he usually uses the Fire Element Pearl; he only uses the sword as a last resort.

Gao Yuan leaned on his heavy sword, panting. His tiger's mouth was already cracked from the impact, and blood flowed down the hilt of the sword.

Li Hao's black iron shield was covered with traces of corrosion.

The cold mist on Chu Xin's ice sword was so faint that it was almost invisible.

"Is it over?" Cheng Jin's voice trembled. Cheng Jin's bronze seal was straightforward and not suitable for dealing with poison.

However, he ultimately shielded Lin Zhao from most of the venom; otherwise, Chu Xin wouldn't have been able to freeze so much venom.

Pharmacist Chen hurriedly checked everyone's condition and distributed antidote pills and qi-restoring pills.

Fortunately, although everyone was exhausted, no one suffered fatal injuries.

After resting for a while, everyone began to clean up the battlefield.

The corpse of the Green-Eyed Poison Toad is quite valuable, especially its green eyes and poison sac, which are precious materials for refining magical artifacts and elixirs.

Just as Pharmacist Chen was carefully collecting the poison sacs, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Look at this!"