Chapter 224: Guidance from an Expert

Jade Moon Lake was a very large lake.

As a freshwater lake, countless Water Spirit Soul Pets lived inside it.

At the same time, this place was divided into many areas.

Mo Nan brought the club members to another area, continuing to search for the Toxic Foam Frog.

Although wild second-stage evolution Soul Pets were rare, it was not impossible to find them.

Before long, Mo Nan found one.

“Brother Nan, a few of those freshmen are following near us. Could they be planning something?” one club member asked.

“Planning something?”

Mo Nan thought for a moment, then looked at the student. “What do you think a bunch of kids who only know farming could possibly do? Only those farming freshmen from Forest Sea University would come to gather materials as freshmen. Earlier, when I threw down that Toxic Treasure, I slightly cracked its crystal.”

“It was to give them a real lesson. That female student is probably in so much pain she’s crying her eyes out right now.”

“Those students’ hearts must be full of fear and fury.”

“If we don’t give them a substantial lesson, they won’t understand the dangers of the wild.”

“The ones following us nearby are just watching from afar. If they actually dared to act, I’d admire them for that.”

The club members felt Brother Nan made sense.

“Let’s get ready to collect the Toxic Treasure from the Toxic Foam Frog. This Toxic Foam Frog isn’t resting, so it won’t be easy to collect, and its Soul Power Cultivation is quite high. Fortunately, there are many Toxic Treasures near it… Hey, there are quite a few Toxic Treasures behind this Toxic Foam Frog.”

“Collecting one shouldn’t be too difficult.”

Mo Nan glanced from afar and felt something was a little off, but then he thought that evolving into a Toxic Foam Frog must have taken many years for these wild Soul Pets.

Accumulating some Toxic Treasures was normal.

Right at that moment.

Kong Shijin came forward with several students, shouting angrily, “Did you do that on purpose? When you threw down the Toxic Treasure, you deliberately crushed the crystal, ruining Sister Yun’s arm! You bunch of despicable guys!”

Hearing this, Mo Nan smiled and turned around with his club members to look at the fat student. “You’ve got some courage to come find me. I was giving you a lesson from experience. After this mistake, you won’t make others in the future.”

“So we should thank you?” Kong Shijin grew even angrier.

“If you think that way, it’s best,” Mo Nan nodded, then suddenly said sharply, “But I don’t have time to deal with you now. Get lost quickly, or I’ll beat you up right here!”

Mo Nan’s voice, which had been smiling just a moment before, instantly turned icy cold.

His imposing manner emerged immediately.

Kong Shijin and the other students stepped back repeatedly.

“You’ll pay for this!” Kong Shijin left a completely unthreatening threat and fled with his classmates.

“They’re just a bunch of kids who just started university,” Mo Nan laughed dismissively. “I thought they might actually do something when they caught up… I overestimated them.”

“Alright, let’s start collecting the Toxic Foam Frog’s Toxic Treasure.”

The Toxic Foam Frog wasn’t resting, so to collect from it, they had to use a Soul Pet to distract and restrain it.

Moreover, this Toxic Foam Frog wasn’t easy to deal with. It was a full two meters tall, sitting steadily on a lotus leaf below it that was like a cushion.

There wasn’t a single wild Soul Pet in the surrounding lake water.

Interestingly, Melon Toxic Frogs would occasionally swim over and spit out a Toxic Treasure from their mouths.

They gave it to this Toxic Foam Frog.

The Toxic Foam Frog was very vigilant.

After observing for a while, Mo Nan and the others felt it was a bit troublesome.

They felt this Toxic Foam Frog was somewhat different, but couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong.

But this didn’t stump them.

Soon, they started to act.

First, they sent the students’ Water Spirit Soul Pets to approach gradually, hoping to successfully attract the Toxic Foam Frog’s attention.

But the Toxic Foam Frog had a strong territorial instinct. Once any Water Spirit Soul Pet approached—unless it was a Melon Toxic Frog—it would notice immediately.

Then it would open its mouth and spit out a huge water vortex, directly sweeping those Soul Pets away.

It was very cautious.

It absolutely refused to easily leave its lotus leaf.

This made things very difficult for Mo Nan and the others.

Soon, they thought of a second method.

They caught some nearby Melon Toxic Frogs, hoping to force the Toxic Foam Frog to come out and rescue them.

They had discovered that this Toxic Foam Frog seemed to be the boss of many Melon Toxic Frogs in the surrounding area.

Of course, they didn’t actually intend to harm them, just use them as a threat.

He didn’t dare harm these Soul Beasts.

Jade Moon Lake had military Soul Pact Masters patrolling periodically. If they found any wild Soul Pets harmed or in trouble, they would investigate immediately.

It would be easy to trace it back to them, and then there would be trouble.

This move worked very well.

Mo Nan directed the students to use their Soul Pets to catch over a dozen Melon Toxic Frogs and restrain them on another lotus leaf.

They tied them all together.

Most of these Melon Toxic Frogs only had a few hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation.

For their Soul Pets, capturing them was very simple.

“Ribbit!”

A series of croaks continuously sounded.

The Toxic Foam Frog’s Spiritual Intelligence wasn’t very high after all. Seeing its underlings captured, it couldn’t hold back.

It jumped out directly, wanting to rescue its underlings.

The moment it jumped out.

Mo Nan immediately sent his Life-Gambling Bee flying out, planning to snatch a Toxic Treasure produced by the Toxic Foam Frog.

The Life-Gambling Bee flew out very quickly, reaching the Toxic Foam Frog’s lotus leaf in less than half a minute.

Then it used its forelimbs to pick up a shiny Toxic Treasure and flew back.

Seeing this, Mo Nan finally relaxed.

However, right at that moment.

The Life-Gambling Bee had just picked up a Toxic Treasure and hadn’t flown far when a long spear shot over from the distance, stabbing towards the Life-Gambling Bee.

This spear thrust came very suddenly.

But the Life-Gambling Bee had excellent combat skills. Its light body dodged swiftly.

Then, the lake’s surface seemed to darken as countless water rings, water spears, and water bullets shot out, instantly trapping the Life-Gambling Bee.

The Life-Gambling Bee had clearly never faced this before.

It was hit by several water spears, entangled and soaked by water rings, and struck by water bullets.

The attacks weren’t very powerful, but there were too many to handle.

Mo Nan couldn’t react in time. The Toxic Treasure he held with his front limbs fell down.

At that moment, an Exquisite Owl flew from afar, pulling an Iron Vine Grass, and swiftly caught the Toxic Treasure of the Toxic Foam Frog.

“What the! Who’s scheming behind my back?”

Mo Nan was stunned.

This was clearly planned.

The lake was large, with many water-based Soul Pets inside. If they hid underwater, it was hard to spot them, and difficult to tell if they were wild.

“Which club would scheme against us?”

The other students were also shocked. “Could it be from another academy?”

Mo Nan wasn’t sure. He hadn’t heard of any other academy’s club coming here today.

How could they be ambushed so suddenly…

Soon, Mo Nan’s expression changed, as if he remembered something. He looked upset.

“It must be that group of freshmen from earlier. It can only be them.”

Hearing this, the other students were also stunned.

They hadn’t considered that possibility at all.

“We were tricked by a bunch of freshmen?” one student couldn’t help saying. “They set up an ambush here in advance?”

“That chubby kid earlier was just here to lower our guard, right? These freshmen are something!”

The students all looked unhappy.

Meanwhile, Yanshan brought Wang Che to the scene.

Seeing this, Mentor Yanshan was slightly surprised.

“They actually succeeded?”

Wang Che wasn’t very surprised. Success was normal.

The Toxic Treasure of the Toxic Foam Frog was hard to obtain. They wouldn’t expect Kong Shijin, Yun Feimo, and the others to set up a hidden ambush.

With a few more details to relax their guard, it was easy.

“They aren’t very alert,”

Wang Che said. “Especially after that earlier scolding, they already had an impression of us freshmen, thinking we wouldn’t do much.”

However, Wang Che then turned his gaze to the distant Toxic Foam Frog.

It was rare to see a Toxic Foam Frog.

Especially the piles of Toxic Treasures on its lotus leaf.

“Why so many Toxic Treasures…”

Wang Che thought deeply as he watched the Toxic Foam Frog.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

“These little kids…”

Mo Nan slowly calmed down. “It seems there’s an expert among these freshmen. Otherwise, based on the earlier situation, these kids wouldn’t have thought of this method.”

“Life-Gambling Bee, use Sewing Needle! Cut that vine! Get it back!”

The Life-Gambling Bee immediately shot sharp, pointed stingers at the distant Exquisite Owl.

It wanted to sever the Iron Vine Grass.

Clink, clink, clink…

The Exquisite Owl dodged in midair.

Most of the dense stingers pierced through the Iron Vine Grass, breaking it.

But some hit the Toxic Treasure, piercing through it and knocking it to the shore. The poison inside quickly leaked out…

Seeing this, Mo Nan’s face darkened. He knew he had to get another one.

He ordered the Life-Gambling Bee again, telling it to bring back another Toxic Treasure.

But by then, the Toxic Foam Frog, which had rescued its young, had returned.

Seeing a thief stealing its things, it got angry immediately.

Especially when it saw one of its Toxic Treasures destroyed.

It was furious!

“Ribbit croak!”

The Toxic Foam Frog was several times larger than a Melon Toxic Frog. It leaped out of the lake.

It slapped the water’s surface hard in midair.

Instantly, the entire lake seemed to shake, throwing up countless hidden Soul Beasts and lurking Soul Pets.

A huge wave soared, tens of meters high, crashing down ahead.

The two groups of students on the shore were stunned.

They hadn’t expected this Toxic Foam Frog to be so strong.

Such a terrifying wave was probably very powerful!

And it was heading straight for the Life-Gambling Bee, which was trying to sneak attack again.

Seeing this, Mo Nan didn’t hesitate. A pair of Soul Wings sprouted from his back, and he dashed out.

He flew at high speed to assist the Life-Gambling Bee. Collecting the Toxic Treasure wasn’t important now.

“Come back, no need to collect it!”

Mo Nan immediately commanded through Telepathy.

The Life-Gambling Bee still wanted to try, but after hearing the order, it had to return.

The wave crashed down. With its speed, it couldn’t escape and was hit by the tail of the wave, flung high into the air and thrown far away.

Seeing this, Mo Nan felt uneasy. Soul Wings appeared on his back, and he flew out quickly.

“Ribbit croak!”

The Toxic Foam Frog, now on the lake’s surface, shot a spiral water spear from its mouth, aiming with terrifying force at the flung Life-Gambling Bee.

If it got hit this time, it would be very dangerous.