50: Chapter 50: The Shadow Toad! Instant Kill with a Casual Move!!!

"You just said that Lin Mo is alone? Su Youwei isn't there?"

Sun Xiaoyu nodded blankly, "Yes... I only saw him by himself."

A cold sneer curled the corner of Xiao Huohuo's mouth.

Heaven is helping me! Heaven is truly helping me!

Father just forbade me from making a move against Su Youwei.

This Lin Mo himself doesn't have any background.

Now that Su Youwei isn't here, isn't this the perfect opportunity for me to act!

"What quest did he take?"

After thinking for a few seconds, Sun Xiaoyu slowly said, "Collecting soul-calming moss, a material for Tier 1 Awakening Potions."

Xiao Huohuo was slightly taken aback.

Of course, he had heard of this quest.

This quest had been hanging at the Adventurers Association for a long time, and there was a reason why no one had taken it despite the generous rewards.

Because the Shadow Toads guarding the soul-calming moss are too troublesome.

They possess the ability to turn invisible, making them extremely difficult to detect within the Shadowy Dark Cave.

Plus, their damage is astonishing.

Even experienced adventurers could easily capsize in the gutter if they were the slightest bit careless.

Previously, their Skyfire Guild had taken this quest, but after actually trying it, they chose to give up.

No other reason, the difficulty was too high.

However... this was actually a good thing for him.

He could simply bring people to ambush outside the Shadowy Dark Cave, and when Lin Mo gave up and left the Shadowy Dark Cave, he would kill him directly!

In this way, not only could he eliminate his rival, but he could also pin the blame on the Shadowy Dark Cave!

The tables have turned! Today is my turn, Xiao Huohuo!

...

On the other side.

After leaving the Adventurers Association, Lin Mo went straight out of the city and followed the direction on the map.

This Shadowy Dark Cave was not very close to Lin'an City.

Given Lin Mo's current speed, it still took him nearly half an hour to arrive.

The entrance to this Shadowy Dark Cave looked even worse than Lin Mo had imagined.

It was only half a person's height, and one could vaguely see a deep tunnel spreading down into the depths of the earth.

The entrance was also covered in large patches of blackened thorns.

"It looks like no one has been here for a long time."

Lin Mo muttered softly, then swung his steel blade to cut away all the thorns.

He took a look inside.

Fortunately, this entrance was like the neck of a gourd.

Inside, it looked significantly more spacious.

Lin Mo bent over and walked inside.

The cave was extremely dark, with no natural light, only some moss emitting a faint glow.

If it weren't for Lin Mo's astonishing eyesight, he probably wouldn't even be sure which way to go.

Many stalactites hung from the cave ceiling, with water droplets constantly dripping from their tips.

Lin Mo had just walked a few steps when he saw a corpse on the ground that had already turned into white bones.

In the distance, there was a patch of purple moss.

It was exactly the soul-calming moss Lin Mo was looking for.

Lin Mo glanced at the corpse that had turned to bones and did not rashly advance.

Instead, relying on his astonishing strength, he scanned the area around the soul-calming moss.

Lin Mo's gaze quickly landed on a puddle near the soul-calming moss.

It clearly looked like there were no living creatures here.

However, the state of the water was not right.

Clearly, there was something in the water.

Obviously, this was the hiding spot of the Shadow Toad.

Relying on its small size to hide in the puddle, combined with its invisibility skill, ordinary people would be completely unable to discover it.

That corpse was probably killed in this exact way.

Only with his own astonishing eyesight, bolstered by the Sacred Body, could he discover these details.

Lin Mo cast Appraisal on that puddle.

[Shadow Toad]

[Combat Level: Tier 1, Stage 1]

[Strength: 100]

[Spirit: 50]

[Agility: 130]

[Stamina: 120]

[Talent: Shadow Stealth]

[Skills: Shadow Spit, Shadow Leap Kill]

[Shadow Stealth: Passive talent. After remaining stationary for more than three minutes, it will merge with the surrounding environment and cannot be discovered.]

[Shadow Spit: Active skill. Spits out a ball of viscous shadow liquid. Range is three meters. Upon hitting an enemy, it causes minor damage and slows them by 30% for five seconds.]

[Shadow Leap Kill: Active skill. Upon activation, it transforms into a shadow and launches an attack on the target, causing massive damage. If the user is in the Shadow Stealth state when the skill is activated, the damage is doubled.]

As expected.

It is an assassin skilled in concealment.

For those squishy adventurers, this Shadow Leap Kill alone is probably enough to be a headache.

But for him, it wasn't much.

After seeing the skill attributes, Lin Mo walked straight toward this Shadow Toad.

At first, there was no movement in the puddle at all.

It wasn't until he got close.

A subtle, imperceptible ripple suddenly appeared on the puddle.

With a sound of breaking air, a shadow manifested in mid-air.

Lin Mo saw it clearly.

In appearance, this thing was roughly no different from the toads of his past life.

But its body was purple.

At the same time, its feet were not soft webs, but incredibly sharp claws like knives.

The shimmering claws appeared before Lin Mo's eyes.

Lin Mo remained composed.

He raised his hand and drew his steel blade.

Swish!

The steel blade struck first despite being drawn later, accurately hitting the Shadow Toad.

With one strike, it cut the Shadow Toad's body into two pieces!

Killed in an instant!

If this scene were to fall into Xiao Huohuo's eyes, he would surely be shocked out of his mind.

Although the people from his guild hadn't been able to complete the quest before, they had at least accumulated some experience.

Normally, to deal with a Shadow Toad, they would rely on a defensive class to step forward and lure the Shadow Toad into attacking.

Then, after it was exposed, the teammates would focus their fire to kill it.

Even then, coordination errors would still occur, leading to squishy teammates entering the Shadow Toad's attack range and being instantly killed by a combo.

All in all, it would take at least ten minutes to kill one Shadow Toad.

But Lin Mo had killed it in one strike.

This was simply not something that a normal Tier 1 expert could do.

Looking at the Shadow Toad's corpse, there was no look of surprise on Lin Mo's face.

The attribute gap was too large.

His four-dimensional attributes were now almost six times those of this Shadow Toad!

Absolute attribute suppression made its attack look like a joke.

He stepped forward and stripped the crystal core and toad skin from inside the Shadow Toad.

Lin Mo then turned to collect the portion of soul-calming moss.

One portion of soul-calming moss obtained.

The speed was quite fast...

Lin Mo continued to explore deeper.

Following the tunnel downward, the surrounding environment became increasingly spacious.

This sense of spaciousness even made Lin Mo feel like this was a separate underground world.

Soon, Lin Mo found three more portions of soul-calming moss in succession.

Each portion was guarded by a Shadow Toad.

Unfortunately, none of these three Shadow Toads could cause trouble for Lin Mo.

Their attacks couldn't even hit Lin Mo before they turned into cold crystal cores in Lin Mo's Storage Pouch.

However, just as Lin Mo had finished putting away the soul-calming moss, a faint, rustling sound suddenly came from the side.

Lin Mo frowned slightly.

This sound could absolutely not have been made by a Shadow Toad.

Shadow Toads are skilled at concealment and prefer ambushing; they don't move around normally.

Furthermore, this sound sounded... more like the sound of many legs walking at the same time...