After the battle with the ghost slaves, everyone was used to listening to his instructions. They made their way toward the river together.

At this moment, several small black dots quickly appeared in the distant sky and rushed over.

Tu Jiaojiao cried out, “It seems to be You Wanjian.”

Qin Haodong’s vision was far better than that of ordinary people. He had already seen that the person who fled here was indeed You Wanjian. Behind him were the students of the South Academy. However, they seemed to be in a messy situation at this time.

Fang Qiong’er said, “Why are they in such a hurry? What’s behind them?”

The Little Witch said with a smile, “They are Hellhounds and so many of them actually appearing at once. This guy is so arrogant. It seems like even the dogs dislike him.”

You Wanjian was so angry at this time. When he rushed to Pagoda Mountain, he suddenly encountered a Hellhound.

As a Strong at the late stage of the Voiding Realm, he naturally didn’t pay any attention to a sixth-level demonic beast and just conveniently killed it.

Unexpectedly, this Hellhound let out a shrill cry before it died. Its cry instantly attracted over 20 Hellhounds.

He was able to handle one sixth-level demonic beast. However, he was unable to handle so many of them at once. He could only flee miserably.

Unfortunately, these Hellhounds were in hot pursuit and didn’t seem to have any intention of letting them go. The distance between them and these Hellhounds grew shorter and shorter.

When Qin Haodong and the others saw You Wanjian, You Wanjian also saw them. His eyes immediately lit up. He flew over with his men.

The Little Witch said angrily, “Little Brother, this heartless guy deserves to be bitten by dogs. Let’s ignore him.”

Tu Jiaojiao said, “We can’t do that. Anyway, he is also a student of our Tortoise Academy. We can’t leave him to die.”

Qin Haodong nodded. Although this guy was hateful, he couldn’t watch him being bitten to death by dogs.

“Everyone, get ready. We will kill these Hellhounds together later.”

The Little Witch pouted unhappily but she had never objected to any of Qin Haodong’s decisions.

“Help! Hurry up and help me kill these beasts!”

At this time, a Hellhound took a bite at You Wanjian’s buttocks. Although You Wanjian’s skin and flesh were not injured, his clothes were ripped which made him very embarrassed.

“Everyone, attack!”

Qin Haodong dodged You Wanjian. With a flash of golden light in his hand, the Xuan Yuan Sword cut off the head of the Hellhound that followed You Wanjian.

The Hellhounds were only sixth-level demonic beasts. Their cultivation was about the same as everyone else’s. They just had the advantage of numbers.

Now that the Hellhounds had met Qin Haodong and the others, that advantage disappeared all of a sudden.

Together with the Jinghong Sword and the Xuan Yuan Sword, both of which were extremely sharp divine weapons, these Hellhounds had no ability to resist. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 Hellhounds were killed.

The Little Witch walked around You Wanjian with a playful look and asked, “Is this a new style of wearing your clothes? Why doesn’t it look great at all?”

“You…”

You Wanjian was so angry that his face turned livid but he had nothing to say. Just now, he had really been embarrassed by these Hellhounds.

The Little Witch did not intend to let him go. She continued, “By the way, great master, I remember that when you left, you said that no matter what happened to us, you would not come to help us. Why did you come to us for help now?”

“I…”

These were the harsh words You Wanjian had said before he left. He didn’t expect to get his retribution so soon. However, if he hadn’t met Qin Haodong and the others today, he and his companions might have really become food for the Hellhounds.

Like everyone else, Qin Haodong looked at You Wanjian with a smile. At this moment, he suddenly felt the Spirit Beast Pouch quivering. The Three-legged Golden Toad moved.

With a thought, Qin Haodong released the Three-legged Golden Toad.

After eating the Dragon Scale Python last time, its body seemed to have changed again. Its head became a little bigger than before. Its butt was a little smaller. The golden patterns on its head became thicker.

“Goo-ga…”

After the Three-legged Golden Toad came out, it immediately let out a cheerful cry and dropped to the ground in an instant. Then, it stretched out its long tongue and instantly sucked a Hellhound’s body into its own mouth.

Its appearance immediately attracted the Little Witch’s attention. She approached Qin Haodong and said, “Little Brother, is this your spirit beast?”

“Yes, it’s my spirit beast, the Three-legged Golden Toad, but its level is not high. It’s just a fifth-level spirit beast.”

In the Apotheosis Realm, the Three-legged Golden Toad could help him a lot, but now its level was too low. It was also because of this that he did not use the Three-legged Golden Toad when he fought with the ghost slaves.

At this moment, the Three-legged Golden Toad seemed to have been starved for a long time. It stretched out its tongue and swallowed the Hellhounds, one by one.

Moreover, its eating speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 Hellhounds had all entered its stomach. There were none left.

The strangest thing was that after eating so much, its stomach didn’t show the slightest sign of swelling. Instead, it licked its tongue and looked as if it hadn’t had enough.

Qin Haodong felt this was strange. What was it? Where did all these Hellhounds go?

The Little Witch looked at the Three-legged Golden Toad and asked, “Little Brother, can I take a closer look at it?”

“Of course.”

Qin Haodong said as he gave the Three-legged Golden Toad an order not to attack the Little Witch. Then, the two of them dropped from the sky.

The Little Witch went over to touch the body of the Three-legged Golden Toad and looked at the golden patterns on its head. Then, she said in shock, “Little Brother, where did you get your spirit beast?”

Qin Haodong said, “I got it by chance. What’s wrong? Is there anything special about it?”

To be honest, he still didn’t know what the Three-legged Golden Toad was. The Little Witch was a summoner, so maybe she knew more.

Sure enough, the Little Witch said, “I’ve studied all kinds of demonic beasts. This spirit beast of yours is definitely not ordinary. It seems to have the constitution of the Taotie Dragon Vein?”

“The constitution of the Taotie Dragon Vein? That’s impossible, isn’t it?”

Qin Haodong naturally knew what the Taotie was. It was said that the dragon had nine sons. Taotie was the youngest son, so it had an authentic dragon bloodline.

The Little Witch looked at the Three-legged Golden Toad again and finally said with certainty, “I’m right. It is Taotie and has the dragon bloodline, which is why it can eat so much.

“And have you noticed that this Three-legged Golden Toad doesn’t have an anus at all, which fits a Taotie’s characteristic of only eating but not pooping?”

After hearing what she said, Qin Haodong noticed that the Three-legged Golden Toad was indeed different from other frogs. The place where the anus should be was a leg. It had no anus.

The Little Witch added, “If I’m not mistaken when you first got the Three-legged Golden Toad, it shouldn’t be at this level, should it?”

Qin Haodong said, “You’re right. At first, it was just a fourth-level demonic beast but now it has reached the fifth-level.”

“That only further confirms that it is of the dragon bloodline,” the Little Witch said, “I have read many ancient records pertaining to demonic beasts. A demonic beast is destined to be born with a level, and only by chance can its level be improved.

“As for your spirit beast, it can consume other demonic beasts to improve its level. That’s the special characteristic of the Dragon Veins.”

When they were chatting just now, the momentum of the Three-legged Golden Toad that had eaten more than 20 Hellhounds suddenly soared. There was an extra golden pattern on its forehead. It seemed that it had become a sixth-level demonic beast.

The Little Witch said, “See? Little Brother, it has improved once more. With the unique characteristics of its dragon bloodline, it has extremely strong defensive and offensive capabilities. It can definitely crush any demonic beast which is at the same level as itself.”

Qin Haodong didn’t expect that he would find a spirit beast with a dragon bloodline. He was overjoyed and asked, “Is there any limit to its realm? What kind of level can it reach in the end? Seventh-level or eighth-level?”

The Little Witch said, “According to the ancient records, the dragon race is a kind of ninth-level demonic beasts, so your Three-legged Golden Toad can reach the ninth-level at most.”

“That’s great!”

Qin Haodong grinned from ear to ear. If the Three-legged Golden Toad could upgrade continuously, it would definitely be a powerful assistant to him. Moreover, it would be absolutely loyal. He didn’t have to worry about its betrayal.

He kept the Three-legged Golden Toad in his Spirit Beast Pouch. When he thought of how You Wanjian had been attacked just now, he asked the Little Witch, “I saw you summoning the Hellhounds. How could there be such a creature in the Lingwu Continent?”

The Little Witch explained, “The Lingwu Continent doesn’t have Hellhounds. These things must have been summoned from another space by a summoner.”

Qin Haodong asked, “Can we not send back the summoned demonic beasts from another space?”

“That’s complicated. We need to understand a summoner’s essence,” the Little Witch said. “When a summoner opens a summoning gate, he or she will establish a simple master and servant agreement with the summoned demonic beast.

“In other words, when a demonic beast is summoned, it acknowledges that the summoner is its master and it will obey all his orders.

“However, this type of agreement does not come without a price. The moment the demonic beast appears, it will begin to exhaust the summoner’s mental force.

“Theoretically speaking, a summoner can keep demonic beasts in this world forever. However, that requires the summoner to have enough mental force.

“However, this is obviously unrealistic. I possess the Holy Spirit Body but I am only able to allow a demonic beast to remain in this world for half a day at most. It is already incredible for an ordinary summoner to let a demonic beast remain here for an hour.”

Qin Haodong still didn’t understand. He asked, “Then what’s wrong with these Hellhounds?”

The Little Witch said, “For the demonic beasts summoned from another space, in addition to being sent back, there are two ways to get rid of the agreement with the summoner. The first way is to kill the summoned demonic beasts. The second is to kill the summoner.

“Summoners aren’t unrivaled. Sometimes, a summoner summoned demonic beasts from another space to this world. However, the summoner was killed by his enemy. Then these demonic beasts would naturally be unable to return and continue to multiply in this world. That’s how the Hellhounds came to be.”

“Oh!” Qin Haodong nodded and understood what the Little Witch meant. These Hellhounds belonged to the invasion of alien creatures.

Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, “If the demonic beast you summoned is killed, will it harm you?”

The Little Witch shook her head. “Not at all. It’s just that after the summoned demonic beast is killed, the summoner can’t summon again for a short time. That will give the enemy of the summoner an opportunity to attack.”

After hearing this answer, Qin Haodong immediately became excited. “Do you think my idea is feasible? You open the Gate of Life and summon the demonic beasts to feed the Three-legged Golden Toad.

“With its special characteristics, as long as it eats enough high-level demonic beasts, it will be able to improve rapidly.”

The Little Witch thought for a moment and said, “This method can work, but a low-level demonic beast won’t be of much help to the promotion of the Three-legged Golden Toad. If I summon a high-level demonic beast, I’m afraid the Three-legged Golden Toad won’t be able to deal with it.”

“I can help kill the high-level demonic beasts. Just tell me, can this method work?”

The Little Witch nodded. “Yes.”

“That’s great. We’ll do this after dinner. But remember to keep it a secret and don’t let others know.”

Qin Haodong was very excited. As long as he could help the Three-legged Golden Toad to become a seventh-level demonic beast, it would mean that he would have a bodyguard, whose cultivation was the final stage of the Combination Realm. At that time, he would try his best not to take the Energy Explosion Pill.