Chapter 15: Single-Minded

Su Li was looking directly through the security door’s peephole. To him, the giant, singular eye seemed to be staring right back at him through the tiny hole.

A sudden, inexplicable shiver went down his spine. The giant frog abruptly abandoned gnawing on the corpse, pushed off with its hind legs, and its massive body lunged forward like a gust of wind.

Su Li’s hands clenched. The monster immediately blocked the peephole, making it impossible to see anything. This was followed by a loud “bang,” the security door shook violently, and dust sprinkled down from around the frame.

The giant frog’s impact on the security door was enormous. After two consecutive loud crashes, the security door shook violently. Su Li retreated, his scalp tingling. Although the frog couldn’t smash the door open, the impact was so severe that dust fell from the surrounding walls, giving an idea of how terrifyingly powerful the collision was.

“Thank goodness I didn’t rush out. This thing’s strength is absolutely terrifying.” Su Li watched the door shake, his scalp prickling. He knew the giant frog was far stronger than he was. If he had rushed out earlier, despite having weapons, the outcome would have likely been disastrous.

The giant frog continued to slam into the security door. Su Li watched the door frame vibrating. Fine cracks appeared in the plaster where the frame met the wall, and a large amount of plaster crumbled down.

Although he knew the giant frog couldn’t break the security door, the ferocity of the continuous impacts made Su Li incredibly nervous. He gripped the cleaver and hammer tightly, the veins on the back of his hands bulging like small earthworms.

Suddenly, the slamming stopped.

“Did this thing give up?” Su Li quickly moved forward again to look through the peephole. He saw the giant frog facing the security door and retreating toward the back of the corridor, increasing the distance from the door. A large gash had split open on its flat head, and blood was slowly seeping out.

The giant frog retreated a full five or six meters. After a brief pause, it violently pushed off the ground with all four limbs and charged toward the security door again, moving as fast as a gust of wind.

Su Li watched, his scalp crawling: “It’s that persistent? It’s wounded and still hasn’t given up. This guy is truly single-minded.”

With a tremendous “boom,” this collision was even louder and shook the door more violently. More fine cracks appeared in the plaster wall surrounding the door frame, showering down a large amount of fine plaster dust.

Then, the giant frog retreated again, built up momentum, and charged toward the security door once more.

This continued several times. The wound on its head grew larger, but the bleeding had greatly diminished. Su Li watched, and although he knew it couldn’t smash the door open, a deep sense of fear still rose in his heart.

This kind of frantically persistent monster was truly terrifying. If confronted head-on, it would be a fight to the death. Fortunately, the security door was sturdy enough that it couldn’t break it down.

Su Li stood behind the door, looking through the peephole and watching the giant frog. He watched it retreat one last time. The wound on its head was increasingly ghastly, but the bleeding had completely stopped. Not only that, a fine, fuzzy white hair was subtly emerging from the wound. It was barely visible at first, but as it retreated this time, the layer of fuzz became progressively clearer.

“It’s the Spiritual Source,” Su Li inhaled sharply.

Watching the giant frog put distance between itself and the door, Su Li expected it to charge again. Instead, this time, after retreating, it didn’t lunge forward. It turned, suddenly leaped, and slammed violently into the corridor window on the side.

The window frame buckled outward from the impact. Its flat body squeezed through, and with a “plop,” it vanished from the corridor, having jumped into the water outside the window, splashing water everywhere.

“It finally gave up.” Watching it leave and return to the water, Su Li sighed in relief.

Then, an idea struck Su Li. His fingers instinctively tightened, and he immediately turned to look toward the balcony.

His balcony was very close to the corridor.

He remembered how persistent the giant frog had been, repeatedly slamming into the security door, even when its head was bleeding, without giving up. How could it suddenly have a change of heart and leave?

Could it be…

The possibility struck Su Li, and his heart pounded. Just as he looked toward the balcony, he heard a loud “splash” from the water outside. A massive black silhouette leaped up from the water outside the balcony. Its two forelimbs hooked onto the balcony window frame, and its flat, ugly head poked through.

The gash on the top of its head was sprouting fuzzy white hair, as if a huge mouth were mocking Su Li’s naivety. Its single, massive eye was wide open, the eyeball rolling wildly, appearing incredibly ferocious and terrifying.

A powerful sense of danger chilled Su Li to the core, and his mouth went dry. He had witnessed the speed and horrific strength of the giant frog slamming into the security door. If it hit him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But Su Li charged forward without hesitation.

Striking while the monster hadn’t fully squeezed in was his only chance. If it managed to rush into the living room, everything would be over.

Having survived several brutal fights with transformed monsters, Su Li had accumulated some combat experience and knew this was no time to fear death. He attacked with full force, swinging both the cleaver and the iron hammer simultaneously.

The cleaver aimed for the gaping wound on the giant frog’s head, while the iron hammer targeted the frantically rolling eye on its face.

If he could burst that eye, his chances of winning would greatly increase.

The giant frog had just pushed its head through the window, resting its forelimbs on the sill. It seemed it hadn’t expected Su Li to react so quickly, much less charge at it without hesitation.

Everything happened instantly. The monster did not back down. Instead, it suddenly opened its massive, bloody mouth, revealing the two rows of tiny teeth. The blood-red tongue shot out like an arrow.

Not only did it possess terrifying speed and strength, but its tongue was also dreadful. Made of pure muscle, it had immense power and was its primary weapon for capturing prey.

Su Li only saw a flash before his eyes and smelled a pungent stench. He knew he was in trouble. He instinctively lurched to the left but still couldn’t completely avoid the attack. His right shoulder exploded in pain, as if he had been struck by an iron whip. Screaming, the hammer flew out of his right hand, and his body was violently thrown backward.

Su Li had never expected the giant frog’s tongue to possess such terrifying power. His right shoulder was flayed open, and he was knocked clean off his feet.

The giant frog strained its forelimbs, its body squeezing through the window opening. The window frames on both sides twisted and deformed, utterly unable to stop it.

The moment it landed, it lunged toward Su Li.

Su Li, who had been thrown to the ground, happened to roll near the overturned sofa. Seeing the massive black shadow lunging at him, he endured the fiery pain in his right shoulder, grabbed the sofa, let out a roar, and with a burst of internal power, lifted the sofa and slammed it down like a weapon, aiming for the monster’s head.

(End of Chapter)