My Divine Beasts Are Really Not Evil Gods-Chapter 19: Undead Calamity

But while it didn't know why this human had suddenly attacked, sensing the Void Ray streaking across the sky like a meteor, the Great Peach Pig King felt its whole body turn cold!
It was certain that if it were hit, even its proudly tough hide would be instantly dissolved, and then the flesh and bone within would be corroded.
"Hmph, hmph, hmph!"
The Great Peach Pig King immediately rose, moved towards the stream, and squealed to indicate it was willing to drink the water and let Lu Yu sleep with it.
"Eek?"
What does 'sleep with it' mean?
Little Spider tilted its head, its face full of curiosity.
"Don't mind it. It's just having a bout of swine fever."
Lu Yu said with a dark expression, continuing to watch the Void Ray with no intention of stopping it.
This scene enraged the Great Peach Pig King. This was bullying a pig too far!
You think I'm an easy target just because I haven't lost my temper?
"Roar!"
Just as it roared at the sky, bared its tusks, and pawed the ground with its forelimbs to counterattack, the six rays ignored it, whistling over its head and striking the stream behind it.
Or rather, they landed on an area thick with Green Water Duckweed, upon a group of still-croaking Peach Blossom Spotted Frogs.
"Croak… croak… croak…"
Facing this lethal, blanketing strike, these bullfrog-like Peach Blossom Spotted Frogs seemed not to see it at all, continuing to let out their croaking sounds.
Swish, swish, swish!
The Void Dissolving Ray instantly pierced the frogs' bodies, but the expected scene of flesh and blood crystallizing didn't occur. Instead, it was like tearing paper; they were ripped apart directly.
The shattered Frog Skin fluttered, dissipating into Crystal Powder in the air, but the flesh and blood inside had long since vanished.
The remaining Peach Blossom Spotted Frogs were also pierced by the Void Ray, but aside from their skin, all their flesh and blood had been hollowed out.
In other words, the ones croaking from the very beginning, were all a group of corpses!
"Snort!?"
This bizarre scene made the Great Peach Pig King's eyes widen as it understood that Lu Yu wasn't targeting it.
Sensing something was wrong, it decisively shielded the other Peach Pigs behind it.
The reason it had lived for seventy or eighty years was by being sufficiently cautious.
"Are you going to keep hiding?" Lu Yu watched the stream, a cold sneer playing on his lips.
At first, he hadn't noticed anything amiss, but the continuous croaking of the frogs had suddenly alerted him.
The entire head of the stream had been spread with Little Spider's Dream Spider Silk, which contained the power of illusion and dreams.
Not even the thick-skinned Peach Pigs could withstand it, all of them obediently falling into a dream.
And the Peach Blossom Spotted Frogs were just the lowest-level, Lower-tier Servant creatures.
Even without drinking from the stream, as amphibians that breathe through lungs and skin, contact with the water should have caused them to be eroded by the Dream Toxin and fall unconscious.
However, the result was completely different.
These Peach Blossom Spotted Frogs seemed entirely unaffected, even continuing to croak while being washed over by the stream.
And after Lu Yu activated his Eye of Truth, it directly displayed their status.
【Peach Blossom Spotted Frog (Cursed Puppet State)】
Every single one was a Cursed Puppet!
How could a group of long-dead, unconscious puppets possibly enter a dream?
"As for the main culprit…" Lu Yu's gaze was profound, a guess forming in his mind as he commanded, "Use your Spider Silk, probe the bottom of the stream!"
"Eek!"
Little Spider extended a hand, and a large amount of Spider Silk condensed and shot out.
As Little Spider had devoured a great deal of dream power, its silk had been further strengthened, its toughness no less than that of ordinary iron wire, only much finer.
When spun at high speed, it possessed the terrifying killing power to easily pierce flesh and blood.
Just as the Spider Silk shot out like whistling arrows, preparing to pierce the bottom of the stream in a three-foot-deep sweep, a hoarse and sinister croak rang out:
"Gwa!"
Like a death knell from Hell, the sound wave erupted, blasting up a huge pillar of water while also snapping all the Spider Silk, which scattered like catkins, drifting down with the water droplets.
A figure also leaped out from the water, revealing its true appearance.
A Peach Blossom Drum Frog, evolved from a Peach Blossom Spotted Frog, appeared.
It was half a meter tall, with a large drum on its belly that, when struck, could soothe the spirit. Its racial potential was Early-stage Elite Rank.
However, this Peach Blossom Drum Frog looked as thin as a skeleton. Its body was clearly tattered, yet its face held a human-like affection, making for an incredibly bizarre sight.
Rip!
Suddenly, its abdomen was ripped open from the inside out. A large amount of its organs scattered across the ground as a bizarre, lamb-sized frog leaped out from within, letting out a hoarse and venomous growl:
"Gwa!"
Its entire body was gray, its skin covered in a large amount of mucus.
Its two eyes were enormous, even larger than its head. Its once-sturdy hind legs were atrophied, giving it a top-heavy appearance.
In addition, its lower jaw and both cheeks were covered in numerous blood-colored markings, which looked extremely strange.
"Gurgle-gwa!"
Forced to be born prematurely, it was now exceptionally furious.
With a ferocious expression, it opened its gaping maw to inhale, the air sacs on its cheeks rapidly inflating, causing the blood-colored markings to spread across them.
Combined with its bizarre large eyes and twisted appearance, it looked exactly like a ghost face.
"I knew it was you, Ghostface Curse Frog!"
Although Lu Yu had his suspicions when he saw the Cursed Puppets, he couldn't help but be shocked when he truly saw it.
The Eye of Truth revealed the relevant information.
【Ghostface Curse Frog】
【Attribute: Undead-type】
【Strength: Early-stage Elite Rank】
【Racial Potential: High-rank Commander】
【Skills: Curse Croak, Tongue Whip, Art of the Cursed Puppet, Venom…】
【Description: An extremely rare frog-type pet beast. As an Undead-type, they do not rely on mating to reproduce, but instead appear randomly among large populations of frogs.
It requires a Mother Frog that has gestated a Dead Egg to evolve at just the right time and then become pregnant again. When the eggs of life and death intertwine, only then is there an extremely small chance for a Ghostface Curse Frog to be born.
The Ghostface Curse Frog has a brutal nature. Once gestation is complete, it will not be born immediately.
Instead, it will bewitch and absorb nutrients from the mother's body until it passes its seven-day Weakened Period, during which it will devour the internal organs of many of its own kind to create Cursed Puppets for its own use.】
【Evolution Path: Curse Hag Frog, Plague Curse Frog…】
"Early-stage Elite Rank… Looks like this thing has been lurking for a few days…"
Lu Yu searched his memories and recalled that after awakening the Gate of Truth, he had seen the entry for that pregnant Peach Blossom Drum Frog.
(Beginning of Chapter 3)
The content described its listless state after becoming pregnant.
But at the time, under the threat of the Nightmare Seal, and with the creature hiding inside its mother's body, the Eye of Truth wasn't triggered.
So, Lu Yu simply assumed it was due to malnutrition.
Fortunately, the Cursed Puppets it controlled today were too rigid, allowing him to discover the clues.
It should be between the fifth and sixth day after its birth.
Otherwise, once the Ghostface Curse Frog passed its Weakened Period, its strength would have surged to the peak of the Mid-stage Elite Rank.
At that point, no matter how tough the Great Peach Pig King's hide was, it wouldn't have been able to block the corrosion from its Curse Arts.
The final result would have been the annihilation of the entire Peach Pig herd, becoming members of its Cursed Puppet Legion.
And with a large accumulation of flesh and blood, it could completely attempt to break through to the Commander Rank. Once successful, the walls of the Peach Blossom Forest would no longer be able to contain it.
A large Cursed Puppet Legion plus a Commander Rank Ghostface Curse Frog would directly become a small-scale Undead Calamity!