Starting with the titmouse, seventy-two transformations

Chapter 350 Chasing the Rat King, Breaking Through Supernatural Powers

Outside Deer Head Valley.

A giant rat, as big as a small mountain, lay on its side on the edge of the cliff, its golden fur gleaming, wearing a silver crown and a scarlet cloak, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.

It glanced at Deer Head Valley, its eyes gleaming, and stroked the whiskers around its pointed snout, seemingly lost in thought.

Around it, a host of rats, including gray rats, black rats, field mice, and iron-backed rats, all the size of calves, busily fed it pieces of still-beating entrails and flesh.

On the mountain road not far away, severed limbs and broken vehicle frames were scattered everywhere.

Tens of thousands of rats of various kinds lay on the dark red ground, gnawing on the bloody bones they held with a "crunch, crunch" sound.

It looked like they were having a "picnic," and everyone's eyes were red and their faces were glistening with oil from eating.

The stench was overwhelming, permeating the entire mountainside.

After losing the protection of Liu Sheng and Du Bingyan, more than a thousand members of the Du family, including Du Xingkui and Du Xingning, were like lambs to the slaughter when faced with the great demon Chedi Rat and its rat offspring.

When people are powerful, beasts are nothing more than food for them.

Similarly, when beasts are powerful, humans are nothing more than their prey.

People always have to pay the price for their choices.

Why do most people only realize their mistakes when they are about to die?
Because he knew he was going to die.

Whether Du Xingkui and the others regretted their actions is no longer important; they have already received their just deserts.

It's just a pity that those Du family members and servants who were dragged into this mess by them, even though Liu Sheng managed to rescue them, ended up collapsing on their way home.

However, their failure to clearly stand up for Liu Sheng when Du Xingning and others caused trouble foreshadowed their tragic end.

No one can be blamed.

"...It's been so long, is it still not finished? Has something happened?"

The Earth Rat King squinted, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart, and a nameless fear gripped him.

What made it even more uneasy was that a wisp of energy that had drifted from Deer Head Valley earlier instilled fear in it, and it instinctively wanted to burrow underground and escape.

Just like when they encountered those terrifying raccoon dogs before they became spirits, they instinctively panicked and were afraid.

Bloodline suppression.

But no matter how it counted, there were only a few people in Deer Head Valley, so where did the monster come from?
Just now, a series of loud noises came from the valley, like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting apart. The dissipated energy even tore the ground in front of the valley apart as if it were disfigured.

It then realized something was wrong.

But its greed for immortality outweighed its instinct to live and fear death.

Moreover, Du Bingyan comes from the Du family of Bohai, the legitimate daughter of a powerful clan, and would inevitably have some trump cards up her sleeve.

It was used up perfectly in the valley!

Moreover, it was confident that it had awakened two bloodline supernatural abilities, and that in this remote mountain wilderness, no one could catch it if it wanted to escape.

This is also where its confidence comes from.

"Yue Shan, Yin Xiu, Xiao Mo, plus two Dao Perfection cultivators, should not lose to two mere Dao cultivators, even with their powerful clan backgrounds..."

The King of Earth Rat's eyes darted around, he stroked his whiskers, flicked his tongue, and snatched up a still-beating heart, devouring it until blood flowed freely.
"I'll enter the fray once they're mostly defeated, whether to finish off the remaining enemies or... ideally, to achieve a draw..."

But not long after, several muffled thuds came from the valley, and all the noise...

They've all disappeared!

"Squeak!"

The Earth Rat King's golden fur stood on end, and it let out a fierce howl, shouting:
"Men, retreat!"

Before the words were finished, it stood upright, its enormous body, over a hundred feet tall, resembling a small mountain, towering on the edge of the cliff.

Its eyes gleamed with golden light, as if light and shadow were flickering within them, shining brightly.

This was precisely the prelude to the activation of the supernatural power "shortsightedness".

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Thump!" The next moment, a terrifying white figure stepped out of the valley, like a majestic snow mountain, and approached it.

The earth cracked, rocks collapsed, and gales followed.

In an instant, the air surged, the grass and trees felled, and sand and stones flew, obscuring the sun.

The rats and their offspring, covering the entire mountainside, could not withstand the pressure and froze on the spot, exploding into a bloody mist.

Those who were far away, upon hearing the order, screamed and tried to escape, but were torn into bloody pulp by the surging force.

It was mixed with the corpses of the Du family members, and eventually ended up in the yellow mud.

"Why is it an ape demon that came out? Where are Yue Shan, Yin Xiu, and Xiao Mo... Are they all dead?"

The King of Earth Rat gasped, his golden fur trembling as he deflected the incoming shockwave. He appeared unharmed, but his toes instinctively dug holes in the ground.

"I... seem to be outmatched. Should I take my leave?"

Its eyes gleamed with golden light, reflecting the approaching "snow-capped mountain"—

It was a white ape that was a thousand feet tall!
With arms as long as clouds and a body covered in white fur, it appears as if a "snow mountain" is moving, as it walks with most of its body above the clouds.

(Note: Clouds are generally about two kilometers above the ground, or about six hundred feet. The Long-Armed Demon Ape in his youthful form is a thousand feet tall, so the clouds are mostly above his waist.)
Generally speaking, except for some special species, the strength of monsters is usually determined by their size.

The larger the size, the stronger the strength.

The white ape before them was a thousand feet tall, clearly possessing terrifying strength.

Moreover, rats are inherently weak, and unless they awaken their bloodline, how can they possibly defeat apes?
It was the king of groundhogs, and its lifelong caution was what allowed it to survive to this day. Seeing the situation turning against it, of course it would…

"escape!"

Without a second thought, the Earth Rat King shook his body and activated his supernatural power. His mountain-like body instantly sank into the ground and quickly traversed the soil, moving away from Deer Head Valley.

Supernatural power, penetrating to the very core!

As for the rats and their offspring that roam the mountains and fields, they live if they can, and die if they can't.

Anyway, rodents reproduce quickly and are easy to kill. Even if they all die out, they can recover in three to five years.

However, some of the rat spirits and demons that act as leaders are relatively difficult to cultivate...

But at this moment, there's no time to worry about that!

"Escape? I've already got my eye on you... Where do you think you're going to run to?"

The demonic ape grinned maliciously, and with a surge of demonic energy, it revealed itself to have three heads and six arms, with its two heads on the left and right sides staring into the distance—

The left side of the skull reveals Yin and Yang, the right side distinguishes the various Qi.

With both pieces of evidence corroborated, the Earth Rat King, traversing hundreds of feet underground, was spotted at a glance.

"Oh!"

With a leap, he crossed a vast expanse of mountains and caught up with the Earth Rat. His six arms slammed down like hot knives cutting through butter, easily piercing hundreds of feet into the ground.

It was like six barriers, blocking the groundhog in the middle.

Then, he activated his innate talent "Innate Metal Spirit," drawing upon the metal energy within a radius of hundreds of miles, transforming the land between his six arms into metal.

It became a lump of iron, sealing the groundhog inside.

The Earth Rat's Earth-Penetrating Ability allows it to move through soil and rocks, but it is powerless between metal.

Fortunately, it has another supernatural power—

Short-sighted!

Two beams of light shot out, tearing a large hole in the big "iron lump".

Immediately afterwards, the dusty, dirt-covered ground squirrel emerged from it.

Before it could even catch its breath, a giant ape arm reached out and pressed down on its head—

"Crack!"

(End of this chapter)