Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 170 Battle Against the Rat King, A Bold Idea [Please Subscribe]

The path of the rat is difficult, more difficult than ascending to heaven.

The narrow rat trails meant that one could only crawl on the ground to move forward. If Zhou Chun were alone, it might take him several hours just to reach the rat nest.

Fortunately, he wasn't alone.

He transformed the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" into a layer of light to protect himself, and then tied a rope around the white body of the Silver Lightning Python, letting it drag him forward.

Although it looks extremely unsightly, the speed of movement is incredibly fast.

The difficult rat trails pose no obstacle to snakes; they simply move a little slower than rats themselves.

Zhou Chun thus experienced the feeling of rapid progress underground.

He was like a man being dragged by a warhorse, his hands gripping the ropes as he was pulled along at high speed through the crooked underground rat tunnels, his body swaying and crashing into the hard cave walls countless times.

Fortunately, with the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" protecting him, he barely felt any impact from the collision.

Before he had even descended more than a hundred feet, Zhou Chun's divine sense had already detected the wary gold-eating rat and heard its piercing screams of warning.

"What a clever and cautious beast! It even knew to set up multiple layers of security!"

Zhou Chun was secretly amazed, and frowned slightly at the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King.

Now that their location has been exposed from such a distance, it's likely that the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King will take action before they even reach the rat's nest.

Just as he expected.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the warning squeaking sounded, Zhou Chun heard a large number of rats screaming.

Soon, a large number of gold-eating rats emerged from the side paths connected to their rat path.

With bloodshot eyes, they pounced on the Silver Lightning Python and Zhou Chun, completely disregarding the powerful aura of their natural enemy emanating from the Silver Lightning Python.

This is the influence of the second-tier mutated Gold-Eating Rat King.

The king of every weak species has the power to make his species disregard any enemy and sacrifice their lives for him in critical moments.

Now, influenced by the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King, these Gold-Eating Rats dare to charge at anything, not just a second-tier Silver Lightning Python, but even a dragon or a Golden Core cultivator.

Because now they have no fear in their minds, only the thought of attacking the enemy to protect the rat king and their offspring.

Being trapped in the narrow rat tunnel, not only was it difficult for Zhou Chun to use his magical artifacts, but the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai also found it difficult to move his body freely.

This is one of the main reasons why the Zhao family cultivators didn't dare to come down and exterminate the rats before.

Fortunately, although the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai could not fully utilize its body, its hard dragon scales made it immune to the attacks of most gold-eating rats.

Although gold-eating rats can devour many kinds of spirit metal, it's because they can secrete saliva that softens the spirit metal.

However, this saliva had no effect on the dragon scales of the Silver Lightning Python.

Moreover, the Silver Lightning Python can conduct electricity, which can paralyze any gold-eating rats that come into contact with it. This paralysis can also be transmitted through physical contact between the gold-eating rats, one rat infecting two others.

While Zhou Chun couldn't be as carefree as the Silver Lightning Python, he wasn't particularly afraid of the Gold-Eating Rat's attacks.

Because his "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" can be used not only for defense but also for counterattacks.

Any gold-eating rat that dares to pounce on him will be hit by a golden needle.

Under the lock of divine sense, each golden needle can destroy a gold-eating rat.

Despite being surrounded by many gold-eating rats, the Silver Lightning Python continued to drag Zhou Chun forward, preventing the gold-eating rats from truly blocking their master and servant.

squeak--

Suddenly, Zhou Chun seemed to hear a particularly long and drawn-out squeal, a sound that was quite powerful and no less than a tiger's roar.

Immediately afterward, his divine sense detected an incomparably sharp golden blade of light slashing towards the Silver Lightning Python.

The Silver Lightning Python, with its considerable combat experience and powerful senses, naturally detected the presence of the golden light blade beforehand.

It opened its mouth wide, and a silver-white lightning bolt flew out, striking the golden light blade directly.

After the two spells clashed, they were evenly matched, and neither gained any advantage.

This surprised Zhou Chun, who felt that the strength of this mutated Gold-Eating Rat King was somewhat beyond his expectations.

This attack seemed to reassure the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King, making it feel that the enemy's strength was not beyond its ability to cope and that there was no need to run away immediately.

As its urgent screams rang out, more and more gold-eating rats joined the attack.

"You beast, are you trying to use your subordinates' lives to deplete our magical power?"

Zhou Chun instantly understood the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King's plan, and then let out a cold laugh.

He's not afraid of this kind of war of attrition.

Because he dared to absorb external spiritual energy during battles to refine and replenish his magical power.

Moreover, he also carried more than a dozen [Rejuvenation Pills], so his mana recovery speed wouldn't be slow.

After traveling for more than an hour, enduring attacks from countless gold-eating rats, the Silver Lightning Python finally dragged Zhou Chun to the rat's nest, which was located two or three hundred feet underground.

The rat nest looked like a hornet's nest, with many layers, each layer containing many stone chambers. The dense array of rat holes made Zhou Chun feel dizzy.

At the very bottom is a hollowed-out underground chamber, which seems to be a place where the rats usually gather for meetings; it is quite spacious.

If you include the numerous rat tunnels connecting this underground cavern, Zhou Chun felt that there could easily be tens of thousands of gold-eating rats gathered here.

At this moment, because the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King issued a summons, many Gold-Eating Rats that were foraging outside rushed back.

Therefore, when the Silver Lightning Python dragged Zhou Chun into the underground cave, thousands of Gold-Eating Rats had already gathered there.

But even at this point, the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King remained hidden in its nest, not revealing itself.

squeak-

The noisy squeaking of mice filled the air.

Like a long-awaited army, as soon as the Silver Lightning Python dragged Zhou Chun into the underground cave, thousands of Gold-Eating Rats rushed towards their master and servant, like a tidal wave trying to engulf them.

Upon seeing this situation, Zhou Chun hurriedly ordered the Silver Lightning Python to fire freely, while he himself quickly summoned the black gourd magic weapon that he had obtained from Wei Tong, a bandit from Lingzhou.

Rumble!

Amidst deafening thunder and lightning, the Silver Lightning Python, Bai Bai, which had been given the order to fire freely, unleashed a furious barrage.

It spat out silver-white lightning orbs, bombarding the onrushing horde of rats.

The once pitch-black underground cavern was suddenly as bright as day.

The aroma of meat charred by lightning instantly masked the stench of rat droppings that had originally filled the area.

But there are too many gold-eating rats!

Despite the Silver Lightning Python's repeated bombardments, which seemed to be extremely powerful, it only killed less than 10% of the target.

Those that hadn't died quickly pounced on it and Zhou Chun.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun had already activated the gourd artifact, releasing black poisonous smoke.

The toxic fumes weren't particularly potent to begin with; they were the kind that developed slowly.

However, the Gold-Eating Rats' cultivation level was too low, and inhaling the poisonous smoke had a significant impact on them.

Instantly, many people who were hit collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Squeak!

The mutated, gold-devouring rat king, lurking in the shadows, hurriedly ordered a retreat, allowing the rat horde to withdraw from the area shrouded in black smoke.

At this moment, Zhou Chun located the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King by its cries.

So, on a whim, he immediately pointed out the location to the Silver Lightning Python and sent it to catch the rat alone.

But as soon as Bai Bai made a move, the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King seemed to know its plan and instantly shrieked, commanding the swarm of rats to intercept and pounce on Bai Bai.

This time, some mid-grade and high-grade first-tier rat demons even emerged from the rat swarm.

They unleashed a barrage of innate spells at Bai Bai, attempting to capture him.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately used the golden nail magic weapon to kill these rat demons one by one.

Faced with the unstoppable second-tier low-grade magic weapon, even if those rat demons hid behind other rat demons, they would only be pierced through the heart and die together.

At this moment, Bai Bai was also bursting with lightning, electrocuting and killing the gold-eating rats that were clinging to him and tearing at him. He rushed through the underground cavern with sparks and lightning, and entered the rat tunnel leading to the mutated gold-eating rat king.

Once inside the narrow rat tunnel, the number of white gold-eating rats that can still attack decreases significantly.

It peeked and swam through the rat tunnel, following Zhou Chun's divine sense guidance, heading straight for the location of the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King.

But the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King moved its location once again, heading deeper into the rat nest.

"That cunning scoundrel!"

Zhou Chun cursed inwardly, forced to let the Silver Lightning Python continue its pursuit in vain.

Currently, he can only use the black poisonous smoke to protect himself from being overwhelmed by the rat swarm.

But not long after, Zhou Chun's expression changed.

He suddenly realized that the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King was pouncing towards him.

"Could this fellow also be trying to capture the leader first?"

Zhou Chun was slightly taken aback, then couldn't help but sneer.

If that's the case, then it saves him a lot of trouble.

He simply raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking the second-tier high-grade magic weapon "Flying Dragon Snatch" into his hand.

Soon, the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King appeared in the underground cave.

It was a giant golden rat, much larger than Zhou Chun. Its body was extremely long and thin, nearly seven feet long, not counting its tail.

As soon as the giant golden rat appeared in the underground cave, it opened its mouth and spat out a golden blade of light that shot towards Zhou Chun.

At the same time, it kept moving without stopping, rushing straight towards Zhou Chun inside the smoke, seemingly unafraid of the poison in the black smoke.

Zhou Chun, of course, wouldn't indulge it.

He didn't try to intercept the golden blade of light; instead, he flicked his hand, and the "Flying Dragon Strike" flew out, aiming straight for the head of the giant golden rat that was pouncing on.

The grappling hook pierced the air, and the giant golden rat seemed to realize how powerful it was, quickly spinning around to avoid the attack.

But before it could feel any relief, the missed golden claw spun around and came at it again.

Seeing this, the giant golden rat quickly burrowed into the ground, instantly transforming into a golden ray of light.

But the Crimson Gold Flying Claw followed closely behind, plunging several feet into the ground and grabbing its hindquarters, its claws sinking deep into its body.

When it was hit like that, its escape technique was instantly broken, and its body was stuck underground.

squeak-

In the chaos, the giant golden rat shrieked and called for its swarm to protect it.

Instantly, the swarm of gold-eating rats, which had been deterred from entering the black smoke area by its warning, surged towards Zhou Chun again without regard for anything else.

Under such a fearless attack, they actually managed to break through the toxic smoke barrier and reach Zhou Chun, risking their lives.

Zhou Chun knew that he absolutely could not let up at this moment, otherwise the injured and frightened mutated Gold-Eating Rat King would definitely escape from the rat nest, making it even more difficult to hunt it down in the future.

In that case, even if he kills all the other gold-eating rats, the mission will still be considered a failure.

So, while relentlessly activating the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" to defend against the attacks of the gold-eating rats, he also activated the "Flying Dragon Seize" to firmly grasp the body of the mutated gold-eating rat king, not giving it another chance to use its escape technique to flee.

After persisting for a while, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai finally returned to the underground cave.

At this moment, it was also very angry about the mutated gold-eating rat king's trickery.

He immediately vented this anger on the gold-eating rats.

One after another, lightning orbs spewed from its mouth, exploding amidst the swarm of rats.

The raging electric current turned the gold-eating rats into dried corpses, making the clearing effect exceptionally good.

"Bai Bai, don't worry about me. Go and kill that mutated Gold-Eating Rat King first."

Zhou Chun promptly stopped its venting behavior, telling it to quickly capture the leader first.

Upon receiving his order, Bai Bai immediately withdrew his supernatural powers and crawled down into the pit that he had created with "Flying Dragon Snatch".

Underground, seeing that its escape techniques were ineffective, the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King directly raised its claws to dig a hole, attempting to escape.

Although it can drill holes very quickly, it can't be as fast as Bai Bai, which can drill directly down.

Bai Bai quickly locked onto the giant golden rat digging a hole ahead and launched an attack by spitting out lightning.

squeak--

A terrified scream emanated from the golden giant rat's mouth, and its entire body burst forth with golden light, forming a protective shield against the lightning attack.

However, even though the shield temporarily blocked the lightning attack, a sliver of current still passed through the shield and landed on it, causing its fur to stand on end.

After several rounds of this back-and-forth, it could no longer withstand Bai Bai's onslaught and was electrocuted and knocked unconscious.

Meanwhile, the Gold-Eating Rats were unaware that the mutated Gold-Eating Rats King had been captured. They continued to attack Zhou Chun fearlessly, and more and more Gold-Eating Rats that had rushed back from outside were joining the battle.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun, despite having greatly depleted his magical power, couldn't help but have a change of heart and a bold idea came to mind.

You should know that the reward offered by the Zhao family before was three spirit coins for the corpse of a gold-eating rat!

And now, the number of dead gold-eating rats in this underground cave is already close to two thousand!

If he doesn't kill the mutated Gold-Eating Rat King now, but instead takes advantage of the rats' eagerness to save their master to slaughter the ordinary Gold-Eating Rats, wouldn't that be like exploiting a bug to farm money?

I overestimated myself. I wrote 10,000 words yesterday and then I couldn't write anymore. I need to write another 8,000 words today before I can resume normal updates. Sigh, I'm so tired!

(End of this chapter)