I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

She looked cautious, and the power of the five elements circulated, directly transforming into a five-colored sword, which she held in her left hand, seemingly ready to strike.

Squeak squeak squeak.

Suddenly, a strange sound appeared in Gu Qici's ears. The sound was like biting food and also like the squeaking of a mouse.

This made Gu Qici frown even more, and she was startled.

At the same time, as Gu Qici was walking, a ray of light suddenly appeared in front of her, as if reflected by the water, and slowly imprinted itself in her eyes. Under the shimmering light, it seemed to add a sense of eeriness to the place.

"Light?"

Without much thought, and without allowing Gu Qici to overthink, she followed the light and carefully made her way towards the source. Fortunately, the distance wasn't long, and soon she arrived at a low-lying, open area.

At this moment, Gu Qici was truly stunned.

It wasn't because the passage was so wide, nor because the source of the light was a giant green cocoon standing in mid-air, but because what she saw was something she could never have imagined before.

Countless ferocious rats crawled on the ground.

Countless mutilated corpses were being relentlessly torn apart by these rats.

Countless maggots slowly crawled around on the corpses.

This is beyond terrifying.

If a normal person came here, they would probably faint on the spot, because this is simply beyond the psychological range that a normal person can bear. Even Gu Qici felt a little nauseous at this moment.

A woman, a woman whom Gu Qici valued, was tied to the top of the green cocoon with a hemp rope and fainted.

Looking further, one could see inside the cocoon, where a green light flashed every breath. But each time the green light appeared, a stench spread throughout the area, and the rats, as if stimulated by the stench, became even more frantic in their devouring of the corpses.

"How disgusting." Seeing this, Gu Qici frowned, and after a while, she seemed to realize something and thought to herself, "Could it be that the creature inside the cocoon... is undergoing a metamorphosis?"

At that moment, a mangled corpse was suddenly separated from the cocoon, the flashing green light became even brighter, and the rats below went even more frantic.

"Never mind. There's no point in thinking about it. Let's give it a try." With that thought, a glint flashed in Gu Qici's eyes, and she raised the five-colored sword in her hand without hesitation.

However, the strange creature inside the blue cocoon seemed to have known about Gu Qici's arrival all along. Although it didn't have time to stop Gu Qici's sword light, many of the rats below it jumped into the air.

At first glance, there are at least a hundred of them.

Because they were already controlled by that strange object, they had lost their rationality and therefore did not care about death at all. Many of them stood in front of the five-colored sword light.

boom!

With a loud bang, nearly half of the hundred rats died instantly, and the rest were also unable to move and quickly fell from the sky. However, as soon as they hit the ground, they were devoured by the living rats, a bloody and gruesome scene.

The strange creature seemed to pay no attention to the dead rats. In that instant, the green light of its cocoon suddenly intensified, and the rats below became even more frenzied. At this moment, they stopped gnawing on the corpses and instead all rushed towards Gu Qici. The sight of these millions of rats running over the corpses was truly terrifying.

Gu Qici frowned. She knew she was facing not just a single foreign object, but countless rats. But how could she, who dared to launch the first attack, not think of the subsequent offensive?

"To catch the thief, first catch the king. Even if you have these rats to help you, once you're dead, they won't be a threat." Without much thought, Gu Qici's cold eyes flashed, and she rose up and took flight, dodging the army of rats below. She stood in the air, gripped the five-colored sword tightly, and fiercely attacked the green cocoon.

"Hmph." The strange object seemed unwilling to be outdone. The moment Gu Qici moved, its green light stopped flashing and concentrated into a single point. This single point seemed ordinary, but it was this point that made Gu Qici frown.

It turned out that the moment this point was formed, all the rats below began to gather, combine, or rather, merge. In just a few blinks, they formed four huge, standing bodies around the green cocoon.

This body was about ten meters tall, with a rat's head and a human body. One of its heads blocked Gu Qici's way, preventing her from directly attacking the green cocoon. Judging from its extremely ferocious face and its extremely violent roar at Gu Qici, it was not hard to tell that it would never let Gu Qici pass unless it was dead.

"You think you can stop me? You're too early." A chill ran through her heart. Perhaps it was the cruelty of this strange creature that caused Gu Qici's killing intent to swell up instantly. In just a moment, Gu Qici's spiritual power was quickly added to the five-colored sword. Then, Gu Qici moved and suddenly appeared above the giant rat-man's head, her face filled with ruthlessness, ready to strike down with her sword.

However, the giant rat-man did not let Gu Qici do as she pleased. Its eyes flashed red, and it raised its left hand to grab at the direction Gu Qici was attacking.

With a sharp look in her eyes, Gu Qici felt a chill in her heart. She concentrated her spiritual power once again, enhancing it on the five-colored sword. This time, the target of her attack had changed; it was no longer the giant rat's head, but its left hand.

brush..

The Five-Colored Sword's attack was very strong. The moment its momentum touched the giant ratman's left hand, the giant hand seemed to lose the ability to block it. The sword blade, carrying a hint of air cutting, suddenly cleaved through its palm, splitting it in two. Then, the countless dead rats that originally made up this hand fell to the ground, leaving a pile of dead rats below.

"Roar..." The giant ratman let out a painful roar, but a strange thing suddenly happened in Gu Qici's eyes. The giant ratman on the left side of the green cocoon trembled and suddenly became smaller. From the part that shrank, rats reappeared and quickly slithered across the ground, gathering on the giant rat that had lost its left hand. As if reborn, it regained a left hand.

This time, Gu Qici finally understood that what seemed like dealing with just one giant ratman actually meant wiping out the entire group. However, this would require Gu Qici to expend a significant amount of spiritual energy. If she were exhausted by then, facing that strange creature again would definitely not be a good thing for her.

"I'm afraid this strange creature also has this idea, otherwise it wouldn't have wasted its energy using so many rats..." Gu Qici thought to himself.

Just as Gu Qici was pondering a countermeasure, the giant rat-man clenched his left fist and attacked again. At the same time, the green cocoon released another corpse.

“This can’t go on.” Gu Qici said solemnly.

"There's no other way." At this moment, Gu Qici seemed to have made up her mind. She suddenly swung her sword and severed the giant ratman's left hand again, standing in the air. Although the giant ratman recovered quickly, judging from Gu Qici's appearance, it seemed that it was not as simple as just swinging a sword.

At this moment, Gu Qici did not move, but stared coldly at the giant rat-man's left hand as it attacked. Only when the giant hand got closer and closer to her, almost touching her, did she begin to counterattack in this critical moment.

However, her counterattack was exactly the same as her previous strike, even the way she wielded the five-colored sword remained unchanged. However, although her movements were the same, the power of this strike was simply unimaginable.

This slash, like a streak of gray light, suddenly ripped through the sky, passing through the giant ratman's left hand and leaving an indelible mark of light and shadow on this dark underground world.

Not only this hand, but the entire body of the giant rat-man also exploded in this gray light, and countless dead rats fell, instantly engulfing the ground below, as if killed in an instant.

However, after this attack, Gu Qici felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she had swallowed a mouthful of blood. Her body immediately weakened, and her face turned slightly pale. It seemed that in her current state, where her consciousness had not yet recovered, she could not continue to use this kind of attack.

"Having endured the torment of five worlds, have you realized your limits?" Gu Qici tried her best to suppress her injuries, thinking painfully, "No, it's still because my strength is too weak."

However, while Gu Qici was pondering, the giant rat was still recovering rapidly, but it seemed that its injuries were too severe and its recovery had become slow.

And this was the perfect opportunity. A glint of light flashed in Gu Qici's eyes as she forcibly suppressed the pain in her heart and moved again.

The strange creature seemed surprised by the explosive power of Gu Qici's attack. Although it couldn't see her face, judging from her behavior, she must have been stunned for a moment. But in that moment of surprise, Gu Qici's figure had already appeared above the green cocoon.

Gu Qici gripped the sword in her backhand, her expression somewhat ruthless. It seemed she intended to plunge the Five-Colored Sword directly into the green cocoon and immediately eliminate this foreign object.

Unfortunately, Gu Qici's stab attempt failed.

Just as she was about to stab down, the green cocoon seemed to sense the danger, and its whole body suddenly emitted a light even stronger than before, instantly blocking Gu Qici's vision. By the time Gu Qici reacted, the green cocoon had already fallen down and touched the ground piled with corpses.

Suddenly, the green cocoon burst open.

At this moment, Gu Qici didn't seem to care about the changes in the strange object. Her body was almost at its limit because of the attack just now, and there seemed to be some poisonous gas in the air. She decided to go out first.

Soon, Gu Qici's flight speed increased dramatically, as if she had used all her strength to leave this place.

Fate did not disappoint her desperate efforts. In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she relied on the route she had taken to break out of the empty and terrifying place, and even out of the pitch-black dark passage.

Outside that passage, there was only emptiness.

However, although she left the sewers, the danger was not over.

Because at that very moment, not only did Gu Qici emerge from the dark passage, but the strange object also broke through the void from underground and frantically pursued it.

Chapter 178 Internal and External Demonic Qi

This strange creature was a giant rat-man, but it was at least thirty meters tall. Although it had a human body, it was covered in rat fur, making it look even more terrifying than the previous ones.

Of course, the appearance of this guy surprised Gu Qici again, because the giant rat-man actually spoke in the next instant.

The giant rat-woman roared fiercely at Gu Qici, and to her, Gu Qici's figure was like an ant, so her voice was so loud that Gu Qici felt a booming sound in her ears.

At this moment, Gu Qici's expression turned cold, and he immediately flew to be parallel to the giant rat-man.

This caused the foreign object to pause in surprise for a moment.

"Die!" At this moment, the strange creature finally lost its patience and roared suddenly.

In its ferocity, it opened its bloody maw and lunged at Gu Qici, as if it wanted to swallow her whole.

Although Gu Qici was somewhat injured, she would never let the strange creature succeed so easily. Therefore, she got up and leaped over the creature's huge body to get behind it while dodging its attack.

Gu Qici was certainly not the kind of person who wouldn't fight back when attacked. Taking advantage of the moment, she aimed at the giant rat-man's neck and slashed it with her halberd. Instantly, blood and flesh splattered everywhere. If Gu Qici had used more force, she might have severed the creature's head. However, after the flesh and blood left the body, they turned into dead rats.

The pain immediately reached the foreign object's senses, which made her both angry and frantic. But it was only for a moment. The wound that Gu Qici had broken was completely healed in the blink of an eye, as if there had never been any injury. However, Gu Qici's perception was not weak either. She could tell that the foreign object seemed to have become shorter.

"I see." Gu Qici's eyes brightened, but she moved away again, seemingly distancing herself from the enormous creature. Then, Gu Qici looked at her carefully and said calmly, "You thought I wouldn't know you hid yourself with these rats?"

Upon hearing this, the foreign object that was about to crush Gu Qici with its left hand suddenly stopped, as if hesitating. Its expression showed some doubt and surprise because of Gu Qici's words. Then, it uttered a deep voice: "What did you say?"

Upon hearing the strange creature speak, Gu Qici was secretly delighted: "As expected, this strange creature is not very intelligent."

"You were afraid your true self would be discovered, so you hid it somewhere in this body, right?" At this moment, Gu Qici's eyes flickered, and she said softly, but her gaze was carefully observing the other party's huge body.

Gu Qici's words were effective. Upon hearing this, the strange creature unconsciously took a step back, and said with a somewhat flustered expression, "How did you know? No, it's impossible, you couldn't possibly know."

"Impossible. Fine, I'll explain it to you then," Gu Qici said coldly.

"Wh-what?" The foreign object took another step back, half-believing and half-doubting, as if afraid of Gu Qici's sudden approach.

Of course, Gu Qici saw this behavior, but she thought it was not the right time yet, because she knew that the other party was afraid because she thought she had discovered her true form, while she knew that she had no idea where the other party's true form was.

Therefore... it requires the other party to reveal their true colors.

"Indeed, you hid very well, and used ordinary rats to cover yourself. If others don't observe carefully, they won't be able to find out at all. But you forgot one thing."

"What little bit?" Hearing this, the foreign object seemed to have a bad feeling. In its tension, it actually moved its right hand slightly backward at this moment. But as soon as it moved, Gu Qici's eyes suddenly lit up.

Gu Qici smiled, concentrated her spiritual energy on the halberd in her hand again, and said, "So, that's your attack?"

"My attack?" The alien was taken aback.

But as she hesitated, Gu Qici acted without hesitation.

Therefore, this is the perfect opportunity.

Seeing that she seemed to have unleashed her spiritual power to its limit in an instant, giving the strange object no time to react, her figure had already arrived at the opponent's right side, and she swung her sword fiercely, slashing down immediately.

"This is your true form."

At this moment, the strange creature's expression changed drastically, but it was too late. Then, with a clang of a halberd, its right hand was severed by Gu Qici in that instant.

Gu Qici's guess was correct. Just as his right hand fell, a green rat panicked and scurried out of it. Once it came out, it didn't care about anything else, and without even glancing at the indifferent Gu Qici behind it, it ran desperately towards the direction of the previous void.

But Gu Qici had gone to such great lengths, so how could she let it escape so easily? Suddenly, Gu Qici waved her left hand, and the Emperor Halberd disappeared, turning directly into a string. Then, just before the green rat reached the void passage, it was suddenly bound up and tied into a dumpling.

Then, Gu Qici pulled Yi An hard, and the green rat was pulled to Gu Qici's feet.

In addition, the enormous body also crumbled, and countless rats that had not been killed, as if out of control, quickly scattered and disappeared.

"Wait, wait, wait." Seeing that Gu Qici had already pointed his weapon at him, the green rat suddenly spoke, looking weak.

Gu Qici paused, but didn't immediately kill him: "What? You have some last words?"

Upon hearing this, the green rat seemed to have a stubborn streak: "Hmph, I have no objection to killing me, but I want to be an informed rat."

"Oh? What do you want to know?"

"How did you find me? I know I hid perfectly. I didn't even hide the head, heart, or other vital organs that ordinary people would think of. Instead, I hid them in my right hand. But you found the location right away. I'm not convinced." The little mouse seemed a little angry and incredulous, its small eyes revealing a strong thirst for knowledge as it stared at Gu Qici.

Gu Qici was stunned when she saw the rat's behavior. She found it hard to believe that this creature was the same vicious and ruthless monster from before. However, despite her disbelief, Gu Qici didn't actually intend to kill it directly. Instead, she wanted to make a deal with it. So she smiled and said, "I can tell you, but you have to answer some questions for me. How about it? Do you agree?"