Chapter 564 The Rat Becomes a Spirit

"Dead rats aren't poisonous, but their teeth carry germs and parasites. They generally won't attack people, but they have a strong vengeful nature. You just killed a dead rat, and the others will smell the scent and swarm over you, treating you as an enemy and devouring you until only your bones are left. It's best for you to run for your lives."

Hearing Xiaojie's words, Chen Qingqing frowned slightly. Since Ziyou had led them into the secret passage, it would not be so easy for them to escape.

Wait, a carnivorous rat! She seemed to have seen it in a book in her previous life. It was a large, flesh-eating rat.

Since it's a rat, how can you be without rat poison?

Open the trading system and do a quick search, and all kinds of rat poison will appear. Buy them without hesitation.

After making all necessary preparations, he turned to Chu Jiuqing, said to Zhuifeng and Zhuyue,

"This rat is called the Corpse-Eating Rat. It lives underground all year round and is extremely afraid of fire. As long as there is a torch, the Corpse-Eating Rat dares not move rashly.

But they have a very strong ability to adapt. Once they get used to the light, they will no longer be afraid and will swarm over us. We must leave here as soon as possible before they get used to the light."

"You silly girl, you know a lot, but what's the use? Ordinary skeletal rats are just as you said. These skeletal rats have been trained by me, so how could they be afraid of light? Just wait to become my skeletal rats' food! Hahaha..."

Ziyou let out a series of terrifying laughs, followed by a flute sound.

How could there be such a perverted person? Why raise mice when there are so many other animals? Doesn't she know that mice carry many kinds of germs?

Chen Qingqing was on high alert and quickly distributed the rat poison in her hand to the three people.

"Here, these are the food for the rat poison. Maybe they can hold these beasts back for a while."

Squeak, squeak, squeak...

Suddenly, a group of rats came towards them.

By the light of the torches, the people saw that the mice were the same size as cats.

The rat's eyes were red, its sharp fangs were bared from its mouth, and its sharp claws were scratching the ground constantly.

I can’t imagine how horrible it is to be bitten by these big rats.

Chen Qingqing quickly threw the rat poison in her hand over. The leading rat smelled the scent, stretched out its sharp claws to grab the rat poison and put it into its mouth.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Chu Jiuqing's lips. The person he was optimistic about would not let him down. He hurriedly threw the rat poison in his hand far away.

Zi You saw everything and couldn't help but sneer, "Silly girl, I knew you could use poison. I've been feeding these carcass-eating rats poison since they were young. You still want to poison them to death? You're just dreaming!"

Chen Qingqing watched the rats frantically gnawing at the rat poison, but there was no sign of poisoning, and her heart tightened.

As the amount of rat poison decreased, the carcass rats became crazy again, squeaking and moving towards the people.

At this time, a few large roosters with reed catkins finished eating the scorpions and flew over with flapping wings. They were quickly submerged in the group of rats and not even a trace of them was left in a short time.

Chen Qingqing widened her eyes in horror and waved the torch in her hand vigorously. Under the light, the mice were not afraid at all, but became more active.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you over." Chu Jiuqing said as his warm big hands rested on Chen Qingqing's slender waist. He lightly tapped his toes and stepped on the mouse's head and flew over with a few jumps.

Zhuifeng and Zhuyue also used their lightness skills to follow closely behind.

The space was limited, and Chu Jiuqing didn't fly far with Chen Qingqing in his arms, and landed on an open space not far away.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they heard a rustling sound behind them. Zhuifeng looked back with the torch in hand and almost cried out in surprise.

"The rat has become a spirit, why is it still following us?"

When everyone heard this, they turned around and saw a large group of rats following behind them not far away.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound above my head, and then I saw countless big rats falling from above one after another, pouring down like a flood.

They surrounded several people in an instant, and the scene was terrifying.

"Qing girl, be careful." Chu Jiuqing protected Chen Qingqing behind him and raised his sword to cut the rat falling from his head into two pieces.

I thought I could use Chen Qingqing to perform Qinggong, but now it seems impossible.

Chu Jiuqing held the sword in his hand and chopped at the approaching rats. Every time he killed a rat, the rats behind it would rush up and eat the corpse. The scene was terrifying.

Zhuifeng couldn't help swallowing, "Miss Chen, do you have any rat repellent powder? Hurry and take it out. If we delay any longer, we'll probably all be eaten by these big rats."

"Yes, Miss Chen, there are too many rats. We can't handle them with just a few people. You should think of a solution quickly!" Zhuyue also echoed.

Chen Qingqing was anxious and wanted to take out the flamethrower to burn all the rats to death, but the conditions did not allow it. The space in the secret passage was too narrow. Using the flamethrower would only hurt both sides. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would never kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of his own.

More and more rats gathered, staring at the few people with their scarlet eyes, looking for an opportunity to launch an attack.

Chen Qingqing frowned. If she had known that she would be involved in this unnecessary danger, she should not have easily agreed to Chu Jiuqing.

What does the life or death of the Emperor of Chu have to do with her? Now, she is probably going to die.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world. Since you are here, you must do everything you can to survive.

Chen Qingqing's brain worked quickly, and he thought that if he wanted to catch the thief first, he should catch the leader. As long as he killed the Rat King, he might be able to solve the trouble at hand.

But these corpse-eating rats are controlled by Ziyou, so I don’t know if it will work.

Forget it, how will you know if you don’t try?

Her face was solemn as she spoke, "Everyone, don't panic. From what I've heard, while the carcass-eating rats are ferocious, they're also very disciplined. If we kill the rat king, they'll be leaderless and scatter in all directions."

Zhuyue pressed on, "Where is the Rat King? What does he look like?"

"The Rat King is larger than ordinary rats, and the area around it is relatively open. If you can spot a rat standing there, looking around and squeaking, it's the leader of the pack. Kill the leader, and the pack will collapse."

As soon as the words fell, several people looked around.

At the same time, the surrounding carcass rats seemed to have chosen their targets and were all lying on the ground, ready to attack at any time.

Chen Qingqing looked around and suddenly found a mouse standing up.

It was obviously bigger than the other carcass rats. It squeaked strangely, and there was no need to guess. It must be giving orders to the rats.

Without saying anything, Chen Qingqing raised the crossbow in his hand and shot several arrows in succession.

Then there was a scream, and the rats seemed to be frightened, chirping and screaming and running away in all directions...