Ji Xiaoxi stared at the giant rat in shock; clearly, even she, who frequently ventured deep into Dragon Hidden Mountain, had never seen anything like it.
Upon hearing Zuan's words, she suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly took out a pill from her small bag and handed it to him: "Take this quickly, and you shouldn't have to worry about the poison in my body anymore."
Zuan took the small blue pill and was startled upon hearing this: "This medicine can make you immune to the poison in your body. Aren't you afraid that I might do something bad to you?"
Ji Xiaoxi blushed and secretly glanced at his lower abdomen: "You are different from other men. Besides, we will be staying in the secret realm for ten days. We might need to help each other. It's not very convenient if you get poisoned every time you come into contact with someone."
Zu An naturally knew what her eyes meant. He hadn't expected that his special circumstances could bring him such benefits. No wonder so many people in his past life pretended to be gay to get close to their best friends. It turned out that it could reduce their guard to the greatest extent and had such a good effect: "Did your father give you this pill?"
It's strange, really. Given how protective Ji Dengtu was of her, why would he make such a pill?
“I developed this myself.” Ji Xiaoxi’s face was slightly flushed. “Over the years, my father and I have learned a lot, so I tried to make it myself.”
Zu An thought to himself, "No wonder," then suddenly realized, "Won't there be any problems eating this?"
Ji Xiaoxi hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, the medicinal materials I chose are all very mild and will not have any side effects."
Zuan was relieved. After swallowing the pill, the numbness, itching, and stinging in his hand quickly disappeared. He tried touching the other person's clothes and found that he no longer had the symptoms of poisoning.
He touched her hair again in disbelief and pinched her cheek, and sure enough, she was fine from beginning to end.
"Grandpa, you hurt me." Ji Xiaoxi rubbed her cheek and said with a hint of resentment.
Zuan chuckled and said, "Nice skin."
"Squeak~ Squeak squeak~" Just then, the strange rat's angry voice came from not far away.
It just couldn't understand why these two guys weren't afraid of it at all, and were even showing affection for each other, completely ignoring its existence.
Seeing its fur stand on end, the two finally came to their senses:
"Xiao Xi, do you recognize this thing?"
"I've never seen it before, but judging from its aura, it shouldn't be strong."
"Yes, I think so too."
Although it couldn't understand what the two were saying, the strange rat sensed the contempt in their eyes and became angry. It squeaked and charged at the two, its huge front teeth snapping open to bite.
Zuan and Ji Xiaoxi were both Rank 3 after all, and although the monster rat was fast, the two of them still managed to dodge it with ease.
"Around the second rank." Based on the speed and power displayed by the other party, Zu An roughly judged that such strength would not be too dangerous for him, let alone for him now, even when he went to Jackal Valley back then.
But what were those thorns just now?
As if in response to his question, the strange rat suddenly arched its body, as if it had swelled up by half.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't that the animal itself had grown larger, but rather that its fur had stood up, making it appear several sizes larger.
"Watch out!" Ji Xiaoxi suddenly exclaimed.
Suddenly, the hairs standing on the back of the strange rat shot out, and three hard thorns shot straight toward Zu An.
"It's a ranged attack!"
As Zuan dodged, he complained that with his current speed, he wouldn't have much of a problem even without using the Sunflower Illusion technique.
He noticed that there was a tuft of hair on the back of the other's head that was a different color from the rest of the body. The rat's fur was mainly brown, but that tuft of hair looked more yellow, and the hard spikes it shot out seemed to be made from those yellow hairs.
Seeing that it had missed, the strange rat became impatient, arched its back, and shot out several hard spikes.
While dodging, Zaun also drew his longsword, taking the opportunity to practice the precision of his swordsmanship, and directly knocked away several of the hard spikes.
Why isn't this guy attacking Ji Xiaoxi? Do rats also judge by appearance?
But in terms of looks alone, how am I inferior to her?
After firing several more rounds, seeing that it couldn't hit its target, the strange rat's two little eyes darted around, and it turned and ran away.
Zuan jumped to block its way: "Don't go! I haven't had enough yet!"
The strange rat was furious and shot out three more arrows, but the opponent easily dodged them again.
The strange rat tried to escape again, but was stopped again. After several rounds, a large bald patch appeared on the back of its head.
Anger from the Golden-haired Monster Rat: +6 +6 +6 +6...
Zuan was amused; this guy could actually generate anger points, so he couldn't stop.
After a while, the golden-haired monster rat was finally completely bald, and Zuan, still not satisfied, decided to end its life.
"Let it go, it's quite pitiful too," Ji Xiaoxi advised, feeling a pang of sympathy for the strange rat with its tearful eyes.
"Alright." Of course, Zuan wouldn't refuse a cute girl's simple request. He casually waved his hand, and the strange rat, as if granted a pardon, quickly disappeared into the bushes.
"I don't think this world is that dangerous." Zuan was a little worried at first, but after the battle with that strange rat, his confidence soared. "Is the academy being overly cautious?"
Ugh, after watching so many TV dramas, I can't make any promises.
Ji Xiaoxi shook her head: "This should still be the outer edge of the secret realm, so the level of the ferocious beasts here is not very high. If we go deeper, we should encounter more difficult opponents."
Zuan nodded, but at this moment he was more worried about Shi Kun's plan, and how the other party intended to deal with him.
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