Chapter 1064 - Myrth: 35 (1/2)
Chapter 1064
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As the two traverse the cavern path, they suddenly heard some noises ahead of them. When Xin Ja tried to hear the noise using his enhanced hearing, his expression suddenly paled. The reason for this is because… right in front of them there is a monster that looks like a hairy man with a rat for its head.
The wererat is wielding a pointed wooden spear in his hand like some primitive being.
What made Xin Ja feel scared is that this rat man is actually a 3rd level beast.
Without hesitation, Xin Ja hurriedly threw some flags on the ground and quickly backs away.
Covering her mouth Yao Xue hid behind the masked young man. She dare not make any noise to prevent that monster from noticing them..
Soon, the wererat appears and the two saw it walking aimlessly. It seems that it was not able to notice them at all.
But as soon as it enters the rune array formation, its movement became sluggish. And at this time, the eyes of the wererat suddenly turned red. The once lifeless glow on them turned crimson bright red. It was as if it suddenly became berserk.
It began shrieking which shook the entire cavern walls.
”Damn it! This thing would attract move of its kind in here!” cried Xin Ja as he quickly dashed to the side of the wererat and with one quick move, his short sword lopped off its head cleanly from its hairy shoulder.
”Shit! We cannot escape… the sound seems to come from both sides of the…” Xin Ja said but suddenly stopped when he felt a strange sensation entering his body.
He could feel the Ki in his dantian becoming denser as if absorbing some kind of strange energy. Then his eyes landed on the headless wererat on the ground…
”This… I… I think I absorbed some of the power of this monster…” Xin Ja muttered.
”This wererat is a strange creature that is not found anywhere else… I think by killing it, the energy of its body went to us…” Yao Xue also said on the side.
”So you also felt it…” Xin Ja asked in surprise.
Yao Xue nodded her head.
”It's not pure Ki or chaotic Ki… I think the energy source is something else. But it is able to blend with my Ki perfectly.” She explained.
”Hmm… Should we… retreat, or fight them?” Xin Ja asked.
”We… have no way to retreat… I think they are coming from both sides… I guess you can just increase the range of the rune array…” she said with a hint of fear in her eyes.
”Here take this…” Xin Ja handed her his old folding stone sword.
He then quickly rushed to the wall and using his sword, he expertly craved some runes on its surface.
However, it seems that their luck is against them as the rune that Xin Ja carved on the wall slowly disappears. It was as if the wall quickly repairs itself after the scratch.
”Damn… The wall can repair itself!” he cursed in anger.
He gritted his teeth and quickly takes out a few more flags and threw them on the ground.
Xin Ja suddenly noticed that the wall would not repair if a foreign substance is embedded in it. When he saw that, an idea came to his mind.
”Miss Xue… Please take out the bones of that wererat… I need it as materials…” Xin Ja said.
When Yao Xue heard this, her face immediately paled.
She then quickly shakes her head. How could she do that? She could not even look at that thing directly as it made her feel nauseous. On the side, she has already thrown up a bit after the decapitation, so how could she disembowel the creature and take its bones?
Seeing the reaction of the woman, Xin Ja could not help but shake his head. He could only lament his luck for having a bad partner. Although their situation is dangerous, he could use this opportunity to strengthen himself. It might be a little underhanded to use rune arrays in this place, but one could only rely on his own skill and tricks when he is weak and powerless.