Chapter 25 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“This weather is so damn annoying!” a mysterious man hollered out.
He was engulfed in blazing flames! Realizing the giant rat king charging at him, he dashed at it like a speeding bullet and managed to dodge its attack. Due to the licks of fire on his body and in the blur of the rain, none of them took a good look at the person. All they could figure out was the letter ‘F’ over the man’s chest. Clearly, he was an ability user that was stronger than all of them.
BAM!
The ground shook violently as the giant rat king moved forward. Out of the blue, thousands of long spikes popped out from the earth and penetrated its belly. Naturally, the giant rat king attempted to avoid them. Nevertheless, despite its best efforts, it was left severely injured after the prickly ordeal.
Squeak!
Squeak!
Squeak!
The giant rat king howled in agony and rage, its squeals intensifying as it limped.
All the other giant rats around it were getting angry as well. They then started to work together to break the defensive line. Upon seeing that, Qin Feng cranked up his inner strength to the max and attempted to stop them.
On the other hand, the F-tier flame and earth ability users were working together to defeat the giant rat king. Having said that, some would have carelessly assumed that by having such firepower, the rat king would eventually be defeated without much effort. Only Qin Feng understood the gravity of the situation that even F-tier ability users could not afford to make a single mistake during the fight. One small mistake could cost them both their lives.
Thankfully, the two had impeccable teamwork. As they were very close to defeating the giant rat king, it dug the ground at lightning speed and attempted to flee the place!
“Shit! It’s trying to escape!”
Immediately, the earth ability user placed both his palms on the ground.
“Harden!”
Immediately, the ground became as hard as a rock. Unfortunately, the giant rat king had already dug in the ground. The soil around it got firmer and tighter, but the hardening process was slower than the giant rodent’s persistent speed.
Soon, the giant rat king completely disappeared underground. It was now impossible for the ability users to go after it. Having lost their pied-piper, all the other giant rats started to flee the colony.
“We managed to guard the place!”
“The alarm is now cancelled!”
“Unfortunately, we didn’t get to kill the giant rat king!”
Everyone around tried their best to clean up the mess. There were other ideas in Qin Feng’s head, though. A golden opportunity had presented itself.
“Xiaobai, do you think you can locate the giant rat king?”
En!
En!
En!
Xiaobai vocalized, indicating to Qin Feng that it was able to locate the beast king.
“Let’s go then!”
Qin Feng had no intention to let the giant rat king stay alive. With its current strength, it would have definitely retreated to its nest, plotting its next attack to avenge its allies. If he was not mistaken, this Giant Rat Tsunami should not have even happened this year. He suspected that this phenomenon was in part due to him overhunting the threadsnakes.
In the days of its inception, threadsnakes were one of the creatures that had threatened the safety of the early Chengbei Plantation. The reason it was so dangerous was its ability to get close to ability users without them realizing it. On the other hand, the herbivorous giant rat was only interested in the food that was being stored at the plantation.
Like its regular counterparts, the threadsnakes primarily feasted on baby rats. If a vast amount of threadsnakes disappeared in the wild, the balance would be tipped, meaning most of the rats would get to see another day. In other words, they would have a hard time having enough food with their sudden influx of numbers.
The temptation of the stored food was overweening and overpowering to them. They had the best of intentions to take over this place since the very beginning. Under the shroud of rain, Qin Feng used his fastest and left the plantation speeding. He needed to run. Run to wherever the base could not track him down.
1After all the killing and devouring that just ensued, Qin Feng’s body was now at tier G4. Unlike the others, Qin Feng was not tired at all. He was still at an optimum state. Soon, the rain eased up. Qin Feng ran for at least half an hour. He was now in the wild zone. Ordinary humans usually avoided this place, having heard tales of hidden horrors and threats.