Chapter 156 - Invincible Vajra (1/2)

The constitution of those monsters was far greater than that of common human cultivators.

The palm attack that Lu Xuan had unleashed was called the “Crumbling Mountain,” a move capable of devastating force within an instant. When honed to the extreme, the force would be on par with its namesake—able to bring down a mountain with only a single strike.

Even though the power of that attack at the moment couldn’t compare to how strong it had been when Lu Xuan was in his pinnacle state, he was nonetheless easily able to clap down a Deity-level fighter with it, hard enough that the victim would have a hard time getting up.

Yet the rat king only rolled around for a moment before getting up again.

That rat king apparently had a good measure of intellectual capacity. Wariness could be seen in its huge eyes now. It had not been able to sense any threat from Lu Xuan before, which was why it had dared to attack. It intended to kill what it saw as a beast standing on two legs right where he stood.

The rat king had actually already killed dozens of people without anyone knowing, somehow managing to avoid causing a commotion in the human world. In its eyes, Lu Xuan was no different than the other humans it had killed.

However, the slap it had taken moments earlier had caused some damage, and wariness began to show in its eyes right away.

The rat king let out a low growl. Extremely dangerous and evil intentions were visible in its blood-colored eyes.

In the very next moment, the ground beneath Lu Xuan’s feet suddenly turned to thorns and struck out at Lu Xuan.

The rat king knows magic as well, then?

Lu Xuan knew that he had run into a rat king that would be extremely difficult to deal with. Not only was the rat king a mutated being, but it had also actually managed to learn spells.

There was no doubt that the changes to the world from the restoration of spirit qi had benefitted more than just humans, and humans were not the only ones who’d learned how to use spells.

There were beings among the monsters that had managed to do so as well, and this rat king was apparently one of those beings.

Even Deity-level cultivators like Song Lingfeng would have taken quite a huge blow in dealing with this rat king, possibly even dying in the fight.

It was more difficult for beasts to develop any capacity for intellect when compared to most people. Beasts able to develop intellectual capacity to a certain extent and even to begin cultivation were even rarer. However, if one were to emerge, said beast would be like this rat king—a being that was far more terrifying than common human cultivators.

However, it was quite a pity that it had ran into Lu Xuan instead. That bit of magic was utterly useless against Lu Xuan, as shown by what happened once the thorns reached him.

The Shield of Vigor all around Lu Xuan flattened out those thorns the very instant they connected.

The rat king’s tricks were unable to damage Lu Xuan at all.

Swoop!

Lu Xuan disappeared from where he stood, crossing the distance between him and the rat king in an instant to reappear right before the beast.

He pulled Bloodthirst from his ring and brandished it, bringing the blade down with a flash under the blood-colored night sky.

That rat king seemed to have instinctively sensed something incredibly lethal coming its way almost immediately. Its hairs stood up, and it backed away as quickly as it could.

While it was indeed quick, Lu Xuan proved quicker still. He was able to catch up to the rat king right away and brought the sword down onto it.

Pfftt!

The slash landed right on the rat king. Its coat, which had been extremely difficult to damage when cold weapons were used, was torn away right there and then by Bloodthirst. Its mystical coat was unable to do anything to mitigate the damage. It had simply run into someone who was more mystical and powerful than it was.

One of the rat king’s front paws was cut off immediately.

The rat king was in so much pain that it kept screeching and growling in rage. These were no longer the sounds of a rat but the growls of some unknown ferocious beast, one that had mutated to be utterly unrecognizable.

Lu Xuan saw the rat king glaring at him with extremely vengeful eyes. It knew that things were not going to end well for it.

Beasts like that were very capable of holding grudges. Since Lu Xuan was already marked, if he didn’t kill it, the rat king would trace him using his senses and make trouble for him at a later date.