Chapter 1225: Wasteland Demonic Rat

Since Master Youmu sent everyone to the ruins to look for the Nine-Child Ghost Lotus, he must have made sufficient preparations. Apart from other things, he should at least explain the more dangerous things inside so that everyone can take precautions in advance. However, Master Youmu spoke very vaguely this time. I don’t know why. Could it be that the corpse-eating insects were not encountered when the ancestor came in? Or did they appear later?

No one could figure out what the reason was, and there was no time to think about it. The most important thing was to escape from this dangerous place as soon as possible, so the eight people showed their best and flew forward all the way.

Although there were many corpse-eating insects, the strength of each individual was not very strong, so the speed of group movement was not very fast, unless they surrounded the cultivators in the middle, or the cultivators’ movements were restricted and lost the suddenness of the sneak attack, especially after the Jindan cultivators became alert and began to flee, it was almost impossible for the corpse-eating insects to catch up with the Jindan cultivators.

Although the corpse-eating insects did not catch up, they still flew forward for two or three hours, until the violent aura in the air stimulated their blood and qi to roll and explode, and then they fell from the air. According to their speed, the corpse-eating insects would definitely not be able to catch up in a short time.

Thinking of the previous experience, everyone is still frightened, and at the same time full of regret and frustration. Originally, they thought that after hunting the wasteland demon lizard, everyone would be able to share thousands of spirit stones after returning. Who knew that in the end, they worked in vain, and the body of the wasteland demon lizard was swallowed by the corpse-eating insects. Not only did they not gain anything, but they also lost a seventh-level Jindan cultivator.

I don’t know what the situation will be like later. If it’s the same as before, I’m afraid that even if all of them die, they may not be able to complete the task. When they think of the many unknown dangers behind, everyone’s mood is very low, and they even lose interest in hurrying.

Gui He Zhenren understands everyone’s thoughts and does not urge everyone to hurry. He stopped and rested for most of the day until his mood was adjusted, and then he continued to move forward.

I won't go into detail about the subsequent experiences. In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. At the edge of the wilderness, three figures were fighting a wilderness demon rat. The first one was a female cultivator at the ninth level of the Golden Core. She looked stern. She was the main force in this battle, but she had to take care of the female cultivators next to her while fighting. So even though she had the highest cultivation level, she had the most wounds.

Next to the stern female cultivator was a female cultivator at the fourth level of the Golden Core. Needless to say, these two people were the True Man Guixia and her personal bodyguard True Man Guique. In fact, True Man Guixia did not need too much care from True Man Guique. Although her strength was only at the fourth level of the Golden Core, as the daughter of a Nascent Soul cultivator and the direct descendant of a top-ranked family in the Ghost Valley, her overall combat power was not bad. Although she was not as good as Qingyang, she was rarely rivaled among the cultivators in the middle stage of the Golden Core.

In addition to these two people, the remaining one was a young male cultivator at the fourth level of the Golden Core. Who else could it be but Qingyang? The main task of Guixia and Qingyang on this trip was to refine the elixir. Normally, they didn't need to do anything. But now there were only three of them on the field. It seemed that Guique was not strong enough to deal with the wasteland demon rat alone, so Qingyang and Guixia had to fight in person.

There were only three of them around, not because the others were in trouble, but because three days ago they encountered a group of wasteland demon eagles, of which there were two ninth-level ones, and more than a dozen eighth-level and seventh-level ones. They didn't know how they found them.

With the strength of their group, one or two could be easily dealt with, and three to five could be barely dealt with at the risk of their lives. But when they encountered more than a dozen at once, they were a little overwhelmed. The situation was too urgent at the time. In order to avoid annihilation, they split into two groups. Guique led Qingyang and Guixia to escape first, and Guihe led the other four to cover the rear.

Everyone knows that those who are responsible for the rear guard will definitely suffer heavy casualties, but the situation at that time had to do so. They are all guards of the Youmu Zhenjun family. Everything is based on the interests of the master family. Whether it is to complete the task or to protect the direct descendants of the master family, they must let Guixia Zhenren and Qingyang go first. Moreover, after these two people leave, they will have no worries. As long as the rear guard mission is completed, it will be more convenient for each of them to break out.

In the end, it is unclear who will live and who will die among the five people. Guique Zhenren, Qingyang, and Guixia Zhenren took the lead in breaking through the siege and fled all the way here in the direction agreed in advance. However, their luck was not good enough. They were about to leave the wasteland when they encountered a wasteland demon rat.

At this time, they were no longer surprised by the monsters they encountered, because they had encountered too many times in the short half a month after entering the ruins. As for why Youmu Zhenjun did not introduce the dangers here in detail to them, they were too lazy to think about it. The master must have his own difficulties if he did not say it. As subordinates, they just need to get things done.

The wasteland demon rat in front of him was about seven or eight feet long, not counting its tail. If it stood up, it would be even taller than a human. It had gray fur, two pointed ears, thick limbs, and a long tail trailing behind it. It looked like a rat that had been magnified countless times.

This wilderness demon rat may seem ordinary, but in fact it cannot be underestimated at all. It is so small, but it contains huge energy. The strength of the wilderness demon rat has reached the eighth level. It is of course inferior to the wilderness demon lizard they encountered before, but the rat demon beasts are more intelligent and are better at using sand dunes to hide and attack. In particular, their speed is much faster than that of the wilderness demon lizard. In addition, Master Guique and Qingyang have fewer people, so it is difficult to defeat this wilderness demon rat that occupies the advantage of terrain.

Because Master Guixia and Qingyang had a mission, Master Guique initially planned to deal with it alone. As a result, after a stalemate for a while, he found that it was impossible for him to defeat the wilderness demon rat that appeared and disappeared in the sand dunes alone. After a hard fight, Master Guique not only did not hurt the wilderness demon rat, but was scratched by the other party with several cuts on his body. Fortunately, he was powerful and responded properly, so that the wilderness demon rat did not take too much advantage, and only suffered some skin injuries.

In desperation, she could only let Qingyang and Master Guixia join the battle as well. The three of them might have a better chance of winning if they cooperated. The ruins were full of dangers. If the battle dragged on too long, there was no telling what they would encounter. If it was like the battle between them and the Wasteland Demon Lizard, with a group of corpse-eating insects suddenly appearing halfway, the three of them would probably die here. So they had to fight quickly and decisively.