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Chapter 108 The Gold-Eating Rat King
That is, the space around his body is limited.
Regardless of the number of these gray-white rats, at most only about 170 gray-white rats could get close to him and be within one meter of his body at the same time.
Therefore, each time he draws his sword, he only needs to eliminate these 170 gray-white rats.
Then, with the next strike, continue to eliminate the gray-white rats that come up as replacements, and you will be invincible.
However, accurately identifying which 170 gray-white mice are closest to you in the blink of an eye and precisely striking them is an extremely difficult task.
Even Chu Yunfan found it difficult to grasp accurately.
Therefore, every now and then, grayish-white rats would break through Chu Yunfan's defenses and get close to his body.
Fortunately, Chu Yunfan possessed the sword intent of wind. Whenever this happened, he would activate the sword intent of wind to instantly accelerate and eliminate the gray-white rats that approached him.
In this way, Chu Yunfan finally managed to stabilize the situation temporarily.
However, things are not that simple.
Just as Chu Yunfan was about to exhaust the gray-white rats in this way, a milky-white figure the size of a human head suddenly rushed out from the rat swarm behind Chu Yunfan.
This milky-white figure moved with lightning speed. As soon as it appeared, it arrived directly at the back of Chu Yunfan's head, its sharp teeth gleaming with a cold silver light, and it bit directly at Chu Yunfan's neck.
Although Chu Yunfan sensed the threat behind him, at such close range, his longsword was simply unable to block.
At the critical moment, Chu Yunfan's left hand formed a claw and reached out to grab the milky white figure.
Sensing the threat, the milky-white figure immediately darted to the side.
And this is exactly what made Chu Yunfan realize that the milky white figure was actually a rat.
However, this rat had milky white fur all over its body, and its aura had already reached the third level.
"Could it be another mutated rat king?"
Having learned from his previous experience dealing with the Windwood Wolf King, Chu Yunfan immediately came up with this guess.
And in fact, this is exactly the case.
These grayish-white rats are called gold-eating rats.
The term "gold-devouring rat" refers to a type of rat-like monster that feeds exclusively on metal.
Therefore, their teeth can be described as truly iron and bronze.
In addition, the gold-eating rat has another characteristic.
That is, it has an extremely strong reproductive capacity.
A pair of gold-eating rats can produce more than a dozen baby gold-eating rats in a single day.
These little gold-devouring rats, given enough metal to devour, can grow to the level of a second-tier demon beast in just one year.
Therefore, although the Gold-Eating Rats are only second-tier demonic beasts, they possess sharp teeth and a terrifying numerical advantage.
Even fourth-tier demonic beasts are unwilling to provoke them easily.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Gold-Eating Rat lives underground and has basically no conflict with other monsters.
Fortunately, due to its low bloodline, the Gold-Eating Rat can only grow to the second tier at most.
Otherwise, given their terrifying reproductive capacity and growth rate...
They might take over the entire Qingyun Continent.
However, there are always exceptions. Among this group of gold-devouring rats, one gold-devouring rat, by chance, grew to the level of a third-tier demon beast and thus became the Gold-devouring Rat King.
This Gold-Eating Rat King was extremely cunning. Although it was quite powerful, it refused to confront Chu Yunfan head-on and instead only attacked from behind.
The key issue is that this Gold-Eating Rat King is also very fast. Despite several sneak attacks, Chu Yunfan failed to capture it and instead lost his composure, finding himself in danger several times.
Chu Yunfan realized that to catch the thief, one must first catch the king; he had to deal with the Gold-Eating Rat King first, otherwise his situation would become increasingly dangerous.
When Chu Yunfan thought of the Gold-Eating Rat King, he thought of cats on Earth.
However, he can only transform into a Kunpeng, not a cat demon.
Just as Chu Yunfan was feeling melancholy, a sudden idea struck him, and he thought of the cat's elder brother, the tiger.
So, just as the Gold-Eating Rat King launched another surprise attack, Chu Yunfan suddenly turned around and used the sonic power of Xingyi Quan – Tiger Roars in the Forest.
In an instant, a powerful tiger roar echoed throughout the cave.
All the gray and white rats were startled by the tiger's roar and stopped attacking.
The Gold-Eating Rat King, however, was directly in the face of this tiger's roar and suffered the greatest impact.
Therefore, it too fell into a state of stagnation.
Seeing this, Chu Yunfan was overjoyed and prepared to stab the despicable and shameless attacker to death with his sword.
However, as the sword reached mid-air, Chu Yunfan suddenly had another idea, so he immediately withdrew the longsword in his right hand.
At the same time, he used his left hand in the shape of an eagle claw to strike with lightning speed, firmly gripping the neck of the Gold-Eating Rat King.
He planned to use the emperor to command the feudal lords, so that the group of gray-white rats would retreat on their own.
Otherwise, even if he killed the Gold-Eating Rat King, he would still have to deal with an endless number of gray-white rats.
However, what Chu Yunfan didn't expect was...
When he caught the Gold-Eating Rat King, the Gold-Eating Rat King actually showed a human-like look of fear on its face. Then it even imitated human actions, extending its two front paws and making a gesture of bowing with its hands, begging Chu Yunfan for mercy.
"Huh? This Gold-Eating Rat King is actually this intelligent?"
Chu Yunfan let out a soft "hmm," a thoughtful expression on his face.
Then, he spoke directly to the Gold-Eating Rat King:
"Get rid of all these grayish-white rats!"
Chu Yunfan was only testing the waters.
Unexpectedly, this Gold-Eating Rat King actually understood his words.
Immediately, the Gold-Eating Rat King emitted a series of rapid squeaks.
Then Chu Yunfan noticed that the densely packed gray-white rats in the cave suddenly retreated rapidly like a receding tide, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Upon seeing this, Chu Yunfan's face immediately lit up with joy.
He then set off to explore the cave instead of leaving immediately.
After all, this cave contains not only the magical white mist that could help him break through his cultivation level.
Moreover, there is a magical treasure that can cause the Gold-Eating Rat King to mutate.
Therefore, this cave is definitely not simple.
However, Chu Yunfan was happy at this moment.
The Gold-Eating Rat King in his hand was almost suffocated by him.
Thus, the Gold-Eating Rat King began to struggle involuntarily in Chu Yunfan's hands.
Chu Yunfan, thinking that the Gold-Eating Rat King was about to escape, tightened his grip on the Rat King's neck.
Good heavens, Chu Yunfan's move made the Gold-Eating Rat King roll its eyes.
Seeing this, Chu Yunfan realized what was happening and loosened his grip a little.
The Gold-Eating Rat, having recovered its senses, looked at Chu Yunfan with its tiny eyes filled with fear.
Seeing this, Chu Yunfan didn't pay any attention and prepared to continue exploring the cave.
Unexpectedly, at that moment...
A drop of crystal-clear, red-glowing blood suddenly appeared on the head of the Gold-Eating Rat King.
When Chu Yunfan saw this, his eyes widened in surprise.