183: Qin Hongyue takes action

The sound continued to approach!

Chen Ming moved his foot, revealing cracks.

The ground bulged, and the cracks widened.

As the sense of danger alerted him, Chen Ming unfurled his Fallen Angel Wings and flew into the air.

The road surface shattered into several large pieces, instantly pushed upward.

A giant rat, as massive as a small mountain, quickly drilled out from it, opening its gaping maw.

Unfortunately, it was half a beat too slow, taking a bite that only caught air.

A pair of steel-textured claws scrabbled at the edge of the hole, as if breaking free, slowly pulling out its fat, bloated body bit by bit.

The claws continuously exerted force, reaching forward, large sparks flashing non-stop.

Chen Ming didn't plan to just watch; he suddenly lashed out with a sword-whip, carrying lightning as thick as a giant python.

This whip was exceptionally sharp, severing one of the giant rat's claws.

The lightning invaded through the wound, surging wildly within the giant rat's body, severely injuring its internal organs and causing blood to spurt from its seven orifices.

It still wanted to roar, opening its mouth, but before it could make a sound, Chen Ming's lightning whip sliced off half of its protruding rat mouth.

The entire process was incredibly smooth, like cutting lard with a scalding hot knife.

An S-Rank weapon, without needing to combine with Chen Ming's own attributes, could easily crush the monster in front of him that only possessed a giant body.

Seeing that the giant rat hadn't learned a single lesson and still wanted to extend its claws to knock him down from the air.

Chen Ming lashed out with a whip, first severing its rat claws, then with a backhand whip, this time very clean and decisive, severing the entire rat head.

Blood mixed with unknown internal organs gushed out with a ' puff' sound.

The giant rat crashed down, half its body still stuck in the hole.

[Successfully killed the Rat King! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining black iron treasure box +1!]

Chen Ming was not surprised by the reward of a black iron treasure box at all, not truly considering it the final Rat King that dominated the entire S-Rank dungeon.

At most, it was a small elite monster.

As a boss guarding the level, let alone its strength, it didn't even meet the standards for appearance and body size.

It was purely just a regular Mutated Rat, enlarged a hundred times proportionally.

"What a monster! Not only is his weapon ridiculously strong, but his combat power is just as abnormal!"

"With so many monsters, he kills them like it's nothing, he must have gotten an S-Class Skill!"

"Why don't you go ask? What if he doesn't spare people or monsters, and just enjoys killing? Wouldn't my life be wasted?"

"Forget it, we'll just honestly guard our little patch of land. With so many people and a decent amount of supplies, we should be able to last until the real rescue team arrives."

...

In a building fifty meters away from Chen Ming, all the residents were gathered in one room.

Having watched the entire process, they were whispering to each other.

After some debate, they ultimately gave up on the idea of actively approaching Chen Ming, unwilling to seek trouble.

The main reason was being unable to determine if Chen Ming was friend or foe.

As the saying goes, you know a person's face but not their heart; beneath the human skin, who knows what kind of ugly soul is hidden?

As for them? At least they had been neighbors for over a decade, knowing each other's background, and were definitely more trustworthy than an outsider.

"Look! What, what is that? A ball of red light is flying towards us!"

At this moment, someone with sharp eyes noticed something was wrong and shouted a warning.

Before everyone could look closely, they heard crisp 'bang bang bang' sounds ringing out successively.

Following the sound source, they saw a glass ball glowing with red light.

It was the size of a soccer ball.

Inside, a viscous liquid like lava sloshed around, possessing two colors: orange-red and bright yellow.

When bouncing on the ground, the sound was even a little pleasant.

But the next second, the glass ball suddenly shattered, and before everyone could react, their eyes were filled with dazzling explosion light.

"Ah!!"

Chen Ming turned his head and saw one person after another screaming from the sixth-floor balcony, their bodies fiercely burning with flames, falling down.

They desperately slapped at the flames with their hands, but it was useless, until they heavily crashed onto the ground, only then did their sounds completely cease.

Only the walls of the tall building lit by the firelight, with flames swaying in the wind, flickered on and off.

"New type of Mutated Rat?" Chen Ming wasn't sure if that scene was a man-made disaster or caused by monsters.

A pair of eyes couldn't see in all directions.

However, soon, he saw a ball wrapped in lava, brightly glowing, seemingly made of glass, falling towards him from tens of meters away in a perfect arc.

After falling to the ground, it didn't immediately shatter, making 'bang bang bang' sounds, bouncing a few times, then continued to roll towards Chen Ming.

Just as his danger perception ability triggered, space shattered beside him, and a beautiful figure stepped out from it.

Seeing clearly who it was, Chen Ming gave up on dodging, there was no need.

Bang! Boom!

The glass ball shattered, and the lava splashed out under the powerful force of the explosion.

Once it touched skin and flesh, it would burn through to reveal the color of bone within seconds.

It was sticky and couldn't be shaken off.

If one attempted to peel it off with their hands, it would only cause the fire to spread faster.

It had a similar effect to the infamous white phosphorus bombs on the battlefield.

Facing this attack, Qin Hongyue, who arrived in time, raised her arm, twisted her fingers, and absorbed all the damage from the lava and explosion.

Spinning it, she condensed it into a Fireball smaller than her palm.

She clenched her fingers again, extinguishing it and erasing its existence.

"Master, are you injured?" Qin Hongyue asked with concern.

"No." Chen Ming shook his head, denying it, and praised, "You arrived just in time."

Qin Hongyue was about to reply when her eyes suddenly became alert.

She keenly sensed that figures were rapidly positioning themselves on the surrounding buildings, clearly forming a circle of encirclement.

Chen Ming activated Gods Eye, locked onto one of them, and saw very clearly that it was indeed a rat.

Similar in form to the previous Ratmen, their claws weren't as long, clearly not relying on sharp claws as their main means of attack.

Their tails were very thick, one to two meters long, twice the length of their bodies, and wrapped around a glass Fireball.

Chen Ming was certain that the deaths of those people just now, and the large explosion in front of him, were inseparable from them.

"Are they listing me as the primary target for elimination? Wave after wave." Chen Ming gave a self-mocking smile.

He felt this was good too, saving him the trouble of wasting time searching for them.

The rats used their thick and powerful tails to lift the glass Fireballs high, about to throw them.

Qin Hongyue's eyes slightly changed color, and invisible large hands tightly gripped them, rendering them unable to move, emitting hoarse, desperate wails.

The force was so great that the rats' eyes bulged out completely, they were forced to bare their teeth and grimace, their bodies severely deformed and twisted.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

Within moments, their flesh and skin couldn't withstand the pressure, emitting faint sounds of bodies bursting.

Streaks of striking fresh blood flowed down the walls.

The glass Fireballs rolled away, losing their luster.

They split into two halves, the cooled lava exposed to the air.

[Successfully killed Exploding Fire Rat! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining wood treasure box +5!]

[Successfully killed Exploding Fire Rat! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining wood treasure box +5!]

...

Chen Ming didn't need to do anything, silently reaping the rewards and becoming the biggest winner.

He then extracted the Undead and skills together.

The skill of throwing lava Fireballs was quite interesting to him and worth collecting.

"Master, we seem to be trapped in this city by a barrier." Even as she said this, Qin Hongyue was still analyzing hard, trying to find a way to break the formation.

As a martial cultivator, her attainment in the field of formations wasn't particularly high.

Not to mention, the formation currently enveloping the entire Jiang City was completely different from the formations she was familiar with.

It was the first time she had encountered a formation that didn't require spiritual energy to maintain and drive.

"Don't worry, it will be over soon."

Putting away his playful mood, behind Chen Ming, the Gate of Shadows opened wide, and over a hundred thousand Mutated Rats were ready to go!

Their eyes glowed with gem-like red light, a dense, vast expanse.

Under the cover of night, the effect was even better.

Anyone who saw it couldn't help but feel waves of scalp-numbing dread.