Chapter 11: Slaying The Rat Demon!
The Rat King absorbed the Moon Essence, and the hundreds of thousands of densely packed rat swarms below prostrated themselves on the ground, burying their heads to show their reverence for the Rat King!
Even the four Sect Martial Artists were “shocked” by the sight of the “Rat King” absorbing the Moon Essence.
No one noticed that a figure had already quietly approached the Rat King.
“Clang.”
Suddenly, a crisp sound echoed through the silent night sky.
The four Sect Martial Artists were all too familiar with this sound.
It was the sound of a sword being drawn!
“That is…”
The pupils of the four Sect Martial Artists suddenly contracted.
They saw that in the silent night curtain, a brilliant blade light seemed to cut through the entire night.
Fast!
Too fast!
The blade light was magnificent and beautiful; they had never seen such a brilliant blade light before.
And this blade light was not only brilliant, but also deadly!
The brilliant blade light pointed directly at the Rat King.
“Swish.”
The Rat King suddenly raised its head.
A hint of human-like surprise actually appeared on its face.
It was a pity that the blade light was too fast; even if the Rat King noticed it, it could not react.
The blade light fell, fiercely slashing at the Rat King’s body.
“Huh?”
“Its skin didn’t even break?”
Ji Qing’s expression changed slightly.
He was the one who had struck just now.
And he had used his ultimate move, “First Line of Sky,” right from the start.
He had struck while the Rat King was absorbing the Moon Essence.
Everything had gone smoothly.
But Ji Qing had not expected that his saber strike on the Rat King would not even be able to break its skin?
How strong was the Rat King’s physical body defense?
“Squeak squeak squeak.”
The Rat King let out sharp squeaks.
At the same time, the densely packed rats below seemed to become incredibly frantic and angry, madly charging towards Ji Qing.
The Rat King even extended its sharp claws and fiercely swiped at Ji Qing.
“Bang.”
Ji Qing blocked with his saber, and a powerful force came from the saber, sending Ji Qing flying.
“Whoosh.”
Ji Qing fell through the air.
Below him was a dense swarm of rats.
Once he fell, he would likely be gnawed to nothing by the rat swarm.
Ji Qing stepped on a rat with his feet, then used Grass on Flying, lightly pushed off, and soared into the air again, flying towards the Rat King.
Another magnificent and beautiful blade light appeared.
Ji Qing’s internal energy erupted.
Internal energy amplified by three-tenths!
“First Line of Sky!”
This saber strike was even more fierce than the last.
“Bang.”
The Rat King let Ji Qing’s saber strike its body, and then it fiercely extended its claws, grabbing the saber.
A sinister smile appeared on the Rat King’s lips.
However, Ji Qing also smiled.
He was holding a hidden weapon in his hand at some unknown time.
Bone-Piercing Nail, produced by the Three Oddities of Lingdong!
“Swish.”
Ji Qing’s right hand flicked out like lightning.
A streak of dark light shot towards the Rat King’s eyes, which were extremely close.
“Puchi.”
The dark light pierced the Rat King’s eye.
Instantly, blood splattered.
The Rat King’s eye exploded.
“Success!”
Ji Qing grabbed the long saber with both hands, pulled it out of the Rat King’s claws, and then stabbed towards the Rat King’s eye.
The long saber entered the body, piercing through the Rat King’s exploding eye.
But the Rat King’s physical body was too strong.
Even though the long saber entered its body, it did not completely kill the Rat King; the saber got stuck instead.
Ji Qing leaped, kicking the hilt fiercely with his right foot.
immense power was instantly applied to the long saber. This time, the Rat King could no longer resist. The long saber fiercely pierced through the Rat King’s head and out its body.
“Rumble.”
The Rat King’s massive corpse fell from the giant rock and landed on the ground.
Dead!
The Rat King, which had appeared so mysterious and demonic just moments ago, was now dead.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Qing had already slain the Rat King.
With the Rat King dead, the rat swarm became incredibly chaotic.
Some rats fearlessly charged towards Ji Qing.
These were just ordinary rats; no matter how many there were, they posed no threat, and Ji Qing slew them one by one with his saber.
Most of the rats scattered and disappeared into the mountain forest.
The entire process took only a few breaths of time.
The four Sect Martial Artists who were still “hiding” in the mountain forest stared with wide eyes, as if they couldn’t believe it.
“The Rat King… is dead?”
“We didn’t even get to make a move, and the Rat King is dead?”
“Then what were we doing coming to the mountains for?”
The four looked at each other, dumbfounded.
As for snatching credit, ganging up to kill it, and so on.
They didn’t even dare to have such thoughts.
With the strength “Li Mu” had just displayed, how could they dare to snatch credit?
“This Li Mu is definitely a Second-Rank Martial Artist!”
“Li Mu’s saber is too fast. When did such a young martial artist with such fast saber techniques appear in Jianghu?”
“Li Mu… I really haven’t heard of anyone like this in Jianghu. Could it be an alias?”
The four had their own guesses.
But after witnessing Ji Qing’s swift and decisive killing of the Rat King, their thoughts on the matter had completely subsided.
Jianghu speaks through strength.
The so-called Sect, Connections, and Reputation are all meaningless in the face of absolute Strength!
Ji Qing was currently checking the Demon Record.
When he had just killed the Rat King, a line of small text had appeared on the Demon Record.
“Killed the true body of the Rat Demon, obtained 10 Origin Points.”
At the same time, Ji Qing flipped open the Demon Record.
“Rat Demon, an unformed Lesser Demon, with thick skin, good at digging, and capable of commanding rat swarms.”
Ji Qing pondered.
“Demons also have different levels of strength. This Rat Demon has not yet taken human form and can only be considered a Lesser Demon; its true body is only worth 10 Origin Points. What about a Skin-changing Demon? Even one clone is worth one Origin Point. If it were its true body…”
Ji Qing understood that a Skin-changing Demon was likely far stronger than this Rat Demon.
He had already struggled to deal with the Rat Demon.
If he hadn’t happened to have the Bone-Piercing Nail, a hidden weapon from the Three Oddities of Lingdong, it would have been very difficult for him to kill the Rat Demon.
From this battle, Ji Qing also understood some of his own shortcomings.
For example, while his saber techniques were fast, their power was insufficient.
It didn’t have much impact against martial artists, as martial artists couldn’t withstand a sharp saber anyway.
But if he faced demons, insufficient saber power would make it very difficult.
Therefore, Ji Qing needed to practice some saber techniques with powerful effects in the future to compensate for his shortcomings.
This time, the harvest was good; not only did he successfully “exterminate rats,” but he also obtained 10 Origin Points.
His martial arts could advance by leaps and bounds again.
Ji Qing approached the Rat King’s corpse again, reached out, and pried hard at its head, retrieving the Bone-Piercing Nail from within.
This Bone-Piercing Nail was truly a good item, capable of producing miraculous effects at critical moments.
Ji Qing wiped the Bone-Piercing Nail clean and put it back in his embrace.
The Rat King’s corpse was still on the ground.
But the corpse was too massive; it was difficult for him to move alone.
However, Ji Qing wasn’t the only one here; there were still four others.
Ji Qing looked up at the distant bushes and shouted loudly, “You four aren’t going to make a move, but carrying the Rat King’s corpse down the mountain shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
“No problem! We’ll take care of the Rat King’s corpse, and we’ll definitely carry it down the mountain!”
The four Sect Martial Artists obediently walked out. The four of them worked together to carry the Rat King’s corpse and quickly headed down the mountain.
