Chapter 706 - 431: Flooding? Smoking? Or a Fire Attack?

Chapter 706: Chapter 431: Flooding? Smoking? Or a Fire Attack?

The adult Flame Rat was unaware that it and its young were being targeted. By the time it sensed something was amiss, it was already too late.

SWOOSH!

A millstone-sized, blazing orange-red Fireball shot out from behind the large tree.

The adult Flame Rat had just opened its mouth to let out a piercing shriek, warning its young to flee into their burrow, when the terrifying Fireball was already upon it.p>

BOOM.

The Fireball struck the adult Flame Rat. With a cultivation of only the First Rank Middle Stage, the adult Flame Rat stood no chance against the attack. It was instantly blasted until it was charred black, all signs of life gone.

SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK...

The young Flame Rats that had come out to play saw the lifeless adult and were frozen in fear, standing completely still.

RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE...

The leaves rustled as a hand pushed aside the dense branches.

As Lin Li stepped out from behind the large tree, he reached to his side, and an incredibly sharp Spiritual Longsword materialized in his hand.

After retrieving the weapon from the Mysterious Small Island, he immediately charged toward the terrified young Flame Rats.

SQUELCH.

In an instant, Lin Li closed the distance and pierced the head of the young Flame Rat furthest from the burrow.

SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK...

Seeing one of their own killed by the terrifying enemy, the other young Flame Rats finally snapped to their senses. They let out terrified shrieks and scrambled madly for their burrow.

"Took them long enough to react. These Flame Rats really are stupid..." Lin Li muttered. Then, with a wave of his hand, a fist-sized Fireball condensed in an instant and shot out.

SWOOSH...

The Fireball rapidly expanded in flight, growing from the size of a fist to the size of a soccer ball in no time.

It moved so fast that it immediately overtook the young Flame Rats scrambling for their burrow.

SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK...

The young Flame Rats, which had intended to flee into the burrow, stopped in their tracks. They couldn’t continue because the Fireball Lin Li had launched was now blocking the entrance.

The blazing, soccer ball-sized Fireball perfectly sealed the burrow’s entrance. Its scorching flames seared the earth, leaving the ground around the entrance charred black.

SQUELCH.

Lin Li caught up and, with a swing of his Spiritual Longsword, ran another young Flame Rat through.

SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK...p>

Having never encountered such a fearsome enemy, the young Flame Rats shrieked in terror and scattered in all directions.

At their age, without the protection of an adult and fleeing heedlessly into the wilderness, they were highly likely to end up as food for other Mutant Beasts.

But this was a matter of life and death. If they didn’t flee, the terrifying enemy would kill them on the spot. They couldn’t afford to consider anything else. The only thing to do was run; whether they died later was another problem for another time.

SWOOSH.

Watching the young Flame Rats scatter, Lin Li first threw his Spiritual Longsword, pinning one to the ground. Then he raised both hands, channeling the Spiritual Energy in his Dantian to unleash his awakened Superpower.

His hands glowed with a faint golden Spiritual Light. The air before his palms cooled rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, razor-sharp ice spikes took shape.

SWOOSH, SWOOSH, SWOOSH...

The razor-sharp ice spikes shot out one after another. The young Flame Rats, fleeing for their lives, heard the whistling sound behind them but didn’t dare to look back. A moment later, they each felt a sharp pain and were pinned firmly to the ground.

The golden sunlight shone upon the sharp, frost-covered ice spikes, making them glitter with a splendid light.

In the blink of an eye, all eleven Flame Rats had been eliminated in Lin Li’s surprise attack.

The only slight disappointment was that of the eleven Flame Rats, only the adult was a Mutant Beast.

Afterwards, Lin Li stored the charred adult Flame Rat—the Mutant Beast—in his Mysterious Small Island, then began to circle the azure, rippling lake, searching for more Flame Rat dens.

According to intel posted on the Exotic Beast Hunter app by the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild, a large population of Flame Rats lived around this lake, and some Tier Two Mutant Beasts were known to roam the area as well.

Exotic Beast Hunter squads coming here to clear out Flame Rats were advised to be careful and watch out for ambushes from Tier Two Mutant Beasts while searching.

As Lin Li searched for Flame Rat dens alone around the lake, he extended his Spiritual Perception, scanning the area for any potential fluctuations in Spiritual Energy.

SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK...

In the distance, a faint rustle came from a patch of tall grass, accompanied by a weak fluctuation of Spiritual Energy.

’The intel on the forums wasn’t lying. The Flame Rat population here is pretty dense.’ Lin Li had been circling the lake for less than a minute and had already found a burrow.

He used his Spiritual Longsword to part the overgrown grass, revealing a hole the size of a soccer ball.

Faint squeaks emanated from the burrow, whose depth was unknown. The Flame Rat hiding inside knew an enemy with ill intentions was at the entrance. It squealed, trying to intimidate the intruder into backing off.

’Don’t think I can’t get to you just because you’re hiding in a burrow.’ Lin Li looked at the entrance, considering how to exterminate the Flame Rat inside.