Chapter 221 - 143: Devouring Evolution

Chapter 221: Chapter 143: Devouring Evolution

Gu Qing also burst from the ground.

He sent even more dirt flying than Huang Xiaoqing had, and clods of earth rained down from the sky.

Seeing Gu Qing appear, Xia Shuran let out a sigh of relief.

She was confident in Gu Qing’s strength, but the Rat God Cultists were incredibly tenacious. She had been a little afraid he might get tripped up unexpectedly.

Now that Gu Qing had also emerged from the ground, she could finally relax completely.

But from the perspective of the other two,

Gu Qing, staring up at the sky, looked utterly helpless, only able to watch as the winged Huang Xiaoqing flew away.

Just as Ma Dongyu was shaking her head and sighing what a pity it was,

a great torrent of scarlet Qi Blood Power suddenly erupted from the hands of the motionless Gu Qing, rapidly condensing into a massive, blood-colored crossbow.

He immediately drew the bowstring, nocked an arrow, and aimed at Huang Xiaoqing high in the sky, loosing an astonishing shot.

VMMMM!

The arrow tore through the air, shooting at incredible speed toward the escaping Huang Xiaoqing.

Huang Xiaoqing couldn’t even dodge. The arrow pierced straight through her chest, and she plummeted from the sky.

"Th-This is impossible?!"

Ma Dongyu cried out in utter shock, unable to believe what she was seeing.

Instantaneous Qi Blood External Release!

Instantaneously condensing a crossbow!

And finally, a perfectly aimed shot with a Qi Blood Arrow!

’Such control over one’s own Qi Blood Power is simply terrifying to the extreme!’

It was no exaggeration to say that he could even compare to an Extraordinary Awakened with a Qi Blood Type Superpower!

But the problem was, Gu Qing was clearly just an Extraordinary Contactor. How was he capable of such a feat?

’This makes no sense at all!’

In that moment, Ma Dongyu’s entire understanding of the Extraordinary was shattered. She was left questioning her own reality.

In contrast, Xia Shuran and Wu Jiahao, who were beside her, remained perfectly calm.

Both of them had trained with Gu Qing many times and had long since witnessed his Qi Blood External Release Skill.

"Let’s go. We’ll head over and see."

Ma Dongyu, having snapped back to her senses after a moment, said to the two by the hole in the ground.

The moment the words left her mouth—

BOOM!

An earth-shattering roar suddenly erupted from the athletic field.

The instant the sound rang out,

the entire ground began to shake violently.

All three of them whipped their heads around to look at the field.

In the next second, their pupils constricted, and expressions of incredulous terror appeared on their faces.

On the previously calm field, a colossal rat so huge it blotted out the sky suddenly burst from the earth. It opened a cavernous, blood-red maw as wide as a soccer goal and swallowed the still-falling Huang Xiaoqing in a single gulp.

...

「On the athletic field.」

After swallowing the dying Huang Xiaoqing in one bite, the Rat King’s raised upper body slammed back down onto the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dirt and dust that blew right into Gu Qing’s face.

Gu Qing reacted with lightning speed. He immediately pushed off with his feet and shot backward in a rapid retreat.

All the while, his eyes were sizing up the Rat King, his expression changing slightly in shock at its immense size.

It was over twenty meters long.

Nearly five meters wide.

And it looked to be as tall as a two-story building.

The terrifying size of this Rat King far exceeded any known land animal on Earth.

Lying in the middle of the 400-meter track, it was like a mountain, its weight causing the grass beneath it to sink.

However, its massive size wasn’t even its most horrifying feature.

The truly terrifying part was the eight scarlet eyes on its head, the thick fur on its body as hard as steel needles, and the wisps of yellow-green toxic mist that swirled around it.

"Urgh!"

Huang Xiaoqing, who had just been swallowed by the Rat King, suddenly struggled and started to crawl out of its mouth.

But she only managed to painstakingly crawl her upper body out before the Rat King cruelly bit her in two.

She was instantly severed into two halves.

Her upper body fell to the grass with a wet thud.

Blood sprayed everywhere.

An agonized scream tore from her lips:

"AHHHHHHH—!"

As for the Rat King, which had just bitten her in half, it was now quietly chewing its meal.

After a long moment,

Huang Xiaoqing finally managed to suppress the excruciating pain of being cut in half.

Her eyes filled with rage as she looked at the Rat King and screamed:

"You lied to me!"

"You said you would save my sister, but now you’re even trying to ’refine’ me!"

"I’ll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Huang Xiaoqing was shouting at the Rat King, but her words were not meant for it. They were for the person hidden behind the scenes, controlling it.

Unfortunately, no matter how loudly she cursed, the person behind the scenes gave no response.

The only response she received was the Rat King’s long, frog-like tongue, which shot out with a SPLAT, wrapped tightly around her, and mercilessly dragged her back into its mouth to be swallowed and instantly refined.

Immediately after,

the Rat King’s back began to ripple and churn, and a pair of huge, fleshy wings started to sprout at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Gu Qing, still in the middle of his rapid retreat, felt a jolt in his heart as he witnessed this scene.

’This giant rat can grow wings too?’

’Did it gain her ability by eating Huang Xiaoyue’s sister?’

’In other words, this giant rat can evolve by devouring other creatures?’

At this thought,

Gu Qing’s expression turned incredibly grim.

Just then, Zhao Chuan, Liu Yue, and Lin Tianyang finished dealing with the mutated giant rats and rushed over.

When they saw the Rat King on the field, which was comparable in size to a blue whale, all three of their faces changed drastically. For a moment, they thought they were hallucinating.

"Am I dreaming?"

"How is this rat so big?"

"Did a blue whale from the ocean run onto land to have an affair with a rat?"

Liu Yue quipped as she stared at the Rat King from a distance.

Zhao Chuan and Lin Tianyang, who were beside her, were in no mood for jokes. With grave expressions, they both took out their phones to contact Headquarters and request backup.

But just as they took out their phones,

Ma Dongyu, not far away, looked at them and said:

"No need to contact Headquarters. I just did. They’ve already dispatched a powerhouse to Hai University for support. They said they’ll be here within five minutes."

’Here within five minutes?’

Zhao Chuan and Lin Tianyang exchanged a look, both extremely surprised.

You have to understand, Night Court Headquarters was several dozen kilometers away from Hai University.

Factoring in the time for the notification, the time to leave, and any potential delays, for someone to guarantee they could arrive within five minutes...

’Just what level of powerhouse would that be?’

Just as Zhao Chuan and Lin Tianyang were wondering which powerhouse was coming to support them,

Gu Qing had already retreated from the athletic field.

The moment he stopped,

Gu Qing immediately looked at Zhao Chuan and asked:

"Brother Chuan, what on earth is that rat? How did it get so big?"

Faced with this question, Zhao Chuan, a veteran of Night Court, could only shake his head.

"I don’t know. This is the first time I’ve ever seen such a behemoth."

’He doesn’t know?’

Gu Qing frowned slightly, getting the feeling that this Extraordinary Organization, Night Court, wasn’t very reliable.

’After all, the Rat God Cult is supposed to be an old adversary of Night Court. How can Night Court know so little about them?’

’Does that even make sense?’

"Gu Qing, you were closer to that giant rat just now. Were you able to sense what Level its strength is at?"

Lin Tianyang asked, looking at Gu Qing.

Gu Qing replied calmly, "As soon as the giant rat appeared, I immediately fell back. I didn’t have time to sense it."

"But one thing is for sure: its Biological Level is at least High-Level."

"Because it just swallowed a Tier Nine Peak Great Perfection Rat God Cultist in a single bite."

"..."

Zhao Chuan was taken aback. "It’s eating its own kind?"

Gu Qing explained, "This giant rat seems to have a Devouring evolution ability. The pair of wings on its back only grew after it ate that Rat God Cultist."

Hearing this, the expressions on Zhao Chuan’s and Lin Tianyang’s faces became incredibly grim.

’It can evolve through Devouring?’

’Then the threat this giant rat poses is too great.’

’We have to eliminate it today.’

’Otherwise, the consequences will be endless.’

While they were talking,

the Rat King had already fully grown its pair of fleshy wings. It flapped them powerfully and flew toward them, the eight scarlet eyes on its head filled with a ravenous hunger.

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