Some had dozens of rats making up a humanoid shape, and others were descendants of Rat Demons, walking upright on two legs.
This really was like poking a rat’s nest.
In the blink of an eye, all the farmers and villagers had vanished, replaced by countless large and small rats, a massive, dense swarm.
Hehe, quite a spectacular sight, but ordinary rats are only level 1, and even the Rat Demon Descendants are around level 13 or 14, Xiao Jie didn’t take them seriously at all.
Sweeping Thousands of Army!
Sealing Demon Chaotic Dance!
Everybody drew their swords and charged at the rat horde, slashing wildly. With levels over 20 and 30, killing these rats was as easy as chopping vegetables.
Though numerous and seemingly frightening, these rats weren’t strong fighters; they were only nimble and hard to kill quickly as they scattered in all directions.
The ground was soon littered with their corpses after everyone’s frenzied killing.
The old man revealed his true form as a Rat Demon Priest leaning on a cane. Seeing his descendants slaughtered, he hastily shouted, "Crossbowmen, fire your arrows!"
The Militia crossbowmen on the wall showed their true forms as Rat Demon Crossbowmen, crazily shooting arrows with their Crossbows.
The arrows shot by these Crossbows were Continuous Arrows, raining down like a storm with the pull of a trigger.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! In an instant, the sky was filled with a barrage of arrows.
A few players on the outer circle were instantly shot full of arrows, scaring them into dodging all over the place.
Thankfully, these arrows did very little damage; each hit only caused a few points of harm. They looked scary but were not lethal.
"Assassin group, take the wall and deal with the Crossbowmen!"
"Roger that!" Ye Luo immediately led a few Flying Thief Assassins, flipping through the air and landing on the wall, slaughtering the Rat Demon Crossbowmen one-sidedly.
Roar! An Ran suddenly roared, transforming into a giant bear and charging at the densest part of the enemies ahead. He bulldozed through the Rat Demons, knocking them flying before beginning to Charge up.
Ox Demon Split Earth Wave—Shake the Earth!
Leaping into the air and crashing down furiously into the pile of enemies.
The shockwave Spread fiercely around him, instantly killing or flipping countless rats.
Big Orange charged in even more valiantly; with a fierce Tiger Roar, the surrounding dense mass of rats scattered in all directions in panic.
Bai Ze pinched a Sword technique, waving his fingers—Ten Thousand Sword Technique!
Sword shadows poured down from the sky like rain.
The crowd charged in a one-sided slaughter.
The Rat Demon Priest was left badly injured in just a few strikes, and he fled in terror, rushing directly into a large shed.
As everyone pursued him inside, they passed through the big door of the shed and suddenly found themselves in an empty space. This was no dining hall but rather a mass grave. Inside the shed was a huge pit filled with white bones.
The Rat Demon Priest was climbing away through the gaps between the bones.
Secret Technique—Blood Flow Through the Ages!
With a fierce sweep of his sword, Jiu Jianxian released Blood-colored Sword Qi in a Sky-breaking Slash, cutting the Rat Demon Priest in half.
System Prompt: Slaying the Rat Demon Priest, the rat menace in Dragon’s Mouth Village is thus quelled, and the goodwill of Dragon Soaring Country in the Luoyang Plain has increased, now at 9%.
Well, not too surprising. After all, it was just a small village.
"Cheng Xian, start recording, loot the bodies."
Unfortunately, the Rat Demon Priest was just an Elite Monster and only dropped two items.
The first item was a wooden carving of a rat, lifelike and vivid.
[Rat Treasure (Magic Artifact)
Use: Summon a rat swarm. Summons a swarm of 10-20 rats which can attack as a group or conduct a meticulous search within a 100-step radius, revealing all hidden elements on your mini-map.
Item Introduction: A strange tool capable of summoning a swarm of rats, seeming to contain a hint of Fairy Magic Power.]
The second item was a blueprint.
[Mechanical Crossbow Blueprints (Mechanical Blueprint/Excellent)
Use: Teaches you to make Mechanical Crossbows.
Learning requirement: Mechanical Master, Comprehension 20.
Item Introduction: A lost ancient blueprint, the intricate Mechanical Crossbow can fire a multitude of arrows at once. However, due to its precision, the power of the arrows has been reduced.]
This thing is somewhat interesting; although the power is low, the firing rate is extremely fast. It’s not much use against Heavy Armor Units as it would barely tickle them, but it’s perfect for shooting unarmored enemies.
If you have the money to pair it with high-damage arrows, you can still cause a lot of Injury.