395: Chapter 389: Treasure?
395: Chapter 389: Treasure?
Human-rat romance?
Chen Hai was just joking with his cousin.
The first time encountering such an affair, his cousin Jiang Dalong had obviously been scared out of his wits.
Chen Hai teased him only to make him relax a bit, lest he continue to be as tense.
With the power of flame, he could have ended the battle in an instant, incinerating the Rat Demon’s soul to ashes.
He hadn’t done so for a simple reason.
He felt that incinerating the Rat Demon’s soul directly would be somewhat wasteful.
It was rare to come across such a thing, and consuming it as a tonic would truly be making the most out of it.
He plunged one hand into the ring of fire, and something more menacing than a white-furred rat—a leech-like shadow—poked its head out, extending a section from his arm.
This shadow was very ethereal and unreal-looking.
Jiang Dalong, who was just a step or two away from Chen Hai, now showed a face much less taut with tension.
The moment Chen Hai reached out his hand, Jiang Dalong had already looked curiously towards Chen Hai’s arm.
Unfortunately, all he could see was a wisp of mist coming from Chen Hai’s hand.
No matter how many times he rubbed his eyes, the mist remained indistinct.
The white-furred rat instantly puffed up at the apparition of the leech-like shadow, as though it had seen a great terror.
The white fur on its body now looked like spines.
Had these hairs been longer, the white-furred rat might have been mistaken for a porcupine.
“Senior, spare me, spare me, ah…”
Feeling an indescribable deadly threat from the leech-like shadow, the white-furred rat seemed to panic.
Before, it had only knelt and bowed continuously, but now, it knelt and began to lower its head repeatedly.
“You want me to spare you?
Wishful thinking.”
“A little Rat Demon like you has killed more than a few people.
I can’t even find a reason why I should let you off the hook!”
Coldly laughing, Chen Hai was unmoved by the white-furred rat’s plea for mercy.
The menacing sucker of the leech-like shadow was now just inches away from the white-furred rat.
However, considering the spines-like white fur covering the Rat Demon’s body, Chen Hai was somewhat worried it might injure his Divine Soul.
At this moment, he was still undecided on where exactly to “take a bite.”
“Senior, I could warm your bed…”
Faced with the threat of death, the desperately babbling Rat Demon blurted out such a proposition.
As it spoke, it also struck suggestive poses, casting what it considered a seductive wink at Chen Hai.
Two big front teeth exposed, bean-sized eyes, an awkwardly shaped big nose, and a face full of white fur.
What did it feel like to have such a hastily assembled woman’s face throw a seductive gaze at you?
Chen Hai now had a profound understanding, almost vomiting out the braised pork he had eaten for dinner.
“Warm the bed?
I’ll warm your mo—”
With his self-discipline and manners, he couldn’t hold back and cursed outright.
With a wave of his hand, a flash of fire scorched a patch of white fur on the prostrated Rat Demon’s back.
Almost simultaneously, the leech-like shadow’s menacing sucker latched onto the Rat Demon’s spine.
“Ah ah ah ah…” Feeling its strength being siphoned away eerily, the Rat Demon’s soul had shrunk by at least a third in the span of a breath, now completely overtaken by hysterical despair.
Unfortunately, compared to Chen Hai, the strength of its Demon Soul was completely negligible.
The leech-like shadow’s menacing sucker, while latching onto the Rat Demon’s spine, also pinned it to the ground.
No matter how desperately it struggled, it couldn’t move an inch.
Even if it wanted to leap into the flames for a complete end, that had become a mere wishful thinking.
“Senior, spare me, spare me!”
“I have treasures, I have good things!”
“Just let me go, and I’m willing to offer that Supreme Treasure to you, senior…”
Now near despair, the Rat Demon didn’t care about anything anymore!
Its words were not just pleas but were almost roared out.
It seemed afraid that if it spoke too late, it would never get the chance again!
“What treasure?
Tell me about it?”
Warming the bed or anything of that sort held no interest for Chen Hai, but upon hearing the Rat Demon mention it had a treasure in hand, he really started to consider the idea.
He ceased extracting power from the Rat Demon and, with a face full of curiosity, sought confirmation from the creature.
“Give me a moment to catch my breath; after I breathe a couple of times, I’ll thoroughly explain about my treasure to you, senior.”
In the brief span of a few breaths, the Rat Demon had lost more than one-third of its strength.
In this moment, upon closer examination, it indeed appeared significantly weakened.
Barely clinging to life, even speaking normally seemed an incredibly laborious task for it.
Seeing this scene, Chen Hai scrunched up his brow but chose to say nothing more!
Allowing the Rat Demon a few breaths to regain itself before discussing its treasure would delay them only a few minutes at most.
In the dead of night, he and Jiang Dalong had made their way here to Conggui Mountain.
They had already spent quite some time here; a little extra delay would have absolutely no effect on them.
“Bro, is this freak thing a demon?”
“This very creature almost cost me my life.”
“I can’t help but feel that, in front of you, it’s completely useless; aside from kowtowing and begging for mercy, it’s utterly worthless!”
Jiang Dalong, from the moment Chen Hai had shown up, began to feel his sense of fear slowly dissipate.
Especially upon witnessing the Rat Demon, in the form of a white-haired rat phantom, bowing and scraping, repeatedly begging Chen Hai to spare its life.
The fragment of dread in his heart ebbed away in an instant, nearly entirely gone.
At this moment, his gaze shifted back and forth between Chen Hai and the white-haired rat phantom; apart from astonishment, what filled his heart was mostly awe towards his cousin, Chen Hai.
“What’s wrong?
Seeing this creature powerless against me, do you think it’s easy to deal with?”
“Shall I stop suppressing it and remove all the flames?”
“Why don’t you try taking on the rat demon in a one-on-one fight and see who’s stronger?”
Chen Hai glanced at his elder cousin with a meaningful smile and spoke.
“The first time I encountered this creature, I admit, I was indeed a bit scared.”
“If it hadn’t resorted to tricks to confound me and simply faced me head-on, I guarantee I could beat it to the point where it would be looking for its teeth on the ground!”
Jiang Dalong chuckled dryly.
This guy, even if convinced in his heart, he’d never admit it out loud.
Talking like this, he noticeably shrank back behind Chen Hai.
Given the circumstance, if it weren’t for Chen Hai’s presence, facing such a ghastly being on his own, he would unquestionably turn tail and flee posthaste.
Of course, whether he’d be able to escape or not was contingent upon him not being beguiled and completely befuddled in the first place.
“This is a Demon Soul, not the demon’s true body; your fists and feet wouldn’t even be able to touch it!”
“To deal with this thing, your physical attacks are less effective than a handful of consecrated ash from those more efficacious temples!”
“Earlier on, you still thought I was superstitious.”
“Now, after encountering this creature, you surely must believe in some things, right?”
Chen Hai looked at Jiang Dalong with a smiling face and spoke teasingly.
Jiang Dalong didn’t respond; he merely grinned awkwardly a few times.
More often than not, silence signifies acquiescence.
Clearly, that was his reaction at this moment.
“Bro, tell me the truth, your trip to Capital City, was it really to attend university?
Or did you go off to some mountain to seek a master and learn martial skills?”
“Otherwise, how could you be so formidable?” After a brief silence, Jiang Dalong asked with keen curiosity.
Faced with his question, Chen Hai remained silent with a smile.
Could he possibly admit that his time spent attending university in Capital City was limited to diligently attending a handful of classes at the very start?
For the rest of the time, he was mostly skipping class, practically never seen around campus?
Could he reveal that he had taken a long retreat for the good part of half a year, and the school had processed his leave of absence and withdrawn him from studies temporarily?
“Rat Demon, I’ve given you a chance to rest!”
“Now, can you properly tell me about your treasure?”
“Additionally, let me remind you, don’t think about deceiving me; otherwise, the consequences will be very severe!”
Deliberately bypassing Jiang Dalong’s question, Chen Hai snorted coldly, his gaze once again focusing on the still flame-encircled Rat Demon.