Slaying the Rat Emperor

Wang Shi's eyes turned earthy yellow again. He pressed his hands to the ground, and what came into view was a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Most of the Blood Rats had been reduced to pools of flesh and blood. Only a handful still survived, and those were on the verge of death.

"Most of the Blood Rats were crushed into pulp under several thousand tons of weight. Right now, only a few are still alive, and they're basically missing limbs or tails."

"But I didn't see any trace of that Berserk Blood Rat Emperor or the Mutated Berserk Blood Rat King."

When President Wang heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

The most terrifying thing about a Beast Tide was the sheer number of strange beasts. Now that most of the Blood Rats had been wiped out, a single Fourth Order Berserk Blood Rat Emperor was nothing to worry about.

"Wang Shi, search thoroughly for the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor's location. Once you find its trail, notify us immediately."

"A Fourth Order strange beast like the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor won't die that easily."

Fourth Order strange beasts generally possessed some special abilities.

"Found it. The Berserk Blood Rat Emperor is charging straight toward us."

The rock wall split open, and a massive Berserk Blood Rat Emperor burst in.

Its entire body was Blood Red, and a Thorn Crown sat atop its head.

The Berserk Blood Rat Emperor's Sharp Claws were coated in venom, and its back bristled with steel-like fur.

Under the sunlight's glare, the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor narrowed its eyes.

It could sense a Foul Odor wafting from afar—a stench that caused intense psychological discomfort.

"Finally showed up."

"Once I take you down, this whole Beast Tide will be over."

President Wang stepped out from the crowd. Beside him, the Steel Armor Rhinoceros fixed its sharp gaze on its opponent.

Zhang Lingxue stared at the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor with a grave expression. She felt something was off.

This Berserk Blood Rat Emperor exuded a Fourth Order aura and an overwhelmingly vigorous life force. By all appearances, it was a Fourth Order strange beast—so what exactly felt wrong?

Zhang Lingxue trusted her instincts completely.

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck her.

That's right—what about those Mutated Berserk Blood Rat Kings? As the Emperor's close attendants, there was no way they wouldn't be by its side.

Those Blood Rat Kings with Mental Power Mastery wouldn't be so easily eliminated.

The surviving Blood Rats, after devouring the flesh of their fallen comrades, had all recovered.

They poured out through the Escape Tunnel left by the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor, swarming forth until the space was packed tight.

These Blood Rats had all reached the peak of Second Order, their bodies a full size larger than ordinary Blood Rats.

If they suddenly broke through at this moment, they could advance into Third Order Blood Rat Kings.

Their blood-red eyes locked onto the direction of the Freezer. They knew that whether their clan could multiply depended on breaking through the human defense line and entering the Freezer.

"There are still this many surviving Blood Rats?"

President Wang wore an expression of disbelief. Good heavens, the Blood Rats' reproductive ability was truly monstrous.

"President Wang, you should be grateful. If not for Y's warning, we'd probably be facing a Blood Rat clan ten times this size."

Zhang Lingxue let out a relieved sigh.

Little Purple flapped its wings fiercely, and an endless cloud of Toxic Scale Powder swept into the Blood Rat swarm like Pear Blossom Rain.

Every Blood Rat that touched the Potent Toxin Powder wailed and dissolved into a pool of blood.

"Cleaning up the Blood Rats' flesh and blood is going to be a hassle."

"If we don't deal with it quickly, all this blood will flow straight into the Jiaying River and turn it red."

"Blood Rat blood is highly toxic, and the rotting flesh could also spread plague."

Just then, the Sunflowers climbed down from the warehouse one after another.

They extended steel-like roots, plunging them directly into the blood pools, greedily absorbing the essence of the Blood Rats' flesh and beginning to reproduce.

More and more Sunflowers appeared. Their thick floral fragrance made the remaining Blood Rats increasingly disgusted.

They wanted to flee, but without the Emperor's command, they dared not leave—such was the suppression of bloodline.

Under Ye Bai's Sunflower King's command, the Sunflowers rolled up the Blood Cores left behind by the Blood Rats and hid them away.

While the battle raged on in full swing, Ye Bai and Da Hui watched helplessly as the ground split open on their side.

A blood-drenched Blood Rat head emerged from the earth.

The Berserk Blood Rat Emperor inwardly counted its blessings.

It had awakened a unique skill called Doppelganger, allowing it to use powerful flesh to create a clone with strength equal to its own.

The clone lasted twelve hours; the higher the quality of the flesh, the longer the duration.

To that end, it hadn't hesitated to kill its loyal Mutated Berserk Blood Rat Kings.

Such Mutated Berserk Blood Rat Kings were rare—out of tens of thousands, only a dozen or so had ever been born.

Now the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor was all alone. It had brought the Mutated Berserk Blood Rat King's Mental Crystal Core onto itself to block human detection.

Damn humans. If I can escape this time and have enough time, I will surely bring the Berserk Blood Rat army and turn this city into ruins.

The dejected Berserk Blood Rat Emperor spotted Da Hui and Ye Bai in the distance.

Its eyes lit up. You two it is. Become the nourishment for my path of revenge.

The Berserk Blood Rat Emperor was about to burrow up from underground.

Suddenly, blue arcs of electricity crackled over Da Hui's body as he donned a layer of Thunder Armor.

Violent lightning fell from the sky, striking straight onto Da Hui. Now three meters tall, he was like a Thunder Beast.

The Thunder Light on his body was so dazzling that Ye Bai found it blinding. His aura rivaled even that of Zhang Lingxue's Gray Poison Moth.

Before the blood rat could react, Da Hui's claw, crackling with violent electric current, slammed heavily onto the blood rat's head.

Once. Twice. Three times.

Da Hui lost count of how many times he struck. At first, the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor let out piercing shrieks.

Gradually, the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor fell silent. When Da Hui finally stopped attacking, good heavens—the blood rat's head had been smashed into a deep depression, a bloody mess through and through.

"Da Hui, drag this blood rat out."

"This blood rat was unlucky to fall into our hands."

After Da Hui transformed into his Thunder State, his strength had increased considerably.

He tightened his haunches and gathered his strength, then, like Lu Zhishen Uprooting a Willow, yanked the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor out from underground.

Seeing a blood rat as big as an ox, Ye Bai fell silent.

Could this be the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor that triggered the Beast Tide? How is it this huge?

Most of its body had been underground just now, so Ye Bai had thought it was just an ordinary blood rat.

Asking for votes. I saw another friend writing a beast-taming novel who cut his book. Sigh, beast-taming really is a niche genre. I feel that desolation firsthand—he was even ranked eleventh on the new book chart once.