Slaying the Rat King, Quelling the Rat Tide

On November 29, 2056, Xiao Yu finally arrived at City 0252, where the rat tide was at its most severe.

Along the way, he had encountered dozens of small rat tides. None of them were particularly large, only numbering several hundred thousand rat beasts. With the speed of those rat beasts, they naturally could not trouble him in the slightest.

The rat beasts in the rat tides he had encountered before had not been very large, only around thirty centimeters long.

But the rat tide in City 0252 was different.

The hundreds of millions of rat beasts here formed a boundless black mass that nearly covered the entire city.

Strangely, the rat tide showed no sign of spreading outward. Instead, it was continuously contracting inward.

Xiao Yu cautiously leaped onto the rooftop of a twenty-story commercial building in the suburbs. Only after taking out his binoculars did he see clearly.

There were three centers within the rat tide, each one a skyscraper. A figure was continuously fighting atop each building as countless rat beasts surged up the towers, making them resemble three black pyramids.

Those three figures should have been the three War God level martial artists trapped within the rat tide.

The sonic booms generated by the battle echoed throughout the city. Even Xiao Yu, standing at the edge of the city, could hear them.

After figuring out the reason behind the rat tide's strange movements, Xiao Yu did not act rashly. He continued searching through the vast black tide of rats.

A rat tide would not occur without cause. There had to be a Rat King commanding the rat beasts within it, perhaps more than one.

Looking at the scale of the rat tide before him, any Rat King capable of controlling hundreds of millions of rat beasts should be Lord level, perhaps even High Lord level.

Rat Kings generally hid within rat tides and rarely revealed themselves.

Three dark-blue shadows flew over from the distant horizon. At first glance, Xiao Yu had thought they were some kind of avian monster. Only when the dark-blue flying objects drew closer did he see clearly. They were three flat, disc-shaped flying combat aircraft that resembled UFOs!

Most military flying combat aircraft nowadays had this flat, disc-like shape, because if they encountered attacks from avian monsters in the air, this design was advantageous for both defense and offense.

The flying combat aircraft actually dove toward the rat tide. When they were still a hundred meters above the ground, they hovered directly over the beast horde. With his sharp eyesight, Xiao Yu clearly saw a massive cannon barrel emerge from the underside of each aircraft.

Endless, blazing flames erupted from the cannons and blanketed the rat tide below. Under flames that were likely several thousand degrees hot, huge numbers of rat beasts caught fire and were burned to death.

After searching for a long while, Xiao Yu still found no trace of the Rat King. He guessed that it might be hiding inside one of the buildings.

The building where the Rat King was hiding should have a good field of vision, somewhere from which it could oversee the entire situation.

And within City 0252, there were only three skyscrapers with a good view. One of them stood at the center of the triangle formed by the positions of the three War Gods.

Xiao Yu guessed that the cunning Rat King was very likely hiding inside it.

That two-hundred-meter-tall commercial building was nearly thirty li away from Xiao Yu.

If Xiao Yu wanted to get there, he had two options. The first was to fight his way there, but he might end up trapped by the rat tide like the other three War Gods.

The second option was to take a flying combat aircraft there.

Xiao Yu took out his Satellite Communication Watch and opened the public channel.

"I am Xiao Yu from the Limit Martial Arts School. My identification number is 542658111XXX. This is an urgent matter. I require aircraft support."

Xiao Yu repeated the message into the Communication Watch over and over.

Very soon, a voice came through the public channel.

"Greetings, War God Xiao Yu! This is the Tiger Hawk combat aircraft. We have received your request and will arrive immediately."

One of the three combat aircraft that had been continuously clearing the rat tide quickly adjusted its flight posture and flew toward the building where Xiao Yu was located.

Three minutes later, the flying combat aircraft hovered more than ten meters above Xiao Yu's head. The rear cabin door slowly lowered, forming a level platform.

Xiao Yu exerted a little force through his legs and shot onto the platform with a whoosh.

"Do not close the cabin," Xiao Yu said. "Fly to the tallest building in the middle of the city."

Xiao Yu pointed toward the center of the triangle formed by the three War Gods.

"Received," the aircraft pilot replied.

Three minutes later, Xiao Yu jumped down from the flying combat aircraft.

The building's name was still faintly visible: Crown Summer Building.

After dropping Xiao Yu off, the flying combat aircraft did not immediately leave. Instead, it circled nearby and eliminated rat beasts.

The originally quiet building instantly erupted into activity because of Xiao Yu's arrival.

Thousands of rat beasts poured out from every part of the building and charged toward Xiao Yu on the rooftop.

Every one of them was several times larger than an ordinary rat beast.

Xiao Yu's heart settled. "Just as I thought. The Rat King really is hiding here."

The Black God Set instantly spread from his right hand to cover his entire body, leaving only his eyes, nose, and mouth exposed. The SS-grade battle knives in both hands left their sheaths. In an instant, he appeared before a nearly two-meter-long Beginner Beast General level rat beast. With a casual swing, its head flew aside.

Xiao Yu wielded a battle knife in each hand. Every slash killed at least one rat beast.

Moreover, under the control of his thoughts, the corpses of the slain rat beasts were devoured by the system.

Absorbed rat beast corpse. Obtained 1 Wish Point!

Absorbed rat beast corpse. Obtained 25 Wish Points!

Absorbed rat beast corpse. Obtained 3 Wish Points!

Absorbed rat beast corpse. Obtained 100 Wish Points!

Thousands upon thousands of notifications rang continuously in Xiao Yu's mind.

Xiao Yu fought his way down from the rooftop. The farther down he went, the greater the resistance he encountered and the stronger the rat beasts became.

After nearly half an hour of slaughter, Xiao Yu finally descended from the rooftop to the twenty-fifth floor.

There, Xiao Yu encountered resistance unlike anything before.

There were only twenty rat beasts on this floor, but every one of them was over three meters long. The three largest were more than five meters long.

Beneath the long black fur of these rat beasts, cold glints reflected as though they possessed scales.

Xiao Yu was shocked. These rat beasts all possessed Lord level strength. The weakest were seven Beginner Lord-level beasts, while ten were Intermediate Lord level. There were even three High Lord level beasts. Xiao Yu could not tell which of those three High Lords was the Rat King, or whether all three were Rat Kings.

"Tiger Hawk, this is Xiao Yu. A large number of Lord level rat beasts have been discovered here. The Rat King should be among them. Call the other War Gods over for support."

"Tiger Hawk acknowledges. We will immediately pick up the three War Gods and bring them over. War God Xiao Yu, please do your best to kill them while ensuring your own safety."

Upon discovering Xiao Yu, the rat beast horde surrounded him. One Lord level rat beast after another launched attacks.

Several sonic booms rang out continuously.

Xiao Yu's eyes flashed. His body moved like lightning, instantly streaking past every rat beast that attacked him.

All the attacking rat beasts were immediately sent flying backward. Countless sprays of dark-blue blood splashed through the air, forming a mist of blood.

Two Elementary Lord level rat beasts were nearly cleaved in half and completely lost their lives.

Absorbed Elementary Lord level rat beast corpse. Obtained 2,000 Wish Points!

Absorbed Elementary Lord level rat beast corpse. Obtained 2,100 Wish Points!

The flesh and blood disappeared, leaving only piles of important materials such as scales on the ground.

While attacking, Xiao Yu flashed over to the materials. With a thought, he stored them in his Space Ring.

The current Xiao Yu was interested only in materials from Lord level monsters.

Walls were smashed apart one after another.

The battlefield shifted from the twenty-fifth floor to the twenty-eighth floor, then returned to the twenty-fifth floor.

"Squeak, squeak!"

The three six-meter-long High Lord level rat beasts finally could no longer hold back. They had already reached supersonic speed as they pounced toward Xiao Yu.

"Pfft!" Sonic booms rang out continuously.

Xiao Yu moved, accelerating six times in an instant. He threw off the pursuing High Lords and arrived beside an Elementary Lord level rat beast. Before it could react, the SS-grade battle knife in his hand, after two consecutive accelerations, had already swept across its neck. Its black-glinting rat head flew several meters away.

Xiao Yu flicked his left hand, and the Elementary Lord level rat beast's body vanished.

One Elementary Lord level rat beast after another was dealt with first by Xiao Yu, like chickens and ducks awaiting slaughter.

He eliminated all seven Elementary Lords in less than three minutes, turning them into monster materials and storing them in his Space Ring.

"War God Xiao Yu, War God Lu Gang, War God Geng Zhi, and War God Wei Chen have arrived."

Three flying combat aircraft hovered above the skyscraper.

"The Rat King is currently on the twenty-fifth floor," Xiao Yu said. "No, watch out! The building is about to collapse."

While pursuing Xiao Yu just now, one High Lord level rat beast had consecutively smashed through four or five load-bearing walls.

The skyscraper tilted from the twenty-fifth floor as though it had been severed at the waist. Less than a minute later, it collapsed.

The three flying combat aircraft hurriedly evaded to the sides. At the same time, three black figures shot from the aircraft and flew into the skyscraper.

Countless rat beasts fled to the sides.

Several thousand rat beasts in the plaza below failed to escape in time and were crushed into pulp.

The twenty-fifth floor suddenly became the rooftop of the skyscraper.

The collapsing building kicked up a cloud of dust. Suddenly, Xiao Yu heard sonic booms erupt behind him as five-meter-long figures darted in front of him.

"Pfft!" With his nerves taut, Xiao Yu instantly dodged beside an Intermediate Lord. The SS-grade battle knife in his hand accelerated six times in succession. Empowered by three times the speed of sound, it instantly killed the Intermediate Lord level rat beast.

This was the tenth Lord level rat beast Xiao Yu had slain. During the building's collapse, he had taken advantage of some rat beasts' panic to consecutively kill two Intermediate Lord level rat beasts.

"Lu Gang, Geng Zhi, Wei Chen, the three of you restrain those seven Intermediate Lord level rat beasts. I'll deal with the remaining three High Lord level rat beasts," Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Yu was the strongest person present. With the sixth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, Xiao Yu's strength was comparable to a Planetary first order expert.

Lu Gang, an intermediate War God, watched Xiao Yu fight the rat beasts and thought, Xiao Yu's strength is absolutely at the Invincible War God level. He isn't merely a beginner War God level fighter as the records say. And his movement technique has actually reached the Artistic Conception level. He cultivates the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade too, and he has already reached the sixth level! How is that possible?

Xiao Yu's reputation as a Genius War God had long spread throughout Huaxia Country. Especially within the circle of War God level martial artists, there was no one who did not know his information.

After seeing Xiao Yu's strength clearly, the three War God level martial artists all replied, "All right."

Lu Gang was the first to charge toward three Intermediate Lord level rat beasts. The three Lord level rat beasts also rushed at him. The instant they drew near, Lu Gang accelerated four times beneath his feet and passed them like a phantom. As they crossed, the S-class battle knife in his hand accelerated four times in succession. Accompanied by ceaseless sonic booms, it slashed toward one of the rat beasts.

After suffering severe injuries, the rat beasts grew even more frenzied. Lu Gang led the three Lord level monsters downward, and every rat beast they passed—whether Beast General level, Beast Soldier level, or ordinary rat beast—was killed.

The enormous Lord level rat beasts charged through everything in their path. Hundreds of rat beasts that could not dodge in time were knocked and crushed from the skyscraper, falling into the sea of fire below.

Geng Zhi and Wei Chen used similar methods to lure two Lord level monsters each downward.

Only Xiao Yu, the three High Lord level rat beasts staring fixedly at him, and countless rat beasts surging up from below remained on the twenty-fifth floor.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Sonic booms rang out again and again as the fierce battle continued for a long time.

The entire twenty-fifth floor was utterly destroyed, as if it had been shaved away by a bulldozer.

The man and three beasts fought all the way from the twenty-fifth floor to the twentieth floor.

The injuries on the three High Lord level rat beasts steadily increased. Blood mist sprayed from their bodies everywhere, filling both the ground and the air.

"I'll end your suffering now!" Xiao Yu looked at the three heavily injured High Lord level monsters, whose movements had become difficult.

"Pfft!"

With one step forward, his feet accelerated six times in an instant. Xiao Yu appeared before a High Lord like he had teleported. The moment it howled, the SS-grade battle knife plunged through its mouth and into its skull. It immediately flipped backward, its entire body convulsing violently.

"Pfft!"

Then, after accelerating six times, Xiao Yu rushed to the left side of a High Lord whose left eye had been severely injured. The SS-type battle knife in his hand instantly pierced into its skull.

"Pfft!"

Two consecutive sonic booms rang out, and Xiao Yu killed the final High Lord as well.

With a thought, the thousands of rat beast corpses on the ground vanished. Even the flesh and blood inside the three High Lord level rat beasts disappeared, leaving behind only three piles of materials, which were stored in his Space Ring.

When Xiao Yu descended to the eighteenth floor, he saw that Lu Gang had already killed two Intermediate Lord level monsters, while the remaining one was also severely injured.

"Xiao Yu, go down and see whether they need help. I'll finish this one soon," Lu Gang said with a smile.

"All right." Xiao Yu nodded and continued downward.

The lower floors were also in ruins. Xiao Yu suspected that it was already a miracle the building could still stand.

On the sixteenth floor, he encountered the corpse of an Intermediate Lord level monster.

On the fifteenth floor, he found Wei Chen covered in blood and entangled by thousands of large rat beasts. The Lord level monster was still relatively intact and had not been injured at all, occasionally launching sneak attacks on Wei Chen.

Although Wei Chen was also an intermediate War God and used a war hammer, the cultivation technique he practiced was far inferior to the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade. His strength was much weaker than Lu Gang's.

Xiao Yu flashed behind the Intermediate Lord level rat beast. Under six accelerations, the SS-grade battle knife pierced into the rat beast's back at three times the speed of sound.

With the defense of a Lord level monster, it would have been impossible to pierce its back if Xiao Yu had not used an SS-grade battle knife at supersonic speed.

The battle knife passed through the rat beast's back and severed its spinal nerves. The Intermediate Lord level rat beast immediately became unable to move.

Xiao Yu flashed in front of the monster, and his battle knife pierced through its eye and skull at incomparable speed.

Without the Lord's command, the rat horde before them scattered and fled.

"Wei Chen, go up and help Lu Gang. I'll go see how Geng Zhi is doing."

As Xiao Yu continued rushing downstairs, the rat tide that had originally been surging upward began to disperse.

When he reached the tenth floor, he found Geng Zhi leaning against a load-bearing pillar as he bandaged his left arm. The Combat Suit he had removed bore streaks of bright-red blood.

"Geng Zhi, you're injured!" Xiao Yu said as he took emergency medical equipment from the backpack on his back. "Let me help you."

"I was ambushed," Geng Zhi said with a bitter smile.

Half an hour later, the rat tide that had swept across a thousand li gradually began to disperse. Countless rat beasts burrowed back underground.

Xiao Yu, Lu Gang, and the other four War Gods took flying combat aircraft back to the North Military Region.

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