Facing the Ferocious Rat's swift pounce, Chen Mochuan remained remarkably composed in the perilous moment.
He endured the searing pain across his back. Using the momentum of his stumble, he fell sideways in an almost contorted posture, while his right leg whipped upward like a scorpion's tail. He drove a Clear Force Tiger Tail Kick into the Ferocious Rat's relatively soft flank.
"Bang!"
A dull impact rang out.
The Ferocious Rat's pounce was interrupted once more by the counterattack, which combined a deft dodge with a solid kick to its flank. It gave a muffled groan of pain and was sent tumbling away.
Chen Mochuan seized the chance to roll nimbly, quickly opening the distance and regaining his footing.
But before his heels had even settled, a sharp stab of pain shot through the outside of his left arm!
The Ferocious Rat had been extremely cunning. While he was falling sideways and his vision was limited, it had silently extended the hooked claws on its hind leg. At an incredibly tricky angle, it had slashed open the outside of his left arm!
The wound was shallow, but blood immediately began to seep out.
Worse still, a chilly, prickling numbness, like tiny crawling insects, swiftly spread from the wound along his entire arm!
"Poison!" Alarm bells rang in Chen Mochuan's mind.
He immediately circulated his qi and blood, instinctively trying to suppress the poison. But the cold numbness kept spreading, and the strength in his left arm was clearly affected.
Just as his heart sank, the dormant Spirit Devourer Spirit Talent inside him seemed to catch the scent of "food" and began to operate on its own.
The cold poison that had entered his body met its natural enemy. An unseen force tugged at it, swallowing it whole.
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