Chen Mochuan stood in the empty main street. From the shadowy alley not far away came another eerie sound that made his heart skip a beat.
Soon, just as it had earlier that night, the figure of a Ferocious Rat darted out of the alley.
The moment it appeared, the Ferocious Rat turned around and fixed its cruel, hungry gaze on its sole prey.
The drool dripping from the corner of its mouth, its excited, ragged panting, and the faint, rank stench wafting from its body...
Everything before him formed a scene so familiar that Chen Mochuan felt as though he had crossed through time, reliving the life-or-death crisis from not long ago.
However, one thing was utterly different from before. The Ferocious Rat facing him now wasn't the injured Broken-Legged Ferocious Rat, but a whole one, with all four limbs intact and at the peak of its strength!
Looking at the Ferocious Rat before him, its ferocity at full blaze, Chen Mochuan knew he stood no chance against it. Yet his intense desire to explore and improve himself drove him to find out how long he could last against a Ferocious Rat at full strength.
So he took a deep breath, charged toward it, and launched an attack!
The instant the Ferocious Rat's sharp foreclaw pierced his chest and he felt his heart being punctured, Chen Mochuan experienced the most excruciating pain. At the same time, the scene before his eyes began to twist and shatter.
As his consciousness returned, the Golden Light Screen flashed at just the right moment, and a notification appeared:
[You activated "Spirit Devourer" and began a Mind Martial Drill, but you gained nothing from this drill.]
When he opened his eyes again, Chen Mochuan found himself still lying in his comfortable