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Chapter 79: Rat Demon's Havoc, Hidden Crisis!
Chapter 79: Rat Demon's Havoc, Hidden Crisis!
Demons or ghosts in the inn?
Qin Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly.
Just then, they heard the old man continue, "It's not just this inn. In the past few days, many homes have been infested with rats!"
"Currently, there are already more than ten households that have been completely devoured by rats, leaving them homeless and bereaved!"
"Some people were still asleep when the rats started eating them alive. We heard their screams, and our scalps went numb, and our bodies trembled!"
Listening to the old man's slightly trembling voice, several people frowned.
The Kaiyuan Prefecture seemed normal, but they didn't expect the rat infestation to have become so severe.
"Do you know, old sir, where the rat infestation is most severe?"
Xin Yi thought for a moment, then asked the old man.
The old man thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know, but you don't seem to be from Kaiyuan Prefecture. It's best to find accommodations in the larger inns where martial artists are stationed. There shouldn't be any rat disasters where martial artists are present."
Xin Yi nodded, thanked the old man, and turned to leave.
The conversation between him and the old man was clearly heard by the people standing in front of the inn.
"It seems that the rat infestation in Kaiyuan Prefecture is more serious than we expected, and it has reached the point where they're eating people!"
Situ Qing's expression turned somber as he spoke.
The others also looked grave.
"Let's find a place to stay first, and then investigate the situation carefully."
After thinking for a moment, Situ Qing added, "Choose a place near where the rat disasters occur most frequently."
Everyone agreed and nodded.
As the day gradually darkened, it was the time when creatures lurking in the dark corners of the city became active.
Just as they were about to leave, they noticed that Qin Zheng was still standing there, staring intently at the Lai Fu Inn.
"Brother Qin?"
Situ Qing spoke up, and the others also looked at Qin Zheng curiously.
The Lai Fu Inn had already been sealed by the government office, so there were definitely no demons inside.
As for the talk of ghosts, they didn't believe in such rumors spread by the common folk.
Moreover, they didn't sense any demonic aura while standing in front of the inn, indicating that there were no demons inside.
However, Qin Zheng was a peerless grandmaster, and he might have sensed something that the others couldn't.
Qin Zheng indeed felt something different.
Unlike Situ Qing and the others, who relied on their sense of smell to detect demonic auras, Qin Zheng's mental power allowed him to perceive everything within a fifty-meter radius! At that moment, his mind's eye presented the scene inside the inn.
There was a rat demon the size of an adult human, quietly observing their movements from a window on the second floor! And behind this rat demon, its massive tail was coiled around a child of about ten years old, whose face had turned purple, and he had already been strangled unconscious!
Daring to eat people so blatantly under his very nose was truly laughable!
Qin Zheng's shoulders trembled, and he drew his bow, nocking an arrow and releasing it in one fluid motion, almost instantaneously shooting an arrow towards the second floor above him!
Boom!!
A thunderclap sounded beside their ears! The arrow, like a flash of light, instantly pierced the second floor of the Lai Fu Inn, followed by the sound of flesh and blood exploding and a heavy object falling to the ground.
Situ Qing and the others' expressions changed instantly.
They quickly drew their long sabers from their waists and rushed into the inn.
The commotion also attracted the attention of people in the surrounding area.
Qin Zheng's arrow was not shot with full force, using less than one-tenth of his strength, so the thunderous sound of the arrow piercing the air was not very loud.
However, to the ordinary people nearby, it was like a divine miracle! The arrow flew out like thunder!
Such a person must be an extremely powerful martial artist! They looked at Qin Zheng with awe, but when they saw that Qin Zheng's arrow had pierced the Lai Fu Inn, their expressions changed, and they quickly retreated.
Something was strange!
Qin Zheng noticed the change in the expressions of the crowd and his face turned slightly somber.
Immediately, Zou Xi and Liu Yi carried the child out of the inn, looking slightly anxious, "I'll take this child to find a doctor."
The child was only about ten years old, and the rat demon's tail had tightly bound him, breaking his ribs and damaging his internal organs. He was on the verge of death.
Qin Zheng nodded, and the two of them used their light body technique to quickly leave.
At this moment, Situ Qing, Wu Meng, and Xin Yi also came out of the inn.
Their faces were ashen, clearly having seen the rat demon.
Such a large rat demon, the size of an adult man, had been standing right above their heads, and they hadn't noticed it at all!
After approaching Qin Zheng, Situ Qing spoke up, "We didn't find any other rat demons."
Qin Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "The demonic aura on this rat demon is very faint, as if it's just an ordinary rat, but its size has mutated."
He hadn't smelled the demonic aura at first, but when he expanded his spiritual perception, he became aware of the rat demon's presence.
Hearing this, Situ Qing and the others' expressions slightly relaxed, but they still looked somber.
After all, even if it was just an ordinary rat, it was still a huge rat, and they should have sensed it!
"Since there's such a large rat demon in the Lai Fu Inn, are there similar rat demons in the homes of the other victims?"
Qin Zheng's eyes flashed, and he asked, "These places where rat disasters have occurred, the locals of Kaifeng Prefecture all revere and avoid them, daring not to get close."
"So these places, especially the sewers, are the best hiding spots for those rats!" With that said, the group immediately realized the situation.
Situ Qing spoke up without hesitation, "Then let's go and inquire about the places in Kaifeng Prefecture where rat disasters have happened, and we'll investigate them one by one!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the group wasted no time. They led their horses, found an inn, and after storing their luggage, they set off immediately.
After killing one rat demon, there was no guarantee that these demons wouldn't communicate with each other, and the remaining rat demons might have hidden again! So, the group needed to speed up their actions!
The locations of the rat disasters in Kaifeng Prefecture were almost common knowledge, and it didn't take much effort for the group to find out.
Soon, they utilized their lightfoot techniques and quickly arrived at the residences where cannibalistic rat disasters had occurred.
In these places, the group indeed discovered numerous rat demons of various sizes! Some were as big as toddlers, some as big as teenagers, and some as large as adults!
They were all hiding in the residences where rat disasters had occurred and were sealed off by the government office, places that ordinary people dared not approach!
After a round of slaying, the three of them had killed no less than twenty rat demons! This caused quite a commotion in Kaifeng Prefecture.
However, the group's expressions didn't ease up in the slightest; instead, they became increasingly grave.
The rat demons in Kaifeng Prefecture were probably more numerous than they had imagined! Moreover, the smallest ones were as big as toddlers, and if there were thousands or tens of thousands of them, it would be enough to cause a rat disaster that could wipe out an entire city!
With just the few of them, there was no way they could hold them off! Only if the Grand General personally intervened could they barely suppress them! Even if these rat demons weren't strong individually, their sheer numbers were enough to bridge the gap in individual strength!
"Let's go to the government office first. These rat disasters in Kaifeng Prefecture must have been investigated and understood by them already!"
Situ Qing made the decision.
Just as the group was about to head to the government office, several patrol officers from Kaifeng Prefecture approached them.
The leader of the patrol officers, with a smile on his face, said, "We've heard that recently, a Captain from the N Character Camp is coming. We didn't expect that soon after you entered Kaifeng Prefecture, you would solve the rat disaster for us!"
"I am Xu Mushan, the Chief Patrol of Kaifeng Prefecture. You've come from afar to clear the rat disaster for us. My superior has instructed me to show our hospitality as the host and invite you to a banquet to express our gratitude!"
"Please give me face, Captain, and allow me to host a banquet for you tonight!"
The patrol officers' attitude was friendly, and their tone was sincere.
However, Qin Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent.
Situ Qing and the others exchanged glances.
Since they didn't bring a deputy general with them on this trip, it was understandable that the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture didn't personally meet them.
Situ Qing discreetly glanced at Qin Zheng, and seeing that he wasn't speaking, he thought for a moment before nodding in agreement, "That's good."
"It just so happens that we have some questions we'd like to ask Chief Patrol Xu."
"Of course, Captain, if there's anything I know, I'll definitely answer without holding back!"
Chief Patrol Xu Mushan responded with a smile on his face.
Slap!
A loud slap echoed in the dim room.
A man with a sleazy figure was knocked to the ground by a palm strike, and he covered his face in pain, groaning.
"I already told you! You can come over, but you must control yourself!"
"Do you think this is Cangfeng Mountain?!"
At the same time, a tall and handsome man glared at the man who had been knocked to the ground, his face darkening with anger.
"Brother! There are so many people here! What's the harm in eating a few?"
"Moreover, in this huge prefecture, there's only one Grandmaster, Xu Mushan. I don't understand why you're so afraid!"
On the ground, the man who had been knocked down argued with a resentful expression.
The handsome man's face grew even darker, and after a few breaths, he suddenly sighed in resignation, "I'm not afraid of Xu Mushan. I'm afraid of the demon slayers from the N Character Camp!"
"You should know about the demon slayers. I'm afraid of the Grand General Qin Lihu from the N Character Camp, who is a Great Grandmaster!"
"Do you know how close they are to Kaifeng Prefecture? Do you know that under Grand General Qin Lihu, there are five Brigadier Generals, each of them seasoned Grandmasters, cultivated with the resources of Great Jin, far beyond comparison with a useless person like Xu Mushan!"
"If we attract their attention, we'll have no chance of escape!"
On the ground, the man chuckled and crawled over, saying, "Brother, don't worry. I've found out that the demon slayers who took action were all demon slayer captains, and no brigadier generals came. They can't do anything to us!"
"Isn't your wife about to give birth? What are you doing here? Go back and help me look after my well-behaved nephew."
Hearing this, the handsome man's eyebrows softened slightly.
He immediately said, "I've already asked your wife to help settle those demon slayer captains. Behave yourself for a while."
After saying this, he pushed open the door and left the dim room.
The sleazy man remained sitting on the ground, his face filled with malevolence.
(End of Chapter)
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