Chapter 166: Pests?
By now, Shirong had understood that the three Hard Eared Limber Mice that the Immortal Crystal Armament was telling him to target were different than others and also had a higher Cultivation base.
“So you want the bigwigs, huh? Makes sense, they are also the ones that will give the best challenge…” Shirong muttered to himself as his spirit sense spread around to find the remaining two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings.
But Shirong had underestimated the sheer numbers of the beasts. They were able to hide the presence of the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings, and Shirong was unable to find them on his own.
~sigh~
“Lemme just point you to them…” Lin Wu muttered to himself before prodding Shirong towards their new position.
The Hard Eared Limber Mice kings were quite fast as their tunnels were already dug underground and all they had to do was to travel through them. After the death of one of their companions, the two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings became cautious and avoided coming out of the ground.
The other Hard Eared Limber Mice also kept on attacking Shirong, and by now he had borne some cuts and grazes on his body. His robes were already torn and drops of blood would seep out from time to time. By now he had used his qi skills quite a few times and exhaustion was setting in.
Unlike most other cultivators that Lin Wu had seen, Shirong had a relatively high body tempering realm cultivation base, being at the tenth stage. Most of the cultivators would simply cultivate till the eighth stage before practicing a qi cultivation technique and becoming a cultivator.
After that, they would simply abandon it and never practice it again. It was the same for Shirong, but the tenth stage Body tempering realm cultivation still gave him higher stamina and resilience than other cultivators.
He wasn’t like Lin Wu, who could continuously regenerate their stamina as long as they had enough vital energy in storage. Even if one had a lot of spirit qi, there were only so many times they could use it before their bodies would start getting strained.
Lin Wu started to think of a method that would work for the Hard Eared Limber Mice kings. It was not like Shirong was out of methods to kill the Hard Eared Limber Mice all at once. If they used the Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Sundering Tempest, they would definitely be able to kill a lot of the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
But the problem was that the qi skill was too strong and would probably decimate the bodies of the Hard Eared Limber Mice beyond recognition. If this happened, it would pretty much become impossible for them to obtain any spirit qi from them.
It was fine for them to use it on the Lamp Light Ligers as they were core condensation realm beasts and their bodies were able to handle it. Another thing was that the Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Sundering Tempest was an extremely strong qi skill that put stress on Shirong.
While Lin Wu might be able to handle it rather easily, Shirong would not. Thus that was another reason to use it. Besides, Lin Wu wanted the complete bodies of the three Hard Eared Limber Mice kings as he wanted to get their bloodline.
‘Their communication and coordination ability is too good to let go of. Even while being frenzied they are able to act so perfectly due to their instincts.’ Lin Wu thought.
~chink~
Shirong pulled out the spirit sword he had thrown and jumped on it, flying in the air again.
~slash~
~slash~
~cut~
He kept on swinging the spear, killing the Hard Eared Limber Mice that continued to attack them.
“Hmm… I need to do an attack that would be faster than others. And since the two Hard Eared Limber Mice kings are not leaving the ground, I need an attack that would pierce the ground too…” Lin Wu muttered to himself while Shirong continued his slaughter.
“Bloody! Worthless! Pests! Know! Your! Place!” Shirong spat out each word with a strike.
Blood was trickling down the corner of his forehead and made his hair stick to it. Shirong currently had a rather gruesome look as he was covered in the blood, and entrails of all the Hard Eared Limber Mice that he had massacred.
After thinking for about five minutes, Lin Wu finally got an idea that just might work. But for this, he was going to need the cooperation of Shirong as well, and thus he communicated with him using his connection with him. He scanned the area and chose a spot that would be the perfect for the attack.
‘Huh… this…’ Shirong thought while battling the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
Lin Wu was giving him some prompts about how the attack should work, but Shirong was having a hard time focusing on both things.
“Oh, f*ck they’re already in the place! Dammit, I’ll do it myself.” Lin Wu muttered to himself as he triggered his innate skills.
Shirong who had just swung the Immortal Crystal Armament stumbled because the weight balance of it suddenly shifted. He was barely able to control himself but the Immortal Crystal armament slammed into a few Hard Eared Limber Mice, turning them into meat paste just from its weight.
The head of Lin Wu’s started to broaden while the spikes on its side receded. It became wide like a shield and looked like it had a pole attached to its end. Shirong looked at the changed form of the immortal Crystal Armament and found it to be completely different than he had ever seen.
Then he heard only one thought in his mind: “Fly, there.”
Not hesitating even one moment, Shirong flew towards the direction he was being pointed towards. But that wasn’t all, the Immortal weapon was telling him to go even higher up into the air.
“Dammit! Whatever this is, it better work!” Shirong said with gritted teeth and flew up under the incessant cries of the Hard Eared Limber Mice.
“Time to end this!”
