Mortal Bones

"Brother, be careful!"

In the forest in front of the stone castle, Xu Taiping was once again surrounded by rats. Because he couldn't dodge, his left side was almost bitten by a giant rat. The little girl behind him screamed in fright.

But just when the two siblings thought Xu Taiping was going to be bitten in two by the giant rat, a strange scene happened.

There was just a "click" sound, and the giant rat's sharp fangs shattered on the spot as if they had bitten on an iron block.

"boom!"

At the same time as the giant rat's teeth shattered, a layer of light cyan halo suddenly appeared on Xu Taiping's shoulders. This halo cracked open the mouth of the giant rat that clenched Xu Taiping's shoulder with a "bang" sound.

At this time, Xu Taiping just had his hand free, and the thunder sword in his hand cut off the giant rat's head with a "swish" sound.

The thunder flames covering the blade instantly burned the giant rat's calf-like body to ashes.

The two siblings were stunned.

Although the thunder flames Xu Taiping condensed using ordinary real fire and the Thunder Soul Sword were far weaker than the thunder flames he formed by merging the golden flames of the sun with his own thunder elemental power, they were only at the level of ordinary demon lords when used to deal with them. The demon rat is more than enough.

However, as more and more giant rats were killed, the power of thunder in the Thunder Soul Sword became weaker and weaker, and the thunder flames became weaker and weaker.

This is also one of the weaknesses of Leiyan, which is formed through the power of magic weapons.

"If we continue to consume it at this rate, at most a dozen giant rats will be killed, and all the thunder power in the Thunderbolt Sword will be exhausted."

After kicking away a charging giant rat with a "bang", Xu Taiping frowned and muttered to himself.

Being able to condense thunder flames under the restriction of this black mountain is entirely due to the Thunder Soul Sword. Otherwise, even if Xu Taiping consumes all his true energy, he may not be able to condense a little thunder flame as big as a fingertip.

"Not only the spiritual power of the Thunder Soul Sword, but also most of my blood has been consumed. Even if I just maintain the body of the wild lion at this moment, I may not be able to last long."

Xu Taiping's expression became even more solemn after he realized that his previous kick had only staggered the giant rat.

"There are at least two or three cups of tea left before the second round of hunting is over. If we want to use the remaining real energy and blood to support us... we can only use the Listening Crane Style of the Demon-Slaying Sword."

After killing two giant rats with two more blows, Xu Taiping made a decision.

The "Listening to the Crane Style" of the Demon-Slaying Sword is a somewhat crazy sword technique, and Xu Taiping rarely uses it unless he is fighting someone desperately.

Because when you use it with all your strength, unless your opponent or you fall to the ground, you will not be able to close the knife until your energy and blood are completely exhausted.

"My hero, there are too many demon rats. You have to protect us brothers and sisters. You will definitely not be able to cope with it. Why don't you send me to a nearby tree and let me lure away some of the demon rats. You take my sister with you. Escape."

At this time, the young man behind Xu Taiping suddenly shouted.

"It's not that time yet!"

Xu Taiping responded without looking back, and at the same time, he took out half of the remaining true energy in his body in one breath, and then slashed at the rats in front with a "crack" sound.

"Know!--"

Accompanied by a sound of swords that sounded like the cries of cicadas, the rats in front were pressed down by Xu Taiping's sword and all knelt on their knees.

Then, hundreds of blade shadows as thin as cicada wings flew out of the air following the Lei Po blade in Xu Taiping's hand.

"boom!……"

Amid the ear-splitting sound of air explosions, a large piece of the open space in front of Xu Taiping and his two brothers and sisters was cleared by this knife.

While the two siblings looked horrified, Xu Taiping turned back to look at the young man, and then asked:

"Carry your sister on your back and follow me. Don't lose me, or no one can save you brother and sister!"

The young man was startled by the chilling aura on Xu Taiping's body at this moment, but he quickly came to his senses, nodded vigorously and said, "Okay!"

He has been practicing for a while and has confidence in his leg strength.

The reason why the brothers and sister could last so long under the pursuit of rats was because of his leg strength.

It was precisely because Xu Taiping saw this that he gave such instructions.

"Follow up!"

After receiving the response, Xu Taiping ran towards the weakest place in the rat group without saying a word.

"Mei, hold me tight!"

The young man shouted, hugged the little girl's legs with both hands, and rushed over with Xu Taiping at a fast pace.

At this time, the rats had also reacted, and the giant rats let out piercing screams and rushed towards the three of them crazily.

In just a few breaths, hundreds of giant rats gathered in that weak spot of the rat swarm.

"Hero, the road ahead is blocked!"

Seeing the dense swarm of rats rushing towards him in front of him, although the young man did not stop, he couldn't help but shout at Xu Taiping.

"Are you scared?"

Xu Taiping asked without looking back, and then rushed towards the rats without stopping.

"No...not afraid!"

Although the young man hesitated for a moment, he finally responded loudly with firm eyes.

"Then follow me!"

"good!"

The young man gritted his teeth, suppressed the fear in his heart, followed Xu Taiping's footsteps, and rushed towards the hundreds of giant rats that were charging towards him.

"Brother, I'm afraid."

Seeing that she was about to be swallowed up by the rats, the little girl who hugged the young man's neck tightly suddenly cried in a low voice.

"The hero and brother are here, don't be afraid!"

The young man who was following closely behind Xu Taiping turned around and comforted the little girl, while muttering in his heart:

"Believe in the hero, believe in the hero, believe in the hero..."

Just as the young man was muttering this in his heart, there was a "swoosh" sound, and Xu Taiping, who was running in front of him, suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath.