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Chapter 430 Quick Eyes and Hands
Zhu Yu subconsciously stopped in his tracks, gripping the iron needle in his hand even tighter.

She didn't know what the red dot was, but she instinctively felt a deep unease rising within her.

The two red dots were flashing, and they began to move, getting closer and closer, faster and faster.

Zhu Yu's heart was pounding in his chest. As the thing drew closer and closer, he was finally able to make out its outline in the dim light. To his surprise, he discovered that what was running towards him was a large rat.

Despite being called a rat, it looked about the size of a cat, with brownish-yellow fur, and its tail was thicker than Zhu Yu's thumb.

Those two red dots are the reflections of the dim light from the ever-burning lamps in the passageway, mirrored in the eyes of the large rat.

The large rat charged at Zhu Yu with incredible speed, as if it were starving and had spotted its favorite food.

Zhu Yu subconsciously took two steps back. Just as the giant rat lunged at him, leaping up with its hind paws and charging at him, Zhu Yu dodged to the side while simultaneously raising his hand to stab the rat's abdomen with an iron needle.

After the large rat leaped up, it was unable to adjust its direction in mid-air. In the instant it missed its target, its belly was pierced by the iron needle. Due to the momentum of its forward leap, it was instantly ripped open by the sharp iron needle, and a spurt of blood gushed out.

The dead rat fell to the ground with a thud, its internal organs and blood spilling everywhere. It twitched a few times, making painful cries, and then quickly went still.

Zhu Yu, panting heavily, looked at the dead rat on the ground.

Upon closer inspection, this thing is even larger than a cat, resembling a slightly smaller mongrel.

Looking at the rat's slightly open mouth when it died, and the gleaming sharp teeth inside, Zhu Yu could easily imagine how terrible he would have been if he hadn't dodged it.

She quickly composed herself and gripped the iron needle in her hand even tighter.

Ordinary mice are not solitary animals; they live in groups.

When one mouse is out and about, it means that there are countless other mice of all sizes lurking nearby.

Although this giant rat is frighteningly large, it is still essentially a rat, and its habits are probably quite similar.

So this probably means that... there are still countless giant rats like these, the size of small mutts, ahead of us.

This guess was quickly confirmed.

The stench of blood emanating from the disemboweled rat quickly attracted some spiders that had been lingering at the entrance of the passageway. The spiders crawled over and began to gnaw and suck the flesh and blood of the dead rat.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhu Yu quickly took a few more steps forward, trying to distance himself from the spiders.

She had only taken a few steps when a dark figure rushed towards her. It was so fast that she didn't even have time to see the two small red light-like eyes clearly before she felt a gust of wind mixed with a foul odor "sweep" past her legs.

Then several more rushed over just as quickly.

Zhu Yu hurriedly turned around to look and saw three large rats rushing straight towards their dead kin without the slightest hesitation, devouring the spider that was gnawing on it as well.

There was no sense of kinship death, only a thirst for blood and flesh. The large, fat dead rat was devoured cleanly by the three rats in a very quick manner. Not only were the internal organs and meat eaten, but even the bones were gnawed to pieces. The crunching sound made Zhu Yu's scalp tingle.

In the blink of an eye, that enormous rat was devoured by the other three, leaving not even a bone fragment.

What was originally a puddle on the ground is now reduced to just a partially intact paw.

Then, the three pairs of scarlet eyes turned to the other edible creature they hadn't had time to notice earlier—Zhu Yu.

These large rats, as if one of their kind was barely enough to fill a gap between their teeth, pounced on Zhu Yu with lightning speed.

Zhu Yu was completely unable to think; her body reacted instinctively.

Perhaps because she had been practicing self-defense with Lu Qing for quite some time, her subconscious reaction was incredibly swift. She kicked away the first rat that ran up to her, sending it crashing into a stone wall not far away with a squeak.

Then, ignoring the excruciating pain of his wound, Zhu Yu thrust out the iron needle in his hand with all his might, dodging one rat that pounced on him while simultaneously piercing another.

The rat was injured and fell to the ground, blood spurting out.

The other two rats smelled the blood and immediately lost interest in Zhu Yu, this "tough nut to crack," and quickly pounced on the other rat, starting to tear and gnaw at it.

This time, Zhu Yu was more careful. She didn't choose to stand by and watch, nor did she take the opportunity to escape.

While the two large rats were engrossed in devouring their dying kin, she swiftly stepped forward and, with a swift, decisive motion, pierced both rats.

Zhu Yu was terrified. She kept pulling out the needle and sticking it back in, afraid that if she hesitated for even a moment, the rat would bite her back.

She only stopped when she had riddled the two rats with holes. Looking at the three large rats on the ground, which were already lifeless, she took a breath and quickly gripped the iron needle in one hand. Then, she steeled herself, bent down, touched the tails of the three large rats, and lifted their corpses off the ground.

These three large rats were so fat that Zhu Yu couldn't lift them with one hand.

She had no choice but to use both hands to carry the rat carcass and limp forward.

At this moment, Zhu Yu was no longer worried about any hidden weapons or tricks in the passageway in front of him. After all, if there were any deadly hidden weapons like iron needles among such large rats, they would be the ones to die first.

Zhu Yu doesn't think the person who designed this place would be foolish enough to use their own spear to attack their own shield.

After taking a few more steps forward, the familiar sound of huge rat paws running on the ground came from ahead again.

Zhu Yu held his breath and waited. The instant he saw several rats rushing towards him, before they reached him, he quickly and forcefully threw the dead rat in his hand forward.

The large rat's carcass flew out and hit other rats running towards it.

After a brief moment of dodging, the rats immediately smelled the deadly scent of blood and, no longer caring about Zhu Yu, buried their heads in the food.