Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 208 The War Between Man and Rat
"Li Wei, you think you have the whole situation under control? You think you're so great? You fool, you're too impatient. You've blocked everyone else's path, and everyone else can block yours too, understand? This is just a small lesson for you. So what if you're the Rookie King? You still end up eating my foot bath water, don't you?"

Li Yue launched into a tirade of insults, displaying the utmost sarcasm, revealing the depth of her pent-up resentment over the past few days.

Li Wei listened attentively, his face filled with regret and confusion, but Liang Yuzhi directly exposed his true colors.

"Stop pretending, Li Wei. You're pretending you want to trade food, you just want to figure out the dungeon quest, right? Hahaha, I can tell you what's going on. It doesn't matter anymore. Once we leave, that four-star Rat King will definitely launch an attack. You either choose to fight it to the death, or you'll have to give up your wheat field and obediently hide on the rooftop of a building, trembling with fear. Do you think you can beat it?"

"What a load of bull! Rookie of the Year! Bah!"

Liang Yuzhi vented her anger with great satisfaction. She had been holding back for a long time. How aggrieved she felt! Just look at the past half month. They were all senior and high-ranking officials, three-star lords who looked down on everyone in their respective departments. But damn it, if she didn't vent her anger, she felt she would probably regret it for the rest of her life.

So, to hell with it, I'm going to curse you out!
As a result, Li Wei ignored the insults and obediently complied with the wishes of the two older sisters.

Awesome, absolutely awesome, must be arranged.

Li Yue finally said smugly, "You think you can handle the subsequent missions just because you first came into contact with these three little bastards with superpowers? Bah! You have no idea. A dozen days ago, we were dismantling cars in this parking lot when these three little bastards came over with shifty eyes and said something like, 'We are their slaves, and they want to reproduce.' That was the gist of it. They even said that you sold us all out. Damn it, I immediately went up to them and gave them a good beating. They're as weak as trash, yet they dare to talk nonsense."

"From then on, they became our little slaves, and it was thanks to them that we successfully triggered the serious NG (Not Given) situation. Guess how we triggered it?"

At this point, Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi burst into laughter, and in the midst of their laughter, they vanished into thin air.

They didn't tell Li Wei the answer at all; that's exactly the effect they wanted.

I'll drive you crazy, I'll make you furious, damn it!
I wasted 54 gold coins, tsk tsk tsk, aren't you happy? You little thief Li!
However, at this moment, Li Wei's expression was very calm. He quickly checked the corpses of the three superhumans and found that the corpses were also rapidly decaying and eventually turned into three wisps of black smoke and dissipated without even needing to be buried.

What the hell.

He's truly all alone now.

I'm so scared!

Li Wei smiled silently. So what was that saying again?

Ah—I forgot!
Next, Li Wei continued to leisurely dig wild grass and hunt field mice in the wilderness around the town, busily preparing a breakfast and lunch for himself.

He also cleaned his armor and bow, adjusted the bowstring, applied sword oil to his dagger, and even took a comfortable afternoon nap. He took a bath, shaved, and cut off the hair that was obstructing his vision, making himself clean from head to toe.

As the sun set, we went up to the rooftop to enjoy a barbecue while admiring the scenery and waiting for a close friend.

Sure enough, it did not break its promise. At this moment when day and night meet, it came, it came, it came with its offspring and grandchildren...

Under the intense diffuse reflection of the setting sun, a huge figure can be seen slowly rising from the ruins in the very center of the town. It exudes a regal aura. The design, the lighting, and the atmosphere are all incredibly artistic.

You might mistake this for the moment when King Arthur met the thirteen Knights of the Round Table.

Li Wei stood up, and the golden sunset bathed his entire body in a golden light.

Who will reign supreme tonight?
Li Wei was certain that the four-star rat king was watching him.

Meanwhile, a large number of mutated rats emerged from the ruins, resembling a large, fluffy, moving golden carpet in the afterglow of the setting sun.

But this is indeed a war!
Li Wei has always held war in high esteem.

He calmly descended the rooftop, leisurely changed into his noble armor, and picked up all his weapons. When he emerged from the small door on the third floor, he saw the four-star Rat King leading his swarm of rats approaching, their target his fortified farmland.

In that field, the wheat had just sprouted and hadn't yet emerged. Under normal circumstances, the mutated rats wouldn't be able to launch a sneak attack from underground, but now they could swagger up there without a care in the world.

All of this was exactly as Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue had described.

They are really experienced.

"Squeak!"

The swarm of rats had approached within a kilometer, with the four-star rat king leading the way, just like a giant bull.

Li Wei could even see its gaze, cruel and calm.

However, Li Wei's gaze remained calm and composed.

no big deal.

He even had time to chew and eat the dried field mouse meat in his mouth.

Because there's really nothing to it; at this moment, everything becomes simple.

A few minutes later, the army of at least two or three hundred mutated rats had entered within four hundred meters.

At that moment, Li Wei picked up the three-star war bow, took out a precious three-star sniper armor-piercing arrow, and slowly drew it to a full moon shape towards the sky. At the same time, the two-star blood crow in the sky locked onto the four-star rat king. However, at this moment, the guy actually squeaked, and the entire rat swarm instantly accelerated, heading towards the wheat field. It even seemed to be grinning at Li Wei.

Are you going to shoot me, or go save your wheat field?
Immediately afterward, this guy also started running, and his speed was surprisingly fast, almost matching that of a bear running at full speed.

And it can even run in a zigzag pattern, come on, come on!

Come and shoot me!

And Li Wei did indeed fire decisively at that moment. The three-star sniper armor-piercing arrow emitted a sharp whistling sound, cutting through the air and carrying enormous kinetic energy as it hurtled away at an even faster speed. The power of this arrow was at least ten times that of an ordinary feathered arrow, without a doubt.

The only question is whether it can hit the target.

Of course, the shot missed; the four-star Rat King's movement was just too flashy.

There's no way to deal with it using conventional methods.

However, Li Wei is no ordinary person.

In a critical moment, the two-star Blood Raven transformed into a streak of blood-red light, attaching itself to the three-star sniper armor-piercing arrow. With constant fine-tuning, it caused the trajectory of the armor-piercing arrow to be so extraordinary that it struck the four-star Rat King's spine directly.

Exactly the same!
Even though this four-star Rat King should have high defense, this three-star sniper armor-piercing arrow still penetrated more than thirty centimeters.

It let out a scream, its huge body rolled over, and its two hind legs immediately lost control.

It's paralyzed.

This was the best opportunity to kill it, but Li Wei still gave it up. He quickly drew his bow, and a series of hardwood arrows flew out, pinning the mutated rats to the ground.

But these little mice were really crazy, as if they had been brainwashed, rushing into the wheat field like a tidal wave.

At that moment, Li Wei quickly drew his bow, and every arrow hit its mark, killing one mutated rat with each shot. In a short time, he had fired more than thirty arrows, but he still couldn't scare the mutated rats away, as they had already rushed to the wheat field.

At this point, Li Wei decisively threw away the three-star war bow, grabbed the heavy wooden sword, jumped off the third floor, and rushed directly into the wheat field to fight with these fearless mutated rats.

To be honest, melee combat is still more appealing at this point.

With a casual swing of his ten-pound heavy wooden sword, he could knock down a large number of rats. Even though these mutated rats charged from several directions, he was not afraid at all. Li Wei took big strides, charging left and right, his sword rising and falling, sweeping across the battlefield. Not a single mutated rat could reach the wheat field.

Of course, this is also related to the layout of the wheat field that Li Wei designed beforehand. Without the one-meter-wide and three-meter-deep trench around the perimeter, there would have been some losses this time.

It smells delicious right now.

Although these mutated rats have grown larger, they have not yet completed the full mutation, so they are actually quite stupid and cannot jump over. They have to jump into the trench first and then climb up, which gives Li Wei enough buffer space. They pop up like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

No matter how many of these mutated rats there are, how ferocious they are, or even how many they dare to pounce on Li Wei and bite him, it's all useless.

Leather boots, Samsung brand.

Noble heraldic armor, three-star.
Aside from not having a helmet, what are you even trying to bite? Besides, Li Wei is even more agile than these rats.

In less than a minute, Li Wei had killed hundreds of mutated rats with his hammer. At this moment, they finally knew fear and squeaked as they frantically fled, only to be chased and hammered by Li Wei.

Now that you're here, do you think you can just leave?
Li Wei caught up with them and flattened them all.

Just as he was about to relax and recover his strength, a warning flashed through his mind, and his hair stood on end. He didn't even have time to look behind him. He suddenly rushed forward and leaped out of the pit. Almost at the same time, a dozen tiny, golden, needle-like rat hairs flew past and stuck in the ground.

These rat hairs look small, but they are very hard. If they were hit, Li Wei couldn't guarantee that his noble crest armor could withstand them.

When did this mutated rat king recover?

A hit to the spine can be reversible!
If the spine isn't a vital point, then what is?

While Li Wei was shocked, he didn't dare to look back at all. He just ran frantically because the feeling of danger was right next to him.

Indeed, that was the case. If you had another perspective, you would see that the mutated rat king was like a tank, charging forward recklessly. Its fur seemed to be shining brightly and turning golden as if it were being exposed to sunlight, growing in batches like ripe crops.

Each time a batch matures, the rat hairs automatically fly up, like Scud missiles, shooting more than twenty meters away, followed by a ferocious barrage of fire on Li Wei's heels.

Li Wei even adopted the title of "dog butcher," running like a fugitive teddy bear, using every ounce of strength he had, until his face was distorted from running.

The more composed and elegant they were just moments ago, the more disheveled and hurried they are now.

Just like the lyrics of a song say...

(End of this chapter)