Mice dominate the dungeon

In addition to the experiment, Twitch also had the idea of ​​getting the giant soldier rats to avoid the fire beetles!

After all, hairy people are weak and fire is weak!

It's unrealistic to expect the Giant Soldier Rats and the Savage Soldier Rats to use the same fire-fighting methods...

Because they are too big, the little water in the kettle is simply not enough to put out the fire.

This is why Twitch didn't deploy the giant soldier rats to the battlefield immediately.

He wanted to divide the battlefield so that neither side could interfere with the melee between the two giants!

Even if a lone fire beetle tries to support the giant slime beetle, it will be used as a moving target by all the archer rats!

The current giant soldier rat is nearly 20 centimeters taller than when it was "LV10", and its size is almost 60 centimeters tall.

Its brown fur was even darker, hanging down in clumps, as if it were naturally covered with a layer of soft armor.

The giant soldier rat's thick fur and muscular body give it extremely strong resistance!

In addition, the upgraded giant soldier rat has two new talent skills that were not available before:

[Close-quarters combat strangulation]

Thick outer skin

"Bang!!"

The two figures outside the beetle tribe clashed again.

The giant soldier rat's forepaws and the slimy beetle's telson entangled, and they began to wrestle!

The rat and the insect were evenly matched, and for a time they were locked in a stalemate, unable to determine a winner!

Unable to gain the upper hand, the slimy beetle abruptly loosened its legs and took a few steps back.

Then he took a deep breath, and the magic flowed through his abdomen.

next moment.

The slime beetle suddenly spewed out a mouthful of super-slimy foam that it had been brewing for a long time!

Close-range faceshot!

This left the giant soldier rats with no way to avoid it, forcing them to raise their arms to block and shield their faces with their arms!

Huge, thick sludge slammed onto the giant soldier rat.

"Hiss hiss hiss!!"

A powerful corrosive eruption erupted, sending plumes of white smoke and a foul, burnt smell emanating from the giant soldier rats!

Upon seeing that the attack had hit its mark, the sticky beetle smugly wiggled its long antennae.

But the sticky beetle hadn't been gloating for long when it saw the giant soldier rat stretch out its large palms and peel off the sticky substance from its body bit by bit, as if pulling strips of cloth.

After the slime on the giant soldier rat was ripped off, its fur became shorter, making it look like it had just been caught in a light rain, and it had no other injuries!

Slippery Beetle: ?!

Even if its sticky substance can't kill the rat in front of it, it can at least corrode its flesh!

The giant soldier rat snorted coldly as it looked at the slimy beetle.

What else can you do besides spit on me...?

The usually invincible corrosive scum was blocked so easily!

The slimy beetle was momentarily stunned, as if it had been struck into a rigid state.

But the giant soldier rats won't give it time to daydream or think.

It strode up to the slimy beetle, grabbed it, and then used its hands and feet to bind the beetle's several segmented legs, which were used for attack, in a peculiar way.

[Close Combat Strangulation LV1]

[The strangulation rack is complete...]

The giant soldier rat tightened its claws little by little.

Sensing danger, the slimy beetle swung its unbound legs and frantically attacked the giant soldier rat.

Even under constant attacks, the giant soldier rats still held the slime beetle tightly, and even tightened their grip!

While catching his breath.

The slimy beetle heard a series of cracking sounds.

Looking down with his compound eyes, he realized that his own joint had broken!

The next moment, the sticky beetle unleashed unprecedented power, struggling frantically in the giant soldier rat's embrace.

[Thick outer skin LV1]

With its thick exoskeleton, the giant soldier rat withstood the dying counterattack of the slimy beetle.

Ultimately, at the cost of its skin being breached and its body bearing more than a dozen wounds, it strangled the slime beetle to death!

When the giant soldier rat tried to loosen its claws, it found that it had used too much force; the muscles in its claws were already stiff and taut, and its body couldn't relax for a moment...

Tucci, who was inside the passageway, witnessed the entire confrontation.

Although the giant soldier rats haven't made much progress in speed, their physical resistance is far greater than before.

Especially after acquiring the [Thick Skin], its defensive capabilities are further enhanced.

The combat methods are no longer limited to just two simple skills: [Hammer Strike] and [War Stomp].

However, the new skill [Melee Strangulation] still has obvious drawbacks, as it requires the giant soldier rat to use it at close range.

If the sticky beetle hadn't been distracted and allowed the giant soldier rat to seize the opening, it would have been able to get close and strangle it.

Other giant soldier rats on the battlefield didn't have such a good opportunity; they could only slowly wear down the slime beetles and see who could hold out the longest.

Twitch had a fairly good understanding of the giant soldier rats' strength.

He won't let the current situation remain deadlocked!

The time-out is over, so it's time to move into the team-up and group-fight phase!

In an instant.

The remaining giant soldier rats in the barracks instantly appeared on the battlefield...

Archer Rats began cooperating with Savage Rats to clear out the Fire Beetles on the battlefield...

By the time the Savage Soldier Rats were able to spare the time to support the Giant Soldier Rats, the Beetles' situation had already spiraled out of control and collapsed.

Looking at the dozen or so slime beetle corpses lying on the ground, Twitch was suddenly glad that he had upgraded the barracks, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to lead so many giant rat soldiers.

The battle was drawing to a close.

Twitch, however, shifted his focus away from the battlefield.

He had always had a question in his mind...

Where did these giant slimy beetles come from?!

Although I haven't been keeping a close eye on the Beetle Tribe for the past two months, I've been checking things out whenever the scout rats are repairing the main tunnel.

However, the answer they received from Big Ears was that none of the scout rats had ever seen a giant slimy beetle before.

Unable to understand, Tuchi looked at the holes beneath the beetle colony.

Perhaps the answer you're looking for lies beneath one of those holes!

Thinking of this, Twitch immediately gave orders to the thief rat to begin exploring the underground cavern!

Ten thief rats and a squad of scout rats crossed the battlefield as it was winding down.

And so, right in front of the beetle, he swaggered into the tribe’s interior and jumped into the hole!

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Once inside the cave, the most noticeable thing about Big Ears is the roughness of the cave walls, which are covered with scratches on the natural earthen walls.

Those were marks worn from the beetle's legs and the edges of its elytra.

Fortunately, the hole is large enough to allow the big-eared soldier rats to move around freely.

The holes in giant slime beetles are few and their structure is not complex.

With the combined efforts of numerous soldier rats, the clues were quickly discovered!

There is a peculiar passage connecting all the holes where the giant slime beetles live.

That seems to be a source...

Big Ears followed the passage and walked to the end first.

At the end lies... another natural cave!

Inside the cave.

Huge stalagmites hang down from the top like upside-down tree roots, and the ground is not flat but undulating, like waves, with a layer of shimmering minerals covering the surface.

A natural mine cave?!

Just as Big Ears was wondering, he suddenly saw a strange stone half-buried in the ground.

This irregularly shaped stone has a silvery-white metallic texture on its surface and appears to be solid overall.

For some reason, when Big Ears looked at that rock, its sense of danger was triggered.

An uneasy feeling lingered in my heart...