Beast Taming Era: I Became Groudon

Chapter 170 Rat Tide
"rustle"

"rustle"

While Xu Tingting and Fan Lingling were chatting, the beastmasters who had been following them also arrived.

Hearing the footsteps coming from the ground, the two men hurriedly stopped talking to avoid being discovered by the people above.

"Strange! The smell disappears here, where did they go?" The beastmaster sitting on the back of the horse asked in confusion after hearing the beastmaster's report.

They had been following it all the way without making any mistakes, so why did the smell suddenly stop here?
"Could it be that they discovered us and ran away early?" someone speculated.

"No, even if they found us, they can't hide. They are not wooden unicorns, how can they cover up their smell?"

The leading beastmaster muttered, looking at the missing soil on the ground, then at the rat hole: "The only possibility is that they ran underground."

"What should we do? It seems that none of our beasts can dig holes." When they heard that Xu Tingting and the others went underground, everyone felt their heads buzzing.

The other party ran underground. How should they chase him?
They didn't have a contract with an earth-type beast tamer, so they had no way to deal with the other party. As long as the other party didn't want to come out, they basically couldn't see each other.

"Come here, don't stay over there. You are staying over there because you want people to hear everything clearly, right?" The leading beastmaster looked at the rat hole on the ground, waved to everyone, and ran away.

The person they are tracking is now underground, and now they are talking like this above, what's the difference between this and an open conspiracy?

Isn't this just telling them what to do in front of others? These idiots don't learn from their mistakes and just do it.

He was finally convinced by these idiots.

"Yes, boss."

After hearing this, everyone immediately rushed towards the leading beastmaster.

"These guys are quite smart. They knew we were staying underground when they saw us digging a hole." After noticing that there was no more sound on the ground, Xu Tingting said with a smile.

"Tingting, now is not the time to be happy. We have been caught up by them. It will not be easy to capture Mu Qilin at that time." Fan Lingling reminded.

Sure enough, there are a lot of guys following them, and judging from the current situation, this group of guys is not the first group.

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, now we can only rely on you to find Mu Qilin. Do they dare to attack us? We just need to stay here peacefully." Xu Tingting said with a smile when she heard it.

Before the wooden Qilin is found, their safety will definitely not be a problem. Once something happens to them, wouldn't it be like looking for a needle in a haystack for these people to look for the wooden Qilin in Yinque Ze?

That is to say, before they met Mu Qilin, let alone anything happening to them, even if they were in danger, these guys would have to help them.

"That's true, but it's really uncomfortable to be followed by someone like this." Fan Lingling muttered when she heard it.

"Don't be anxious. They must be resting here after digging the hole, otherwise they wouldn't have left a ventilation hole." The leader of the Beast Tamers on the ground spoke after they and their companions walked away.

"Then should we take this opportunity to ambush them and capture them later?" Someone heard this and said, "This way, we will have the initiative in our hands, and it will be easier to find Mu Qilin."

"You idiot, do you know how many guys are following us? Catch those two. Do you want to be besieged?" Hearing this, the leading beastmaster cursed angrily: "And do you think they don't have the confidence to dare to come to Yinque Ze? It's almost like seeking death to rashly fight with others here. Once we get injured here, do you know that we will be like meat dropped on the ground in the eyes of the beastmasters?"

There is no village or shop in Yinqueze, and it is surrounded by beasts. If you get injured here, it is almost the same as death.

What on earth was this idiot thinking? How could he say such nonsense?

"Then boss, what should we do?" After being taught a lesson, the Beastmaster asked with his head lowered.

"Of course we have to keep waiting. We have no other options, and neither do the other guys." The leading beastmaster said, "Everyone is tired after a whole day's journey. Let's all find a place to rest and wait until tomorrow."

"Yes, boss." Everyone nodded after hearing this, and then found a place to rest.

"rustle"

"rustle"

A gray ironclad beetle circled above them, then flapped its wings and flew away. Where the ironclad beetle landed, a group of beastmasters were waiting. When they saw the ironclad beetle coming back, they immediately came over:
"Quickly ask Iron Beetle what information he got?"

"Yeah, why did those guys stop over there for no reason?"

"Everyone, don't worry. I'll ask the Iron Beetle." Upon hearing this, the Iron Beetle Tamer immediately started communicating with his Iron Beetle. A few minutes later, after figuring out the situation, the Tamer said to his companions, "The Iron Beetle said that the group of people ahead have already set up camp and are resting. They don't seem to be in a hurry to catch up. They must have discovered something, so they are resting there so quietly."

"Really? Since they are resting over there, then we shouldn't just stand here like idiots." Upon hearing this, the beastmaster said, "Let's sit down and rest too. I feel my scalp is numb after running for half a day."

"Yeah, I was always worried about running into a legendary beast all the way here. Now I finally found a quiet place, I have to have a good rest."

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to rest." The man with a scar on his face looked around vigilantly and said, "You don't think we're in a good place, do you? If you listen around, you'll find that this place is terribly quiet. The only possibility for such a quiet place is that we're in the territory of some legendary beastmaster."

"Ah? Really? Don't scare us."

"Yeah, our luck can't be that bad, right?"

When the people who were just about to take a break heard this, their faces suddenly turned dark.

"I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just telling you the truth." The scarred man said, "Do you remember how many beast groups we encountered along the way today? Do you think it's possible that a place like this is not guarded by beasts all the time?"

"Then...then what do you say we should do?" he asked nervously when he heard this.

"It's very simple." The scarred man looked at everyone and said, "Don't follow their example and set up camp on the ground. We can just dig a hole underground. This way we can avoid most of the beast masters, and even if we are affected by the battle, we still have a chance to escape."

"Then we'll listen to you." After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and decided to let the beastmasters dig holes as the scarred man said.

In another place, the third group of beastmasters were also inquiring about the situation here.

When they learned that the first two groups were all setting up camp, they were no longer in a hurry and started setting up camp just like them.

As a result, many more fires appeared in the forest.

"There are no more footsteps. It looks like the guys up there are also looking for a place to rest."

After listening quietly for a while, Xu Tingting found that the ground was quiet and there was no sound. She couldn't help but smile and said to Fan Lingling.

"Normally, everyone has been traveling all day. They must want to rest." Fan Lingling said while chewing on compressed biscuits, "I just don't know what the situation will be like tonight. After all, this is the territory of the legendary beastmasters. Although other beastmasters dare not come here, the legendary beastmasters may be attracted by the noise they make on the ground."

"That's their business. It has little to do with us." Hearing this, Xu Tingting smiled and said, "Anyway, we are very deep underground. If it doesn't work, we can just dig deeper."

As he pressed the ground, the ground beneath their feet began to sink again.

"Tingting, how deep are we going to sink?" Feeling the sensation of riding in an elevator, Fan Lingling asked weakly.

He originally thought that the current height was the limit, but he didn't expect Tingting to take her downwards. Was she planning to take her to the center of the earth?

"Aren't you worried and afraid of being affected? Then we just need to sink to a place more than 400 meters deep. I don't believe that they can still affect us if we hide so far away?" Xu Tingting explained.

"Well, you are still the best." Fan Lingling said weakly after listening.

Although she didn't like staying so deep underground, she had to admit that four hundred meters underground was enough to avoid most large-scale disasters.

At least there was no need to worry, the legendary beastmaster would trample the ground and bury them alive.

"Of course." Xu Tingting said after raising her hands off the ground, "It's done. Now we can sleep peacefully."

"Yeah." Fan Lingling nodded after hearing that, and then lay down on the bed and prepared to sleep.

"rustle"

"rustle"

The jungle was unusually quiet at night. After running around all day, the beastmasters fell asleep as soon as they closed their eyes.

The beastmaster who was on guard at night leaned drowsily against a tree, asked the beastmasters around him to help keep an eye on the surroundings, and then fell asleep in a daze.

Only a group of beast masters were left staring at their surroundings.

The night breeze made the campfire sway continuously, and under the moonlight, a series of half-gourd-shaped black shadows appeared with smooth tails.

In the dim shade of the trees, red light flashed in their eyes. After sniffing around, they immediately ran towards where the beastmasters were.

In the dark night, the devilish rats swarmed like a tide and quickly drowned out the moonlight on the ground.

"What's that noise? Not good, everyone get up quickly." The Beastmaster who was on guard at night felt the ground trembling slightly, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he quickly woke up his sleeping companions.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? I'm so sleepy now."

"Yes, can we sleep a little longer?"

"We are underground now, right? There is nothing to worry about."

The companions who were woken up said with sleepy eyes that they were reluctant to get up.

"If you don't want this life? You can continue to sleep. I won't care about you anyway." Hearing this, the scarred man looked at the rustling sound around him and said, "Some bad guys are coming. We have to leave immediately."

"Of course, if you are willing to wait for death here, I will not stop you, but don't you forget what this place is?"

"Ah! We'll be up in a minute."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately came to their senses.

"The Kong Pangolin continues to dig underground."

The scarred man said to the King Kong Pangolin, and the King Kong Pangolin Shop continued digging at full speed.

"Brother Dao, what on earth happened up there?"

The Beastmasters who regained consciousness asked.

"I'm not sure, but we can feel the vibration at such a deep place, it's definitely not a small matter." The scarred man said, "It's very likely that the legendary beast in the place where we are staying has come out to move around, so we have to dig deeper."

"Is that so? Then let's dig down quickly and make sure they don't find us."

"Yeah, everyone summon earth-type beasts to help."

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly released their own beasts.

“Roar~Roar~Roar”

The Beast Tamers on the ground who discovered the approaching tide of Demonic Rat immediately screamed, and the sound quickly woke up the sleeping Beast Tamers.

"What happened? What happened?"

The beast masters who were suddenly awakened were somewhat slow to react. They saw the beast masters looking at one direction fiercely and roaring. But when they looked over there, they saw the gazes as numerous as stars. Their faces turned black: "Why are there so many devil-devouring rats here? What's going on?"

"If you don't know, just run away. This thing eats all kinds of creatures. It's simply a desert butcher. I was wondering why it's so quiet around here? It turns out they are here."

"Stop talking nonsense and run quickly, otherwise we will be entangled by these guys and will be eaten alive." said the beastmaster on the side, and jumped onto his flying beast and flew into the sky.

"squeak"

"squeak"

Upon seeing this scene, the tide of Demonic Devouring Rats immediately climbed up the towering tree and rushed toward the sky along the branches of the tree. The flying beasts that had just flapped their wings and flew into the sky were caught up by the swarm of Demonic Devouring Rats before they left the bushes.

"Hurry... fly quickly." Seeing that the group of devil rats were at the same height as himself, the beastmaster panicked instantly and hurriedly patted the beast under him and shouted.

But before the beasts under him could speed up, the demonic rats that rushed over opened their mouths wide:

"squeak"

"squeak"

The piercing sound came towards the beastmaster's face, causing him to pause for a moment in controlling the beast under him, and his mind became dazed.

At this time, the devil rats swarmed forward.

They were directly submerged in the black tide.

"Ah~ah~"

The beastmaster who was overwhelmed by the devil rats only had time to let out a scream, and then nothing was left.

"The Iron-Armored Rhino uses a brutal charge." The beastmaster who had jumped onto the back of his own beast saw the devil rat with a scarlet mouth. His heart trembled and he quickly said to the Iron-Armored Rhino.

The Iron-Armored Rhino rushed towards the distance and knocked away the Demonic Rat that was blocking its way.

The other beastmasters also followed suit and let their beasts release their skills and rush out. Facing the beastmasters' attacks, the devil rats continued to charge forward fearlessly.

Even if their strength is only at the leader level, they dare to charge towards the king-level beastmasters.

"Are these Demonic Devouring Rats crazy? Why are they chasing us so closely? It's obvious that our Beast Tamers are much stronger than theirs." The Beast Tamer who was being chased said with his scalp tingling. Although these Demonic Devouring Rats behind them didn't seem to be very strong, their fearless charge still made them feel a little nauseous.

Moreover, when the Demonic Rats move in groups, they have group damage reduction, so even if their beasts are attacked, they can't kill many.

Faced with these fearless and sticky devil rats, they really felt a headache.

"These Demon Devouring Rats are at the lowest level. You don't think that they alone can occupy such a large territory in Yinqueze?" said the other beastmasters who were fleeing together, "There must be more powerful Demon Devouring Rats in command. Haven't you noticed that the strength of these Demon Devouring Rats has gradually reached the lord level?"

As they ran, the weaker Demon-Eating Rats were unable to keep up, and now the ones following them were the powerful Demon-Eating Rats. If they continued to run like this, soon the king-level Demon-Eating Rats would appear.

I just don't know what level the strongest of these demonic rats is?
"rustle"

"rustle"

Just as they were thinking this, there was suddenly movement in front of them.

They saw a star-like red light lighting up in front of them, and a number of magic rats, even larger than the ones chasing them, appeared in front of them.

"Do these guys know how to encircle us from the front and back?" Seeing this scene, the beast masters' faces darkened. This group of rats actually knew how to encircle us from the front and back. The weak ones chased them to consume their physical strength and energy, and the strong ones intercepted them at the edge of the forest territory.

"What should we do now? Brother, there are so many of these guys." Some beastmasters cried when they saw this scene.

"Don't panic. The most dangerous moment has not yet arrived. Let's keep running and look for help from others. There are more beast masters in this area than just us."

The older man said as he led the team towards the encirclement. These devil rats had not yet launched an attack, which proved that these guys were planning to drive them together, and this was their last chance to counterattack.

"What a big rat, Tingting."

Far away underground, one by one, the devil-eating rats dug holes and entered the residence of Fan Lingling and her friends. Looking at the devil-eating rats that were as big as calves, Fan Lingling's face changed slightly.

"I saw it, Lingling." Hearing this, Xu Tingting punched the jumping Demonic Rat on the head. The Demonic Rat, which was still alive and kicking in the last second, was dead in the next second.

"Ah? Tingting, you are so awesome." Fan Lingling was stunned upon seeing this. It's okay that Tingting is not afraid of mice, but she killed one with one punch. Isn't that too awesome?
"It's no big deal. I actually have some skills in beating rats." Xu Tingting smiled when she heard this. Rats often come to her house, so she is not afraid at all to deal with them every day, because if she doesn't get rid of these rats, they will steal food at home.

"I can see that." Fan Lingling nodded and continued, "Now there are rats running underground continuously. What should we do? Tingting."

These rats are all good at digging holes, and judging from the noise coming from above, there are more than one rat.

It seemed no longer safe for them to stay in the cave.

"Let me pack up my things first, and then we'll go out." Hearing this, Xu Tingting said while sorting her things.

If they encountered an ordinary beast, the other party would be unable to do anything to them, but if they encountered a rat that liked to dig holes, they could no longer stay underground.

"Okay, Tingting." Fan Lingling nodded and looked around carefully. Soon another devil rat appeared before she could shout.

Xu Tingting punched the Demonic Rat in the head again. The force and speed were so strong that Fan Lingling's eyelids could not help but twitch:

"Tingting, how strong is your punch now? I saw you beat the demon rat so easily."

He knew that Tingting had contracted two earth-type beasts, but she didn't know how strong they were after the contract.

"I'm not sure, I haven't measured it specifically, but it should be around a thousand pounds." Xu Tingting glanced around and made sure that nothing was left out before moving upwards along the ground.

"So much strength?" Fan Lingling was stunned when she heard that, and then she saw Xu Tingting solve the devil rat with another punch.

Well, Xu Tingting does have that much strength.

"squeak"

"squeak"

After the two men came to the ground, groups of devil-eating rats appeared in front of them. When these devil-eating rats saw the two men, their eyes immediately flashed with dazzling red light, and they looked as if they had not eaten for hundreds of years.

Seeing this scene, Fan Lingling couldn't help but feel her scalp tingling.

Xu Tingting's actions were very simple and clear. With hot molten lava dripping from her hands, she said to Fan Lingling beside her: "Stand by my side and don't wander around. I will take care of them now."

"No, Tingting, are you going to go on stage by yourself?" Fan Lingling asked weakly after seeing this scene. Going on stage by yourself without controlling the beast? Isn't Tingting's current style a bit too wild?
And her hands dripping with molten lava look quite powerful, is it the strength of Groudon?

"Yes." Xu Tingting waved her hands continuously, releasing molten balls to smash at the demonic rats, burning them so hard that their skin was torn and they screamed and retreated. She said, "If this is really the territory of the legendary beastmaster, then the noise we make should be as small as possible."

"If we make too much noise, it will probably attract the attention of the legendary beastmaster, and then it won't be easy for us to leave."

"That's true." Fan Lingling, who was following behind Xu Tingting, nodded when she saw Xu Tingting cut out a path so quickly.

The magma is indeed the most terrible disaster in nature. It made these devil rats dare not get close.

"Everyone, move back. If you don't want to die, make way for us and don't cause trouble for yourselves." After seeing the devil rats that were hit by the molten lava screaming and curling up, Xu Tingting shouted to the surroundings.

These devil rats have high IQs and must be able to understand what she said.

"squeak"

"squeak"

After Xu Tingting finished speaking, these devil rats retreated to make way for them as expected.

"Tingting, they really made way for us." Fan Lingling said happily when she saw this scene.

"Well, let's go." Seeing this, Xu Tingting nodded and ran towards the path made clear by the many devil rats.

"squeak"

"squeak"

Looking at the direction the two people left, the Demonic Rat did not continue chasing, but a strange light flashed in its eyes.

"There are so many rats. How many of them are there?" Moving towards the direction where the magic rats had made way, Fan Lingling found that the number of these magic rats was indeed a bit outrageous.

Over a distance of thousands of meters, there was a huge crowd of people, and it didn't look like they were stopping.

"I'm not sure, but it must be a lot." Xu Tingting said as she looked around, her pace continuing to quicken.

For some reason, the further she walked, the worse she felt. But if she stopped here? She felt something was wrong, so she had to keep going.

"Tingting, have you noticed something? The further we go towards this side, the bigger the rats seem to be. Are we going in the wrong direction?" Fan Lingling said to Xu Tingting while looking at the bloodshot devil rats on both sides.

Shouldn't the strength of these demonic rats get weaker the further they go outside? Why do these demonic rats become stronger the further they go?
"The direction is definitely correct. As for why this happened, I don't quite understand."

After hearing this, Xu Tingting finally understood why she felt uneasy. So this was the reason. But given the current situation, they could not go towards the center except to continue walking outside, right?

So even though they knew there was a problem, they still had to keep rushing out.

"Tap Tap"

"Tap Tap"

While they were talking, they heard hurried footsteps not far away. They looked up and saw blood-stained beastmasters and beastmasters breathing rapidly in front of them.

"These guys seem to be following us, Tingting." Looking at the beastmasters coming over, Fan Lingling said in a low voice.

"Yes, I know." Xu Tingting nodded when she heard it, stopped and looked at the beastmasters opposite.

"Why are they both acting like nothing happened? Aren't these demonic rats attacking them?"

"Yeah, what the hell is going on?"

When Xu Tingting and the others stopped, the beastmasters also stopped. They looked at Xu Tingting and the others with confusion in their eyes.

They were obviously all annoyed to death by these devil-eating rats, so why was the other side fine?

"tread"

"tread"

Just when both sides stood still, footsteps were heard not far away, and another team of beastmasters were driven here by the devil rats.

When they saw Xu Tingting and others, they were stunned subconsciously and then hurried over.

The situation is now extremely critical, and all of them must unite to overcome this difficulty, otherwise these vicious rats might really eat them alive.

"Tingting, the situation seems to be a little bad now." Fan Lingling looked at the third wave of beastmasters and said, "It seems that those rats just now were not really afraid of us, but deliberately made us go this way."

"I see. Let's first see what they are planning to do, and then decide what to do." Xu Tingting said after hearing this.

"I'm sure everyone has seen that the current situation is not optimistic. I think it's time for us to unite. Only in this way can we escape. Otherwise, with all these devil rats around us, I don't think anyone can escape alone, right?" Seeing the scene fall silent, the scarred man spoke first.

Under the current circumstances, if they don't unite, they will end up dead.

These devilish rats will not let them go out of pity. Looking at the red eyes and drooling mouths of these rats, you should know that these guys are just waiting for the feast to start.

"What you said makes sense. There are quite a few beastmasters among us here. As long as we can unite as one, we can definitely fight our way out." The other beastmasters nodded when they heard this.

There is no other way at this point, so we have to do this.

I hope that with unity we can drive these evil rats out in the future.

"Since everyone agrees, I suggest that you all release your strongest beasts to create a gap."

"Otherwise, it will not be easy to break through this tide of devilish rats." Seeing that hundreds of beastmasters present all agreed, the scarred man spoke.

Everyone looked at Xu Tingting and Fan Lingling. They had all escaped from the evil rat tide with their beasts, and they were the only two who had walked here.

"Tingting, what should we do now?" Fan Lingling asked when she saw this.

"Let's release the beast first, and then we'll run away when the opportunity arises." Xu Tingting released the Dark Pegasus beast while looking at the eyes scanning the surroundings. She didn't know these guys, so there was no need to really go along with them. It would be better to find a chance to run away.

Anyway, even if these people weren't there, she could still take Lingling away.

"Yeah." Fan Lingling nodded when she heard that and released Black Tengu.

"A mid-level Emperor Dark Pegasus? No wonder he dares to come and drink from the Que Ze."

"Yeah, luckily I didn't cause her any trouble, otherwise it would have been terrible."

The beastmasters who saw this scene muttered to themselves as they looked at the values ​​displayed by the energy detection glasses.

They were all a little surprised that Dark Pegasusmon was so powerful.

The beastmaster who originally planned to ambush Fan Lingling and the other person was now sweating coldly. If they failed to successfully stop a beastmaster with emperor-level beast control, most of their group would probably die.

Just as they were each thinking about their own things, the surrounding devil rats gradually gathered together and surrounded them in the center of the circle, as if they were preparing to have a meal.

(End of this chapter)