An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

Chapter 605 Ugly Rat

Thank you!

Seeing that Xu Fu had untied the bald old man, the man in blue bowed again.

"What joy is there in living! What sorrow in dying! I offer my blood and body as a straw dog!"

The bald old man muttered a couple of words, then suddenly jolted, and his eyes dimmed.

As if he had thought of something, the man in blue rushed forward and ripped off the bald old man's outer robe.

A gray-white dagger was embedded in the bald old man's chest, more than half of it already inside.

Strangely, not a drop of blood flowed from the wound; only a faint black mist emerged from the end of the dagger.

"Second brother!"

The man in blue cried out in surprise and reached out to grab the dagger.

The bald old man, however, knocked the man in blue back with a single palm strike.

This palm strike was incredibly powerful; the man in blue was caught off guard and was forced back several feet.

"Hahaha……"

The bald old man took two steps back, his face pale, and laughed somewhat maniacally. He gripped the dagger with both hands and stabbed it a few more times, his expression turning ferocious.

The bald old man looked at the man in blue as if he wanted to say something, but before he could make a sound, he fell straight backward.

The man in blue rushed forward again, somewhat disheveled, and forcibly injected his spiritual power into the bald old man's body.

"Lord God... Welcome... Lord God..."

The bald old man stared at the sky with a devout smile on his face. After muttering his last words, he fell silent.

The man in blue knelt beside the bald old man, without saying a word.

My condolences.

Xu Fu was about to say something more when the man in blue suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Most of the blood was covered by the bamboo hat covering his face, but a few drops still landed on the bald old man's face.

The two then turned into a cloud of blood mist and disappeared before Xu Fu's eyes.

"Blood Escape Technique?"

Xu Fu was startled by this sudden change. Qing Li had used this technique before at the White Tiger Upper Spirit Academy, but he didn't expect this man in blue to know it as well.

Xu Fu slowly stepped forward, picked up the robe that the bald old man had dropped, and felt a mix of emotions.

Suddenly, Xu Fu felt another wave of palpitations, and then he felt something strange about the tree stump under his feet.

"Wood, what's going on?" Xu Fu asked in surprise.

The wood did not answer.

Xu Fu suddenly had a bad feeling. Suddenly, he thought of something and looked up to see that the black magic circle above his head had been completed at some point.

The black runes were clearly visible, like silent, malevolent spirits that were constantly devouring the life force of the world.

The black gourd in the center of the formation had stopped emitting black smoke and was now facing downwards, drawing out streams of greenish spiritual energy from the center of the tree stump.

"wood!"

Xu Fu shouted loudly, for he had already discovered that the vitality around him was rapidly fading away; not only the flowers and plants, but even the tree roots that bound the dragon were slowly withering.

Xu Fu hurriedly flew to the black gourd, but just like before, he still couldn't grab it no matter how hard he tried.

Xu Fu, quick-witted, flung his black robe around the gourd like a fishing net, instantly covering it from all sides.

This trick worked; it was too late for the black gourd to escape.

Xu Fu grabbed the robe and pulled it back sharply, pulling the robe and gourd together into his arms.

Feeling that the gourd was still "struggling" inside the robe, Xu Fu simply stuffed the robe containing the gourd into his Qiankun bag.

"Wood? Wood?"

Xu Fu called out softly a few times, but there was no response. Looking at the huge tree stump in front of him, Xu Fu couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation.

However, Xu Fu was not too saddened. He guessed that the disappearance of the "wood" was probably related to the black gourd. Once this matter was settled, he would definitely ask someone knowledgeable about it.

If he could release the "wooden gourd," that would be ideal. If not, Xu Fu wouldn't mind putting in the effort to smash the black gourd.

"Squeak..."

A strange sound suddenly rang out, sounding exceptionally clear on the quiet Hundred Flowers Island.

Xu Fu followed the sound and found that it was coming from a cave.

Xu Fu glanced around and found several more such caves, and then he understood.

These are the roots left after the Fusang sacred tree was unearthed.

The tree roots that bound the dragon grew extremely long, leaving behind extremely deep burrows.

"Squeak..."

The cries grew louder, and Xu Fu became certain that there was a living creature in the cave in front of him, and that the creature was trying to escape.

"Is it a mouse?"

Xu Fu paid no attention to this, assuming that the movement of the tree roots had collapsed the rat's nest and scared the rat out. The most important thing right now was to check on the other "battlefields" of the Azure Dragon Upper Spirit Academy.

"That should be about right!"

As Xu Fu thought this, he glanced in the direction of the Azure Dragon Upper Spirit Academy. The most difficult dragon to deal with had already been captured. Even if there were ninth-grade supreme experts among the remaining ones, they should not be a match for the "Seven Constellations".

"Hundred Flowers Island...when did rats appear?"

Xu Fu turned around, about to unfold his wings, when he suddenly remembered something.

He remembered that when he first came to Qinglong, he had angered Jiao Tong by eating a sheep. She had said that no beasts lived on Baihua Island and that she had put a lot of effort into raising those few green-horned sheep.

If there were no beasts, where would the rats come from?

Xu Fu suddenly turned around and saw an ugly, gray-black rat head lying at the entrance of the hole, looking at him.

Staring at those two dark eyes, Xu Fu felt the hairs on his arms stand on end and he involuntarily shivered.

For some reason, this ugly rat gave him a very dangerous feeling.

Xu Fu immediately reached into his Qiankun bag.

Upon seeing Xu Fu pull out a short stick, the rat immediately scurried back inside.

Xu Fu strode forward, eager to investigate, but as soon as he reached the cave entrance, before he could even stand firmly, a dark shadow flew out of the cave and headed straight for his throat.

Xu Fu instinctively tilted his head, narrowly dodging the attack.

However, although the dark figure missed its target, it did leave a few drops of dark green liquid on Xu Fu's shoulder.

A foul, fishy smell instantly filled Xu Fu's nose.

"not good!"

Xu Fu was shocked and quickly held his breath, retreating rapidly. Even though he reacted so quickly, he still felt a wave of dizziness.

"Squeak..."

The ugly rat seemed to be mocking Xu Fu as it flew towards him.

Xu Fu was horrified to discover that this ugly rat actually had a pair of fleshy wings, like a bat, except that its body was still that of a rat, and its four dark red claws were very conspicuous.

Xu Fu tried to get up, but found that he couldn't stand up at all. He was a bit drunk, and the world spun around him as soon as he moved slightly. He had only taken half a step when he fell to the ground again.

Xu Fu lay on his back, watching helplessly as the ugly rat bared its gleaming white teeth at him.

"Is it going to...eat me?"

Xu Fu saw in the eyes of a rat the kind of hunger for flesh and blood that only wild beasts possess.