Chapter 118: Firelight Mouse

  "What? Why?" Hu Gao's mouth was wide open in surprise, big enough to swallow a snake! He always felt that things weren't that simple.

  "That snake may be detestable, but it's a living creature of this place after all. With the help of inherited items, it has become somewhat stronger, and that's nothing to write home about." Nüwa said matter-of-factly.

  "That's a family heirloom, how...!" Hu Gao was getting anxious, this was something left to him, how could it be given to someone else so casually.

  "You're too late, successor."

  "Alright, where is the thief? I'll go get my stuff back."

  "You'll need to prepare some things before you go there, I'll let Ying Guang guide you. Whether or not you can bring it back depends on yourselves. As for the little dragon in your body, just leave him here, the thing left by Chi Da Ren will be helpful to him."

  After Empress Dowager finished speaking, Hu Gao felt a suffocating sensation in his chest, and then he saw Xiao Wu emerge from his body and float into the hands of Empress Dowager.

  Han Chong and Yun Feng were both stunned, earlier when E Huang was talking about the five-clawed golden dragon, they had held their breath and didn't ask, now seeing Xiao Wu come out, their hearts were even more filled with doubt.

  Hu Gao knew that Yao Guang taking away Xiao Wu shouldn't have any malicious intentions, and even if he had ten thousand unwillingness, what could he do? Not to mention that they couldn't even handle one of the Yao Guang's little minions, let alone Yao Guang herself, this old demon who might already be as old as heaven and earth.

  "Thank you very much for your generosity, Ehuang." Hu Gao nodded and gestured to the two to follow him, as this was not a suitable place to discuss Xiao Wu's matters.

  The two nodded in agreement and bid farewell to the ants, then followed Ying Guang towards the snake's den.

  "When you enter the snake's lair, you must first prepare the Golden Fire Mouse's skin, otherwise you will not be able to withstand the fire poison inside." Xīng Huǒ Yuè Yíng said.

  "Firefly mouse? Is there a firefly mouse here?" Hu Gao asked.

  Huǒguāng shǔ is a second-order initial demon beast, which likes to drill into places with dense fire attribute energy. Its fur has good fire resistance.

  "You said we're going to kill mice?!"

  Han Chongyi felt uneasy as soon as he heard the mouse.

  "It's the golden fur of the fire mouse, people hate those fire mice the most, always stealing black fire mushrooms, and Empress Yao doesn't allow killing them all. These thieving guys with beady eyes, running around every day, even going to harass Lord Chi, and another time coming to scare Fat Luo, fortunately, I'm powerful, chased them all away."

  Ying Guang obviously got very excited as soon as she started talking.

  "The Golden Fire Mouse grew up after eating the Red Dragon Crystal, these greedy guys don't know how to repay, people say that Empress Yao shouldn't have given them the Red Dragon Crystal. They planted a kind of Elephant Power Grass, but they didn't know how to use it to repay, every time someone had to bring an army to beat them up before they would hand it over, now it's good, people can take you away with justification and get rid of them."

  "Miss Yingguang, is there any Elephant Power Grass here?" Han Chong became somewhat excited upon hearing the mention of Elephant Power Grass.

  Xiangli Cao is a great tonic for elephant-type demon beasts, capable of greatly increasing their strength and even guiding them to develop their innate abilities. This spiritual grass is also useful for totem-class creatures; if Han Chong can consume one, he can increase the condensation degree of the Golden Mammoth Totem and enhance the special ability "Void Fang".

  However, the relationship between elephants and mice is very strange. Elephants are afraid of mice but want to get the elephant power grass planted by the fire mouse. Mice are also afraid of elephants but need to hunt for ivory to cultivate elephant power grass because it can make the body of the fire mouse bigger.

  "Don't you believe others?" Ying Guang's voice was like she was pouting.

  "Believe it! How can Miss Yingguang's words be unbelievable? It's just that Han Chong feels too surprised and can't accept it for the time being." Han Chong chuckled.

  He really didn't dare to believe that he could encounter such a good thing after entering the Yao Mausoleum. Previously, he had gained insight into the Void Gun of the Golden Mammoth from the murals, and now he had even encountered the Elephant Power Grass that could enhance the Golden Mammoth Totem. At first, it was just to enter the Flame Valley to pick a few Black Fire Lilies to strengthen his physique, but now, it was simply gaining the entire forest.

  "It's not just the Elephant Grass, but also the snake gall of that little snake who stole the dragon scales is a treasure for this Blue Eagle kid." Yīng Guāng threw out another temptation.

  "Is snake gall useful for me?" Yun Feng also couldn't quite believe it.

  "Of course, if they say it's useful then it's useful!" Ying Guang emphasized: "That's a Thunder Snake, it ate the Red Dragon Crystal and secretly swallowed a lot of dragon energy. Not only does it have innate thunder properties, but it also has fire properties, which is just right for your Big Eagle."

  "Radium snake? Thank you so much, Miss Yingguang!" Yunfeng hurriedly nodded in gratitude. Like the elephant and mouse, the snake and eagle have a mysterious connection.

  As they spoke, they had already passed through the black fire mushroom forest and arrived at the end of a passage.

  "We're here, this is it, Huo Guang's old nest." Ying Guang stopped and said, "Others are only responsible for bringing you here, the rest depends on you."

  They were now on the wall of a huge cave, and the exit of the passage was in mid-air.

  The walls of the cave were covered with fire crystals, illuminating the entire cave. In fact, not only here, but also the entire Yao Mausoleum was inlaid with fire crystals, like a lamp, making every corner of the cemetery bright and yet not dazzling.

  In the cave, a large mouse with only a bright red tail was moving around, not less than a hundred of them, and some were even carrying a black mushroom back to their holes in the rock wall.

  "Miss Yingguang, why didn't I see the golden fire mouse? They're all gray." Hu Gao looked for half a day, and below were ordinary fire mice with gray fur and flames, but no golden-furred fire mice as Miss Yingguang had said.

  "Those guys are all hiding in their mouse holes, you just need to find a way to lure them out, they think you have a way." Yinguang said very irresponsibly.

  "Of course not, I think with Miss Yingguang taking action, things will be much easier." Hu Gao said with a smile.

  "Others have no choice, in the past they would bring many troops to rob directly, now there are only three of you, others can only let you think of a way, others will not fight." Ying Guang helplessly spread out his paws.

  You're still unable to fight with a four-stage demonic beast? Hu Gao's face was filled with disbelief. Previously, this insect girl had taken down the three of them with just one blow.

  "You actually don't believe me!" Jingguang raised her voice and shouted, "I'm Xinghuo Ying, I won't fight!"

  "Hu Gao, the Starfire Sprites are skilled in defense and speed." Han Chong, being a young master of a noble family, had some knowledge of the rare Starfire Sprites, and explained to Hu Gao.

  Xīng Huǒ Yíng is the fastest flying insect-like demon beast. When it flies at extreme speeds, it's like a shooting star streaking across the sky, hence its name Xīng Huǒ. The halo of light emitted from its body serves as a powerful defensive shield. At the mid-fourth stage of Lìng Guāng, when fully released, this halo can block ordinary attacks from sixth-stage demon beasts.

  Hearing Han Chong subtly point out that the firefly wouldn't attack, Hu Gao suddenly remembered that Ying Guang had always used her body to collide with them before, and none of the three had been injured. He quickly said: "It turns out that Miss Ying Guang is a gentle lady, I was too rash."

  "Others are ladies and won't bother with you!" Ying Guang was very pleased to accept this title.

  "What shall we do, brothers Hu Gao?" Yun Feng asked.

  Hu Gao sniffled his nose and whispered, "Since Miss Ying Guang dislikes these thieving scoundrels, we have an obligation to help Miss Ying Guang share her worries. Of course, it's a must that not one of them is left."

  "It's a mouse!" Han Chong heard that he had to deal with mice again and immediately made a bitter face.

  "Want to kill mice again?" Yunfeng also frowned.

  "Think of it as a good thing, mice repair kidneys." Hu Gao laughed and grasped the Shadowless Sword, leaping down the mountain wall.

  "Get out!" Yunfeng and Han Chong simultaneously raised their middle fingers at Hu Gao's head, also scowling as they jumped down.

  Here, the Fire Glow Mice are mostly at the early second stage and peak of the first stage. Apart from pouncing and using their long tail to whip people, they have no other attack abilities. The three of them were all martial artists who had reached the Unity Realm, and since entering the Yao Mausoleum, their cultivation had made further progress. Except for a certain negative visual impact, dealing with these Fire Glow Mice that kept coming in waves wasn't particularly difficult.

  After Wú Yǐng's sword pierced through the skull of the twentieth Flame Mouse, Hú Gāo suddenly felt something was off.

  "Miss Yingguang, why can't these Flame Mice use energy attacks?"

  Compared to the Flame Valley's fire beasts that keep spewing flames, and those Fire Beast Kings that evolved from eating Black Fire Lilies, these Fire Glow Mice living in the Yao Tomb are really too weak. Weren't they supposed to have exceptional flame manipulation skills?

  Ying Guang, who was bored and watching from the side, heard Hu Gao talking to her and came to life, saying: "It's E Huang's handwriting, E Huang said that Huo Guang has mastered the fire attribute ability, so he wants to eat Chi Long Huo Jing even more. Chi Da Ren will not be at peace, so he put rat poison in the grave, let Huo Guang eat it and become bigger, but lose the ability to attack with energy."

  As for those clever fireflies that didn't eat the rat poison, Ehuang gave them Chi Long Huo Jing, turning them into Golden Fireflies and making them the rulers of the fireflies. Others told Ehuang, "Why bother with this trouble? It's easier to just kill all the fireflies."

  "Where did these fireflies come from?" Hu Gao asked curiously.

  "I don't know, no matter how solidly the tomb is built, there will always be fire mice digging in. Ehuang said that before, they tried to clear out all the fire mice and then build a very solid tomb, but the fire mice still came in. These fire mice may not be strong, but you have to be careful of the golden ones, they can spit fire."

  "Where's the golden one? We've already killed nearly a hundred Flame Mice." Hu Gao looked at the countless mouse corpses on the ground, as well as the endless stream of Flame Mice emerging.

  "I don't know, every time someone brings a large army, those golden guys always jump out with the Elephant Power Grass." said Ying Guang.

  "Hu Gao, or else we'll summon the Totem and finish them off quickly. I'm poking his nose, I can't take it anymore." Han Chong was afraid of rats, but he was the most ruthless when taking action, killing the most among the three of them, as if wanting to end this disgusting matter as soon as possible.

  "It's fine this way." Yun Feng felt even more uncomfortable all over; these guys were too dirty.

  "Good!" Hu Gao thought for a moment and nodded.

  The moment the three Totems appeared, the speed of slaughter accelerated even further.

  Then, even the most violent Han Chong also found something was wrong.