Chapter 119: Elephant Strength Grass

  "Poke your nose! Why are all these fire mice rushing towards my golden mammoth? Hu Gao, Yun Feng, hurry and help me, my mammoth is going to be eaten!"

  Han Cong directed the Golden Mammoth to keep its buttocks raised, using ivory to pry open the nearby Fire Glow Rats. He himself wielded the Tiger Spirit Gun, running back and forth beside the Golden Mammoth. With each shot of his gun, three or four Fire Glow Rats were pierced through. However, several Fire Glow Rats still landed on the Golden Mammoth's body, gnashing their teeth as they bit into its flesh.

  Looking at these green-eyed, food-obsessed Flame Mice, Han Chong's heart skipped a beat as he hastily cried out for help.

  "Han Chong, these fire mice won't be thinking of eating your mammoth, will they?" Hu Gao jumped over, his Shadow Sword flashing out to sweep away the fire mice on the Golden Mammoth's back. He looked at the chewed-off long hair and laughed.

  "Poke your nose!" Han Chong shouted as if he had just woken up, "It's really like that!"

  "Haha, I said you're so afraid of mice!" Yunfeng also laughed and rarely saw Han Chong, who was usually bold and confident, look so bewildered.

  "No way, I'm going to take down the Golden Mammoth!" Han Chong shouted.

  "Wait!" Hu Gao stopped him.

  "Wo Zifa! Give me a reason!" Han Chong was anxious, Hu Gao always had his reasons for doing things, but making him watch Huang Jing's mammoth being gnawed away by rats was more unbearable than killing him.

  "Bring out the Golden Flame Mouse!" Hu Gao said seriously, suppressing his laughter.

  "Alright! For the sake of Xiangli Cao! I've had enough!" Han Chong's face twisted in anger, venting all his frustration on Huo Guang Shu, his Tiger Soul Gun striking with even greater ferocity.

  Before long, Ying Guang, who was acting as a scout, reported some good news. "Young ones, the Golden Fire Mouse has arrived!"

  A golden-yellow fire mouse is at a larger cave entrance, poking its head out and looking around cautiously, but not daring to jump out.

  The three of them looked around and happened to see the second one, the third one.

  "There are five Golden Fire Mice in total, all of which are mid-second-tier." Yīng Guāng added.

  Upon hearing this news, Han Chong's face turned even darker. He said to Hu Gao and Yun Feng, "Brothers, you must hold on for me!"

  The five-headed golden fire mouse observed for a while, and naturally saw the sparkling light in the air that was even more dazzling than the crystal stone. Unable to withstand the temptation of the golden mammoth, it also discovered that there were no large armies of ants around, so one of the bolder ones took the lead and jumped out first.

  "Here it comes!" Hu Gao reminded, and took the lead in welcoming the Golden Fire Mouse. The two guys beside him, one was afraid of mice, and the other thought mice were dirty, so Hu Gao had no choice but to take the initiative and be the first to make a move.

  Hu Gao took two steps forward and a ray of light fell on his body.

  "Huh? What's this?"

  Hú Gāo suddenly felt his movements becoming much more agile, and the circulation of yuan energy within him also became rapid, could this light have a supporting effect?

  "This is the Agility of Light, and also the Power of Light, Defensive Halo!"

  Ying Guang said, and two more rays of light fell on Hu Gao's body, increasing his physical strength and forming a halo shield on the surface of his body.

  Hú Gāo felt it for a moment and discovered that his strength had actually increased by 30%, truly worthy of the blessing of a mid-fourth-stage demon beast!

  Since that's the case, Hu Gao activated his Yuan power to trigger the Rock Rhinoceros Skins on his arms, and a red glow flowed through both of his arms, spreading throughout his entire body.

  The luck wasn't great, only triggering the lowest one-tenth power increase. Hu Gao still let out two loud laughs, his total strength increasing by nearly half, plus the mobilization ability brought by the rapid flow of yuan force in his body, Hu Gao accurately controlled the fusion of the two powers, feeling that he could now withstand a mid-second stage demonic beast!

  Carrying the Shadowless Sword, he charged at the Golden Flame Mouse once again.

  As soon as the Golden Fire Mouse appeared, those ordinary Grey Fur Fire Mice didn't dare to rush forward anymore and made way for it.

  At this time, the golden light on Huǒguāng Mouse's body also lit up, which was a raging golden flame. Some Firelight Mice that failed to dodge were ignited by the flames and immediately caught fire.

  This Golden Flame Mouse is tough to deal with! However, Hu Gao wants to try out his current state and see if he can withstand a mid-second stage demonic beast.

  The swordless sword sent out three sword lights, pounced into the golden flames, and hit the golden fire mouse, which squeaked twice, and with some anger, it pounced even faster.

  Seeing this result, Hu Gao was delighted in his heart. It seemed that he didn't need to use the Flowing Star Technique to hurt the Golden Fire Mouse. In that case, there was no need to use his strongest move, lest it scare away other Golden Fire Mice. After all, they were going to hunt three Golden Fire Mice.

  Ding!

  The Shadowless Sword and the Golden Flame Mouse's paws touched, and Hu Gao was delighted to discover that the golden flames couldn't penetrate his body's halo, so he boldly collided with it.

  The golden fire mouse was also a thief, its paws grasping the invisible sword, and with a roll of its body, its extremely long crimson tail swept towards Hu Gao's body.

  Hu Gao knew that the halo on his body was intangible and could isolate the golden flames, but couldn't block Mouse Tail's physical attacks, so he didn't dare to hard resist.

  Her body followed the golden light mouse to jump aside, dodging the sweeping tail of the mouse, and the sword that had been knocked away returned to her grasp, sandwiching the sword light, stabbing towards the abdomen of the golden light mouse.

  Squeak!

  The golden fire mouse let out a cry, its powerful hind legs kicked the ground, and it actually flipped its body upside down. Then, with its pointed head as a pivot point, its body rotated in mid-air for a full circle.

  This street-dance-like smooth movement was completed in an instant, and the Golden Fire Mouse not only dodged Hu Gao's stab but also rotated its body to the side of Hu Gao's back. Without thinking, its long tail swung down towards Hu Gao's head and face.

  Watts, Fak! Hu Gao couldn't help but applaud this beautiful move. Facing the drawn tail and the four grasped claws, he didn't dare to attack again. He withdrew his Shadow Sword that had been thrust forward, turned around, and rolled out of the way just in time as a golden light burst forth from the ancient tree's roots.

  The golden light mouse fell back to the ground, and both sides returned to a standoff state.

  On the other side, two more bold golden fire mice rushed out.

  Han Cong furrowed his brow, withstanding the defensive halo, holding the Tiger Soul Spear to face one of them.

  Yun Feng let out a sigh, suppressing the feeling of nausea, and sheathed his twin swords. He shook off the Flame Mouse that was entwined with the Golden Mammoth, leaving behind the Azure Winged Eagle and Hu Gao's Bloodlight Snake to help the Golden Mammoth break free from its encirclement, and charged towards another beast.

  Two friends were dragging a Golden Flare Mouse each, Hu Gao no longer held back and launched a full-on attack on the Golden Flare Mice dancing in front of him.

  "Force slash Mount Hua!" Hu Gao was no longer polite, and from the broken flame hornet king's long sword, a sword that had evolved into a special sword for breaking weapons, slashed out fiercely at the crimson mouse tail.

  The scaled rat tail snapped in half, this was Hu Gao's first time using the Soft Whip against a Scaly creature, and he hadn't mastered the technique of cutting it off with one slash, but he was satisfied with his result, seeing the bright red rat tail being flung away by the Golden Fire Mouse itself, leaving only a layer of skin stuck to it.

  "Die! Ryūjin Meteor!" The meteor that exploded from the sword tip accurately hit the Golden Fire Mouse's head as it turned around, shooting into its eyes and blowing its brain to smithereens.

  Hu Gao let out a sigh of relief, but suddenly heard Han Chong's painful cry.

  "I'm poking your nose!"

  Hu Gao's heart was racing with fear, and he quickly turned around to take a look. All he saw was Han Chong covered in fresh blood, as well as some black, unidentifiable objects. The Golden Fire Mouse that he had blocked earlier was lying on the ground, twitching convulsively.

  "What's wrong, Han Chong?" Hu Gao hastily ran over and asked.

  "How disgusting! I hate mice!" Han Chong said with a bitter face.

  "What's wrong with you?" Hu Gao's expression changed, as he smelled a stench on Han Chong besides the smell of blood, so he asked with concern.

  "I thrust my Void Gun into its belly, but unexpectedly this damn thing's outer skin wasn't injured, and inside it was like a water-filled pig's bladder, which suddenly burst with a 'plop'!" Han Chong shook his sleeve and complained to Hu Gao.

  "What's wrong, Han Chong?" Yun Feng also walked over.

  Yun Feng was worried that he couldn't handle the mid-term Golden Flame Mouse of the second stage, but as soon as he started, he found that the agility bonus granted by Ying Guang to himself was too high for his own good. With the halo isolating the golden flames, in close combat, he completely gained the upper hand.

  After hearing Han Chong's miserable cry, Yun Feng hastily disabled the Golden Fire Mouse's limbs and rushed over to help.

  "Yunfeng, I've lost too much blood, I'm dizzy, hold me up." Han Chong saw Yunfeng approaching and his legs went soft, then he fell backwards into Yunfeng's arms.

  "Ugh, get out!" Yunfeng jumped to the side like a startled little girl, he already understood that Han Chong didn't have anything and was just trying to disgust himself.

  "Heh heh." Hu Gao shook his head helplessly.

  "Wait a minute, I'll be right back!"

  Suddenly, Ying Guang threw a sentence at them, like a meteor, chasing the two fleeing golden fire mice, disappearing into the cave.

  It was probably due to the shock of the three-headed golden fire mouse's death that all the fire mice that had been entwining the golden mammoth scattered, and for a time, except for the dead mice on the ground, only Hu Gao and his two companions were left alive.

  Before long, the unique light that belonged to Ying Guang reappeared in the cave, suspending three golden carrots larger than her like a crane.

  During this time, Han Chong had changed into a new set of clothes and cleaned up the dirt on his body. He sat down to recover his energy.

  Unlike the mild cleanliness of Yun Feng, Han Chong was originally very careless and had not been affected by what happened before, except that he was afraid of mice and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

  But Hu Gao, who was afraid of mice and loved cleanliness, had to painstakingly peel off the skin of the three-headed Golden Fire Mouse and hang it aside. He found that the skin of this Golden Fire Mouse was even more resilient than the skin of the fire-breathing newt he had encountered before, and he really couldn't understand how Han Chong's single spear thrust could have made it explode.

  "Huff, I'm exhausted! These mice are really good at hiding." Jingguang complained as soon as she came back, tossing two golden carrots to Han Chong and saying, "Mammoth kid, these two stalks of Elephant Strength Grass are for you. I'll keep one for Feiluo as a snack."

  Han Chong hastily took the Elephant Power Grass and stood up, bowing his head in gratitude: "Thank you very much for your generosity, Miss Ying Guang. Han Chong is already very satisfied to have obtained one Elephant Power Grass."

  "Ah, you think it's too much? Then return one to me." Yīng Guāng said bluntly.