Chapter 128 Rogue Forest Saves the Poisonous Snake
After collecting all the red-eyed black rats, a box emitting a five-colored radiant light fell from the sky.
Yu Qingtan used the Object Controlling Technique to catch it, and upon opening it, she found fifty second-stage Wasteland Crystals.
"It seems this is the reward for passing the fourth level!"
Yu Qingtan happily stored it into the System Space.
After another moment of dizziness, Yu Qingtan and Small River arrived in the sky of the fifth level.
"Congratulations on reaching the fifth level of Thousand Beasts Mountain. Please strive to survive until the end in Rogue Forest!"
Accompanied by the voice of a little girl, Yu Qingtan and Small River began to fall downwards.
Then, Yu Qingtan realized that her storage equipment and Divine Sense were being suppressed.
The height they were at was great, but fortunately, their descent was not rapid, not like a free fall, but at a constant velocity.
In the distance, she could vaguely see other cultivators falling from the sky as well.
"Bang~"
Yu Qingtan and Small River landed in an open space.
From mid-air, she saw that the ground was covered by a vast forest.
Rogue Forest.
She was about to criticize what a terrible name it was when she found out the reason behind it.
From the bushes outside the clearing, eleven rabbit-like creatures as tall as a person emerged.
With red eyes, grey fur, long ears, short tails, pink lips, and white teeth; if not for their size being too large, they would have been quite cute.
But these were Rogue Rabbits, herbivorous yet carnivorous.
It was said they would dare confront lions in desperation, but they preferred human cultivators even more.
They mated with their own kind only for reproduction, but humans were their true love.
Moreover, Rogue Rabbits reproduced extremely quickly, and nearly all the forests in the Southeast Region had Rogue Rabbits in them.
During the beast tide in Suichuan Immortal City, there was a considerable number of Rogue Rabbits involved.
Seeing Yu Qingtan in her black dress with her fair skin, eight of the Rogue Rabbits' eyes gleamed red, and with a push of their hind legs, they charged at her.
Yu Qingtan was exactly their preferred type.
The other three pounced towards Small River; these three were the females.
All eleven Rogue Rabbits were in the late phase of the second stage.
Yu Qingtan felt a wave of nausea and could not wait to deploy the Water Curtain Technique and the Water Blade Technique.
Unfortunately, the Rogue Rabbits had strong fur defenses, fast speeds, and great strength; the dozens of condensed water blades could only injure a few of them.
This was still after Small River had used its Ice-cold Breath, significantly slowing down those Rogue Rabbits.
"Gugu~" The injured Rogue Rabbits became even more excited, pounding their front legs against the Water Curtain, causing it to ripple.
Yu Qingtan gritted her teeth, and used Shi Kuang's "Love's Protection", bringing her strength to the late phase of the Foundation Establishment.
Then, she cast a wide-reaching Decay and Flourish Technique, followed by another wave of the Water Blade Technique.
All eleven Rogue Rabbits dropped dead.
She then cast the Fireball Technique to burn the bodies cleanly.
Under the effect of the Decay and Flourish Technique, the most valuable fur of the Rogue Rabbits had all aged and shed, so she decided to simply burn them all.
If she did not use "Love's Protection" and instead relied on wearing down the enemy, Yu Qingtan was confident that she could grind these Rogue Rabbits down to death, but she felt uncomfortable all over.
It would be strange to feel at ease when targeted by Rogue Rabbits.
After eliminating this group of Rogue Rabbits, a box suddenly fell from the sky.
She opened it with the Object Controlling Technique, and inside was a blue, second-stage superior quality spiritual sword with the words "Luoyu" on its hilt.
Yu Qingtan felt something odd, as if experiencing a strange sense of déjà vu.
However, she still put away the Luoyu Sword, briefly refined it, and imprinted her Divine Sense upon it.
Taking advantage of her current Foundation Establishment late-phase strength, she put the Luoyu Sword on her back, mounted Small River, and headed in the direction where she had seen other cultivators fall earlier.
"Let me know right away if you spot a rogue rabbit!"
"Mhm!"
Xiao Tao naturally agreed, as he had just been utterly rattled by the madness of those few female rabbits.
At this moment, Yu Qingtan's divine sense was suppressed, capable of probing only around a three-zhang radius, which was even less than what her eyes could see.
Xiao Tao's sense of smell wasn't affected and could detect rogue rabbits in advance.
In a quarter of an hour, Yu Qingtan had eliminated two more groups of rogue rabbits, obtaining a second-stage high-quality amulet and a teleportation talisman respectively.
The teleportation talisman could be activated to transport the user outside of the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, as mentioned in its description.
"Fellow Daoist, save me!"
When they reached the bank of a small river, five rogue rabbits were assaulting an elderly loose cultivator who was at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Seeing Yu Qingtan appear, the elderly cultivator, as if grasping at a lifeline, cried out with all his might.
Among the five rogue rabbits, one was at the late second stage, while the other four were at the mid-second stage.
When Yu Qingtan arrived, she encountered eleven late second-stage rogue rabbits, which was a particularly unlucky situation; the two groups she met after that had only two or three late second-stage rogue rabbits each.
Using Object Controlling Technique, Yu Qingtan directed the Luoyu Sword to slash at the late second-stage rogue rabbit, while simultaneously shooting out over a dozen water blades to attack the other four mid-second-stage rogue rabbits and block the movements of the late second-stage rogue rabbit.
The late second-stage rogue rabbit, caught in the act and suddenly ambushed, was slow to react and was struck in the back by the Luoyu Sword.
The sword qi shredded its internal organs to pieces.
The four mid-second-stage rogue rabbits were directly beheaded by the water blades.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for the life-saving grace!"
The elderly loose cultivator tidied his ragged clothes, barely covering his body.
Meanwhile, Yu Qingtan was using Object Controlling Technique to open the fallen box.
At this moment, the "Love's Protection" duration ended, and Yu Qingtan's spiritual power fluctuation abruptly dropped from late Foundation Establishment to mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
Inside the box was a set of men's armor, a second-stage high-quality spiritual artifact.
"Fellow Daoist, since we cannot use our storage bags at present, and this is a set of men's armor, why not lend it to me temporarily? On this level, I will definitely follow your lead," said the elderly loose cultivator with eager eyes, shamelessly moving closer.
He also didn't forget to pull open his tattered clothes a bit more, revealing scars on his body, presenting a pitiful look.
"Alright then!"
Yu Qingtan raised an eyebrow and casually tossed the spiritual artifact armor to the elderly loose cultivator.
"I am Pang Hui, thank you, fellow Daoist! May I ask for your esteemed name?"
After donning the armor, Pang Hui bowed in thanks once again.
"My name is Qing Shuang. Where is your spiritual beast? Why didn't it help you fight the rogue rabbits?"
Yu Qingtan asked.
Without a spiritual beast, one couldn't make it through Thousand Beasts Mountain.
"My spiritual beast is of a special kind, not adept at combat,"
Pang Hui said with a forced smile, glancing at the imposing Xiao Tao.
Suddenly, Yu Qingtan felt an unbearable heat and a surge of primitive desires within her body, as scenes from various movies from her previous life flooded her mind.
With bloodshot eyes, Xiao Tao lunged at Yu Qingtan, only to be trapped by her Binding Technique.
"Hahaha, Qing Daoist, weren't you curious why my spiritual beast didn't help me fight the rogue rabbits? Because my spiritual beast is a silver thread beast! Since you've seen me being bullied by rogue rabbits, now you can enjoy watching the fight between you and your spiritual beast. Soon, you'll temporarily forget even how to use your spiritual power, hahaha!"
Upon seeing this, Pang Hui laughed heartily while stroking his two strands of white hair.
These were not actually white hairs, but were his spiritual beast.
The silver thread beast, a rare and special kind of spiritual beast, excels at disguising itself as white hairs or white fur and is adept at using a colorless and odorless toxic substance; it is also known as the Lewd Thread Beast.
Rogue rabbits are inherently full of desire, and if the silver thread beast took action, Pang Hui would have likely been drained to death by now.