Chapter 127

"Damn, this squirrel..." Among the academy teachers, a burly man stood up abruptly.

The Pine-Needle Rat, having figured things out, was too terrifying.

The Rain-Falling Guanyin on this mountain peak was plucked, and it no longer rained. Instead, red leaves filled the sky as they fell.

These red leaves were even more terrifying than the previous rain. Even though the cultivators present were "not touched by a single leaf," they could not resist the power of the falling leaves.

Every falling leaf had spatial ripples spreading around it. Under the diffusion of the ripples, treasures fell clatteringly from the cultivators' storage bags. It was as if a treasure rain had started in the sky, and the ground was full of resources.

Spirit stones, magic treasures, elixirs, and monster materials were all there.

It wasn't that the resources couldn't be picked up again after being knocked down, but the Pine-Needle Rat's speed in picking up treasures suppressed the entire arena!!!

It was like a red flash, shuttling through every spatial node. Every time it swept past, the fallen resources were swept clean, making countless geniuses' hearts bleed.

The most terrifying thing was not the Pine-Needle Rat's bizarre space magic, but its strength!!!

If the Pine-Needle Rat had only relied on bizarre space magic to plunder resources, the geniuses present would definitely not have spared it. Even if it were faster, there would be a hundred ways to surround it...

However, as the Pine-Needle Rat condensed wood magic and smashed Tang Yun away with one punch, things began to become unusual.

Who was Tang Yun? Ranked sixty-sixth on the Heaven's Pride List, late Foundation Establishment cultivation, Innate Cloud-Mist Body. In the arena, his strength was firmly in second place, second only to Liu Yu.

If he wasn't even a match for one blow, wouldn't others trying to stop the Pine-Needle Rat be seeking death?

"This squirrel is indeed hiding its strength as well."

Astonishing spiritual power surged from the Pine-Needle Rat's body. The academy teachers investigated again at this time; although the Pine-Needle Rat was still at the early Foundation Establishment realm, the intensity of the magic power in its body was already comparable to a "False Core" cultivator.

With such magic power at the early Foundation Establishment realm, the teachers dared not imagine how strong this squirrel spirit would be after experiencing two more baptisms.

After the Foundation Establishment stage, whether it was an immortal cultivator or a monster, they would experience three baptisms: breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment is one, early to mid Foundation Establishment is one, and mid to late is one!

Each baptism was like spiritual rain descending from heaven, irrigating the spiritual sea and causing magic power to surge.

And having magic power comparable to a False Core cultivator after just one baptism, there was only one possibility: the Pine-Needle Rat's current bloodline was close to that of a Demon Emperor's descendant!

"This squirrel might not be as simple as just being cultivated by Lin Jing. Perhaps the Deity Transformation pine tree behind Lin Jing is not truly protecting Lin Jing, but this squirrel!!" The teachers guessed, feeling they were close to the truth.

The fact that this squirrel's organs... were approaching those of a plant was the evidence.

Perhaps after evolving to the end, this squirrel would completely transform into a plant-based life form.

This Pine-Needle Rat... was the true successor of that Deity Transformation plant!

"Damn it! What is wrong with this squirrel!!" The Pine-Needle Rat's Vajra Fist did not knock Tang Yun unconscious. At the moment he was smashed away, he had cloud and mist protecting his body. Although the terrifying punch still shook his internal organs, after quickly using a secret healing technique, Tang Yun recovered.

However, at this time, the Pine-Needle Rat's attention was no longer on Tang Yun, but on the two biggest "fat sheep" suspected to be here!

Innate Divine Body, Wang Xiao!

Innate Three-Pupil, ranked thirty-first on the Heaven's Pride List, Liu Yu!

In the entire arena, only these two ignored the technique of plucking leaves and flowers!

The Pine-Needle Rat looked at Wang Xiao's hand, where a silver ring was worn.

As for Liu Yu, he was wearing a jade bracelet, with treasure light flowing.

Both were higher-level spatial equipment than storage bags!

"Why did I follow..." Wang Xiao felt silent inside when he saw the Pine-Needle Rat's gaze. The fur of the battle tiger he sat on stood up, and he had an ominous premonition.

"Squeak!" Fortunately, the Pine-Needle Rat's gaze skipped over Wang Xiao; after all, Lin Jing intended to win Wang Xiao over to the Dragon Palace. As for Liu Yu...

"It even wants to snatch from Liu Yu!!!" The teachers were slightly startled when they saw this. Among the current academy students, Liu Yu could be said to be one with relatively high strength, enough to rank in the top three!

Those stronger than him, ranked higher on the Heaven's Pride List, mostly chose to graduate, so Liu Yu, the founder of the current Pupil Alliance, was definitely a leader among the academy students.

If it weren't for wanting to stay on the Heaven's Pride List for a longer period, Liu Yu could completely condense a Golden Core immediately.

"You have quite some nerve..."

No sooner had Liu Yu started speaking than the Pine-Needle Rat used a red leaf as a medium to teleport in front of Liu Yu.

Ordinary red leaves were useless, but the maple leaf on the Pine-Needle Rat's tail was sharper, like a spatial blade.

The moment it appeared, a large amount of resources fell around Liu Yu. Such a scene made Tang Yun feel psychologically balanced; this squirrel actually dared to provoke Liu Yu.

"Extinguish!" Liu Yu's third eye opened, diffusing golden divine light. This heavenly eye specialized in attacking the spirit and soul. In the Foundation Establishment stage, where spiritual and soul power had not yet been cultivated, rarely could anyone resist it.

However, the moment Liu Yu intended to destroy the Pine-Needle Rat's mental consciousness, who knew Liu Yu would see an unbelievable scene? He saw the Pine-Needle Rat also slightly raise its head to look at him. As the two sides met eyes, a third eye also appeared on its forehead.

"You..." Liu Yu was shocked inside.

The moment the Pine-Needle Rat's third eye appeared, before Liu Yu even had time to see clearly that it was just a pinecone, he felt as if he had fallen into a dark forest, seeing a huge pine tree that seemed to connect to the Immortal World. His spirit received an unparalleled impact, and blood tears flowed from his third eye!

When Liu Yu regained consciousness, the Pine-Needle Rat had already swept up all the spoils and fled away under the gaze of everyone who could not understand.

"Liu Yu's Heavenly Eye failed??" Someone saw that Liu Yu did not keep the Pine-Needle Rat, but was instead robbed of resources by the Pine-Needle Rat, and looked incredulous. That was Liu Yu.

"You all saw it." The appearance of the Pine-Needle Rat's third eye made the academy teachers even more convinced that this guy was the true successor of Senior Shen Song.

Far more terrifying than Lin Jing.

"What is this? A pineal gland?" A teacher muttered.

The Beast-Taming Sect's monster luck is greater than human luck; it is well-deserved.

"Squeak..." The Pine-Needle Rat originally wanted to suppress Liu Yu with its Demon King True Form, but after opening it halfway, it found that the remaining magic power was simply insufficient to support it.

The Demon King True Form consumed too much power. Having used space magic too many times just now, it had no power left to unleash the Demon King True Form.

With no true qi left, the Pine-Needle Rat calmed down. It immediately ate elixirs while using its remaining magic power to fly toward Lin Jing's direction, a strategic retreat.

Although it had sufficient stock, there were too many enemies here. These people might not give it time to recover; it needed Lin Jing to guard it!

"Damn it!!!" At the same time, Liu Yu clenched his fists, both shocked and angry.

"Boss, that squirrel seems to have exhausted its magic power."

In the Pupil Alliance established by Liu Yu, with the Pine-Needle Rat gone, several members who also cultivated pupil techniques dared to come over.

"Should we chase?" They asked.

"Chase my ass." What Liu Yu lost were just a few dispensable resources. He took a deep breath and carefully recalled what the divine ability the Pine-Needle Rat had just displayed was.

In that instant, he felt as if he were staring at a supreme existence, very terrifying. Even now, Liu Yu still had lingering fears; that mental phantom gave him a feeling even more terrifying than his own Deity Transformation ancestor!

It was not that he did not want to chase. Admittedly, the Pine-Needle Rat had exhausted its magic power at this time, but the Beast-Taming Sect's Beast-Taming Art only needed to be cultivated to the seventh layer for the beast tamer to quickly restore magic power for the pet beast.

Once the Pine-Needle Rat returned to Lin Jing's side and its magic power was restored, Liu Yu really had no confidence in defeating this squirrel after that feeling just now.

He firmly believed that if it weren't for the exhaustion of magic power, the spell that the squirrel was about to cast would definitely have been very terrifying and not something he could resist.

"Forget it, I will be thirty years old soon and will disappear from the Heaven's Pride List. There is no need to be strong for a moment." Liu Yu did not want to leave a stain before leaving the list, causing his reputation to be damaged; he just wanted to "enjoy his old age in peace."

Most of the geniuses present saw that the Pine-Needle Rat's true qi seemed to be exhausted. Unlike Liu Yu, they were furious and planned to chase after it.

"Snatch back the storage bags!"

"Damn, the flying sword my Dao companion gave me was snatched away by that squirrel!"

"That's nothing, my Dao companion was even snatched away by it!"