Beast Control: Starting from raising silkworms and becoming the King of Insects

Chapter 70 Plague Rat Swarm
Sa-!
At the critical moment, Dao Dao Mantis flew back and stood in front of Russell with his sword arm raised.

Before the attack from the two wild pet beasts arrived, it quickly used its alloy claw skill and slashed twice, making the opponent scream.

sa...

There are three approaching on the left...

After temporarily repelling the wild beast that attacked from behind, Daodao Mantis turned his head and sent another message to Russell and Ayou.

The mantis family's vision talent is indeed outstanding. In dim environments, their joint compound eyes, which are equivalent to countless independent eyes, will transform into overlapping compound eyes that can amplify weak light.

In this way, although stereoscopic and dynamic vision will be weakened, good night vision can be obtained without blindness.

The presence of the Dao Dao Mantis was also one of the reasons why Russell dared to explore the cave alone.

Relying on the beast control space as a link, pet beasts contracted by the same beast master can also simply communicate with each other through spiritual links.

After receiving the message from Daodao Mantis, Russell and Ayou immediately responded.

In addition to having no spiritual connection, the rented mechanical beast is equivalent to a contracted beast within the authorized time. Under Russell's order, the multi-armed mechanical beast began to discharge continuously.

The strength of the multi-armed mechanical beast is only second level. Russell naturally does not expect it to cause much damage to the wild beasts in the cave. The main function of this discharge skill is lighting.

Sure enough, under the illumination of the electric light, the small group of pet beasts surrounding the cave were immediately exposed.

This was a group of big rats with dark green fur, each one as big as an ordinary dog. They stared fiercely at the three pets who broke into the cave.

"Plague rats...Ayou, don't let them get close!"

Seeing clearly the type of wild beast that was attacking, Russell quickly gave an order to Ayou.

These pet beasts called plague rats are silver-level pet beasts with pure poison attributes. In addition to being able to master some low-level poison-type skills, the most difficult thing to deal with is their racial talent "Plague Poison Body".

This skill will make the plague rat's entire body contain poison from beginning to end. Not only will it increase the power of poison-based skills, but it will also splatter venom to fight back against the enemy when attacked.

Without turning on defensive skills, once you fight with plague rats, even if you fight them unilaterally, you will be poisoned by the splashing venom.

After hearing Russell's urgent order, Ayou, who cooperated with him tacitly, waved his wings, and several shadow arrows quietly shot out, nailing the shadows of the plague rats illuminated by the electric light.

Squeak...!
The body was suddenly unable to move, and the plague rat suddenly panicked, thrashing its tail and struggling desperately.

It's a pity that even the Blood-fang Greedy Wolf can't easily break away from the control ability of the Shadow Sewing Arrow, let alone a rat-like beast like them that is not known for its strength.

hum-

When the rich ghost energy passed through the cave, they screamed and were blown out, falling aside and not moving.

With Ayou's current attack power, even without turning on the shadow form, a netherworld blast is not something that a third-level silver-level pet beast can catch.

At the same time, Daodao Mantis also achieved good results.

Relying on the combat training during this period, its already excellent combat awareness has been systematically strengthened. During the fight, Noten seriously injured the two wild pet beasts whose attacks were unorganized.

Steel-type beasts have high toxin resistance. Although the Great Sword Mantis has not officially acquired the steel attribute, its metalized blade arm is not much different from the body of a steel-type pet, so it will not be poisoned if it is contaminated with a small amount of venom.

But after dealing with these five plague rats, the multi-armed mechanical beast sent a message that surprised Russell.

"Didi - there are a large group of pet beasts approaching!"

Looking at the scanning light spots displayed on the electronic screen behind the multi-armed mechanical beast, Russell couldn't help but feel dizzy.A rough count showed that the life energy it scanned this time amounted to thirty or forty. Even if Ayou and Daodao Mantis were much stronger than ordinary third-level beasts, it would be inevitable for them to be swarmed by a herd of this size. Focusing on one thing but not the other, I can't resist it.

"Retreat out of the cave quickly!"

Seeing that he couldn't win the battle, Russell quickly jumped out and ran in the direction he came from while the two plague rats blocking the way were repelled by the mantis.

However, before he took two steps, many plague rats appeared out of nowhere in the corridor.

jiji-!
These plague rats were uncharacteristically oblivious to the timid habits that rat beasts should have. Even though five of their companions had just suffered a big loss, they still rushed towards Russell one after another as if they were desperate.

There were three plague rats that rushed over this time. The multi-armed mechanical beasts were assisting with electric discharges. The mantis slashed them back into the darkness one by one.

But soon, more plague rats appeared further in the tunnel, as if they would never be finished.

"What the hell, the stone walls of this cave are quite complete. I don't see any gaps for them to go around!"

Seeing the plague rats appearing one after another, Russell was surprised and felt a little strange.

"There's something wrong... How can such a small cave support dozens of plague rats?"

Although it is well known that rodents have the habit of eating almost anything, but that also means "eating all kinds of food", and they cannot live by eating dirt and stones.

Apart from weeds and some low trees, there are not many natural resources on the hillside outside the cave, and there are very few things to eat.

Since the black cloud fly spread, the orchards have gradually become deserted. The fruit trees that lack maintenance and fertilization have become increasingly less productive, and they cannot afford to support a plague rat colony with fifty or sixty members.

In the suburbs near urban areas, it is impossible for a large group of plague rats to run around in search of food. This would have led to the clearing of surrounding garrison camps.

While throwing fluorescent sticks around to increase the brightness of the cave, and quickly thinking about the situation of the large group of rats in the cave, Russell suddenly came up with a somewhat radical but reasonable idea:
"Could it be that...these plague rats are not real! It's an illusion!"

Only this explanation makes it seem reasonable that swarms of plague rats seem to appear inexplicably from every corner in the cave, and their numbers far exceed the ecological carrying capacity.

"Dadao Mantis, don't attack with all your strength. Try to see if one-third of your strength can repel the plague rats."

Suspecting to have found a breakthrough, Russell immediately asked Daodao Mantis to verify his idea.

After receiving the order, Daodao Mantis stepped forward and quickly and lightly slashed a plague rat in front of him.

Sure enough, it was just a slight strike, and the plague rat that rushed towards him flew backwards as if it had received a heavy blow, and then disappeared into the dark corner.

Sa——

They are very weak and can be defeated with just one hit!

Just as Russell had guessed, these plague rats are actually extremely weak and do not meet the level of strength that third-level beasts should have. They can be beaten back without a full attack.

It's just that everyone was frightened by the massive rat swarm just now, and they didn't dare to hold back, so they didn't see this flaw after several rounds of fighting.

But even after seeing through the phantom of the plague rat, Russell's mood did not relax at all.

It is true that these plague rats are not serious pet beasts, but the real feeling of fighting with them, as well as the venom on the blade arm, are not completely fake.

Plague rats themselves certainly do not have such excellent phantom control capabilities. Their evolved miasma rats only gained more powerful poison control capabilities and were also blind when it came to phantoms.

Being able to condense a physical phantom, and even simulate the venom, the pet beast behind it must not be simple...

(End of this chapter)