"Die!"
With a swing of brute force, the steel rod hit a nearby rat monster with a loud "crack."
Before the flung rat monster could hit the ground, a black shadow spun like a drill, piercing into its eye.
Blood splattered, brain matter sprayed, a one-hit kill.
At this moment, Mo Qingchen forcefully twisted his body using his strong waist and abdomen.
Two black shadows instantly flashed past his side, one of which extended a claw, easily tearing his clothes, almost leaving a scratch on Mo Qingchen's chest.
A golden light suddenly shot out from his embrace.
A ferocious glint flashed in Mo Jin's black bean-like eyes.
With its head lowered, its silver-white horn on the forehead precisely pierced the rat monster's fur, stabbing into its flesh.
Mo Jin's powerful [Bullrush] not only punched a hole in the neck of the rat monster that ambushed Mo Qingchen but also sent it flying.
Mo Jin, utilizing the force of the collision, elegantly somersaulted to the ground.
With its body arched in a springing position, its pair of black bean eyes fixed on the rat monster it had just knocked away, seemingly ready to unleash the skill [Bullrush] again at any moment.
"Ssssss~"
At the same time, a gentle chirping sound came from Mo Jin, transforming into a childish concern at Mo Qingchen's ear.
"Boss, are you okay?"
"Thanks to Jin Jin's help, otherwise I would have been injured just now."
They had just entered the sewer area in the South City when they encountered a full group of five Level 5 mutant rats.
Mo Qingchen immediately multitasked, using Telekinesis to spin rebars in a sneak attack, quickly taking out two of them.
However, the remaining three did not retreat, but instead launched a more ferocious and rapid raid against him.
Thanks to his spiritual power investigation, Mo Qingchen could clearly see the movements of the rat monsters, allowing him to forcefully swing a steel rod to knock one attacking rat monster away and used Telekinesis to stab it in the eye with a rebar, killing it.
He further forcefully twisted his waist and abdomen to dodge the sneak attacks of the other two rat monsters.
However, Mo Qingchen's agility attribute was only 2 points, making his speed not much faster than these rat monsters, which allowed him to barely dodge the frontal charge of the rat monsters but only watch helplessly at the claw attacks.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Mo Jin charged out and directly used the skill [Bullrush], knocking the rat monster away; otherwise, he would surely have been clawed.
After ending this round of confrontation, the rest was much simpler.
With Telekinesis, he controlled two rebars, turning them into two spinning drills, locking onto the two mutant rats one left and one right, and stabbed out like lightning.
Amidst the sound of "puchi puchi" of piercing flesh, the two rat monsters fell in pools of blood.
Mo Qingchen, limited by his own agility of only 2 points, had a speed comparable to these rat monsters, but if his body couldn't keep up with his brain's operations, even with just a 10-point strength attribute, he could easily crush these rat monsters to death.
Fortunately, when using Telekinesis, as long as the weapon is light enough, he can unleash an attack speed far surpassing his own.
The only regret is that he can at most multitask, controlling two rebars to kill enemies simultaneously.
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that the adult rat monsters had 2 points in strength among their basic attributes, allowing them to break free of his Telekinesis, hunting rat monsters would be much easier.
Mo Qingchen glanced at the prompt message, saw 25 experience points credited, and immediately went forward to collect the corpses.
He placed the five rat monster corpses into a net bag, wiped off Mo Jin's dirt, let it hang around his neck, and the one human and one bug carefully ventured deeper into the South City Area.
Compared to the sewer range in the South City suburb, the density of rat monsters here was much greater.
They had only walked a distance of over a hundred meters before sensing the movements of rat monsters again.
However, this time, the one human and one bug began to cooperate to face the enemy.
When encountering a lone rat monster, Mo Qingchen would instruct Mo Jin to fight, engaging in a one-on-one life-and-death duel.
Of course, it's the rat monster's life-or-death duel. If Mo Jin were in danger, a rebar would instantly flash out, immediately killing the enemy.
Mo Qingchen is only training Mo Jin's combat techniques and experience, not trying to subject it to a death trial, so how could he let his own Guardian Beast face death threats?
As the frequency of battles increased, Mo Jin's combat techniques became increasingly refined, able to win even when facing a Level 5 rat monster alone.
It must be said that Mo Jin, as an A-level talent Guardian Beast, had speed and power surpassing a Level 5 rat monster.
This is why, with a bit of training, Mo Jin could win.
According to Mo Qingchen's estimates, Mo Jin's current power and agility should each be at 3 points, slightly stronger compared to a Level 5 rat monster.
The one human and one bug forgot the time, continuously fighting in the sewer.
However, Mo Qingchen was not reckless, always retreating quietly with Mo Jin whenever they encountered a group of more than five adult rat monsters.
Dealing with five adult rat monsters at once was already the limit for one human and one bug, any more and injuries would be inevitable.
Mo Qingchen had no desire to gamble with his life; he had just awakened and become an Apprentice Beastmaster, and he hadn't even fully enjoyed the pleasures brought by extraordinary power, so why throw his life away irrationally?
Only by preserving his life could he have a future.
Hunting in the wild is fine, but there's no need to put oneself in life-threatening situations.
When he first crossed over, he almost died under the claws of an exotic beast monster; he remembered the appearance of the exotic beast that almost killed him.
This vendetta, once his strength is great enough, he is sure to avenge!
"Jin Jin, it's getting late, let's head back."
Mo Qingchen patted Mo Jin's soft head, found a nearby sewer opening, used Telekinesis to move the manhole cover aside, climbed up, and returned to the surface.
This wild hunt resulted in a total of eighty-two rat monster kills, with the space backpack already filled with corpses, and two large net bags hung around his waist.
Even so, Mo Qingchen reluctantly discarded over ten juvenile stage rat monster corpses.
These were all Dragon Coins; if he could take them, he would never waste them.
Carrying two enormous net bags, Mo Qingchen reset the manhole cover and then walked out of the alley.
The lights began to shine as White Crane City was about to enter the night.
The pedestrians on the street had become sparse.
The advent of the Beast Taming Era had concentrated the population, but the night also brought potential danger.
The Abyss seemed to enjoy playing tricks on humans, as locations shrouded in night could open [Abyssal Rifts] at any moment, releasing dungeon monsters into human cities.
The monsters released from such [Abyssal Rifts] were not numerous, often just a few, and their power was generally not very strong. Killing them also had a high chance of dropping some treasures.
It seemed as if the Abyss did this deliberately to constantly remind humanity, urging humans to be vigilant against potential threats.
Mo Qingchen had no intention of encountering monsters released from [Abyssal Rifts], so he hurriedly checked his location and made his way to the South City Suburb.