In that case, the entire rat colony cannot be described as a broken muscle, but a heavy loss and heavy damage. As the king of the entire rat group, he can't help but consider the whole group, is it worth it?

The situation on the field immediately stalemate, without the order of the Startling Mountain Rat King, the entire rat group did not attack again, but just surrounded them in the middle. And Qingyang and the others didn't dare to move casually, for fear of angering the rats on the opposite side and attracting crazy revenge.

The two sides confronted each other like this, the surroundings were quiet, and even the sound of heartbeats could be heard, and the atmosphere was tense to the extreme, everyone's spirits were tense, and the war was about to break out.

I don't know how long it took, the Startling Mountain Rat King finally made a choice, only to see him raise his head and scream, and the rat group opposite suddenly dispersed, revealing a wide passage.

There was no other Rat King standing in the passage, it was obvious that this was a group of rats who wanted to let them go, and it seemed that the Rat King was not sure of victory. The disciples of Qingfeng Hall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, they finally didn't have to fight hard, but they also knew very well that they couldn't show their cowardice at this time, if they let the rats know that they were at the end of their crossbows, they would definitely attack again.

The six of them glanced at each other, Li Shengbo, Qingyang, and Chen Biwang formed a small circle with their backs to back, protected the other three in the middle, and then walked towards the passage.

Qingyang and the others did not leave a chance for the rats to take advantage of, and the Startling Mountain Rat King did not have any extraneous branches, but just quietly watched Qingyang and the others withdraw from the encirclement and gradually walked towards the distance.

When Qingyang and the others were completely out of their sight and could no longer pose a threat to them, then without waiting for the startling rat king to give orders, the entire rat group rushed towards the corpses in the encirclement, and it didn't take long for the corpses of the startling rats on the ground to be gnawed to the ground.

After gnawing on the corpse of the startling mouse, the whole group of startled mountain rats was still unfinished, and looked in the direction where Qingyang and the others had fled, as if they felt that those people were not easy to bully, so they went back and left, and after a light rustle, the entire group of startling mountain rats suddenly disappeared into the mountains.

In fact, Qingyang and the others did not go far, on the one hand, because Zeng Shuisheng, Kang Zhuang and others were too seriously injured, their true qi and physical strength were exhausted, and the whole person was already at the end of the strong crossbow, and it was too difficult to walk with a seriously injured body. On the other hand, I also feel that since the frightened rats let them go, they will definitely not chase after them again, and they are safe for the time being.

So they walked four or five miles, and after getting out of the range of the startled mountain rats, they found a place with a wide field of vision and settled down temporarily to recuperate.

The previous events were so thrilling that they were almost wiped out. If the group of startling rats held on a little longer, or if they were a little less courageous, maybe the whole team would collapse, and once they dispersed, they would be broken by each other, and no more than half of them would make it back alive in the end.

After an hour, everyone's physical strength gradually recovered, and the true qi was also replenished to a certain extent, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the group of startling mountain rats did not chase over, and now everyone has a certain ability to protect themselves, and they can fight again in case of danger.

However, Zeng Shuisheng's face still had a somewhat frightened look, and he said to Li Shengbo: "Senior brothers, how can this group of startling mountain rats be so smart, as soon as they appeared, they surrounded us and blocked all retreats, obviously premeditated." ”

Miao Baoye also said: "Yes, in the previous months, we have never encountered startled mountain rats, and this time there are thousands of them as soon as they appear, without any warning at all." ”

Li Shengbo turned his head to look at the guide Kang Zhuang and said, "I also feel a little strange, with our vigilance, it is difficult to be surrounded by groups without any defense, at least there should be some signs before." Master Kang, you have been living near the Storm Mountain, and you should have a certain understanding of the Startling Mountain Rat, but do you know what the reason is? ”

The owner of the Kang Zhuang frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Although the startling mountain rats like group activities, but the normal group is generally not so large, usually two or three hundred are considered to be many, this time when you encounter thousands at once, the situation is indeed a little wrong." According to my speculation, there are only two possibilities, one is that these mountain rats were deliberately attracted by someone, and the other is that we are close to the forbidden place of the mountain rats, and the king of the mountain rats has to fight with us. ”

Someone deliberately brought it? Who has such a great ability to attract so many startled mountain rats at one time? What are they doing this for? Who would dare to provoke the Qingfeng Palace, one of our Seven Great Immortal Sects? Now that only the Seven Great Immortal Gates and the Shocking Wind Pavilion are active within the scope of the Shocking Wind Mountain, the other immortals are all trying their best to find the spirit stone veins, so they should not be able to do such a thankless task. As for that Frightening Wind Pavilion, since they all took the initiative to back down, what good would it do them if they secretly interfered with it? Aren't you afraid that Qingfeng Hall will trouble them after the investigation?

After thinking about it, everyone felt that the swarm of mountain rats was not very similar to someone else's deliberate attraction, and the biggest possibility was that they inadvertently broke into the forbidden place of the stunning mountain rats, so they would be surrounded by the swarm of rats.

Thinking of this, Li Shengbo hesitated and asked, "Master Kangzhuang, is this startling mountain rat also interested in things like spirit grass, spirit stones, and spirit mines?" ”

Before Master Kang could speak, Chen Biwang had already guessed something from Li Shengbo's words, and he couldn't help asking, "Senior Brother Li, do you mean that we may have inadvertently broken into a spirit stone vein occupied by a group of startling mountain rats?" ”

"I just have this guess, and I have to ask Master Kang for details." Li Shengbo nodded.

Hearing Li Shengbo's words, everyone unanimously turned their eyes to the owner of Kangzhuang, who pinched his beard and said slowly: "Demon beasts, like us monks, are more sensitive to things that contain spiritual power, such as spirit grass, spirit stones, and spirit ores, but they are generally only interested in spirit grass, and they can't digest things like spirit ores and spirit stones. And the mountain rats are one of the outliers, they are good at digging stones and digging holes, a pair of plate teeth can gnaw the hard spirit stone into powder, and then slowly transform the spiritual power in the body, so they are also interested in the spirit stone, it is said that the wind pavilion was in the extermination of a group of mountain rats, and inadvertently found the spirit stone relics. ”

Hearing what Master Kang Zhuang said, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and Zeng Shuisheng said even more eagerly: "In other words, Senior Brother Li's guess is very likely to be true?" ”

Master Kang nodded and said, "That's true. Although finding the nest of the startling rat may not be able to find the spirit stone vein, the odds are definitely much higher than in other places. ”