I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 269 - 265 Sworn Enemies Eyes Redden Upon Meeting
Chapter 269: Chapter 265: Sworn Enemies’ Eyes Redden Upon Meeting
Chapter 269 -265: Sworn Enemies’ Eyes Redden Upon Meeting
Seeing this scene, Tom’s gaze turned icy, “These beasts, they truly deserve to die!”
Tom cursed under his breath, exerting force on the Sprite Ball Bomb in his hand. The Sprite Ball Bomb activated instantly. Tom silently counted to three and threw the Elf Bomb toward the man-eating rats that were gnawing on corpses.
The Sprite Ball Bomb hit the ground and exploded instantly.
There was a loud “boom.”
In an instant, the entire cavern filled with the acrid smell of gunpowder, and all the man-eating rats gnawing on the corpses were blown to bits.
Even the corpses of the mercenaries were blown into chunks of flesh, emitting black smoke, charred beyond recognition.
Startled by the sound of the explosion, Xiaocao and the two others feared something had happened to Tom.
They immediately grabbed their guns and hurried over.
“Tom, what happened?”
Xiaocao asked sternly.
“Nothing much, just some man-eating rats. I blew them up with a bomb,”
Tom took a deep breath and spoke.
Xiaocao noticed something was off with Tom’s expression.
But since Tom didn’t want to talk about it, she didn’t ask.
If Tom wanted to share, he would have done so already.
There was no need for her to ask!
If Tom didn’t want to talk, asking would be a waste.
“Is it safe outside now?”
Xiaocao asked Tom.
“It’s safe for the moment!”
“Neither the mercenaries nor the man-eating rats are around.”
“Just not sure if they’re all dead or if the mercenaries retreated and the man-eating rats went after them.”
Tom replied with a furrowed brow.
“Should we take the chance to leave now?”
Xiaocao tentatively asked.
Tom pondered for a moment and nodded.
“Let’s take this chance and go!”
“We’ll go straight through where the man-eating rats were and head quickly toward the location of the treasure map,”
Tom said after a moment, his tone grave.
“Move out!”
Xiaocao made the decision on the spot and gave the order.
Tom nodded, leaping out along the crevice.
Tom landed firmly and glanced at the half-dead man-eating rat next to his foot. He let out a cold laugh and crushed the rat underfoot with a stomp.
After dispatching the man-eating rat, Tom reached out to help Xiaocao down from the crevice, and immediately ran forward. Xiaocao followed closely behind, with Hummingbird and Taotie bringing up the rear.
Racing along the cavern at high speed, Xiaocao and the others soon saw Taotie’s slender and beautiful long-haired incarnation.
However, the corpse of the White Haired Man-Eating Rat that Taotie had killed was gone.
Next to the pool of blood, there were many rat footprints.
Most of the rat tracks were heading in the direction from which Xiaocao and her companions had come; only one set of tracks went in the opposite direction.
“That white-haired beast’s corpse is gone,”
Taotie exclaimed in surprise.
Hearing Taotie’s words, Tom glanced over.
Pointing at the tracks heading in the opposite direction, he spoke, “It must have been taken by that White Haired Rat you mentioned, the one you injured and that got away.”
Hearing Tom’s words, Xiaocao nodded.
“Tom is right, haven’t you said that intelligent animals are very smart?”
“Even on par with humans, collecting their kin’s bodies isn’t strange at all.”
“Alright, let’s get moving!”
“If in a little while the man-eating rats or the mercenaries follow this trail and come after us, we won’t be able to leave.”
Visit ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com for the 𝑏est n𝘰vel reading experience.
Fang Xiaocao spoke in a heavy tone.
“Right!”
“Let’s hurry on our way!”
Tom nodded in agreement.
“Tom, lead the way!”
Fang Xiaocao commanded in a deep voice.
Tom took out the device, glanced at the treasure map once again, then nodded and started leading the way.
Fang Xiaocao and the other two maintained a triangular formation, closely following behind Tom.
After running for a good half hour, Tom finally stopped, glanced at the panting Fang Xiaocao, estimated the distance they had run, and said, “Princess Your Highness, we should be far enough now, let’s rest here for a bit.”
Fang Xiaocao, gasping for breath and wiping off sweat, nodded: “Okay…”
“I… can’t run anymore…”
With that, Xiaocao sat down on the ground with a thud.
“Hummingbird, give Princess Your Highness a massage so she doesn’t have trouble standing up later,” Tom instructed Hummingbird.
“Yes!”
Hummingbird nodded and acknowledged the command.
Walking over to Xiaocao, Hummingbird began massaging her legs.
“Old Tom, I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” Taotie whispered as he moved closer to Tom.
“What’s wrong?”
Hearing Taotie’s words, Tom was taken aback and looked at him with confusion.
“That white-haired old rat has not shown up.”
“Plus, along the way, we haven’t seen a single rat hole, nor the places where the man-eating rats nest. Don’t you find it strange?” Taotie said, sounding worried.
Taotie’s mind was still preoccupied with the white haired man-eating rat; all along the way, he had been paying special attention to any trace of the man-eating rats.
Now that they had stopped to rest, Taotie finally voiced his concerns.
Hearing Taotie’s words, Tom frowned slightly.
He stood up and scanned the surroundings.
A hint of suspicion flickered in his eyes.
Tom felt that Taotie was right.
There was indeed something wrong.
And at that moment, a white blur whooshed by.
A strong smell of blood hit them.
Tom was startled and focused his gaze.
He saw a white-haired large rat with a severed tail, baring its shining teeth, pouncing toward Xiaocao.
Recognizing the rat by its appearance, Tom immediately understood it was the injured white haired man-eating rat Taotie had spoken of.
“Princess Your Highness, watch out!” Tom yelled a warning, but it was too late for him to come to her aid. He could only hope that Hummingbird beside Xiaocao heard his alarm and was able to react in time to block the white haired man-eating rat.
Upon hearing Tom’s shout, Hummingbird reacted instantly, grabbed a stone from the ground, clutched it in his hand, and threw it behind him without looking.
Xiaocao, too, reacted, seeing the vicious face of the white haired man-eating rat. Almost instinctively, she pulled several steel nails from her waist and threw them at the white haired man-eating rat.
At the same time, Tom and Taotie rushed toward Xiaocao, taking three steps in two to come to her aid.
Hummingbird’s stone missed, failing to hit the white haired man-eating rat, but one of Xiaocao’s steel nails pierced the rat’s eye, knocking it down.
The white haired man-eating rat let out a piercing screech, crashing to the ground, then quickly got up, a steel nail embedded in its eye and blood streaming down. The other eye, untouched, stared at Xiaocao with malice, flashing its large incisors.
When Xiaocao was attacked, it startled Taotie and the others. Taotie roared in anger, “Beast, courting death!”
Slinging his dagger, Taotie ferociously stabbed toward the white haired man-eating rat, which recognized its enemy in Taotie. When foes met, their hatred was palpable.
The white haired man-eating rat emitted a shrill scream and whooshed toward Taotie.
