Countless rats surrounded us. We couldn’t finish them off, no matter how hard we tried. I was running out of strength, and the Sirius Whip couldn’t maintain its power anymore. The situation became serious after just a few seconds. 

Luckily for us, Li Mazi had learned some spells from me. He could control the Yin and Yang Umbrella. 

The Yin and Yang Umbrella floated up and projected a Yin and Yang diagram underneath. Li Mazi safely stood in the umbrella’s shade. The rats that came near him were sent backward. When he saw that I couldn’t put up with those rats anymore, he rushed toward me and pulled me into the umbrella’s shade. 

“Little Brother Zhang, it won’t be a problem to protect ourselves here. But how can we deal with that big rat?” Li Mazi asked in a panic.

Li Mazi’s face was stained with rat blood and flesh. He roughly wiped his face.

I followed his line of sight. The big rat over there had its fur peeled off until its chest. It already had a human torso! 

“Li Mazi, do you dare to engage in a battle with that thing?” I looked at the rat monster and laughed. The situation was clear. If we ignored the rat monster, Li Mazi and I could leave this place safely. However, the villagers in Tangjia Village would be in grave danger. 

If we risked everything to stop it, our success wasn’t certain. No matter what, we would have to sacrifice ourselves...