69novels Chapter 90 Faceless Rat
Chapter 90 Faceless Rat
Chapter 90 Thousand-Faced Soul Rat (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions)
[Evolutionary Secret Food: Thousand-Faced Tree-Shaped Pudding]
[Description: Based on the core of the Thousand-Faced Demon, the tentacles of the Soul-Seizing Demon Cloud were incorporated to create the Thousand-Faced Soul Cloud. Then, a mysterious tree-shaped pudding was nurtured by the seeds of the Ghost Tree, which were reborn from the ashes and took root in it, absorbing nutrients.]
This secret food, based on shapeshifting and soul-type abilities, is recommended for consumption by those with similar attributes.
[Special Effect: Can upgrade any skill of Super Rank or below to Legendary Rank]
[Rating: Four stars, perfect]
"Secret recipes are not powerful because of their combinations, but because of their infinite possibilities."
Lu Yu kept these words in mind and always acted accordingly.
The mouse belongs to the Soul and Shadow types of pets. Its attributes do not conflict with those of the little spider; on the contrary, they are a perfect match. It can not only build suitable spiritual puzzles but also be used as a soul-slaying weapon.
However, a mouse is an independent individual and should not be anyone's appendage; it has its own path to follow.
However, this path is somewhat difficult.
Although it transformed by absorbing the blood of the evil god's followers, giving its soul the characteristic of immortality, it possesses powerful abilities such as the ability to hide under the morning star for all spying and divination, as well as shadow leaping, and has even helped Lu Yu many times.
But none of this can mask the hamster's biggest flaw:
That means they are too weak and have poor combat abilities.
Shadow mimicry, even if you master it to the maximum level, is still just a false illusion, not to mention that the little spider has mastered illusions and no longer needs a pet with illusion abilities.
Moreover, as his strength increases, the mouse's ability will become less and less helpful to him, eventually causing him to fall behind the team's progress and be marginalized, turning him into a decorative object.
Lu Yu didn't want to see this future, so he prepared to delve deeper into the characteristics of the rat's immortal soul and change the direction of illusion mimicry, evolving it towards the shapeshifting type.
However, Lu Yu initially only wanted to evolve a Druid Mouse that could transform into the appearance of other extraordinary creatures.
But after carefully studying the materials of the Soul-Stealing Demon Cloud, he had a burst of inspiration and came up with an amazing idea to construct a trinity of flesh, soul, and shadow.
These are the fundamental essences of building a life; to plunder them is no longer imitation, but a perfect replication.
The emergence of the [Thousand-Faced Demon Core], a top-tier material capable of transforming flesh and blood, has taken this concept to the next level.
This gives the mouse the potential for infinite evolution!
Although the process of collecting materials was a bit arduous, the final result was good.
After Lu Yu perfectly balanced the two five-star materials and one four-star material, he indeed created the first perfect quality secret food.
Because its quality reached the perfect level, it also gained a special effect:
It can grant the mouse a legendary skill!
Even the most ordinary legendary-level skill transcends mortals and touches upon the realm of legendary life.
With proper training, they can generally advance beyond the Morning Star level and become top-tier powerhouses.
There seems to be another rank above the legendary rank, but that belongs to the realm of top-tier experts, which is not something he can access right now.
"What a pity..."
Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh, because the [Ghost Tree] hadn't been repaired, and the Soul-Sucking Demon Cloud was too low-level and dragging him down. If it had volunteered as a material, or given him half of its body, it might have been able to reach the level of a five-star secret food and create a more powerful special effect.
But it's just a thought.
If Brother Moyun really shows up, it's hard to say who will eat whom...
These thoughts vanished in an instant. Lu Yu immediately exited Creator Mode with the Secret Food, and the surrounding chaotic world dissipated, returning him to reality.
He glanced at the hamster beside him, still muttering to itself, and interrupted:
"Let me give you a gift!"
"ah!?"
The mouse, who had been admonishing the rat, was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then its heart was overwhelmed with joy.
What is this person saying?!
They're still out in the wild, surrounded by dangerous red imported fire ants, and they haven't been able to save "Red Hare." How did this turn into talking about gifts?
Has he already deeply realized the importance of the hamster? Does he know that the hamster is the one who holds this family together?
But if you give me a gift, will the eldest sister be angry?
That's not good.
Unlike me, it only feels sorry for Geigei!
After much deliberation, the occasionally teasy mouse is quite sensible in such situations. After all, as a young mouse who has watched many palace dramas, even if she covets the position of the eldest sister, she also understands the principle of accumulating resources and delaying the proclamation of kingship.
How many of the concubines who were favored at the beginning but didn't know when to advance or retreat have survived to the end?
Eating alone will not end well.
What's more, its ambition is to become stronger and defeat the little spider fair and square!
The mouse waved its little paw, but couldn't hide the joy on its face, and politely declined:
"Or maybe cough cough cough..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Lu Yu stuffed pudding into his mouth, making the hamster's cheeks puff up and almost piercing its throat.
This is hardly a gift.
It's clearly an attempt to murder the rats' own kind!
I knew it! He's definitely gotten tired of me. Looks like he thinks other pets are better...
Smack smack!
Waaah, in the end, it's just that the perverted Xiuren thinks the mouse isn't as versatile as other pets, and that it's always showing off, bragging, greedy, and likes to stay in bed... But you can't start bullying the mouse just because of these little problems.
Things are like this now.
Won't this lead to domestic violence in the future?
*smack*... Hmm?
It's actually quite delicious!
The mouse was initially quite upset, but after chewing for a while, it discovered that this was different from regular pudding. Its chewy and sticky texture was quite addictive.
It turns out it wasn't being bullied, it really was a gift!
Xiuren is so thoughtful; she made pudding, which is the mouse's favorite.
Click, click!
The mouse quickly finished the entire [Thousand-Faced Tree-Shaped Pudding], patted its belly, and couldn't help but sigh:
"I never expected to get pregnant by Xiu Ren today..."
Before the mouse could even activate its "Terror Mode," Lu Yu flicked it on the forehead with his finger, sending it through a mouse-themed death roll. Its round body rolled around like a small ball.
"Xiu Ren, you lack martial ethics..."
Just as the mouse was about to get up to protest the cultivator's sneak attack, a ghostly blue light suddenly shone from its body, and its form began to change, transforming into a small ghostly blue sun, with countless soul lights shining, interspersed with black and red energy currents, as if a terrifying monster had been born.
"Eek!"
Without Lu Yu's prompting, the little spider carried its owner and the mouse through a void jump, then formed a light-blocking barrier with its silk to cover the mouse, and continued running with it to a safe distance before stopping.
Meanwhile, the mouse's transformation continues. The mysterious power of evolution causes the vast spiritual energy that roams the world to surge, forming a small funnel above its head, continuously pouring into the barrier and promoting some unknown transformation in the mouse.
Fortunately, because of the great battle, all the beast tamers had already withdrawn, otherwise they would have thought that a treasure had appeared and caused a sensation.
However, after the person left, a large number of monsters seemed to sense something and subconsciously raised their heads.
Within the basin, the Queen of the Red Fire Ants also sensed a tempting spiritual fluctuation. She looked up, her enormous body staggered to her feet, accidentally crushing more than a dozen red fire ants in the process, which ignited red flames beneath her feet.
It didn't pay attention to this small detail, its eyes flashing with a human-like hesitation, but in the end it chose to sit down again, letting the red fire ants speed up the melting of the iron block and quickly give birth to the Earth Mother Lotus.
Compared to the unknown and mysterious spiritual fluctuations, it was more eager to devour the treasure that was right in front of it.
After all, the former could very well be a trap.
On the other side, the little spider kept swinging its silk swords.
With a "crack," a six-clawed eagle that was about to pounce was cleaved in two. Hot blood and feathers fell together onto the pale sand and stone ground, piling up with the corpses of the other monsters.
For some reason, ever since the evolution of mice, they have inexplicably attracted a large number of creatures to approach them.
At first, they were just unintelligent creatures like reptiles and earthworms, but later they began to evolve into smaller animals.
For example, desert hares and desert iguanas seemed to go berserk, charging forward one after another, showing no fear even when faced with a pile of corpses.
Now, even elite mid-level six-legged eagles have appeared.
The opponents are getting stronger and stronger!
"Has this turned into Tang Sanzang's flesh? If this continues, won't it attract a commander-level pet beast?"
Lu Yu was also somewhat surprised. Compared to the little spider's metamorphosis before it was even born, the rat's commotion was truly quite significant.
If a monster of the Commander rank really comes, then he will have no choice but to run away with the rat.
Rumble!
Just as he was waiting, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shattered, accompanied by a shower of countless fragments of stone. A yellowish-brown shark covered in diamond-shaped spikes suddenly leaped out of the ground, opened its blood-red maw, revealing dense, sharp fangs, and lunged at Lu Yu's right arm.
Faced with this sudden attack, Lu Yu looked up and recognized it as a creature called a burrowing shark. Although it looks similar to a shark, it lives in the desert and is extremely afraid of water. Its eyes have also degenerated due to living underground for many years, and it has evolved powerful hearing and the ability to burrow underground.
Their hunting method is not to bite their prey directly, but to drag it underground and slam it with a lot of sand and gravel to suffocate it. Then they use their sharp teeth to tear off pieces of flesh and chew them bit by bit. Most of them are elite-level creatures, but there are also king-level burrowing sharks.
This time, it's clear they want to kill him first and then take over the mouse.
Lu Yu remained calm, waiting for the little spider to finish it off. Suddenly, the shadow on the ground began to flow like liquid, instantly transforming into a large dark hand that grabbed the burrowing shark and suspended it in mid-air.
It's like an ancient, shadowy monster has been resurrected!
Click!
The giant shadowy hand suddenly tightened, piercing through the monster's body and pulling out a blue ball of light, vaguely resembling a small burrowing shark.
That is its soul.
After the soul was extracted, the digging shark, which had been struggling, suddenly stiffened, lost all signs of life, and was carelessly thrown to the ground.
Lu Yu nodded and praised, "Well done!"
The little spider kept clapping:
"Waaah!"
The Praise Cult's Saintess is back!
"Of course, you can always trust Mouse!"
The mouse's telepathic connection activated, and the spider silk barrier collapsed, turning into a shower of white fluff that fell from the sky. Within it, several enormous dark tentacles appeared, radiating a terrifying pressure.
They intertwined, surrounding one of the figures.
After Lu Yu saw its appearance clearly, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Because the mice of today are completely different from those of the past.
The original hamster looks more like a regular hamster, with light golden fur, round and plump, looking like a mango pudding, cute and adorable.
While the hamsters of today still retain their hamster appearance, their fur and bodies have undergone subtle adjustments, making them look cuter and their fur smoother. All imperfections have been corrected, and they are transforming into perfect creatures.
At the same time, its two feet disappeared, replaced by a black and red cloud, as if it were sitting cross-legged on it, making it look more mysterious.
On its head grows a pair of small antlers that fork to the sides like deer antlers, which from a distance look like works of art carved from red crystal. Eight crimson-gold ribbons are wrapped around its body, which intertwine behind it to form a special thorny wheel, surrounded by a dark red eerie light, which from a distance looks like a blood-red halo.
Its radiance shone brightly, casting an elongated shadow of the mouse, within which grew a small tree made of dark blue crystal, rooted deep within the shadow.
Entangled in endless shadows and souls, though it is only a sapling, it gives people a sense of ethereal depth. On its few branches hangs a fruit formed from white mist, which looks as if it grew out of the clouds, dazzling and mysterious.
The soul light extracted from the burrowing shark was absorbed by the sapling as nutrients, and a tender bud of a leaf sprouted on the bare branch.
It needs more spiritual nourishment to blossom and bear fruit.
At the same time, the mouse on the cloud slowly opened its eyes. Deep within its originally dark eyes, a mysterious deep red curse pattern condensed, though it was not visible unless you looked closely.
It looked at Lu Yu and slowly spoke:
"Cultivator, since you see a rat, why don't you worship it?"
Given its current posture of sitting cross-legged on the clouds, and the reflection of the scenery behind it, it truly has a sense of looking down upon all living beings.
This is……
Rat God?
Thinking of this, Lu Yu stretched out his hand in shock, like a pilgrim trying to touch a god he had longed for.
The mouse squinted its eyes happily, and couldn't help but smile when it saw this scene. The mere Xiu Ren was already intimidated by its current appearance.
Now the mouse stands up... no, it flies.
Spiral takeoff!
This is a perfect opportunity to sign an unequal treaty with Xiu Ren. Xiu Ren can't limit Xiu Ren's chips and cola, and Xiu Ren can't bully Xiu Ren. Xiu Ren has to give Xiu Ren a massage every day, and most importantly, Xiu Ren has to be the boss...
However, before the mouse could even imagine its bright future, it was suddenly grabbed by the scruff of its neck, its little paws flailing frantically.
"Xiu Ren! Do you know what you're doing? This is blasphemy!"
Just as the mouse was about to speak, Lu Yu shook it forcefully, interrupting it, and said with a serious expression:
"My hamster would never talk like that. Tell me honestly, where did you get this fake?"
"I really am..."
Seeing Lu Yu's serious gaze, the mouse panicked and tried to explain, but Lu Yu was faster, shaking it vigorously like a water bottle. The mouse felt its vision blurring, its soul about to be thrown out, and its mind becoming increasingly confused...
Ah ~
The mouse saw heaven!
Why isn't Xiu Ren inside?
"Wait, isn't this thing pieced together?"
Lu Yu swayed for a while and found that the cloud hadn't been shaken off. Could it be that after evolving, it really replaced his legs and he would become a somersault cloud rat?
But isn't that a bit too small?
How can you carry yourself? Do you mean to step on yourself?
With that in mind, Lu Yu checked the rest of the body, skillfully pressed his jaw against it, and began to examine its body.
"Shuren, what are you doing? Stop it! Stop checking me! I really am a mouse, not a fake! How come your massage skills are still so good... No, you're disrespecting a mouse like this, you'll be punished by the heavens... Waaaaah, the mouse is going to get angry... Fine, I'll massage you a little longer..."
The mouse, still counting stars, hadn't realized what was happening. Its mind became sluggish, and in the end, it was about to faint, powerless to resist, and collapsed into a lump of mouse paste.
"Someone like you actually wants to be the Rat Emperor..."
Lu Yu rolled his eyes at the clumsy yet playful mouse. His actions just now were not out of boredom, but because the mouse was not a contracted pet, so he needed to use the Eye of Truth to examine it up close.
It's also a good opportunity to teach the mouse a lesson.
Well, a magnanimous person like Lu Dashan would never maliciously retaliate just because a mouse was being mischievous.
He's only good at treating itchy skin!
The little spider watching this "heartwarming" scene smiled, its face beaming. Its fingers flew across the screen, and it even created an illusion as it secretly used its silk to make a new toy for the mouse.
Family members will all grow up.
We must preserve what it looks like at different times.
Lu Yu didn't notice the little spider's little movements; the complete information was already presented before him.
The Thousand-Faced Soul Rat
[Description: A pet that evolved after consuming the secret food of evolution - Thousand-Faced Tree Pudding. The Thousand-Faced Soul Tree is rooted at the boundary between soul and shadow. After evolving with it, it perfectly digested the blood of the evil god's servant and achieved the characteristics of flesh, shadow and soul as one.]
The Thousand-Faced Soul Rat wields the power of shadow, allowing it to freely roam the shadow world. Furthermore, its soul possesses the characteristic of immortality, meaning it can self-repair unless two-thirds of its body is instantly destroyed.
Because of its triune nature, it possesses the power of endless transformation. It can plunder a portion of the target's flesh, shadow, or soul, change its appearance, and simulate the soul's frequency for perfect disguise.
If one of the three is completely devoured, it can be transformed into one of the thousand-faced incarnations through the special fruit nurtured by the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree—"Thousand Faces of the Soul"—and hung on the Soul Tree.
After use, you can transform into the target. Unlike ordinary transformation and mimicry, the transformation can grow along with the main body, and the skill proficiency will not disappear after switching forms.
Each Thousand-Faced Fruit requires absorbing a powerful soul-type treasure to condense; its Thousand-Faced Touch can piece together any flesh and blood, possessing the potential to evolve into a perfect life form.
[Strength: Beginner Elite]
[Racial Potential: Low-Rank Monarch]
[Skill: Dweller of Darkness (Super-tier, an ability gained by absorbing the blood of a follower of an evil god, becoming a favored one of darkness. The skill is solidified upon evolution and enhanced due to the Trinity, allowing it to shield against all prying eyes, including those of the Morning Star tier and below.)
Soul of a Thousand Faces (Super-tier, possessing the power of endless transformation, and can transform into corresponding avatars through special masks, and can grow stronger through training.)
Shadow Mastery (Super-tier, a superior skill that combines all shadow abilities, allowing the user to manipulate shadow power at will, gain the favor of shadow, and leap through shadow.)
Thousand Faces (Super-tier: Blood-red ribbon-like tentacles wrapped around the body, containing the power of a trinity. They can cut out shapes, attack souls, lash flesh, and can also be used to piece together the bodies of powerful supernatural beings. If they are not transformed into avatars, the pieced-together flesh will gradually decay until it completely loses its supernatural spirituality.)
Soul Cloud (High-level: Can release a soul field through the thousand-faced soul cloud beneath the body, imprisoning souls; the more souls present, the greater the power of the soul cloud.)
Soul Clone (High-level: It can create multiple clones by splitting its own soul. Each clone possesses some abilities and is absolutely loyal to the main body. The more clones there are, the more the main body's strength will be reduced. Current limit: 2)
Thousand-Faced Soul Tree (Super-tier, a symbiotic tree rooted in shadows, it grows by devouring souls and nurtures special ghostly fruits, which strengthen the soul upon consumption. If a powerful soul-type treasure is used as the price, a thousand faces of the soul can be condensed, which can serve as an avatar or be consumed to die in place of another.)
Lu Yu was stunned by the series of skills.
Compared to the little spider's ten skills, the mouse in front of us only has seven!
Although the number of them may seem small, each one is ridiculously powerful, possessing a total of five super-tier skills that cover the three major attributes of soul, shadow, and transformation, directly boosting the race's potential to the level of a low-ranking monarch.
The monarch level corresponds to the Moonlight level Beastmaster, which is above the Morning Star level.
If the Morning Star Staircase represents the stars in the night sky, shining brightly, then the Moonlit Staircase is the bright moon illuminating the night sky.
At this level, one can be considered a major figure in the entire alliance. If one wants to establish their own power, a single word will attract countless followers, making them like a monarch with terrifying authority.
Even if one prefers to travel alone, one can still form an army on their own, enough to sweep through a large monster lair, while the Bloodthirsty Hyena lair that Lu Yu previously destroyed could only be considered a miniature one.
If one is a Moonlit Beastmaster from the Beast King system, they can even unleash a small beast tide, devouring all life they see.
Therefore, they are also known as mobile natural disasters!
The potential of a species to become a monarch means that as long as resources are available, the rat will inevitably advance to the monarch level and become a future rat monarch!
Besides its terrifying future potential, the mouse itself is also incredibly powerful.
Needless to say, the [Dweller of Darkness] shielded him from countless prying attempts and played a crucial role in this base raid, buying precious time for the Thousand-Faced Demon materials.
【Thousand Faces of the Soul】is the result of the trinity, capable of ever-changing forms and perfectly concealing its power, allowing it to infiltrate or escape danger at crucial moments.
Another ability it contains is that it can devour complete flesh, shadows, and souls to condense a thousand-faced avatar, directly transforming into all sorts of demons. Unlike the Thousand-Faced Demon, it does not lose the training effect when it returns to its original form.
The effects are permanent and continue to improve.
Truly, one can manifest in countless forms!
This is the ability that the leader of the Limb-Splitting Demons has always dreamed of, but because he does not have the power of Lu Yu's Miracle Secret Food, he can only settle for second best and be reborn as a Wild Power Ant through a sacrificial ritual before undergoing limb-splitting growth.
However, in reality, frequently piecing together different monster bodies and mixing various extraordinary spiritualities will increase the probability of mutation.
The most likely outcome is that it won't evolve into some kind of demonic body, but rather become a servant of some evil god.
Immortality has been achieved, but whether one can retain their consciousness is another question...
Compared to the harmless and limitless growth potential of today's mice, they are several levels below.
In particular, the skill [Soul Clone], although only a high-level skill, has unlimited potential. It can be combined with [Soul Thousand Faces] to grant many avatars split souls, turning them into heroic spirits of a hundred beasts, retaining all their abilities.
This direction of improvement is somewhat similar to the concepts of spirit rings and martial spirits in Lu Yu's previous life novels, only with greater potential.
Holy crap, isn't this a rat that comes with its own spirit ring... oh no, a spirit tree rat?
There is already a way to die!
After killing an opponent, they will hang them on a tree; this is truly killing their spirit!
If it can grow to its full potential, the complete Thousand-Faced Soul Tree has a real chance to take root in the long river of history, absorb the souls of countless heroes and warriors, transform into billions of incarnations, and become the Hall of Heroes.
The mouse then became...
King of Heroes?
Odin Mouse?
Thank you to XiaozuguohekeRitian for the 600 Qidian coins, and I'll also be offering a friend's book as a tribute.
(End of this chapter)