Tremors on the ground meant that there would be caves of ghosts that would spit out purple gold stones and Soul Crystals.
Those warriors were pierced through. Little White's defense was not strong, which was why Lu Li was so worried.
Ming Yu grabbed Lu Li to stop him from going over.
With a white Soul Crystal in its mouth, Little White continued to dash forward.
With a white glare, Little White sped up. It wasn't affected by the gravity at all.
"Whoosh, whoosh ~"
A ghost cave appeared, and a sky full of purple light shot out. Little White swallowed the white soul crystal in a few mouthfuls and walked around to eat a few more soul crystals. Then, it flew back.
"Squeak, squeak ~"
Right at that moment, more than a dozen black rats flew out from the cave of ghosts. Each of them was the size of a human head. There was a black glare on their fur but their eyes were dark blue. Four fangs could be seen in their mouths. The fangs were glowing. Clearly, the fangs were poisonous.
The most impressive thing was the claws of the rats.
They didn't look like the claws of rats. They were more like the claws of eagles. They were shiny as if they were made of metal.
After the more than a dozen rats flew out, they dashed towards all directions like streaks of black lightning. One of them dashed towards Little White and another two towards Lu Li.
"Gargoyle Rats!"
Jiang Hao's expressions changed. He shouted at once, "Jiang Ming, Jiang Yan, do it. Don't let the Gargoyle Rats hurt anyone."
Jiang Hao looked at Lu Li and Yu Huashen and said, "Take care of Qiling for me. I will go and kill the Gargoyle Rats or we will be in big trouble."
Lu Li nodded. A purple sun appeared on Jiang Hao's neck and he flew forward.
The purple sun whooshed out and turned into a huge one with a radius of more than 10 feet. It smashed towards a Gargoyle Rat with scorching flames.
"Whoosh ~"
The other two Noble Lord Realm warriors rushed over. One of them released his Bead of Life and the other released his Bloodline Skill. The Bloodline Skill of this one was of the sixth rank, a blue spike.
"Yu Huashen, go and get Little White back ~"
Lu Li shouted to Yu Huashen. He didn't have time to watch.
In order to deal with the Gargoyle Rats, Jiang Hao had no time to take care of his granddaughter. Lu Li was worried about Little White.
Yu Huashen glanced at Ming Yu, then dashed forward. A blue flame mark lit up on his neck. He was ready to unleash his flames to kill the Gargoyle Rats.
Squeak, squeak ~
Little White was running towards Lu Li. Now that it felt that there was a Xuan Beast chasing after it, it got angry and stopped.
It turned around and glared at the Gargoyle Mouse, its fur standing on end. An invisible pressure emanated from its body, and the Gargoyle Mouse behind it suddenly stopped.
"Little White, come back!"
Seeing this, Lu Li bellowed again.
How could Little White suppress the Gargoyle Rats?
If it attracted the attention of Jiang Hao and the others, it would probably be snatched away.
Little White sensed the anger in Lu Li's words. It quickly flew back in a white blur. Yu Huashen released a dragon of fire which enveloped the Gargoyle Rat in front of him.
Squeak, squeak ~
Unexpectedly, the Gargoyle Rat dashed out from the fire dragon. Its fur glowed in a black light. Yu Huashen's sixth-rank Bloodline Skill failed to hurt it.
"Boom, boom, boom ~"
Jiang Hao, the two Noble Lord Realm warriors and some Eternal Realm warriors all took actions to suppress the Gargoyle Rat. Luckily, nobody noticed Little White.
Lu Li asked Jiang Qiling in surprise, "Lady Qi, what rank is this Xuan Beast?
Even a sixth-rank Bloodline Skill cannot hurt it? "
Jiang Qiling looked at Little White meaningfully but didn't ask anything. She explained, "Gargoyle Rats used to be of the fifth-rank. But they have been eating purple Xuan Crystals and Soul Crystals all year round, so they have mutated. They should all be of the sixth-rank now.
Gargoyle Rats have incredible defense. Average warriors of the Eternal Realm can hardly hurt them. Also, their speed is not affected at the Gargoyle Mountain.
Also, their venom is very strong. If a person is bitten, he or she will turn into a Gargoyle Rat in a human shape and he or she will attack his or her companions like crazy.
Bitten by a crazy person, the venom will be contagious.
That is why my grandpa takes it so seriously … "
"Freak!"
Lu Li was shocked but he didn't mind. Since Little White could suppress the Gargoyle Rats, at least the Gargoyle Rats wouldn't dare to attack them.
Yu Huashen felt humiliated so he released his Bead of Life and used the Sparks Profound Meaning.
The Gargoyle Rat screamed in pain and fled to all directions. Eventually, it escaped into the cave of ghosts.
Lu Li looked at Jiang Hao and was taken aback by what he saw.
The battle prowess of this Senior Commander was truly formidable. With a flurry of scorching suns, a Celestial Ghoul Rat was smashed into a bloody mess. Its body was charred black, and it was crushed to death with a single strike.
"What Bloodline Skill is that?" Lu Li asked with curiosity.
Jiang Qiling explained, "Seventh-rank Bloodline, Solar Erosion."
"Oh, I see!"
Lu Li suddenly remembered something. He looked at Jiang Qiling's neck and asked, "Lady Qi, you must be from a big family, right?
How come you … didn't awaken your Bloodline? "
There was no Bloodline mark on Jiang Qiling's neck. As far as Lu Li knew, only warriors of the Eternal Realm could hide Bloodline marks.
It was strange that Jiang Qiling was only at the later stage of the Fate Wheel Realm.
"Who said I didn't awaken my Bloodline?"
Jiang Qiling put on a mocking smile and said in a low voice, "It is because the Bloodline I awaken is too good. Otherwise, my family wouldn't treat me like a treasure and he … wouldn't have died."
"Too good?"
Lu Li and Ming Yu were surprised. Lu Li asked with a frown, "Do you have some secret skill that can hide your Bloodline mark?
I don't think I can do that unless I reach the Eternal Realm. "
"Ha, ha, the Pavilion of Delicacy has many such skills."
Jiang Qiling laughed again. Suddenly, a black glare flashed on her neck and a butterfly mark appeared. But it disappeared soon. Clearly, she had used some secret skill to hide it.
Even though it was just a flash in the pan, Lu Li and Yu Huashen saw it clearly. They looked at each other and their pupils contracted.
The butterfly mark was beautiful and sexy. But that was not important. What was important was — the butterfly was black!
The Bloodline mark was black.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, gold.
The black mark represented the Eighth-rank Bloodline. For more than 10,000 years, there had never been an Eighth-rank Bloodline at the Northern Desert. This slut of a big family had Eighth-rank Bloodline?
Lu Li knew about the 12 Royal Families and some other big families of the Central Plains that had Eighth-rank Bloodline.
If he hadn't been disturbed by the animal tooth pendant, he would have awakened Eighth-rank King Kong Bloodline as well.
As far as he was concerned, warriors with Eighth-rank Bloodline would be superior young masters and young ladies even in the 12 Royal Families.
They would be surrounded by a group of powerful warriors and would have their eyes on the top of their heads. How could they be as slutty as Jiang Qiling?
Lu Li looked at Jiang Qiling. He couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Lady Qi, with all due respect, what is your father's position at the Pavilion of Delicacy?"
"What position?"
The scorn on Jiang Qiling's face grew stronger. She said emotionlessly, "My father is Jiang Wuwo!"
"Jiang Wuwo?" Lu Li and Ming Yu were confused. Was Jiang Wuwo famous?
Lu Li looked at Jiang Qiling with surprise. She rolled her eyes and said, "Lu Li, you are not from the Central Plains?
You don't know how famous Jiang Wuwo is?
He is the current Master of the Pavilion of Delicacy. "
"…"