Thousands of rat soldiers were immersed in the "transfiguration liquid" refined by Lihuo Zhao. Their hair faded and grew longer at a speed visible to the naked eye, and their claws shrank into the unique pads of cats.

Xiang Chen personally examined every detail - the curvature of the end of the whiskers, the frequency of the tail swinging, and even the amplitude of pupil contraction all perfectly replicated the characteristics of the civet cat clan.

"Remember, you are General Treading Snow's vanguard camp."

Xiang Chen used his claws to brand each rat soldier's forehead with a spiritual mark: "There are 100,000 fellow soldiers hidden in the spoils. After entering the city, listen for the rat clan bell as a signal."

"Among them, 30,000 weapons will be sent to the palace for King Li."

"As for your mission, after being sent into the city, open the city gate from the inside and meet the rat soldiers outside."

"When the time comes, only Xiang Tianrui will be in charge outside!"

"yes!"

A group of rats answered one after another.

On that day, the disguised rats arrived at the second checkpoint, Hulao Pass.

There are 30,000 cat soldiers stationed at Hulao Pass. After passing this pass, one can march straight into the heart of the cat tribe’s territory and reach the royal city.

"Someone, go down and take a look." The blue-haired cat general ordered.

Immediately, several cat soldiers went down to check, and sure enough, the carriage was full of rat weapons. After checking everything, they immediately went to report.

"General, these are all weapons from the Rat Tribe!"

The gatekeeper said, "In that case, let him go!"

"yes!"

"Thank you, General!"

At dawn the next day, a convoy disguised as cats arrived at the north gate of the royal city.

The guarding general Yun Ban squinted his eyes as he looked at the fully loaded bronze chariot. The mountains of weapons were glowing with a faint light that made him uneasy.

"This is the trophy presented to Your Majesty by General Taxue." The leading rat soldier imitated the cat accent and showed the blood-stained general's order between his claws.

Yunban touched the token lightly with the tip of his nose and smelled a faint scent of cat. Just as he was about to ask for more details, three night pearls were stuffed into his arms.

"No problem, don't worry!" When Yunban waved his claws, a few drops of the love-making liquid refined by the rat clan seeped out from the secret grooves of the city gate, and the pupils of the defenders were filled with a dull gray mist.

The civet cat king was leaning on the jade throne with drunken eyes, and at his feet were kneeling the disguised rat soldiers who were presenting the "good news".

In the center of the hall, thousands of captured weapons were deliberately arranged into the shape of Elvis wearing a crown.

"Hahaha, well done, reward, a big reward!" The raccoon cat king threw the wine bottle and smashed it on the head of the disguised mouse, completely unaware of the metallic luster seeping out from under the mouse's fur.

The musicians played "Learn to Meow" and the dancers danced to the steps of the cat tribe's war dance. No one noticed the purple light flowing in the pile of weapons.

"Let's learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow--"

The cat singer sang happily at the top of her lungs, and the cat ministers in the hall also started to dance a cheerful cat dance.

No one realized that all the spoils were transformed rat soldiers.

When three sharp bell sounds pierced the sky outside, Xiang Tianrui sacrificed his natal magic weapon outside the city.

The spoils in the hall suddenly disintegrated and turned into a swarm of metal rats that pounced on the cat nobles.

The Rat Prince's sword that was placed on the imperial desk twisted and suddenly turned into a ray of sword light and rushed towards the neck of the Civet Cat King.

"Protect the emperor!!!" The captain of the guards just drew out his sword, but found that the handle of the rat knife he had just been awarded had grown sharp teeth and bit his wrist.

There were screams coming from outside the palace - all the spoils of war and weapons were turning into countless flying knives that attacked the civet cat guards in the palace.

At the gate of the palace, all the spoils of war that were given as rewards began to attack the guards at the gate and opened the gate.

Outside the city, all the disguised rats stationed there stopped pretending, tore off the cat skins on their bodies, and began to cooperate with the rat soldiers inside to attack the city.

The city gate opened, and the rat soldiers brandished scimitars and spears and entered the royal city with shouts of killing.

In the East Market of the Royal City, an old cat selling fish swung a carrying pole at the rat soldiers and said, "Get out of our city!"

Hundreds of civet cat civilians followed him, and kitchen knives, rolling pins and even copper pots became weapons.

“Foolish.”

The Rat Soldier Thousand Captain, who had disguised himself as a cat, sneered and a metal ball popped out from between his claws. The moment the ball exploded, three hundred poison-tempered steel needles shot out in a fan-shaped pattern.

When the cat civilians who were at the front fell down holding their throats, the dried salted fish on the shelves were still reflected in their pupils.

"Everyone listen, our Crown Prince is a kind and righteous man, he will not kill innocent people. If you people do not want to die, don't attack us, we promise not to hurt you!" A battalion commander of the rat soldiers shouted loudly.

A large number of raccoon cats bared their teeth, revealing their sharp claws. Some cats laughed angrily: "How could we cats be afraid of you rats? Kill these stinky rats!"

He led the charge, and the rat soldier battalion commander had an expressionless face. He drew his sword and instantly turned into a sharp blade and charged out.

The throat and neck of the cat who was waving his claws to kill him were instantly torn open and blood splattered. The rat soldiers began to take action, and immediately an unequal massacre of cats by rats broke out, and a large number of cats died.

Finally, when they realized with horror that these rat monsters were completely different from the ones they had known before, the people began to flee for their lives and dared not stop them.

In the palace

Xiang Chen's long sword brushed across Elvis' throat, creating dazzling sparks on the black iron throne.

Elvis' seven long tails swept across like steel whips, cutting off the twelve gilded pillars.

"You are just a seventh-level realm cultivator, and you dare to invade my palace?" The vertical pupil on Elvis' forehead widened, and the cold light froze Xiang Chen's left half of the body.

The Rat Clan Prince Xiang Haozi grinned and shattered the ice armor. The flames of the Lihuo Shield oozed out from his pores and condensed into a purple fire battle armor around his body: "An eighth realm like you is just taking a few more breaths!"

Three thousand metal wires suddenly sprang out from under the throne - that was the gold-eating secret technique that Xiang Chen had secretly laid down when he entered the hall.

Elvis soared into the air, but when his toes touched the roof of the hall, they hit the long-refined black iron skynet.

"Shameless rat!" Elvis was furious, and his seven tails ignited the dark blue fire.

"Elvis, surrender is your only way out!" Xiang Chen dug his claws into the ground, and the floor tiles of the entire palace liquefied instantly.

The moment Elvis fell into the metal swamp, he dodged it instantly with amazing reaction speed.

Elvis' seven long tails tore through the void, and the ghostly fire from the underworld burned charred grooves on the gilded floor tiles.

Xiang Chen used the refined armor to condense into arm armor to block. The shock wave caused by the collision between metal and nether fire crushed the twelve bronze cat statues into powder.

"Die, stinky rat!" Blood light shot out from the vertical pupil between Elvis' forehead, and Xiang Chen's left shoulder was pierced instantly.

The Rat Clan prince Xiang Haozi stumbled and smashed the Nine Dragon Screen, but used the momentum to scatter the blood-stained metal fragments into the cracks of the palace pillars.

Xiang Chen wiped the golden blood from the corner of his mouth and thrust his hand into the ground: "Get up!"

The seventy-two dragon-shaped pillars in the palace collapsed and turned into a sky full of metallic dragons.

Elvis sneered and swung his claws, shattering half of the Qilin dragons with the pressure of the Eight Realms, but he did not realize that the broken metal particles had penetrated into his seven tails.

"It's just a trifle!" Cat King shattered the jade steps and soared into the sky, with his seven tails intertwined into a net of the underworld.

Xiang Chen suddenly detonated the Fire Seed buried in his tailbone, and the dark blue flame instantly turned into the Burning Heaven Fire.

"Ah - when did you do this?" The tails were burning, and Elvis cut off the three tails in shock and anger, but the broken tails condensed into three purple fire swords in the air.

Xiang Chen stepped on the metal torrent and approached: "Little cat, I told you, you can't beat me!"

The flames from the Lihuo Shield gathered into a vortex in the palm of his hand, tearing the protective aura of Elvis apart.

Elvis's body and fangs grew dozens of times larger. He bit Xiang Chen's right arm, but found that he had bitten a liquid metal puppet.

The real Xiang Chen broke out from under the throne, holding in his claws the fragment of the Qionglong that Elvis had shattered earlier - now it had been refined into a Soul-Locking Nail!

When the seven soul-locking nails pierced through the vital points of the King of Cats, the entire palace began to collapse. Xiang Chen activated the Fire Cover to refine the surroundings into a furnace, and the King of Cats's eight-level body wailed and struggled in the fire.

When the last trace of the Netherworld Ghost Fire was extinguished, Xiang Chen's sharp claws had pierced through Elvis' chest, pinching the still beating demon pill.

"Hehehe——Little cat, you've lost. If you behave like my cute pet from now on, you'll still have a chance to survive!"