Besides, it was not just the wild rat slave soldiers who belonged to Hailstorm. Even the loyal house rat slave soldiers who had always followed Wildhammer were vomiting and having diarrhea. They lay limp on the ground like dehydrated earthworms and could not move.
Wildhammer could only pinch his nose and ask the witch doctors to help the slave soldiers recover.
At least, they would have the ability to stand up and crawl out of the city.
Before the rat slave soldiers recovered, Wildhammer could only stay in the Blood Skull Coliseum and fly into a rage. He did not know who he should vent his anger on.
However, to the rat slave soldiers, delaying their departure by one or two days could not change their fate of being thrown into the meat grinder.
Leaf held his stomach that was like an erupting volcano and curled up like a dying shrimp. Through the narrow window, he stared at the changing sky with a dumbfounded expression. He felt like he was about to die.
'It's all a lie! It's all a lie!'
The rat boy bit his lip and thought, feeling wronged. 'The descent of the Horned Rat God is a lie. The glory of the Blood Hoof Ancestral Spirit is also a lie. Even the harvester is a big liar. He even said that he had a way to escape. Now, everyone is poisoned and weak like mud. They can't even crawl out of the Blood Skull Coliseum, so how can they escape Black Horn City?!'
"Don't look at me with such a resentful gaze. It's as if I told you a huge lie."
Beside him, Meng Chao supported himself against the wall and stood on his tiptoes to look outside the window. He asked curiously, "I saw a huge pillar of light rising from the direction of the Blood Hoof Temple outside Black Horn City. There are a lot of octagonal cuneiform characters in the pillar of light. What the hell is that?"
"That's probably because all the high priests of the Blood Hoof Tribe have gathered together and are praying to their common ancestor, asking him to update their totemic armor," Leaf said weakly.
"Update?" Meng Chao quirked his eyebrows.
"Yeah. I don't know what that word means either. I heard it from a veteran laborer who has served in the Blood Skull Coliseum for more than ten years. It's something only the priests know. The ancient Turan language is probably one of the divine powers of the ancestral spirits. Through the update, many powerful skills can be implanted into the newly born Totem Armor. Therefore, every time the Glory era pledges to go to war, a ceremony must be carried out. "
Leaf grimaced in pain and said while holding her stomach, "Reaper, why are you still concerned about the Bloodhoof Temple at a time like this? Everyone's stomachs are hurting, and I feel like my intestines are about to be torn apart. Why do you seem to be fine?"
"I'm fine. It's probably because I didn't have a good appetite last night."
"Well, it's your fault for eating so much like hungry tigers pouncing on lambs."
"Eh?"
Leaf's eyes widened. "Didn't you ask us to wolf down our food? Didn't you force each of us to swallow three times the amount of food? Besides, which part of your appetite isn't good? You clearly ate the portion of the ten of us by yourself! "
"Don't mind the details."
Meng Chao grinned. "My stomach hurts a little, but it's fine. At the very least, we don't need to gather at Bloody Hoof Temple and go to the battlefield to die!"
"How is that possible?"
Leaf sighed and said, "You don't think the clan warriors will let us go with such a minor symptom as vomiting and diarrhea, and let us recuperate peacefully in Blackhorn City, do you? Bloody Hoof Clan wouldn't keep a group of useless idlers around for a long time. Didn't you see that Wildhammer's eyes were about to spit fire?
"When we get a little better, he will definitely drag us to the battlefield and send us to our deaths.
"If we really can't fight, the fate that awaits us is the most pitiful form of slave labor, just like the rat people who are still stationed in Black Horn City!"
"You're right. Then, it's time to recover our strength."
Meng Chao's smile faded away, and his expression became stern. "Leaf, from now on, use the Rib Breathing I taught you to breathe. Ten breaths per group. Hold your breath a little between each group. At the same time, slowly rub your abdomen in the direction of your right hand.
"Also, whisper this method to Spider and the others so that they can move quietly!"
Leaf was slightly stunned.
Then, he widened his eyes.
The rat person teenager seemed to have guessed something from Meng Chao's baffling orders. He sucked in a sharp breath and cried out, "Harvester, could it be that they poisoned us last night —"
"Shh. Just do as I say. Remember, even if everyone gradually recovers, don't be in a hurry to show that you're in high spirits. Take a good look at the rat soldiers who followed Wildhammer to begin with and try to appear as weak as them. Do you understand?"
Meng Chao stared into Leaf's eyes and enunciated each word clearly.
"Got it!"
Leaf nodded solemnly.
Then, he used the method Meng Chao taught him to size up Wildhammer's soldiers from the corner of his eye.
Fortunately, these soldiers relied on their identity as "house rats" and did not like to mingle with the "wild rats" who had just entered the city not long ago.
Besides, the rat soldiers were also vomiting and having diarrhea. They felt dizzy, and they saw three or four shadows of everything they saw. They could only close their eyes and grit their teeth as they lay on the ground. They did not have the time to monitor the wild rat soldiers at all.
Without batting an eyelid, Leaf crawled toward his companions.
He quietly told Spider about Meng Chao's orders.
The experienced private hunter cast Leaf a surprised glance, then cast a surprised look at Meng Chao from the distance.
But he instantly looked away and moved closer to his companions who were the closest to him. He whispered orders to them.
In an instant, the rat soldiers Meng Chao had personally chosen from the depths of the underground prison listened to his orders. They used a special method to breathe and rubbed their stomachs in a clockwise direction.
Something unbelievable happened!
Leaf originally felt that he was in a bad condition. He was like an empty bag, and without three to five days of work, he could forget about filling it up again.
But based on the method Meng Chao taught them, after they breathed and massaged, the pain from food poisoning and the weakness from vomiting and diarrhea disappeared like the ebb tide. They disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Then, a wave of hot and energetic energy surged out of his chest, causing his limbs, nerves, and muscle fibers to feel as comfortable as if they were soaking in a hot spring.
Soon, all the symptoms of acute food poisoning disappeared without a trace.
Ye secretly clenched her fists and listened to the crackling sound of her knuckles.
He felt that the vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness from a moment ago had vanished like a puff of smoke in a puff of smoke.
His punches seemed to have become stronger than before.
It was just like the poison that had been mixed into the liquor and sour cream the night before. Aside from it, there was also a secret medicine that could make a person full of energy and increase their fighting strength!
"This is …"
Leaf was surprised and delighted. He stared at Meng Chao in disbelief.
He could not help but move closer and suppress his excitement. "Harvester, did you really do this? I understand now. You intentionally poisoned all the people in the Blood Skull Coliseum, but you have the method to get rid of the poison.
"So, we recovered our energy, but the rat soldiers loyal to the warriors are still wobbly shrimps. It's only natural that they can't stop us from escaping. That must be it, right?"
"Of course not."
Meng Chao shook his head. "Even if we turn all the people in the Blood Skull Coliseum into shrimps, what's the point? When we escape from the coliseum, we'll still have to face the enemies of all of Black Corner City.
"Besides, Wildhammer won't eat the same food as the rat soldiers. He's not poisoned, and he alone is enough to kill all of you."
"That's right!"
The rat boy's hope was extinguished by a bucket of cold water.
He scratched his head for a long time, but he could not figure out where the path of escape was hidden. He could only widen his sparkling eyes and look at Meng Chao. "Harvester, what should we do next?"
"Next …"
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and looked at the fireball that was gradually rising to the center of the sky and shining with a piercing red light. He counted the time repeatedly in his heart and mumbled, "We can only pray."
"Huh?"
Leaf did not understand what he meant immediately.
"Let's pray to the Horned Rat God!"
Meng Chao sat down, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes.
"Pray?"
Leaf stuttered. "Harvester, didn't you say that you don't believe in the Horned Rat God?"
"I never said that I don't believe in the Horned Rat God. I'm just saying that we shouldn't place all our hopes on the Horned Rat God," Meng Chao said.
"Since it's impossible for us to escape with our own strength, and we don't have anything else to do, it won't be bad for us to pray.
"Didn't you say that I'm the Horned Rat God's messenger last time?"
"I-I was just making a wild guess," Leaf said.
"The supposed Horned Rat God's messenger has already been discovered by the Blood Hoof Family and Iron Skin Family. It's fake. He's a spy from the Golden Clan!"
"That's not necessarily true."
A mysterious smile appeared on Meng Chao's face. He winked at the rat boy. "Trust me. Perhaps the Horned Rat God's miracle will descend today."
Leaf was a little convinced by Meng Chao.
He did not know whether he should believe in the Horned Rat God again.
But he knew that the harvester would not speak without reason.
Although the Harvester's instructions and techniques seemed very strange sometimes, the Harvester's abilities were not easy to understand.
But as long as he wholeheartedly believed in the harvester, in the end, he would definitely be shocked by the result.
Leaf sat down and began to pray.
But for some reason, his mind was in a mess. He could not be like before, where he could be free of distracting thoughts and pray to the Horned Rat God with utmost sincerity.
He tried over a dozen times, but he was still unable to bind the shattered faith together seamlessly.
He opened one of his eyes slightly and discovered that the harvester seemed to be asleep yet not asleep. She did not notice his appearance.
Ye secretly changed his target.
For the first time, she prayed sincerely to her mother and brother.
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