"Rat City."
The next morning, Chen Fan looked at the town before him.
The walls were crumbling, desolate and dilapidated, looking no different from other ruined cities in the wilderness.
Suddenly, an odd noise reached his ears.
Chen Fan gazed over and saw a shadow deep in the alley, gnawing on a human leg.
The shadow had a huge mouth, its teeth the size of a human palm, stained with blood and bits of flesh.
The shadow wasn't human but a black rat beast standing over a meter tall, standing on its hind legs like a person.
It hadn't noticed someone observing it from a distance, continuing to enjoy its meal.
Chen Fan frowned, pointed his finger, and a streak of sword qi flew out, instantly piercing through the black rat's head. It didn't even have time to cry out before collapsing to the ground.
As it fell, the scene deeper in the alley came into view.