Rise of the Alchemy God

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Near the Phoenix Sect, in a shallow area of the Spirit Forest, a bloody battle to the death was taking place.

The area of the Spirit Forest involved in the fight showed various signs of damage, from deeply dented trees to others that had been completely uprooted from the ground.

The culprits behind all this destruction did not seem to care and continued their battle without the slightest distraction.

Boom!

At the sound of what seemed to be a small explosion, a cloud of smoke rose, and within seconds, a figure could be seen darting out and crashing into a series of trees.

The mighty trees of the Spirit Forest, upon contact with the figure being thrown, couldn't withstand the impact and were destroyed, adding more disorder to the already damaged area.

Within a 100-meter radius, no beast could be seen wandering, and the closest ones were at least 300 meters away, rushing in the opposite direction from the battle between these two beings.

At the end of the row of newly destroyed trees, a mantis the size of a grown adult could be seen, its body embedded into the trunk of a tree.

The large mantis showed no signs of movement, demonstrating the lethal nature of the earlier explosion.

The cloud of dust that had been raised began to settle, and the figure of another creature started to emerge from it.

Unlike the mantis, the size of the second creature was much smaller, almost one-tenth that of the mantis.

Squeak.

Squeak.

With a series of high-pitched squeaks, the small figure moved, disappearing from its initial position and reappearing in front of the lifeless mantis's body, embedded in the trunk.

The creature's speed was fast enough to close the nearly 20-meter distance in an instant.

Appearing in front of the lifeless mantis, the small creature squeaked a couple of times and then launched itself onto its body.

It disappeared and reappeared again on the mantis's head, and without hesitation, used its small fangs to tear through the mantis's skull.

After several seconds, the creature stopped, now holding a sphere half the size of its own small body.

With the mantis's beast core in hand, the creature opened its mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Immediately after, the creature's body began to be covered by a faint white glow, while small but noticeable changes started occurring on its body.

Its entire body began to tremble and started growing slightly in size.

If the creature had been 15 centimeters before, it now measured almost 20 centimeters.

Even its outer appearance underwent some changes: its white fur became smoother and shinier, its eyes took on a scarlet hue, and its claws grew larger and sharper.

The process itself lasted no more than a minute, and by the end of it, the creature that had once appeared cute now had a much more threatening appearance.

Seeing that it had become stronger, the creature couldn't help but let out a loud squeak, as if to assert its newfound power.

"Wait for me, human. I'll make you pay for all the suffering I've endured ," thought the creature as a series of painful memories flashed through its mind.

Some time ago, while it had gone out to find food for its family, it ended up being captured by a human who treated it like merchandise and brought it to a market to be sold.

The creature spent a long time in that cage, worrying about the fate of its family, as well as its own.

After several days in the cage with no one buying it, a young man with long raven hair tied in a ponytail finally came and bought it.

The human left a deep impression on it, as the small creature had never seen anyone haggle so persistently over the price of something.

It should be known that even in the wild, beasts had to face their fair share of problems, and they often fought over the same thing.

This situation seemed similar to the creature.

In the end, the young human managed to get a good price for himself and took it home.

The little creature, which resembled a mouse, didn't know what would become of it, but seeing the crazy glances the human gave it while fiddling with a large metal object, it knew nothing good was coming.

It feared for its life and knew it had to find a way to escape; otherwise, it likely wouldn't survive.

Even though it knew this, it made no effort.

The days spent inside that cage had caused it to lose all hope.

This lasted until something miraculous happened.

The strange boy, who until recently had been staring intensely at it while muttering something like, "I'll make sure you're worth the money I spent on you," suddenly stopped what he was doing and rushed out of his room.

The small, mouse-like creature, which had been thinking that the crazy boy was about to deal the final blow by feeding it those strange balls, sighed in relief, glad to have survived another day.

Only then did it notice that, in his haste to leave, the crazy boy had forgotten to lock the cage.

The little creature, realizing this, knew that either it escaped now, or it would remain there forever.

Without hesitation, it fled from the cage and managed to slip out through the slightly open window.

From there, it took some time, but it eventually found its way back to its den.

It wondered how its family was doing and whether they had missed it during its long absence.

Without hesitation, it entered its underground den and hurried to reach its family.

But what it found upon its arrival was not a pleasant sight.

On its knees, surrounded by the bones of its loved ones, it swore it would take its revenge.

Shaking off the painful memories, the small, mouse-like creature climbed off the mantis' corpse and headed in a new direction, ready to hunt its next prey.

What had once been an innocent little mouse had, in just a few months, become the nightmare of many beings in the outer area of the Spirit Forest.