Chapter 52
Chapter 52 Three-tailed Centipede
“You aren’t hungry, but it is,” the old lady looked at her stomach . Then, she used her dry, bony hands to tear her own clothes, which exposed her round belly . Her next actions caused so of them to scream in horror; she dug her bare hands into her stomach, and black blood oozed out . Imdiately, a putrid stench filled the room . A black creature squeezed out from her stomach and tore it apart . The creature’s head was shiny, black, and flat . Pushing itself out of her stomach, the creature widened its jaw and hissed, as its head twitched .
“Centipede!” Xie Yuqing uncontrollably scread . It was indeed a centipede crawling out from the old lady’s stomach! There was no point in acting friendly anymore . Ye Shaoyang imdiately moved forward and chopped toward her neck with his date wood sword . The old lady raised her hand and tried to grasp the sword, but the move was just a feint . Ye Shaoyang chanted an incantation and a flash of golden light visibly emanated from the wooden sword . He wielded the wooden sword and slashed at the old lady’s neck, severing her head from her body . In an instant, blood spurted out . Ye Shaoyang shook the sword to rid it of the blood .
The head flew toward Xiao Ma . When he saw a black object flying toward him, he reflexively caught it . But to his horror, the head was still alive! It opened its mouth and bit Xiao Ma’s finger . “Damn!” Xiao Ma flung the head away, and it flew toward Old Guo . It fell into his arms and gnawed at Old Guo’s clothes . Old Guo did not hesitate . He drew out his jujube wood sword . He slashed the head a few more tis and sliced it into mutilated chunks . Black blood spilled everywhere, and the head finally stopped moving . “You almost killed ; you bastard!” Old Guo scolded Xiao Ma .
Although she no longer had a head, she was still standing . With a slight struggle, the centipede soon carved a gaping hole through her stomach . Blood flowed out like water, as it wiggled itself out of the old woman’s body . Intestines and all sorts of organs flew everywhere . It was not a scene for the weak-hearted . Ye Shaoyang held up the sword and aid it at the centipede . He wanted to slash its head off, but the centipede had much faster reflexes . Suddenly, it raised its head and snatched the sword in the air with its jaws . Ye Shaoyang had not expected this . Before he could react, the centipede had already thrown away the sword . “Thiscreature is strong!” Ye Shaoyang wasnot intimidated, but he raised his vigilance . He tightly gripped his right hand to form a hand seal . Then, his right hand slapped toward the centipede's head . The centipede opened its jaws again, as it attempted to bite his hand . Ye Shaoyang smirked, as he avoided the centipede's jaws . He had prepared himself this ti . The centipede missed, and now it was his turn . He fiercely slapped the centipede's head .
The centipede hissed, and it sprayed a white gas from its mouth . It shook its body and coiled back . Then, it launched itself out of the lady’s body in a spring-like fashion . Everyone gasped when they saw the creature in the air . It was a huge centipede with three tails!
“Three-tailed centipede!” Old Guo exclaid, “Back off everyone! Beware!”
As he cautioned the others, the centipede charged right at him . He quickly chanted for protection and raised his sword to face the attack . Old Guo’s level of cultivation was relatively low, so his chant was not that powerful . He could feel the impact of the centipede's charge bearing down on his right hand . His hand grew sore, and the sword slipped out of his grip . Despite this, the three-tailed centipede suffered a loss too . It quickly understood that this man was not its best choice for prey . While this man was hardly as powerful as the young guy it fought just now, this manwas still enough to deal so damage to it . It quickly found its next target—Xiao Ma . It altered its course and launched itself toward him .
Xiao Ma was not prepared for a fight . Just a second ago, the centipede was fighting with Old Guo, so he did not expect the centipede to charge at him . He took a few steps backward in panic, but he had forgotten about the bed behind him . He fell right onto the bed and landed on top of the old lady’s body . He tried to get up, but the centipede swiftly caught up with him and pressed onto him . Then, its huge body shrank to the size of a normal centipede . Before Xiao Ma could do anything, it crawled into Xiao Ma’s body through his mouth . “Oh no!” Ye Shaoyang exclaid, as he ran over to Xiao Ma and grabbed the centipede’s tails . He did not dare to exert too much force on the tails, lest he accidentally broke the tails apart . Such an action would not kill the centipede . Instead, it would allow the creature to crawl further inside Xiao Ma’s body and cause lethal damage .
Ye Shaoyang turned to Old Guo, as his hand continued to grasp the centipede, “Quick, senior brother, give him realgar water!”
Old Guo imdiately put down his backpack . He took out a small porcelain bowl and poured so realgar powder into it . He could not find any drinking water, so the liquid in the spray bottle had to do . He opened the bottle, poured the liquid into the bowl, mixed it, and poured the solution into Xiao Ma’s throat .
“Inhale, Xiao Ma! Suck it in!”
Xiao Ma inhaled deeply . The liquid flowed into his throat and directly landed on the centipede . It seed to imdiately react to the liquid, and it started to convulse . It desperately tried to back out through the throat and escape, but Ye Shaoyang still had a firm hold on it . He pulled the centipede out of Xiao Ma’s throat and tightly gripped its vital point . With his other hand, he took out an ancient coin, as he prepared to chant and destroy the centipede .
“Junior brother, slow down! Don't kill it; it might be useful to us!” Old Guo stopped Ye Shaoyang . He took out a red string, dipped it into the realgar, and carefully wrapped it around the centipede's jaws . Next, he wrote on two talisman papers, added so realgar powder, and stuck the two talismans back to back, with a small space in between to hold the centipede . The talisman papers trapped the centipede, and the red string bound its jaws, so it could not move at all now .
“Hehe, look at this little junior brother . This is a rare three-tailed centipede . What a waste to just kill it!”
Ye Shaoyang knew the thoughts on Old Guo's mind . He replied, “This centipede fed on the flesh and blood of the living dead . Corpse Qi infests it . Cleansing this centipede would be a tough job . ”
“No worries . We can do this slowly . Imagine how useful it would be to us if we succeed . This centipede is good enough to fight any average level spirit . ”
Ye Shaoyang did not agree, but he felt it was not his place to comnt any further . He gave so cautionary advice, and that was it . Ye Shaoyang turned around to find Xiao Ma . The fellow was holding his throat, and his face was completely red . He was struggling on the bed with tears all over his face . Ye Shaoyang imdiately asked with worry, “Did the centipede bite you in your throat just now?”
Xiao Ma managed to shake his head, and he finally managed to get up after a short struggle . He unzipped his backpack and took out a bottle of drinking water . He rinsed his mouth and poured the remaining water into his nose . After quite so ti, he finally got a hold of himself . He scolded Old Guo, “What the hell is wrong with you? What did you pour into my throat? I almost died!”
“But it's only realgar; how could it be that bad?” Old Guo was confused as well .
Ye Shaoyang picked up the bottle that Old Guo had used and sniffed it . It was the sll of pepper . He showed Old Guo the bottle, as he shook his head, “You are really sothing . Why did you mix this pepper water into realgar? No wonder he was suffering!”
Old Guo smacked his own head, as he realized his mistake . His face turned red with embarrassnt, “I’m truly sorry my friend! I was panicking just now, so I picked up whatever bottle with liquid inside . Who could have guessed it was the bottle of pepper spray! Forgive , Xiao Ma!”
Xie Yuqing laughed as she looked at this ss, “Why did you bring pepper spray? Does it scare away spirits?”
“Well, no, this is different . ” Old Guo answered; he still looked embarrassed, “My daughter is going to study abroad . I bought her a bottle of pepper spray so that she can guard off any perverts coming at her . I haven't been able to pass the bottle to her, so I kept it in my bag . ”
Xiao Ma was still in tears, as the effects of the pepper spray had not worn off yet, “I haven't even t her yet . How could I be the one to get sprayed when I've done nothing to her?”
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