Spirit Hunters of Maoshan Sect

Chapter 70

Chapter 70

Chapter 70 - The Kappa

Ye Shaoyang felt slightly at peace, as he knew that the fire would burn the demon alive and turn it into a lump of hard coal . At this time, a nest of beetle-sized insects crawled out from the demon’s split skin and left the cinnabar net through the gaps . These insects had a greyish-green outer shell . The Hellfire had burned some, but most of them had managed to escape . They crawled toward Ye Shaoyang at a very fast pace .

Ye Shaoyang recognized these insects once they crawled out—death beetles, the evolution of death worms . They had a highly corrosive poison and frequently attacked humans . Ye Shaoyang shouted, “Senior brother, I'll leave them to you . I have to concentrate on the hand seal . ”

Old Guo took out a cinnabar gun . With a few snaps!, he shot down several death beetles . He looked troubled, “There are so many of them; I can't handle them alone! Where is Xiao Ma!” He threw his haversack to Xiao Ma and shouted, “Take out the cinnabar in the yellow paper bag, spray the cinnabar around junior brother, and ignite it . Faster! Faster!”

Xiao Ma turned the haversack upside down and poured everything out . As he hurriedly for the cinnabar, he found packs of condoms, “Wow, Durex . Are you serious, Old Guo? I never knew you were so dry inside, even though you always look so honest . ”

Old Guo flushed . He scolded Xiao Ma, “Someone put them into my haversack . Why are you looking at that! Faster, search for the cinnabar!”

Xiao Ma glanced over the items . He saw many paper bags tied with red threads . They looked like bags of bombs, “Yellow paper bag, yellow paper bag… . ”

Xiao Ma picked up one of the yellow paper bags and asked, “Old Guo, is it this one?”

Old Guo had no time to check as shooting the death beetles kept him busy . So, he simply answered, “Yes, as long as it is in a yellow paper bag . Faster, Xiao Ma . I only have one gun . I don't think I can hold them back long enough . ”

“Here we go!” Xiao Ma opened up the paper bag, sprayed the powder around Ye Shaoyang’s feet, and set it alight . Boom! A two meter-high flame suddenly appeared . The heat wave swept Ye Shaoyang off his feet, and he laid prone on all fours . His back felt extremely hot; he turned around and saw that his shirt was on fire . He totally forgot about the incantation and quickly rolled around the ground to put out the fire . After he extinguished it, he wiped his face and saw that blackish ash covered his hands . He roared, “Damn you, Xiao Ma! What are you doing!”

“How would I know that the cinnabar is so powerful?” Xiao Ma stared blankly, “The cinnabar was almost as powerful as a bomb!”

The flames burned the majority of the death beetles, and Old Guo killed the remaining ones . He approached the fire, pinched up some unburned powder, and sniffed it . Then, he sternly scolded Xiao Ma, “This is damn f*cking explosives! Sulfur! You mistook sulfur for cinnabar, are you trying to set him on fire?!”

Xiao Ma wiped the sweat from his forehead and faltered, “How would I differentiate between cinnabar and sulfur? You said it was in the yellow paper bag . Isn't this a yellow paper bag?”

After Old Guo scolded Xiao Ma, he still wanted to give Xiao Ma a piece of his mind . Suddenly, a strange sound came from the demon’s direction . They turned around and saw that the demon was trying to tear off the cinnabar net . Within a short while, the demon had torn a small hole .

A bloody, red, spider-or-crab-like creature tried to crawl out from the demon’s head . The creature used its five pairs of claws to separate the demon’s head . Then, it sprung through the hole in the cinnabar net and flew toward Ye Shaoyang . In response, Ye Shaoyang quickly made a hand seal and slapped the creature, which forced it back . At the same time, Ye Shaoyang felt a numbness over his palm . He shouted urgently, “Everyone, be careful; this creature is poisonous!”

That creature seemed to know that Ye Shaoyang was hard to deal with . After the latter threw it off, it quickly flew toward Old Guo .

“What the hell, even a monster knows to bully the weak but fear the strong!” As Old Guo scolded, he aimed and shot at the creature . The creature dodged, which left Old Guo stunned . When he thought of taking another shot, It was already too late . The creature had already arrived at his chest . Instantly, Old Guo felt numbness come over his chest . It must have stabbed its claws into his flesh . Without giving it a second thought, he bit the tip of his tongue till it bled and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the creature . His blood was not as powerful as Ye Shaoyang’s . However, he was still a sorcerer after all . He had a sorcerer’s blood . The creature shivered and loosened its grip on Old Guo’s chest . Then, it flew back to the demon’s head and entered its skull through a hole .

Ye Shaoyang felt shocked, “What creature is this? How did it live inside the demon? What is the relationship between them?”

At this moment, the demon had already torn off the cinnabar net completely . The Hellfire had burned away all its yellow fur . But its greyish-white inner skin seemed to protect it from the Hellfire . It jumped out from the fire, its body no longer alight . It let out a weird roar and lunged at Ye Shaoyang .

Ye Shaoyang fought the demon with his date wood sword . The demon was as strong as an ox and had very tough skin . Even the date wood sword failed to hurt it . He had no choice but to switch to defence . He tried to escape from each attack, as he thought, Every demon must have its own weak spot . Where is the weak spot of this demon?

Suddenly, Xie Yuqing shouted from outside, “Little trickster, this is a Kappa . It must be a Kappa!”

Her words stunned Ye Shaoyang, “What?”

“A Kappa . I saw it in a movie . It looks similar to a Kappa from the movie; the snout, the webbed feet, and it lives in water… . ”

Ye Shaoyang suddenly realized, Damn, this is really a Kappa! One of the famous demons in Japan! He had continued to think of Chinese traditional demons, but he had forgotten that the Japanese had built this place . It completely made sense to find a Japanese demon guarding this location .

Ye Shaoyang recalled the description of the Kappa from the ancient books . Other than the features Xie Yuqing mentioned just now, its most special feature was a deep hole filled with heavy water at the top of its head . It had the strength of a bull and acted extremely fierce . The folktales stated its power would be reduced by eighty percent if you released the heavy water from the hole .

In the present scenario, the Kappa seemed somewhat different from hearsay . A parasite stayed inside the head of this Kappa, and it had crawled out from the deep hole just now . So, Ye Shaoyang believed that the Kappa’s weak point must be the deep hole on top of its head . He quickly shouted to Old Guo, “Senior brother, slash its legs with the date wood sword . Xiao Ma, you join the fight as well, but be careful . ”

“Alright!” Old Guo took out his date wood sword out and joined the battle . He had no chance in a battle with the Kappa if he fought alone . However, his junior brother had taken the lead, and he had become the assistant, so he did not fear it .

“Maoshan Sect’s Earth Spirit Swordplay!” Old Guo flourished his date wood sword . He mainly focused his attacks on its abdomen, thighs, and legs . He slashed at its furless thigh, until the creature’s skin burst open and its flesh hung in shreds . The Kappa shouted out in pain . It had no time to attack Old Guo, as Ye Shaoyang attacked it aggressively .

Xiao Ma felt excited; as if this scene had aroused his combative spirit . He watched on as Ye Shaoyang and Old Guo fought delightfully with the Kappa . He stepped forward, waited for the right time, and grasped the Kappa’s legs tightly . Then, he shouted, “Old Guo, chop with all your strength now!”

Old Guo sliced his fingertip and wiped his blood onto the date wood sword . Then, he chanted aloud, “O'Mighty Heaven and Earth, with the Power of Yin Yang, Destroy!” He chopped at the Kappa’s legs . Old Guo’s power let the blunt date wood sword chop into its legs . An audible and loud crackling sound rang out, as its legs fractured .

“Owwwww… . ” The Kappa cried out loudly . It clasped its two sharp-blade like hands and thrust at Xiao Ma’s head .

“Watch out!” Without time to think, Old Guo directly kicked Xiao Ma's face, which sent the latter’s body to the side . Just as Xiao Ma was about to scold Old Guo, the Kappa’s hands suddenly stabbed at least three inches into the cement floor .

Xiao Ma was paralysed with fear . If those hands had stabbed into his head, such a terrible force could smash his head like a mushy persimmon . He felt that Old Guo’s kick to his face was better than a headshot from the Kappa . Xiao Ma panted . Just as he barely caught his breath, the Kappa pulled out its hands and thrust at his head again .