Mutated Tao

“Woof!”

Bun’s barking broke Li Huowang’s train of thoughts as he saw Bun heading into the darkness.

“Daoist! Go and chase after it! The dog just caught a sniff of what you were looking for!” Monk’s illusion quickly reminded Li Huowang.

“Black Taisui?” Li Huowang took a glance at the illusion and quickly hobbled after Bun. Everyone else followed after him.

Bun ran faster and faster through the cave. After a couple of turns, Li Huowang also started getting excited! He too could smell a Black Taisui!

The Black Taisui is nearby!

Li Huowang’s heart started beating rapidly. But just as he was about to run faster, Li Huowang felt his scalp tingle and he immediately ducked. Thankfully, he managed to duck just in time, allowing something to swing past where his head had just been.

Bam!

Gao Zhijian slammed that thing with his mace and helped Li Huowang escape whatever it was.

Everyone else grouped around Li Huowang and readied their weapons.

Li Huowang’s body was tense as he asked Gao Zhijian, “Did you see what it was?”

“Meat… meathook!” Gao Zhijian explained what he saw.

“A meathook? Another evil being is here? Why can’t we just catch a break.” Li Huowang stared into the darkness alertly.

“Did you see it?” Li Huowang spoke to Monk’s illusion.

“No, I was distracted,” replied Monk.

Dak dak dak~

At that moment, something came from Li Huowang’s left side, causing everyone to point their weapons there, only to find that it was Bun running toward them.

Bun placed its head onto the ground and barked at Li Huowang.

“Daoist, it's asking why aren’t you following it?” suggested Monk.

Li Huowang frowned. “Shut up. As if you know how to talk to dogs.”

Seeing this, everyone was surprised as they stared at Li Huowang.

“Senior Li, please don’t get one of your episodes over here. If you do, then we will really be done for.” Puppy trembled.

Li Huowang frowned at him and then looked at Bun. “Why did that thing attack me and not Bun?”

But no one could answer him. Meanwhile, Bun just wagged its tail and walked around in circles. Looking at how impatient it was, the thing they were looking for should be close.

Staring at the darkness ahead, Li Huowang decided to follow Bun. They were already here and it would waste all of their efforts if they decided to turn back now.

“Come! Everyone, follow me! Remember! Don’t lose track of anyone and don’t fall behind,” instructed Li Huowang. In order to prevent another ambush, all of them huddled around before walking forward carefully.

Because of the thing just now, Li Huowang kept looking upward to see if there’s anything on the ceiling.

On the other hand, when it saw its owner start to walk, Bun continued to trace the scent into the cave.

Nothing happened for the next two hours; neither the meathook nor the Lion Dance made an appearance. It was quiet, too quiet.

All of them were feeling oppressed by their surroundings. Within the dark and silent cave, everyone was tense; after all, anything could leap out from the darkness at any time. Cold sweat dripped down from their faces.

“Shhh! Quiet! I think we found it.” Li Huowang stared at the writhing tentacles within the darkness. Even though it was still blurry, Li Huowang was sure that it was a Black Taisui!

The Black Taisui was curious by the sudden light and extended one of its tentacles to touch the glowing green rock.

“We finally found it.” Li Huowang’s breath became soft. It was as if he was afraid of scaring the Black Taisui away.

“Senior Li, how should we bring it back?” Sun Baolu whispered.

Li Huowang stared at the Black Taisui and pondered about it. This Black Taisui was quite a bit bigger than the one in the Zephyr Temple.

“Zhijian, bring me the chains that all of you use to tie me up. We might need to surround and ambush it. When we act later, be careful not to kill it,” said Li Huowang.

As everyone moved around slowly, the chains slowly wrapped around the Black Taisui.

When Li Huowang gave the signal, Gao Zhijian raised his mace and ran over to the Black Taisui, as if about to smash it into pieces.

Bam!

At that moment, several translucent tentacles exploded from the Black Taisui’s flesh and stabbed toward Gao Zhijian.

In the instant it attacked, everyone raised the chain and ran around it.

They were trying to bind it!

Li Huowang also shot forward and cut down the tentacles with his sword.

Compared to the Lion Dance, the Black Taisui was an easier foe for them to subdue. Even so, it was a ridiculously hard task to capture it without killing it. They could use all of their techniques to kill the Lion Dance, but they couldn’t use them against the Black Taisui.

After all, they could neither be too hard on it nor too soft.

Li Huowang’s group wanted to use the chains to capture it, but the Black Taisui’s tentacles kept disrupting them.

The situation got chaotic very fast.

At this point, Li Huowang’s plan has gone completely awry! The tentacles did not disappear after he chopped them off; instead, even more of them extended from where he had cut them.

At the critical moment, all of them heard something coming from their left.

Something was approaching them!

Peng! Shua!

The sound was too bizarre, completely unlike anything Li Huowang had ever heard before.

Shit! Something is coming and I can’t wait any longer! I guess I have no choice.

Making up his mind, Li Huowang took a deep breath and quickly took out a dagger before cutting off the skin on his torso.

He peeled off the skin and flesh, revealing his white ribs to the air.

Then, without heeding the pain that almost made him pass out, Li Huowang threw the large piece of skin towards the Black Taisui. It quickly expanded and captured the Black Taisui. No matter how many tentacles the Black Taisui spawned to stab at the skin, it was useless!

“Let’s go!” Li Huowang ignored his pain and ordered everyone to run in the opposite direction with the Black Taisui.

They were faster than whatever that thing was, and so the sounds slowly grew silent.

“Senior Li, you are hurt.” Bai Lingmiao glanced at Li Huowang’s shirt which was gradually becoming more and more red. As she spoke, she took out the Golden Wound medication and spread it across his torso.

Li Huowang almost had the urge to kill himself from all the pain and the medication, but when he saw Gao Zhijian dragging the Black Taisui, he once again found the drive to live.

Li Huowang smiled. Amidst the intense pain wracking his body, he started laughing.

Finally… he had finally found the method to stop the hallucinations once and for all.

“Wang Wei, didn’t you say that that side is reality? If you can still drag me back to ‘reality’ after I consume the Black Taisui, then I will believe you!” Li Huowang laughed, mumbling within the darkness.

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