Chapter 323 - Method
Immediately, all of the Human Xiaos exploded into action. They quickly scattered at a blinding speed, disappearing in an instant.
What’s going on? Did they find me?
Li Huowang felt his heartbeat suddenly quicken. The situation had changed much faster than he could have imagined.
As Li Huowang quickly weaved through the rooms to find the babies, he realized that not only did the things all of them do resemble the Zephyr Temple, but even the decorations and rooms here resembled it!
Li Huowang suddenly stood still while searching for the babies. In a dark environment like this, sound was the best method to determine directions. Thus, Li Huowang quickly removed the cotton from his ears.
Immediately, he was overwhelmed by the sound of the river, the crawling Human Xiaos, dripping water, and various other noises.
Amidst all the noise, he closed his eyes and did his best to discern the noises and their sources. Gradually, he managed to hear some words.
“Uncle?”
That noise...
As Li Huowang tried tracing the sources of the sounds, he suddenly heard crying noises.
I’ve found them!
He immediately ran towards the source of the voices. He ran through the caves, quickly going over uneven ground. In the end, he finally found a smaller cave with a light. The babies were inside there!
At this moment, there were several old people carefully using cinnabar to dot the foreheads of the babies. Even the old woman from before was here.
At this moment, she was holding a baby girl, but rather than joy, her face was filled with uneasiness.
There were still twenty to thirty babies that were alive, but he also saw several discarded baskets that were producing a rotting stench. He didn’t want to see what was inside.
With Monk urging him, Li Huowang gradually revealed himself and whispered to the old people, “Don’t worry. The caves are a bit chaotic now. Wait here and I will bring you out later.”
Hearing his voice, the old people raised their heads and saw Li Huowang. Seeing him, some of their numb eyes gradually grew bright.
After a moment, one of them, who was around a hundred years old, slowly stood up with his cane and started shouting, “Water Sons! Water Sons! Someone has sneaked in here!”
His shout instantly caused a chain reaction and most of the other older people started shouting as well.
Seeing this, Li Huowang snarled and swept his sword at them, decapitating three of them in a single go.
But even if he killed all of them at this point, it would be useless. The Human Xiaos had heard their shouts.
In just a few moments, someone threw a handful of black glutinous rice at Li Huowang, black smoke trailing off them.
In that moment, Li Huowang shifted his body and the black glutinous rice phased right through his illusion before hitting an old woman instead. With a startled cry, her flesh started melting off and she soon became a smoldering corpse.
“Go!” shouted Li Huowang as he used his sword and shaved off all the freshly-grown nails on his left hand.
As he heard the Human Xiaos crying outside, he quickly hid his illusion underneath the ground and once again turned invisible.
However, just then, one of the old people stood up and warned the Human Xiaos, “My son! That man entered into the ground! He must know of a method to travel straight through it! Be careful!”
A strong killing intent instantly bloomed within Li Huowang’s heart. He had never hated someone so much. The old people here were even worse than the Human Xiaos.
One of the Human Xiaos had heard the old person’s warning and used its long fingernails to pick up two dried leaves. Then, it placed them on both of its eyes and wiped them. As it wailed, all of the other Human Xiao ran straight at Li Huowang, carrying black horse-tail whisks, Daoist bells, and cherry wood swords.
Seeing this, Li Huowang took out his bronze coin sword and started chanting. The sword instantly split apart and the various coins pierced through numerous Human Xiaos.
In an instant, the dark cave was lit up by metal sparks.
As Li Huowang was fighting against the Human Xiaos, one of them grabbed a purple talisman and placed it on an umbrella before trying to use it to stab Li Huowang from the back.
Li Huowang’s ears moved slightly and he quickly turned around. When he saw the Human Xiao attempting to backstab him, he opened his mouth. At that moment, a bunch of black tentacles burst forth and covered the Human Xiao’s face, ripping half of it apart.
At the same time, the red thread of the bronze coin sword also wrapped around several of the Human Xiao’s necks.
With this, he pulled the bronze coin sword and decapitated all of their heads.
With Li Huowang’s rampaging attack and self-mutilation, the number of Human Xiao’s decreased rapidly. None of them could fight against Li Huowang.
Seeing that they were losing, the Human Xiao soon changed tactics.
An incense burner made with an old man’s head was placed on the ground. Three white candles were placed in front of it and the Human Xiao that was conducting the morning lecture stood up from the ground. Then, it took out several wriggling pills and placed them in its mouth. It then took a stance with its mangled legs and suddenly drew its cherry wood sword. There was a black talisman stabbed into the sword.
Then, the Daoist Human Xiao started chanting in a non-human language. Even though it wasn’t accurate, the rhythm and tone were still there.
At this moment, a monster with no eyes, twisted limbs, and sharp teeth was chanting to use a technique. This was both surreal and scary.
But what was even scarier was that Li Huowang didn’t know what technique it was using. All he knew was that he had to stop it.
Li Huowang quickly ran toward the Daoist Human Xiao while using his sword to cut at his own left hand. Without hesitation, he chopped off two of his fingers and immediately turned them into bone bullets that shot at the Daoist Human Xiao.
But, the bone bullets were blocked by two other Human Xiaos.
Meanwhile, the Daoist Human Xiao saw Li Huowang and quickly threw out two black flags, implanting them on both sides of Li Huowang. It then stabbed its smoking cherry wood sword into the ground.
Immediately, the black smoke drained into the ground and a ritual circle appeared with Li Huowang at the center. The circle was written in a curious language.
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