“The door. ” Luoshan Zi whispered to the Teiths and Sue, then walked forward, with some talismans in hand, staring the shadowy creature right in the yellow, glowing eyes.

  Being someohat had lived in the South Eastern Distriost of her life, Luoshan Zi had heard of the story of the cat granny before. It was more than just an urban legend, for the elders and even her parents used to tease her when she was still a child. “If you don’t behave, the cat granny’s gonna e a you” used to be a on threat and warning. But right now, it was the first time she ever id eyes oual cat granny in the flesh. And somewhat horrifyingly, it looked exactly like the blurry picture that was on the front page of an old tabloid she read when she was still in primary school.

  Slightly messy long hair, jaundiced face, scratches on both sides of her face like whiskers, and a full mouth of tainted, sharp teeth. Right now, it seemed that most of her attention ced on Luoshan Zi, while her eyes kept sing every er in the room, seemingly searg for her target.

  The Teiths were in a state of panic, they could barely move at this point. Sue was in a better stage, and she kept pulling them, even though her body was trembling. Luoshan Zi felt the chills in her body as well, as she moved to the front of the Teiths, blog the cat granny’s view.

  The cat granny frowned lightly, then opened her mouth a out a threatening hiss. This was not a cat’s voior a human or an old woman’s - it was more bellowing, echoey, and even came with a barely audible sharp ting. She gradually moved to the sliding gss door between the living room and the baly. The sliding door was shut and locked from inside, but whe her fingers on the lock’s position from outside, a twisted, crooked finger creeped out of the lock’s hole and started turning it. After a few tries, the lock clicked open.

  The living room was silent, with only the sound of the stove with a pot of burning oil and the creaks of the sliding door’s wheels turning. Luoshan Zi took a deep breath to push her fear down. Then, her Qi started accelerating in her meridians. The air was being gradually more foul with the prolonged presence of the cat granny. And Luoshan Zi worried that the inse ash with rd and butter would not be able to hide the civilians here much longer.

  “What are you doing? Go out the door!” Luoshan Zi turned bad whispered to the Teiths.

  The cat granny’s eyes opened wide just when Luoshan Zi finished her sentence. She smmed open the sliding door, and lu Luoshan Zi with a scream. Her arms swung forward at Luoshan Zi, her long, sharp nails and her boney ready to tear into this human.

  “Shit! Go!” Luoshan Zi jumped up fag the cat granny, stig her middle and index fingers up on both hands. Her forearms were instantly coated with a yer of green energy like translut jade.

  A loud k exploded as Luoshan Zi’s forearm blocked the cat granny’s wrists. The yers of green cracked up and crumbled, the foul dark energy left two scorch marks on the cafe owner’s skin. She did not have time to worry about these, as her fiurned and aimed. Before the cat granny made another move, slender and sharp bdes of glowing green Qi shot out from Luoshan Zi’s fiips. Dark tar gushed out of the cat granny’s eye sockets along with a deafening screech.

  Luoshan Zi kicked the cat granny in the chest, sending the creature into the wall and ceiling while riding the force back down on the ground. Ashes leaked through her fingers - the talismans in her palms were all but expended i attack. And a chilling pain started seeping int through the sole of her feet.

  “Go! What are you waiting for!?” Luoshan Zi pushed her Qi more to squeeze this chilling and corrosive energy out of her body: “GOGOGO! LEAVE!”

  The Teiths finally regaiheir strength and ability to move. Brian opehe door, and Samantha ran outside while holding Kevin in her arms.

  Luoshan Zi rolled tht and snatched a lit dle from the ground, as well as Tae Kuo’s short peachwood sword. With a quick run of her left palm along the retively dull edge of the peachwood sword, she sliced a thin gash on herself and coated the sword with her blood.

  The cat granny squirmed and groaned on the ground for a short while. She fell on a bag of blessed rice, her skin was burned yet it did not seem to impact her mobility. Before Luoshan Zi could follow up with atack, she already crawled up, with her arms in the ready. Her left arm was blog her fad her right was lowered, ready to retaliate any attempts ing her way. Her eyes were destroyed, and the dark tar tio seep out, flowing down her fad dripping on the ground.

  The cat granny turned around, seemingly searg for traces of Luoshan Zi somewhat aimlessly. After pnning for a brief moment, Luoshan Zi picked up a shoe by her side using her left foot toes, and kicked it in the dire of the kit.

  The cat granny growed, and immediately lu the dire of the shoe. Luoshan Zi stamped forward the moment she saw the cat granny’s back, with her peachwood sword ready to plunge.

  But the moment, the explosive feeling of daruck her. Her step slowed for one mere moment, just in time for the cat granny to swiftly turn bad swung her cw right at her chest.

  This creature did not lose sight. She could still see, through a hidden eye located ohroat.

  A sharp pain came from her right forearm. Even though she retracted the sword the moment she sehe dahe dark nails still sliced through the jade energy yer. The flow of her Qi was interrupted by this attack, and a grueling agony coursed through the entire right half of her body.

  With a quick step using her left foot, Luoshan Zi backed into a wall while holding her right forearm. There was no room for her to dodge, and it seemed she was out of energy to escape as well.

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