Chapter 25

Wang Hai put on the gloves and, without waiting for the large cat to come to the door, stood up and walked to the door.

Bang!

Kicked the door open.

Came face to face with the large cat stepping onto the steps.

Meow!!!

The large cat hissed, without a moment's hesitation, its body leaped up, lunging straight at Wang Hai's face!

Strength comes from the ground; when experts fight, unless forced or having unique moves, the biggest taboo is being in mid-air with nowhere to borrow strength.

Animals don't understand this, but Wang Hai would not let this opportunity go.

His footsteps were swift, he lowered his body to dodge the pounce, his hand hooks slashed along the large cat's belly, using the legendary move "I'm a sliding shovel."

Clatter!

A huge hole was cut in the large cat's belly, and red, yellow, and green things rolled out together, spilling from mid-air.

"Tsk!"

Having succeeded in one strike, Wang Hai cursed secretly in his heart, pressed one hand on the ground, and his whole body spun like a top a few times, shifting out to dodge the flesh and blood splashing from the large cat's wound.

Seeing the flesh and blood spilling from the large cat's belly, it fell to the ground, actually sizzling, bubbling up on the floor tiles.

And the internal organs on the ground were also slowly squirming, occasionally bulging a contour, as if a pile of living things were hidden inside.

The large cat landed and stumbled, then stood firm, turned around, arched its back at Wang Hai, and hissed from its mouth.

With such injuries, the internal organs in the belly had all fallen to the ground; if it were a living thing, it would definitely be twitching on the ground, unable to move, but it was completely fine, as if it had just bumped into something.

Because it was already a dead thing.

Or rather, it was just another living thing wearing an "outer coat."

Wang Hai clenched his palms, moved his hands and feet, and beckoned to the large cat.

"Come."

He only knew a little about the roots of this thing and was facing it for the first time. So he struck harder on the first encounter, nearly getting tainted by the flesh and blood that looked bad at a glance.

The reason that dead old guard could sweep the cat corpse into two halves with one stick was that the "outer coat" had been dead for too long, the flesh and blood were dried up, and the bones were brittle.

And this one in front of Wang Hai had not been dead long, the flesh and blood were still fresh, the bones and tendons were not much different from when it was alive, and it was agile, so it was much more troublesome to deal with.

However, for Wang Hai, it was just right.

As mentioned earlier, the claw technique Wang Hai practiced was called "Removing Leaves," taking the meaning of "pruning the branches and leaves of living things."

It was best at dismantling living things piece by piece.

Li Miao often teased him: "If you don't work as an Embroidered Uniform Guard one day, opening a stall for dismantling meat would be a specialty."

The large cat paused, still hissed, and leaped to pounce on Wang Hai's neck.

Wang Hai dodged to the side, his hands gently brushing over the large cat's right leg.

The large cat missed the pounce, and after landing, it stumbled, its right leg hanging loosely behind it like a soft rope swinging back and forth.

With that light brush, Wang Hai had penetrated the force into the skin and flesh, loosened the joints, shattered the bones, and tore the tendons.

Now, under the fur of the large cat's right leg was a mass of mushy minced meat.

Animals cannot practice martial arts; flesh and blood without true energy protection are just rubber that can be kneaded round or flat at will in front of Wang Hai.

Wang Hai smiled: "If I can't touch your flesh and blood, then I won't touch your fur, and I'll just make you into a flesh and blood bag."

Of course, the large cat couldn't understand these words; it only acted according to instinct.

The large cat had one less leg to exert force, its body was already unstable, and it struggled on the ground for a long time before standing up, barely pouncing toward Wang Hai.

Wang Hai was not polite, leaped forward, and his hands constantly brushed over the large cat's body.

Before long, the large cat fell softly to the ground, its bones and muscles below the neck dismantled by Wang Hai, barely held in the fur, and it could no longer move.

Only a pair of eyes remained, staring fixedly at Wang Hai.

Wang Hai didn't step forward, but stomped his right foot hard on the ground.

Bang!

With a dull sound, the bluestone bricks on the ground were crushed, and the stone slabs flipped up.

Whoosh!

Wang Hai kicked out, a stone the size of a human head rose in response, emitting a shrill wind sound, smashing toward the large cat's skull.

Slap!

Directly exploding the large cat's entire head into a mass of paste, splashing it open.

No more sound.

Wang Hai waited for a while, seeing no movement, and thought secretly: "Smashed to death?"

"Shouldn't be."

"This thing has eaten at least three people's flesh and blood, not to mention countless livestock; it shouldn't be so fragile."

Although this thing is not human, it wouldn't be very cunning. But cases of wild beasts feigning death and then rising to hurt people after the hunter approaches are not rare.

Wang Hai kicked out a stone again, sending the corpse flying.

The corpse flew up, rolled a few times on the ground, and didn't move.

"Not in the corpse."

"Then... it's underground!"

A rustling sound came from behind Wang Hai.

Clang!!!

Wang Hai reached backward with his right hand, just in time to collide with something lunging at him!

He reached out into a claw and grabbed the thing in his hand!

It was a centipede, blood-red all over, with gray-white and emerald green spots, as long as a human forearm!

That centipede collided with the hooks on Wang Hai's gloves, actually emitting the clanging sound of weapons clashing!

"Xiao Si! Caught it!"

The centipede kept twisting and struggling in Wang Hai's hand, stretching its body to bite Wang Hai's arm.

Wang Hai's soft style was good at unloading force in close quarters, his arm constantly twisting with the centipede's movements, the force changing accordingly. The centipede was like a bird wanting to fly out of a cage in his hand, difficult to break free.

Over there, Xiao Si heard Wang Hai's shout, pushed open the door, and ran over.

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

Ran to Wang Hai with small steps.

Wang Hai held the centipede in one hand and stretched the other toward Xiao Si.

Xiao Si stretched out her hand, wiped it on the hooks of Wang Hai's gloves, and a wound split open on her palm, blood flowing out.

There was no expression of pain on her face, as if she were long accustomed to this feeling; she reached out and grabbed the head of the struggling centipede.

The centipede loved flesh and blood most, opened its mouthparts, and wanted to break the skin on Xiao Si's hand and drill into her body.

But it touched Xiao Si's blood, paused for a moment, hung down softly, and fainted.

With it motionless, the large cat's internal organs that Wang Hai had dug out on the ground also stopped squirming, slowly emitting smoke, turning black and rotting.

Wang Hai let go.

Xiao Si lifted the centipede, swung it in a circle in the air, wrapped it around her wrist, and turned to show Wang Hai a sweet smile.

"Brother Hai is truly amazing!"

Mei Qinghe walked out of the room, just in time to see Xiao Si wrapping that creepy centipede around her hand, and couldn't help but feel a chill.

"This... what is this?"

Wang Hai reached out and touched Xiao Si's head; hearing Mei Qinghe ask, he turned and smiled at her.

"That's right, Miss Mei has been practicing in the Huashan Sect before. This thing only appears in the Miao region and rarely appears in the Central Plains Jianghu, so it's reasonable not to know."

"If it weren't for Xiao Si, we wouldn't know this thing either."

"Gu, this thing is a Gu insect."

"This one should be the mother Gu that has already become climate."

Wang Hai was just about to explain in detail to Mei Qinghe, but heard Xiao Si speak from the side.

"No, Brother Hai."

"This mother Gu has an owner."

(End of chapter)