rders!Zhang Dahan picked up another phone on the table and made a call, giving instructions before leaving.By noon, Xiao Jianying had already woken up. Now that she had put down the heavy burden she'd...Chapter 269: Corpse Cat (Continued)

"Sigh... Captain, it's all my fault.... If not for me, this thing wouldn't have escaped!"

After adjusting the compass direction for a long time without success, Xiao San angrily slapped the compass in his hand and turned around to bow his head and say to Zhang Dahan.

"It's okay, Xiao San. We'll come back later. Since it only causes trouble here instead of going elsewhere, there must be a reason. I believe it won't have gone far!"

Upon hearing Xiao San’s words, Zhang Dahan walked over and patted his shoulder.

"Alright, no more ifs or buts, don’t worry, it can’t escape!"

Xiao San was about to speak with a downcast expression when he was interrupted by Zhang Dahan.

This time they had come vowing to exterminate this thing today, but their efforts were thwarted due to Xiao San's carelessness. Therefore, at this moment, Xiao San felt particularly guilty, and it was precisely because of this that Zhang Dahan interrupted him.

Xiao Yue squatted in the darkness watching them search, but Zhang Dahan and his team searched every corner nearby without success.

"Director Zhang, I think that beast has already escaped!"

After searching around helplessly, Wang Fusheng shook his head and said to Zhang Dahan.

"Hmm! We'll stop here for today. Let's continue tomorrow night. Judging by its frequent presence here, there must be a reason."

Zhang Dahan frowned as he looked around helplessly and nodded.

"Right, that’s what I think too. Although we don't know why that beast lingers here, since it is indeed here, there must be a reason. We should go back today to discuss this matter. Let's come again tomorrow."

Wang Fusheng strongly agreed with Zhang Dahan. He felt something strange about the black cat and wanted to look up information on it, figure out what exactly this thing was, and find ways to deal with it.

"Withdraw!"

Zhang Dahai shouted to the soldiers searching around and then led people towards the highway where their car was parked nearby. Xiao Yu only stood up after Zhang Dahai's group drove away.

Xiao Yu originally wanted to remind Zhang Dahai’s group, but he considered that reminding them might expose himself. Since Xiao Yu had covered his face with a scarf, even Zhang Dahai and the others might mistake this black cat as an evil creature they were keeping.

At that time, even if Zhang Dahai recognized him, when dealing with the black cat together with them, he wouldn’t be able to use many of his methods. Moreover, their soldiers were ordinary people; working together, the black cat had no way of dealing with them. However, if they accidentally separated or got isolated, they wouldn't stand a chance against that black cat.

Therefore, Xiao Yu only stood up after watching Zhang Dahai's group drive away far.

Xiao Yu waited until they were gone and then came to the roadside not far from where the car accident happened. Beside this road was a several meters wide green belt with trees, artificial mountains, and oddly shaped rocks scattered everywhere in it.

With his eyes fixed on an oddly shaped rock right next to the roadside, Xiao Yu had just sensed that the black cat's aura of death emanated from behind this oddly shaped rock.

"Come out! I know you’re over there, and I know you understand what I’m saying!"

Xiao Yu said calmly towards the oddly shaped rock. When he passed by with Wei Jun a time before that, he remembered seeing a black figure which should have been this black cat. However, at that moment, he hadn’t sensed any Yin aura or death aura, so he didn't notice it.

As to why he hadn't noticed anything wrong back then, Xiao Yu had no idea now either.

"Oooh…"…

A low and deep voice came from behind the oddly shaped rock. Then from a bowl-sized hole beside its lower left corner, the black cat with glowing eyes walked out.

Once this black cat came out, it looked around before seeing only Xiao Yu alone without other people. A smile immediately appeared on its feline face; yes, a smile—Xiao Yu could sense that there was a smile on the corpse cat's face.

Although he felt a smile on a cat’s face, Xiao Yu didn’t feel too strange because he knew this black cat had been possessed by a soul.

Xiao Yu looked at the corpse cat before him. This corpse cat no longer appeared as miserable as it did just now; instead, this black cat walked towards Xiao Yu with an elegant gait.

Xiao Yu saw joy and greed in the eyes of this black cat.

"Was the car accident on top caused by you

Xiao Yu saw the greed in the Corpse Cat's eyes and gave a mocking smile as he spoke.

The black cat looked at Xiao Yu and let out a meow, from which Xiao Yu could see a sense of indifference.

In fact, when Xiao Yu first saw it and recognized it as a Corpse Cat, he knew that these car accidents were its doing. This Corpse Cat, being human soul in cat form, and this cat body being also a corpse, couldn’t absorb or convert Yin煞qi on its own; instead, it had to stabilize its soul by consuming the pure Yin qi from human souls.

Spirits, even powerful ones, find it easy to possess a person but impossible to take over their body. This is because a person’s physical body and soul are most compatible with each other.

Moreover, a person's soul is the strongest in his mind, so even if a strong spirit could temporarily scare or control his soul, attempting to devour it for possession would result in an instinctive backlash from that soul.

Spirits wanting to borrow a human corpse and possess it are also impossible. If they can stay inside for one or two days, eventually trying to come out again becomes impossible as the corpse will start rotting after several days, causing the spirit to disintegrate.

However, this black cat doesn't have these problems, which has puzzled people throughout history and can only be attributed to bloodline reasons.

"Haha, if it's yours then so be it!"

Xiao Yu took out a dagger from his pouch and sneered at the Corpse Cat as he spoke.

He slowly drew the dagger; in that instant when Xiao Yu pulled out the dagger, a cold glint flashed. The black fur of the Corpse Cat instantly bristled up like quills on a porcupine.

The Corpse Cat's body was hunched as it backed away, its whole body covered with upright black hair, staring at Xiao Yu with great wariness.

"Woo......"

The Corpse Cat looked vigilantly at the dagger in Xiao Yu’s hand, which caused a tremor even in its soul. The soul that had already been gradually adapting to this corpse of a black cat actually started trembling.

It was worth noting that his soul had already adapted four-fifths with this body. Once it fully adapted, it wouldn’t need to consume human souls anymore and would turn into an actual intelligent cat. At such point,修煉demon techniques could also be possible as the hardest part of becoming a demon is awakening intelligence.

Initially, when it saw Xiao Yu alone, it had wanted to devour his soul but when he pulled out the dagger, its soul was filled with fear.

Xiao Yu stared at the Corpse Cat in front of him and focused intently as he wielded the dagger towards the Corpse Cat.

The zombie cat dodged Xiao Yu's dagger with a flash and then jumped onto a peculiar rock standing in the green belt, crouching down to look at Xiao Yu.

As it stood on the stone looking down at Xiao Yu, sharp claws, gleaming with a glossy black sheen, suddenly emerged from its toes.

With a howl like a charging tiger, it lunged at him, causing an unpleasant stench that made Xiao Yu's expression change; sure enough, these claws were laced with the putrefactive poison that Zhang Dahan and others had been infected with.

Xiao Yu watched as the flying zombie cat came at him, narrowing his eyes slightly. No wonder some ancient stories say tigers are cats' apprentices; this cat is just smaller than a tiger but moves similarly to one in action.

Instead of dodging, Xiao Yu met the charging zombie cat head-on with his dagger, employing the tiger form from Wuqin Shu (Five Animals Play).

Xiao Yu’s movements were swift and fierce, producing a howling sound akin to that of a tiger.

Almost instantly after their forms clashed, Xiao Yu and the cat separated. Turning around, he saw fear flicker in the zombie cat's eyes; one of its front legs was trembling slightly, with blood trickling down from it.

Just when the cat reached close to him, Xiao Yu suddenly exuded a powerful killing intent which, combined with the malevolent aura on his dagger, made the cat stiffen and be cut by Xiao Yu’s blade.

Xiao Yu had intended to slit its throat but was surprised that it dodged so quickly, causing the knife to slice across one of its front legs instead.

The zombie cat stared at Xiao Yu with fear in its gleaming eyes. It crouched slightly and made a motion as if to lunge forward, yet it didn’t move toward him but turned around and bolted away.

Xiao Yu was momentarily taken aback; he hadn't expected the cat to feign an attack. Seeing the fleeing zombie cat, Xiao Yu quickly gave chase.

As Xiao Yu chased after the zombie cat, the aura of decay emanating from its body acted like a beacon, making it easy for him to track the creature wherever it went.

The zombie cat was now sporting several wounds and though none were fatal, they had slowed its movements significantly.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu noticed that this zombie cat only operated within a hundred-meter radius of the cave under the peculiar rock where he first encountered it.

A thought occurred to him: could there be something important to it in that area

With this realization, Xiao Yu stopped pursuing and went to examine the hole from which the zombie cat had emerged.hurriedly left with their director.Before leaving, the leaders told her that all she needed to do was check on the progress at the ministry every day; they said no more before rushing off.Having not s...