ket next to Xiao Yu and stood aside watching as he saved the child. Continuing to massage and squeeze the child’s arms and hands, after about 15 minutes, black blood no longer oozed out of the child's...Chapter 270: Onmyoji

Upon smelling this putrid stench, Xiao Yu was taken aback, for it was the foul odor of a decomposing corpse.

After sensing the smell, Xiao Yu stood up and reached out to push the strange rock.

The zombie cat, upon seeing Xiao Yu pushing the stone, let out an enraged howl from its hiding place in the tree and then leaped down at Xiao Yu as he pushed the boulder.

Seeing the charging zombie cat, a slight smile curled up on Xiao Yu's lips. He thought to himself that there must be something very important here for it to react so fiercely.

Holding his dagger with caution and staring at the leaping cat, he suddenly lunged forward once it approached him, slicing towards its throat with a flash of cold light from his blade.

The zombie cat, seeing the chilling dagger aimed at its neck, twisted in mid-air to dodge Xiao Yu's attack and continued charging toward him.

Seeing how agilely the cat changed direction mid-flight, Xiao Yu recalled when Zhang Dahai had fired a submachine gun; the cat had also dodged by changing trajectory suddenly.

When he saw the black cat evade his dagger and charge at him again, Xiao Yu sidestepped to avoid it. However, after evading, instead of landing, the cat twisted in mid-air once more, swinging its sharp claws toward him as if determined not to give up until its goal was achieved.

The zombie cat now seemed to float and move very flexibly in the air; every time Xiao Yu's dagger aimed at it, it would twist like a snake around the blade to attack him directly.

Seeing the charging form of the zombie cat, Xiao Yu quickly backed off. As he retreated, his hand reached into his bag, and after pulling out an amulet, he looked back at the cat with resolve.

When the zombie cat circled around him again and charged once more, Xiao Yu's dagger thrust forward.

As it dodged Xiao Yu’s blade in mid-air and lunged towards him again, his left hand holding an amulet met its charge head-on.

The zombie cat saw the hand blocking its path and showed a hint of smugness on its feline face. It slashed at Xiao Yu's fist with its sharp claws that glowed faintly black and stank.

It did not believe that Xiao Yu’s flesh could stop its poisoned claws.

Xiao Yu smiled coldly as he watched the cat’s clawing towards his hand.

The zombie cat watched as its sharp claws were about to collide with Xiao Yu's fist, and it felt a vague excitement in its heart. It was very confident in the zombifying venom on its claws.

If not for the large group of people who came last time, it would have been able to keep all those infected.

"Woo-oo..."

But when its sharp claws and Xiao Yu's fist were about to collide, it suddenly saw a mocking smile on Xiao Yu's face, which made it feel a bad premonition. It let out a roar and tried to dodge Xiao Yu’s punch by shifting sideways.

Seeing the zombie cat trying to avoid his attack, Xiao Yu coldly chuckled and said: "Now you want to dodge Too late!" Then he changed his fist into a palm and slapped towards the dodging zombie cat. Furthermore, there was a demon-slaying talisman on his hand.

When the zombie cat saw Xiao Yu's palm heading its way, it stopped moving sideways and fell toward the ground like a free-falling object. As if he had known this would happen, Xiao Yu flipped his hand, and the talisman in his hand rushed towards the falling zombie cat.

The moment Xiao Yu’s talisman collided with the zombie cat, there was a dull sound as if thunder rumbled here, followed by a large ball of talisman fire enveloping the zombie cat.

As this ball of talisman fire burned brighter and brighter, the enclosed zombie cat let out continuous cries in agony. The current zombie cat was like a rolling fireball.

The smell of charring meat gradually came from within the fireball. Then a series of faint sounds could be heard amidst the rolling fireball; Xiao Yu knew that it was due to the burning of oils and fats on the zombie cat's body by the talisman fire.

Seeing the rolling zombie cat, Xiao Yu mocked coldly as he continued pushing the massive rock. He was extremely curious about what exactly was inside that made this thing unwilling to leave even at death’s door.

Suddenly, the rolling zombie cat stopped moving and lay motionless on the ground, but a black mist rose from its body.

When this black mist came out of the zombie cat's body, it screamed when it hit the burning talisman fire.

This black mist gradually transformed into a human shape; it was a ghost in his forties. After floating up to mid-air, the silhouette of the ghost began to solidify.

Drifting in mid-air with a twisted face staring at Xiao Yu, the ball of talisman fire eventually died down as the zombie cat turned into ashes.

"Y-you... dared to harm my physical body. Today... I will take your life!"

This ghost stared at Xiao Yu and said in broken Mandarin with a thick accent.

"Heh heh, so this is the soul of a Cultivator of Demonic Practices. Today I will take you in!" Xiao Yu said as he looked at the ghost.

Xiao Yu saw that even after coming out from the corpse cat, the ghost's form was very solid, and he knew it was because the ghost had swallowed other souls to supplement its own soul.

"Bakayarou [bastard], leave this place immediately! I will let you off if you do so now, otherwise today is your death day!"

The ghost of a Cultivator of Demonic Practices was enraged when he heard Xiao Yu call out his origin. He shouted at Xiao Yu.

"A Japanese person"

Xiao Yu's originally playful eyes gradually turned cold as he looked at the ghost and said.

After speaking, without waiting for a response from the ghost, he put down his dagger and took out his thousand-year-old lightning-struck peach wood sword to stab at the ghost.

In the past, Xiao's entire family was wiped out by the Japanese pirates. And now, this Japanese Cultivator of Demonic Practices' ghost had already harmed many citizens, even almost harming a car full of six or seven-year-old children. Therefore, Xiao Yu did not bother to talk and directly raised his peach wood sword to stab at the ghost.

Xiao Yu held his peach wood sword in his right hand and took out several talismans from his left hand, throwing them at the floating ghost. A series of dull sounds followed by sudden flashes of firelight appeared.

As soon as this Japanese pirate ghost got touched by a bit of firelight, dark smoke would rise up from its body and it would emit a painful scream.

The Japanese pirate ghost looked ferocious, twisting as he stared at Xiao Yu while muttering a string of secret incantations. Several black fog balls suddenly emerged from his arms, gradually condensing into several ghosts in front of the ghost.

However, these few ghosts seemed to have no consciousness and floated aimlessly before the Japanese pirate ghost.

The Japanese pirate ghost waved his hands lightly, causing these mindless ghosts to let out a series of howls as they flew towards Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu recognized that these ghosts were puppets crafted by this Japanese pirate ghost upon seeing their state.

Looking at these puppet ghosts, Xiao Yu suddenly recalled what the Water Ghost told him about a strange school of cultivation in Japan called Onmyoji [Sorcerer].

The Water Ghost had spent some time under an Onmyoji and naturally knew about this profession and the ghost puppets they created which were known as shikigami in Japanese.

Miao Yu never expected that even after becoming a ghost, the onmyoji could still create puppets.

"You little onmyoji dare to wreak havoc in our Chinese land You must be tired of living!"

As Miao Yu looked at this Japanese onmyoji's ghost and its puppet, he shouted out.

After speaking, he closed his eyes. A shadow then slowly rose from above his head. This shadow held a large pen with mysterious patterns carved into it, and in the other hand was a booklet that resembled a book, which was none other than the Book of Spirits. He had a demon-slaying sword at his waist as he stared intently at the onmyoji ghost.

The onmyoji's ghost visibly froze when it saw Miao Yu's appearance. It hadn't expected him to appear in this form.

However, after freezing for a moment, the onmyoji's ghost seemed to have thought of something and immediately became ecstatic, his greedy gaze fixated on Miao Yu’s physical body.

To the onmyoji ghost, Miao Yu's current body was an excellent vessel for a ghost. It might even be better than a black cat. By consuming Miao Yu's soul floating above his body, it could acquire some of Miao Yu's soul traits and easily possess his body.

Even if it couldn't consume Miao Yu’s soul, just eliminating it would make possession extremely easy since the absence of Miao Yu's soul would leave his body as an empty shell that wouldn't resist its takeover.

The more the onmyoji ghost thought about this, the more excited he became. Originally believing he would end up as a cat for life, fate had unexpectedly blessed him with such a golden opportunity to see hope of becoming human again. This must be a blessing from the emperor’s divine protection.

Excitement bubbled within the onmyoji ghost. He let out a series of eerie cackles and waved his hands while muttering an incantation, causing the puppets standing in front of him to charge at Miao Yu's spirit.

The onmyoji ghost opened its huge mouth behind them and rushed towards Miao Yu's spirit as well.

Seeing the charging onmyoji ghost and puppets, Miao Yu sneered coldly. However, his spirit didn't move at all; he was waiting for an opportunity to strike when they got closer.

Miao Yu’s spirit now resembled a mere shadow that could disperse with the wind if blown upon. Thus, the onmyoji ghost and puppets would have to be within close range before he could guarantee their elimination in one blow. He was waiting for just such an opportunity.

The onmyoji ghost seemed dumbfounded as it stood there motionless, its excitement and greed impossible to hide.

"Spirit devouring heaven and earth.............."

When the onmyoji ghost and puppets were only a few meters away from him, Miao Yu’s voice boomed out loud. (To be continued...) Director Hu's words before saying, "Director Hu, with so many experts here, I think I'll just stay out of it!""Sigh... It’s alright. The TCM expert is being brought in from outside. Let's go! Conside...