The Five Elements Demon-Slaying Formation had just been formed when you turned your head toward Xian Qianling, who wasn’t far away, and asked, "Crazy woman, can you check how the little cat is doing?"
Xian Qianling was startled at first but quickly caught on. She hurriedly opened the car door and when she leaned forward to look at the car’s windshield, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "What... what’s going on?"
Zhao Tianjiao also leaned into the car compartment and frowned, her face taking on a solemn expression, "Those Cat Spirits seem to have surrounded Little Hei!"
You walked over quickly, opened the car door, and stared intently at the car’s front windshield.
The scene presented on the windshield was a "third-person perspective" type, which included the character in the view like in video games, so at this moment the scene you saw was Little Hei in a pitch-black and enclosed space, with several adult Cat Spirits with eyes glowing green in front of it, and many more Cat Spirits surrounding it, baring their sharp claws at Little Hei, looking far from friendly, with some even seeming ready to pounce.
Little Hei seemed a bit timid, letting out a weak meow.
At that moment, the largest adult black cat lunged at Little Hei, opening its mouth full of tusks and fiercely biting down on Little Hei’s neck!
Little Hei was unable to dodge in time and was bitten on the neck by the large black cat!
Seeing Little Hei in grave danger, Xian Qianling quickly turned her head toward you and said, "Quickly think of something!"
Yet you maintained a calm demeanor, smiling as you said, "What’s the rush, be calm, you know, be calm."
Xian Qianling’s state of mind also slightly calmed down upon your words; after all, with her understanding of you, she knew you always had a comprehensive plan for everything and would never fight an unprepared battle.
Sure enough, Little Hei didn’t feel any pain at all, but rather let out a puzzled meow.
Immediately afterward, the large black cat that was about to release its bite suddenly sensed something was amiss. Little Hei’s body emitted a strange glow, which quickly extended and enveloped its entire body.
In a flash, the large black cat began to tremble all over, and its Spiritual Body started to vaporize. Although the Spiritual Body was more than five times larger than Little Hei’s, Little Hei did nothing but vaporize the large black cat’s Spiritual Body and completely absorbed it into its own.
However, even after absorbing the large black cat’s Spiritual Body, Little Hei’s Spiritual Body remained unchanged as though it was unaware of anything. It appeared puzzled and meowed, "Meow?"
Seeing this, the Cat Spirits surrounding it encircled Little Hei even more tightly. They clearly felt threatened by Little Hei but, with the lesson from the large black cat before them, no one dared to be the first to take action.
At this moment, the door to the underground chamber was opened, and Liang led two Cat Spirits inside. Behind him, another eight People of Yamato also entered swiftly.
And it was only then that you all realized just how surprisingly large the underground chamber was, which was filled with several hundred Cat Spirits!
Seeing this, Xian Qianling’s face showed an even more sharp and fierce expression, "How many innocent people have these people cruelly harmed, do they not have the slightest bit of compassion in their hearts?"
You and Zhao Tianjiao both remained silent because, by that time, all nine people had already entered the basement and each had taken a position in a circle, surrounding all the Cat Spirits within.
"What are they trying to do?" Zhao Tianjiao turned her head to look at you.
"Don’t speak, the crucial moment has arrived!"
No sooner had your words fallen than the nine individuals concurrently drew out a bizarre-shaped dagger from their sleeves. They cut their palms with the daggers and sprinkled the flowing blood onto the ground in front of them.
When this fresh blood made contact with the ground, it rapidly vaporized and turned into a visible mist of blood.
And as soon as the blood mist touched the Cat Spirits’ Spiritual Bodies, the originally docile Cat Spirits started to go crazy, howling fiercely!
Soon, the Cat Spirits began to attack each other, fighting to the death!
Interestingly, the little black cat curled up in the corner seemed unaffected by the blood mist. It appeared very frightened and its body trembled slightly.
The nine People of Yamato nearby were simply watching coldly, with both hands clutching the strange daggers.
Xian Qianling, who had studied criminal activity, observed more carefully and suddenly pointed at a dagger on the screen and exclaimed, "Those daggers are absorbing the blood from their bodies!"
You had been observing the Cat Spirits that were killing each other all this while, neglecting the nine People of Yamato. Seeing the daggers they were tightly holding, your brows involuntarily furrowed.
Zhao Tianjiao asked you, "What are they doing? Didn’t they do all this preparation just to collect Cat Spirits? Why are they now making them kill each other?"
Without turning back, you asked Zhao Tianjiao, "Captain Zhao, do you know how the Black Miao People raise gu?"
At your words, Zhao Tianjiao suddenly understood.
The so-called raising of gu involves putting a bunch of venomous insects in a pot to bite and devour each other. The last one surviving, the most poisonous and the strongest, becomes the gu.
Cat Spirits are Spiritual Bodies, and when they devour each other, their own Spiritual Bodies will also change. Some Cat Spirits grow larger, some become faster, while others develop sharper claws. In short, the more distinctive the features of the successful Cat Spirits, the more apparent they become.
Soon, there were only nine Cat Spirits left in the basement due to the mutual slaughter. Each of these Cat Spirits had a hint of blood-red mist on them, which was the vaporized blood of the nine People of Yamato from before.
"Okay, we’ll now commence the second phase of the ritual immediately. We don’t have much time left; people setting up the formation outside could break in at any moment!"
As he spoke, Liang’s hands, holding the bizarre dagger, emitted a bewitching blood light, and then Liang’s body began to age and wither at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Looking at the strange dagger, after absorbing Liang’s vital blood, it emitted a glow as resplendent as that of a precious gem!
When Liang’s body had withered to the extent of resembling a mummified corpse, he suddenly plunged the sinister dagger into his own heart!
"What, what is he doing?"
Xian Qianling was obviously also shocked by Liang’s actions. First, they offered their vital blood to the strange daggers in their hands, and then they killed themselves with the daggers. What kind of twisted group of people does this in the world!
"It seems they are an extreme Religious Organization," said Zhao Tianjiao coldly. Having been on many missions, she had seen her fair share of such scenes, some of them even more twisted!
"It’s not that simple." You shook your head slightly, "Just keep watching and you’ll see."