My companion Lao Mo and I looked at the cave.
Within the cave, waves of yin and corpse qi emanated.
Under the Heavenly Eye, black energy continuously drifted outwards, creating a very oppressive atmosphere.
However, one thing left me perplexed.
The female ghost had clearly said there was an old cat here.
Yet, we had been here for quite some time, and apart from seeing many stray cats, we hadn't sensed any demonic energy.
Despite my doubts, I didn't dwell on it.
Since we had come this far, we couldn't just stand foolishly at the cave entrance.
So, I turned to Lao Mo and asked,
“Lao Mo, are you ready?”
Lao Mo smiled casually,
“Ready long ago, let’s do it!”
Lao Mo was full of enthusiasm; it was rare to see him scared.
I smiled and nodded.
Picking up my peach wood sword, I walked directly into the cave.
Lao Mo followed by my side, and we began to approach the cave.
However, just as we walked about four or five meters in,
A gust of foul wind suddenly surged out from within the cave.
With a “whoosh,” it rushed outwards.
Lao Mo and I were immediately hit in the face by this gust of wind.
Instantly, the stench made us both gag uncontrollably.
“Gulp, gulp…”
“What the hell is this smell, it’s too awful…”
“So stinky!”
Lao Mo and I covered our noses, looking extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, a low feline growl echoed from inside the cave:
“Meow!”
The sound reverberated, reaching our ears.
Simultaneously, a pair of very bright green eyes appeared within the cave.
Furthermore, with this meow,
The surrounding stray cats suddenly became agitated.
They all let out cries.
“Meow, meow, meow…”
They cried incessantly, their sounds echoing through the graveyard forest, creating a chaotic and eerie atmosphere.
Seeing the green eyes appear in the cave, I instantly became alert.
Ignoring the stench and the cat cries, I nervously watched the cave.
The eyes in the cave kept approaching.
Gradually, I could clearly see the owner of those eyes.
It was an old woman, clad in tattered grey rags, with a half-human, half-cat face.
She seemed to be smiling, or perhaps not, displaying a very peculiar expression as she walked out of the cave step by step.
Seeing her like this, Lao Mo and I both gasped.
Lao Mo even exclaimed,
“Damn it, it really is a monster!”
“Be careful, I can’t sense any demonic energy from her, only a very strong corpse qi. She’s probably not friendly.”
I said cautiously.
This monster could already transform into a half-human, half-demon form, yet it had no demonic energy.
This struck me as very strange.
Lao Mo nodded and then shouted at the cat-woman,
“Monster, where have you hidden the zombie?”
The cat-woman, having emerged from the cave, stood at the entrance.
She stood at the cave mouth, let out a “meow,” and then spoke in human tongue,
“So this is who has come to disturb me. Someone injured my zombie slave.
Turns out, it was just two snot-nosed brats.”
“Demon, cultivation is not easy.
A zombie is not something you can meddle with.
If you don’t know your place, be careful your cultivation goes to waste.”
I spoke coldly, while also observing her and analyzing her words.
She referred to the zombie as her “zombie slave,” indicating this cat-woman had some skill and was not to be underestimated.
Her strength was undoubtedly much greater than the zombie’s.
And this place was her territory.
If a fight broke out, we had to be extremely cautious.
I thought to myself.
After all, this was a life-or-death situation; carelessness was not an option.
However, the cat-woman paid no mind to Lao Mo and me.
She meowed a couple more times, smiling eerily,
“You’re not old, but you have a big mouth.
It’s been a long time since I ate human flesh. Today is a good day to feast.”
Upon hearing this, Lao Mo spat on the ground,
“Joke! We are children of destiny, how can you eat us?
Stinking monster, you truly don’t know your place.
Hurry up and bring out the zombie, or I’ll make you regret it soon.”
Lao Mo was not only hot-blooded and chuunibyou, but his trash-talking skills were also quite formidable.
His retort left the cat-woman’s face turning pale and then red.
“Meow! Since you want to see, then look behind you!”
The cat-woman said coldly, her eyes emitting a faint glow.
Lao Mo didn’t believe her,
“You want me to look behind me just because you said so? Who do you think you are?”
However, I vaguely felt movement behind me.
I suddenly turned around, and at that moment,
I saw the zombie, which had somehow appeared behind Lao Mo and me.
Raising its zombie arms, it lunged at us.
Seeing that I had discovered it, it let out a roar and lunged to bite us.
At this, my expression changed drastically.
I quickly pushed Lao Mo away,
“Careful!”
Then, I kicked out.
I sent the zombie, with its rotten flesh, flying back about a meter.
But I myself was also thrown back more than a meter.
Lao Mo also reacted quickly.
Although surprised, he raised his peach wood sword and swung it fiercely at the zombie.
And that zombie’s strength seemed to have increased considerably.
Corpse qi billowed all over its body.
With a swipe of its claw, it knocked away the peach wood sword, let out a couple of growls, and lunged at us again.
Moreover, the surrounding stray cats also began to meow,
Then, they swarmed towards us.
As these stray cats approached, I discovered something abnormal.
These stray cats were not alive at all.
They were corpses of cats, their bodies rotten and even infested with maggots…