Peking Opera Cat: I Became A Zi's Brother

"this thing……"

Da Fei and Wu Song walked on the rotten leaves, and from time to time they dug out half a broken bronze bell from the wet soil. It was once a token of loyalty that the children of Da Zong wore when they went to school.

Wu Song bent down and picked up a rusty bell tongue. His fingertips brushed across the blurred inscriptions on it. Suddenly, he heard the crisp sound of metal colliding in the distance.

"What's going on? This sound is..."

The sound was particularly abrupt in the silent forest, as if it was some kind of warning, or a deliberate provocation.

"careful!"

Da Fei suddenly threw Wu Song to the ground. Three arrows soaked with dark blue venom grazed their scalps and pierced into the tree trunks. The black feathers wrapped around the arrow tails trembled in the wind.

The sharp arrow blade left charred marks on the tree trunk, emitting a pungent smell.

"..."

Five figures leaped down from the treetops. The puppet cat in the lead had a dark purple chain wrapped around its neck, thick chaos swirling in its empty eye sockets, and its tattered clothes fluttered in the wind, faintly revealing its scarred body.

"He is a disciple of Da Zong..."

Wu Song's pupils suddenly shrank as he recognized the broken protective gear on the other person's waist. It was an object he had seen with his own eyes when he was a child.

"Have all the disciples nowadays become like walking corpses?"

The once familiar face has now been eroded by chaos, becoming hideous and terrifying, with only emptiness and violence in its eyes.

“Wow…”

The puppets' attack was as swift as a tiger, the sharp sound of their claws tearing through the air intertwined with the chaotic hissing. Da Fei's fist hit the puppet's chest, splashing black blood, and a fishy smell filled the air.

"Well, what is that?"

Wu Song's broken stick barely blocked the dense attacks. Every collision made his palm numb. He caught a glimpse of the chain on the puppet's neck glowing with the frequency of the attacks - that was clearly the key to controlling the puppet.

"Attack the chains!"

Wu Song roared and shook off the puppet in front of him, and the broken stick hit the chain with a spark-like force.

Amidst the harsh sound of breaking metal, the puppet's movements suddenly froze, turning into black mist and dissipating into the air.

However, more chains came through the air, trapping the two in a cage formed by chaos.

The cage formed by chaos exudes a cold aura, and every touch feels like being pierced by countless tiny needles into the skin.

……

"cough……"

At the same time, in the makeshift camp at the foot of the mountain, Xiaoqing suddenly started coughing violently, and blood stained her white sleeves red.

"..."

The dark blue lines on Mo Zi's body twisted like a living thing, climbing up Xiao Qing's wrist along her fingertips. Wherever they went, the skin turned a strange black color.

"Is Chaos still contagious?"

Bai Tang's Justice Bell burst out with a dazzling light, but it could only barely suppress these strange patterns.

"Sister Azi's chaotic aura...is resonating with the surrounding chaos!"

Before Bai Tang finished speaking, the grass and trees in the entire jungle began to twist and grow, turning into countless sharp thorns that pierced the makeshift bed.

The originally emerald green vines turned as black as ink, and sharp serrations grew on the edges of the leaves.

"You have to be careful..."

Xiaoqing struggled to stand up, protecting Mo Zi behind her. She swung out several water blades with her sleeves, cutting off the approaching thorns.

But the power of chaos was too strong. The moment the water blade touched the thorns, it turned black and dissipated into the air.

"Sister, you will be fine..."

Her forehead was covered with sweat and her face became paler, but she still gritted her teeth and persevered.

"Uh--"

Mo Zi groaned in pain while unconscious, and the dark blue lines on her body became more and more obvious, as if they were going to swallow her whole.

……

Da Fei and Wu Song, who were trapped in the chaos cage, gradually lost their strength in the face of more and more puppets.

"call--"

Da Fei's fists became heavy, each punch became difficult, and his breathing became more rapid.

"Da Fei, hold on! We can't fall down here!"

Wu Song's remaining stick also began to crack, and wood chips flew from time to time.

The puppets' attacks came like a tide, and both cats suffered many wounds, with blood soaking their clothes.

"Look at that place!"

Just as the puppets were about to launch a fatal attack, Wu Song suddenly discovered that the chaotic power in one part of the cage was slightly weak.

The chaotic fog there seemed thinner than in other places, and a faint light could be seen through it.

"..."

He and Dafei looked at each other. Years of tacit understanding allowed them to understand each other's thoughts without words.

"Shocking!"

Da Fei took a deep breath, mobilized the remaining rhythmic energy in his body, gathered strength and threw a powerful punch. The wind from his fist whistled, and ripples appeared in the air.

"Fire Judge!"

Wu Song swung the remaining stick and, with the help of Da Fei's fist, brought the power of the remaining stick to its fullest extent.

The two cats worked together to attack the weak point of the cage.

"Roar……"

"boom……"

With a loud bang, the broken chaos cage erupted with a strong impact, and the powerful air wave pushed back the surrounding puppets.

The puppets screamed miserably in the air waves, and the chaotic aura on their bodies became disordered.

"Don't just stand there, Dafei. Let's run..."

"Sorry, I got distracted..."

Dafei and Wusong took the opportunity to run to the top of the mountain, their footsteps leaving deep footprints on the muddy mountain road.

The cold wind blew by, blowing up fallen leaves and dust on the ground and blurring their vision.

"The weapon can no longer hold out..."

While running, Wu Song looked at the broken stick in his hand and recalled the days when he was a child playing the clan.

At that time, his father taught him how to box and taught him the true meaning of the Zong boxing method.

"The sect's stick method combines both hardness and softness."

His father's words echoed in his ears, he clenched his fists, and his eyes became more determined.

"Wusong, what happened? He seems to be restless these past few days..."

Dafei looked around vigilantly, ready to deal with any possible danger at any time.

"Never mind, as long as there's no danger, we still have to find that herb quickly!"

They knew that only by finding the Xuanbing Healing Herb could they break the deadlock, save Mo Zi, and save this snow-capped mountain eroded by chaos.

"Wusong, pay attention to the road. What's wrong with you these days?"

The cold wind carried ice chips and hit him on the head. Da Fei suddenly grabbed the corner of Wu Song's clothes.

"Uh, sorry, I was distracted..."

On the cliff ahead, three puppets were suspended in the air in a triangular formation. Dark purple chains were moving in the air like living snakes. The tips of the chains were condensed with ice cones made of chaos, reflecting a cold and dim light.

"I feel like they are no longer ordinary Chaos Infected..."

"I have the same feeling. Could it be that they have been transformed?"

"Ibikuai!" x2

What's even more bizarre is that wings made of ice crystals have grown out from behind the puppet, and each ice crystal is emitting an ominous black mist.

"These chains...are made of a different material than before!"

Before Wu Song finished speaking, the puppet on the right suddenly flapped its icy crystal wings, and countless ice cones poured down like a rainstorm.

"I'll leave Wusong to you. Let me handle the front!"

Da Fei crossed his arms to protect his head, and the power of his fists burst out to form a shield. The ice cone hit the shield and exploded with a dazzling blue light.

"Fire Judge..."

Wu Song took the opportunity to go around the puppet's flank, and smashed the broken stick at the chain with a sound of breaking through the air, but only left a white mark on the surface.

"It's forged from black ice!"

Wu Song was shocked to find that this chain was made of black ice mixed with chaos deep in the snow-capped mountains, and ordinary rhythmic power could not shake it at all.

"Roar……"

The puppet on the left suddenly swooped down, its sharp claws going straight for Dafei's back.

"Luckily, I was prepared!"

At the critical moment, Wu Song threw out the only special rope dart left at his waist, wrapped it around the puppet's ankle and pulled it hard.

The puppet lost its balance and fell, but turned into black mist the moment it touched the ground, and re-condensed from under Dafei's feet.

"This is not the way to go!"

Da Fei wiped the ice off his face, and his pupils suddenly dilated - the chains around the necks of the three puppets began to entangle and intertwine, outlining strange runes in the air.

"This is a long-term battle. They are definitely not ordinary..."

As the runes lit up, the chaotic energy in the entire sky was drawn together, forming a black vortex with a diameter of one hundred meters. Countless tiny chaos chains hung down from the vortex like the tentacles of the god of death.

……

At the same time, Xiaoqing at the foot of the mountain suddenly twitched violently, and the blue-black lines on Mo Zi's body spread along her arms to her heart.

"Why? Why did it turn out like this? Why did Chaos directly infect Sister Xiaoqing? I haven't learned this at all. Do you want me to beat her up too?"

"Ah, why aren't you all around? This is so annoying..."

Bai Tang stamped her feet anxiously, and the light of the Justice Bell flickered:

"No! If you continue like this, Sister Xiaoqing..."

Before he finished speaking,

"!"

Mo Zi suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils were completely filled with chaos. He raised his hand and a beam of chaos shot straight at Xiao Qing.

"Matsuko, don't come near me. I'll go to the side first..."

"I can still suppress this bit of Chaos Power. Once Sister's injuries are healed, she will be able to heal me instantly!"

Xiaoqing barely dodged to the side, and the water energy condensed into an ice mirror on the ground, reflecting the beam of light onto the twisted grass and trees.

"Roar……"

The trees that were eroded by chaos let out shrill screams, their trunks cracked open and spit out countless black vines.

"..."

The surface of the vines is covered with mucus, and wherever they go, the rocks are corroded into honeycomb-shaped holes.

……

"We two can't retreat any further, otherwise..."

"Trust me, I already know what to do!"

Dafei and Wusong on the top of the mountain have been forced to the edge of the cliff, with a bottomless ice abyss under their feet.

The moment the three puppets completed the rune construction, all the chaos chains stabbed at the same time.

Wu Song suddenly thrust the broken stick into the ground and shouted:

"Fire Tiger Heavy Cannon!"

The powerful rhythm spread along the mountain, and the entire mountain was shaking.

"Thousand Jin Ding!"

Da Fei understood what he meant and jumped up and punched the cliff wall.

"Boom——"

The avalanche broke out at this moment, and thousands of tons of snow and huge rocks poured down.

"boom……"

The Chaos Chains were blown to pieces by the snow flow, and the three puppets were also thrown into disarray by the impact of the avalanche.

"It's now!"

Wu Song seized the opportunity, grabbed a piece of black ice fragment from the collapsed rocks, and threw it towards the intersection of the puppet chains with the impact of the avalanche.

"Click..."

The black ice collided with each other, emitting a dazzling blue light, and tiny cracks appeared in the intertwined chains.

"Leave this to me!"

Da Fei roared like thunder and rushed into the snow flow with an unstoppable momentum. His fist, with the power to split mountains and crack rocks, smashed heavily into the crack.

Amidst the earth-shattering roar, the chains shattered into pieces, and the three puppets turned into black mist and dissipated in the avalanche.

At this moment, the force of the avalanche was out of control and swept towards the camp at the foot of the mountain!

......

"boom……"

"Why not? There's an avalanche at this hour? God, there's no need to torture us like this, right? I've suffered enough already..."

The avalanche roared like a giant beast and rushed down. Bai Tang's pupils at the foot of the mountain suddenly shrank. The Justice Bell burst out with strong light to try to stop the snow flow, but it only stirred up a few clouds of snow mist.

"Wanzi, stop sighing there. Show your Peking Opera Cat spirit..."

Xiaoqing held up her blood-stained body and condensed the last trace of water into an ice wall, but the ice wall shattered like thin paper under the impact of the avalanche.

"Click..."

"..."

At the critical moment, the blue-black lines on Mo Zi's body suddenly appeared, and he suddenly swung out a chaotic barrier.

"Sister, you..."

An ominous whirlpool surged on the surface of the barrier, twisting the snow flow and directing it elsewhere, but wisps of black mist seeped out from the edge and quietly climbed up the corner of Xiaoqing's clothes.

"Sister Azi! Your eyes..."

Bai Tang took a half step back in horror.

"..."

In her dark purple, empty pupils, chaos was surging like boiling asphalt. She slowly turned her head to look at the camp, a strange arc appearing at the corner of her mouth.

"Sister Xiaoqing, those lines on your hands!"

"This……"

The dark blue lines that had been suppressed by her were now spreading wildly along Xiaoqing's arms, burning black marks on her skin.

……

At the top of the mountain, Dafei and Wusong struggled to get up in the aftermath of the avalanche.

"Luckily, we got rid of those guys. Otherwise, we really don't know what to do in this dire situation..."

"Well, but we're not in great shape right now, and I don't know if the next climb up the mountain will be even more difficult!"

Da Fei's clothes were torn into countless pieces, and a half piece of ice was stuck in his shoulder; Wu Song's broken stick was completely broken into two pieces, leaving only half a piece of hemp rope wrapped around his palm.

"Wusong, look at that beam of light!"

They looked at the sky dyed purple by chaos and found a beam of light rising from the direction of the ice cave in the distance. The chaotic energy was like being attracted by an invisible vortex and was pouring into it madly.

"What on earth is that? If I'm not mistaken, that place seems to be absorbing chaos!"

"Wusong, if I remember correctly, the old doctor said that the herb can suppress chaos. Could that be the place?"

"No, I can't be sure either, but the Devouring Chaos over there is real. Looks like we at least have a direction. How should we go and check it out?"

"Well, Sister A Zi can't wait too long, let's set off quickly!"

"Ah, my worries are justified. I don't know what direction the camp is heading in now..."