Peking Opera Cat: I Became A Zi's Brother

Wu Song's Fire Judgment came to an abrupt halt just inches away from the core of chaos. The moment he was pulled in by the tentacles, the scene before him collapsed like broken glass.

"..."

The dark golden vortex of chaos swallowed him up, and when he opened his eyes again, thick asphalt fog with a pungent smell of rust hit his face.

He stumbled to his feet, his claws instinctively drawing a defensive arc.

The dancing flames on the Fire Judge appeared dim in the mist, only illuminating an area half a meter in front of him.

The ground was paved with unknown black stone bricks, and dark red liquid seeped out of the cracks, like solidified blood.

"What a hell of a place..."

He kicked away a strangely shaped stone at his feet, and the stone made a whimpering sound as it rolled down.

The fog suddenly surged violently, forming a winding path ahead. On both sides of the stone road, rotten lampposts had been erected at some point, and dim green flames flickered in the lampshades.

"..."

Wu Song walked along the path cautiously, the sound of his boots rolling over the ground was particularly harsh in the dead silence.

After turning a corner, the fog suddenly thinned a little, and he saw a dilapidated archway in the distance. The words on the plaque had long been blurred, but faint red lines of the same origin as the Fire Judge could be seen.

"hiss……"

When he stretched out his hand to touch the edge of the archway, he suddenly felt a burning pain in his palm. The archway exploded into countless pieces, turning into a sky full of blood butterflies that flew towards his face.

"Go away!"

The Fire Judge swung a scorching arc, and the blood butterfly turned into green smoke in the flames. But after the smoke dissipated, a huge gate flashing with enchanting purple light appeared before his eyes.

"?"

Two large locks bit the door knocker like the fangs of a giant beast, and the runes wrapped around the chains were making a strange buzzing sound.

"!"

Wu Song took a half step back and realized that the sky had turned dark gold at some point. Deep in the clouds, a pair of huge vertical pupils were silently watching his every move through the gaps.

"Go? Or stay?"

A hoarse whisper sounded in his ears, Wu Song turned around abruptly, but there was only swirling fog behind him.

He clenched the fire pan, but the flame suddenly dimmed at this moment - the dark red liquid that seeped out from the cracks in the bricks had reached his ankles at some point, and it was cold and sticky.

"..."

Wu Song's Fire Judge's palm felt slightly hot, but it couldn't dispel the biting cold that lingered around his body.

The huge door in front of him was glowing with a dark purple light, and the two large locks were like the fangs of a giant beast. The scarlet light seeping through the gaps in the chains echoed with the dim rhythmic pattern on his brow.

"..."

Clouds rolled overhead, the proprietress's vertical pupils cast a cold gaze, and the air was filled with the smell of rust and decay.

"Scared?"

A hoarse mechanical sound, wrapped in the power of chaos, penetrated into Wu Song's ears. He subconsciously took a half step back, and the soles of his boots crushed the tiny ice crystals that appeared on the ground at some point.

Reflected by the flames, the ice crystals glowed with an amber color similar to that deep in my memory - just like the pair of timid eyes in the haystack one afternoon when I was four years old.

The thought flashed through my mind like lightning, but disappeared in an instant.

Wu Song held his forehead with his hands. A severe headache suddenly struck him, as if countless sharp needles were piercing his temples.

He clearly remembered the clan elders saying that he had devoted himself to cultivation in the forbidden area of ​​Dazong since he was young, and that he was extremely talented and had never been weak or cowardly.

But why, facing this door at this moment, does an inexplicable fear and desire surge in my heart?

……

The flames of the Fire Judge suddenly swung violently, illuminating the red lines emerging on the surface of the giant gate.

Wu Song stretched out his hand as if possessed by a ghost. Just as his fingertips touched the door panel, the burning pain in his palm made him stagger suddenly.

Memories are like broken mirrors, with scattered fragments beginning to emerge: the damp cobblestone road in the bluestone alley, half a piece of uneaten osmanthus cake, and a gray figure curled up in the shadows.

But as soon as these images appeared, they were swallowed up by an even stronger aura of chaos.

"What are you afraid of?"

The proprietress's voice was filled with a sickening smile, and the vertical pupils in the clouds suddenly expanded.

"Afraid of remembering how useless I was, unable to even protect a strange cat?"

These words were like a heavy hammer, causing Wu Song to tremble all over.

The dusty chains of memory made a slight crisp sound, and he seemed to see his younger self kneeling in a pool of blood, desperately stretching out his hands but only grabbing a wisp of dissipating chaos.

Uncontrollable tears blurred his vision, but he still stubbornly injected his rhythmic power into the Fire Judge. The flames surged out along his arms and slammed into the two hideous locks.

"I'd like to see,"

Wu Song gritted his teeth and growled, the firelight illuminating his red eyes.

"Where on earth have you hidden my past?"

As the chains groaned under the weight, the huge door slowly opened, and a torrent of memories wrapped in blood and the sweet fragrance of osmanthus completely engulfed him.

......

On the battlefield, chaos surged like dark golden waves.

The Earth-Splitting Fist that Da Fei swung suddenly froze in mid-air. Wu Song, who was supposed to attack the proprietress, was frozen in place. The Fire Judge was suspended three inches away from the core of chaos, with strange ripples all over his body.

The ripples were like circles of transparent waves, distorting his figure so that it became bright and dark, as if he was being forcibly pulled into another space by some force.

"Wusong!"

Da Fei roared and turned his fist to sweep away the approaching tumor tentacles, but he saw Wu Song's pupils suddenly dilated, and the whole cat floated up like a puppet with broken strings.

The three tumorous heads of the proprietress emitted a mechanical humming sound at the same time, and the chaos around her body surged wildly, turning into countless tiny chains that wrapped around Wu Song and slowly pulled him towards the core of the chaos.

On the other side, Xiaoqing's sleeves just touched Mo Zi's ice spear, and she caught a glimpse of Wu Song's change in her peripheral vision.

Her face suddenly changed, and she was about to speak out to warn, but was hit in the chest by the sudden surge of chaotic energy. She flew backwards like an arrow, hit the broken walls, and coughed up blood.

The half of Bai Tang's body that was dyed black was shaking violently. He barely managed to rush forward, but was forced back by the spikes condensed from chaos and rolled to the ground in a mess.

The light blade danced by Mingyue was also swallowed by the chaos at this moment. She staggered and narrowly avoided Mo Zi's fatal blow.

"Hahahaha!"

The boss lady's laughter made the air buzz, and her dark golden pupils flashed with crazy light.

"The end of distraction is death!"

She waved her arms casually, and several dark golden tentacles shot towards Bai Tang and Xiao Qing like spirit snakes, and the ground cracked wherever they passed.

Da Fei's eyes were bloodshot, and he swung his fist to smash the approaching tentacles, but was knocked to the ground by the chaotic air wave.

He struggled to get up and looked at Wu Song, who was suspended in the chaos, his voice filled with anxiety and anger:

"Wusong! Wake up! What the hell is going on?"

But all he got in response was Wu Song's empty eyes and the proprietress's increasingly crazy laughter.

The entire battlefield fell into a strange chaos at this moment. Chaos was rampant, and the life and death of the companions were uncertain. As the mysterious giant door opened, the secrets of Wusong gradually surfaced.

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