Chapter 52: Great Calamity Does Not Die

  "Crack!" A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket overturned the roof, shattering the statue of Mountain God Grandfather and drilling into the entrance of the cave.

  "Squeak, squeak, squeak!" A pitiful cry and the smell of roasted meat came from within the cave. The cries and thunder continued for a few moments before everything returned to calmness. Who knows how many yellow-skinned ones were killed by this lightning? In a daze, I felt a sense of guilt.

  "Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo!" I spat out the sand and dust that had entered my mouth, then bent down to find some rags among the rubble and lit them with a lighter. I began to examine the entrance of the pit. A few seconds later, I confirmed that the entrance beneath my feet had been completely buried by the collapsed statue and debris.

  "Meow, meow!?" I stepped out of the half-collapsed Mountain God Temple, and a shouting voice drifted into my ears with the wind and snow. I crouched down to listen carefully, and only then did I confirm that it was the demon girls who had arrived.

  "I'm here! I'm here!" I waved my arms and stood at the top of the mountain, responding loudly to the calls of the demon girls. Having gone through a solitary great war, I could feel the preciousness of friendship even more at this moment.

  "Was that lightning bolt just now yours? How did you get here? What happened? Are you hurt?" A moment later, the demon girl who was the first to rush up the mountain peak grabbed my hand and asked urgently. Looking at her anxious eyes and listening to her panting but rapid-fire questioning, a warm current surged through my heart. The feeling of being cared about is really not bad.

  "The thunder was mine, I followed the yellow skin to get here. Then I unintentionally found the yellow skin's nest, and I wasn't hurt!" I answered the witch's questions in order, then raised my hand to brush off the floating snow on her hair bun.

  "I underestimated that little thing, chasing it halfway and it darted into a thicket of trees and vanished in the blink of an eye. I didn't expect to turn around and run into you instead. Fortunately, you didn't slack off when learning from your master, or else you would have been in real danger today." The demoness looked up at the half-collapsed temple with a lingering fear and said to me.

  "Meow, are you okay?!" After chatting with the witch for a few minutes, Nosetwist and Lampgrass arrived one after another. As soon as they saw me, Nosetwist asked with concern. I quickly pulled my hand out of the witch's palm.

  "It's nothing, I've already taken care of that little yellow-skinned creature. Let's take a break and find a place to rest down the mountain!" After a fierce battle, I was covered in sweat. At this moment, standing at the top of the mountain, the cold wind blew, and my body couldn't help but shiver. Wrapping myself in the down jacket that had been blown to pieces, I said to the demon girls who were also drenched in sweat.

  "Come on, what are you resting for? If I stand here a little longer, I'll freeze into an ice sculpture." The demoness pulled my hand and smiled sweetly at me.

  "Let's go, it's quite cold on the mountain top!" Niutou said with a gloomy face. Dengcao inserted the lamp core into his clothes and led the way down the mountain. The monk had been speaking less and less recently.

  Just as I was about to collide with Nasal Beauty, a surge of great force suddenly came over me, and before I could react, I stumbled sideways several steps while carrying the demoness. It was only then that my ears picked up Nasal Beauty's warning cry of "Be careful!"

  I turned around to see that hundreds of yellow-skinned creatures had burst through the rubble at the entrance and were charging towards us with their eyes glowing red. As I watched the trajectory of their charge, I knew in my heart that their main target was me. And that white-browed creature was now leading the way, silently pouncing on me from behind.

  If it weren't for Niutou's timely discovery of a yellow shadow rushing towards my back, and her timely push, I would have been ambushed by that yellow-skinned creature. I escaped with my life, but when I turned around to look, I saw a bloody flower blooming on Niutou's chest. The sharp claw of the white-browed creature had pierced her breast.

  "Huo Jingying......" I quickly pulled the demon girl's hand, rushing to the side of Niesen who was lying face up in the snow. I picked her body up from the snowy ground and shook her continuously, calling out her name as she had already fainted!

  "Amitabha Buddha!" The lamp grass looked at the unconscious Niutou with a sorrowful face, reciting a Buddhist mantra. Then, his eyes widened and he let out a loud shout: "Ming Wang is unmoving, all phenomena return to their origin!"

  Hundreds of yellow-skinned monkeys suddenly seemed to sink into a swamp, their four claws flying on the ground, but their bodies still stuck in place, unable to move.

  "Qian Kun Yī Zhì!" The demoness was also furious at this time, and she drew out the Judge's Pen that had not been used for a long time from her waist and threw it into the air.

  "Righteous energy in all directions!" The witch's feet tapped rapidly, catching up to the Judge's pen that was speeding through the air. With a swoosh, she grasped it in her hand and plunged into the pile of yellow scrolls. With a series of rapid taps, eight strokes were drawn out. Each stroke brought forth an Eight Trigrams symbol, and the eight strokes perfectly drew out eight Eight Trigrams symbols. Then, the eight Eight Trigrams symbols emitting milky white light scattered about, shooting out trails of intersecting pen shadows.

  "Boom~ Dah-dah-dah! Boom~ Dah-dah-dah!" After a dazzling flash of light mixed with the sound of muffled thunder, those hundreds of yellow-skinned ones had all turned into a puddle of flesh splattered on the snowy ground, imprinting a huge blood Bagua diagram!

  "Hiss~" Seeing his own subordinates all dead, the white-browed one who was just about to continue attacking me suddenly stopped in his tracks, let out a shrill cry and turned tail to flee!

  "Where are you going?!" I put down the unconscious Nosey, stood up and chased after him. It has to be said that the ability people exhibit when they're angry is frightening! In just a few steps, I caught up with the fleeing White Eyebrow. I grabbed its neck and lifted it in front of my eyes.

  "Squeak!" The white eyebrowed creature's eyes flashed with a thread of panic, struggling to twist its body while kicking its hind legs towards my face.

  "Come on!" I was completely crazy at this time, stretched out one hand to catch the hind legs of the white eyebrow that came to kick. Loudly shouted and snapped twice, breaking the beast's legs.

  "A brilliant flash of lightning, a swift meteor. I and my generals, with stern faces, march southward."

  Hooked face messenger, standing upright to sweep away the universe. Fierce face messenger, spreading and dispersing the dry spirit!

  I grasped the white-browed demon's neck with one hand, and raised my other hand high, rapidly reciting the Thunder-Expelling Spell. In an instant, a silver snake-like bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, twisting and turning as it hurtled towards me!

  "Hah!" The hand I raised high caught the lightning bolt descending from the sky, and with a loud shout, I slapped my palm onto Bai's heavenly spirit cover!

  A loud crack of thunder boomed, and then I felt a flash of lightning in front of my eyes. White Eyebrows was instantly struck by the heavenly thunder, leaving no corpse behind, and I too was knocked unconscious by that bolt of heavenly thunder. Whoever dares to harm my friends will be reduced to ashes! This was my last thought before I fell unconscious.

  "Mom? Mom?" In my daze, I seemed to hear someone constantly calling out to me by my ear. Occasionally, I also felt like there were many white coats walking around me, and I just kept on being in a daze, I really wanted to sleep.

  The moment I opened my eyes, I saw myself lying on a wooden bed. Beside the bed was a maid with a slender back, and inside the house was burning a sandalwood incense. It was refreshing and smelled good. I moved my body slightly, and the maid who was sleeping by the bed was suddenly awakened. After staring at me for a few breaths, she jumped up abruptly, ran outside the house, and shouted loudly, "Master, madam, young master is awake!"

  Hehehe, I know you guys want me to write about this, but I'm not going to! The actual situation is like this......

  "Master!" As soon as I opened my eyes, the smell of disinfectant filled my nostrils. By my bedside, the demoness was sleeping soundly with her head on the bedframe. The whole ward had only one patient - me. There was an oxygen tube inserted into my nose, which felt very uncomfortable. After pulling out the annoying tube, I turned my face to look at the demoness's back and called out softly!

  "Ah! Ah? You're awake?" The demon girl's drool had wet a large area of the bed sheet. At this time, she slowly lifted her head, looked around for a moment, and finally focused her eyes on me. Then, she let out a shout of surprise.

  "Where's Nasalina?" I moved my body a bit and asked her in a hoarse voice.

  "Runny nose girl?" I have this nickname for He Jingying, which is unknown to the witch. She looked puzzled and asked back, stretching out her hand to touch my forehead. It seems she thought there was something wrong with my brain.

  "What about Huo Jingying?" Helpless, I could only say out the scientific name of Nasal Beauty.

  "That girl, she woke up earlier than you. Although she seemed to be seriously injured at the time, she didn't actually hurt anything vital. The reason she fainted was just because of the shock and blood loss. After being sent to the hospital for a blood transfusion, and after her wound was disinfected and stitched, she woke up the next day!" The witch sat down beside me and explained the situation when I asked about He Jingying.

  "Turns out you're quite something, I underestimated you. You're pretty ruthless, aren't you? Daring to summon lightning to strike yourself? Do you know how long you've been unconscious? A whole 7 days! The doctor said that if you don't wake up within half a month, there's a possibility of becoming a vegetable! Do you know what a vegetable is? It's someone who lies in bed, eats in bed, sleeps all day, and doesn't respond to anyone calling them - a living dead person! Why are you so incapable of taking care of yourself?! You're going to hate me to death!" The demon girl pinched my arm as she spoke, and before I knew it, she burst into tears.

  "Hey! I'm fine now, aren't I? Stop crying, you'll attract attention and people might think I've done something to you!" I struggled to sit up, leaning my body against the headboard to comfort the demon girl.

  "I'm fine, and so is Nosey. The world is still a beautiful place, isn't it?" I turned my head to gaze out the window at the bright sunlight, softly muttering to myself there!