Translator: Wu Wang
Editor: Ethan / Fade
Chapter 20: The Mutation of the Stream of Spirit Qi – Prelude (1)
In the dark night, Jiangjin City was not only quieter than during the day but also more mysterious.
Although as a young city with not much accumulation of history, its cultural deposits were less than other cities, but the colorful neon and LED lights made this city a lot more dynamic, unlike other cities.
However, in the dim corner of this city, there were also many “anomalies” happening every day.
A black figure constantly jumped from one roof to another, shuttling back and forth between countless billboards and storage tanks. Sometimes, it was in human form; sometimes, it turned into a black tiger with wings.
It was Kyuuki, the fiercest and vilest monster. Since ancient times, people feared it and regarded it as one of the four fierce monsters, until Emperor Shun sealed it because it had caused too many disasters.
After thousands of years, because it was the Dharma Ending Period, the seal faded due to the Spirit Qi in the surroundings decreasing. Eventually, this legendary evil monster returned to stand upon the earth again.
…Then it was chased by a man as if it was a homeless dog.
Now, it regretted coming to this city just because Spirit Qi in this place was a bit richer than other places.
The first person that appeared in front of it was the God of Land of this city – when it was looking for good-tasting humans as its food for tonight. At that time, the God of Land emerged out from underground like a mushroom, then warned it “Keep your hands off the citizens of my land!”.
However, even in the Age of Mythology, Gods of the Land were nothing in its eyes, not to mention in the Dharma Ending Period. It just opened its mouth and showed its teeth, scaring the God of the Land away.
Unfortunately, it didn’t expect big trouble to find it before it found any delicious human as its food.
He was a pretty ordinary looking man. It couldn’t even see any Spirit Qi in that man’s body.
To be honest, although it had lost most of its power because after being sealed for thousands of years. After it recovered for a period of time, even though it was still weaker than its peak strength, it could already easily defeat other mythical monsters like Strongwind and Feng Shi.
However, that man was outrageously strong. His fist punched through its defensive Demon Qi as if it was just a rag. After a few wallops and kicks, that man almost smashed out its brains.
However, changing views, its magic attacks were nothing to that guy – its elemental magics couldn’t even rot that man’s clothes! As for evil curses… God damn it! It’s evil curse almost rebounded itself after it cast the spell on him. In some ways, evil curses were even worse than elemental magics – at least, elemental magics could make some lights and noises.
In fact, even regardless of magic, Kyuuki’s claws and teeth were also its weapons which could cause heavy physical damage.
However, the problem was when it just showed its teeth towards that man; he immediately broke off its bucktooth by using his hands at lightning speed. Then it ran away immediately. Not only because the pain made it shudder with fright, but also because it saw that man’s creepy smile as if he was saying “Hey, dude! Your Bucktooth is really good. Give me one more!”
Up til now, it still heard that man’s voice coming from behind saying “Don’t run too fast! Pay attention to safety!” and so on.
Holy shit! It couldn’t even distinguish who was the real monster!
Because the Kyuuki was distracted, it crashed through a billboard and making a loud ‘Bang’ sound. Regardless of how its body was wrapped within wires and fluorescent tubes, it rolled on the ground and kept escaping under the background of a storm of electric sparks.
Nevertheless, those obstacles still slowed its speed. Not long after, that man caught up to it.
“Hey, you are really fast! However, resistance is futile in the face of my holy sword Toyako! 1” Xu Shenxing waved his arms and approached Kyuuki.
“That’s just a stick!”
“Shut up! Turn into dust under my Demon Blade Astro Break 2!”
“The name has changed! As I expect, it’s just a stick, right?!”
“Very quick witted.” Xu Shenxing gave a rush and got in Kyuuki’s way. He looked at the legendary monster and breathed a sigh of regret. “If you weren’t a man-eating monster, perhaps we could be friends.”
“Well, the animals who are beneficial to humans are useful animals and need to be protected, but the animals who are harmful to humans are vermins and must be destroyed?” Kyuuki found itself had been cornered. After recognizing this, it gave up and smiled scornfully. “Good or bad, justice or evil, since when everything has to be decided by humanity? Is the existence of the world itself just for the sake of mankind?!”
“Yes.” Xu Shenxing answered without any hesitation.
“…”
Wait, wait, wait! What the fuck?! No, you took up the wrong script! Since I had said so many profound words, would you please ponder more about it? Such as the relations between humanity and the world or the relations between mankind and nature. Could you please just try to dig out more content from history books?!
“Nothing else to say?” After confirming, Xu Shenxing raised the stick in his hand and said, “Then let me end your life here! Ex… caliburrrrrrrrrrrrrr! 3“
“Your change the stick’s name again!”
Kyuuki’s eyes flashed as it thought. Was he going to attack it by using that stick? In that case, if it could break the stick, then it could take this as an opportunity to escape. Calm down; there was still a slim chance of survival…
Then in the last second of its life, it saw a fist became bigger and bigger in front of its face.
Fuck you! You said you would use that stick!
———— split line ————
Xu Shenxing looked at the big pile of minced meat his punch caused and felt a little helpless.
He didn’t even use his holy sword and just swiped his fist yet his destructive power was still too strong.
Fortunately, this building was sturdy enough. Its roof had not been directly destroyed by his punch.
“Sen-pai, solved?” With a red light, Qin Xingyan rode on her flying sword and appeared in front of Xu Shenxing.
Moli was together with her, but she looked very feeble as if she would vomit at any time. It seemed she was suffering from carsickness… no, flying-swordsickness.
Well, viewing from this angle, the evil overlord was really weak…
“No problem, it should be a small youkai. It’s pretty weak.” Xu Shenxing said thoughtlessly as he played with the bucktooth in his palm. He paused for a moment, then asked, “We have to leave. It was too loud just now. I’m afraid someone will come to check here soon.”
“What do we do with this hole?” Qin Xingyan hesitantly looked at the big hole.
If it was on the ground, she could cover it by using some earth elemental magic. However, here it was on the top of a building…
“No problem. We have an expert.” Xu Shenxing knelt down and said as he poked the ground, “I know you’re here. Come to help.”
A little while later, the mushroom head God of Land came out from the ground with a reluctant expression.
“It doesn’t matter if you left the hole here… In order to reach here, I have to pass through the reinforcement bars. It’s too awkward to let that kind of things pass through my body… ” She stretched out her hand as she muttered, “And as usual. You know what I mean.”
“Keep the change.” Xu Shenxing took out several coins and put them into her hand. He contentedly carried Moli under his arm, preparing to leave.
Then the God of Land hurled the coins on the back of his head.
“Stop kidding! Such scant coins! It can’t even let me draw 4 once!”
“I think, the bad lady wouldn’t be able to draw anything…”
“Shut up! How could you know if you don’t draw it?!”
“Spending money extravagantly is harmful to the health…”
Toyako: Sakata Gintoki’s wooden sword in GINTAMA Astro Break: Still from GINTAMA and a wooden sword. It’s said that it can chop off everything. Excalibur: Saber… I think I don’t need to explain it. Draw: She meant draw virtual items in games. For example, draw knives in Counter Strike Global Offensive.
Translator: Wu Wang
Editor: Ethan / Fade
Chapter 20: The Mutation of the Stream of Spirit Qi – Prelude (1)
In the dark night, Jiangjin City was not only quieter than during the day but also more mysterious.
Although as a young city with not much accumulation of history, its cultural deposits were less than other cities, but the colorful neon and LED lights made this city a lot more dynamic, unlike other cities.
However, in the dim corner of this city, there were also many “anomalies” happening every day.
A black figure constantly jumped from one roof to another, shuttling back and forth between countless billboards and storage tanks. Sometimes, it was in human form; sometimes, it turned into a black tiger with wings.
It was Kyuuki, the fiercest and vilest monster. Since ancient times, people feared it and regarded it as one of the four fierce monsters, until Emperor Shun sealed it because it had caused too many disasters.
After thousands of years, because it was the Dharma Ending Period, the seal faded due to the Spirit Qi in the surroundings decreasing. Eventually, this legendary evil monster returned to stand upon the earth again.
…Then it was chased by a man as if it was a homeless dog.
Now, it regretted coming to this city just because Spirit Qi in this place was a bit richer than other places.
The first person that appeared in front of it was the God of Land of this city – when it was looking for good-tasting humans as its food for tonight. At that time, the God of Land emerged out from underground like a mushroom, then warned it “Keep your hands off the citizens of my land!”.
However, even in the Age of Mythology, Gods of the Land were nothing in its eyes, not to mention in the Dharma Ending Period. It just opened its mouth and showed its teeth, scaring the God of the Land away.
Unfortunately, it didn’t expect big trouble to find it before it found any delicious human as its food.
He was a pretty ordinary looking man. It couldn’t even see any Spirit Qi in that man’s body.
To be honest, although it had lost most of its power because after being sealed for thousands of years. After it recovered for a period of time, even though it was still weaker than its peak strength, it could already easily defeat other mythical monsters like Strongwind and Feng Shi.
However, that man was outrageously strong. His fist punched through its defensive Demon Qi as if it was just a rag. After a few wallops and kicks, that man almost smashed out its brains.
However, changing views, its magic attacks were nothing to that guy – its elemental magics couldn’t even rot that man’s clothes! As for evil curses… God damn it! It’s evil curse almost rebounded itself after it cast the spell on him. In some ways, evil curses were even worse than elemental magics – at least, elemental magics could make some lights and noises.
In fact, even regardless of magic, Kyuuki’s claws and teeth were also its weapons which could cause heavy physical damage.
However, the problem was when it just showed its teeth towards that man; he immediately broke off its bucktooth by using his hands at lightning speed. Then it ran away immediately. Not only because the pain made it shudder with fright, but also because it saw that man’s creepy smile as if he was saying “Hey, dude! Your Bucktooth is really good. Give me one more!”
Up til now, it still heard that man’s voice coming from behind saying “Don’t run too fast! Pay attention to safety!” and so on.
Holy shit! It couldn’t even distinguish who was the real monster!
Because the Kyuuki was distracted, it crashed through a billboard and making a loud ‘Bang’ sound. Regardless of how its body was wrapped within wires and fluorescent tubes, it rolled on the ground and kept escaping under the background of a storm of electric sparks.
Nevertheless, those obstacles still slowed its speed. Not long after, that man caught up to it.
“Hey, you are really fast! However, resistance is futile in the face of my holy sword Toyako! 1” Xu Shenxing waved his arms and approached Kyuuki.
“That’s just a stick!”
“Shut up! Turn into dust under my Demon Blade Astro Break 2!”
“The name has changed! As I expect, it’s just a stick, right?!”
“Very quick witted.” Xu Shenxing gave a rush and got in Kyuuki’s way. He looked at the legendary monster and breathed a sigh of regret. “If you weren’t a man-eating monster, perhaps we could be friends.”
“Well, the animals who are beneficial to humans are useful animals and need to be protected, but the animals who are harmful to humans are vermins and must be destroyed?” Kyuuki found itself had been cornered. After recognizing this, it gave up and smiled scornfully. “Good or bad, justice or evil, since when everything has to be decided by humanity? Is the existence of the world itself just for the sake of mankind?!”
“Yes.” Xu Shenxing answered without any hesitation.
“…”
Wait, wait, wait! What the fuck?! No, you took up the wrong script! Since I had said so many profound words, would you please ponder more about it? Such as the relations between humanity and the world or the relations between mankind and nature. Could you please just try to dig out more content from history books?!
“Nothing else to say?” After confirming, Xu Shenxing raised the stick in his hand and said, “Then let me end your life here! Ex… caliburrrrrrrrrrrrrr! 3“
“Your change the stick’s name again!”
Kyuuki’s eyes flashed as it thought. Was he going to attack it by using that stick? In that case, if it could break the stick, then it could take this as an opportunity to escape. Calm down; there was still a slim chance of survival…
Then in the last second of its life, it saw a fist became bigger and bigger in front of its face.
Fuck you! You said you would use that stick!
———— split line ————
Xu Shenxing looked at the big pile of minced meat his punch caused and felt a little helpless.
He didn’t even use his holy sword and just swiped his fist yet his destructive power was still too strong.
Fortunately, this building was sturdy enough. Its roof had not been directly destroyed by his punch.
“Sen-pai, solved?” With a red light, Qin Xingyan rode on her flying sword and appeared in front of Xu Shenxing.
Moli was together with her, but she looked very feeble as if she would vomit at any time. It seemed she was suffering from carsickness… no, flying-swordsickness.
Well, viewing from this angle, the evil overlord was really weak…
“No problem, it should be a small youkai. It’s pretty weak.” Xu Shenxing said thoughtlessly as he played with the bucktooth in his palm. He paused for a moment, then asked, “We have to leave. It was too loud just now. I’m afraid someone will come to check here soon.”
“What do we do with this hole?” Qin Xingyan hesitantly looked at the big hole.
If it was on the ground, she could cover it by using some earth elemental magic. However, here it was on the top of a building…
“No problem. We have an expert.” Xu Shenxing knelt down and said as he poked the ground, “I know you’re here. Come to help.”
A little while later, the mushroom head God of Land came out from the ground with a reluctant expression.
“It doesn’t matter if you left the hole here… In order to reach here, I have to pass through the reinforcement bars. It’s too awkward to let that kind of things pass through my body… ” She stretched out her hand as she muttered, “And as usual. You know what I mean.”
“Keep the change.” Xu Shenxing took out several coins and put them into her hand. He contentedly carried Moli under his arm, preparing to leave.
Then the God of Land hurled the coins on the back of his head.
“Stop kidding! Such scant coins! It can’t even let me draw 4 once!”
“I think, the bad lady wouldn’t be able to draw anything…”
“Shut up! How could you know if you don’t draw it?!”
“Spending money extravagantly is harmful to the health…”
Toyako: Sakata Gintoki’s wooden sword in GINTAMA Astro Break: Still from GINTAMA and a wooden sword. It’s said that it can chop off everything. Excalibur: Saber… I think I don’t need to explain it. Draw: She meant draw virtual items in games. For example, draw knives in Counter Strike Global Offensive.