Chapter 182: Ominous Watchtower

"There's movement in the Mountain God Cave, someone must be causing a commotion inside!"
"Could it be that someone went in to cause trouble and the Village Chief is communicating with the Mountain God?"
“It's also possible that they want to fulfill their dreams and force the village elder to ask for the help of the mountain god!”
“No, we must stop them!”
“We can't let them disturb the village elder!”
Amidst the clamor, someone was preparing to enter with a flashlight. I panicked and shouted, "Don't come in!" But it was too late, the first few people had already entered the cave and were wondering, "Huh, the powerful guard and Ah Hu are not around tonight, no wonder these people were able to enter the cave!"
Just at that moment, they heard my voice and thought I was the culprit. They rushed in faster and directly turned around the corner! Everyone was stunned when they entered. However, the people behind did not know what the front saw, and still crowded in and pushed the front people inside.
Until a scream of horror was heard, the people behind became suspicious and thought that the evil person inside had become aggressive, so they became even angrier and rushed forward faster. Little did they know that a familiar scream of horror suddenly came from inside the cave: "Ghost!"
The sound abruptly stopped, as if it was choked by an invisible force, and the creature that resembled neither human nor ghost had killed it with one swift move.
At that moment, chaos erupted in the cave. The eerie creatures looked at me with a strange gaze, and I knew something was wrong. I thought to myself, "This isn't good!"
Next second, a shameless laughter was heard: "Since my identity is exposed, I will no longer pretend! I ate their village chief years ago, taking his place as the leader of the village. I wanted to use the people here to nourish the Thousand Blossom Snake for my own use, but you ruined it! Since that's the case, I don't need to hide anymore. Once I've eaten all the people here and the Ghost Path advances, I'll see if you can withstand me!"
Without any human or ghostly presence, it charges into the midst of ordinary people as if entering a deserted land. Ordinary people are unable to withstand it. It grabs one person with each hand and then bites down on their neck without any hesitation. A surge of souls is absorbed from the person's body, cruel to the extreme.
Xiao Jin couldn't hurt the ghost or the person. Although I could damage it, it was like trading one for two. Before my blood could kill it, I would be killed first.
What should I do?
What should I do?
Suddenly, I missed the strange power I obtained from Xia Qing when I was young, but it had been many days since then and that power had vanished without a trace. It was impossible to summon it again. Worried, I asked Xiao Jin, "Is there any way to stop it?"
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"Yes!" exclaimed Xiaojin without hesitation. "What's the plan? Hurry up and tell me!"
"I'm not a saint, but if I don't kill it before it becomes too powerful, and after it has already sucked in so many people, then I won't be able to escape either," said the speaker. "If I don't take it out now, then I'll be the one who dies."
"Master, if you give me your blood, this old man can be easily taken care of!"
"My blood?"
Instantly, I thought that Xiaojin might end up like Xiaoqing: "No, this is definitely not a viable solution!"
小青已经离开了，如果小金在离开，我真的不知道该如何面对自己了，它们都是陪我长大的伙伴，在我被人排斥的时候只有他们默默的陪着我，我不想失去它们，小青是个例外，我不想小金也这样。
小金似乎知道我的想法，急道：“主人，你想错了，这老家伙还没有夜叉恶鬼那么强大，根本不需要用那种极端的方法！如果是真的山神出现，或许就不得不那样了，但是它不是，它只是顶着山神的名头干坏事的山魈罢了！”
"So you come then!"
I don't know what Little Jin's method is, so I simply let it do its thing. Little Jin didn't hesitate to make a large incision in my hand during the surgery, causing blood to pour out. Little Jin then sank into my hand, as if bathing in my blood. I felt as though all the blood in my body had been sucked away by Little Jin, leaving me quite weak.
However, the next moment Xiao Jin became different. It transformed into a bamboo sword, which was different from the previous one. This bamboo sword was shining with golden light, illuminating the cave brightly.
The creature, neither human nor ghost, which had just been wreaking havoc among the crowd, suddenly sensed something alarming, turned around abruptly, and stared at me with a vigilant and fierce gaze.
"Roar?!"
It suddenly roared and charged at me angrily.
My hand inexplicably gripped the bamboo sword that Little Golden had transformed into, and in that moment I felt like I was the bamboo sword and the bamboo sword was my hand. We became one, connected by blood. The creature attacked, but the bamboo sword guided me to dodge it and I struck back with a fierce blow, leaving a large gash in its body.
With a terrifying and mournful scream, the thing that was neither human nor ghost avoided me again and rushed into the fleeing crowd. I thought it was going to unleash a massacre among the people, but I was wrong. Instead, it ran wildly towards the exit of the cave, ignoring the scattered and fleeing people on the ground.
At this moment, I heard Xiao Jin's voice in my ear: "Master, hurry up and chase. This guy's defense is already unable to withstand the power of your blood, and now with my sharpness added, the damage to it will be extreme. If it runs away this time, it's a Mountain Imp. If it escapes to the mountains, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future!"
I understood what Xiaojin meant, so I chased after it. While passing by the brother and sister, I asked them to take their uncle and aunt to the hospital first. When I come back, I will look for them again.
Not human nor ghost, it fled into the mountains with the intention of finding a dark place to hide. However, it had already come into contact with my blood, and Little Gold could sense its location.
We arrived at a valley and discovered Not human nor ghost there, biting a wild rabbit to death. Afterwards, it allowed the rabbit's fresh blood to drip onto its own wounded area, which miraculously healed the injury.
I shudder, "This guy is extremely resilient, we can't let it escape. Xiao Jin, set up a trapping formation!"
Xiao Jin flies up in the air and brandishes several seals in the void. A trapping killing formation surrounded by swords is instantly set up. With the constant supply of my blood, just like how the pseudo ghost king provides it with power, even a non-human non-ghost creature is not a match for it.
Of course, the price is that my blood will become less and less, my body will become weaker and weaker, and then die from ischemia, so I must kill it as soon as possible. Otherwise, when my blood flows to a certain amount, I will die even without anyone or anything touching me!
However, it seems that I have overestimated the skill of this non-human and non-ghost creature. As soon as Xiao Jin activated his sword formation, it was instantly torn to shreds and its body was scattered about. Despite its tenacity, it attempted to find an opportunity to heal itself, but I burnt its remains to ashes with a cremation charm, causing it to dissipate into the air in the end.
However, I am now facing a serious problem. I was so focused on chasing after the person and the ghost that I don't know where I am now. Plus, I have lost a lot of blood. If I had not torn off my clothes to wrap my wounds, I may have bled to death.
Moving weakly back in the night, I felt my steps gradually become heavy and my consciousness slowly blurred. When I woke up again, I felt my mouth icy cold. Opening my eyes, I didn't know what Xiaojin had given me to eat. It was overjoyed to see me wake up, saying, "Sure enough, Yangzhi Ganlu is effective for your healing."
Feeling a little regained strength, I started walking back and finally found the location of the village around noon. As soon as I entered the village, it was surrounded by a dense police force. At the sight of the police, I relaxed and fainted once again.