Phantom Eyes Dark Cat
Two days’ time flew by, and it was time for the scrap in the colosseum. The roar of the level six fiend beast shook the landscape. As the core of the Hundred Beasts Formation, Mu Yu did his best to keep a level head.
“Stay calm! Don’t be afraid of it! Remember, our goal is –”
“Duladu,” went Small Head Big Ant, cowering.
Mu Yu palmed his head. “Just… We can beat it, so stay in formation!”
The level six fiend beast’s aura scared the living daylights out of Mu Yu’s team, but he kept them in line. Once he determined the time was ripe, he commanded, “Crane’s Wing Formation!”
Thirty fiend beasts formed a hollow, inverted wedge. Blood Spirit Bird took the lead and cawed from the sky. Black Armour Turtle led from the centre, with Small Head Big Ant supporting. Armoured Beast was tasked with protecting Small Head Big Ant. Sleepy Wolf and the others brought up the rear. The weaker fiend beasts rose to their feet to join the fray. Mu Yu remained above the small head big ant and had Wing Shadow Condor and Five Lightning Speed Hawk acting as bodyguards. Twenty small hornets were spread out inside the formation to keep track of changes and report back to Mu Yu.
The rustling from the leaves no longer rustled Mu Yu’s team’s jimmies, which was the best start he could’ve asked for. A kitten approached them and sat down.
“The level six fiend beast we’re fighting is a kitten?”
“Meow.” The kitten licked its small claws without a care in the world.
“Come on, man, can’t you take this serious?”
“Dula! Dula!”
Mu Yu looked to the top of the kitten’s head and exclaimed, “That’s a bloody phantom eyes dark cat! This really is a fiend beast party!”
The “phantom eyes” in its name was a reference to its three hidden eyes that were usually shut. It only opened its three phantom eyes when it was serious. For every eye that opened, it’d evolve once.
Mu Yu vigilantly monitored the phantom eyes dark cat and decide to make a pre-emptive strike. “Five Thunder Speed Hawk, feed it some lightning. Winged Shadow Condor, use Shadow Wing Slash!”
The phantom eyes dark cat took its time looking up. With a dismissive tap, it dismissed both blasts.
“Now!”
From a long distance, Armoured Beast plunged its tail underground and spawned a plethora of spikes from underground. The phantom eyes dark cat vaulted up. One spike managed to stab it, albeit dealing no damage. Still, having a sharp object jammed up one’s chrysanthemum was never pleasant.
Hot under the collar, the phantom eyes dark cat zoomed toward them faster than Mu Yu expected.
“Black Shield!”
Mu Yu’s fiend beasts formed a circle and gathered their fiend spirits to the Black Armour Turtle. The turtle summoned an illusion from its shell and expanded it to cover all of them – Black Shield!
Boom! Mu Yu’s team was around two hundred square metres in size, yet the phantom eyes dark cat’s swing knocked the shield back nine metres, cracking the shield, as well. The cat swiftly dashed to another location and struck the shield then shifted to another spot and repeated. They were all seeing the cat’s afterimages and feeling the rocking resulting from the strikes. Had Mu Yu not had his team link their energy together, the formation would’ve crumbled.
“We’re not going to get anywhere at this rate. It hasn’t even opened its three phantom eyes, and I can’t even find a darn weakness. Our formation may be sturdy, but we’re too slow to counterattack. Knowing how sensitive the darn cat is, it’ll pick up any changes in the air and adapt,” Mu Yu analysed. “Sleepy Wolves, it’s time to wake up!”
The phantasmal shield resembled a spider web with all of the cracks. If the cat broke through, it was all over.
Ten sleepy wolves opened their eyes and howled. Golden energy enveloped them and Black Shield. The yellow qi exuded a bizarre stench. Alas, the cat broke through… Its anticipated slaughter was hindered when yellow mist morphed into phantasmal wolves and sprung on it. The cat simpered and vanquished them with its qi. When it thought it could move on, a sedating sensation set in and quickly put it to sleep.
The sleepy wolves were blessed with a potent sedation scent that aided in hunting endeavours and hiding. Because of the phantom eyes dark cat’s enhanced senses, the sedation had it snoring already.
Mu Yu indicated for his team to stay quiet in order to avoid waking the dangerous cat. The next question was, how were they supposed to kill it? Its fur was too solid for Mu Yu to penetrate. If they couldn’t finish it in a single strike, it’d wake up and unleash hell on earth.
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