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Zhong Kui's Diary
The appearance of this woman left us astonished and somewhat at a loss.
If she had knelt down and pleaded, "Please, have mercy, let me go," I wouldn't have been surprised. However, her kneeling and shouting for help was quite difficult to comprehend.
Is this some kind of new promotional activity?
I glanced at Kong Xuan, and both of them looked equally bewildered. They stepped forward and patted her shoulder, saying, "What's the matter? Stand up."
But as soon as they touched her, she instinctively clung to my leg, crying out, "Big brother, please help me get rid of him. Otherwise, I'm definitely going to die. You have to save me!"
"Calm down and don't touch!" I felt her hands dangerously close to my vital parts and couldn't help but feel a bit frightened. What if she started wiping her tears and accidentally took my belongings?
I bent down to pull her hands away, but to my surprise, her grip was incredibly strong. She held on tightly, her nails digging into my flesh despite the fact that I was wearing jeans.
With no other options, I grabbed her hair and swiftly struck the back of her neck. She let out a muffled sound and fainted. Only then could I pry her fingers off; damn it, my leg was almost scratched raw.
Fatty and Kong Xuan stood by in shock at first, then burst into strange laughter. I scolded them for being unsupportive, but Kong Xuan retorted, "She clearly came here to cling to you! She wants you to protect her! From now on, we should call you Zhong Chicken Head! Haha!"
Ignoring them, I crouched down and pressed on the woman's pressure point. After a while, she slowly regained consciousness, and I noticed that her eyes had a faint reddish-purple hue.
"Calm down!" I stood up and took a couple of steps back.
The woman seemed to have come to her senses and sat on the ground nodding vigorously.
"What's your name?" I asked a simple question to ease her emotions.
"My name is Nina! I'm Nina!" she replied quickly.
I took out the Cigarette Case and pulled out a cigarette, lighting it and taking a puff for myself before tossing the Cigarette Case to Fatty. Only then did I ask, "Alright, Nina, what’s going on with your rescue?"
Nina displayed a look of shock, her lips trembling slightly as she stood up and unfastened her skirt, lifting her blouse to reveal her abdomen to us. The three of us looked at her abdomen and couldn't help but gasp.
Her skin was very pale, tight, and smooth, without an ounce of excess flesh. That wasn’t the main point; the main point was that on this smooth abdomen there was a blood-red mark, as if someone had painted graffiti on Nina's belly with red paint. Although it was just a few strokes, we recognized the shape at first glance because it was too famous.
On Nina's abdomen, there was actually a Red Mark of Pleasant Goat.
If it were just this mark, we wouldn’t have been so surprised; tattoos are quite common, and I’ve even seen tattoos in private areas. But damn, have you ever seen a moving tattoo? The mouth of this Pleasant Goat was constantly opening and closing, as if it were grinning or perhaps screaming.
"What is this?" I stared at the shape, suddenly feeling dazed and overwhelmed by a strong desire to touch it. I took a step forward, trembling as I reached my hand toward Nina's abdomen.
"Don't move!" A loud shout came from behind me. Suddenly, my collar was grabbed and yanked back forcefully, causing me to stumble backward until I steadied myself. The collar tightened around my throat, making me cough uncontrollably; however, this also snapped my mind back to clarity.
The one who grabbed me was Kong Xuan. He stood in the spot where I had just been, looking at the Red Mark on Nina's abdomen with furrowed brows. Spitting out his cigarette onto the ground with a "tch," he exclaimed, "Motherfucker! Just regained my powers and already running into such a big deal! What the hell is this luxurious setup!"
Seeing me being violently pulled away by Kong Xuan frightened Nina even more. Hearing Kong Xuan say that made her pale face turn even whiter as she trembled and said, "B-brother! Wh-what’s going on?"
Kong Xuan wore a serious expression but reassured her, "It's okay, it's okay!"
It seemed that this guy also didn’t know how to comfort people; with such a serious look on his face and saying it’s fine—who would believe that?
Nina saw Kong Xuan's expression and shook like a leaf.
"Motherfucker! It's all fine now; stop shaking like that! I'm a professional!" Kong Xuan shouted at Nina: "Lie down on the ground, close your eyes, and whatever you do, don’t open them!"
Nina froze for a moment at Kong Xuan's shout and stopped shaking as much; perhaps his claim of being a professional gave her some reassurance. Soon enough, she lay straight down in front of Kong Xuan and tightly closed her eyes.
Kong Xuan brought his palms together, quickly rubbing them back and forth. A wisp of black smoke emerged from his palms, increasing in volume and density as he continued to rub, yet it remained coiled between his hands without dissipating. Eventually, the smoke became thick like ink.
"Dark Mist Binding Spell!"
Kong Xuan lightly scolded, separating his palms. The black smoke twisted in the air as if it were alive, changing into various shapes.
At this moment, the Sheepmark on Nina's abdomen seemed to sense danger and began to twist strangely, as if trying to escape. Kong Xuan let out a cold laugh, forming a Spell with his right hand and thrusting it into the mass of black mist. He traced a symbol in the air with his fingers, directly drawing a talisman with the black mist.
"Swift!"
Kong Xuan swiped downwards, and the black mist talisman swiftly adhered to the Red Mark on Nina's abdomen.
"Baa baa baa!"
The Red Mark emitted a sound like that of a lamb, but this cry was rather eerie and chilling.
"Soul Devour!" Kong Xuan changed to another Spell, and the black talisman suddenly transformed into a large mouth that snapped shut, crunching as it swallowed the red mark.
Indeed, it was not an illusion; there was a real sound, crisp like... like... like the crunching of brittle bones.
After the Black Curse consumed the Red Mark, it vanished like light smoke. The tension in our minds eased as Fatty stepped forward a couple of paces, seemingly wanting to see where the Black Curse and Red Mark had gone.
Kong Xuan remained silent and delivered a side kick that sent Fatty sprawling. Fatty got up from the ground, covered in dirt and about to explode with anger when I grabbed him.
Because I noticed an abnormal reaction from Nina's abdomen.
Nina's smooth belly suddenly bulged out as if something inside wanted to burst forth, then flattened again. After a while, it bulged out again before flattening once more. Eventually, the frequency of bulging increased rapidly, resembling boiling water bubbling or many mice stirring inside Nina's belly.
I was left speechless alongside Fatty. Hadn't that Red Mark already been consumed by that black curse? Was there still one inside Nina's belly? It seemed that what was inside her was even more formidable, a massive entity.
Kong Xuan's expression was grave as he placed his hands in front of his chest, one palm facing up and the other facing down, chanting incantations. Soon, a red orb of light appeared between his palms. The orb started small, about the size of a ping pong ball, but as Kong Xuan pulled his hands apart, the orb grew larger until it reached the size of a volleyball. He exhaled and declared:
"Return to light! Aging!"
With a push of his hands forward, the red orb flew above Nina's abdomen. Suddenly, it burst into countless red Starbursts that fell like hail onto Nina's belly.
"Sizzle!"
The Starbursts drilled into her abdomen and disappeared. Nina let out a cry of pain, biting down hard on her lip. Even though blood oozed from her lip, she remembered Kong Xuan's instructions and kept her eyes closed.
After the Starbursts entered her, the bulge in Nina's abdomen slowed significantly, as if what was inside had truly been aged. Kong Xuan's face remained serious as he licked his dry lips and swallowed. He took out a box from his pocket and opened it to reveal a strange ball.
The ball was about the size of an egg, slightly flattened with several sharp spikes on both sides that glimmered with a cold light, looking extremely sharp and mysterious in purpose. Kong Xuan reached for it directly, covering it with both hands. He grunted softly, tightening his grip, causing blood to gush from his palms.
I couldn't help but exclaim, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Kong Xuan replied. He opened his hands, and the ball fell to the ground, bouncing a few times before rolling aside. Kong Xuan ignored it and extended his hands with palms facing up. I saw five bleeding holes arranged in a pentagonal pattern on each palm.
In a low voice, he began chanting spells. White light points started to emerge from his palms, increasing in number as if white spirits were dancing in his hands. Eventually, they formed two Pentagrams that shimmered brilliantly above his palms.
"Draw a prison! Activate!" Kong Xuan commanded again.
The Pentagrams suddenly enlarged and floated in mid-air—one on the left turned red like flames while the one on the right became blue like the sea, creating a striking contrast between red and blue.
"Draw a prison! Combine!" With a gesture from Kong Xuan, a beam of white light shot forth, merging the two Pentagrams into one. The previous Pentagrams were composed of light points, while the combined one was made up of five lines that alternated between red and blue light, flowing with vibrant colors and appearing fantastical and unpredictable.
Kong Xuan pointed again, and the Pentagram flew directly above Nina's abdomen, slowly undulating in the air.
Looking back at me and Fatty, Kong Xuan shouted, "Come help!"
Fatty and I quickly moved closer. I asked, "How can we help?"
"Hold down her hands and feet!" As soon as Kong Xuan said this, Nina's body stiffened for a moment, then trembled violently.
It was no wonder; hearing Kong Xuan's words, anyone would know that the pain to come would be extremely unbearable. It was only natural for her to be scared.
Fatty and I exchanged glances. I held down Nina's legs while Fatty knelt behind her head, using his thighs to clamp down on Nina's head, with both hands pressing down on her arms.
Seeing that we were ready, Kong Xuan pulled the spell down and shouted, "Draw a prison! Bind!"
Suddenly, a multicolored beam of light shot out from the center of the Pentagram, directly enveloping Nina's abdomen, as if there were an immense suction force trying to pull something out from within her.
The suction was so strong that Nina's abdomen was pulled up over a foot high. She let out a piercing scream and began to struggle desperately. Fatty and I had to press our bodies against hers just to barely keep her under control.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door from outside, and someone shouted loudly, "What is happening? Open the door!"
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