Looking at the corpse cat’s body before me, I became even more certain of my previous guess.
At least eighty percent sure.
I then said to the two of them:
“With corpse cats appearing here, it’s very possible that the one in this forest is that Nine-Lives Corpse Cat.
This thing is merely a minion of that corpse cat.”
Old Mo and Little Mo nodded in agreement.
I looked around, and wild cats were gathering.
More and more of them, but at this moment, these wild cats were not approaching us.
They were just meowing strangely at us.
“These wild cats are really annoying,” Old Mo said unhappily, his newly bought car now deformed from the collision.
I, however, said sternly:
“These wild cats are probably not just meowing, look at the number of wild cats around, they’re increasing.
It’s likely that more corpse demons will appear soon.
Stay alert, don’t get ambushed, and we’ll make a decision when Yunxia Gu arrives.”
I spoke, remaining vigilant of our surroundings.
Xiao Mei nodded, remaining silent.
Old Mo, however, frowned slightly, looking at the surrounding "meowing" cat pack and said:
“Old Qin, if this place is confirmed to be the Nine-Lives Corpse Cat,
then even if Yunxia Gu arrives, it might not be enough.
After all, Yunxia Gu’s cultivation seems to be only at the peak of Profound Core.
Even though her Golden Light Sword Qi is very powerful, it can at most contend with opponents at the True Light realm.
But so much time has passed, the Nine-Lives Corpse Cat’s strength has likely recovered a lot.
It won’t be easy even if Yunxia Gu comes…”
Old Mo suddenly said this.
I was not surprised, as I had also considered these points before.
But then again, if Yunxia Gu knew about the “Nine-Lives Corpse Cat,” then she must also know how formidable this demon is.
The fact that she didn’t ask us to return immediately, but instead asked for our location,
indicates one thing: she has a way to deal with this creature.
Either she has a powerful Taoist magical artifact, or Yunxia Gu is not coming alone this time.
Perhaps, with someone even more powerful?
This was my thought, and I said to Old Mo at this moment:
“Let’s wait and see! Yunxia Gu asked us to wait, she must have a plan.
If it really doesn’t work out, we’ll just run.
With the protection of the Demon Hauler, we also have means of survival.”
Old Mo agreed with this point wholeheartedly.
We had four chances to survive, and if we couldn’t fight, we would run.
Unless the opponent’s strength was so great that it could contend with the four legendary ghost messengers of the Demon Hauler.
But thinking about it, that was probably not the case!
Even if there was, it would likely be a being at the peak of Qingdai’s strength.
Afterward, we didn’t get back into the car.
Using the off-road vehicle as a shield, we simply huddled together, guarding against the wild cats incessantly meowing around us.
Time ticked by, and twenty minutes or so had passed.
It had been over two hours since we sent our location to Yunxia Gu.
They still hadn’t arrived, but the wild cats around us were increasing.
Furthermore, new corpse cats had appeared among these wild cats.
But they didn’t come close, maintaining a distance of ten meters.
They just kept meowing strangely, which was irritating to hear.
Since the other side didn’t move, we didn’t move either.
We just waited it out.
However, at this moment.
The large black cat that had appeared earlier, reappeared.
This time, it walked one or two meters forward alone.
It directly faced us, then moved left and right.
Its pair of green eyes simply stared at the three of us.
“This guy seems to be the boss here!”
I said to remind them.
“Old Qin, what do you think this cat wants to do?”
A faint smile curved my lips:
“Do I need to think about it? It clearly wants to eat us.”
But as soon as I finished speaking, Xiao Mei next to me replied:
“No! It wants you two to be its human pets.”
Hearing this, we all turned to look at Xiao Mei.
Xiao Mei was a fox and should be able to understand animal languages.
But what was this "human pet" thing?
“Xiao Mei, this black cat is that perverted? It wants us to be its human pets?”
Old Mo was surprised.
Xiao Mei, however, was very serious:
“It should be correct, that’s what it means. It’s waiting, it seems to be waiting for its leader to arrive.”
Xiao Mei was doing the translation herself.
However, perhaps due to different species, she couldn’t perfectly translate the intentions of these wild cats, hence the use of words like “should be” and “seems.”
I didn’t realize it before, but now I found that Xiao Mei, this monster, had this use.
Used as a beast language translator…
Just as we were communicating with Xiao Mei.
Suddenly, a foul wind rose from the forest beside us.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”
A foul wind surged.
It smelled like dead fish, so pungent it was choking.
We all covered our noses and coughed.
“So smelly!”
“What’s that smell!”
Xiao Mei, however, narrowed her eyes:
“They’re here!”
As soon as she spoke, a low growl echoed through the mountains and forests:
“Wuwu…”
The sound wasn’t loud, but the vibrating sensation was strong, like the low growl of a fierce beast.
And the large black cat in front of us, upon hearing this roar, its eyes lit up.
Suddenly becoming agitated.
It let out a “meow” and roared at the three of us.
The next second, we saw the wild cats surrounding us from all directions.
“Meow meow meow” they roared madly, and began to pounce at the three of us like lunatics…