Chapter 85: Bone-peeling Yaksa, Bishapovacha!
Li Ye solved it too quickly; the other Skin-Peeling Demon hadn’t even finished sucking.
At this moment, it widened its eyes and stared fixedly at Li Ye, but there was no emotional fluctuation in its gaze, only the instinct of a creature feeding.
No matter how clever demonic creatures are, they have intelligence but no humanity; no matter how well they speak or how understanding they seem, they are merely means for demonic creatures to achieve their purpose.
Li Ye didn’t stop it; he just watched until Ren Xing gradually turned into a human husk, and then even the husk couldn’t hold, as if the gas inside had been extracted, turning into a perfectly preserved skin.
The Skin-Peeling Demon raised its head, holding a blood-colored bead in its mouthparts, and as it hugged the skin bag, it leaped backward toward the door.
But Li Ye was quick; as the Skin-Peeling Demon fled, he stood up, reached out, grabbed the ankle of the skin bag that hadn’t fully shed, and using that force, swam over like a fish.
Puff!
His other hand formed a claw, stabbing into the Skin-Peeling Demon’s heart from below; the hand gripping the ankle delved in further, flipping the flesh mud like pushing mud, pushing forward to grip the Skin-Peeling Demon’s waist and abdomen.
Sizzle!!
His arms rubbed up and down, tearing from the center outward; as it tore into two halves, he also pushed it into flesh mud, kneading it into a messy lump and throwing it on the ground.
“Strength is decent, but still a bit lacking; probably hasn’t been a Skin-Peeling Demon for long.”
Demonic creatures don’t have realm divisions like martial artists; some are very dangerous after causing disasters, some have strong combat power but low danger, entirely depending on whether the martial artist can cope.
Skin-Peeling Demons themselves aren’t major demons; in front of Li Ye at the Second Realm, they naturally have no deterrence, but for Dragon Gate Realm, they might be tricky.
That body piled with black hard substances probably can’t be broken by ordinary weapons.
He sat back on the sofa, looking at the blood-colored bead he had casually extracted earlier, his eyes showing contemplation. “This is essence blood?”
Still Second Realm essence blood; just looking at it, he could feel a surging qi and blood power.
This should be the purest enhancement.
“I thought it was a joke.”
Li Ye said darkly: “So, it really can eat people.”
Demonic creatures turn people into edible food; if humans obtain it, it clearly can be absorbed.
Demonic creatures harm and eat people, so they are demonic creatures.
Then what do you call it when people harm and eat people?
“Should be killed!”
Li Ye indeed had a flexible moral bottom line; although he had obtained authority before, his martial arts were insufficient, so he was still lurking; now, having broken through three passes in a row, he showed a strong trend toward “I don’t eat beef.”
Especially after entering the Disinfection Bureau and seeing the more real martial arts world, his style became increasingly evident.
Protecting Ningjiang and protecting my Ningjiang; the latter is more tempting.
But to have him eat people, he couldn’t do it.
This wasn’t a bottom line issue; this was a principle issue.
Besides, he had no need to do it.
Since it’s eating, he could eat gods.
Just as he thought that, he suddenly felt the blood bead in his hand move; Li Ye raised an eyebrow slightly, spread his palm, letting the blood bead silently move in one direction, as if guided by something.
Li Ye thought to himself: “Demonic creatures’ instinct should be to strengthen themselves first; Skin-Peeling Demons grow stronger the more people they eat besides their obsession with skin bags. But now it’s clearly leaving the blood bead behind on purpose, and even guiding a direction.”
Bang!
The door was suddenly kicked open; Huang Qingyi rushed in holding a sword in one hand, his eyes scanning, but he was stunned upon seeing Li Ye sitting leisurely.
He had been waiting outside too; although Li Ye was strong, two demonic creatures were unexpected; he had planned to provide support just in case, but only a few sounds came from inside before it stopped.
In his anxiety, he gritted his teeth and burst in.
“Solved?”
Huang Qingyi said dazedly, just in time to see the mud stuck to the wall; he reached out to touch it.
Li Ye interrupted Huang Qingyi’s action, saying: “Don’t touch it; your qi and blood won’t hold up.”
“Compendium of Materia Medica · Human Section” records: Detached skin erodes with resentment and filth.
It refers to the skin left by Skin-Peeling Demons; modern papers also explain that this thing carries biological pollution.
It’s fine if left untouched; once touched by a creature, especially a human, the skin bag’s obsession will erode the next person; if they can’t resist, they’ll be polluted, and in severe cases, become another human skin slave.
The solution is simple.
Sunlight exposure, fire burning, or powerful weapons to blast it into powder.
He gripped the bead tightly, his face somewhat gloomy.
The worst outcome he didn’t want still happened.
Among the Skin-Peeling Demons, there should be a coordinator, a demonic creature commanding all Skin-Peeling Demons.
Probably the Skin-Peeling Demon that appeared ten years ago.
“Call the Information Section; have them teach you how to handle it.”
Li Ye gripped the bead, stood up, and walked out. “Downtown Area should be safe now, but maintain order.”
“Captain Li, where are you going?”
“Exterminate demons!”
The blood bead’s sudden guidance saved Li Ye his original plan; he wanted to see where this thing led.
Fifteen minutes later, under high-speed riding, Li Ye arrived at Yunxiu County, forty kilometers from the Downtown Area.
This suburban county was also the place with the highest incidence of Skin-Peeling Demons.
But Li Ye’s current location was a standalone large courtyard house in the county, whose layout surprisingly resembled the courtyard houses in the city.
Only…
Li Ye took out his mobile phone, opened the information, compared it, and showed a strange expression.
This place was his next target according to the plan.
After clearing the Downtown Area, the next step was the suburban county, which naturally had gangs too, but its economic output could only support one; once dealt with, it would be fine.
But now the blood bead was pointing here too.
“The biggest Skin-Peeling Demon isn’t Yunxiu County’s local gang, is it? Has the Disinfection Bureau been infiltrated this badly? Then they should be killed too.”
Li Ye’s face darkened; he twisted the throttle fully, and with a buzz, the motorcycle kicked up dust, crashing through the gate at high speed!
…
Bai Bang, a Nine Dragon Gate martial artist, also followed the breakthrough route, specifically the difficult Five Senses Pass, excelling in danger perception to avoid threats.
At the same time, he was a heavyweight gang boss in Yunxiu County, controlling the county’s entire underground industry; even the Disinfection Bureau’s Deputy Bureau Chief had to greet him politely.
His strength was average, but he had the Ren Family backing him; though talentless for breakthroughs, his comfortable life made it irrelevant.
But lately, he felt something off.
His wife of over twenty years had been smiling recently; behavior unchanged, still as before, but sometimes meeting her gaze made him inexplicably shudder.
His always troublesome son and daughter, though still going out partying every night, had become much more well-behaved, causing less trouble.
But he always felt something wrong; sometimes when the children returned, they carried a faint strange scent, like blood but slightly different.
“Dad, we’re heading out.”
The son and daughter bid him farewell as usual and prepared to leave.
“When did you two get along so well? I’m not used to it,” Bai Bang said strangely.
“Isn’t this a good thing?”
His wife brought a glass of milk, handed it to Bai Bang, smiling at the two at the door. “Harmony brings cohesion.”
This was something Bai Bang often said; he nodded. “You’re right”
Boom!
The “right” word didn’t even come out; the gate was suddenly crashed open, a motorcycle with huge rear wheels charging in; the moment it entered, the rider pulled out a small bronze mirror, probing toward the two, then the motorcycle rammed over.
It first knocked down his daughter, then a hand slammed down, probing a hole in her head; then the person leaped like a swimming fish or shooting arrow, kicking through his son’s waist, and with a downward slam carrying full momentum, severed him at the waist.
Bai Bang didn’t react, just staring dazedly at his suddenly fallen children, his brain blanking.
Bloodshot in his eyes grew, eyes widening; as his mind cleared, he opened his mouth to wail.
“My… huh?”
But the wail suddenly stopped.
Because anyone seeing their dead children suddenly shed their skin, revealing bodies of black stone-like hard substances and fanged blue faces, would do the same.
At this, Bai Bang completely failed to react.
Li Ye didn’t even glance at Bai Bang, locking his gaze on the woman.
No need to check; at a glance, he was sure this thing wasn’t harmless.
Clearly no qi and blood fluctuation inside; by his experience, she was an ordinary person; even shining the bronze mirror showed no smoke, unlike the two Skin-Peeling Demons earlier.
But such a person now had a calm face, as if trivial things died, completely different from Bai Bang.
The woman kept smiling, glanced at the bead in Li Ye’s hand, nodded: “Essence blood.”
“Open the gate!”
The moment she said “essence blood,” Li Ye didn’t need to wait; even if not a Skin-Peeling Demon, she was linked to the Ren Family, deeply so.
Originally Bai Bang’s whole family was on the must-kill list; now just accelerated.
Sizzle!!
White qi spread like dragon whiskers on the ground, thunder sound roared like a tiger; Li Ye stepped, sending out a qi circle, charging like an arrow off the string; his body swam once, and upon reaching the woman, he circled sideways, clawing over.
Golden Dragon Grasp Shatter the Universe!
Puff!
One claw down, bringing special qi force, blasting a huge gap in half her body; yet this still didn’t fell the woman.
“Such vibrant qi and blood.”
The woman stretched her vividly red tongue, licking her now crimson lips. “Want to embrace filth with me?”
From the blasted gap, three pitch-black arms suddenly extended, instantly slapping toward Li Ye.
Clang!
The three arms struck, emitting a crisp ring; with a thud, Li Ye stomped both feet like a thousand jun weight, five fingers as claw sweeping down, grabbing the three arms, twisting them together, then probing inward.
Bang!
Li Ye’s hand emerged from its side, the qi force blasting it through, completely exploding the woman’s skin bag, revealing an inky black monstrous form.
Though small, it had six arms, blue face and fangs, but a black flame-like halo behind its head, fleshy crest on top, bumpy with polluting aura.
The instant its true form appeared, Li Ye felt dizzy and bloated; his mind filled with tender beauties surrounding him, serving his ample hills and jade chambers, and he himself seemed stripped bare, regardless of gender, sinking into lust.
But in this lust, he felt rot, as if the flesh wasn’t his, ready to detach into blissful world anytime.
“Bullshit!”
Li Ye glared furiously, thunder sound bursting from his mouth, shattering the pollution.
This was demonic creature pollution!
But looking again, where was the six-armed black monster; a baleful wind lifted, swirling the dazed Bai Bang, turning him into a skin bag, then fleeing into the sky.
That strike had indeed killed it, but it had other means.
Li Ye frowned. “Yin spirit? Bone-Peeling Demon?”
Bronze mirror couldn’t detect it; even face-to-face, no danger visible, and escaping formless matched ‘Bone-Peeling Demon’ traits.
“Seven Signs of Yunji · Corpse Liberation Chapter” records: Skin-Peeling Demons shed nine times to become Bone-Peeling Demons, filth exhausted returning to truth, forming yin spirit.
Not changing skin bags, but devouring enough people, shedding nine skins, becomes Bone-Peeling Demon, no longer affected by Skin-Peeling Demon weaknesses.
Skin-Peeling Demon paints skin, hard to paint tiger bones; know person know face not heart.
Skin-Peeling Demon is skin-painting demon, painting tiger is vengeful ghost, last is Bone-Peeling Demon.
Like white bone demon, hard to discern form, and as long as derived Skin-Peeling Demons live, it can’t die.
Very troublesome demonic creature.
But such a demonic creature impossible even in ten years; requires too many lives supplied.
And according to these years’ case files and cases…
Whoosh.
As he thought, Bai Bang’s skin bag suddenly rolled up, unfolding from inside to reveal black, drifting toward Ren Family direction.
“Roar!!”
Li Ye roared, thunder sound activating, shaking the skin bag to powder dissipation.
“Able to turn Nine Dragon Gate martial artists into skin bags to birth Skin-Peeling Demons…”
Li Ye narrowed his eyes. “And this direction…”
He spread his hand, looking at the blood bead always in it; the guidance still moved toward somewhere.
Toward the Ren Family!
The result was right, this was Li Ye’s desired result, forcing the Skin-Peeling Demon to Ren Family.
But the process completely wrong, even worse!
Li Ye thought of something, face ugly as he took out his mobile phone, dialing per information the other two teams lingering in the county due to slacking off not returning to Downtown Area, including the two deputy directors’ phones.
All calls, none answered!
This darkened his face.
Case file quantities wrong; but if case file quantities were concealed?
Disinfection Bureau always rotten; due to insufficient force, before Pan Zhengyang took office it improved somewhat, but two deputy directors obey orders not proclamations, rarely seen; this time tearing face with Ren Family, didn’t return.
But if not not returning, but simply, they became Skin-Peeling Demons too?
Then not this number on files!
But strength to convert Second Realm martial artists, even just breaking one pass, not something Skin-Peeling Demon can do; Bone-Peeling Demon can’t either.
That black posture he blasted out wasn’t normal Skin-Peeling Demon either.
“Six arms, fleshy crest, bumpy fleshy crest, halo behind head… That’s not a Yaksa?”
Bone-Peeling Demon and Yaksa.
Li Ye widened eyes, gritted teeth: “Bishapovacha!”
“Zhengfa Nianchu Sutra · Yaksa Chapter” has this record.
There is a Yaksa named Bishapovacha, who eats the undispersed consciousness yin of the deceased, wears their skin form, paints bones as palace.
No matter how Skin-Peeling Demons evolve, can’t become this.
This isn’t Skin-Peeling Demon or Bone-Peeling Demon; it’s a Yaksa, a strange Yaksa with Bone-Peeling Demon power!
And it seemed to flee to Ren Family, including all derived Skin-Peeling Demons, guided like Bai Bang’s skin bag.
“Damn it!”
Li Ye strode to the motorcycle in three steps, twisted throttle, charging straight out.
Ren Family situation wrong; not simple Skin-Peeling Demon matter.
Call to Director Pan, signal blocked.
Call to Sun Shun, no; he’s too weak, Information Section here useless.
Public Security Bureau even more so; this is Disinfection Bureau matter, demonic creature matter must be solved by Disinfection Bureau.
Most crucial…
If Bishapovacha, today must kill it no matter what!
That’s one called Buddhist guardian deity…
God!
