The Natives of This World Are So Fierce - Chapter 29: Separation
Rrrip, rrrip.
As soon as Qin Xiaoxia finished his second utterance in the magic language, a series of sounds like tearing clothes came from Haohao.
Yet anyone with eyes could see that Haohao's clothes were perfectly intact.
What language was that?
Shock surged through Su Su's heart. The sensations in her body were still easy enough to explain.
But ordinary people had almost never experienced sensations in their souls. That indescribable feeling made her tremble even more deeply than anything physical, seeming to come from both inside and outside her body.
They really are...!
As her emotions churned, Su Su fought hard to suppress the urge to speak.
That miraculous voice clearly wasn't directed at her. She could only imagine how much pressure its actual target was under.
Haohao's parents and uncle hadn't thought as far ahead as Su Su, but they understood at least one thing.
Haohao could be saved!
Of course, they were also a little worried about whether this "exorcism" would affect Haohao himself.
But at this point, all they wanted was to get Haohao back. They couldn't afford to worry about anything else.
As his parents, they could still sense their own child "slipping away, little by little."
Doudou, meanwhile, was especially curious about the power Qin Xiaoxia's magic language displayed.
Its binding force was undoubtedly much stronger than that of ordinary magic language.
Setting aside what the people around them were thinking-
"Haohao" was now like a small insect trapped in a spiderweb.
An invisible weight seemed to pin "Haohao" to the floor.
Everyone around him could clearly see "Haohao" struggling violently on the floor. Even his skin had flushed red.
"Aah!"
"Screee!"
Its voice kept shifting from a wretched howl to a piercing shriek. Each cry stabbed at the eardrums of the four people present other than Qin Xiaoxia and Doudou.
Beyond the discomfort in their ears, everyone could vaguely hear the unmistakable pain and fear in those cries.
Like a wild animal with its leg caught in a trap!
The thought flashed through Su Su's mind.
She had seen vaguely similar scenes as a child, hunting abroad with her maternal grandfather.
"Guo!"
Haohao's mother anxiously clutched the barbecue shop owner's arm, unable to bear hearing her son's screams.
But the two grown men she relied on for support were no more certain themselves.
"It's all right, it's all right... That isn't Haohao screaming!"
"He's right. That isn't Haohao!"
Fortunately, the surrounding area was effectively part of a village. Everyone was a neighbor, they visited often, and they generally got along.
Had this been an apartment complex in the city, noises this loud and disturbing would have had the upstairs and downstairs neighbors calling property management long ago, if not the police.
Ever since his elvenization, Qin Xiaoxia's innate intuition for his own magic had begun awakening as well.
Using the properties of his innate magic often required no systematic knowledge, as though the inspiration came from his bloodline and soul.
Still, some aspects of its effects surprised even Qin Xiaoxia.
Through his eyes-
The strange thing before him was struggling desperately. Not only was Haohao's already indistinct face contorted, but the strange thing's own form also seemed to be in considerable pain.
Yet strictly speaking, his magic language had no offensive properties.
He soon discovered the reason.
It was the magic coiling around "Haohao"!
Rrrip, rrrip.
The sound of tearing clothes came again, clearer this time than before.
Qin Xiaoxia was the only person in the room who could see what was happening. Even Doudou couldn't see through it.
Those fine strands of purple magic resembled electrical arcs.
They were eating away at "Haohao"-or, more precisely, the magic was eating away at the thing possessing him.
Every flicker of an "arc" brought wisps of burning purple flame, and each time that happened, the sound of tearing fabric followed.
But apart from howling, the thing still refused to speak in response.
Qin Xiaoxia stood less than half a meter from "Haohao," looking down at it.
He wasn't a sadist and had no interest in playing torture games. Failing to get the response he wanted was beginning to irritate him.
Wind. A wind had risen.
Inside a room with its windows shut!
For the first time since entering the room, Doudou moved away from Qin Xiaoxia, hiding behind Su Su with a trace of fear.
This made her glance at Doudou in mild surprise before sharply turning back toward Qin Xiaoxia.
Hiding behind Su Su, Doudou unconsciously clutched her trousers.
Before Doudou's eyes, Qin Xiaoxia had already changed from his previous "normal state."
An almost tangible purple began spreading over Qin Xiaoxia's body. Above him, an invisible presence that seemed to flicker like the outer tongues of a flame put immense pressure on Doudou.
And on the thing on the floor, of course.
The currents of air inside the room were actually being stirred by the turbulent magic.
Qin Xiaoxia relished the feeling. It gave him a profound sense of his own power.
Although he already suspected that the thing on the floor might lack the intelligence to "answer questions," he wasn't going to concern himself with that.
He had no obligation to treat prisoners kindly.
Qin Xiaoxia crouched down, bringing himself closer to "Haohao."
Sss, sss, sss...
A sound like fat sizzling over a fire began coming from Haohao's body.
The people beside him could even see Haohao's arms and legs stiffen straight, as though exposed to heat.
"Aah!"
"Haohao" let out a tearing scream.
But it stopped abruptly after only half a second.
Qin Xiaoxia's right hand shot out like lightning and clamped directly around "Haohao's" neck.
"Aah!"
This cry came from Haohao's mother. She nearly rushed forward to stop Qin Xiaoxia, but her husband held her firmly back.
Judging by the force of his grip on her arm, her husband was no less tense.
But this wasn't some melodramatic show. Normal people could still tell what was best, rather than acting like the deadweight teammates on-screen who rushed in at the crucial moment and got in the protagonist's way.
Sure enough!
With his hand clamped around "Haohao's" neck, Qin Xiaoxia slowly stood, keeping his arm locked in that gripping position.
Rrrip, rrrip, rrrip-sss, sss, sss!
The sounds had grown somewhat shrill!
The furniture and utensils in the room rattled with thumps and rumbles.
The air swirled around the "two figures" at its center.
Su Su's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth with both hands.
The three adults of the Guo family clung to one another and clenched their fists, expressing and easing their emotions in the only way they could.
Yes, Qin Xiaoxia had stood up with his hand around the "thing's" neck.
And Haohao was still lying on the floor!
Strange gray-black threads resembling smoke connected the thing in Qin Xiaoxia's hand to Haohao.
It was plain to see that Qin Xiaoxia had the thing locked firmly in his grasp and was pulling its remaining parts out of Haohao's body.
Yes, everyone could see it now, including Su Su and the three members of the Guo family.
As more and more "threads" were pulled out, they gradually gathered into a hazy, spectral shape in front of Qin Xiaoxia's hand.
The part that seemed to be its head was caught in a powerful right hand. The rest of its body struggled feebly, twitching from time to time.
The tearing and sizzling sounds all came from it.
Seeing that it was working, Qin Xiaoxia's lips curved upward for the first time since he had entered the room.
At point-blank range-
The magic language rang out from Qin Xiaoxia's mouth, resonant yet strangely hoarse, countless times more intense than before.
"Sahala nakulori bando!!!"
The third time, and the last.
The captive thing shook violently.
"Aliya asaku!"
A piercing scream rang out.
After just two words, the thing in his hand began trembling violently, then went completely still.
The noises in the room also seemed to fall eerily silent in an instant.
"Cousin... It seems to be dead..."
The thing in Qin Xiaoxia's hand had now been completely stripped from Haohao's body, leaving it transparent and limp.
Little by little, drop by drop.
Something like mist was dissipating from its body.
This update was a little late, and the second chapter will be even later. You can wait until tomorrow to read it.