Martial Peak

Chapter 17 – Battling the Demonic Beast

It was now the afternoon and Kai Yang had started to walk towards the track that would lead him back to Sky Tower.

Kai Yang was only given three days of leave, so he had to return before tomorrow morning, otherwise there would be harsh punishment waiting for him.

Kai Yang felt he had plenty of time and was certain that he could return before dark. Afterall, he was only hundred miles away, not a long distance.

In his heart he held great anticipation with regard to the black book’s third page. Thinking about the results it would bring for him made him delighted and put a bounce in his steps.

Halfway through his journey back Kai Yang heard an unexpected, piercing cry not to far from his position. There was the sound of a child screaming/crying mixed in.

When he heard this he paused his footsteps and strained his ears. Soon after, his face changed and Kai Yang swiftly ran towards the direction of the sound.

When he was listening to the sound, he recognised it as the sounds of the father and son pair from the night before. And that child’s crying sound was from the little boy.

Those two probably had encountered some sort of trouble, or why would they make such a ruckus. Last night they had given Kai Yang some of their rations, and even if were for their past kindness, how could he just ignore their trouble?

As he ran towards them, the father’s roaring became increasingly desperate and the boy’s grew softer and softer.

Kai Yang’s face gradually hardened and he started to have a bad feeling.

By the time Kai Yang arrived, the father’s roar could no longer be heard and he only saw a dark cave in a high hill. To the side of the cave in the midsts of some bushes, tangled between some spiderwebs was a silver bow. This bow the same one the little boy had been holding the previous night.

possessions onto the ground, heightened his senses and

light inside the cave was not bright, it was

that the cave was covered in webs. On the walls and the ground, they crisscrossed each other and varied in thicknesses. Layer upon layer, the road ahead was blocked by the multitude

dripped down at a steady pace, and when Kai Yang

human sized cocoon spun from a spider’s thread in a chrysalis-like

Kai Yang dashed over to the trapped hunter, his worry eased upon discovering that he was

to him, the hunter groggily awoke and called feebly: “Save the child! My son was dragged further inside. I beg of you,

for his current strength, being

careful! That is a Demonic

demonic beasts were not like ordinary wild animals; they loved to slaughter. They were true ferocious beasts and Kai Yang

the Black Wind Mountains, the reason why the first thirty miles were deemed a safe zone, was precisely because there were no ferocious beasts. Unfortunately it seemed, one had appeared.

Kai Yang movements became more and more cautious and soft. Slowly,

his father, wrapped up in a cocoon which was suspended in mid air by

large flower patterned spider sucking on a straw. The straw was inserted in the little boy’s arm, and you could clearly see the dark red blood streaming out

the ground of this hillside cave, were various bones of all different types of beasts piled up like mountains. One could only imagine the amount of time the Demonic Spider Beast had spent living here and the number of poor souls, humans and animals alike, that had fallen prey

this spider’s capabilities and form an appropriate plan. Every second he delayed, increased the chances of this little boy

expect to be disturbed at that moment. Shortly after Kai Yang charged forward, a large amount of force was applied to the side of the Demonic Spider, and a large hole was torn in the web. The flower patterned spider fell

suddenly caused the flower patterned spider to be furious. It’s eight long, hairy legs stamped the ground, and all of its eyes focused on Kai

up, he was pinned

of the spider. This momentarily stunned

to his feet and crouched down, his eyes fully focused on the movements of that flower patterned