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.

the ground, heightened his senses and plunged straight into

not bright, it was still

webs. On the walls and the ground, they crisscrossed each other and varied in thicknesses. Layer upon layer,

water dripped down at a steady pace, and when Kai Yang

nerves, Kai Yang walked to the sound of deep breathing. Only he saw a large human sized cocoon spun from a spider’s thread in a chrysalis-like state. At the top, it revealed a human face, that face

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

called feebly: “Save the child! My son was dragged further inside. I beg of you,

to free the hunter from the web. Sadly the web was too strong for his current strength, being unable to break it he could only temporarily

warned: “Be careful! That is a Demonic Spider

ordinary wild animals; they loved to slaughter. They were

the reason why the first thirty miles were deemed a safe zone, was precisely because there were

was a ferocious beast, Kai Yang movements became more and more cautious and soft. Slowly, he groped his way through the

to his father, wrapped up in a cocoon

straw. The straw was inserted in the little boy’s arm, and you could

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

an appropriate plan. Every second he delayed, increased the chances of this little boy ascending

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 alongside Kai Yang. The little

long, hairy legs

up, he was pinned down by a single single pounce

steel fist flew out and landed squarely on the throat of the spider. This momentarily stunned it,

and crouched down, his eyes fully focused on the