Cathulhu Online, MUNYA!

Chapter 317 – Cat Dad Exorcises Some Ghosts

Because the ghosts were weakened by Xiaomao's domain, their regular humans could see them.

"What is that?!"

The presence of the dark spirits shocked the non-gamer pedestrians. They pointed at the screaming ghosts while many quick thinkers ran away from the area.

The ghosts thrashed and threw random objects, destroying many signboards, traffic lights, cars, and vending machines on the street. Many humans got caught in their rampage and got hit by random flying objects.

"Hmm."

Xiaomao looked around and maintained his True Purification Domain. The injured and critically injured people were instantly healed. However, the broken objects, crashed cars, and debris remained the same.

The victims in the crashed cars screamed in pain even though Xiaomao healed them. Due to the pressure and the distorted metal frames of the cars, their broken bones and other injuries couldn't be healed as long as they were trapped inside.

Xiaomao noticed the victims and rushed to their aid. He peeled the broken frame of a car with bare hands and gently pulled a family of four out. A 3-year-old daughter and an infant got out first. Then, Xiaomao carried the husband and wife out.

"H-How?"

Although confused, the wife gazed at Xiaomao in gratitude and admiration. The slightly injured husband turned to his kids and ensured that they were safe. Then, he turned to Xiaomao and nodded, "T-Thank you."

"No problem, munya."

Meanwhile, the ghosts managed to escape from Xiaomao's domain as his range was short. They turned around and glared at him.

Upon realizing who he was, they bellowed.

"MIAO XIAOMAO! LORD SOLOMON CARES FOR YOU! IS THIS HOW YOU REPAY FOR HIS KINDNESS?!"

Xiaomao healed the family and looked up, glaring at the ghost in the sky.

"Get your family out of here, munya. Those monsters are dangerous."

"O-Okay!"

In front of the family of four, Xiaomao spread his tentacle wings and kicked the ground. In the next second, he appeared in front of the ghost and seized its face with his right hand.

"I'm grateful for his help, but he has failed to grant me one thing I desire, munya."

"YOU!!"

"Go back and tell him that the world and the humans are mine! He can't have it, munya!"

"MIAO XIAOMAO!!!"

Xiaomao clenched his right hand, and the ghost's face was crushed. It dissipated into smoke and vanished.

Seeing how Xiaomao killed their colleague, weak ghosts shrieked and fled the scene. However, five of them weren't afraid of Xiaomao.

"YOU DARE?!"

All of them charged toward him at once, forgetting what his domain was.

"Idiots, munya!"

True Purification Domain!

The second shockwave of the domain expanded and welcomed the ghosts. As soon as they entered the white dome, half of their bodies disintegrated!

"!!!"

At that moment, they realized their mistake – Xiaomao's mysterious domain was the bane to their existence!

"Impossible! How come he can use a Holy Domain?!"

Xiaomao flapped his wings and summoned Qi swords. A hundred portals appeared behind him, and 100 flying swords emerged. Xiaomao pointed at the five ghosts.

"Kill them all, munya!"

A hundred swords shot in every direction. They curved and coordinated their flight courses, surrounding the five ghosts from six directions – Above, below, left, right, front, and behind!

The five ghosts screamed and tried to use their domains. Xiaomao could hear the voice of the game system, sending him messages.

DING

<Nameless Ghost has activated a nascent soul domain – Domain of Hunting!>

<All spiritual beings can break all bones of living beings upon touch (Doesn't work against stronger opponents).>

DING

<Nameless Ghost has activated a nascent soul domain – Domain of Fear!>

<If a spiritual being touches any living being in their domain, the touched living being loses 10% of their sanity (Doesn't work against stronger opponents).>

DING

<Nameless Ghost has activated a nascent soul domain – Domain of Paranormal!>

<All spiritual beings in the domain are immune to Qi attacks, physical attacks, spells, and status effects if one of the spiritual beings activates a domain (Doesn't work against stronger opponents).>

Three of five ghosts were comparable to 7th-stage cultivators. They used their domains and attempted to resist Xiaomao's ability. As for the other two, they didn't have a domain, but they summoned their Dao Avatars, which came out as two large clouds in the shape of two skulls.

The skulls opened their mouths and rushed to Xiaomao, attempting to swallow him whole.

Xiaomao created an energy sword from his hand as if he activated a lightsaber. He casually cut the incoming skull clouds.

BOOM

The two skulls were sliced in half and dispersed into black dust.

SWUA

Moreover, the torsos of the five ghosts were sliced in half. Their lower bodies crumbled to dust.

Two weaker ghosts widened their eyes and dissipated into nothingness without understanding what Xiaomao did. As for the other three, they were frightened.

"Invisible attack domain?!"

"Soul Formation Domain?! An 8th-stage domain?!"

"Miao Xiaomao has reached the 8th stage?!"

Hearing their exclamation, Xiaomao scoffed. He concealed the truth of his domain and used one of the Wei Clan's sword techniques on them. None of the ghosts noticed that Xiaomao's energy sword was coated with Blood Element Qi and his blood. The red lightsaber hummed once again, and the three remaining ghosts lost their heads.

When Xiaomao blinked, he saw the messages that confirmed his Blood Domain ability.

<You have activated your Dao Avatar Domain – Domain of Blood Sovereign!>

<If you coat your weapon with your blood and blood element Qi, it can negate all domain abilities of Mortal Domains. If you are stronger than your opponent, you can destroy their domain and cripple your opponent's dantian.>

<Your blood is infinite. You may use your blood as a weapon in your domain or imitate other domains that you know. The weapon shapes, abilities, strength, and effects depend on your weapon mastery and experience.>

<You can manipulate the blood of everybody inside your domain. (Doesn't work against stronger opponents).>

<You can imitate a domain's effect by sacrificing a portion of your blood.>

This was not even Xiaomao's complete form as the Dao Avatar Domain was still a lot weaker than a Nascent Soul Domain (7th stage), a Soul Formation Domain (8th stage), and a Mahayana Domain (9th stage). A stellar constellation domain, aka the immortal stage, would be even more powerful!

Seeing the powerful effects of his domain abilities, Xiaomao wondered why Wei Huang, Wei Xiong, and Wei Feng couldn't become gods and ruled the universe like the other famous gods. But as he closed his eyes to recollect or reminisce the memory of Wei Feng and Wei Xiong, he thought of a face and a name.

Kishin Douji

In their memories, Kishin Douji was the Oni God, who was Devil and Mao Miaomiao's nemesis. After Wei Yuan eloped with Mao Miaomiao, Wei Cao (Wei Yuan's father) sold his family to the Oni God for power and blessings from the Oni God.

Having a vulgar hobby, Kishin Douji demanded that they surrendered Wei Yuan, who had comprehended the Chaos Element, to become his bride. Wei Huang refused, and Wei Cao killed his father. Then, he enslaved his family to serve the Oni God and joined the crusade against Devil and Mao Miaomiao.

Xiaomao discarded the thought. He dispelled all energy swords and resumed the rescue task to save as many victims as possible. After all, he was the cause of this mess.

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10 minutes later, ambulances and police cars rushed to the scene and helped the victims.

Xiaomao didn't leave. He sat on the back truck of a police car, giving his testimony to the cops.

The cops investigated the crime scene while they kept stealing glances at Xiaomao. As most of them hadn't joined the game yet, they had no idea about the superpower perk of the game, and they were surprised to see a real-life superhero.

Eyewitnesses all said the same things – Cloud monsters appeared and wreaked havoc, but Xiaomao killed the monsters and healed them with his superpower. Many people stayed behind and wanted to catch a glimpse of the superhero in real life.

A detective was in charge of collecting evidence and interrogating the so-called superhero. He sized up Xiaomao and glanced at his tentacle wings. Then, he questioned him after he finished collecting the general testimony.

"How did you get your superpower?"

"Playing a VRMMO game, munya!"

"Which game are you playing? Is it the infamous Pangu Online 2?"

"Yes. That one, munya!"

The investigator sighed as he already learned about this from other incidents and rumors. He had also been following Pangu Online 2's trend and changes as many gamers were reported missing after playing the game. Every organization in the world worked together to solve this problem. Unfortunately, their politicians and the higher-ups kept shutting down the investigations and prevented prosecutors from every nation to issue a warrant on Pan Xian and Pan Mei.

As a disciplined detective, Jin Ijin vowed to get to the bottom of this conspiracy. Now that he got a new clue, he dug for more info.

"So, does every player has a superpower like you?"

"Of course not. They have to join the Cathulhu Faction to get it, munya."

Little did Jin Ijin know, Xiaomao used him and his organization as an advertisement for his guild and faction.

"Can you tell me about factions of the game?"

"Like every game, there are good guys and bad guys, munya. When you start out, you often meet and hear about the Pangu Church, which is one of the most prominent factions in the game. On the surface, they are helping players and eradicating all evils. But if you explore the game lore, you will find suspicious deeds of the church and their mysterious relationship with the so-called "Bad Guys", munya."

"So you're saying, the "Church" is the real bad guy in the game?"

"That depends on how we look into the lore. But for me, they're the bad guys, munya!"

Jin Ijin took notes, "So, which faction is the easiest one to gain a superpower?"

Xiaomao grinned, "The Cathulhu Faction, munya! Oh, don't tell anyone. Cathulhus are pretty much cats. They want nothing more but a good relationship with their human owner, munya. They want to co-exist with humans, but Pangu wants to kill all of Cathulhu and make the world free of cats. That's the summary of the lore, munya."

Detective Jin Ijin took notes, but he couldn't believe everything that Xiaomao said. He frowned and asked a random question.

"By the way, why are you ending your sentence with "Munya"?"

"Because munya-ing is a side-effect of players with a catopus game avatar, munya. When you synchronize with your game character to a certain percentage, you will start meowing or munya-ing like me, munya!"

"…"

Jin Ijin secretly took another note.

'This MF superhero has a mental issue.'