Fierce Battle

"Bah! There is nothing here, it's like they disappeared into thin air!" Patrick placed his hands on his hips as he looked around with disappointment.

There was simply no evidence of any happenings at this village, it was truly a strange sight.

"Maybe a ghost?" The Holy Man looked around.

Lester shook his head and then came to a pause as he noticed something with his qi sense. Looking at a certain house he could feel a faint presence of qi accumulation.

"Maybe there really is a ghost…" Lester murmured, analyzing the small house which he could slightly tell was emitting the faint Qi.

Patrick's body turned towards Lester as he said with a strange look, "Hey man, my hearing has improved after my recent breakthrough in my cultivation technique… You feel like there is a ghost?"

Lester turned to Patrick and smiled as he composed himself and faced the strange house. Lester then raised his arm above his head and opened his palm as suddenly a thin sharp needle made out of Qi the length of a broom appeared above his head.

"Swosh!"

Lester lowered his extended arm forward and the needle shot towards the house with fast speed.

"Woah…: The Holyman's mouth opened wide as he looked towards Lester with amazement. The amount of secrets Lester held was tremendous and each time he displayed something different, the Holyman felt even more behind and below this mysterious figure.

Something strange happened,

The house that peacefully stood there began to morph as the needle approached. Its physical appearance then turned pitch black and barely dodged the needle as the sharp qi manipulation made slight contact with it sending strange black strands onto the ground.

The creature that stood there was pitch black and about two meters in height. Two faint red lights were coming from its center as it stared at the four.

"The hell is that?" Patrick exclaimed as his body began to physically change to prepare himself to go against this monster.

"If it gets too dangerous, come to me! Ill set my sun shield!" Said the Holy Man in a stance as he looked serious and focused.

Lester summoned his Qi Sword and held it there, as all his layers of shield and senses were activated to the max. He was having trouble telling the strength of this creature as there was such a faint release of Qi.

This raised many questions to Lester as he wondered what technique allowed this creature to perform such a feat of not being detected by his Qi senses.

Suddenly, a red aura surrounded the creature as its red glowing eyes were no longer faint and instead bursting with strong energy.

"Arrrrrrghhhhh" The creature made a sound as thousands of black tentacles began to be erected from the creatures. It was a bizarre and terrifying scene as even the wind around them began to become disturbed.

"Swish!"

Lester felt something surround his right leg as he looked down to see a tentacle attaching itself to him.

"Slash!"

The tentacle was cut and it pulled back. Seeing the main part of the tentacle leave and the cut piece remain, Lester was able to see what it was made out of, and to his surprise, it almost looked like curly hair.

He felt a slight feeling of danger from the creature and understood that fighting with it in close combat might not be the smartest idea.

"Huh!" Lester then turns his head to Patrick who is currently having trouble with the strands of hair.

There were several tentacles wrapped around his body slowly pulling him towards the huge beast, credit can be given to his cultivation technique for allowing him to remain standing with power as the pulls from the tentacles were viciously strong. However, other than brute power and tough defense, not being able to cut or even fight at a distance limits Patrick's prowess. Lester would consider this for the future as he had plans of supporting his friend.

"World Qi Needles!" Lester murmured as he raised both arms and several Qi manipulations of long needles appeared above his head and as he extended his arms it flew towards the tentacles dragging Patrick.

"Shang~!"

"Shang~!"

"Shang~!"

The tentacles were cut allowing Patrick to compose himself and retreat, with caution as he was unsure how to take on this creature.

Lester's senses begin to alert him as he turns to see several tentacles flying his way when suddenly, another group of tentacles flies from behind Lester and wraps itself against the curly black hair tentacles.

Lester Turns again as he looks behind him to see the Hair Witch with both feet planted on the ground, gritting her teeth and looking towards the creature with fearlessness as both types of hair were in a locked battle at the moment.

The ground shook once more and the wind and air around them became restless. The curly hairs become thicker as suddenly the Hair Witch that seemed secure and rooted was pulled towards the creature with force.

"You bastard let go!" Patrick said as he was about to rush the creature but was met with the strongest attack yet. Several strands of hair were sent flying towards Patrick's abdomen as he quickly moved to dodge, however, the trends were moving so quickly that even his transformed state wasn't fast enough to completely avoid it as he looked down and there was a sizable cut on his side. The only reason he didn't lose half of his abdomen was due to the scales he had going down his chest to his hips.

Blood began to come out as Patrick took a knee as felt the pain going through his body.

"No!" Lester yells as many more needles appear above him, as he sends more assaults towards the creature, who simply manipulated its body to avoid the needles.

"Retreat! We can't beat it, we were tasked with the investigation not to kill!" Lester shouts as more needles appear above him and fly to the creature.

The Hair Witch was closer to the beast now and Lester had no choice. He was already quite tired and his body was going through a sharp pain due to the amount of World Qi Needles he had manipulated into creation. But he still had one thing under his sleeves.