“Down! DOWN DOWN DOWN!” Another group of armed individuals came to the destroyed subway station right after the initial two jeeps and the motorcycles. Those men in bck that surrounded Luoshan Zi and the others either ran away from the scene or gave up their weapons and knelt on the ground.
Several talismans floated in the air, shooting arcs of lightning at each other forming a temporary protection dome shielding the schors, monks and the rest of Luoshan Zi’s team. Spirits with semi-transparent bodies and creatures with contorted, amalgamated bodies screeched and screamed from outside. They kept attempting to break through the dome, and each time their body parts were electrocuted or charred.
All the lights with symbols on their surfaces were turned to the direction of the Blood Rainbow. Their beams of light shot into the air and carved out small tunnels of warmth and clear air.
“How long is it gonna st?!” One man in a taoist robe asked as he maintained his stance, with his wooden sword pointing forward and three talismans active above his head.
“Shouldn’t be long! It’s a small one!” Another man in a taoist robe answered. He was holding a round bronze mirror and pointing it at the Blood Rainbow: “They are right behind us! Don’t worry!”
“I’m not worried about us!” The first man shook his head.
“Shut up and focus on the protection!” A woman in a taoist robe barked: “Keep it safe for the medics and transportation!”
There were three medics that came with the jeeps, each of them was equipped with an emergency kit with medical supplies inside as well as some ritualistic items - like rice wine, blessed water, evil cleansing talismans and a mini metal incense burner filled with ashes.
“We can’t do anything for them. I’m terribly sorry.” Kneeling by the bodies of the two masters who sustained severe injuries from the fight, a female medic sighed and shook her head at Luoshan Zi. Ruo and Liao, masters they once were, were no longer able to keep going.
“Go ahead.” Luoshan Zi shook her head with her eyes closed. Tears finally found their way out of her and down on the ground.
“You did good. ” Keying smiled: “But it’s not done here. You still have more to do.”
“I - ” Luoshan Zi shook her head: “I don’t know how I can - ”
Sue and Turner Ouyang were running around the scene, helping the medics tending to the wounds of the monks and schors, sweating and bleeding to keep as many of those they rescued alive. Many perished already. The rest were either waiting to be treated or, if they were able, helping the rest of the team.
Two vans came, more people got off to help. Yet terrified screams could still be heard. Vehicles were emptied from a distance, armed men in bck were killed and dismembered. Some of them turned into malevolent spirits almost right after.
“Crack!” “Boom!” Three lights from two motorcycles burst and died down, their gss covers exploded and smoke poured out, as if they were just hooked to power sources beyond their limits.
The loss of these three lights had a noticeable effect on the malevolent spirits around them. The dark auras around them became more chilling and their temperaments more aggressive. The talismans burned faster than before, as the protection dome they created was squeezed tighter. The taoist exorcists grimaced as the pressure transferred to them. Luckily they were able to handle it, for now.
Luoshan Zi wiped her eyes and got up in less than half a minute. She had to force herself to get to work. Things were far from clear, they were far from safe. The schors and monks needed help. And should the exorcists not be able to support the protective dome till the Blood Rainbow went away, she would need to help them fight off the spirits.
“Someone! Help!” Just this moment, a medic called out: “We need to help stop his bleeding and cleanse his wound!”
She was calling about a monk lying in front of her. The monk was in a ragged robe, which was barely covering his lower body. Blood poured from a grievous ssh wound on his shoulder - a new wound by a spirit on the edge of the protective dome, still releasing traces of dark smoke. Pale gray coloration was gradually spreading from the wound. The medic was spraying rice wine mixed with incense ash on the surrounding areas, but it did not seem to be helping much.
Luoshan Zi rushed over and pced her fingers on both sides of the ssh wound. After a deep breath, she began pushing her Qi into the monk’s body gently while applying pressure on the wound. The bleeding stopped, while the dark, corrosive energy was stopped in its spread and even pushed back slightly.
“Nice! Good!” The medic nodded at Luoshan Zi: “Now, please just keep it this way. Don’t push too hard, I’ll draw the corrupted blood out.”
Luoshan Zi nodded back. The medic took out a piece of clean silk handkerchief from her emergency kit. Complex patterns were woven into the handkerchief using red threads. She dipped one corner of it in rice wine, sprinkled some incense ash on the wet corner, then pced it on the wound. Luoshan Zi loosened her hands, letting the foul darkened blood seep into the handkerchief and drip on the ground. The medic then took out a skin stapler and stapled the monk’s wound: “This is all we can do right now. We must rush them to a hospital - or health center with the proper equipments.”
The honks of a few vehicles came from a distance. It was three buses led by another two jeeps and a van. On the side of the van printed a familiar symbol: “Chef Tang’s”.
Just a note that there will be no upload next week, since I will be busy.
