Chapter 520 - 258: Form 4: Cat Scissors

Chapter 520: Chapter 258: Form 4: Cat Scissors

[All things have their ’attributes’.]

[If it’s not a match, it’s not a match, meow!]

Watching the Orange Cat rub its belly.

Zheng Xiu understood in an instant. He flew off into the distance and shouted to Yin Qingqing, "Bring the fried fish cakes!"

The Orange Cat’s eyes lit up.

Yin Qingqing froze for a moment. "Ho-how many?"

"All of them! Bring them all!"

Yin Qingqing flipped her hand over, producing the entire remaining bag of fried fish cakes.

The Orange Cat happily hugged the entire bag of fried fish cakes, its vertical pupils expanding into heart shapes. "Meeeeooooowwww~"

Zheng Xiu wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Now get to work!"

The Orange Cat gave Zheng Xiu a look, its expression a very human "What’s the rush?" From a distance, it pushed a paw in the direction of the umbilical cord.

POOF~

At that moment, Zheng Xiu was still in a state of inspiration. He watched with his own eyes as a massive, "paw pad"-shaped orb of black light floated out from the pads on the Orange Cat’s paw. It grew larger and larger as it slapped toward the base of the umbilical cord.

POP!

A strange sound echoed through the void, as if something had been shattered.

"Huh?" The Orange Cat took one look and its eyes widened. It immediately clutched the bag of fried fish cakes tightly, as if afraid Zheng Xiu would snatch it. "My ’Bounce Away’ already knocked away its ’Mother Disc.’ Let’s go! We don’t have to worry about the rest, meow."

"Huh?"

Zheng Xiu glanced back at the mass of flesh, which was still flailing wildly. ’Go?’

The Orange Cat said, "Without its Mother Disc, it can’t grow anymore, meow! It probably just needs to eat..." The Orange Cat tried counting on its paws, which were completely inadequate for the task. "Two hundred Humans! It’ll be satisfied after eating another two hundred Humans, meow. So we can go home, meow! I’m so sleepy, meow."

As it spoke, it greedily sniffed the aroma of fried fish cakes wafting from the bag.

The Orange Cat’s casual words made Zheng Xiu’s pupils constrict. He had spent so much time with the Orange Cat lately—even daring to smack its butt—that its tolerant attitude had almost made him forget. This creature of unknown origin was no kind cat to begin with.

In the Orange Cat’s eyes, if two hundred Human lives were placed on one side of a Balance Scale and fried fish cakes on the other, the fish cakes would undoubtedly win.

"However," the Orange Cat said as it kept sniffing. Considering Zheng Xiu had provided such a large and satisfying amount this time, it couldn’t help but add another reminder. "I bounced its Mother Disc away, so you can try ’snipping’ it again. To ’snip’ it, you need something that’s made for ’snipping,’ meow."

As it spoke, the Orange Cat extended two of its claws, making a "SNIP" gesture like a pair of scissors.

’Scissors!’

Zheng Xiu hurriedly had Yin Qingqing throw Jun Buxiao out.

Jun Buxiao appeared with a WHOOSH, lying on the ground and barely breathing. Zheng Xiu kicked him in the face a few times to make sure the guy wasn’t playing dead, then yelled, "I’ll pay extra!"

Jun Buxiao’s eyes rolled back into his head as he foamed at the mouth.

With a blank expression, Zheng Xiu pointed at Jun Buxiao on the ground and had Yin Qingqing put him away.

’It seems those opera scissors are of no use.’

Zheng Xiu shook his Surprise Cage, rolling Form Three, [Broken Moon], and the Trait, [Stealth].

’The matching move is Divine Speed...’ "Madam!"

"Here~"

Feng Bei answered sweetly. There was no need for Zheng Xiu to say more—the two were perfectly in sync. Feng Bei nodded, her expression instantly shifting to one of icy purity. "I’ll cover you."

"Let’s go!"

Zheng Xiu struck again. As countless fleshy tendrils lashed out, Feng Bei stepped upon them and unleashed a slash, turning whole swaths of them into a sky-filling mist of blood and gore. In just a few breaths, under Feng Bei’s cover, Zheng Xiu once again neared the umbilical cord. That little cat’s slap had really done something—the cord was now visibly much more solid.

’This is a Schrödinger’s umbilical cord. As expected, you need a cat to deal with it.’

"Divine Speed!"

Zheng Xiu gritted his teeth, and a flash of light, almost too fast for the naked eye to see, slashed across the umbilical cord.

’It’s no use!’

’Broken Moon is a weapon for slashing. It’s close to ’snipping,’ but it’s not exactly the same!’

’I need scissors!’

’Scissors!’

’Scissors!’

Zheng Xiu’s eyes were bloodshot. Hand in hand and heart to heart with Feng Bei, they moved through the terrifying mass of flesh.

Both of them were covered in foul blood.

Zheng Xiu kept chanting in his mind, "Scissors, scissors."

What he needed most right now was a pair of scissors.

Gradually, his mind became filled with the image of the Orange Cat extending two claws and making a SNIP motion.

As Zheng Xiu’s mind filled with images of cat paws, his forehead began to itch. A twenty-sided Die emerged and began to spin frantically.

Zheng Xiu stared, stunned.

The Die finally settled on one face. A flame flashed across it, and after it subsided, only a single word remained: "Four"!

[Fitting with ’Deceitful Object: Jiazi’ has increased.]

[You are attempting to create ’Form Four’.]

[Creation complete in an instant.]

KR-KR-KRAK!

Zheng Xiu’s bones shifted, and a pair of sharp, pink blades emerged from the palms of his hands.

’Pi... Pink?’

Zheng Xiu’s eyes widened.

The pink blades glinted with a cold light. They crossed over and joined together, and at their connection point, a shape resembling a paw pad bulged out.

[Please name ’Form Four’.]

Zheng Xiu was utterly dumbfounded. How had he suddenly whipped up a Form Four with such a... unique aesthetic? He couldn’t help but mutter to himself, "Cat... Cat... Scissors?"

[Name accepted: Cat Scissors.]

’Fuck!’

’Why a cat?’

’Why a paw pad?’

Zheng Xiu wanted to cry but had no tears.

’My Mighty Man image... It’s completely ruined!’

’If anyone else sees this, how am I supposed to explain this girly, baby-pink color?’

’To hell with you, kitty!’

Zheng Xiu was so furious his scalp went numb. But the scissors had appeared in his hands without warning, and the umbilical cord was right before him. Without a shred of hesitation, he spread his wings and flew toward it. Feng Bei’s lips twitched as she tried to stifle a laugh. With a single slap, she annihilated all obstacles in Zheng Xiu’s way, clearing a wide, open path.

Zheng Xiu’s face was twisted in a furious snarl. He channeled the full force of his rage into the scissors, and the pink blades spread open at a terrifying angle.

"SNIP."

"All Things Cut in Half!!"

The giant, pink Cat Scissors passed over the umbilical cord and snapped shut.