Murim Recurve

"Kyaaa!" The woman screamed as her voice soon lost energy. The Naipa coiled around her body, tightening as a snap resounded. It had snapped her spine, making her lose consciousness. It then bit into her eyes, storing both the eyeballs in its mouth sack like a squirrel.

It then used its hands to grab hold of the lady's hair, only grabbing the strands that were black, ripping it out violently. It swiftly dodged a man's lunge as it curled the hair into a small ball with expert motion, jumping on a wire as it retreated.

It also placed the bundled hair into its mouth sack, looking around to spot another woman with a lot of black hair. Unlike men, women had long hair. So, the amount of Metal Qi in their black hair was greater in quantity than a man's. So, they were targeted the most.

Though, if the Naipa came across men with great affinity to Metal Qi, they too would be targeted. The Naipa prioritised the quality of Metal Qi the most.

"Damn you!" A man bellowed as he threw a wrench with all his might. The Naipa coiled around a wire, leaping as its body acted like a rubber band, dodging like a string as it evaded the wrench.

The Naipa had an interesting physique. It had a detachable spine that turned rigid when it tightened up, allowing it to run at great speeds and turned loose when it loosened up, allowing it to act like a snake.

This caused it to become a troublesome opponent to face off. The wrench the man threw crashed into another home, producing a loud noise. The sound signalled how heavy it was. That was why the Naipa dodged the attack.

Upon hearing the loud sound, all the Naipas that were running around the village stopped. Then, their bodies faintly trembled, emitting a sonorous sound that turned louder and louder, causing pain to the people.

And, whenever a Naipa moved, the sound fluctuated in intensity accordingly. The Naipa on the rope glared at the man that tried to attack it, opening its mouth to emit a sonorous scream.

"Kelellekellekelle!"

"Ugh!" The man grunted as he shielded his ears, almost fainting from the sound when he noticed the Naipa sprint towards him.

"Dammit!" He got up, picking up another wrench as he intended to hit it but noticed that the sound made him weak, unable to gather much strength in his limbs. He then saw the Naipa leap towards him, opening its mouth to bite him.

When it opened its mouth, he was able to see the eyes of his wife, seething in rage as he bellowed, summoning all his strength to slam the wrench in its body. But, he noticed it had relaxed its body, causing its body to curve in the direction of his attack, moving along as it landed on the platform he stood upon, hardly wounded by the attack.

Instead, the impact unleashed another loud sonorous sound that thundered in his ears, causing his vision to go blurry as he saw two images of everything, on the verge of losing consciousness.

The Naipa then tensed up and sprinted towards him, leaping once again as every action of it generated a sonorous sound with varying intensity. And, just when it was about to bite him, the axe head of a war hammer slammed into its belly, lodging into its body.

It was Re'Gra. Slamming with all his force, he toppled its body after making an arc with the war hammer, slamming its body on the platform as he grunted, pressing the axe head deep into its body, hitting its spine.

"Heuk!" He bellowed as the war hammer emitted Water Qi, causing the Naipa to scream in pain as the Water Qi ate away at the Metal Qi in its body. It opened its mouth, intending to unleash a breath attack on him when he slammed into its neck with his leg, stomping it hard as he prevented it from breathing.

He accurately targeted its channels to suffocate it immediately and weaken it. When its legs tried to attack him, Re'Gra grunted as he dragged his war hammer, messing up the Naipa's flesh. He reached its spinal cord, severing it as it was no longer able to move its limbs.

He then turned his weapon and slammed its head with the hammer, causing a thunderous sound that almost caused him to faint. He then attacked it a couple more times before its head was completely bashed in.

"Dammit, this is the problem with facing a Naipa." He cursed, frowning when his voice seemed weaker than usual. But, judging by the intensity in his vocal cord, he knew that the problem wasn't with his voice, but with his ears.

The loud sound was damaging his ears.

Re'Gra then noticed a Naipa running on the ground, being chased by a couple of people whose ears were bleeding. He looked at a rope, jumping as he hooked it using his war hammer, swinging once as he unleashed his Hand Projection, grabbing hold of a rope at the far end of his reach as he swung fast, condensing a sphere of Water Qi before him as he summoned his Balou.

The Balou angled itself, falling at a rapid speed as he had thrown the sphere of Water Qi he had condensed, using it to give the Balou another boost in falling speed. The Balou made a straight line and headed straight towards the Naipa on the ground.

Just before it could crash, the Naipa turned around, having sensed something, only to gaze at the face of the Balou in closeup. It noticed the expression of anger on the face of the Balou, the last thing it witnessed before it was crushed into a paste.

The Balou's bone's cracked due to the fall, but it was still fine for the matter. By consuming some of the Water Qi forming its body, it managed to recover from the injuries, getting up as it looked around in search of other Naipa to kill.

Grabbing the ropes one after another, Re'Gra pulled himself with great speeds, wielding his war hammer the moment his Hand Projection vanished.. Making an arc in the air at great speeds, he arrived at the side of a Naipa that was running on the rope, swinging the axe head right into its face.