Brawling in the Broth

"REEEEEE"!

The Hushuo let out a shrill battle cry as it leaped from it's island and lunged towards RJ!

"Oh shit"!

"Meow"!

RJ was understandably panicked as the flaming rat/man/beast thing was charging straight for him, so much so that he fell over onto his back while lifting the Zouyu kitten into the air. But that panick soon turned to relief as he saw the Wolf-Headed Ogress leaping over him to intercept the charging monster.

Unexpectedly, the ogress had managed to get her hands on a pillar-sized piece of chinese broccoli and was wielding it as such as she confronted the Huoshu.

"Groaaa"!

With a mighty roar, the ogress swung her vegetable pillar like a baseball bat against the lunging Huoshu. A meaty cracking sound occured as the broccoli made contact with the rat and sent it flying backwards.

"Nice shot!", a strong feminine voice called out from the steam.

"My turn"!

Tatterhood came charging out of the steam atop Bellerophon the goat and towards the airborne Huoshu. As they got closer to the Huoshu, Tatterhood lifted herself from her mounted position and used Bellerophon as a platform to launch herself towards it.

Just as she was going to collide with the Huoshu, she swung her giant wooden spoon downwards and slammed the rat beast into the soup below.

A loud splash followed by a sizzling sound echoed throughout the area as the Huoshu made contact with the boiling broth below.

After knocking the rat down in the broth, Tatterhood landed with ease in front of the fallen RJ.

"Hey~ Sorry I'm late", she said with a smile on her face and her war spoon being held behind her back, "Need a hand or would you like to let go of the Zouyu first"?

"Huh? Oh right", RJ said as he lowered the Zouyu to his chest. The magic kitty proceeded to lick his face and and then jump off of his chest and to the side.

"Meow".

"Come on, up you go", Tatterhood said as she grabbed RJ's arm and helped him stand up.

"Oof. Thanks", RJ said as he dusted himself off from his fall.

" Do you think it's-" "KEEEEE"!

A loud, piercing cry echoed in the pot, causing Tatterhood, the Wolf-Headed Ogress and the Zouyu to take battle positions. The next moment, the Huoshu came leaping out of the broth, holding what appeared to be basketball-sized meatball in it's mouth, still covered in orange flames and looking significantly angrier.

The meatball soon became engulfed in the same orange flames covering the Huoshu. The meatball burned for a few seconds before disintegrating into a strange colored smoke that the Huoshu seemed to gleefully suck in. After doing so, the Huoshu noticably grew in size.

"Well that's probably not good", RJ said as he whipped out his phone and switched to the [Status] mode. After being left alone to basically read like a chump, he took the opportunity to learn about some of the more basic functions of the app. In this case, being able to take use the AR camera to get more in-depth information of his opponents and allies.

*click*

[Name: Huoshu-Gula variant]

[Classification: Spirit(Demon)]

[Attributes: Fire (Sin-Gluttony)]

[Rarity: Common(Rare)]

[Abilities: Fire Control 1, Pyro Armor 1, Pyro Weaponry 1, Flames of Gluttony]

[Fire Control 1: Enables the user to manipulate flames and turn their energy into flames]

[Pyro Armor 1: Allows the user to circulate qi or mana around them to produce armor made of flames]

[Pyro Weaponry 1: Allows the user to condense flames into solid weapons that can cause burn effects]

[Flames of Gluttony: By tapping into the energy found within the Third Circle of Hell, the user can imbue their innate attributes with the properties of "Gluttony". When infused into flames, it creates a sticky, putrid fire that will burn whatever the user deems "edible" until it's nothing but a disgusting smoke. This smoke then can be absorbed by the user to enhance their abilities. On the downside, the energies from the Third Circle causes the user to feel endless hunger that gnaws at their sanity].

"Oh that is a hundred percent not good", RJ said as he relayed the information to his battle team.

"Wooo, looks like it's gonna be a rather fat rotte and rather tough fight!", Tatterhood exclaimed as she readied her spoon, "worry not because I am fully equipped to exorcise this rambunctious gnager".

A strange feeling overtook RJ at this moment, as a familiar force from before compelled him to ask aloud, "How are you going to beat this monster in nothing but a wooden spoon, a goat and ragged clothes"?!

"The steam must be getting into your eyes, min venn", she said with a confident smirk.

" Treskje, you say? Nei. It is the monk spade of the great demon slayer, Sha Wujing, that I wield". At her proclamation, her wooden ladle became surrounded by a thick layer of water. She swung the water off in a dramatic manner, transforming the wooden spoon into a monk spade with a turtle shell-like decoration and embossed with gold, pearls and coral.

"En geit, you say? Nei. Can't you see that Bellerophon is a sea goat? One of the many kids of the great Capricorn, one of the Great Kings of the Deep"? At her words, Bellerophon began to transform. The goat soon doubled in size, while his back legs began to wobble and change into a large fish tail. Once the transformation was finished, Bellerophon proceeded to dive into the boiling broth like it was nothing.

"Fillete klær, you say? Nei. I wear the raiments of the archangel, Raphael! The embodiment of Temperentia (Temperance)"! Tatterhood's clothes began to glow and soon unraveled themselves into a flurry of thread, smoke and light. A moment later, the clothes reformed...into a what appeared to be a trendy Japanese style highschool uniform.

"Huh?!", RJ exclaimed in shock.

"Ooh. Must be one of the more modern interpretations of that ole angel. I like it", Tatterhood said while admiring her new skirt,"regardless, you forget the most important thing mein venn".

"And what's that"?

"I am the one and only Tatterhood, and I am the greatest demon hunter across the five oceans and seven continents!", she exclaimed as she took up a fighting pose.

"Now let's extinguish this rat".