Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 610

The Master said, “There is a portal underneath my palace. Go through it and you will reach your
destination.”
They walked down the path and saw the portal right in front of them. They stepped into it and
immediately saw the shrine in front of them. The shrine was huge, made out of red and green bricks.
Magical green light surrounded it, as if it was a barrier protecting the shrine from unwanted intruders. On
the doors, there were numerous carvings and drawings made by the creators of this ancient shrine. They
stopped and admired the shrine for a while until they remembered their mission.
“It’s too easy,” they simultaneously thought.
Xuanzang and his friends walked into the shrine and saw the obsidian amulet. Suddenly, the
Vampire appeared out of nowhere and attacked them. Sun Wukong started duelling with the Vampire. The
golden hooped rod of Sun Wukong was like a phoenix, the crystal spear of the Vampire was like a dragon
and they both sought for victory. Feigned strikes and lunges slowly turned into real fighting. Xuanzang and
his companions could only see blurs of golden and blue light.
As Sun Wukong knew they could not defeat him by brute force, he signalled them to feign defeat
and let the Vampire tie them up. As the Vampire studied his handiwork, Sun Wukong used his super
strength to cut their bonds. They surprised the Vampire and started pushing him back with their powers.
Unexpectedly, the ground disappeared under the Vampire’s feet and he fell.
They shouted, “Activate!”
And there was a horrible shriek that they would remember as the Vampire was imprisoned in the
amulet… for now.