Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

Chapter 168 167, Black shadow???

22:09.

More than ten minutes had passed since Du Wei led the Evil Spirit Squad around the street, circling to the right.

Behind the squad, another Ghost appeared, and a large amount of fog was encroaching upon them.

Now, Du Wei was at the entrance of the street, on the left side. If he were to walk a bit further to the right, he would form a closed loop, sealing off the exit that could have allowed him to leave.

Once sealed, neither humans nor Evil Spirits could get out.

The overlapping of two places so bizarre that they defied understanding meant that not even a hunter could escape.

And when it was time to leave, Du Wei would expedite the formation of this closed loop.

Apart from him, no Evil Spirit or person could leave this place.

...

As Du Wei led the Evil Spirit Squad forward, Ghosts continuously appeared behind them as anchors, seeking to pull them into the boundaries of the highway. However, with the Evil Spirit Squad's presence, the Ghosts couldn't appear in front of him, they could only follow behind the squad.

Invisibly.

Du Wei, the leader, not only had to lead the Evil Spirit Squad forward but also drag along many Ghosts.

He turned his head to glance behind him. The fog was pervasive, but its range was limited to the highway and did not tend to spread to the surrounding areas.

Afterward, Du Wei turned his head back and looked at the Evil Spirit at the entrance of the street — Mike Stowe.

Under the Spirit Vision, this Evil Spirit, more terrifying than before, was motionless. But the Golden Brooch on its chest emitted an odd sense of Strangeness.

This thing was related to curses.

Moreover, last time on the bus, Du Wei had seen the letters inscribed on it. Combining them with the ring on his person, he had finally deduced 'val...k.'

These letters seemed to be part of a name, but obviously, a section was missing.

Therefore, up to this point, Du Wei was still unclear about the meaning of these items related to curses.

But he knew that it was best not to provoke the Golden Brooch if possible.

A single ring had already brought him close to death multiple times. If he added a brooch to the mix, even a hunter who had undergone a full Evil Spirit Transformation would probably be left with no other path but death.

Suddenly.

Du Wei frowned, his keen senses alert to a terrifyingly malevolent gaze that was fixed intently upon him.

The Evil Spirit Mike Stowe lifted its leg with an extremely slow movement.

It seemed to be struggling, trying to break free from the street's eerie constraints, to no avail.

Du Wei watched calmly as he took out his phone and flipped to the photo of the dark silhouette.

Then he aimed it at the Evil Spirit before him.

This scene was quite strange.

The Evil Spirit could not move; it could only stare rigidly at Du Wei, unable to even turn its head.

And yet, as Du Wei took out his phone, Mike Stowe saw nothing but Du Wei and the photo of the dark silhouette.

Evil Spirits possess the trait of disregarding space and distance.

"Completely incomprehensible," he muttered.

As he spoke,

he saw the shadow trying to twist off the Evil Spirit's head, but to no avail; instead, the malice that had originally been directed only at Du Wei suddenly concentrated entirely on the shadow.

Crack...

The head of Mike Stowe was twisted by the shadow a full one hundred and eighty degrees.

Crimson blood flowed straight down from his eyeholes.

It trembled wildly, as if wanting to break free from the restraints of the street, the terrifying malice causing the temperature around to drop sharply.

The shadow was trembling too, but this time it was clearly being overpowered.

Yet it still refused to give up and twisted the head further in another turn.

The entire head returned to its original position at a bizarre angle.

Unconsciously, Du Wei reached for his own neck, and the thought of killing the shadow grew even stronger.

But he knew that there was no chance in Massas City.

Here, its advantage was too great.

Even though Mike Stowe's head had been twisted in a full circle, it hadn't been taken off by the shadow; instead, the blood flowing from the eyeholes grew thicker.

Evil Spirits were not human, and the appearance of blood was an abnormal sign.

It also often indicated that it would become even more terrifying.

Indeed.

The shadow seemed to sense something and immediately let go of Mike Stowe's head, turning to look at Du Wei.

At that moment, its target returned to Du Wei.

"You want to kill me? I think you can try,"

he said with a cold laugh, pulling out a lighter from his pocket and pressing it lightly.

The crimson flame emitted light, reflecting into the darkness, forming an elliptical area beneath his feet.

Where there was light, there would be shadows.

Du Wei stepped forward, holding the Black Umbrella.

All the Evil Spirits behind him, as if receiving a signal, started moving again.

A squad is called a squad because it is an entity as a whole.

And Du Wei was the leader of this entity.

The shadow glared at Du Wei and finally disappeared into the darkness, very reluctantly.

As if Du Wei heard nothing,

having confirmed that he could continue to move as long as there were shadows, he had already decided what to do, combining the previous summary of the delay issue between the shadow and the body.

Find a safe position to stand.

Lead the entire Evil Spirit Squad in, not missing a single one.