Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

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What is it like to be surrounded by four or five hundred Evil Spirits, eleven Strangenesses, two Demon Spirits, and a mess of other things?

Seriously.

Even Du Wei, who had orchestrated it all by hand, couldn't come up with an answer.

Because he suddenly felt...

that he might have done something a little too crazed, so much so that it vaguely surpassed his own control.

He had a feeling of impending doom.

Those dreadful beings, upon appearing, had all locked onto Du Wei.

They hadn't killed him immediately only because of the long fuse he was holding, which contained a shadowy presence.

This Demon Spirit, most trusted by Du Wei, had undergone some bizarre change under the amplification of fear.

It was as if the others were wary of it.

But even so...

Du Wei realized he was completely immobile.

His body was thoroughly locked in place.

That invisible pressure made it difficult for him to move even an inch.

He could only maintain the posture of holding a red balloon.

Unfortunately, those four or five hundred Evil Spirits, as well as the Strangenesses, were becoming restless.

They could act at any moment.

Du Wei looked at this scene, trying his best to stay calm.

It wasn't time to die yet.

He still had a chance.

If he could briefly disrupt the balance and sacrifice one Strangeness first, he could awaken the Evil Spirit Du Wei, and then all danger would be averted.

While thinking this, Du Wei also grew anxious.

Because he could sense that the composite Strangeness, which had always targeted him with the intention of making him its driver, was approaching at a terrifying speed.

Not just from one place.

From all directions, even from above, came the sense of a deadly crisis.

"Freddy, I know you're here. Come out," Du Wei said through clenched teeth, coldly shouting into the darkness.

Immediately...

Freddy's timid voice sounded, "Du... Du the Devil, what do you want to do?"

"I'm telling you, I've completely understood."

"You've been deceiving me all along. You were never going to give me freedom. Even if I fled to the ends of the earth, you'd have ways to coax me back."

"I see through you."

Freddy, though mentally troubled by Ryan's recent torments, had grown wiser from experience. Having been deceived several times, it had finally figured things out.

Freedom?

That wasn't something given to a slave.

Du Wei said coldly, "So what do you want to do about it?!"

Freddy: "Du the Devil, don't scare me. I'm just stating a fact. I don't want anything, I promise you."

A glint of cold light flashed in Du Wei's eyes, "Then what are you waiting for? Come out and meet me!"

Frightened, Freddy immediately emerged from the darkness.

Those Strangenesses and the four or five hundred Evil Spirits suddenly diverted some of their attention towards it.

Among these Strangenesses were presences all too familiar to Du Wei.

A highway signaled by mist.

A street marked by lampposts in the darkness, lined with several dozen Evil Spirits queued up, including one male Evil Spirit wearing a Golden Brooch.

All of them held a grudge against Du Wei.

But Freddy stood out as different from them.

It was the betrayer among the Evil Spirits.

"Du the Devil, what do you want me to do?"

Freddy looked at the man standing motionless in front of it, wearing a mask. It was tempted to resist, but upon seeing the other's pitch-black right eye, it dared not follow through.

Although it was a good opportunity.

But the fear of Du Wei, and even more of the Evil Spirit Du Wei, prevented Freddy from taking risks.

It couldn't help but think to itself, "That Evil Spirit version of him has eyes black as pitch, and although something seems a bit off now, he's just too cunning. I can't take the risk."

Du Wei saw through Freddy's thoughts.

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He said coldly, "See that street over there? It's a Strangeness, and you bring it into my dream."

"Take the piano out of the autopsy room while you're at it."

Freddy's eyes widened, "Bring the Strangeness into your dream? Have you gone mad? Do you want to turn your dream into a Strangeness as well?"

Du Wei narrowed his eyes, "I don't want to repeat myself."

His tone already carried a murderous intent.

Of course, it was just a threat.

It would be very difficult for Du Wei to actually kill Freddy given his current state, because that would be meaningless.

However, he had an absolute last resort.

If Freddy refused again, he would initiate psychological suggestion, but that would erase Freddy's current memories.

And he would have to waste his breath once more.

Freddy hesitated for a second, looked at the Strangeness and the Evil Spirits, and couldn't help but tremble.

"I can't do it, that's a Strangeness, I'm just a lowly Nightmare Evil Spirit."

"You must do it."

Du Wei was very insistent.

Freddy broke down and said, "Fine, I'll risk my life with it, and if I die this time, in my next life, please spare me, I don't want to follow you any longer."

After saying this, Freddy, suppressing the fear in his heart, walked towards that street.

But the many Strangenesses, all the Evil Spirits set their sights on it.

Those terrible beings seemed to know what Freddy was about to do.

Freddy suddenly couldn't take another step forward.

And its body was also distorting.

Evil Spirit killing Evil Spirit wasn't a difficult thing to do.

But Du Wei gained a moment to catch his breath; he reached out and pulled the fuse violently.

The red balloon descended rapidly.

A shadow emerged from inside, one hand holding a surgical knife, the other holding a Dagger, standing in front of Du Wei.

It was Du Wei's most reliable subordinate.

And it would only belong to Du Wei.

Freddy screamed, "Du the Devil, you're using me again."

Du Wei's dark right eye, the pupil suddenly contracted.

Instantly, all the dangers that Freddy faced were blocked by him.

The first sacrifice, the Evil Spirit granted Du Wei a portion of its power through the mask.

But not much.

Du Wei could only do so much; he was unable to produce an overwhelming effect in the face of four or five hundred Evil Spirits and so many Strangenesses.

Freddy narrowly escaped disaster and dared not hesitate any longer, immediately lunging towards the Strangeness.

To pull the Strangeness into Du Wei's dream with its abilities was truly difficult; it required a great sacrifice, and what the Strangeness would become in Du Wei's dream afterward was beyond its control.

In an instant, Freddy and the Strangeness on that street disappeared.

Along with the Evil Spirit Squad and the infinitely extending highway, they vanished without a trace.

Now.

The pressure that rendered Du Wei immobile had finally lessened significantly.

He immediately regained his freedom, and at the same time, thick darkness surged from all directions, all Strangenesses and Evil Spirits feeling uneasy.

With a boom,

Freddy appeared in front of Du Wei once again, dragging a piano, its hand, which was like a steel claw, completely vanished.

"Du the Devil, that devilish thing is coming, do whatever you want to do quickly!"

Upon hearing this,

Du Wei sat down at the piano and began to play the Lullaby from Ryan Hamel.

The melodious piano sound echoed in the darkness.

Everything felt so eerie.

The shadow, like melted flowing water, spread out towards the Strangenesses, the Evil Spirits, the Demon Spirits.

But the Strangeness, representing the combined entities of the city bus, the Demon Nun, and Horror House, forcefully crashed in; it was more terrifying than the Strangenesses.

Because it also carried the reflection of an entire city with it.

Now, the entire Massas City was assimilated with it, only the peculiar beings marked by Du Wei and brought to the city center area were spared.

It was now going to snatch these "sacrifices."