Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

When Harry looked directly at the nun, his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

The buzzing sound in his ears was sharp and piercing, and a severe pain surged from his heart, nearly suffocating him.

Then, he felt moisture and warmth on the tip of his nose as blood uncontrollably streamed down, causing his legs to buckle, kneeling on the ground.

Splashes of water...

The surrounding area was even more engulfed in vast shadows, as if everything was about to be devoured.

James and Homier were slightly better off, they didn't have Harry's acute senses, and only felt extremely uncomfortable, covering their heads.

But they had no time to hesitate.

James looked at Du Wei, bit his teeth, and said sternly, "Go help him, or we'll all die."

...

At the stairwell.

Du Wei propped himself up with one hand and stood up. Glancing at James and the others not far away, who were in a terrible state, he turned his head and stared intently at the nun.

Just now when he had been walking up the stairs, at every turn, he inexplicably found himself back at the starting point.

Moreover, the atmosphere became more and more oppressive.

That absolute feeling of impending death made one's soul tremble intensely.

So, without hesitation, Du Wei set a fire, igniting all the bone powder on his body, causing the entire staircase to burst into flames.

After burning, bone powder had a stronger lethal effect on the Evil Spirit, but it could also harm humans.

Of course, his actions were not out of desperation, but because it was the best method at hand.

His clothes, dampened by the rain, had not yet dried. With careful attention, he could completely avoid being burned.

At worst, the Holy Water on him could drench his clothes at a critical moment.

However, this allowed Du Wei to successfully exit the patient building, but the nun was not greatly affected.

What's more, he could clearly sense that now, after he had come out, the nun's target was not diverted because of James and the others; it still glared at him relentlessly.

This stubbornness was not much less than that of the shadow...

Even the shadow would not continuously attempt to attack Du Wei. It would go out and kill others once the medium was triggered.

Then, it would refocus on Du Wei.

But the nun was entirely different; whether because of the curse, it took Du Wei as its primary target—to kill him simply and directly, yet it seemed almost unsolvable.

Because until now, Du Wei had not discovered any rules governing the nun. It seemed they could only combat it with some items, and after those were exhausted, all that remained was to await death.

At this time, James and others also rushed toward Du Wei.

Relations among most Exorcists were quite harmonious, as they were all of the same kind.

Besides sharing experiences with each other, they could also give a heads-up and solve the issues together when faced with Evil Spirits they couldn't deal with.

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James took out an old camera and aimed it at the nun.

His camera had the power to combat Evil Spirits. As long as the image was captured, it was absolutely safe for a period of time.

Click...

He pressed the shutter, and the image of the nun appeared in the camera.

Then, James's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

In the entire camera frame, it seemed as if the nun was wrapped in a thick black haze, becoming blurry at a visible rate.

The power of the camera seemed like a joke in front of the nun...

The most important thing was that James saw, in the picture, the nun seemed as if her head had been chopped off, with only the part below her neck visible.

But the nun who was slowly retreating into the shadows of the stairwell, however, still had her head...

The camera captured the true form of the Evil Spirit and other entities.

What was seen with the eyes, however, was the facade it presented to the outside world.

"Is it possessed by the Evil Spirit?"

Du Wei breathed a slight sigh of relief and said to James, "That's right, it's currently possessing Marilyn Manson, and the original medium hasn't disappeared; it should still be in the clock tower."

James hummed in acknowledgment and was about to speak when he felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest and began to cough violently.

Seeing this, Du Wei frowned and asked, "Are you hurt?"

Harry, who had caught up, answered for him, "Yes, James was nearly crushed by a corpse in the basement of the clock tower, but luckily, I pushed him out of the way."

Without asking about the details, Du Wei said directly, "We're in a lot of trouble right now, and we must deal with this thing; otherwise, not only will I die, but none of you will escape either."

Hearing this, James took a deep breath and, with a pained look, said to Du Wei, "Do you have a plan? My camera probably can't contain it anymore. The images it's taking are getting blurrier, and it will soon be ineffective."

Even he didn't know what to do when faced with such a difficult situation.

Comparatively, Du Wei, who seemed to have been confronting the nun for a while, definitely had his own ideas.

Du Wei understood what James meant.

In fact, among the trump cards he had prepared, he indeed considered the possibility of facing the nun directly.

So now he was ready to upset the table...

Therefore, he looked calmly at the three of them and, pointing to his head, said, "You know about that creepy bus, right? I'm going to lure this ghost thing onto the bus, and what you need to do is go to the clock tower, find that head, and seal it."

This plan was very dangerous, almost akin to a suicide mission...

Because it was now past 11 p.m., according to the rules of the ghost bus, he couldn't stay on it for long, and once it was 12 midnight, there would be no chance of survival.

Just like the once hunter Andrew Dowqui, who ended up as a piece of human skin...

James certainly knew about the bus and, looking at Du Wei, shook his head, "No, the mirror is gone, and we don't have anything similar that could ensure your escape. Once you get on, you won't be able to get off."

"Besides, how can you be sure that the bus will definitely appear?"

"Let's go to the clock tower together, put that head in the box, and that would resolve the matter just the same."

Hearing this, Du Wei's gaze swept calmly over the three people as he said coldly, "You don't understand the horror of it. If we can't lure it away, even if we do enter the clock tower, unexpected dangers will occur, and we might die before we find that head."

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After finishing, he added, "I know the most about that bus. It only appears in the rain, and as long as you have an item that serves as a medium for the Evil Spirit and find the bus stop, it will definitely appear."

"And I have several such items; there's also a bus stop outside the hospital..."

After these words, all three Exorcists looked at Du Wei with complex expressions.

James even said through gritted teeth, "My camera is also one of those items. I can go too, and you are better suited to finding that head."

Du Wei looked at him coldly and said, "It's pointless; it's targeting me now..."

"Go and do as I've told you. Remember, in the clock tower, there is another Evil Spirit, and the mechanism is death upon entry. You'll have to find another way to get in."

After dropping that last remark, Du Wei, with an expressionless face, beckoned towards the stairwell and then, with his backpack slung over his shoulder, he headed for the entrance of the mental hospital.

If it weren't for the lack of options, he would have indeed preferred James to lead the nun away, but unfortunately, this was a task only he could undertake.

And moreover...

Du Wei really wanted to test his theory on the bus...

James watched Du Wei's retreating figure, wanting to say something more, but the images captured by the camera were flickering wildly, and the image of the nun had become a blurry mess.

The restraint had completely failed...

Suddenly... James saw the nun eerily appear right behind Du Wei...