Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

In the rain.

Du Wei checked the patterns of primitive worship while taking out his mobile phone to photograph all the details.

Next to him stood Tom, shivering in the rain.

He couldn't understand why, although he was physically much stronger than Du Wei, the other man seemed unaffected, showing little reaction even when soaked through.
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"Are you done yet? I'm about to freeze solid!"

Tom cursed and complained, just as a cold wind blew through, making him shiver uncontrollably, his teeth chattering.

"I hate rainy days."

At that moment, Du Wei turned his head to look at him and said, "It's done, we can go now."

Considering the current situation,

it was clear that the Horror House was a man-made result, and the prime suspect was that mysterious, unknown owner.

However,

Du Wei was unsure whether the roof pattern was created by the mysterious owner, as it was obviously a product of primitive worship.

According to church records, only Satan's followers would do such a thing...

If it were the same person, then the owner's motives were terrifying—he was using the Horror House to nurture the Evil Spirit and release it for his unspeakable purposes.

These people were much more horrifying than the cultists of the Veda Sect.

For they were the most extreme anti-social elements, to whom destroying beautiful things and wantonly harming human life were mere child's play.

Even worse, they would go mad enough to sacrifice themselves to the so-called Satan.

Du Wei had once asked Father Tony what exactly Satan was, and the answer he received was very vague.

He said Satan was a symbol of evil; many horrifying, malevolent beings were part of him, or to put it another way, separate facets of him.

It had no specific form because it was a conceptual existence.

This was somewhat similar to a nun, yet starkly different.

...

Thud...

Tom was the first to jump down from the rooftop.

And Du Wei was right behind him, looking for a spot to jump.

But just then,

suddenly,

a chilling dread creeped up from his ankle, stealthily climbing up Du Wei's spine.

His clothes were already wet from the rain and the chilling invasion made him feel even colder.

Du Wei could distinctly feel that his right leg had become numb.

His face immediately darkened as he looked down at his feet.

Under the state of Spirit Vision, a pale and withered arm had at some point emerged from the rooftop, clutching his right foot tightly.

This was strange...

Ever since he had entered the amusement park, he had never turned off his Spirit Vision; there was no way he would fail to notice the presence of an Evil Spirit.

Tom, who was below the rooftop, saw that Du Wei wasn't moving and quickly asked, "What's going on? Are you in trouble?"

Hearing this,

Du Wei, without raising his head, replied, "Just a small matter, you can go ahead..."

As he spoke, he silently took out the lighter that could fend off Evil Spirits from his pocket.

Click...

He gently pressed the lighter, but the anticipated red flame didn't appear.

This lighter could ignite a flame in the presence of Evil Spirits, no matter where it was, even underwater—it was an utterly idealistic existence.

Failure to light indicated two possibilities.

One, the Evil Spirit was too terrifying, the lighter completely failed to work.

Two, the entity was not an Evil Spirit, nor was it any kind of similar existence.

"Just a dead body?"

Du Wei put the lighter away expressionlessly, lifted his clothes, and pulled out a handgun.

But before he had a chance to fire, the arm, as if sensing something, suddenly let go.

Then, under Du Wei's gaze, it slowly retracted back into the roof.

The top remained as it was, without any damage that would allow an arm to pass through.

It seemed as if nothing had happened at all.

Strangely terrifying...

"I feel like I've seen something similar somewhere before."

Du Wei's voice was very complex, but under these circumstances, he didn't dare to stay on the roof any longer. If more arms appeared, he might be directly pulled into the Horror House.

Down below.

Tom watched Du Wei jump down and said anxiously, "I think I need an explanation. Did those things come out again?"

Without answering immediately, Du Wei shook his head and walked outside.

Tom let out a helpless sigh and followed him, believing that Du Wei would definitely give him an answer.

In fact.

Du Wei was in deep thought; he vaguely remembered having seen something similar somewhere, but he couldn't recall where he had encountered it.

Such strange events did not occur in Massas City.

The arm that had emerged from the Antique Clock was also different from the situation in the Horror House.

Suddenly...

Du Wei stopped in his tracks, turned, and stared at Tom, "We probably don't need to worry about things from the Horror House getting out anymore."

"What do you mean? Explain yourself."

Tom looked at Du Wei with a puzzled and troubled expression.

"If the things inside won't come out, does that mean this amusement park is safe now?"

"No... on the contrary, it's going to become even more dangerous."

Du Wei's face also grew more somber as he said in a deep voice, "When I became an Exorcist, Father Tony gave me a book that introduced all the Evil Spirits the Church had encountered."

"There's a kind of entity that resembles an Evil Spirit, yet is not an Evil Spirit at all, very much like this Horror House."

"At first, the Evil Spirits in the Horror House are relatively more dangerous than normal Evil Spirits, but once a certain trigger occurs, the Horror House becomes the prison that binds the Evil Spirits."

"It nourishes the Evil Spirits, and the Evil Spirits, in turn, nourish it."

"And now, it has completely formed."

After Du Wei finished speaking, he was also filled with an absurd feeling.

Because he realized the Horror House he described was very similar to a public bus, but the latter appeared more mysterious, while the former was more terrifying.

And Tom was stunned; he swallowed hard and said, "Can it really be like that?"

"No, what I mean is, what should we do now? And what do you mean by 'more dangerous'?"

Du Wei spoke calmly, "Let the Church handle it. Even if I went into the Horror House, it's likely hard to come out alive. Moreover, it might move..."

Tom said in disbelief, "You mean it's alive?"

Du Wei scoffed, "You could say that. Maybe in a while, it'll suddenly disappear and then appear in another city."

Tom's face darkened as he said, "Can its movement be predicted?"

Du Wei shook his head, "I can't judge something that hasn't happened, but it's possible it could show up in other amusement parks. The specifics should be left to the Church to resolve."

Tom sighed helplessly, "When are you heading to Yard City tomorrow?"

Du Wei answered, "I'll leave at a little after 8 in the morning and should arrive around noon."

"Do you want me and Father Tony to give you a ride?"

"No need, my girlfriend will take me."