Harrisville, an outlying and sowhat remote suburb.
Xu Yi stood under the withered tree, its bare branches hung low, stretching out like ghostly hands.
A faint mist enveloped the area around the withered tree, and now, even though it was already afternoon, the mist had not yet dissipated.
"What a unique welco present!" Xu Yi slightly lifted his head.
Above him, a dried-up corpse swayed incessantly, its hideous face staring straight at Xu Yi, who could sense an extrely dense resentnt shrouding the body.
The evil spirits he had faced before never possessed such intense spite; these kinds weren't necessarily powerful but were certainly tricky.
The withered corpse was an illusion conjured by the evil spirit, used at most for frightening people.
The Annabelle doll's eyes rolled upwards, staring intently at the ghostly apparition above.
Athyst light began to converge in its pupils, a prelude to unleashing the Treasure Box, but Xu Yi interrupted it.
Xu Yi lightly touched the Annabelle charm at his waist, "No need to fuss over such trivial matters."
Since retrieving the Annabelle doll yesterday, Xu Yi had noticed that the intelligence of the doll, Annabelle, had grown stronger and it now had its own "little mood swings."
Annabelle's toy Treasure Box might not have been released, but the evil spirit's apparition hanging overhead still dissipated.
"So, you must be Xu Yi, delighted to et you!"
In front of the withered tree stood a small country villa, from which a figure, both strange and familiar, walked out and greeted Xu Yi.
"Ms. Rolin, you are really too kind!" Xu Yi recognized her at a glance, often having seen her in the newspapers.
Her full na was Rolin Warren, and Mr. Warren's full na was Ed Warren, both of their nas contained "Warren," thus they were known as the Warrens.
Rolin sized up Xu Yi, inwardly surprised.
On the phone, Ed had ntioned that soone would co to assist with the exorcism, and she had expected so elderly priest, not a young man.
Yet she dared not underestimate him. She had also seen the previous phantom of the evil spirit and was impressed by how adeptly he had dealt with it.
What surprised her further was the unknown thod he used to make the evil spirit recoil, voluntarily dispersing the illusion.
"Mr. Warren only gave an overview of the situation, I would need Ms. Rolin to fill in on the details." Xu Yi walked straight towards the house.
As he passed by Rolin, he deliberately paused.
There was no anomaly, confirming that his psychic resonance with Judy was indeed not due to bloodline reasons.
Rolin disclosed everything that had happened these past days, and Xu Yi nodded from ti to ti.
"Mr. Xu Yi, do you have confidence in this exorcism?" Rolin asked, her face filled with worry.
Among the evil spirits she had encountered, the one they faced this ti, although not the strongest, was definitely challenging.
"I can only say I will do my best." Xu Yi pushed the door open, where a room full of people sat on the sofa, curiously sizing him up.
"These are all Caroline's children; Caroline is the subject of this exorcism. I thought that the children could help maintain Caroline's courage, so I allowed them all to stay here," Rolin explained.
Xu Yi nodded in agreent with her decision.
When soone possessed by an evil spirit gives up the struggle and lets the evil spirit invade at will, no matter how powerful the exorcist is, it is as good as futile.
The clock in the living room ticked; just as Xu Yi stepped in, the ticking abruptly ceased, causing the children to huddle together and stare in terror at the wall clock.
Xu Yi followed their gaze— the clock was frozen at 3:07.
He glanced down at his Swiss watch, the hands also stopped at the sa ti.
"3:07, that's the ti of the evil spirit's death," Rolin explained.
Xu Yi's brow furrowed slightly— this ti was significant, as it was said that Satan's gate to hell opens at precisely 3:07 in the afternoon.
There was no doubt that this Evil Spirit was a follower of Satan.
A strong stench suddenly filled the air; often, this was a sign of an Evil Spirit's arrival.
Upstairs, a woman's hysterical laughter erupted, followed by the loud bang of sothing slamming into a door.
"Damn it, the restraints have failed!" Rolin's complexion changed as she took the lead, rushing toward the stairs.
With Ed suddenly gone, Rolin alone couldn't exorcise the Evil Spirit. They could only confine Caroline in a room and use the Exorcism Artifact they brought to suppress it.
But 3:07 AM was the ti of the Evil Spirit's death, and also when it was at its strongest. The Exorcism Artifact was no longer enough to suppress it.
"We just need to hold out until this ti passes!" Rolin thought.
Another loud bang echoed through the house, and the door of a second-floor room was smashed open, a gaunt woman charging out from inside.
"Be careful!" Xu Yi suddenly pulled Rolin back.
The woman was holding a pair of scissors, and had Xu Yi not pulled Rolin back, she might have collided with the sharp instrunt.
Rolin was still shaking from the close call. She turned to thank Xu Yi, but as the words ca to her lips, she froze.
Xu Yi's gaze upon Caroline was not that of observing an ordinary person possessed by an Evil Spirit, but rather like soone eyeing a treasured artifact.
"Miss Rolin, are you okay?" Xu Yi released his grip on Rolin, realizing that his expression had given away his inner thoughts.
The "treasure" was indeed not Caroline, but the Evil Spirit possessing her.
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"I didn't expect this exorcism trip to bring such an unexpected pleasure."
The Treasure Box toy of Annabelle indeed had a way to beco more powerful: by devouring the Power of the Evil God.
While the Evil Spirit possessing Caroline was certainly not an Evil God, as a follower of Satan, it was tainted with a hint of the Evil God's aura, though it could not receive Satan's direct response.
Xu Yi was curious as to how the Treasure Box would be enhanced?
"Mr. Xu Yi, quick, stop her! She's targeting the children!" Rolin shouted loudly.
Although Xu Yi was puzzled as to why she didn't attack them and instead headed for the children downstairs, he didn't hesitate and drew his Alchemy Revolver.
After learning about the exorcism target, he had replaced the bullets in his gun with rubber bullets.
He aid at her shin and pulled the trigger.
He was a bit lucky this ti; his first shot hit the target. Caroline stumbled and fell to the floor.
Taking advantage of this mont, Xu Yi rushed forward, kicked the scissors out of her hand, and tried to use his grappling skills to control her, but when he grabbed her arm, his expression shifted slightly.
Her strength was surprisingly great, almost breaking free.
Just then, an unexpected force ca into play, pinning Caroline down and preventing her from straightening up.
Xu Yi used this opportunity to flip her arm over and press it firmly against the ground.
He looked admiringly at the Annabelle doll at his waist; of course, it was the force of possession that had lent a hand just now.
"With Annabelle's assistance, things have beco so much easier," Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh.
"Xu Yi, let's help!" Rolin brought so rope, and together they tied Caroline to a chair.
Xu Yi took out the Exorcism Lighter and seared Caroline's little finger with the fla. Caroline's body shuddered violently and she fainted in the chair.
He looked at Caroline's appearance with furrowed brows.
Her face was emaciated, her eye sockets sunken, with severe dark circles; her eyes were also starting to lose focus.
"Caroline probably won't last much longer; we need to start the Exorcism Ritual imdiately!" Xu Yi acted decisively.
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