The man barely had ti to react to the sudden appearance of Scarlett Jennings before he was struck fiercely.
Screams were drowned out in the lightning glow of the demon thunder.
At the sa ti, the unbreakable black threads gradually turned into ash as the man was struck and charred.
Scarlett Jennings ensured the man was no longer moving before looking at Samuel Chalrs, "Are you alright?"
Samuel Chalrs observed her instinctively grabbing his hand and simply said, "Don’t worry, I’ll be fine."
Scarlett Jennings secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Without Samuel Chalrs’ cooperation, dealing with this man alone would have been much more difficult.
"Let’s find my brothers in the basent first."
Despite her words, Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs went downstairs to check Gregory Xander and the others’ conditions first.
Downstairs, Sophie Harper and Gregory Xander, who were being controlled, felt the sudden release of the pervasive sense of bind enveloping their spirits and bodies as the black threads turned to ash behind them.
Although they didn’t know what spell Scarlett Jennings just used for instantaneous teleportation, she had clearly dealt with the person behind all this.
The black mist in the villa gradually dissipated with the man’s death, at least it wouldn’t hinder their actions anymore.
Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs descended from upstairs, raised their hands to release the binds from both a person and a ghost, and led them to the basent.
The Jennings Family has two basents, one in the East Tower and one in the West Tower.
Donovan Jennings and the others were in the East Tower basent.
When dealing with Azura Loomis and the system, Gregory Xander and Ashton Todd set up an array here to deceive the system’s detection.
Later, Scarlett Jennings modified the existing evil-suppressing array into a barrier-type array.
After all, creating an array covering the whole villa was too costly, but a single basent was much simpler.
When the group arrived at the basent, they saw the basent door tightly shut.
Outside the door, a small red command flag stood unsupported, different from the one Elysia Xander used to control Ashton Todd and open the barrier. This flag was covered with complex protective talismans and possessed formidable mana.
From Scarlett Jennings’ perspective, she could see that the command flag had reinforced the barrier over her original one.
Logically, with such a powerful array barrier protecting the Jennings Family, staying inside should be the safest option.
But unfortunately, there’s still Layla Xalvadora inside.
According to Gregory Xander, the Dreamy Tapirus’ true form is parasitic within Layla Xalvadora’s spiritual body, so they must bring her out first.
With this in mind, Scarlett Jennings directly used Spiritual Affairs to contact Donovan Jennings.
Before long, the basent door opened, Donovan Jennings appeared in the doorway, in much better shape than Gregory Xander, neither too disheveled nor losing his calm deanor.
Scarlett Jennings couldn’t see the others inside, so she asked Donovan Jennings,
"Bro, are you guys okay?"
"Uncle and the butlers have fallen into a deep sleep, but we’re alright." Donovan Jennings said, "Now you’re here, we’re even better."
Scarlett Jennings finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Though the door was open, they couldn’t enter due to the barrier.
Since the command flag is an heirloom from the Xander Family, removing the boundary order from outside is extrely difficult. The best way is to have soone inside the barrier remove the flag.
Thinking of this, Scarlett Jennings shared her idea with Donovan Jennings.
"Senior Brother Xander taught you the password, remove the command flag to open the barrier."
She intended to bring Layla Xalvadora out first.
Donovan Jennings looked at her but didn’t imdiately act, his usually smiling face now extraordinarily composed.
"Scarlett, can you first prove to that you’re not being controlled?"
It was clear Donovan Jennings was already aware of Sophie Harper and Gregory Xander being manipulated.
Though he trusted Scarlett Jennings’ abilities, as one of the few remaining clear-headed mbers of the family, he must be responsible for the Jennings Family inside the barrier.
Even if those in front of him seed normal, what if the black threads are hidden sohow?
Scarlett Jennings didn’t find this request unreasonable either.
She would have made the sa request if it were her.
As for proof...
Scarlett Jennings thought for a mont, then directly took out a Thunder Talisman in front of Donovan Jennings, standing outside the barrier.
Donovan Jennings’ pupils trembled, but before he could stop her, Scarlett Jennings had already swiftly summoned a demon thunder.
Yet unlike the imagined thunder strikes, the demon thunder seed conscious, falling beside Scarlett Jennings and then curling like a serpent around her and Samuel Chalrs, Gregory Xander, and Sophie Harper.
The lightning flashed, showing no trace of black mist, much less the so-called black threads.
Everyone knew lightning could suppress evil, making it the most convincing proof.
Inside the barrier, Donovan Jennings clearly relaxed.
Soon, he followed Scarlett Jennings’ instructions, chanting the incantation while moving the array and the command flag inside the barrier.
Three people and a ghost finally entered.
As a precaution, Gregory Xander stayed at the door to restore the barrier.
Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs walked inside with Donovan Jennings.
Though it was a basent, simple decorations had been done, showing many people lying neatly inside.
As Gregory Xander ntioned earlier, due to Layla Xalvadora’s possession by the Dreamy Tapirus’ true form, even those not ruled by fear would instinctively fall asleep when near her.
And in the entire Jennings Family, only four remained conscious.
Besides Donovan Jennings, there were Kingston Jennings and Old Sir Jiang.
Because Luca Jennings and Blaise Jennings were at the company when the incident occurred, they narrowly avoided the danger.
As Scarlett Jennings approached, she imdiately sensed sothing was wrong.
"Kingston?"
Kingston Jennings’ face was slightly pale; looking at the obviously fatigued Old Sir Jiang beside him, Scarlett Jennings guessed sothing.
"When the incident occurred, Grandpa suddenly fell asleep," Donovan Jennings said gravely.
"Kingston worried for Grandpa’s old age, and used the Power of Word Spirit to forcefully awaken him."
He didn’t ntion that Kingston intended to wake the other sleeping Jennings Family mbers as well, but Donovan Jennings stopped him firmly.
Kingston’s ability couldn’t be repeatedly drained on these matters.
Scarlett Jennings evidently agreed with Donovan Jennings’ approach, just seeing Kingston slowly typing.
[I just wanted to test if my Power of Word Spirit could be useful.]
The result proved his ability was indeed useful.
Scarlett Jennings frowned slightly at the ssage, looking at Kingston Jennings, she threatened,
"Don’t cause any more trouble, or I’ll tell Mom."
Her mother, Kingston Jennings’ aunt.
Sure enough, as soon as she said this, Kingston Jennings restrained himself, sat obediently aside, and said nothing more.
Old Sir Jiang glanced at Scarlett Jennings behind her, asking,
"Scarlett, is your mom alright?"
Scarlett Jennings softened her voice, saying, "Don’t worry, Grandpa, they’re all fine."
Even at the company side, Luca Jennings; she had just received news from Stella Gibson.
Senior Brother from Taoism Academy was stationed there.
Once Mom summoned a few living souls of Mystical Sect Elders into Sea City, the remaining Black Mist Organization mbers would be rooted out.
For now, she needed to deal with the nightmare-causing culprit and extract it from Layla Xalvadora’s body.
With that, Scarlett Jennings’ gaze swiftly turned toward Layla Xalvadora lying on the sofa bed there, losing her features yet still entrapped in a painful dream.
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