American Exorcism Male God

The sky was filled with sweeping, sutured tongues, and Xu Yi smelled a strong odor of decay.

The sutured tongues before him were different from those he encountered in the hotel; the ones in the hotel were just hallucinations, but the ones before him were real.

A huge wave of fear was spreading, but Xu Yi could just manage to hold on, thanks to the entry "As Brave as a Barrel."

But Hunter wasn't so lucky. He was gasping for air, veins throbbing on his face, as if he would be crushed by fear at the next second.

However, after glancing at Laura, who was hanging from the ropes, he mustered his strength to open the metal box and took out the bronze kerosene lamp.

"May the glory of Lopez protect us!" Hunter murmured softly.

The kerosene lamp was semi-hollow. Through the openwork carvings of vines, the fuel inside could be seen.

Xu Yi was certain that it was not ordinary kerosene; the purple-red gel substance inside was flowing, emitting an indescribable fluctuation.

Hunter held the lamp's handle tightly, his grip so firm that blood seeped through the gaps in his fingers.

This lamp wasn't made for ordinary people to use; there were spikes on the handle that pierced through Hunter's palm.

Blood trickled down the handle but didn't drip to the ground; all of Hunter's blood was being absorbed by the base of the lamp.

The bronze lamp ignited without fire. A purple flame rose, its light enveloping Hunter and Xu Yi,

The sutured tongues shooting out from the puppets couldn't penetrate the light. It was as if the light had created a barrier; the fear on Hunter's face began to subside, and Xu Yi could sense that Mary Shaw's "Aura of Fear" was being kept at bay.

Holding the bronze lamp, Hunter moved step by step towards Laura; the sutured tongues, afraid of the light, actively avoided it.

Xu Yi examined the purple flame curiously. This flame's ability was somewhat similar to the "Ethereal Flame," but it was clearly more powerful, and the side effects were greater.

Hunter's face turned even paler, and he was panting heavily after every step; his calves were shaking. Xu Yi quickly stepped in to support Hunter.

A sharp whistling of a bone whistle suddenly resounded. Xu Yi felt the noise penetrating his skin and bones, burrowing into his brain, causing dizziness. Hunter began to retch.

They exchanged glances, sharing a dreadful premonition.

Amid the sound of the bone whistle, the sutured tongues started to break off from the puppets' mouths, falling to the ground. They didn't die but instead wriggled forward like red snakes.

All the sutured tongues gathered together in front of Hunter.

As the black threads that had been sewing the tongues unraveled, they intertwined with each other like red worms, gradually forming a massive humanoid shape.

Xu Yi felt as if he had fallen into a swamp, beset by surging malevolent thoughts.

With each step the tongue creature took, the ground shook violently. Its speed increased as it charged towards Xu Yi and Hunter.

"Be careful!" Xu Yi roared, pulling the weakened Hunter to the side.

The monster's fist slammed down, leaving a deep pit where Hunter had just been. Hunter's back was drenched with cold sweat; if not for Xu Yi pulling him away, he might have been smashed into a pulp.

Xu Yi threw his large military knife, striking the monster accurately in the chest. The creature tore the knife out and tossed it aside carelessly.

Before the knife even hit the ground, the wound on the monster's chest had already healed.

"Should we retreat for now?" Xu Yi thought, his tongue in cheek. How were they supposed to fight this thing?

This evil spirit, Mary Shaw, was not normal. No common evil spirit could possess such abilities.

"No!" Hunter, looking at Laura whose fate was uncertain, shook his head with determination. He glanced at the bronze lamp in his hand and, with a final grit of his teeth, made a decision.

Hunter opened the base of the bronze lamp, which concealed a knob beneath it. Xu Yi instantly understood Hunter's idea, for he had a similar mechanism on his Exorcism Lighter.

As the hidden knob turned, a purple flame was drawn into the bronze lamp's interior. At that moment, the bronze lamp had effectively become an Incendiary Bomb.

Hunter hurled the bronze lamp forcefully, creating an arc in the air as it struck the tongue monster.

The bronze lamp exploded with a bang, splattering the creature with dark purple fuel and igniting in intense flames.

The writhing tongues fell in masses to the ground, like salted leeches, baring the creature's chest. Xu Yi immediately spotted the monster's "heart."

It was a tumorous growth, pulsating continuously. Through his Spiritual Power, he could sense the dense resentment that was so potent it seemed black.

Hunter murmured spells that Xu Yi could not understand in a rushed and urgent tone, pushing his fatigued body to charge at the monster.

As he came close to the tumorous heart, the spellcasting reached its final phase.

"Those unclean in all realms, may you rest beneath this sword!" he roared, raising the dagger high above.

Blinding white light erupted from the dagger, now the magic artifact powered by the spell, unleashing its greatest might.

The exorcism dagger descended, set to pierce through the tumorous heart and dissolve the creature before them.

But Hunter suddenly stopped in his tracks, his pupils revealing an intense terror.

He collapsed softly to the ground, drained of all strength, unable to move even a bit.

From where Hunter lay, he could perfectly see Laura suspended in the air. Remorse painted his face, regretting his weakness, blaming himself for failing to save Laura.

Just as he succumbed to despair, a hand reached out from behind him.

"Let me do this!" Xu Yi took a step forward, snatching the dagger from Hunter's hand, and charged toward the tumorous heart.

Hunter, as a scion of the Lopez family, always harbored a sense of pride, thinking that independent exorcists like Xu Yi were mere peasants.

But now, he thought Xu Yi looked incredibly heroic!

Xu Yi's advancing figure suddenly faltered; he understood why Hunter had fallen—the tongue monster was surrounded by a powerful Aura of Fear, stronger than any they had encountered before.

Xu Yi clenched his teeth and moved forward, pushing the "As Brave as a Barrel" ability to its limit.

He swung the dagger, its sharp blade ready to pierce the tumorous heart.

At that moment, the tumorous heart split open, revealing a blood-red pupil that coldly stared at Xu Yi, devoid of any emotion.

Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat, his hand holding the dagger unable to advance further.

He sensed that stare, not from the blood-red pupil in front of him, but from a presence high in the endless sky—an indescribable, unbearable, inescapable presence... He instantly lost control of his body.

Mary Shaw was indeed not normal. Even if she had been a common Evil Spirit, the indescribable gift she received had made her elusive.

Suddenly, delirious words invaded his ears, chaotic, unclean, corrupted... Xu Yi felt his soul gradually sinking into darkness.

At that moment, the necklace on his chest erupted into a brilliant golden light.

Having sensed something amiss earlier, Xu Yi had already put on the necklace of a bloodstained shard he took from the box wrapped in Pagoda Tree Wood bark.

The bloodstain on the glass shard ignited, and the golden Ethereal Flame chased away the indescribable stare, returning control of his body to Xu Yi.

He gripped the dagger tighter and with a forceful slash, he pierced through the tumorous heart.