Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

Annabelle's danger level is not simply manifested in killing.

It's more like a magnet that attracts evil spirits.

Therefore, when the display cabinet was opened, the room instantly filled with some peculiar entities...

One after another, ghosts began to appear in the room, each with a ferocious visage, maintaining the posture they had at the time of their death.

They were the tourists and staff who died in the Horror House.

After their appearance, the oppressive atmosphere in the room grew even denser.

At the same time, Du Wei was able to "see" through his own eyes—the nun had suddenly vanished from the room.

But those cold, lifeless eyes never disappeared.

"Where?"

At this point, Du Wei had already lost control over his body. Although he had not lost his senses—sight, hearing, or touch—if the Evil Spirit now possessing his body made no move, his senses were always restricted; he couldn't see much.

It was as if—personality had split.

The alter ego had successfully taken over, while the primary ego had receded into the background.

At this moment, he was both Du Wei and the Evil Spirit.

...

In the room.

The "Du Wei" possessed by the Evil Spirit sat elegantly on the sofa like a gentleman, his Evil Spirit Transformed Right Hand supporting his chin, while the other hand rested on his knee, appearing more and more sinister.

And behind him, a pair of hands with wrinkled skin and nails sharp like a beast's, slowly stretched towards his neck.

Silent and stealthy.

If one ignored that the hands belonged to the nun, it looked like the gentle caress between lovers, or like a farmer plucking fruit.

It was at the same time.

The hands of the Antique Clock hanging on the wall suddenly jerked, as if stuck, then leapt forward by one tick.

Immediately after, Du Wei heard a crisp sound, as if something had cracked...

"A mask?"

A thought flashed unbidden through his consciousness.

And the next scene was even more bizarre.

The "Du Wei" wearing the mask, as if sensing something, suddenly stood up and turned to look behind him.

Under shared vision.

In the darkness, Du Wei once again met the nun's gaze.

His eyes were fixed in place, unable to move away, so Du Wei could only see the nun's eerie dark yellow eyes that seemed to stare directly at the soul, creating a suffocating sensation.

And the nun's hands reaching toward his neck stopped abruptly, less than ten centimeters away.

The hands of the Antique Clock on the wall also stopped suddenly.

And in the state of Spirit Vision, the ghosts that had appeared in his home because of Annabelle, all simultaneously turned their heads, their numb gaze focusing on the nun.

Crack...

Again, the sound of a mask cracking.

Du Wei knew that this "self" was confronting the nun.

At the same time, he thought, "This might be my chance to rid myself of the mask."

Of course, it wasn't just that, but also the other evil spirits in the home.

The Evil Spirit had only one target, which was to kill Du Wei. This was almost consistent in the Inverse Cross; every time it killed someone, it would attempt to act.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

But every time, Du Wei ensured that this balance was under his control.

Um…

Put simply, he would prepare for everything, yet try to contact the Evil Spirit; if he couldn't bring it back to the psychological counseling clinic, he would then find a way to disengage and leave.

If he could take it away, then this psychological counseling clinic would become its refuge.

Of course, for these Evil Spirits, their purpose was very single-minded and straightforward.

The goal was always to kill Du Wei. However, Du Wei's home was too unique. Once inside, they would become guests maintaining the balance.

When the Nun jumped from the dream to reality, appearing only in Du Wei's memory, the balance at home instantly began to show problems.

And when Du Wei put on the mask, the balance returned to a tipping point.

Of course, this did not mean safety but rather increased the danger.

Because the Nun was not an Evil Spirit but an existence higher than Evil Spirits, and even the one appearing in the home was not the actual The Nun.

It was more like some bizarre phenomenon of Evil Spirits.

Father Tony once told Du Wei that this was a curse stemming from The Nun's curse. Any information, item, text, or even image associated with it could potentially become infected with this curse.

And when the curse truly erupted, Du Wei would face the real Nun, The Nun.

But he might not last until that time.

Given the current situation, it was only a matter of time before the Nun was driven away, while Du Wei was now in a state of possession by Evil Spirits, and the balance would still encounter the same issue when the time came.

He would still die.

Unless… the number of Evil Spirits in the house suddenly decreased.

At this thought, Du Wei couldn't help but speculate whether a complete shattering of the mask would mean the death of the possessing Evil Spirit?

But he thought about it and felt it was unlikely.

Because the Evil Spirit from another mask was now in Mrs. Mina's home, and that mask, serving as its medium, had accompanied Mike Stowe onto that bus and was now who knows where.

The Evil Spirit in Mrs. Mina's home could exist independently even after leaving the mask, so there was no reason the Evil Spirit in his mask would die.

At this time.

The "Du Wei" possessed by the Evil Spirit underwent a new change.

He extended his Evil Spirit-transformed right hand slowly, raised it, and reached for the Inverse Cross worn on the Nun's chest.

Du Wei was somewhat puzzled; an Evil Spirit-transformed right hand could touch Evil Spirits and was a privilege of hunters, but what was the meaning behind this action?

However, the next second.

He saw that when the Evil Spirit-transformed right hand grabbed the Inverse Cross on the Nun's chest, it suddenly jerked downward, ripping it off.

And the Nun, as if touched at a vital point, vanished instantly from before his eyes.

It appeared completely illogical...

"Could it be," Du Wei wondered, "that the Inverse Cross can be considered a medium? But do bizarre things that jump from dreams into reality also have mediums?"

With some clarity in his heart, Du Wei thought this might be a way to confront Evil Spirits,

to find out the mediums through which Evil Spirits existed, and then to suppress or even eliminate them.

Although in reality very difficult, because finding the mediums of Evil Spirits was not a simple task, it required analysis, even facing the Evil Spirits directly.

In other words, it was no different from the process of Du Wei's previous contact with Evil Spirits, except that he had discovered another use for the Evil Spirit-transformed right hand.

Exorcists who could detect the mediums of Evil Spirits and eliminate them were the elite among elites.

That's why the church's Exorcists only had various items and Exorcism Rituals with low success rates at their disposal.

"If I survive," Du Wei contemplated, "maybe next time I encounter an Evil Spirit, I can try to use this method to deal with it."