Chapter 257: Cooperation Between Professionals
"Father William, later I will drag the evil spirits out of the girls' bodies, please trap them," Rossi said.
"No problem," William nodded.
Originally, he was still wondering if he should make a move to do this himself. He didn't expect someone else to do the heavy lifting.
Rossi walked up to the two girls, then took out a silver dagger from his robes.
A sound of a sharp blade slicing through skin rang out.
Immediately after, scarlet blood dripped from Rossi's palm. He pressed his hand onto one of the runes on the ground.
"I swear by the blood of Rossi, to purify the evil of this place..."
In the next moment, with Rossi as the center, his blood lit up all the surrounding runes.
William raised an eyebrow. He sensed a mysterious and holy power surging in the living room.
The blood runes seemed to come alive, sinking into the two girls' bodies one after another and permeating their spirit bodies.
Besides Rossi, only William could see this scene at the site.
"This should be... the Blood of Oath," he thought inwardly.
In the "Blood Manifestation" stage, the Holy Art practice has three levels in total, and the [Blood of Oath] is exactly the second level.
Swearing an oath with the caster's blood can grant the blood the ability to isolate, thereby extracting the evil aura from the possessed person.
"For him to be able to release this Holy Art, it means he has already completed the basic practice of the previous 'Eyes, Skin, and Bones' stages. This also requires a massive amount of Holy Power..." William pondered secretly. "An ordinary Holy Clergy Member couldn't possibly do it. Unless there are special circumstances, this Father Rossi should possess at least two Brands."
Before long, a burst of white smoke surfaced above the two girls' heads, subsequently forming a ferocious ghost face.
"Did you think this could subdue me?" The evil spirit's whisper echoed in the room.
In the next moment, a wave of energy fluctuation erupted from it.
The four people present immediately noticed that the walls and table corners in the room began to distort.
Seeing this, Catherine gripped a necklace in her hand and began chanting a witchcraft spell.
A moment later, a pale golden spirit thread was released from the bracelet.
This "Light Thread" bounced rapidly across the living room. Wherever it paused, it left a new "Thread end" there.
In just one second, the living room was covered with spirit threads. They intertwined with each other, forming a massive neural network.
That energy crashed into the spirit threads, causing the latter to vibrate rapidly. The aftershocks were continuously dispersed into the various "Light Threads" and quickly vanished.
At the same time, the group's field of vision returned to normal.
"Mental defense witchcraft..." The evil spirit glared fiercely at Catherine.
In the next moment, it suddenly raised a hand towards her.
Catherine's expression turned solemn, and she immediately took a defensive stance, but nothing happened.
Just as she was puzzled, Rossi in front of her suddenly stiffened.
He felt a huge force coming from his neck, making him unable to speak. At the same time, Rossi's neck twisted uncontrollably in the opposite direction.
He resisted desperately, just barely managing to tie with that force. Otherwise, his neck would have snapped within a second.
But as time passed, Rossi found it hard to hold on. Skin and Bones were not his strong suits.
"Phew..."
At this time, he suddenly felt his neck loosen. When he turned his head, he found William standing behind him, staring intently at the evil spirit.
At this moment, two circles of golden patterns surfaced in the latter's pupils, and a strong wave of Holy Power fluctuated from his body.
"Thanks," Rossi said.
William nodded slightly, his attention still on the evil spirit.
Inner peeking, mental interference, telekinesis.
The evil spirit opposite them was not only cunning but could also influence the group of them relying on these methods. Its rank was obviously not low; it seemed it had been pretending to be an ordinary evil spirit possession earlier.
Catherine and Ralph only then realized that the evil spirit's true target just now was Rossi.
"You again." The evil spirit's voice grew deeper. "William... so that's how it is... Have you forgotten the things you've done? Do you think those people will forgive you." The evil spirit roared.
William remained silent.
"Mr. William, ignore it. I will help you block this interference," Catherine said as she walked up beside him.
"Hmph, you can block interference, but can you block your own heart?" The evil spirit's voice echoed in the room.
"Ms. Catherine, I am fine," William turned his head.
There was still only calmness in his eyes.
Seeing this, Catherine felt at ease and nodded.
William looked at the evil spirit opposite him again.
"Saying a few ambiguous words to try to make my imagination run wild... Given your previous record of peeking into others, it is indeed a good method," he said calmly.
The evil spirit, unusually, remained silent.
It didn't expect this priest to be completely unaffected. Could this guy truly be an upright and selfless person?
Unfortunately, this evil spirit didn't grow up on the other side of the globe. Otherwise, it would have known that this kind of trick was the basic operation of Eastern street fortune tellers.
Seeing the other party remain silent, William smiled slightly.
"In the previous round of counterattacks, you could still use a fake target to deceive us, but this time you attacked me directly... Did my actions make you feel a sense of crisis?"
The energy on the surface of the evil spirit fluctuated slightly.
"Sealed for so long, finally regaining your freedom in the human world, yet now you are about to be purified again. I almost feel some pity for you," William said.
Aside, Rossi, who was controlling the blood oath ritual, was stunned upon hearing this.
"Pity... this guy can't be serious, right," he thought inwardly.
Catherine also had a look of surprise, couldn't help but think: "Father William's empathy is way too strong. This won't do!"
Only Ralph stared at the evil spirit with the gaze of looking at a "Poor bastard," thinking inwardly: "Here it comes, it's starting."
"The Church pities evil spirits? Giggle~ How ridiculous," the evil spirit said.
"Ridiculous? A thousand years ago, you tried to raise your rank but were stopped midway by other guys, ultimately reduced to a Church sealed artifact. Now, even though you are out, you can only commit evil on a few children."
William sneered.
"Compared to these things, you are indeed quite ridiculous."
As soon as his voice fell, the evil aura on the evil spirit erupted instantly.
"Damn animal! How do you know this!" it said, flustered and exasperated.
This power came so suddenly that Rossi almost couldn't maintain his hold, and could only release more blood to suppress it!
At the same time, he looked at William with a look of shock and suspicion, saying inwardly: "He knows the origins of this demon?"
Catherine also strengthened her mental defense power again, the same doubt surfacing in her heart.
Ralph looked at William with admiration: "How exactly does this kid know this information? This situation also occurred previously in the Plague Lands. I really want to learn it..."
But the instigator, William, was also startled at this moment.
"Did it really have this kind of experience..." he thought inwardly.
William was merely using the same trick to strike back at the evil spirit.
In the past, he had handled quite a few commissions and had come into contact with some demons and demon gods. William found that these guys either aimed to descend upon the human world or to harvest souls to raise their rank.
And the former could mostly only be arranged by major factions like Satan or Fallen Angels.
Therefore, he chose the latter scenario, not expecting to hit the bullseye by pure luck.
But since he guessed right, William naturally wouldn't waste this opportunity to affect the enemy's emotions.
He let out a cold snort: "I have no interest in explaining to a loser."
This sentence indeed made the evil spirit's state even more unstable.
A faint crimson aura appeared around it; this was the manifestation of the emotion "Wrath".
At the same time, the evil aura on the surface of the spirit body experienced a momentary chaos.
William immediately projected more Holy Power onto the other party, strangling the evil spirit's last chance of breaking free in the cradle.
But then, surprise flashed in his eyes.
He saw that when the Holy Power came into contact with the "Wrath" aura, a small portion actually merged together, forming a slender chain.
The surface of this chain appeared a scarlet color, like fresh blood.
"This is!"
William raised an eyebrow. He tried touching that chain with Holy Power, and then found he could actually control this thing.
Seeing this, William immediately bound the evil spirit's spirit body with the chain.
The evil spirit realized something was wrong and looked at him with shocked and suspicious eyes.
It tried to break free, but that chain seemed glued to the spirit body. The more it struggled, the deeper the chain embedded into the spirit body.
The evil spirit's hatred towards William also grew stronger.
But accompanied by a "crack" sound, the chain suddenly broke, instantly turning into many spirit particles and dissipating in the living room.
All of this happened within a few seconds.
William glanced aside; his three exorcist companions didn't seem to notice the anomaly. They were still immersed in the scene of "The evil spirit being enraged."
"If I guessed correctly, that thing just now should be the [Chain of Emotion], the fourth-level Holy Art of the Soul Body Manifestation," he thought inwardly.
This Holy Art can utilize the most obsessive parts of humans and evil beings, such as hate, love, greed...
Using these emotions to generate a chain, binding the enemy with their own obsession.
"But my third-level Holy Art [Messenger of Sin] isn't completely finished yet..."
William checked his panel; the progress of this item was still a little bit short of completion.
"Could it be that my earlier words intensified the evil spirit's emotions, and I happened to guide it with Holy Power?" he guessed wildly.
But regardless, William knew clearly that he hadn't truly mastered this power yet. Otherwise, that chain wouldn't have broken so quickly.
However, with this experience, he should be able to avoid many detours when he truly practices this Holy Art later.
William withdrew his attention.
After his interference, Rossi also seized the opportunity to completely peel the spirit bodies out of the two girls.
"Mr. Kins, your turn," Rossi said immediately.
Ralph let out an "Mmh."
Subsequently, he flipped open his gun holster and pulled out a "LeMat revolver."
This type of firearm could switch to shotgun mode. Although the range was relatively short, its close-range lethality was extremely powerful.
Ralph took out two .42 caliber bullets and loaded them into the cylinder, then walked in front of the two girls.
He aimed the muzzle at the spirit bodies above the two's heads, using his thumb to pull back the hammer.
At this time, Ralph was expressionless, entirely the image of an elite demon hunter.
"Wait!"
Catherine suddenly spoke up.
She walked quickly to the two girls, took off her robe, and covered it over their heads.
"Shooting directly will very likely hurt them. This clothing is carved with defensive witchcraft runes and can resist close-range impact damage."
"Sorry... sorry." Ralph smiled sheepishly and touched his head.
After a small interlude, Ralph raised the muzzle again.
Perhaps knowing it couldn't escape, the evil spirit struggled again.
Massive evil power tried to break through the bindings, but William and the other two wouldn't give this guy a chance.
Accompanied by a "Bang" gunshot, a blast of flames sprayed onto the spirit body.
The evil spirit immediately let out an extremely miserable howl.
William observed carefully and found many tiny particles attached to the surface of the other party's spirit body.
These things seemed to possess the power to dissolve spirit particles, devouring the evil spirit little by little.
"This thing should be from the Allard family... looks quite formidable," William thought inwardly.
He had never inquired about the Sadie family's business situation, naturally not knowing that this kind of Flame Purging Bullet had already become a sought-after exorcism "Holy Relic" among southern demon hunters.
The four witnessed the tragic state of the evil spirit, not relaxing at all during the process.
When the last trace of evil aura was burned to ashes, Rossi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He waved to the outside, signaling that the parents could come in.
Fielding was the first to rush into the room. Seeing Ralph aiming a gun at his daughter just now, he almost couldn't hold back from taking action.
"Angela! Angela!" Fielding called softly.
Aside, Little Katherine's parents were also shaking their daughter.
A moment later, the two girls gradually woke up.
"Dad!"
Angela threw herself into her father's arms, and the two hugged each other tightly.
It was also a heartwarming scene of reunion on Little Katherine's side.
Ralph wiped his handgun, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.
Rossi and Catherine also revealed smiles.
The latter turned her head, but found that William still had a vigilant face.
"Mr. William, is something wrong?" Catherine walked over and asked curiously.
"This evil spirit... demon is somewhat cunning. Could it really be purified so easily?" William couldn't help but speak.
"With your Holy Power binding, Ms. Catherine's mental defense, and Mr. Kins'... Ralph's exorcism ammunition, the evil spirit would find it hard to contend," Rossi also walked over and said.
"Of course, I am also very confident in my Blood of Oath. There won't be any evil remnants in these two girls' bodies."
William immediately frowned.
His suspicion, besides stemming from his own cautious nature, also had some other basis.
For example, the evil spirit had previously displayed non-weak power, and of the demons he had encountered in the past, which one didn't possess some special abilities.
Most importantly, this guy Rossi... just raised another Flag!!
Perhaps it was the last thing that came true.
In the living room, the two girls' eyes suddenly rolled back, and then they slowly floated into the air.
"Angela!"
"Katherine!"
The parents on both sides had anxious faces, reaching out to try to pull them down.
"Don't move!"
Someone suddenly shouted loudly in the room.
Everyone looked at the person speaking, their eyes full of doubt.
"The evil aura on their bodies is extremely dense. You will be polluted just by touching them." William's expression was grave.
Fielding looked at his daughter, and sure enough, he found many dense black bubbles appearing on her clothes.
These things kept pulsating, as if they were alive.
Immediately after, that deep voice echoed in the living room again.
"Hmph, you have some knowledge, so you must die."
"You guys get out first." William threw two crucifixes to the girls' parents.
Fielding and the others immediately heeded the advice and backed away.
"Relax, before harvesting your souls, I won't attack these ordinary people," the evil spirit said viciously.
"Harvesting souls?" William raised an eyebrow. "Although it's unclear why you were able to resurrect again, those bubble-like things don't seem sufficient to support you in releasing more power."
"That's right, you're merely experiencing a terminal lucidity." Rossi also saw the anomaly.
"Giggle~ But to deal with you guys, it's enough."
As soon as its voice fell, the bubbles on the girls' bodies began to grow madly, and then burst one by one.
Every time one shattered, a gust of wind blew in the living room.
When the dense and massive bubbles cracked open one after another, a vortex-like vent had already formed in the room.
Sofas, wall plaster, TV...
All the sundries were swept up, and William and the others had to put up defenses.
But what surprised the group even more was that this wind force also carried a corrosive power.
The blood runes on the ground gradually blurred away, and the spirit threads in the air snapped one after another.
The group once again felt a distortion in their field of vision.
"No! We have to get out of here quickly!" Rossi shouted.
This sudden change obviously exceeded his control.
But the evil spirit wouldn't give them such a chance.
Fierce winds raged around the group. The intense energy collisions caused Catherine and Rossi's power to rapidly bottom out.
Just at this moment, the surrounding clamor suddenly quieted down.
Catherine slowly raised her head, only to see five layers of invisible barriers appearing around the exterior of the entire house.
"This is... the magic arrays arranged by Mr. William," she murmured.
And the ravages of the evil aura were also confined within the room.
"You again! You again!"
The evil spirit gritted its teeth.
"I am the God of Storms, the Bringer of Pestilence! How could I lose to a mortal!"
It was somewhat incoherent, seeming to reveal some of its origins.
Just as William planned to taunt the other party a few sentences, the evil power erupted again.
This time was different from the past. The powerful wind actually caused cracks to appear in the space.
And the outer barriers were also shattered layer by layer until only the last one remained.
But ultimately, this power didn't break through to the outside.
After the dust settled, Fielding finally dared to peek his head in.
But immediately he widened his eyes.
He saw that in the living room, the two girls' bodies had long been shredded into pieces of meat, and the three exorcists were also lying on the ground, with many cracks appearing on their body surfaces.
Only that priest named Father William was nowhere to be seen.
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