American Exorcism Male God

Xu Yi busied himself at the desk, continuing to copy the paintings.

In the time that followed, he experienced disturbances such as:

A ghostly shadow fleeting by in the mirror; sudden strange noises coming from under the bed; the bathroom faucet turning on by itself; my closet moved, I'm not playing this game anymore... and so on.

But Xu Yi remained unmoved, still engrossed in his drawing, not even bothering to turn off the faucet in the bathroom—it wasn't his water bill after all.

A sudden intense chill swept over him from behind, and Xu Yi knew that the evil spirit could no longer hold back and was about to make its direct move.

Although he was prepared, the chilling sensation still made his body stiff.

He turned around and saw a puppet sitting quietly on the sofa.

It was a small boy puppet with bulging cheeks, a triangular nose, and glassy green eyes, which looked exceptionally eerie.

Before Xu Yi could react, the puppet's eyes suddenly started moving, and with a sinister smile on its face, its mouth abruptly opened.

Blood spurted from the puppet's mouth, and along with the blood, there came a blood-red "kelp."

Xu Yi suddenly felt nauseous because he realized that it wasn't kelp at all, but a string of stitched tongues, wriggling incessantly and terribly disgusting.

His body felt as if it was trapped in thick mire, making even breathing difficult.

Perhaps some might guess that if one already knew the methods of an evil spirit, and had a bit more courage, couldn't they deal with the evil spirit?

Xu Yi could only say that was too naïve; when an evil spirit made its move, it would first emit a dense "evil thought."

Those enveloped by evil thoughts would have their psychic energy greatly suppressed, akin to being afflicted with a debuff.

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The general feeling was like that of an elderly person staying awake for two days and nights straight, body weak, head groggy, actions lagging behind.

In such a state, how could one remain calm?

In fact, this terrible state is the most likely to trigger angina, which is why so many people are literally scared to death by ferocious spirits and evil spirits.

Xu Yi's heart started beating uncontrollably, his breathing rapid, muscles tense, and body stiff.

As a beginner in Psychology, he was very aware that these were the physiological responses to fear.

But what was strange was that he didn't feel that afraid, just a bit nauseous, at most.

Xu Yi stared intently at the puppet, and he finally understood why even exorcists could not escape Mary Shaw's hunts.

Mary Shaw possessed an ability akin to an "Aura of Fear."

Once affected by this ability, the body would naturally exhibit signs of fear, which in turn would influence the psyche, and the psyche would act back upon the body, creating a cycle that amplifies the feeling of fear to an extremely terrifying level.

"Fortunately, I have the 'As Brave as a Barrel' entry," Xu Yi secretly rejoiced.

Although some friends did not agree with his bravery, it didn't matter, being hardheaded would prove everything!

Looking back, his acquisition of the 'As Brave as a Barrel' entry could not be separated from the Resurrection Coin.

Having the Resurrection Coin inevitably leads to thoughts like, "There's a Resurrection Coin anyway, why be a coward, let's be bold?"

The more such thoughts one has, the braver they become, and ghosts can be faced... cough cough, still, one has to consider this carefully.

As Xu Yi's thoughts ran wild, boosted by the 'As Brave as a Barrel' entry, various symptoms of fear quickly dissipated from his body.

"Aura of Fear" is not omnipotent; if one's mind remains unruffled, the cycle of fear can be severed, and then it loses its effect.

Xu Yi casually grabbed a desk lamp on the table and swung it at the long tongue that was almost licking his face, "What are you licking, haven't you heard that bootlickers never end well?"

The desk lamp didn't hit anything solid, and the long tongue dissolved like foam. Xu Yi suddenly realized that this tongue was not real, but a shadow.

The tried and true trick did not work; the smile on the puppet's face froze. Even though the pupils were made of glass, they conveyed a sense of "bewilderment."

Xu Yi was so grossed out by the puppet's stitched long tongue that he kicked the puppet and sent it flying.

That kick showcased his excellent soccer talent—if he focused on soccer, he might have had the chance to become the hope of Xia Kingdom's soccer world, but it was likely he'd spend ten years on the bench for not bribing the coach and being allergic to sea cucumber.

The puppet slammed against the wall with a bang, but Xu Yi was not appeased. What followed was a relentless destruction of the puppet: ruthless slamming, violent stomping, and powerful shooting!

Moments later, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and picked the puppet back up.

The puppet's durability was surprisingly good. After a series of destructive acts by Xu Yi, it appeared to have no significant damage, just some surface scuffs.

He turned the puppet over and saw a name carved on the back of its neck, "Billy."

After looking around and finding nothing else, he turned the puppet back over.

"Why are you opening your eyes so wide? You got a problem with me?" Xu Yi slapped the puppet Billy's face.

If puppet Billy could've responded, he would've probably started by slowly displaying a question mark, then asked Xu Yi, "As an old-fashioned puppet, can I close my eyes?"

"Why aren't you speaking? Do you have an issue with me?" Xu Yi slapped him again. Discover stories at empire

Puppet Billy still had no reaction, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion; it was just an ordinary puppet.

Xu Yi stopped torturing the puppet, certain that the evil spirit Mary Shaw had temporarily left the puppet's body.

He took out the Exorcism Lighter.

During the days he prepared for his exams, he dripped a droplet of foreign substance into the lighter each day, spreading it across three lighters.

Xu Yi stared at the puppet Billy, hesitated for a moment, then put away the lighter and rummaged through his backpack for a black tool box.

"You're in luck, you're the first one to experience my craft, oh, puppet," he said.

Xu Yi opened the black toolbox, neatly lined with various sizes of carving knives, small hammers, and sandpaper discs.

This was a set of carving tools, which Xu Yi had asked Ailent to buy for him.

The toolbox was neatly placed on the upper left corner of the desk, puppet Billy in the middle, and a cup of floral tea on the upper right. Xu Yi rubbed his hands together, feeling the ceremony was at its peak.

He had intended to burn the puppet directly, but then he remembered an experience entry he hadn't maxed out yet.

"Necromantic Spells, current progress: 0/100."

It wasn't that Xu Yi was so busy he couldn't spare a moment; it was that the experience-gaining method for the entry was somewhat peculiar.

To gain experience for Necromantic Spells, one didn't necessarily have to carve on a corpse, but it did require an object "infected with resentment."

The so-called resentment-contaminated object is, simply put, an item affected by a ferocious spirit or evil spirit.

Since the antique market on Rose Street was not always open, by the time he obtained the Necromantic Spells entry, the market had closed.

The antique shop owners were too greedy, treating him like a pig for slaughter.

And with his recent busyness, that matter had been delayed as a result.

But where on Rose Street could he find an object imbued with more resentment than this puppet in front of him?

It was simply a perfect vessel for carving Necromantic Spells!

Xu Yi picked up a medium-sized carving knife, a smile on his face as he stared at puppet Billy.

By doing this, he was sure to anger Mary Shaw, but it didn't matter, they were already enemies.

He had already obtained a Resurrection Coin at the end of the month's sign-in and now had two Resurrection Coins on him, allowing him to be a bit bolder.

Besides, he still had the "As Brave as a Barrel" entry to restrain Mary Shaw.