American Exorcism Male God

The moonlight danced, casting dark shadows on the wall in the hospital corridor, where a figure walked slowly within the shadows.

Doctors and patients bustled up and down the corridor, occasionally someone glanced towards the shadows, swiftly averting their gaze; they didn't realize that someone was concealed within them.

The VIP ward was at the other end of the corridor, separated from the common area by a metal gate, with dedicated security responsible for registration, not allowing unrelated personnel to enter.

The security guard yawned wearily when suddenly the gate creaked. He perked up instantly, looking intently but found no one there; he settled back down on his stool, blaming it on the wind.

At the end was Lisa's room, the door of which was open, as a nurse had just finished checking on Lisa.

Lisa sat at the edge of her hospital bed reading a book, considering graduating early next year to start college soon so that she could be with Xu Yi.

Suddenly, she whipped her head around, looking towards the door, "Who's there?"

A shadowy figure emerged from the darkness by the door, holding something shaped like a Meteor Hammer in his hand.

Upon recognizing the visitor, Lisa relaxed immediately.

"Look what I've brought you tonight," Xu Yi unveiled the foil wrapped around the "Meteor Hammer," and the aroma of skewers wafted through the air.

Xu Yi watched silently as Lisa devoured the food voraciously, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Just moments before, he had been practicing Dark Stealth against the clock.

[Dark Stealth +2, current progress: 10/100]

The challenge of this green-level entry was in getting started.

Typically, to initiate this entry, one needed to be sealed inside a coffin and then buried in a grave. As the oxygen slowly depleted in the closed-off coffin, one would feel boundless darkness and despair.

Only then was there a possibility of comprehending the mysteries of darkness.

Xu Yi hadn't gone through this process; he had skipped it altogether.

All of this was actually thanks to the authority of the Evil God; William privately referred to him as the "God of Shadows." When Xu Yi activated the authority of the Evil God, his body would merge with the shadows, an experience far more effective than sealing oneself in a coffin, allowing him to feel the essence of darkness directly.

Xu Yi had long discovered that entries were not independent of each other; one could affect another.

As his entries gradually increased, it would become much easier to max out those low-level entries.

For example, the "Scholar" entry, because his Psychology entry was maxed out, his learning target had shifted to biology, especially the knowledge pertaining to cloning.

He was studying this area to prepare for the investigation of the mysterious bloodstain on the glass.

The bloodstains on the glass shards were too minimal; if he could use cloning technology to replicate it, he would then have an endless supply of "Holy Blood."

"The doctor said you can be discharged tomorrow!"

Xu Yi chatted idly with Lisa while occasionally checking Annabelle's toy space.

Every wisp of the Power of Faith that floated into the space brought him a surge of pleasure.

He imagined stock traders must feel a similar delight seeing their shares surge... of course, if they were heading up to the rooftop to catch a breeze, it would be a different emotion altogether.

He had already delivered the Leaf of Redemption to William, a total of 213 leaves.

William had been so efficient, naturally, Xu Yi couldn't let him down either.

"It's almost ripe!" Xu Yi looked at the nearly peach-sized fruit of faith, his eyes glowing with eagerness.

Lisa, hearing the good news that she could be discharged, grinned so wide her eyes squinted. Just as she was about to finish her skewer, a mouth suddenly came close and snatched away the half-eaten meat.

"What are you doing?" Lisa pouted, looking annoyed at Xu Yi.

The offense of stealing meat was inexcusable! She was determined to defend her skewer!

"I haven't eaten yet. Do you want to snatch it back?" Xu Yi, with the half-eaten meat in his mouth, leaned his head towards Lisa provokingly.

Lisa instantly saw through Xu Yi's mischievous intentions, her cheeks turning pink.

The two fought over the piece of meat, but in the end, Lisa won, her face flushed with triumph.

Xu Yi found the taste of the skewer genuinely delicious and was prepared to compete with Lisa for another piece when suddenly his "half-brick" cell phone rang.

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"Half-brick" is the term used as opposed to the previous "full-brick" mobile phones. The phone he has is just newly developed "portable" mobile phone, not yet in mass production. Ailent got it for him through connections.

Xu Yi glanced at the phone number, his expression turning grave. It was the number City Hall used to contact him.

"Heretics are making their move!" Entos's deep voice came from the other end of the line.

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Late at night, on the outskirts of New York.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

On the sparsely populated road, the headlights of two vehicles illuminated the roadside fir trees—a bus in the front, followed by a taxi. The two had been traveling together for a while.

"Isn't this too conspicuous?" Xu Yi suddenly asked.

He was not in the taxi but sitting in the bus instead. Some believed that tailing someone meant to follow behind, but professional trackers knew that sometimes moving ahead of the target was the better choice.

The bus wasn't short on passengers; from the driver to the passengers, except for Xu Yi, all were government personnel.

"It shouldn't be! This bus always takes this route. Although there are fewer buses at night, it's not like there aren't any," Entos explained.

"My point is, aren't there too many people on the bus? And most importantly, why is it that a whole bus full of brawny men, without a single elderly person, woman, or child?" Xu Yi asked softly.

Entos was momentarily stunned. To avoid spooking the target while still having enough manpower, they had to make that choice, not realizing it could become a flaw.

"Also, don't you think the driver is driving a bit too smoothly?" Xu Yi continued.

Everyone was taken aback, with Entos's body trembling.

Being born and raised in New York City, he knew all too well how taxi drivers drove there. They drove at breakneck speed, as if their cars were on the wing, due to their confidence in their driving skills.

With this road being so empty, why would the other person drive so slowly?

"Maybe he's tired from driving at night and doesn't dare to go too fast?" Entos still held some hope.

"Maybe," Xu Yi didn't argue, but turned his head to look out the rear window of the bus.

The taxi was right behind them. In such high-speed conditions, and in the dark of night, ordinary people couldn't possibly see clearly inside the car.

But Xu Yi had the Eyes of Obscurity. He had been observing for some time. The cultist sitting in the back seat hadn't moved his legs in a long while; even if he was asleep, it was impossible to maintain a bent leg position for a long time.

It would disrupt blood circulation, and the legs would feel uncomfortable, instinctively stretching out.

Xu Yi had already lost hope for this tracking mission.

"Stop the car! Block the taxi behind us and proceed with the arrest!" Entos, after a brief discussion with his team, made up his mind.

When the taxi was stopped and everyone saw the person inside who they thought was a cultist, their hearts sank.

It was not a cultist at all, just an ordinary person dressed identically.

"I don't know what happened. I was just walking on the street and suddenly blacked out. When I woke up, I found myself here ... Officer, have I been kidnapped?" the common person testified.

"How did the person change all of a sudden? I didn't stop the car midway! As for why I drove so slowly, the person paid me double the fare to slow down, saying he had a heart condition!" the driver was also puzzled and didn't understand what had happened.

After Entos's interrogation, he came to Xu Yi disheartened, "We've lost the trail! We don't even know where we lost it! The other party might have noticed us a while ago!"

"What are you planning to do?" Xu Yi looked out, where under the moonlight lay an endless expanse of primeval forest.

"We've reviewed the situation and think that the switch could have taken place during the stretch through the mountain tunnel. We plan to search around that area."

Entos sighed. He was aware that this was likely ineffective but felt they had to do their due diligence.

Xu Yi, of course, did not want to engage in such futile efforts. He was ready to take his leave, but as he was about to speak, he paused, changing his mind.

"Let me help too! I just happen to be free lately." Stay updated through empire

To Entos's surprise upon hearing Xu Yi's response, he was about to send Xu Yi back but naturally wouldn't refuse the offer of help.

The reason Xu Yi changed his mind was that in the Treasure Box, the Cat Spirit Holy Tree's Fruit of Faith had finally "ripened," and at the same time, the "Nest of the Evil God's" ability had also been unlocked.

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