Exorcist’s Self-Cultivation

In the classroom.

Du Wei looked at the girl with an expressionless face as the black fog around her formed a clown.

It was Pennywise, but only a puzzle piece, not yet complete.

Its laughter was shrill, penetrating the air.

It was like a cold venomous snake slithering and crawling over one’s skin, and wrapping around the body, causing a kind of physiological discomfort.

However, for Du Wei who had undergone Evil Spirit Transformation, this had no effect whatsoever.

The teacher had already come over, asking loudly, “What did you do to my student, sir, you wait for your day in court!”

But Du Wei didn’t even turn his head, he reached out and directly grabbed the clown’s neck, pulling it into the Black Umbrella.

The girl’s eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.

His cold gaze, devoid of any emotion, made the teacher involuntarily step back.

"Fuck! Who the hell are you?”

Du Wei said emotionlessly, “I am Du Wei, a psychologist from New York, and also an investigator with the New York police. You have already seen my credentials.”

"As for the children, they are fine. Please contact Officer Tom for specifics; he is the person in charge of this case.”

Having said that, Du Wei took out his wallet and tossed Officer Tom’s business card he received earlier to her, then turned and walked away.

The teacher was dumbfounded; she couldn’t make head or tail of the situation or understand what Du Wei had done.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Du Wei had merely walked into the classroom with a Black Umbrella, went around once, and suddenly three children inexplicably screamed and fainted.

Beyond that, they saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"I will call the police, and if anything happens to these kids, none of you will get away with it.”

Du Wei didn’t answer; instead, he quickened his pace.

Because through Spirit Vision, he saw that the fog inside the Black Umbrella was now completely boiling, all of it twining around him.

The cold and profound, tide-like malice was rushing toward his mind.

But as Du Wei had said before, this was useless to him, especially now as he was in the midst of an Evil Spirit Transformation. He did not even need to suppress his own emotions unless he chose to revert.

Fear was irrelevant to him.

But Du Wei knew that the puzzle had now become complete.

That meant the so-called Pennywise would soon appear.

The Black Umbrella, acting as a container, was clearly no longer able to contain this thing. Du Wei could distinctly feel that it was taking shape…

"I must leave quickly.”

That’s what Du Wei told himself, leaving the school and heading straight back the way he came.

The rain grew heavier.

The ground formed large puddles that were gathering toward the drains on the side of the road; the water had wet his shoes, and his steps became sluggish.

In the dark, overcast sky, a flash of white lightning tore across.

The surrounding light brightened for an instant.

Then came the resounding boom of thunder.

Du Wei’s eyes looked somewhat cold; his Evil Spirit Transformed right hand was gripping the Black Umbrella tightly, the black fog inside furiously pouring out, the entire canopy began to distort and flip outward.

Now, Du Wei was unable to close the umbrella.

But contrary to his expectations, Pennywise did not appear…

"Why is this happening, could it be that Pennywise is not as simple as I imagined? Or is the clown that Billy saw the real Pennywise, and these puzzle pieces are just a decoy it created?”

Even in such a bizarre situation, Du Wei remained rational and calm.

In truth, although the black fog enveloped him tightly, attempting to influence his psyche and stir negative emotions such as fear, the effect was practically nil.

Pennywise’s targets had to meet two conditions: they had to be children, and they had to fear it, shudder at it.

Du Wei satisfied neither condition, hence the idea of a target did not apply to him.

No danger…

However, Du Wei’s intention was to go after Pennywise, to make it fixate on him, to bring it to his clinic, using the Joker Card to forcibly transfer out the Antique Clock.

This is awkward…

Du Wei had never thought that one day, he would find himself in a more troublesome situation because he couldn’t become the target of an Evil Spirit.

Suddenly…

Du Wei’s body tensed, and his forward steps came to a halt.

To his left was the amusement park Billy had mentioned.

And at the entrance of the amusement park was a clown in grey circus attire, with sallow skin and his face painted heavily in white, his lips outlined in red so exaggerated that it was grotesque. He held a red balloon tied to a string in one hand.

Its hair was orange-red, the hairline receding high, and black paint was heavily drawn down from above the eye area, making it look even more fierce and terrifying.

Just one glance filled his heart with an inexplicable fear.

Du Wei’s mind stayed calm, but instinct told him this thing was even more terrible and cruel than the Evil Spirit…

It was Pennywise…

When Du Wei looked at it, its head hung low, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, the tongue blood-red as if it had just ripped through some flesh.

"Hehehe…”

It bowed its head, staring with its eyes and started to laugh maliciously at Du Wei.

Then, it abruptly gestured with a beckoning wave.

The next second.

Within the Black Umbrella, the black mist that twined around Du Wei, as if ignited, suddenly intensified and flipped the Black Umbrella upside down.

Du Wei staggered, his body exposed to the rain.

The icy rain hit his face, forcing him to squint involuntarily.

"I hate rainy days…”

Du Wei steadied the Black Umbrella and stared coldly at Pennywise.

"I’m curious, what exactly are you, an Evil Spirit? Or a Demon Spirit?”

Spirit Vision is an ability that appears after being eroded by an Evil Spirit.

In other words, things that can be seen with Spirit Vision are generally under the category of Evil Spirits.

Demon Spirits, Evil Spirits, and even the Demon Spirit mentioned once by Father Tony, these things are actually the same, just manifesting in different forms.

Pennywise is contagious.

Yet its medium is unclear.

Its trigger mechanism requires satisfying two conditions: age and fear.

Pennywise naturally wouldn’t answer Du Wei; it just grinned hideously, seemingly mocking him.

It took comical steps, walking deeper into the amusement park.

Du Wei frowned and was about to give chase.

But suddenly…

That sinister and terrifying laugh echoed close to his ear.

Very close…

Behind Du Wei.

The Pennywise Clown leaned over Du Wei’s shoulder, laughing unrestrainedly into his ear.

At the same time, many terrifying images flashed through Du Wei’s mind: dismembered corpses, butchered bodies, the Evil Spirit out to kill him, blood-red eyes in the darkness, the unfathomably deep ocean suddenly churning with a whirlpool.

And so on and so forth…

Yet Du Wei was completely unaffected. He turned his head and stared expressionlessly at the Pennywise Clown.

"Are you trying to frighten me? It seems fear is the main condition for you to set your sights on someone.”

"But it’s useless against me…”

"No matter, I can make a wish to forcibly bind us together…”

"An entity with a clear vulnerability, suspected to be an Evil Spirit, I’ve only encountered one, and now you’re the second.”

After finishing his words, Du Wei took out the wish-making Joker Card from his pocket…

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