Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

The car was pitch-black.

Besides the sound of the wind pouring in, there was a creepy rustling noise.

It was as if something was dragging its feet while walking.

Though sight was limited by the lack of light, Spirit Vision was not solely based on visual perception.

Having entered the Third Phase, Du Wei could clearly sense that those Evil Spirits in the darkness had all gathered in the aisle, stiffly trying to approach him.

Again, there was darkness, and the Evil Spirits were closing in.

Du Wei felt like a rock in the deep sea, enduring the constant battering of the waves, at any moment liable to shatter into pieces.

Yet at this moment, he was eerily calm.

Then, he pressed the bus bell to hurry the passengers off again.

After the ringing, the malice surged even more, and the bus came to a full stop.

The cold and rigid rules played their role at this moment.

In an instant, Du Wei could distinctly feel that something in the whole bus had changed.

This feeling was hard to describe with words, if one had to, it could only be likened to the cogs of a mechanical system, once halted, now resuming their rotation.

But regardless, in this instant.

All the Evil Spirits on the bus could no longer take a step closer to Du Wei.

Following that was a piercing brightness, as the overhead lights in the bus were restored, still emitting that dim, soft light, which at this moment felt not at all terrifying but rather comforting.

The bus was not an Evil Spirit; it was something more superior, more akin to an Antique Clock, though not as mysterious.

It would follow its predefined rules, and unless an Evil Spirit had the terrifying power to overturn the table, it could not defy these rules.

Therefore, under the indifferent gaze of Du Wei, he saw all the Evil Spirits beginning to tremble slowly and then they each started to move.

First were those Evil Spirits holding umbrellas; there were nine in total, and the second batch that came on board consisted of eight.

The nine Evil Spirits had put down their umbrellas when they initially stood up, but at this moment, they all raised them again, covering the upper half of their bodies, and slowly walked off through the rear door of the bus.

Outside was a wasteland as far as the eye could see, with no sign of human life, which meant this was not a regular bus stop.

Perhaps when Du Wei boards again next time, he will never encounter these Evil Spirits anymore.

However, there was something difficult to explain.

That is, the Evil Spirit with a cane and the masked one, which behaved very elegantly, Du Wei had forced it off the bus using the same method previously.

And at that time, the disembarkation spot was still some distance away from the station.

"Hard to understand",

Du Wei coldly remarked, his gaze fixed on the masked Evil Spirit. At this moment, it, along with the nun, seemed to be resisting the bus's rules, remaining rigid and immobile.

But Du Wei knew that soon they would all have to get off.

And by that time, he would give the nun another "opportunity" to board.

At this point, those Evil Spirits with umbrellas had all disembarked, standing outside, their gaze filled with malice, staring fixedly at Du Wei.

Their looks were full of dreariness.

Even during the last time on the bus, they had not confronted Du Wei directly, but this time they were forcibly removed from the bus. If they were human, one could say that enmity had been established, and a profound one at that.

Yet, Du Wei did not even spare them a glance; his eyes never wavered.

The most dangerous were these two...

Next, the two Evil Spirits wrapped in bandages also stiffly made their way off the bus through the rear door.

First, the male Evil Spirit disembarked.

Then the female Evil Spirit followed, holding Emily's hand as if they were a pair of twin sisters, slowly stepping off the bus.

An Evil Spirit and a person, and where their hands connected, there was a bandage digging into the flesh.

Clearly, Emily was also dead.

...

On the spot, the sensation that the rules of the bus were at play grew even stronger.

Especially after the Evil Spirits, one by one, disembarked and their resistance diminished, the Evil Spirit with the mask, leaning on a crutch, couldn't hold out any longer.

It mechanically took a step toward the rear door, then froze and began to tremble.

Du Wei just watched and pressed the bus bell once more.

It seemed to become angry and violently turned its head to lock eyes with Du Wei.

The mask with no facial features and the mask with only a pair of eyes, at that moment, seemed to share some astonishing similarities.

To Du Wei, it felt like an Evil Spirit version of himself, yet it wasn't, because the Evil Spirit in that mask couldn't possibly possess its body.

This thing must have been the Cultist, Mr. Mike Stowe—Mina's husband—after his death, had undergone some abnormal transformation to become an Evil Spirit.

Its steps, more mechanical, helplessly walked off the bus.

Finally, only the nun and Du Wei were left in the bus compartment. Read latest stories on empire

Of course… on the ground, there was also the half-burned Scarecrow.

However, both Du Wei and the nun ignored it, as in some ways, its threat was no more significant than the woman's face back in the clinic.

At this time, it couldn't even manage to crawl off the bus.

Du Wei looked at the nun, and the nun looked back at him.

Their distance was very close…

This wasn't the first time he had come into contact with the ghostly nun; he had already witnessed the terrifying nature of the nun back in the clinic.

Fortunately, it wasn't the source of the curse, or the rules of the bus might not have been effective at all.

Previously, Du Wei could only barely protect himself when facing the nun and could have died at any moment.

But now, their status was completely different.

Du Wei, merely masquerading as an Evil Spirit but in reality a human, after discerning the rules of the bus, only needed to occupy the driver's seat to leverage those rules against the Evil Spirits.

Rules can be understood as the law; once you have unraveled them, they become the sharpest knife in your hand.

After giving Du Wei a deep look, the nun walked off the bus without hesitation and then stood outside the door.

But that terrifying gaze was locked firmly on Du Wei.

It wouldn't end so simply…

Du Wei pressed the switch to close the rear door and then sat in the driver's seat.

He also said to himself, "Now, it's just the beginning, and next, I will use the rules of the bus to kill the nun."

As he finished speaking, the bus had started and was about to drive off.

Outside the vehicle, all the Evil Spirits were standing in front of the rear door, staring fixedly at Du Wei.

The already gloomy rainy night turned even more unpredictable, the whooshing wind carrying a bone-chilling evilness.

Du Wei glanced at them, his gaze lingering on the nun, then reached for the ring engraved with the letters "val…".

The hand transformed by Evil Spirit held up the ring and swayed it…

Then he fired a shot directly, shattering the glass in the front door, or more precisely, a pane in the fold of the door.

"I gave you the opportunity to get on the bus…" Du Wei said with an icy tone.

At that moment, the bus quickly picked up speed.

The figures of the Evil Spirits became blurry, parting farther and farther away.

But Du Wei knew the nun would definitely catch up and force her way onto the bus.

And now, there were only 8 minutes left until midnight.