Chapter 113: Vengeful Spirit Possession (A Tribute to Alliance Leader Bazhanghe!)

Aaron watched Clark Das acting like a true archaeologist, gently brushing dust off the Altar, while watching Bruce act like a clumsy Apprentice, stroking a stone pillar and examining the details with a magnifying glass as if trying to determine its material and age, and could not help but want to laugh.

"But overall, the 'Mystery' path is quite good. As long as a 'Secret History Scholar' finds numerous ancient historical ruins and completes the Ritual, then keeps the secret, their abilities will be quite complex and varied... Huh? Why does it feel quite suitable for me?"

Aaron scanned the surroundings again and found that these ruins were already quite dilapidated, and furthermore, there was not a trace of Spirit Material or Occultism knowledge left, making them useless waste for most Extraordinaries.

But in the eyes of a 'Secret History Scholar', this was clearly an unexcavated treasure!

Just as he was thinking, he saw Bruce's body tremble slightly, and some inexplicable change was forming.

"I have come, I have seen, I have researched..."

"Although the great shall also pass away, Secret History shall eventually remember!"

Bruce's voice carried a sobbing tone; at this moment, the scene seemed to stagnate.

"This... Teacher... then what exactly is that 'Element'?"

Bruce foamed at the mouth, suddenly stretched out both hands, and choked his own throat.

A white Light, more intense than before, emerged, turning into raging flames that wrapped around tentacles, limbs, and eyes...

'This is the birthplace of the first "Ghoul", so there is a high probability that a mark was left behind! This mark belongs to the Ghoul!'

Bruce trembled even more violently and subconsciously hid behind Aaron.

Aaron sneered: "If a vengeful spirit could cause such a big commotion, there would be no living people left outside."

Finally, the white flames extinguished, leaving behind a pile of dust on the ground that continuously emitted a dark radiance.

"Should this also count as a type of Spirit Material?"

Not long after, Bruce woke up, complained, and then touched his own neck, thinking of the scene just now, his whole body trembling.

Aaron chose to strike at the moment Bruce transformed, and his cane lashed out fiercely at Bruce once again.

"Heh heh!"

According to his estimation, it was likely that the moment Bruce gained Spirituality, he attracted the attention of a vengeful spirit, which then followed the Occultism connection within the ruins and directly possessed Bruce!

Bruce gave a dry laugh.

Aaron looked at Clark Das: "Professor, any discoveries?"

These illusions suddenly seemed like soap bubbles, shattering the moment a needle pricked them.

Clark Das's expression was disdainful: "I saw ignorance, suspicion, and fear in your eyes... but no trust! In your hearts, am I really such a person who would stop at nothing to pursue power?"

Aaron was somewhat enlightened: "Such ancient ruins indeed might contain vengeful spirits or the like, and previous Extraordinaries have also reported it..."

He snapped his fingers: "Purification!"

Aaron knew that he had successfully extracted a bit of 'Mystery' Spirituality from the historical ruins and had become half an Extraordinary!

'Come to think of it, every path has rituals for seizing Spirituality, whether from people or objects... but even the most successful ritual should have risks, right?'

A scream full of resentment seemed to reach his ears; a Shadow was directly whipped out of Bruce's body, suspended in mid-air, and turned into a pale-faced hunter, with drops of illusory but bright red blood flowing from its eyes.

Aaron took out a bottle of smelling salts and placed it under Bruce's nose.

"Yes, it has already been eliminated by me."

'However, the 'Mystery' path extracting Spirituality from ruins and antiques—could it be that it requires using the long passage of history and time to wash away the pollution that might be left behind... Is this the core of the "Archaeological Meditation Method"?'

Just at this moment, Aaron suddenly felt a gust of wind rushing toward him.

Without thinking, he directly lashed out with the slender cane inlaid with White Crystal in his hand.

'To obtain the abilities of a "Ghoul" from history, what is the Element?'

"Get out!"

Clark Das said calmly: "But I was prepared beforehand and packed it in my mountaineering bag."

Slap!

The black Shadow flew backward; it was Bruce!

Bruce looked at Aaron with resentment: "It's just the two places where I was whipped... so painful!"

"It seems being an archaeology team member is still dangerous."

"Are you alright?"

Bruce shed tears, chanting the maxim in Spirit World Language as if in a trance or like a puppet.

"I obtained the answer from the ruins; to perform the 'History Retrospection' Ritual, one does not need the exact time, one only needs to complete an Element at the location where this event occurred... That Element is—'Ghoul-eating'!"

It just so happened that he had wanted to finish off this guy earlier.

"Ah!"

However, at this time, his expression was ferocious and terrifying, and his eyeballs were filled with black-red bloodshot veins.

"Teacher... no..."

"I'm fine..."

"Oh, then that's fine!"

"I am not a woman!"

At this moment, his expression was devout and fanatical, and even carried a certain mystery.

Around the vengeful spirit's body, the light suddenly turned dim, and within it, transparent, illusory, and slippery tentacles, twisted and weird limbs, and crazy, evil eyes seemed to emerge...

Aaron sighed, snapped his fingers, and uttered a word in Spirit World Language: "Light!"

Subsequently, more white flames fell upon the vengeful spirit, causing it to wail incessantly.

"This is... possessed by a vengeful spirit?"

'The Lotus Eater is an organization of the "Red" path...'

Thinking of this, his palm could not help but move toward his holster.

Clark asked this student a question.

This 'Secret History Scholar' still held a brush in his hand, and seeing this scene, he directly made a guess: "Vengeful spirit?"

By the light, Aaron could see strange changes occurring in Bruce's body; one moment he was himself, and the next he seemed to transform into a pale-faced hunter wearing archaic hunting clothes and covered in blood.

He was using so much force, it was as if he were his own mortal enemy, and before long, his face was flushed bright red.

At the mention of this, Clark's expression became extremely agitated: "I have confirmed that a 'Mark' truly exists here, and I have also deduced the 'Element' of History Retrospection from the ruins... It is much like what I guessed before; it can be completed quite simply, it just requires your help!"

"An illusion of a vengeful spirit?!"

Aaron's thoughts raced:

Aaron stepped forward on his own, took out a metal box, and collected the dust: "Extraordinarys of the 'Shadow' and 'Underworld' paths should like this very much."

He stood up and saw the startled Clark running over.

Light!

Blinding radiance, like an incandescent Lamp, appeared and exploded directly before Bruce's eyes...

"I have been... I have been carrying that kind of thing on my back?"

Bruce's eyes widened, as if he were about to vomit the next moment.

(End of this chapter)