Chapter 491: First Exorcism

Bang—!

A deep, muffled thump!

Rod Priest didn't even see where the attack came from, only feeling a massive force slam into his chest!

His whole body flew backward like a kite with its line cut, crashing heavily into the earthen wall behind him!

Puff—!

A mouthful of scalding blood spurted from Rod's mouth, staining his chest robe and front collar red.

The intense pain and impact blackened his vision, and the scripture in his hand flew out, landing in a nearby corner of the wall.

"Damn it!!" Rod gritted his teeth, forcing himself to endure the searing pain and dizziness, struggling to rise from the ground.

He coughed up blood while quickly scanning the dim room.

At that moment he was horrified to discover that, somehow, the small window that once let in sunlight had been tightly shut!

A broken wooden board of unknown origin was jammed against the window frame, completely cutting off the last sliver of outside light.

The entire second floor fell into darkness, with only a faint light from the stairwell at the doorway filtering up, barely outlining vague shapes.

Darkness is the devil's best cover!

Rod's internal alarm rang loudly.

He couldn't see where the enemy was, nor sense its exact location, only feeling a cold, slick, malicious aura flowing in the darkness, as if it were everywhere.

He dared not delay, picking up the fallen scripture and loudly reciting the ancient Exorcism incantation!

"... In the name of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob... command you filthy evil spirits to manifest quickly and leave this defiled body and dwelling..."

As the final syllable of the incantation fell, a layer of light suddenly flared around Rod!

The light rippled outward from him like water waves!

He planted a heavy foot on the floor at the center of the room!

Dong!

A clearer circular Aura, composed of Golden Rune, surged outward from beneath his foot!

The Aura spread rapidly, sweeping across the entire second‑floor floor, walls, and even the ceiling like ripples.

The darkness seemed partially dispelled by the Aura's sweep, revealing the room's outline.

The Aura's energy then abruptly halted, contracted, and locked onto the ceiling at the room's southwest corner!

There, a dense, almost unmeltable, twisted, writhing Black Shadow was forcefully illuminated by the Aura's power!

It was the devil possessing the young man!

It resembled a massive, upside‑down Black Spider clinging to the ceiling, countless tiny black feelers writhing around, and a pair of crimson eyes fixed dead on Rod below!

"Got you!"

Rod's spirit surged; despite his wounds, he raised the scripture, ready to chant a stronger Binding and Expulsion Incantation!

However, just as he opened his mouth to speak—

The discovered devil let out a sharp, piercing roar!

The Black Shadow ripped away from the ceiling like a black lightning bolt, bearing Frenzy, and lunged straight at Rod!

It was faster than before, its assault even more ferocious!

Rod was stunned! He hadn't expected the devil to be so ferocious, daring to attack after being discovered, and at such speed!

He forced the incantation to stop, trying to sidestep, but his grievously wounded body and hasty reaction left him a beat too slow!

Puff—!

Another invisible heavy blow! This time it seemed to strike his ribs!

Rod felt several ribs snap, searing pain coursing through him, and he was hurled violently again, this time toward the stairwell!

Grrr…

Rod's body slid across the floor for a distance, finally stopping right beside Yu Lin's feet.

He curled up, groaning in pain, coughing blood continuously, his face as pale as paper, clearly having lost all combat ability, even moving a single finger was difficult.

Yu Lin looked down at him:

"See, didn't I tell you to bring more people? Now you're beaten like this, satisfied?"

Rod had no strength left to retort or preserve his dignity.

A fierce will to survive made him ignore his pride, and he barely lifted his head, pleading in a voice as thin as a wisp:

"Help... help me..."

He didn't know how powerful this mysterious man was, but at this moment, it was his only hope.

"Stay lying still."

Yu Lin lifted his foot and stepped over Rod as if nothing.

His gaze turned toward the darkness at the room's center.

There, the twisted Black Shadow, after toppling Rod, neither vanished nor continued its attack, but hovered mid‑air, its crimson eyes now fixed on Yu Lin with wary, puzzled vigilance.

The devil did not strike immediately.

Because in its perception, the unremarkable man who had just entered was riddled with flaws!

He stood there slack‑slouched, showing no defensive posture, nor emitting any strong aura.

It seemed that, should he wish, he could easily crush this nuisance just as he had crushed Rod.

But!

His intuition, that primal sense of danger, was screaming—danger! Extreme danger! Do not act!

Act and die!

This huge contradiction between "seeming weakness" and the intuitive warning left the devil in unprecedented confusion and hesitation.

He suddenly froze in place, not knowing whether to keep attacking, to flee immediately, or… just watch?

"Hey, you, come over."

The voice broke the stalemate and interrupted the demon's thoughts.

In the demon's blood‑red vision, the man he instinctively judged as extremely dangerous simply curled a finger toward him, as if not summoning a ferocious possessing demon but beckoning a stray puppy.

Such unabashed contempt instantly ignited the demon's fury!

"What are you, huh?! You dare order me?! You…"

The demon let out a shrill screech, the Black Shadow swelled violently, exuding richer malice and cold, as if it would tear Yu Lin apart in the next instant!

"You're a subordinate of Beelzebub, right? I've dined with him."

The demon's fury and the attack about to erupt were doused by a bucket of ice water, extinguished in an instant!

He… dined with Beelzebub…?

If that's true, everything makes sense!

Why does he emit no power fluctuation yet make my intuition scream warnings?

Why does he dare order me like that? Because his level may far exceed my comprehension!

Anyone who dines at the same table as Lord Beelzebub, no matter how "ordinary" they appear, is absolutely beyond my reach!

No wonder my intuition tells me that striking him means death! This is no illusion!

All doubts were answered in an instant, and every hesitation and rage was replaced by terror.

Without any hesitation, the vicious Black Shadow contracted and shifted, finally becoming the original man, stopping a short distance in front of Yu Lin, with a flattering smile on his face:

"Sir… I… collided with you, please forgive me."

The speed of his attitude change is textbook "the wise adapt and thrive".

"Consider that a point for you." Yu Lin nodded approvingly, turned his head, and said to Jesus, who had been standing quietly behind him, witnessing everything:

"Jesus, come over."

Jesus obeyed and stepped forward, standing beside Yu Lin.

Yu Lin pointed at the reverent, bowed demon before him:

"Touch him."

Jesus blinked, asked nothing, and obediently extended his hand, gently reaching toward the man's crown.

The demon instantly felt a surge of absurdity and confusion.

"Touch me? Let this little runt touch me? He comes to exorcise? What a joke!"

"Even though I'm a High-level Demon, not even a human Priest scares me—so a mere human child touching me can exorcise me?!"

"That's way too condescending, huh? Don't cry when it happens..........."

However, the instant Jesus' tiny palm lightly rested on the "young man's" crown—

Buzz—!!!

Light suddenly burst from the point where Jesus' palm touched!

The demon's aura, like ice snow under scorching sun, emitted a faint "sizzle", quickly melting and purifying!

The demon directly enveloped by this light felt the strongest impact.

The light seemed to pierce the possessed shell, scorching his essence!

He "saw" at the moment the child's palm touched, a boundless, blinding, incomprehensible silhouette of a supreme being flickered behind him...

"This… this is…"

"Heavens........ God?!"

"It's not—does it really matter?!"