Chapter 683: Terrifying Home

"As expected of a Sage-level relic."

Xia De flicked the blade lightly and beckoned to the cat standing pitifully on the bed. It immediately ran over, jumped into the palm Xia De extended after squatting down, and then nimbly ran along his arm onto his shoulder.

Now the whole house looked unsafe, and Xia De couldn't leave this cat alone in the bedroom.

The collapse of the evil spirit of the middle-aged fat man with seven orifices bleeding didn't make the white fog and the cold wind disappear. On the contrary, the footprints on the ceiling became denser, and the pale green light in front became closer.

His left hand covered Little Mia's head, his right hand gripped the sword, but his index finger extended and pressed on the cold blade:

"Silver Moon!"

The moonlight that erupted in an instant was radiated through the blade. The cold silver moonlight dispersed the surrounding white fog, and at the same time the invisible evil spirit of a woman in a long dress who seemed to be hanging appeared above his head, the silver light arc that followed split her into two halves.

But after defeating the second evil spirit, the fog still didn't disappear. The fog at the door that had been reflected into a pale green was forced back by the silver moonlight, but after the thick fog receded, a wet black tongue extended from the fog and shot toward Xia De.

Clang~

The Night Watcher long sword carried Xia De's hand, holding the sword vertically in front of him. The black tongue hit the blade, actually making the sound of metal hitting metal. The tongue immediately emitted black smoke, wanting to shrink back, but Xia De took a step forward, following it one step faster than the tongue.

His left hand grabbed the tongue and pulled hard, dragging out the almost materialized evil spirit hidden in the stairwell.

This soul seemed to come from a more distant era; it crawled on the ground, its limbs bent backward, and its body was covered with disgusting pustules, and on every pustule was a different face.

The overall image was indescribable, and the black mucus dripping from the spirit onto the footpad was even more unknown whether it was true or false. That terrifying appearance was enough to make any adult who prided themselves on a firm mind collapse; that was not something that should appear in the sunny world of the living.

"Come here!"

His left hand pulled the tongue, and the 【Chain of Sin】 extending from the sleeve climbed forward along the tongue, wanting to bind this terrifying guy.

But the pustule above the evil spirit's navel exploded at this moment, and an evil spirit in the image of a woman holding scissors darted out, cutting off that tongue in one go.

The crawling black evil spirit immediately darted along the bottom of the stairs, moving with the white fog and pale green light. And the woman evil spirit with scissors and a face full of blood rushed toward Xia De, and was then directly pierced through the soul by Xia De, who was in a very bad mood, swinging the black chain.

The power of sin infected the spirit, and the soul that couldn't withstand this profound power collapsed immediately.

"So the source of the evil spirits just now was that guy covered in pustules; where on earth did it come from?"

Putting on his shoes at the door, Xia De took Mia and pursued toward the first floor.

Judging from the white fog and light, the opponent didn't enter the first floor but went straight through the foyer, using the characteristics of the spirit to pass through the door and enter Saint Theresa Square.

Xia De pushed the door open and also broke into this slightly cold autumn night. The yellow light of the elegant black gas lamps around the square was dim, and the surrounding residents had already extinguished their lights. In the distance, one could hear noisy sounds; it was unknown which drunkard was having a conflict with the patrolling police on such an autumn night.

Looking up at the moon above Saint Theresa Square, after walking quickly down the three steps under the eaves, he made a backhand swinging motion again, forcing back the evil spirit hiding on the eaves.

And this time, it wasn't the sword carrying Xia De's hand to move, but Xia De had actually learned this action, and this sword was teaching Xia De cold weapon combat experience bit by bit.

Looking at his own eaves, Xia De took a few steps back and officially stepped into the square, watching that terrifying guy on the eaves climbing the wall upward, and then darting from a high place toward Xia De.

"Ha!"

Xia De threw the long sword in his hand, and the evil spirit changed direction in the air under the moonlit night, but was still hit by the second sword summoned by the 【Blade of Chaotic Time】.

The spirit immediately showed cracks, making it unable to control the spirit to change actions again. Thus, the greatsword emitting silver moonlight slashed down:

"Moonlight Greatsword!"

Using Lagley's Jump, Xia De appeared in the air and neatly cut off the evil spirit's head. After his feet landed, his left hand, wearing the Mind Crystal Ring, slammed into the soul fragments falling beside him:

"Mind Blast!"

A muffled sound appeared in the air, but it wasn't enough to attract the attention of the neighbors. And with the complete collapse of the black evil spirit, the other evil spirits imprisoned in the pustules on its body were actually released at the same time.

Dissipating the greatsword in his hand, straightening his arms, his left and right hands slapped vertically in front of him with a "pop". After separating left and right, the brilliant light arc parallel to the ground flew forward silently, eliminating all the souls just released. The power of these pustule evil spirits didn't seem powerful; they only had unique abilities because they were being manipulated.

"Guide Death!"

Before the black evil spirit completely disappeared, Xia De touched the soul fragments with the miracle. Immediately, blurred and fragmented memories flooded into Xia De's mind. Because the soul was shattered too severely, the effective information was very little, only a few familiar scenes of Saint Theresa Square No. 6, leading him to a terrifying conclusion.

Those scenes were not of the house at this moment, but of Saint Theresa Square No. 6 in a more distant era:

"That black guy was originally the owner of Saint Theresa Square No. 6? This isn't an external soul, but one that was originally in the house? But... where was it hiding? I've lived here for three months, how come I didn't discover it."

He touched the cat on his shoulder, then looked at the house where the thick fog was gradually dissipating on the wall surface. Under the moonlight, Saint Theresa Square No. 6 stood quietly, the shadows by the wall and the gas lamp light coexisting harmoniously, and inside the opened door was the dark and deep foyer corridor.

The familiar home seemed to have become a bit terrifying.

He bent down to pick up the Night Watcher long sword; the light on the blade had disappeared, representing that it was safe here.

"But... is it really safe?"

He walked up the steps cautiously and placed his hand on the wall between the door and the milk box.

【Very normal.】

"But where on earth did that evil spirit come from? Also, that mirror ghost that appeared when Dorothy held her advancement ceremony, wouldn't it also have been in the house originally..."

Xia De thought of this matter again, standing at the door of the house, hesitating for a long time without going in. The gas lamps on the outskirts of the square illuminated half of his side face, and also made the fur of the very lively cat on his shoulder show an orange luster.

With his brows tightly furrowed, he walked into the dark foyer cautiously. He didn't go upstairs but first went to the basement to check, confirming that the problem wasn't the two doors of "space" and "darkness" in the basement.

Returning to the second floor, the 【Traveler's Travel Door】 standing in Room No. 2 was also normal under the moonlight, but Xia De didn't continue to return to the bedroom in Room No. 1 to sleep:

"It's two o'clock in the morning now... tonight, I'd better go somewhere else for the time being."

He was embarrassed to disturb Luweiya, and the landlady of Dorothy's apartment wouldn't allow a man like Xia De to stay overnight, and if he visited Doctor Schneider at an abnormal time, the doctor would probably be frightened again.

So, after tidying up his clothes, Xia De took Mia and took a carriage to the Three Cats Inn in the Lower City to spend the night. Among the prizes he won as the champion of the city players, there was a discount for the Three Cats Inn. Madam Sangmei, the owner, naturally acknowledged this prize. When greeting the young detective who arrived in the middle of the night, she curiously glanced at the slender object wrapped in cloth strips in his hand, and then jokingly asked him if he wanted to see the inn's late-night specialty.

The exhausted Xia De turned his head and glanced at the girls in simple clothes sitting or standing by the wall, shaking his head to indicate that he just wanted to find a place for himself and the cat to sleep:

"No matter what is disturbing my house, I must make it pay the price!" ===== CHAPTER 684 =====