Exorcist's Self-Cultivation-Chapter 679 - 676 the only one

Chapter 679: 676, the only one Chapter 679: 676, the only one Ryan Hamel might be hiding within the oil painting in the outside world.

This disgusted Du Wei tremendously.

There’s a saying that fits well here, “One cannot tolerate others snoring on their couch,” although it’s outdated, it conveys the idea very directly.

While the oil painting hadn’t played any significant role in Du Wei’s hands, it was a place he could retreat into at critical moments to avoid outside dangers.

It could be said to be his trump card for establishing a foothold in life, as well as a safe house.

But now, he had discovered that an uncertain element had been hiding in his safe house all along, and he was unclear of the other party’s intentions.

Even all the things he had done inside the painting, the orders he had given, and the affairs of the Ying Evil Spirits and Demon Gods might have been observed by the other party in the shadows.

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Du Wei developed a deep wariness and a trace of malice towards Ryan Hamel.

He felt guilty towards Ryan and held good intentions.

But Ryan was Ryan, and Ryan Hamel was Ryan Hamel.

For someone as emotionally detached as Du Wei, having a few good friends or subordinates was already an astonishing feat.

And now, Ryan Hamel not only posed a threat to Ryan’s existence, but also to his own safety.

If there was no other turn of events, they were naturally on opposing sides.

Or perhaps, they had always been on opposing sides.

Regardless, Du Wei couldn’t accept Ryan being replaced by another person.

He pulled back his thoughts.

At this very moment.

The Inner World had been thrown into utter chaos by the discordant beings created by Pennywise—namely, the Demon Gods, Evil Spirits, and clusters of Demon Spirit Strangenesses.

All the systems and rules that had been able to sustain themselves were destroyed.

This was a clash of worldviews.

Similar to the instinctual awakening from a nightmare about facing one’s own demise.

But Rahmer’s Bell had also descended into the Inner World.

With the collapse of the Inner World, that eye lurking outside the cracks had also locked onto Du Wei.

This Demon God’s ranking among Solomon’s seventy-two pillars wasn’t very high, just a bit advanced compared to the rank of the one that Du Wei had previously killed.

He wasn’t even as strong as the eighteen Demon Gods that Evil Spirit Du Wei had assimilated all at once.

But times had changed.

Back then, Du Wei possessed the power to turn the tables, now he had nothing.

If he didn’t escape the Inner World, Rahmer’s Bell could easily kill him.

Click…

At this instant.

The needle within that eye moved slightly.

The collapse of the Inner World grew more severe.

Those discordant groups created by Pennywise, such as the Demon Gods and Demon Spirits, were all frozen.

The rain falling from above halted mid-descent.

It was as if it were a progress bar of death.

Hiding in the deepest depths of the fog, Du Wei’s Right Hand started to turn a faint gray, akin to the color of a corpse, and the pattern of the needle on the back of his hand brought him the most intense pain.

It felt as if a Dagger had been thrust into his head, stirring up his brain into mush and still refusing to stop, stabbing and piercing ceaselessly.

Du Wei groaned in pain.

His Right Hand tightly clenched the armrest of his throne, while his left hand grasped his hair, screaming in agony.

Such pain almost shattered his spirit.

“I knew it, a large part of my power comes from you.”

Du Wei, in agony, pulled at his hair, his body trembling violently.

His Evil Spirit Transformation, from the beginning, was inextricably linked with Rahmer’s Bell—the Marking Ability brought by the pattern of the needle seemed more like a tumorous poison that Rahmer’s Bell hid in his body.

Previously, it served his purposes.

Now that the real master has arrived, a backlash was inevitable.

Crack…

The very next second.

The sound echoed once again.

Each Demon Spirit and Evil Spirit burst open, instantly turning to ash.

The power of Rahmer’s Bell was too terrifying.

Because, according to the church’s records and the information Du Wei had deduced, when the seventy-two Gates of Hell appeared in this world, the Demon Gods walked out from within them.

And all the Demon Spirits, Evil Spirits, and even the Strangeness that were subsequently born were merely derivatives of those beings.

Only the Evil Spirit of the Inner World, Du Wei, remained standing in place.

It looked up at the crack in the sky.

More accurately, it was looking at Rahmer’s Bell.

Previously, it wanted to take back its body and had some schemes in mind, but now the terror of Rahmer’s Bell exceeded both its expectations and those of Du Wei.

If nothing was done,

they would all die here, and what a suffocating way to go.

The Evil Spirit Du Wei of the Inner World was holding a Dagger in one hand while pressing the other hand on its face, then swept it upwards, brushing over the strands of hair on its forehead.

The eyes that were then revealed had become a piercing cold.

“How ridiculous!”

“What can the Demon Gods do? Given enough time, you will all die by my hand.”

“I find this world repugnant.”

“A person like me is merely another manifestation of the other me in the Inner World.”

“And today, am I really going to die here in such a suffocating manner?”

“That’s impossible!”

The Evil Spirit Du Wei of the Inner World was very clear about its essence, but its pride made it utterly unable to accept this fate.

It stared fixedly at Rahmer’s Bell, then turned its head to look at its other self and coldly said, “I was born from this world, so naturally, it should be I who personally destroys it.”

“Hand Pennywise over to me.”

“Everything will proceed as you wish, no… as I wish.”

Du Wei knew the thoughts of the Evil Spirit Du Wei of the Inner World.

But he could not possibly do that, for he had another way.

As the Inner World began to collapse, he had already felt the real Evil Spirit Du Wei being awakened, and while it was impossible for all that power to fully recover, a part of it would suffice for him to survive.

However, what was needed now was to completely destroy this Inner World.

Therefore,

Du Wei, enduring the pain in his Right Hand, said to the Evil Spirit Du Wei, “Merge with me, you are me, and I am you.”

“We were meant to be one person.”

“As long as you also recognize the concept of Du Wei, then you and I are the same entity.”

“The Inner World is just a concept, any text, any form of image, so long as it exists with the concept of Du Wei, then it is a part of me.”

These words were once said by the Evil Spirit Du Wei.

Similarly, they represent the meaning of the Demon God.

The conceptual Demon God Du Wei?

All the previous events were actually orchestrated by Du Wei, both intentionally and unintentionally. It was no good to let the Evil Spirit Du Wei of the Inner World run wild; he had to push both it and himself to the limit to possibly achieve a common goal.

Just like when he had killed Mary Shaw.

The Evil Spirit Du Wei of the Inner World let out a cold laugh, whether that was in mockery of Du Wei, itself, or perhaps both.

In an instant,

it appeared in front of the throne and directly stepped up.

And its figure overlapped with Du Wei’s.