American Exorcism Male God

In the illumination of the bright spotlights, Xu Yi and his group advanced into the depths of the old theater.

The golden wind chimes suddenly shook violently, emitting a rapid "ringing" noise, and Xu Yi paused in his steps.

They were now indoors, where there was essentially no wind, yet the wind chimes shook more violently than they would have outside in the wind.

The Exorcism Artifact had sensed something.

"The other side is nearby!" Hunter dared not speak that name, fearing to draw its attention.

Xu Yi looked around. This place seemed to be a dressing room, with a few tattered costumes still hanging on a rack in the corner.

The ceiling above was dilapidated, and the surrounding walls were rotten and turned black, not looking at all like a place that could hide a large number of puppets.

Xu Yi subconsciously looked down at his feet, Hunter and Laura moved almost in unison, obviously thinking the same thing.

"Could it be underneath?" Hunter whispered.

"Let's find out!" Laura said nothing as she took an axe from her backpack and fiercely chopped at the wooden floor.

Xu Yi watched Laura's swift actions, casting a sympathetic glance at Hunter—a girlfriend who carried an axe was not easy to handle!

Hunter smiled awkwardly, subconsciously rubbing his ribs that were tingling from a "accidental" bump from Laura.

The wooden floor was already rotten, and each chop of the axe brought out large chunks of debris.

Many exorcists had searched this theater but had never managed to find Mary Shaw's hiding place for the puppets; surely, some had guessed that Mary Shaw would hide underground.

But the old theater was too vast. If one searched inch by inch, they might well be killed by Mary Shaw before finding anything.

Xu Yi glanced subtly at the metal box in Hunter's hand. The "Exorcism II" was indeed enviable for its plethora of Magic Artifacts.

The floor was split open, revealing a large hole. The three of them stood on the edge of the hole, looking down, they each took a deep breath.

"What do we do now?" Hunter was momentarily unsure.

A deep tunnel was hidden beneath the room's floor, and even the powerful flashlights couldn't reach the bottom, leaving them clueless about the depth below.

Xu Yi squatted next to the tunnel, throwing a pebble down and listening attentively.

From the echo, he roughly calculated the height of the tunnel.

"Around twenty meters, not too high. The tunnel's diameter is about two meters, which means, if one were to really fall, they could brace themselves against the tunnel walls with their hands and not necessarily plummet to the bottom," Xu Yi said softly.

"There's a faint breeze coming up from below, which means the air down there is circulating, so we won't suffocate," Laura added.

Xu Yi dusted off his hands, "I'm ready to go down now. Although it's safer during the day, the Evil Spirit might take advantage of the night to secretly move the puppets away."

He took a bundle of climbing rope out of his backpack. Since they were prepared with flashlights, they naturally wouldn't skimp on similar outdoor gear.

"Then let's go down together, we can look out for one another," Hunter finally nodded in agreement.

Descending along the rope, perhaps due to the bright spotlights, they weren't harassed by the Evil Spirit and successfully reached the bottom.

The moment Xu Yi steadied himself, a cold breath surged over like a tide, and he instinctively tensed his body.

[You have checked in at "Mary Shaw's Puppet Collection Room", sign-in successful, reward: "Resurrection Coin x5".]

It was a Land of Fear worth 5 Resurrection Coins!

Xu Yi felt both shock and joy. The shock because the more Resurrection Coins awarded for check-in, the more dangerous the scene was.

Of course, the joy was because of the Resurrection Coins. On his first day aimlessly wandering the old theater, when nothing happened, he had thought this wasn't a Land of Fear. Turns out he just hadn't found the right spot.

Xu Yi looked at the system panel, feeling quite pleased.

He originally had only two Resurrection Coins, but now his count had "surged" to seven, his sense of security was full.

But the smile on his face suddenly froze.

"System, is there a problem with the display of the Resurrection Coins?" Xu Yi questioned the system, of course through his thoughts, without speaking aloud.

On the system panel, the box displaying the Resurrection Coins suddenly split in two.

The left cell read: "Resurrection Coin x5," whereas the right one displayed "Resurrection Coin x2." The difference was, the Resurrection Coins in the right cell were in a gray, unusable state.

What was going on?

New information flooded into Xu Yi's brain, and after he absorbed it, his expression turned gloomy.

Resurrection Coins actually had a daily usage limit!

Yes, within 24 hours, you could use at most 5 Resurrection Coins to rewind time.

Xu Yi felt his fantasy shatter. He had thought that if he could accumulate enough Resurrection Coins, wouldn't that be tantamount to eternal life?

But now the system had told him that he could only be resurrected up to 5 times a day.

No! If he faced a tricky problem, going back 10 minutes might not be enough, and he might need to use even more coins, decreasing the number he could use for resurrection each day.

Why hadn't the system mentioned this before?

Xu Yi was somewhat puzzled. He suddenly remembered that he had never had more than 5 Resurrection Coins before, never reaching the limit so, naturally, there was no prompt.

"No wonder there's a treasure chest store in the system!" Xu Yi thought of those exorbitantly priced treasure chests.

He had been curious before, with Resurrection Coins being so powerful, could the entries obtained from the treasure chests really measure up to the Resurrection Coins?

Now he understood that the limited Resurrection Coins available for time rewinding each day; what use was it to have many if you faced a powerful being?

The saddest thing in the world is to work hard for money, only to die before getting to spend it.

So the best strategy was to keep only some Resurrection Coins in reserve and use the rest to buy treasure chests and strengthen oneself.

"Found anything?" Hunter asked cautiously.

"Something's not right about this place. Everyone, be careful!" Xu Yi replied, not saying more.

He refocused his attention. The most important thing now was to deal with Mary Shaw. Although there was a daily limit on using Resurrection Coins, it didn't greatly affect his plans for development.

The lights illuminated the path ahead. It wasn't the end of the underground tunnel but rather a transitional platform, with the path ahead still plunging deep, albeit with a gentler slope allowing them to walk directly inside.

After about ten meters, they encountered a fork, branching into two paths.

At the fork, Hunter placed a golden wind chime. The wind chime moved on its own, without any wind, drifting towards the tunnel on the right.

Xu Yi felt a bit relieved. Without Hunter's Exorcism Artifact, they wouldn't have found their way at all.

In silence, none of them seemed in the mood to talk, all burdened with heavy thoughts.

Everyone had come upon the same troubling question.

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With just her puppets, Mary Shaw could not have excavated such lengthy tunnels.

More importantly, what was the Evil Spirit's purpose in digging these tunnels?

The more they thought about it, the more disturbing it seemed, and they could smell a faint stench of decay.

As they delved deeper, Hunter and Laura's faces turned increasingly grim, and Xu Yi grew tense as well.

The tunnels were much more complex than they had imagined, with forks appearing one after another, some even branching off into six separate paths—it was practically a labyrinth below.

Just as they were about to give up, the space suddenly opened up, and they entered an underground area.

The rock walls of this space were smooth, obviously not carved out but eroded by flowing water.

Xu Yi thought of the suspended bridge in front of the old theater; the river below the bridge was now dry, but in the past, water surely flowed past the theater.

There had once been a large lake behind the old theater, and it was very likely that this Underground Cavern was formed by past water erosion.

As they stepped into the cavern, Xu Yi suddenly paused, swiftly turned on his flashlight, and shone it to the left.

Xu Yi saw clearly what was hidden in the corner, drew in a sharp breath, and Hunter and Laura's faces went pale.