Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

Tap, tap, tap...

The footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

The dim yellow light shone upon Du Wei, casting his long shadow across the extended corridor. After passing through it, the view suddenly opened up.

A T-junction.

He now stood at the intersection.

To the left was a sign for a high-end casino, and to the right was the sign for an entertainment club.

Uh...

This was very awkward.

Du Wei's gaze started to look odd, "So that Evil Spirit outside, did it bring some godforsaken place behind these doors, a casino to the left, an entertainment club to the right?"

For some reason, he thought of his good brother Tom.

"If Tom were here, he'd probably think he'd reached a paradise in the human world," he mused.

His tone was very complex.

And in the state of Spirit Vision, the casino to the left slowly began to emit a terrifying aura, the lights dimming ominously. Those red-eyed gamblers at the tables were gradually shrouded in a layer of decayed gray.

There might have been a living person just moments ago, but there likely were none left now.

The entertainment club on the right was the same, completely empty, without a soul in sight.

Du Wei stood in place, sinking into deep contemplation.

Being locked inside wasn't so troublesome for him; if he really wanted out, he could just force his way out, with his current strength, he could flip the table on any Evil Spirit at any moment.

In front of him, the Evil Spirits were the vulnerable ones.

Like the shadow, like the Envelope, like the other Evil Spirits he had tricked to their demise.

To make it even simpler, he could just activate the Mark, summon Annabelle, and then, holding onto it, he would be transported out when it returned to its display cabinet.

Maybe he could even bring this Evil Spirit back home.

He could leave at any time, but there was no need.

Lately, Du Wei hadn't seen Evil Spirits for far too long, and his Legion of Evil Spirits had been unable to expand. The last time he faced an Evil Spirit, his resources were nearly depleted.

The shadow was still recovering.

The bus and the Horror House had become his sworn enemies, and Du Wei had taken the opportunity to mark them before he left.

The student Evil Spirits were forever stuck in the city's shadows.

He was in dire need of new blood.

And now, the Evil Spirit that Alvin Dowqui had become after death had given Du Wei a huge surprise.

Who knew how many Evil Spirits were behind this door.

Alvin Dowqui in life couldn't do anything with them except choose to imprison them.

But in Du Wei's eyes, this was the capital he needed to confront the Antique Clock, this was the embryo of his Legion of Evil Spirits.

So.

Without hesitation, Du Wei turned his head and walked towards the casino.

As for the entertainment club... better to forget it.

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Inside the casino.

Du Wei's arrival went unnoticed by those "people".

There were both men and women, with the men dressed in various outfits, and the women in very revealing dresses.

Everyone's expression was a bit stiff, but the frenzied look in their eyes never faded.

Everyone was gambling.

Only Du Wei roamed around. In his eyes, the state of these people was quite strange. To say they were dead, yet they still moved.

But to say they were alive...

Du Wei casually patted the shoulder of a scantily clad woman.

She twisted her head around a full circle, her back facing Du Wei as her frenzied and malicious eyes intertwined, staring at him.

Thump...

Her head suddenly drooped, falling to the floor.

In an instant.

All the people in the casino turned their heads to look at Du Wei.

Bang, bang, bang...

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An intensely dense sound erupted as heads began to fall to the ground, rolling about.

The headless corpses all stood in front of the gambling table.

The heads were rolling on the ground, some facing up, while others rolled under the gambling table.

The exposed heads, all fixated upwardly on Du Wei.

They were all smiling.

Hehe...

Hehehe...

But Du Wei acted as if he didn't see them, his gaze swiftly sweeping the surroundings, breaking into a smile when he caught sight of a gambling table to the far right.

A woman dressed as a dealer, her face full of smiles, was gesturing to him.

Her malice was undisguised.

She was an Evil Spirit.

At other gambling tables, there was likewise the presence of an Evil Spirit woman.

As Du Wei approached the nearest Evil Spirit Dealer, he thought to himself, "There are only three Evil Spirits here, fewer than I'd anticipated."

"If this place is only as I see it, then there must be other doors."

"That is to say, if I want to gather the Legion of Evil Spirits all at once, it will take a lot of time to open the doors."

"I need a simpler way."

With this thought, Du Wei arrived in front of the Evil Spirit Dealer and sat down right away.

He was the first to speak, "Do you want to gamble with me?"

The smile of the Evil Spirit Dealer became rigid.

Yet she didn't hesitate, immediately taking out a Gamble Card deck and began to deal.

On the entire gambling table, only Du Wei was present.

Cards were dealt in front of him and to the other empty positions alike.

He turned his head to look at the empty seat beside him, his eyes revealing a thoughtful look, as if he truly saw a gambler there.

Soon.

The cards were all dealt out.

Yet Du Wei didn't even glance at his hand, instead gazing continuously at the Evil Spirit Dealer.

His eyes were very cold.

In the state of Evil Spirit Transformation, he was cold-blooded and elegant.

A sophisticated egoist always makes others uncomfortable.

It was the same for the Evil Spirits.

Seeing that Du Wei hadn't looked at his cards at all, the malice of the Evil Spirit Dealer grew even thicker, and the dim light above flickered more erratically.

The lightbulbs swayed.

As if they were going to go out completely the next second, plunging into darkness.

But Du Wei remained unaffected.

After a good while.

He suddenly picked up his cards, glanced at them casually, and then discarded them without further attention.

"There used to be an Evil Spirit that liked to gamble with me—its power was the card game."

"At one time it was my favorite thing to use, but it was forcibly assimilated by another version of myself, resulting in me losing it for a long time."

"But recently, it has returned to my control, and it can never escape me again."

Du Wei slightly smiled, pulling out a Joker Card and an Envelope from his pocket.

"But I don't like to gamble, and I also dislike simple addition, so my most loyal subordinate will take over and gamble with you, with all of you, with every Evil Spirit behind the doors."

The Evil Spirit Dealer stiffened.

She wanted to do something, but suddenly, Du Wei placed his Right Hand on his knee, leaning back slightly, with his left hand gently tapping the gambling table, producing a clear sound.

An even more chilling and terrifying aura spread out from him.

Unrestrained.

It directly suppressed the three Evil Spirit Dealers present.

They were forcefully immobilized, unable to even tremble.

Du Wei snapped his fingers and said coldly, "Envelope, you should know how to use the Gamble Card. Let's see just how loyal you are to me. Gamble with all the Evil Spirits behind those doors, I need more Evil Spirits."

Envelope: ...

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