What do you mean you also want to return to the world?

You lied to me!!!

In the monitoring room, after transmitting that hysterical scream, all the screens seemed to have exhausted their last bit of strength and collapsed simultaneously, leaving only static flashing.

This caused a change in the expressions of the three people present. Gao Ping reacted the most, his face turning deathly pale, as if he was about to faint at any moment.

"What's going on?!" His voice trembled. "What is that thing?"

Qi Fei ignored him and turned to look at Tang Shi.

Without further ado, Tang Shi immediately opened the sword case and poured his own blood into the sword inside.

The ancient sword awakens and resonates with the Tang poetry of its wielder.

"The demonic power is rising rapidly." Tang Shi looked out the window at Hall 13 not far away. "The exact value is still unclear; we need to get closer to observe."

Qi Fei nodded slightly, then said softly, "This is its true form. Indeed, how could a group of people who died unjustly not harbor resentment?"

"W-what do you mean?" Gao Ping's eyes widened. "You mean, this monster has become a vengeful ghost?!"

"I already said, there are only demons in this world, not ghosts." Qi Fei shook his head and said quickly, "It's just that this demon is special. Most demons only have one set of logic for doing things, but this demon has two. That's because it received two different strong emotions at the time. One was its longing for the future before it was killed, and the other was its anger and resentment after discovering the truth. Now it's the second one."

Is that even possible?!

Gao Ping asked instinctively, "What will it do in the second state?"

"...What do you think?" Qi Fei was too lazy to answer Gao Ping anymore. He looked at Tang Shi again and said, "You and I go to seal off the scene. We can't let that monster out, and we can't let anyone else get close to the venue."

Upon hearing Qi Fei's words, Tang Shi was immediately taken aback: "Seale off the scene? What do you mean? You don't want me to deal with it?"

"No." Qi Fei shook his head and said firmly, "The assessment is not over yet. We're now at the final step, the 'cut'."

……

What is this thing?!

Shi Yan shook off the driver's hand and retreated sharply.

Before him, all the servants of King Le, whom he had previously seen in his memory, were now present; they had come from history into reality.

However, they were not the simple and honest people he remembered, but rather the way they looked when they died—their heads were chopped off by soldiers, their chests were pierced by spears, and their bodies were soaked in blood. The sight made Shi Yan's scalp tingle.

How did it suddenly turn from a suspense film into a horror film?!

"Oh ho." Crimson watched the scene before her with interest. "This little demon is indeed quite weak, but it has quite a few tricks up its sleeve. It can even do this... tsk tsk."

"Stop talking nonsense." Shi Yan asked subconsciously, "What should I do now?"

"Simple," Crimson replied curtly, "A quarter of a life."

Shi Yan's lips twitched slightly.

He must have lost his mind to think of asking Scarlet for help... And this guy had already lowered the price to one-tenth of what it was before, but now that he's in trouble, he immediately raised it back up. He's definitely not a good demon.

However, it must be said that with Scarlet's interruption, Shi Yan's tense emotions were relieved a lot.

Just as Qi Fei said, the four steps of exorcising demons are "observation, listening, questioning and palpation". Now we have reached the final step of "palpation". Moreover, he has already made preparations. How can he not dare to take action just because the demon has suddenly become a little more frightening?

Shi Yan glanced outside the museum subconsciously. It was completely quiet outside, as if the atmosphere inside the museum had no effect on him.

But Shi Yan knew that Qi Fei and Tang Shi were definitely outside. The fact that they hadn't chosen to come in to help him meant that he could handle the current situation—at least that's how they saw it.

Since that's the case, he has even less reason to back down.

Shi Yan took a deep breath, raised his left hand again, and prepared to snap his fingers to summon Scarlet.

His original plan was to burn the monster's true form with Scarlet after finding it, since according to Scarlet, a monster of this level would not be able to escape once it was touched by Scarlet.

But the problem is... there are just too many monsters! There are at least a hundred of them at a glance.

Shi Yan thought about the small flame he could summon now, and realized that no matter how he thought about it, it wouldn't be able to burn away these demons!

"Yeah, with your current skill level, you definitely can't handle these guys," Crimson chimed in, adding fuel to the fire. "Let me handle it, one-third of your life for a flat price."

Damn it, prices are still going up! Is this how you do business? Honesty and integrity are nowhere near your level!

Shi Yan suppressed the urge to complain, since now was not the time. So he looked around, trying to find something that could break the deadlock.

Soon, he saw a long sword hanging on the workstation of an archaeologist not far away.

Shi Yan immediately had an idea and rushed towards that workstation. But before he could run two steps, he felt his feet sink.

He looked down and saw a bloody hand reaching out from the ground, gripping his right leg tightly.

What's going on now? Is there more underground?

Shi Yan struggled to break free, but before he could run two steps, he was caught again. He looked down again and found that this time, not only his hand was exposed, but also half of his head, its bloody eyes staring at him with resentment.

In the distance, even more corpses crawled out of the ground, especially at the location of the mass grave, where countless hands appeared like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

……

"His demonic power is 5, and it's rapidly increasing." Tang Shi stared intently at Qi Fei, her eyes sharp as knives. "This is already a Yu Hai-level demon. Are you still going to stay outside and watch over him?"

Qi Fei watched Shi Yan struggling to weave through countless bloodied hands, but said nothing.

The strength of this monster has indeed exceeded his expectations.

but……

At the edge of his vision, Shi Yan fell to the ground, and countless hands immediately climbed up and swallowed him up in an instant.

"Qi Fei!" Tang Shi said angrily, "Do you want to watch him die?!"

Qi Fei sighed, "Alright, it's my fault. Go help."

"Clang!"

Before Qi Fei could finish speaking, a clear, resonant sound of a sword being drawn rang out.

This is called a sword, but it is also a knife. The demon-slaying broadsword, which has been passed down from the Tang Dynasty to the present day, exudes a chilling killing intent at this moment.

Tang Shi was about to rush into the hall, but Qi Fei suddenly stopped her: "Wait."

What are you doing now?!

If we delay any longer, it will really be too late!

Tang Shi wanted to question Qi Fei, but at that moment, the monster in the pavilion suddenly let out a mournful cry, which startled her.

She looked up and saw countless corpses turning to ashes in the blood-red flames.

……

"call……"

Shi Yan took a deep breath and held the sword horizontally in front of his chest.

This is just a decorative sword; it is not sharpened and has no power to slay demons or monsters.

but……

Shi Yan snapped his fingers, and crimson flames shot out, wrapping around the blade like a magnificent feather robe and illuminating his eyes.

When the monster approached, he swung his sword. Despite having no skill whatsoever, the monster was still cleaved in two and then burned to ashes by the crimson flames.

……

Outside the museum, people were already mesmerized by the Tang poems.

"How...how did they do that?!"