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Chapter 110 [Adolf] and [Evil Spirit: Chained Prisoner] (2nd update! 3600 words, please subscribe!)

Icewind City.

Li Wei, who had packed his things and was about to leave, suddenly stopped.

"Wait, if the archbishop can severely injure evil spirits, why can't I? I remember that the archbishop of this city is only at the level of a great knight."

That's right, although the church boasts about its omnipotence, it is still the saints who created the Seven Horsemen of Heaven and so on.

However, even many bishops in the church are practicing the path of knighthood, and there are no clergymen with divine power.

The bishops of churches in such large cities are usually powerful figures at the level of great knights or peak knights.

Otherwise, having power without real strength might not be enough to control those below you.

However, based solely on rumors, Li Wei was unsure whether the news about the evil spirits was true or false.

With so many trump cards at his disposal, he felt confident that he could protect himself in Icewind City.

"Perhaps this is also an opportunity to obtain the Dust of Evil Spirits."

Li Wei thought to himself, "There has to be a beginning."

If this continues, who knows when the dust of evil spirits will finally appear.

Without obtaining the Dust of Evil Spirits, one cannot cultivate the Dragon's Might Seal.

Then there's no way to deal with the water nymph and the evil spirit that might be lurking in that snuff bottle.

"Let's wait and ask around," Li Wei thought to himself.

The next day, he took a trip to Icewind City.

They discovered that the city gates were all tightly closed.

He learned this from the Earl of Silver Mountain.

The church ordered the Earl of Silver Mountain to seal all the exits.

The city was locked down, but no reason was given, though Li Wei guessed.

It must be because the church was worried that the person possessed by the evil spirit would slip out of Icewind City.

This further confirms the fact that evil spirits are present.

The church has a lot to save face and won't let the world know that the representatives of the Holy Father can't even defeat an evil spirit!

However, the city lockdown didn't bother Li Wei; with his strength as a Grand Knight, getting out would be a piece of cake.

……

Icewind City, with its magnificent Gothic cathedral standing tall in the center.

Inside the church library, a refined-looking elderly man in a gray robe was consulting ancient texts.

Finally, the old man found a book in the corner. After flipping through it, he muttered to himself.

"Evil Spirit: Chained Prisoner"

"Restricted-level evil spirit".

"Sigh, I'm getting old. Otherwise, how could I have let a mere restricted-level evil spirit escape?"

The old man smiled wryly; he was none other than the bishop of the Icewind Church.

Adolf the Grey-Robed Sage.

"According to records, the possession period of the chained prisoner will not exceed seven days. After seven days, a new host must be found, otherwise the prisoner will be imprisoned in the host's body forever. So this guy's incubation period is seven days."

"No one is allowed to leave Icewind City for the next seven days. Icewind City is only so big; I don't believe I can't find you."

Adolf blew on his beard, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his strong arms, and took out his Holy Light Greatsword from his weapon rack. It was the bishop's weapon when he was young, but he rarely used it because of his high position.

He stretched his muscles, making crackling sounds.

Black energy spread across the Holy Light Greatsword, turning the silver-white sword as black as ink.

"Next, let's play a game of cat and mouse."

"When I was young, I was someone who killed dangerous evil spirits."

"Your so-called restricted content is really underestimating me."

Adolf's cold voice echoed.

The church has categorized all evil spirits discovered throughout history into three levels based on their degree of danger and difficulty in dealing with them.

These are classified as restricted, dangerous, and natural disaster level.

For example, the chained prisoner is a restricted-level evil spirit.

Generally speaking, evil spirits of this level pose less danger, have a longer killing cycle, and can be dealt with if the Grand Knight is prepared.

Above that level of dangerous evil spirits, they are no ordinary beings.

Only top-tier knights have a chance to deal with it, but even they face considerable danger.

For an ordinary Grand Knight facing an evil spirit of this level, the best course of action is to retreat, otherwise, they will most likely die and have little chance of winning.

The most dangerous, of course, are the calamity-level evil spirits.

This kind of evil spirit is the king among evil spirits, and only legendary knights can fight against it. There have been instances of this kind of evil spirit causing harm in history, and the church spent a great deal of its "resources" to resolve the situation.

The appearance of such an evil spirit is a natural disaster, causing at least many deaths and injuries, and at worst, the destruction of an entire city...

In his youth, the Grey-Robed Sage Adolf was a top-ranking Grand Knight in the Church, serving as the vice-captain of the Seven Holy Knights of the Mortal World. However, as he grew older and his strength declined, he retired to the second line and came to Icewind City to become a bishop.

However, he never expected that a mere restricted-level evil spirit would dare to cause trouble on his territory.

This made him lose face, and this time he was determined to kill this scoundrel himself.

……

During this period, the church tried every means to cover it up.

However, rumors of evil spirits appearing in Icewind City still began to spread in small circles.

However, it is currently only circulating within the circles of knights and nobles.

Most civilians were unaware of this; they assumed the closing of the city gates meant the Wilderness Brotherhood had returned.

Meanwhile, the church knights and the Earl of Silver Mountain's men also began searching house to house for traces of the evil spirit.

If any suspicious person is found to be possessed by an evil spirit, they will be taken away immediately and can only return home after passing the church's inspection.

For a time, people panic.

Li Wei continued his cultivation as usual.

He prepared a full twenty sets of materials for casting the Guardian Seal and twenty sets for casting the Flame Stream Seal. He also secretly brought Demon Shark and Demon Mountain back to the city and rented a secluded mansion so that the two Demon brothers could guard him at all times.

"Come on, I'm ready." Li Wei wasn't really scared.

If evil spirits were truly dangerous, those people in the church would have run away long ago.

Since they didn't run away, it means they are still within the control range.

It's just a bit troublesome to find it.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had gone by.

During these seven days, in addition to his cultivation, Li Wei also began to consciously observe the people in the city, as he possessed spider-like perception.

He came up with a way to detect evil spirits: a thorough search. Evil spirits should be strong enough to trigger his spider-sense of danger. Perhaps he could take the initiative, prepare thoroughly, and subdue the evil spirits through this method.

In the past few days, Li Wei has searched most of Icewind City, and so far, he has not triggered the Spider Sense.

There are only two places left that Li Wei has not yet searched.

Li Wei gazed at the two most magnificent building complexes in Icewind City: one was a church, and the other was Silver Mountain Fortress.

"Ha, even evil spirits know that the most dangerous place is the safest place?" Li Wei was now in a dilemma.

Both of these places have high-ranking knights stationed there.

I'm not very good at taking action.

At night, the temperature drops.

Inside an abandoned house near the church.

Li Wei exhaled a breath of cold air. He wore a white wolf mask and a black robe to conceal his figure.

He gazed at the bell tower atop the church, remaining silent.

Through his spider-sense, he eventually sensed danger here.

This sense of danger was much weaker than when facing a powerful opponent like the Fist of the Empire.

But there is indeed a sense of danger.

"I'm not sure if it's an evil spirit or the archbishop who gave me this sense of danger."

"It's most likely an evil spirit; it seems the evil spirit is still in the church."

Li Wei certainly couldn't trespass on church grounds to perform exorcisms.

Isn't this just courting disaster and ruining someone else's reputation?

On the clock tower, the figure of the bell ringer slowly disappeared, and under the moonlight, a curved chain shadow flashed by.

Li Wei closed his eyes to rest. This time, no matter what, he had to try to obtain the Evil Spirit Dust so that he could get off to a good start and allow his Dragon Might Seal to begin a virtuous cycle.

Otherwise, this mudra will never be able to be practiced.

Inside the church, a clergyman, having just finished his meal, patted his belly contentedly. He glanced at the ugly bell ringer passing by, who was pale and emaciated.

"Moxi, I heard you went on a date with a noble lady the other day? Is it true? I'd like to ask, is that noble lady blind? Hahahaha!" the clergyman joked. Every day, many church clergymen would find amusement in mocking Moxi's ugliness.

It is truly unimaginable that such unjust and immoral behavior could occur in a place like a church.

Moxi scratched the back of his head, smiled sheepishly, and said nothing.

But when he turned his face away, a hideous face began to appear, and from his mouth, an illusory chain began to extend, nearly ten meters long, swaying in the darkness and under the moonlight, like a dancing snake.

*Pfft*, the next moment.

The clergyman's body was pierced.

He turned his head, his incredulous eyes staring in horror at everything.

"You deserve to die..." A hoarse, unpleasant voice came from Moxi's mouth.

At this moment, Moxi seemed to have become a completely different person. Behind him was a tall, thin figure, two meters tall, whose entire body was bound by chains.

The figure was extremely ethereal, emitting a pale white light.

"Damn it..." Moxi muttered mechanically.

The tall, thin figure left his back, and Moxi's ugly face lost its luster. He fell to the ground, already dead.

Just as the chained prisoner was about to enter the clergyman's body.

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out, like the roar of a ferocious beast!

An old man dressed in a gray robe, with surging black energy, wielded a holy light greatsword and slashed directly at the target!

The old man was all muscle, his robes billowing.

"Die, evil spirit!"

Adolf's Holy Light Greatsword strikes.

The chained prisoner couldn't dodge in time and was slashed by the sword.

The giant sword shrouded in black mist made its form appear somewhat fainter.

"Heh, you've become slower. It seems the infiltration these past few days has weakened you," the gray-robed sage Adolf sneered.

The chained prisoner naturally couldn't speak; as an evil spirit, it instinctively sensed that Adolf was somewhat dangerous.

So its illusory form began to drift backward.

Adolf immediately gave chase, and the chained prisoner went straight out through the church doors.

Adolf couldn't pass through walls, so he kicked the gate open and chased after it, his gray robe already torn to shreds.

"Where do you think you're going!"

The chained prisoner kept breaking through the walls, and Adolf relentlessly pursued him, like a human bulldozer, kicking down wall after wall.

In this dark night, he is more terrifying than any evil spirit.

A pitch-black humanoid figure with a bristling beard.

Inside the house, Li Wei, who had been on guard, suddenly sensed movement.

Before he could even figure out what was going on...

Then he saw a slender, phantom-like figure bound by chains rushing towards him.

Then, the other party rushed halfway, seemingly instinctively feeling fear.

It abruptly stopped moving, as if it were just passing by, and continued to drift forward.

"Damn it, an evil spirit?"

"What's going on?!"

Li Wei's spider sense had always been a faint sense of danger, so he thought the evil spirit hadn't appeared yet. Little did he know that the evil spirit would suddenly appear in front of him.

Li Wei stood up, just about to chase after him.

Suddenly, a loud bang.

The wall of the house he was living in suddenly collapsed, dust flew everywhere, and Li Wei dodged the flying stones and spat out a mouthful of ash.

There was an old man, shirtless and shrouded in black mist, who looked just like he had come up from the coal mine. He was holding a giant sword as big as a door. He stared at Li Wei for a moment, then immediately chased after the evil spirit without stopping.

"Stop! You damned evil spirit, don't you even have the courage to face this old man?!" the old man cursed.

Li Wei was completely bewildered, but then he instantly understood what was going on.

"This evil spirit deserves to be mine!"

With a loud bang, Li Wei shot out, much faster than the old man.

The evil spirit was floating ahead when it suddenly noticed two figures chasing after it.

The one behind was the old man from before, relentlessly chasing after them.

The other one in front was the masked man she had just tried to possess but then realized she couldn't.

The masked man remained silent, his large hand swirling with overwhelming black energy, like a demonic claw, as he attacked directly, suffocating everyone present!

Last night my temperature was already 36.7, and I was already celebrating with champagne. But when I woke up this morning, it was 37.6. Damn, I'm definitely positive. I've been having a persistent low-grade fever, which is exactly the characteristics of the strain in Haidian, where I work.

Fever clinics are all full; now it's a long-term battle with the virus.

Immune system, let me see where your limits are!

(End of this chapter)