Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

The golden-red glow spread like the roots of a tree.

They contract, branch, and intersect to form concentric circles of varying sizes.

Finer lines emerge from between the circles, intersecting to form a honeycomb-like geometric pattern.

Layer upon layer, densely packed, covering the entire town's ground.

The golden-red light pierced through the cracks in the paving stones, passed under the feet of Kirie and the Aberration Type-1, and finally settled into a clearly visible, complete circle at the edge of the town.

This is a sealing formation originating from the world of horror movies, possessing the ability to suppress and capture.

Shen Jue's outstretched hand was fair and slender, with distinct knuckles, and the proportions between the fingers were as perfect as a Renaissance sculpture.

Under the glow of the golden-red array pattern, it gleamed with a warm luster, as if it were not a living person's hand, but a jade artifact displayed in a museum.

The handsome young man in black finally spoke.

It wasn't the same gentle, chilling questioning voice as before.

Instead, it was a low, guttural hum that seemed to come from deep within the throat.

Its body began to show scorch marks under the golden-red light.

Tiny wisps of smoke rose from the surface of the black robe, and a barely perceptible crack appeared in the pale pupils.

The handsome young man in black was unable to move or retreat.

The sealing formation has completely locked up the handsome young man in black.

Shen Jue looked at it with a calm gaze, as if he were looking at a fish that had been pulled ashore.

The sealing array suddenly contracted.

Golden-red light pierced through the body of the handsome young man in black, leaving behind a series of translucent golden runes on his body.

Those runes are the basic runes of the Maoshan sect.

The black-clad handsome youth's body was shrunken inch by inch by the array, as if compressing a normal adult into the size of a glass bead.

Under the illumination and compression of the sun's magical power, the aggregate of vengeful spirits let out a painful howl, and then transformed into a black bead that fell into Shen Jue's palm.

Shen Jue grabbed the black bead, but instead of refining it immediately, he put it into his pocket.

From the moment Shen Jue raised his hand to the completion of the seal, it took no more than three seconds.

Shen Jue turned around and patted off non-existent dust from his hands.

As he flicked his fingers outwards along his palm, a trace of the Great Sun's magical power lingered on his fingertips, but it vanished in an instant.

Shen Jue looked at Tong Hui with a nonchalant "it's all done" expression on his face, as if he had picked up a piece of trash from the roadside and thrown it into a trash can.

"Let's go," Shen Jue said cheerfully.

The miniature sun hanging above Shen Jue's head disappeared, and the world returned to night from daytime.

Tong Hui didn't move. She gently rubbed her eyes, which were a little uncomfortable from staring directly at Shen Jue.

She hugged her arms, squeezing her delicate, girlish body, which made Shen Jue glance at her a few more times.

Kirie took a breath, summoning all the courage she had accumulated over the past few days.

"Lord Shen Jue." Tong Hui called out to Shen Jue, her voice trembling slightly, but she did not back down.

"Who exactly are you?"

Shen Jue stopped in his tracks, but he did not turn around immediately.

Kirie could only see his back; the last glimmer of golden-red light on the hem of his clothes was slowly fading, revealing the well-proportioned and muscular silhouette beneath the fabric.

The night wind swirled, swirling up a few dry leaves that fell to Shen Jue's feet.

Shen Jue took another step before turning around.

At that moment, the moonlight pierced through the mist and fell on Shen Jue's profile.

The face looked even more beautiful and unreal in the cold light than usual.

Those eyes were calm and deep, like two tunnels leading to an underground river. When you looked inside, you couldn't see the bottom; you could only see your own reflection.

Just as the abyss gazes into the abyss, so too does the abyss gaze into the person who gazes into the abyss.

"Now that you've asked this far, I should give you a serious answer," Shen Jue said.

Tong Hui held her breath.

"My name is Shen Jue, I'm 24 years old, and I'm a teacher," Shen Jue reintroduced herself in a calm tone.

"But that's not the answer you're looking for."

"What you want to ask is why I am so special, who those women who follow me are, my purpose, and my next move."

Kirie's lips were dry. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

"I will not tell you the source of my power," Shen Jue said with a slight smile. "But just like when I first appeared, I initiated this action to save the humanity on this planet."

"Kiri, you should know that people who crave secrets and can't control their intense curiosity don't always end up happy."

Kirie's pupils contracted sharply, but this strong girl from the original "Uzumaki" still forced herself to say, "Lord Shen Jue."

"Why me? I didn't refuse when you took me away from Black Vortex Town."

"But why me of all people?"

Kirie finally asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for so long.

"After all, you don't seem to need a woman's company."

Shen Jue smiled helplessly; Tong Hui's words made him seem somewhat perverted.

What does it mean that he doesn't need a woman's company? It's just that Shen Jue has more important things to do right now.

"Tonghui, how big do you think the gap is between me and you now?" Shen Jue said slowly.

After thinking for a moment, Tong Hui realized she couldn't see the difference and could only shake her head.

"Yes, even I feel that a sad, thick barrier has been built between me and ordinary people."

"If you weren't by my side, I always felt that I would slowly lose my humanity under the influence of this world and become a human-shaped vessel of curses."

"Who knows, a terrifying curse called 'Shen Jue' might appear at that time."

Tong Hui felt a chill run down her spine. Although she didn't know why Shen Jue would use her as an anchor of his humanity, she dared not imagine what terrifying things would happen if Shen Jue became like the vortex curse of Black Vortex Town.

"I understand, Lord Shen Jue." Tong Hui bowed respectfully and said, "Wherever you go, please take me with you!"

Shen Jue smiled and nodded, saying, "Let's go back to the guesthouse first."

"I'll take the detour back to Tokyo tomorrow."

"Go find a new cursed object, or something inhuman?"

"No," Shen Jue said, putting his hands back into his pockets.

"It's time to find a poor girl and start."

Kirie stopped asking.

She followed, keeping a distance of two steps behind Shen Jue.

The moonlight cast their shadows on the ground. Shen Jue's shadow was stretched very long, so long that it completely swallowed up Tong Hui's shadow.

Behind them, the Aberration Type I followed like a puppet.

The fog in the town of Fog has finally dissipated.