Lu Li walked up the steps and reached the second floor.
As far as the oil lamp could reach, the ghost's half-smiling face appeared again at the edge.
It once again deliberately waited for Lu Li to catch up, just as Lu Li attracted it into the room.
It stared at Lu Li indifferently for a moment, then turned around and crawled away.
Rustling——
Lu Li did not choose to catch up immediately this time. He stood in front of the stairs and thought for a while.
"Woof!"
A barking dog attracted Lu Li's attention.
Lu Li turned his head and looked towards the dark corridor on the other side where the sound came from.
A grayish, translucent golden retriever stood on the edge of the light.
"Woof!"
It called to Lu Li, turned towards the darkness, and then looked back at Lu Li.
"Want to take me somewhere? Lead the way."
They tried to seduce Lu Li, but the results were completely opposite.
There is absolutely no comparison between the ghost of a dog and the ghost of a humanoid spider.
Rustling——
Just a few steps after the golden retriever ghost, there was a crawling sound behind him.
Lu Li turned his head, and the oil lamp poured behind him, and the spider ghost appeared on the edge of the light. It came a little closer this time, and most of its body poked out of the darkness, revealing a gunshot wound with boiling blood bubbles in its abdomen.
"Woo——"
The golden retriever must show its fangs, lower its body, and roar like a wolf.
The spider ghost stared at each person and the dog with its piercing eyes for several seconds, then gradually retreated into the darkness.
The golden retriever recovered as before and led Lu Li through the corridor and straight into a half-open door. Lu Li paused slightly at the door. The light shone behind the door, revealing only half of the study room.
There is a high probability that the study room is occupied by its owners—the dead owners.
Lu Li pushed the door open and walked into the study. Two calves appeared within the range of the oil lamp. As Lu Li approached, the legs turned into three pairs.
The corpses of a family of three were sitting against the wall, with the little girl sitting in the middle. They were leaning against each other, and their skin color looked as pale as decay under the white light.
"It's hopeless."
Lu Li looked at the golden retriever ghost lying at their feet, and after a brief silence, he shook his head slightly.
For ordinary people, ghosts and sigils are completely incomprehensible.
There is no weapon to fight against, or even defense against. Only after being sufficiently frightened or attacked can one be prepared and try to escape.
Lu Li thought of something and walked to the golden retriever.
"Take me to it."
The golden retriever was smart enough to know Lu Li's intention, so he got up and ran towards the door.
Lu Li followed it and walked ten meters along the corridor. Suddenly, three shadows appeared in front of him.
Like the spider ghosts they encountered, they were dark and thin, and they could only tell which family of three they were by their outlines.
The golden retriever ghost also saw it and ran over with a whimper, wagging its tail and circling around the three ghosts.
Rustling——
The sound of crawling suddenly sounded behind him, and the ghost soul of the spider lay on the steps leading to the first floor, staring at Lu Li quietly.
Having found his target, Lu Li silently stared at the silent family of three, then turned to catch up, but the spider ghost turned and ran away.
Lu Li rushed downstairs after him and ran back to the corridor he walked through earlier.
When passing the piano room, Lu Li stopped.
There was no trace of the spider ghost in sight.
Lost it?
Lu Li frowned, and suddenly a crawling sound appeared behind him. Before he could turn around, a huge force pushed Lu Li and hit the wall——
The imagined impact did not appear. After his vision blurred, Lu Li staggered to his feet.
Lu Li was standing in the corridor, and the sound of banging came from the room.
He is back in the real world.
Lu Li turned his head and saw a black silhouette on the wall quickly moving away, moving on all fours in a very eye-catching way.
The spider ghost...is taking him out of the soul-inducing formation?
Was it originally well-intentioned, or was it actually another ghost that killed a family of three...
Lu Li didn't know.
After stopping to think, Lu Li walked into the piano room.
Hades had his back to Lu Li, holding a wood chip that could be seen everywhere to scrape off the sigils on the wall.
"You're back!?"
Anna, who was floating in the air, immediately noticed Lu Li's return and shouted in surprise.
Hades turned his head strangely and was startled: "When did you...how did you come out!?"
"The ghost released me." Lu Li replied.
"What...?" Hades still kept his posture against the wall, not knowing why.
Lu Li walked to the piano, picked up the cooled coffee, and drank it in one gulp: "I can't understand it either."
"Are they weak?" Hades speculated on the possibility.
"I only faced one of them, and the family of three didn't target me."
"It's really..." Hades sighed, not knowing how to evaluate it. "Anyway, come here to help. Let's destroy the sigil now. Hmm... but the sigil is too big and it will take us a long time... about a few
Hour."
"No need to go to such trouble, I have a solution." Lu Li looked out the door.
Hades was not surprised. Lu Li had entered the seal before, so it was not surprising that he knew how to solve the seal.
Lu Li walked out of the room. Hades threw away the wood pieces and followed Lu Li to the second floor.
Entering the study room, Lu Li walked to the bookshelf, picked up a book, and flipped through it at will.
Could it be that the solution to the seal is in this book?
Then he saw Lu Li pick up the windshield of the oil lamp, tilt the flame and ignite the book.
Hades nodded slightly. If the book was a book, burning it would be easier and more convenient than tearing it apart.
A corner of the book describing species caught fire. Lu Li took it back to the bookshelf and put it back in its place.
The gradually burning firelight illuminated Lu Li's face.
The light and shadow swayed, his face was gloomy and uncertain, but his eyes always remained calm.
Hades felt blessed for a moment and suddenly woke up.
"You actually want to set a fire!?"
Lu Li turned his head and said calmly: "Can you find a more trouble-free way to destroy all the talismans?"
The entire book burned, and flames dozens of centimeters high spread to the surrounding books and spread to other areas.
Each house on Oak Street is separated by more than ten meters, and there are walls two to three meters high. It is impossible for the fire to spread to the other side. At most, the outer walls will be blackened.
Hades was speechless. This was indeed the most time-saving and labor-saving solution. But Lu Li's solution really made him...
"I'm glad you joined the Exorcist profession and not some terrible profession."
Squinting his eyes and making a sarcastic comment, Hades looked at the firelight spreading from the bookshelves around him and lamented: "Aren't we here to exorcise demons? Why did we burn down the house?"
Lu Li stopped caring about the burning bookshelf and turned to leave the study.
He went to other rooms and repeated the same trick, lighting curtains, wood, clothing and other flammable items, and then retreated to the courtyard with Hades.
At that time, the fire was already big enough, with flames gradually rising on the first and second floors, and thick smoke billowing into the sky.
"Someone will call the police, let's go."
Lu Li, who looked up at the house, withdrew his gaze and turned towards the door.
The flames behind him quietly engulfed everything.
Sigils, traces, and three corpses nestled together.
