Super Righteous Player
Chapter 381 - 378 Mr. Radiance’s Exorcism Ritual_1

Chapter 381: Chapter 378 Mr. Radiance’s Exorcism Ritual_1

...What does he mean by that?

Annan slightly narrowed his eyes.

If it weren’t for the Reversed Heart of Winter freezing his negative emotions, he might very well feel the anger of being mocked right now.

First, he came to trouble my subordinates and killed the innocent without any reason. And after I arrived here, he did not show any willingness to communicate, instead, he put on a face that said, "Go ahead and kill me."

Is he trying to provoke me?

Or does he think I won’t kill him?

Just then, Paper Princess immediately spoke, "Don’t be fooled, Annan.

"Bernadino has a special Curse Binding... The profession of the Spirit-Bearing Monk allows one to continuously absorb Spiritual Bodies to strengthen the Curse Binding on themselves. Whoever kills him will suffer a potent curse, while his soul can resurrect at a pre-arranged place."

...So that’s how it is.

Is it a combination of a "fellow traveler" type of Curse Binding with the resurrection abilities of a lich?

That’s why Paper Princess only tied him up before but didn’t kill him...

Annan frowned.

With this critical information, Annan immediately understood Bernardino’s previous actions.

The roughly two-thirds of his body that disappeared while he was in his soul state was probably used to create other "life caskets." The split soul shards were used for resurrection.

This guy... is really a bit troublesome.

Or rather, Transcendents of the Gold rank are indeed not easy to kill.

He relies on the invisible but extremely threatening Spiritual Bodies to swiftly eliminate weaker enemies; and forces powerful enemies to attack his body directly.

And if you actually kill Bernardino, you will be cursed by him; while he himself can be reborn elsewhere. The most correct way to fight is to let a weak summoned creature deliver the final blow to inherit his curse.

But, under normal circumstances, weak summoned creatures wouldn’t be able to get past the interception net of his Spiritual Bodies to harm him personally.

This son of a gun is like a hedgehog...

No wonder even when facing a deity, he didn’t show the slightest fear.

He was originally someone who used "death" to fight.

But Paper Princess still did not give up on killing him—

She chose another way, using a complex and special skill.

She bound Bernardino and his wheelchair with silver chains, and after fixing them in place, she set up a sealing ritual to drain his power.

And the material for the seal were those Spiritual Bodies enslaved by Bernardino.

The more threatening Spiritual Bodies were directly killed by Paper Princess with "white." The slower-moving, weaker spirits were captured by Paper Princess in cages made of white oak.

They were like the stones tied to corpses sunk to the bottom of the sea—

The souls that manifested in form were wailing silently, stretching out black threads from the gaps in the cage, attaching to Bernardino’s fingers and legs, continuously drawing something from him. This rapidly weakened Bernardino.

With the knowledge of the arcane he had crammed during this period, along with the ritual of Mr. Radiance’s domain he had just learned recently, Annan was able to recognize the nature of this ritual.

This was a temporary seal specifically constructed out of multiple simple spirit-exorcising rituals.

And it was something that Paper Princess had designed in an instant after she sensed the true nature of Bernardino.

This ritual belongs to Mr. Radiance’s "Purification" domain.

The principle is that in addition to gold dust, white oak, green pear wood, and golden peach wood are also non-cursed materials that contain no curses, but which Spiritual Bodies cannot pass through.

Spiritual bodies would manifest as soon as they touched these four materials. Once manifested, they would continuously deplete their power, whether willingly or not.

However, under normal circumstances, oak, pear wood, and peach wood definitely wouldn’t be this color... They could only acquire holy properties through treatment in a corresponding ritual.

Mixed with the last medicine, jasmine is extremely irritating to spiritual bodies—it’s roughly like excrement that’s dozens of times more pungent, and it can be "smelled" directly with "skin".

For ghosts, it’s sort of like being splashed with a body full of feces.

There’s a saying: like a mop dipped in sh*t, as if Lü Bu were still alive—upon smelling this odor, ghosts would immediately flee. If the aim was simply to drive away ghosts, lighting the incense would be enough.

Of course, it might also instantly enrage a powerful ghost...

The only effective way for mortals to eradicate ghosts is to construct a larger cage that seals off five sides, made of wood with holy traits or additionally coated with gold powder, and then use incense made from jasmine and the last medicine to drive the spirit into it before sealing the sixth side, the door.

Once the spiritual body’s power is exhausted, it will naturally perish.

Paper Princess didn’t need to use incense.

She directly conjured a cage made of white oak from her canvas, forcibly fitting the ghosts inside. After all, these ghosts had a contractual relationship with Bernadino—if they needed strength, they would directly extract it from him.

In this way, waiting until these spiritual bodies directly sapped Bernadino to death would essentially result in "Bernadino killing Bernadino," avoiding his Curse Binding.

This allowed for Bernadino to be killed safely, without harm. Although after killing him, there wasn’t any particular benefit to be had...

—Clearly, Paper Princess was cautious, concerned for Annan’s safety, and had handled everything for him.

She didn’t even let Annan touch Bernadino—after the two teleported over, Paper Princess swiftly drew a yellow, sticky rope with her crayon, dragging Annan to a distant place. Then, with a pencil, she sketched a dense array of red threads, instantly setting up a ritual barrier of the Goddess of Cup in midair.

The effect of this ritual was to make mortals approaching feel a suffocating pain in their hearts and unconsciously stay away from the area; and to continuously inflict excruciating heartache on enemies within the barrier, even potentially leading to their deaths from the pain.

Annan resurrected Jiu’er on the spot—of course, clothed and intact. But her soul had been tainted by the black mud, suffering some damage.

Externally, this manifested as a hidden pain in her abdomen, and an increased Erosion score by 15 points.

... Although Bernadino’s visit was unrelated to Annan.

But Annan wouldn’t overlook Jiu’er’s unmerited suffering and intended to offer her some form of compensation.

Let’s just say it was due to an "unidentified BUG" or something like a "data error".

Jiu’er had a good impression of herself, which Annan knew.

Unlike Lin Yiyi, who simply craved his body, Jiu’er was still a young girl, bedridden at home due to poor health, rather estranged from her classmates, and too distant from her online fans.

Annan was quite self-aware.

He was young and wealthy, with a lofty status, a promising future, a stable and proactive personality, kind-hearted yet not timid, willing to uphold justice, physically strong and healthy, and had even fought side by side with her, with good teamwork.

—The most important thing was that he was good-looking.

It wasn’t surprising that Jiu’er took a liking to him.

But inside Annan’s fourteen-year-old body was, after all, the soul of an adult... The two were truly worlds apart, making it hard for Annan to take responsibility for her.

So Annan intentionally acted young, pretending to be naïve about these things.

However, he didn’t want to be too distant from Jiu’er... Perhaps once Jiu’er maturity, she would no longer harbor such irrational feelings.

Lin Yiyi’s feelings, on the other hand, were very mature:

She coveted his body, not him as a person.

So when Annan took advantage of Lin Yiyi, he felt no guilt whatsoever...

—This is called a win-win situation.