"No—"
The beautiful, seductive evil spirit revealed its true form amid its wails.
It was a grotesque, twisted soul of mangled flesh and blood. Budding tissue sprouted as its body stretched, trying to break free from Tang Qi's grasp. But after a burst of golden light, it slowly dissipated like a wisp of green smoke.
"Bang!"
When Tang Qi pulled back his hands, panting heavily, the Magic Book floating before him immediately dropped to the floor.
Everyone else also let out a huge sigh of relief, then collapsed onto the ground without a shred of dignity, utterly ignoring the bits of flesh and blood scattered everywhere.
"Is it over?"
"We survived?"
Most of the officers present were tough, hardened men, yet they all looked shaken to the core now. They had clearly been terrified.
Especially Wade, the Black police chief. He had charged forward first to save his subordinate, so he had also been closest when that subordinate exploded. Even now, his "subordinate" was still all over him.
Although the evil spirit had vanished, the terror on his face would not fade anytime soon.
The others were not doing much better.
The only ones who remained calm, aside from Tang Qi, the hero who had successfully "exorcised" the spirit, were Stana.
After all, it was not her first time. She was used to it.
Stana put away the Crimson Rhino and walked toward the center of the living room. Tang Qi had already picked up the thick Magic Book there and was staring at it with a strange frown.
As the officers gradually recovered, they all turned their gazes toward it as well.
If what they had just seen had not been an illusion, then everyone realized something.
They had glimpsed a corner of a mysterious world.
They had witnessed