A script needed logic, especially when writing a horror script.
Those supernatural powers could not be fabricated out of thin air; they had to be supported by internal rules.
"Everything comes at a price." That was the rule of the script Gu Xingjian had created, but it was not baseless. It drew inspiration from the Sin Object's four transformations into a ghost.
In theory, Ji Li could neither use Sin Objects nor be affected by them.
But Evil Spirits were not Sin Objects.
Within the rules of Gu Xingjian's script, after the Evil Spirit was used a certain number of times—three—it would suffer backlash similar to that of a Sin Object.
In an instant, the Evil Spirit abruptly turned around. Most terrifying of all, the "naked girl," who had never opened her eyes before, opened those pupil-less eyes at that moment.
Ji Li had no means of countering the Evil Spirit, aside from the Anti-Mental Split Talisman.
But within the script, the "price of four uses" caused the Evil Spirit to become more than just a curse. It temporarily became an incomparably terrifying ghost.
This ghost had only one target—split Ji Li apart.
The moment Ji Li realized the situation was going bad, he immediately made his move, raising two fingers on his right hand and viciously stabbing them into his left eye.
With blood covering his hand and searing pain wracking him, he dug out his last eyeball.
The eyes were the Evil Spirit's vessel. Without them, its power would be greatly weakened. At the very least, it would no longer be able to target Ji Li specifically.
Because now, he was no longer the Evil Spirit's "master."
And the targetless Evil Spirit immediately turned its attention to the boy.
This ghost from the Four-Star Promotion Mission had originally