The Evil Spirit died.
Ma Teng's final push unleashed a terrifying curse that finally exceeded the Evil Spirit's limit of endurance, killing it on the spot.
The three of them had joined forces, stacking three ferocious supernatural phenomena.
Only then did they finally kill the Evil Spirit.
This made it clear.
Just how terrifying this bucket-shaped ghostly thing was.
"It didn't come out."
Zhang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he said somewhat strangely, "I feel that thing wasn't actually inside the bucket. This bucket is like an entrance and exit, connected to somewhere else."
"You're right."
Ma Teng stood in the middle of the room, sweeping his gaze from side to side.
The Evil Spirit died.
The darkness covering the right side had vanished, but the darkness on the left remained. It had also grown denser than before. Overall, it was no longer as simple as being without light. It looked as though it had been covered by a curtain.
The corridor's lights shone in.
But the moment they touched the left side, they sank into the sea without a trace, failing to create even the slightest glimmer.
This kept the group from relaxing their vigilance.
Ma Teng narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If my perception is correct, the place connected to that Evil Spirit isn't far away. It's right on the left side of the room."
"It seems..."
"The thing on the left is restricted. There's no way for it to come out directly."
After using the curse, his corpse transformation had worsened. The corpse spots on his skin had spread from scattered patches into a large area. Rot had appeared in many places, giving off a faint smell of corpses.
But he paid it no attention.
The corpse transformation had given him perception comparable to