After sealing those two living eyes.
One of the experts standing before Ma Cainian immediately began extracting his soul, without even guarding the corpse.
"Come out!"
The man held a Bagua mirror and yanked hard.
Ma Cainian's soul appeared, and the others joined forces again.
They each unleashed three talismans.
The talismans all bore the character "Suppress," clearly intended to capture him alive.
They used three in a row because they feared he would self-destruct.
The three talismans instantly suppressed him, freezing Ma Cainian's ghost on the spot.
"D-Damn it..."
He tried to struggle, but he had no chance.
One of them spoke.
"Ma Cainian, you betrayed the organization and the people. You will pay the price."
Yet the immobilized Ma Cainian sneered.
"The price? A salary of barely ten thousand yuan a month?
Or some illusory cycle of reincarnation?
Heh. Just another winner-takes-all game!"
He looked at the group with disdain.
Daoist Long Ming walked over at that moment.
"You have already lost your original convictions. I remember that we entered the Investigation Bureau in the same year. Why did you choose to become the Great Fiend's puppet?"
"Heh heh! Winner takes all.
You only have the right to lecture me now.
That's right, we joined the Strange Tales and Anomalies Investigation Bureau in the same year.
You entered the Third Investigation Section, while I entered the Fourth Investigation Section.
But so many years have passed.
Why could you become Bureau Chief while I could not?
They would not even let me lead a team. Even now, I'm just an ordinary team member.
I risked my life for the Secret Bureau. Back when we fought bloody battles on Mount Lou, even my wife died.
Ten years ago, at Ping Misty Temple in Western Sichuan, my son died.
Their souls