The person who opened the door was Madge Carrigan. She looked to be in her fifties, wearing a red Christmas sweater, with a gentle smile on her face, and hypocrisy hidden in the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. "Federal agent? Come in quickly, come in quickly, I am Madge Carrigan, and this is my husband Edward."
Edward Carrigan walked out of the kitchen, holding a cookie tray in his hand. He was slightly chubby, wearing a gray sweater, and had a simple smile on his face. He looked like an ordinary small-town man. "Hello, agents, would you like to try the Christmas cookies I baked? They are freshly baked."
The three of them walked into the living room. There was a Christmas tree and meadowsweet garlands hanging in the living room. The sweet smell of biscuits floated in the air, but there was a hint of fishy smell, which was accurately captured by Bai Haorui. His eyes fell on the basement door in the corner of the living room, and True Fire Pill's eyebrows instantly became very hot. There was a strong smell of corpse evil coming from the basement, as well as the evil power of Holder Macca, almost overflowing.
Sam asked calmly, "Mrs. Carrigan, we were investigating several murders on Christmas Eve, and meadowsweet wreaths were found at the scene. I heard that you sold these wreaths?"
Madge smiled and picked up the meadowsweet wreath on the table, and said in a gentle tone, "Yes, this wreath can bring good luck, and people in the town love to buy it. Edward and I have made a lot of them, and they are selling well." Her eyes swept over Bai Haorui, with a hint of unnoticeable vigilance.
Bai Haorui Pinched Sha Detection Art quietly with his fingertips, Pure Yang Fire breath was flowing in his fingertips, and he said calmly, "The smell of this flower is very special, can I have a look?" He stretched out his hand When he touched the garland with his hand, Madge quickly took it back and said with a smile, "It's just ordinary dried flowers, nothing interesting. By the way, the basement is just a pile of clutter. It's very messy, so the agents don't need to look at it."
The three of them looked at each other and understood what each other meant - there was definitely something wrong in the basement. Dean smiled and said, "Then we won't bother you." Madge and Edward smiled and sent them out. The moment the door closed, the gentleness and simplicity on their faces disappeared instantly, replaced by a cold and fierce light.
The night was dark and the town was quiet, with only scattered Christmas lights on. The three of them walked around to the backyard of Carrigan's house, Dean gently pried open the window, and the three of them climbed in one after another. Several cases had been solved recently, and the three of them were inevitably a little complacent. They felt that the strength of these pagan evil gods disguised as humans was just that, so they relaxed their vigilance and did not even carefully explore the evil aura around them.
Bai Haorui took out three Invisibility Talisman from his arms, flicked True Fire with his fingertips, and the talisman instantly burned into ashes. A faint golden light enveloped the three of them, hiding their figures. Dean took the lead in touching the basement door and gently opened the handle. A strong smell of blood and corpses hit his face, mixed with the smell of Christmas spices, weird and disgusting.
The three of them walked down the stairs to the basement. There were no lights in the basement, only a small oil lamp in the corner was on. Under the dim light, there were piles of human remains. Bones were piled in the corner. The latest victim was put in a sack with blood oozing from it. Dean's pupils shrank suddenly and he shouted, "Sam! Haorui! Come on, they are all corpses!"
Just when the three of them were distracted looking at the remains, Madge and Edward suddenly jumped out of the shadows, holding thick wooden sticks in their hands, and hit the three of them hard on the back of the head! The three of them did not expect that the pair of evil gods would suddenly attack, and because they had underestimated the pair of evil gods before, they were knocked unconscious instantly and fell softly to the ground.
When the three of them woke up, they were tied to chairs in the basement. The rope was made of unknown materials. No matter how hard the three of them tried, it would not move at all. Madge stood in front of the three of them, smiled and took off the comb, revealing the true face of the pagan god - her eyes turned dark green, with black lines crawling around the corners of her eyes, and her voice was as cold as ice. "Demon hunter? Haha, we have been waiting for you to come."
Edward also tore off his honest disguise, his eyes also turned dark green, the fat on his face trembled, and his voice was rough. "We are Holder Macca, the god of the winter solstice. Every year at the winter solstice, more than fifty people are needed to sacrifice to maintain our power. Now, we only need three of you as sacrifices to restore our divine power to its peak. What a wonderful sacrifice. I will love your bones."
Dean cursed and struggled, "Let us go! You old monsters, don't use us as sacrifices!" Sam calmly observed the surroundings, looking for opportunities to break free; Bai Haorui ran True Fire Art and tried to burn the rope with Pure Yang True Fire, but the evil god's suppression was so strong that his True Fire could only emit small golden-red flames at his fingertips, which could not burn the rope at all.
Bai Haorui cursed in his heart: How careless! These old evil gods should have discovered their identities from the first meeting and have been pretending. They actually took it lightly because of their recent success and suffered a big loss. The zombie in the basement was too heavy and suppressed his True Fire power. He must find a chance to break free. Remember Sam said that evergreen wood is their weakness. Remember they have a Christmas tree upstairs!
The oil lamp in the basement was lit by Madge, and the sacrificial ceremony officially began. Madge picked up three meadowsweet wreaths and put them on the heads of the three people respectively. The evil spirit on the wreaths penetrated along the top of the head and into the body, making people feel chilled all over. Edward took out a sharp knife, walked up to Dean and Sam, and cut their arms severely. Blood flowed down the arm into the stone bowl at his feet, and less than half a bowl of blood accumulated in the stone bowl in an instant.
Sam groaned in pain, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but still gritted his teeth and did not cry out in pain; Dean struggled desperately, the chair was shaken and creaked, and he cursed, "Let us go! You pair of bitches!"
Madge frowned and said coldly, "Don't curse, use 'fudge' instead, this is the rule of sacrifice." Dean rolled his eyes and said in a mocking tone, "Oh, I'm sorry, if you touch my brother, I will kill you old monsters!"
Edward snorted coldly, took out a pair of iron pliers, walked up to Sam, and said with a grin, "Next, we need the nails and teeth of the sacrifice. This is a necessary step for sacrifice." After saying that, he clamped Sam's fingers with the pliers.
"Stay away from him! Come to me!" Dean's eyes were split, and he struggled desperately. The rope was cut into his flesh and blood oozed. At this moment, the picture of his childhood flashed in his mind - Little Sam cried and gave him the amulet and said "protect you", and the soft voice was still in his ears. The bond of childhood turned into the power of this moment, and his struggle became more intense.
Just when Edward was about to break off Sam's nails, the doorbell suddenly rang, and the clear ringing was particularly harsh in the silent basement. Madge's face darkened, and he said to Edward, "Let's go and see who it is. It's so late at night, don't delay the sacrifice." Edward cursed and put down the pliers, turned around and walked up the stairs.
Right now! Bai Haorui thought to himself. He ignored the stinging pain in his meridians and ran "Three Altars Body-Tempering True Fire Art" with all his strength. The Pure Yang Fire Qi in his body surged crazily, and the center of his eyebrows The golden light flourished, and the golden-red flames on his fingertips instantly shot up, turning into tongues of fire more than a foot long, burning fiercely at the rope that tied him. When the rope encountered Pure Yang True Fire, it instantly made a "sizzling" sound and was burned.
Bai Haorui broke free from the restraints, ignoring the stinging pain in his meridians, and True Fire's fingertips came out again, quickly burning the ropes between Dean and Sam, and shouted in a low voice, "Quick! Sam has checked, and evergreen wood is their weakness. I remember when we came during the day, I saw a Christmas tree upstairs, get the branches!"
Dean and Sam stood up instantly. Dean rubbed the painful wrists from being tied. Colt gun was already in his hand; Sam They quickly rushed towards the stairs, and the three of them moved as fast as lightning. Edward and Madge at the door heard the movement, and just as they were about to turn around, they were shot in the shoulder by Dean, who screamed in agony.
The neighbor who delivered cookies stood at the door, holding a cookie plate in his hand, with a confused face. "I... I'm just here to deliver Christmas cookies..."
The three of them rushed upstairs. The Christmas tree in the living room was right in front of them, with lush evergreen branches. Dean rushed over quickly, broke off a thick evergreen branch, and quickly sharpened it with the dagger at his waist to make a wooden stake. Bai Haorui followed closely behind., took out the cinnabar pen and quickly sketched Evil-Breaking Talisman on the wooden stake. As soon as the rune pattern was formed, he flicked True Fire with his fingertips, and the golden-red Pure Yang True Fire wrapped around the wooden stake. The wooden stake instantly ignited a faint golden-red halo, revealing the power of killing evil.
"Blessed by Pure Yang True Fire, this wooden stake can completely restrain their evil power!" Bai Haorui shouted.
At this moment, Edward rushed over, holding his injured shoulder. His figure swelled, and the sweater on his body was torn, revealing the evil god's true body covered with black stripes. His sharp claws grabbed Dean's side. Dean He ducked away and grabbed the sofa with his sharp claws, instantly scratching several deep marks. Sam rushed over from the side, holding the ink fountain thread Bai Haorui had just given him, and tightly wrapped it around Edward's legs, restricting his movements.
"Now!" Bai Haorui shouted, Dean grasped the evergreen stake wrapped around True Fire, and stabbed it into Edward's chest! Edward let out a shrill scream, and the black lines on his body faded quickly, and his body gradually shrank, and finally turned into a pile of black ashes, which was blown away by the draft in the living room.
Seeing this, Madge rushed over angrily. Her nails became sharp and long, and the dark green in her eyes almost overflowed. She clawed at Sam. Bai Haorui's fingertips True Fire bounced towards Madge's eyes. Madge turned his head away in pain. Sam took the opportunity to pick up another sharpened evergreen branch and stabbed it into Madge's heart.
Madge's scream was more piercing than that of Edward. Her body shrank rapidly, and the hypocrisy and cruelty on her face disappeared together, and eventually turned into black ashes, scattered under the Christmas tree in the living room. These pagan evil gods, who had survived for thousands of years, finally looked down on human beings and underestimated the carelessness of their enemies, giving the three of them an opportunity to take advantage of, and were completely destroyed.
The neighbor stood at the door, almost unsteady with the cookie plate in his hand, looking at everything in front of him in confusion, speechless for a long time. Dean walked over, took the cookie plate with a smile, took a cookie and stuffed it into his mouth. "Merry Christmas, leave the cookies, please leave quickly, there is nothing going on here." The neighbor nodded and ran away in a panic, leaving behind a plate of sweet Christmas cookies.
After getting rid of Holder Macca, it was already dawn, and the three of them dragged their exhausted bodies back to the motel. Dean slumped on the chair, eating cookies with a look of relief on his face; but Sam walked straight to the mini Christmas tree beside the table, reached out and picked up a string of colored lights, and slowly hung them on the branches.
Dean was stunned and forgot to chew the biscuits in his mouth. "Sam, what are you doing?"
Sam turned around, holding a small red cloth bag in his hand, with gentle and firm eyes. "I figured it out, you are right, we need this. This is the amulet I prepared for my father in 1991. He didn't receive it, so I give it to you now." As he said that, he opened the red cloth bag, and inside was the wolf fang amulet, which was exactly the same as the one Dean had been wearing.
Dean took the amulet, his fingertips trembled slightly, and his eyes instantly turned red. He stood up, hugged Sam tightly, his voice choked with sobs. "Thank you, brother." So many years of childhood regrets, so many years of life and death dependence.
Bai Haorui walked over with a smile and took out two Safety Talisman condensed with True Fire from his arms. The talisman paper was golden and exuded a faint yang energy. "I Let me join in the fun, this is Safety Talisman that I refined with my blood essence and True Fire. It is more effective than ordinary talisman paper. It will keep you both safe and sound, and also keep our small team well."
Dean and Sam took Safety Talisman and placed it close to their bodies. The three of them sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the mini Christmas tree with warm light flowing on the table. "Jingle Bells" was played on the radio again, and cheerful songs flowed in the room. Dean smiled and said, "Merry Christmas, Sam." Sam smiled back, "Merry Christmas, Dean." Bai Haorui leaned against the wall, with a gentle curve at the corner of his mouth. "Merry Christmas, two living treasures."
After Dean and Sam fell asleep, Bai Haorui ran True Fire Art, and they could clearly feel that the True Fire power in the body was purer than before - use True Fire blessed the evergreen stake to slay the evil god and absorbed the remaining pure energy of the evil god. His "Three Altars Body-Tempering True Fire Art" advanced from "purifying yin evil" to "pure yang slaying evil", and True Fire Foundation Establishment Realm's strength became more stable.