This barrier is not secure.

If I hadn't been able to repel that monster just now. Zhang Gu has been crucified now. There is no doubt that this safe house is not safe at all. Enchantments don't work against the youkai at all.

"Come with me," I shouted to Zhang Gu after thinking about it. At the same time, while staring at the black spot on the roof, he covered Zhang Gu to go out of the room.

Zhang Gu was already on the verge of hot collapse. Although the appearance of the monster just now made Zhang Gu completely sober. She doesn't talk about atheism in front of me anymore. But now it's almost impossible to get her to follow my command and react quickly. Zhang Guqiang stood up on the ground. Then he staggered and followed me to the door. As soon as she stepped out of the barrier, the black dots on the roof began to shift along the walls in the direction of the doorway.

"Go back. Back in the enchantment"

Zhang Gu didn't have the heart to complain about my repetition. She quickly turned around and ran back into the barrier. I then ran back to the middle of the room with her.

Just now I made a wrong judgment. The monster did attack Zhang Gu. However, it seems that it can only attack from the rooftops. Now the floor of the room and the walls around it are covered with enchantments and rune paper. And there was nothing but the roof of the shed. This is the only breakthrough of the monster. If we go out now, we will be attacked on all sides.

Luckily, I reacted in a timely manner. Didn't let my bad decision continue.

When I got back to the center of the barrier, I pointed my pistol at the black spot on the roof. Always ready to shoot and attack.

At this time, there was also a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the safe house. It didn't take long for the door to be pushed open. Qiao Wei and Zhang Gu's younger brother all ran over.

"That monster is on the head," I shouted as soon as I saw Qiao Wei.

I've just finished my sentence. The black dot on the roof also quickly moved from the roof to the outside of the room. Qiao Wei seems to have seen that thing too. He grabbed Zhang Gu's brother by the collar and threw the kid into the safe house. Almost at the moment when Zhang Gu's younger brother entered the house. From outside the house came a beastly roar.

Although the angle is not big. But I can still see what's going on outside the door. The blue-faced, fanged monster reappeared. This time it came out of the ground. It holds three long black spikes in its left hand. In his right hand he is holding a red sledgehammer.

"Then the knife." I shouted and threw the ten-fist sword at Qiao Wei.

Qiao Wei didn't look back at all. He first raised his hand at the monster. A ball of fire flew out of his hand in an instant. The monster didn't hit it hard. Instead, he deftly dodged to the side. But the second fireball that Qiao Wei threw immediately afterwards was something that the monster couldn't dodge no matter how hard it was.

Boom. Balls of fire exploded in the monster's face. The monster let out a beastly roar.

At the same time. Qiao Wei stretched his right hand back from the top of his head. He also held the hilt of the ten-fist sword I threw over with precision. Then he lunged at the monster with a lunge, stabbing his sword forward.

The sound of a bell. Several sparks erupted from the door of the house. The ten-fist sword was unexpectedly opened by the monster with three coffin nails.

At the same time as the sword was set up, Qiao Wei also slid backwards. This sliding step was just enough for him to dodge the monster's sledgehammer. And immediately after that hammer swing, Qiao Wei made another lunge lunge. The sword also stabbed firmly into the monster's right arm.

The monster let out another wail. Then it struggled backwards to get rid of the Ten Punches. But Qiao Wei continued to follow up, preparing to continue to stab the sword deeper. The monster seemed to realize that something was wrong. It suddenly shook its arm up and down with force. He actually used his own force to make the Ten Fists Sword cut off one of its arms.

Although the arm is broken. But the monster was also free from the shackles of the Ten Fists Sword. Don't wait for Qiao Wei to attack again. The monster immediately burrowed into a cloud of black mist. The black mist shrank into a dot and eventually disappeared from the room.

When all is calm again. The power was restored to the house. The lights that had been extinguished before also came on one after another.

I breathed a sigh of relief. Then hurried to see Zhang Gu's situation.

Zhang Gu didn't know if he was frightened or completely in heat shock. She was lying on the ground with her eyes closed and motionless. I crouched down and sniffed her breath. She's still angry. And it's very even. At least that means she wasn't killed by a ghost. I touched her forehead again. She's not as hot as she used to be. It seems that the crisis should be resolved.

Although the youkai was defeated very completely. But none of us can guarantee that it won't show up again. So we didn't transfer Zhang Gu away. Instead, he brought a futon from the bedroom and spread it on the floor. Then he asked Zhang Gu's younger brother to call the aunt Chen at home to come over and wipe the sweat on Zhang Gu's body. Help her change into a dry suit.

During the time when Aunt Chen wiped Zhang Gu's sweat and changed clothes. Qiao Wei also went to check the ghost hand that he had cut down with his ten-fist sword.

The strange thing is when we pick up that arm. It's not what the monster arm used to look like. The long dark green hairs that originally covered the outside of the forearm gradually shortened and even retracted into the skin. The arms themselves are also getting shorter and thinner. The joints of the fingers are also no longer prominent. The pointed nails are also gradually shortened.

This gradual process progresses very quickly. Less than five minutes. The monster's hand has become a human hand. And it looks like it's still a woman's hand. I went and touched that hand. It's icy. And it's hard-bodied and almost inelastic.

This is the hand of a dead man.

"Was that thing a ghost? It doesn't feel like it." I asked.

I've seen quite a few ghosts. Including myself, I have had out-of-body experiences. I know exactly what the hell a ghost is. That thing wasn't a ghost at all. Even if it's a ghost. That's certainly different from the general definition of a ghost.

The truth is pretty much what I thought. Qiao Wei nodded at me and said, "This is really different from the ghosts we usually encounter. This one is a bit similar to the 'oni' in Japanese folklore's 'Hyakki Night Walk'. In our Chinese parlance. This thing should be a 'demon' or a 'monster.'"

I can understand Qiao Wei's statement. Since I started doing exorcism. I've also read a lot of books about gods and ghosts. I remember a saying that describes the legend of Chinese gods and ghosts. It is called "mountain spirits and ghosts are not separated", which probably means that demons and ghosts are basically the same kind. They are independent but closely related.

The first time I was looking for a dragon with Qiao Wei in Humwaist Village, Qiao Wei planned to go to the mountains to find the snake demon. At the time, I thought Qiao Wei's point was ridiculous. But now I'm sure I don't think like that anymore.

This time we really encountered youkai.

With the lessons of the previous attack. Qiao Wei and I also reinforced the safe house overnight. Not only the walls and floors have been added with rune paper. Even the ceiling roof has been plastered with things to ward off demons. In this way, Zhang Gu can also rest in this room with peace of mind. And Qiao Wei can also spare time to study that hand well.

According to Qiao Wei's explanation. Demons all have their original forms. For example, a person has become a demon for some special reason. Then the original form of this demon is a human. Plants and animals can also become demons. But it's different from the animal monsters that are described in a lot in yokai legends. In fact, the vast majority of youkai are humans. More strictly speaking, those demons are formed by human ghosts.

This is also the real origin of the so-called inseparability between demons and ghosts.

Qiao Wei's beheaded demon hand became a human hand. It's obvious. This demon who attacked Zhang Gu used to be a person. And she's a woman. The three people who have been attacked so far are all employees of Jingpeng. It is likely that someone had a holiday with Zhang Gu and Hu Shasha of Jingpeng before his death. After death, he first turns into a ghost and then a demon. Then there was revenge on the person she hated.

I told Qiao Wei about my guess. Qiao Wei immediately shook his head. But then he nodded.

He explained: "Ghosts turn into demons that require the influence of some special external forces. At the same time, it takes a very long time to accumulate. For example, the legend of the folk mountain ghost. In fact, it was the girl who was killed and turned into a ghost wandering in the mountains. This female ghost remembers that she was killed by a man, so she takes revenge on the man who entered the mountain. Later, because the demon slayer used the wrong curse. As a result, the female ghost becomes a physical 'mountain ghost,' or you can call her a 'mountain banshee.'"

With this explanation, I basically understood what Qiao Wei was trying to say.

Demons do not take shape in a short period of time in their natural state. Because memories will have a distorted relationship. It is also impossible for the demon to attack a certain number of people in Jingpeng. And the situation that appears in front of us clearly conflicts with the characteristics of the demon. And perhaps the root cause of this conflict is the fairplace that the gods are going to have.

The idea is clear. The next thing to do is very simple.

Jingpeng is a company that promotes new artificial stars. Not to mention the whole of Taiwan. But here in Kaohsiung, there may be how many girls are dreaming of becoming famous overnight. Dreams can be made by everyone. But there aren't many that can really make the dream come true. Hu Shasha became popular because of the reality show planned by Wu Dapeng. The relationship between these two people is even more ambiguous. It is very likely that the heroine who was originally scheduled was topped by Hu Shasha. Hu Shasha and Wu Dapeng were also retaliated against for this.

As for Zhang Gu. She serves as Jingpeng's actual leader. Not only did she not come forward to deal with this matter, but acquiesced to Wu Dapeng's petty actions. So it must also be punished.

At noon the next day, Zhang Gu also recovered from last night's attack. Her attitude towards me and Qiao Wei has also changed 180 degrees. She didn't wait for us to find her. She took the initiative to come to us both.

Qiao Wei briefly explained to her about the monster that appeared yesterday. Then we asked her if there were any women in Jingpeng Company who matched our assumptions recently.

Zhang Gu thought about it. I really remember that there was such a woman. Her name is Murphy.