American Exorcism Male God

Chapter 363 Freddie's Hunting Show

Xu Yi slowly opened his eyes to see a yellowing ceiling above him. He instinctively looked around, and the walls of the shabby room were adorned with tools like mining pickaxes and shovels.

He gradually woke up, realizing he was in a strange place. He violently sat up from the bed, warily looking around, his muscles tensed.

No danger came, only the cold wind blowing through the window answered him.

He felt extraordinarily cold, shivering uncontrollably. He wrapped himself tightly in the moldy, thin blanket on the bed, but still felt not a trace of warmth.

[Due to the lack of selection for a long time, the system has automatically chosen to devour a Soul Entry based on previous patterns.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the "Soul of the Obsessor"!]

Xu Yi stared blankly at the system message, which showed that it was sent three days ago—that meant he had been unconscious for three whole days!

He was completely numb.

He recalled being engulfed by space turbulence after which, his soul was already weakened by the aftereffects of the Annihilating Black Thunder; the space turbulence made him even more drowsy.

But just before he lapsed into unconsciousness, he vaguely remembered seeing a purple light point heading straight for him.

"What kind of shitty luck is this?" Xu Yi covered his face, completely speechless.

That purple light point must be the legendary space node.

Nodes were incredibly rare within space turbulence. Although one wouldn't go so far as to say finding one was like looking for a needle in a haystack, it was at least like looking for a needle in a lake.

But he encountered such a low probability event as soon as he was caught in the space turbulence.

Xu Yi was at a loss for words. When he wanted good luck, it eluded him; when he did not wish for it, it came unbidden. Indeed, fate had played a cruel joke on him.

This also meant he had no way to use a Resurrection Coin to start over.

The howling cold wind finally stopped, and Xu Yi sighed in relief, feeling his body gradually warming up.

A normal breeze could never have this effect—he realized what was happening. He was now a soul body; the wind just now was aimed directly at his soul.

If he was a soul body, why could he touch this bed? And why could he feel the softness of the blanket?

Xu Yi was filled with doubts.

The decrepit wooden door creaked open, and Xu Yi leaped out of bed, glaring with apprehension at the door.

The door opened and a weary man walked in. When he saw Xu Yi awake, he paused.

Xu Yi let out a sigh of relief. He didn't detect much threat from the "sturdy man" before him.

The other man was exceptionally tall, over two meters by his estimate, with shoulders wide and broad, the kind of vigorous general who could ride a horse just on his shoulders in ancient times. Enjoy new adventures from My Virtual Library Empire

But he was also extremely lean, with only a thin layer of flesh over his bones, looking like a skeleton that hadn't shed its skin.

"My name is Handon. I rescued you," the burly man said bluntly.

Xu Yi wasn't surprised by this; he had expected it. But what the man said next left him stunned.

"To save you, I spent a lot of food. You'll be working off the debt in the mines from now on!"

Xu Yi thought to himself, really? What kind of repayment method was this?

He felt grateful to the man who saved him, and he didn't expect the man should have helped him for nothing. Asking for compensation was indeed a perfectly normal thing to do.

But why insist that he work off the debt by mining? Was the man a ruthless mine owner?

Yet looking at the man's skeletal figure, he didn't seem the type. What kind of mine owner would allow himself to become so wretched?

The man was also a soul, and Xu Yi really wanted to ask, "Brother, you've turned into a ghost, why are you still obsessed with mining?"

Could this be some kind of new Hell? Perhaps even Satan would hurry over to study and learn from it overnight!

Xu Yi stood up and walked toward the window, while Handon put away the pickaxe he was holding without paying any attention.

When Xu Yi drew the curtains, it wasn't sunlight that shone in but a gentle, water-like blue light. He gazed out of the narrow window and was stunned.

The sky was a dream-like blue, without a single cloud, and star-like glimmers twinkled in the depths of the sky.

What floated in the sky wasn't the sun, but colorful light spheres, densely packed like the foam balls in a children's amusement park. He didn't feel the slightest heat from these spheres.

The entire world gave him a dream-like feeling.

"Am I really in a Different Space?" Xu Yi murmured to himself.

He had already suspected something was off about this place earlier on.

"Calling it a Different Space isn't exactly wrong! This is the Realm of Dreams, the eternal prison for souls. Those who stray into this place will never be able to leave."

When Handon spoke these words, his gaze was very complicated, filled with profound sadness and intense longing, but ultimately everything was shrouded by despair.

Xu Yi tried to contact the outside world but found it impossible, whether it was switching to the Nest of the Evil God's perspective or attempting to establish a connection with the Ghost Samurai.

His heart kept sinking, yet he wasn't desperate. With his Ability, he should be able to find a way out.

"Is there really no way to leave?"

Xu Yi asked out of curiosity, noting the intense desire in the man before him to leave this place.

Handon couldn't help but let out a scoff, "Many people who first arrive here have a similar reaction to yours, thinking they can find a way out... But soon they all despair, either committing suicide or allowing themselves to become corrupted, eventually turning into monstrosities that are neither human nor ghost—Dream Beasts."

Xu Yi didn't argue; he had some confidence in saying he could leave.

He still had a last resort, which was either the Black Void Gate or the Gate of Truth.

Even if the cage of this Different Space were ever so robust, it couldn't possibly prevent the descent of these Primordial Gates. He could use the Soul of the Obsessed he had to enable one of these gates to open.

But unless it was absolutely necessary, Xu Yi wouldn't do that.

Because the opening of a gate only meant giving him a chance to enter the world within.

There was no need to mention the world beyond the Gate of Truth, although the Divine Light had become scarce, the process of Baptism wouldn't be omitted.

Even if Xu Yi were given another chance, he didn't have the slightest confidence he could survive the Baptism, especially without the assistance of the True God's spirit this time.

Moreover, each Baptism offers a different illusionary realm, who knows what it would be like the second time around.

In Baptism, his mind would be clouded, his memories tampered with—so-called experience in passing through would have no effect at all.

As for the world behind the Black Void Gate, he knew nothing.

But after Carrie's sister entered the gate and came back in that horrific state, it must undoubtedly be a highly dangerous place.

In that moment, the colorful spheres in the sky suddenly extinguished, and the blue sky swiftly turned blood-red. The whole world was instantly enveloped in a dense bloody light.

One moment it was like a dreamy amusement park, the next it seemed to have turned into Hell.

Handon's face changed drastically instantly, he hurled himself to the window, locked it tightly, and pulled the heavy curtains closed.

He watched Xu Yi intently, his face stern as he admonished, "Don't make a sound at all costs! And definitely don't go outside!"

Before Xu Yi had a chance to ask what exactly was going on, he suddenly heard a rampant voice:

"Good evening, residents of Amusement City! Please stay quietly in your homes, and do not wander about, to avoid accidental injury."

The voice paused for a moment, "What you are about to enjoy next is... the Hunting Show brought to you by Freddie!"