American Exorcism Male God

Chapter 98 Annabelle's First Hunt (5/5)

The taxi headed toward the amusement park, and Judy watched Xu Yi beside her with concern.

Ever since Xu Yi got in the car, his distracted state had become more severe, his eyes lifeless, like a doll placed in a display cabinet.

But she didn't ask again, not wanting to disturb Xu Yi's rest.

She felt very guilty in her heart; it was all because of her father that Xu Yi had become so weak, and even so, he was still forcing himself to accompany her to the zoo.

At any rate, she had to find a way to get the Grim Reaper's Piercing Bullet from her father's hands.

"If nothing else, I'll just stealthily steal the bullets!" Judy secretly made up her mind.

If Ed knew what his daughter was thinking, he might exclaim that his family was cursed and then proceed to a dramatic case of righting wrongs within his own family.

The reason Xu Yi was distracted, of course, was that he had entered the state of the "Symbiotic Eye."

His current feeling was very strange, as if a computer, incapable of split-screen, suddenly had the function to display two entirely different images at once.

He was a bit unaccustomed and felt dizzy, as if he had 3D motion sickness.

Through Annabelle's vision, all was pitch-black, but as he gave the command, a crack was opened in the box, allowing him to see the two men in the front seat through the crack.

The two men were whispering to each other, and Xu Yi listened quietly, his heart beginning to waver.

Should he follow these two men, trace back to the Cult's gathering place, and have a little theft spree?

After hesitating for a moment, he gave up on this tempting idea.

After all, he knew nothing about the Cult, and sending Annabelle into the lion's den might result not in "capturing the tiger's cubs" but rather in "a steamed bun beating a dog—gone never to return."

Since it was a Cult with an Evil God behind it, a certain degree of respect was necessary.

He had already reaped bountiful rewards and didn't need to take risks for uncertain gains.

"Brother Xu Yi, we're at the amusement park!"

Judy's words brought Xu Yi back from his thoughts, and he looked through the car window at the bustling amusement park nearby.

Judy hopped out of the car excitedly, her mood obviously lifted quite a bit, a smile spreading across her face.

Because she noticed that after Xu Yi rested, he indeed became much more normal. Although he would still occasionally become distracted, it no longer affected his actions.

"It looks like fun." Xu Yi's interest was piqued as well.

In his weakened state, he couldn't do much else, so why not relax and boost Judy's Favorability toward him?

Of course, he had another goal, which was to practice the Symbiotic Eye.

He had not turned off the Symbiotic Eye, the reason he was no longer distracted was that he was getting used to it.

He planned to play in the park while keeping the Symbiotic Eye active.

He definitely needed to acclimate to this "dual perspective" quickly to avoid being at a loss during a fight.

"Brother Xu Yi, let's play Whack-A-Mole!"

Xu Yi took Judy to buy tickets and enter the amusement area; they stood in front of a Whack-A-Mole machine, with Judy excitedly swinging the rubber mallet in her hands.

"Alright! Let's wipe out these annoying moles!"

Xu Yi smiled and nodded while giving orders to Annabelle.

As an autonomous entity, Annabelle had a significant advantage, that was the ability to act on her own, without needing Xu Yi to be distracted by controlling her constantly.

Otherwise, even if he were more capable, he wouldn't be able to take care of both ends.

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The black car left the bustling city and drove towards the desolate outskirts.

"Drive slower!" whispered a Heretic of the Ram Cult from the passenger seat.

The road ahead was about to pass through a mountain road, winding and steep—a frequent site for accidents.

The driver nodded and gently tapped the brakes.

To be able to return to the gathering place as soon as possible, they chose to take a shortcut, taking this dangerous mountain road.

The car reached the highest point of the mountain road and was about to enter the downhill section when it rounded a corner, and the dazzling sunset happened to shine into the driver's eyes, causing him to squint instinctively.

At that moment, he suddenly heard the roar of an engine, a car accelerating.

He was a bit puzzled; there had been no cars in the vicinity just before, and who would be so crazy as to speed on such a winding mountain road?

"What are you doing? Hit the brakes!"

A companion's shocked cry suddenly rang in his ears. Just as his vision returned to normal, he saw a scene that filled him with dread.

Their car was actually accelerating towards the edge of the road, and below was a cliff!

He stomped on the brakes, but they were like they had been welded shut, immovable.

Worse yet, the accelerator was being pushed to the floor by some mysterious force, and the car roared as it sped up.

They quickly realized this was a supernatural occurrence. They reached for the Exorcism Artifacts in their pockets, but it was already too late.

The car suddenly struck the guardrail; the guardrail was so dilapidated it was practically for show — the car flew off the road and tumbled down the cliff.

The car disintegrated as it rolled, the axle broke, and the doors flew off.

After tumbling for three long minutes, the car finally came to a halt on a gentle slope, completely wrecked.

On the car's rear desk, the sturdy safe had become slightly deformed. The lid slowly opened, and Annabelle sat up with an eerie smile.

All of this had been done by Annabelle.

The condition for the Puppet Master Entries to gain experience was for the Puppet to grow.

In other words, for the Puppet Master Entries to be filled, the current Annabelle must have grown to an unimaginable extent.

As the entity bound by the Bonds Entries, Xu Yi could naturally see the Entries on her, which brought him immense delight.

Of course, as a newly born alien spirit, Annabelle's intelligence was not yet strong enough to grasp the timing so precisely; these actions had all been manipulated by Xu Yi from behind the scenes.

The heretic in the passenger seat didn't move. His head was embedded in the edge of the door frame, nearly chopped in half, and he was dead beyond any doubt.

Annabelle suddenly turned her head to look at the heretic in the driver's seat.

That heretic suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils a deep red.

Having suffered such a violent impact, even with the protection of airbags, it seemed impossible that he could still be alive, right?

Through the Symbiotic Eye, Xu Yi sensed something was wrong. The heretic's hand was clutching a metal bottle, the cap was open, and there were remnants of black powder at the corners of his mouth.

One could imagine the scene; the moment the car lost control and fell off the cliff, he took out the metal bottle from his pocket and swallowed the powder inside in one breath.

Could it be something like unicorn blood? Xu Yi wondered.

The heretic suddenly pulled out a gun and shot at Annabelle furiously. The loud gunshots were deafening; bullets hit the Annabelle doll, but instead of the doll breaking and wood splinters flying everywhere, they merely left shallow bullet marks as if shot into steel.

Just as Annabelle was about to counter, the heretic let out a bestial roar, his muscles bulging as he forcibly pulled off his seat belt, his back bending like a shrimp, and the gun fell on the seat.

The veins on the heretic's face were bulging, and his crimson pupils revealed a bloodthirsty light.

"Is he mutating?"

Of course, Xu Yi could not just sit and watch. He immediately ordered Annabelle.

The gun floated up from the seat, and under Annabelle's control, aimed at the heretic. The remaining bullets were fired within seconds.

The heretic's head burst open like a tomato. Such a close-range headshot, even if one had drunk precious unicorn blood, it was impossible to move again.

The heretic's head hit the airbag with a "pop," and then there was no more sound.

The Annabelle doll floated up and flew between the two corpses. A purple-red aura emanated from Annabelle, turning into a rectangular "cage" that enveloped both bodies.

A moment later, the cage quickly shrank and was absorbed back into Annabelle.

Along with the disappearance of the purple-red aura, gone too were the two corpses on the car and all their personal belongings.