While in Hollywood, I used Taoist magic to quell American terrorism.

The doll's eyes kept moving, and it made a series of sharp, wood-grinding sounds from its mouth.

From the shadows, a faceless figure wearing a black cloak slowly emerged.

It dragged a huge, rusty pair of scissors in its hand, slicing through the stone bricks with a teeth-grinding shriek.

Monica looked at the newly appeared monsters, her body trembling.

But the monsters didn't charge straight at her like they had before.

"These...aren't these my fears?" Monica asked in a trembling voice.

"Not yours?"

Cao Kun suddenly realized: "This is the fear of those children."

Cao Kun snorted coldly: "You do know how to use resources."

Since the adults aren't afraid anymore, let's use the children's nightmares as firewood.

"hold head high--!"

The giant spider, as big as a car, let out a roar.

It spat out a thick stream of spider silk, aiming straight for Cao Kun's face.

Cao Kun neither dodged nor avoided; a thick, orange-red light shield instantly enveloped the two of them.

The spider silk struck the light shield, melting instantly into black charcoal, like ice and snow meeting flames.

Cao Kun waved his hand: "Use one to transform into ten thousand, go!"

The copper coin sword exploded, transforming into countless smaller swords that darted through space, slashing and killing!

Puff puff……

The newly appeared monsters were all reduced to dust in the blink of an eye.

"Hehehe...can you kill them all?"

A sharp, comical sound came from all directions.

Immediately afterwards, more figures emerged from the pipe.

Cao Kun's face darkened; as long as the children's fear remained.

There's no way we can kill all these monsters.

Cao Kun said coldly, "Pennywise, do you really think I was just wandering around unprepared?"

Having said that, Cao Kun took a step forward: "Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals Demon-Slaying Formation! Activate!"

Instantly, golden lights illuminated the underground space.

A terrifying aura rose from the ground.

boom!

Thirty-six golden beams of light shot into the sky from beneath the underground river's floor tiles.

In an instant, the dim underground space was illuminated as bright as day.

The strange figures emerging from the pipes, the instant they touched the golden light…

Before it could even scream, it vanished instantly, like ice and snow evaporated by the high temperature.

Immediately afterwards, golden light exploded out.

An indescribable, terrifying power swept across the surroundings.

"Crack... Rumble..."

The rusty iron pipes all around burst open like paper under the impact of this force.

Large amounts of sewage gushed out from the break, but were instantly evaporated into thick fog by the heat waves emanating from the large array.

The entire underground space was trembling violently, with rubble and soil constantly falling from above.

Morika hid behind Cao Kun, even with Cao Kun's magical protection...

She still felt a sharp pain in her eardrums, and her mind went blank for a moment.

Once the commotion subsided, the pipes and underground river in front of them had already disappeared.

Instead, there was a huge, deep crater that had been blown open.

Cao Kun withdrew his handprints, his tone indifferent: "This level of hide-and-seek should end now."

"Walk."

Cao Kun, leading the distraught Morika, walked forward along the huge crack that had been forcibly blasted open by the great formation.

At the end of the crack lies a vast and terrifying underground space.

This is no longer a narrow pipe, but a place similar to a natural cave, with a height of tens of meters.

Upon entering, Morika let out a suppressed gasp.

By the faint light left by the magic circle, she saw a terrifying scene that she would never forget in her life.

In the center of the cave...

Countless rag dolls, old clothes, tricycles, and other miscellaneous items were piled up to form a "garbage mountain" tens of meters high.

On that "garbage mountain," piled up layer upon layer, were children with their eyes closed.

Most of these children had bluish-purple faces, as if they were trapped in some kind of deep nightmare.

It was constantly emanating a hazy, fearful aura.

Above that "small hill," an even stranger scene unfolded.

Hundreds of children were suspended in mid-air as if they had lost gravity.

They remained curled up or with their arms outstretched.

It slowly rotates around the top of the cave.

They were densely packed, like strings of wind chimes hanging in the void.

This is Pennywise's "granary".

In the setting of "It", these kidnapped children did not die immediately.

Instead, they were sent into a hallucination realm called "Death Ray".

In this realm, time stands still.

Pennywise will continually project terrifying illusions into this realm.

The sheer terror stemming from the continuous exploitation of children.

They will only turn to ashes completely when their life force is completely drained.

That famous line, "You'll float here too"...

This refers to the moment, to these victims who are wandering in circles in mid-air.

"Mia...Mia!"

Ignoring her fear, Morika frantically searched among the children.

Suddenly, she pointed to a girl in mid-air who was holding a teddy bear and wearing a pink nightgown.

He cried out in a piercing voice, "There she is! Master Cao, Mia is there!"

The girl was hovering a dozen meters above the ground.

His eyes were tightly closed, and his face was contorted in extreme pain.

Don't go over there.

Cao Kun pulled back Morika, who was about to rush up, and locked his gaze on the shadow below the "hill".

There, a clown dressed in white lace and covered in paint.

He was sitting on a rickety old wooden horse, swaying slowly.

It held a severed finger that it had eaten, and its bright yellow eyes were fixed on Cao Kun.

"You destroyed my house."

Pennywise's voice became extremely low.

With a beast-like scraping sound: "I'm angry... I've decided not to eat you."

I'm going to tear you into a thousand pieces and stuff you into the stinkiest sewer pipes.

"You?"

Cao Kun sneered, leaving an afterimage in his wake.

The lightning-struck peach wood sword in his hand, accompanied by a muffled thunderclap, pierced straight at the clown on the wooden horse.

Before the sword tip even touched that layer of filthy lace collar, countless pale hands suddenly emerged from the shadows on the ground.

He grabbed Cao Kun's ankle tightly.

Immediately afterwards, a giant dog covered in pustules leaped out of the "garbage mountain".

A mummified corpse, shrouded in a shroud, fell from the ceiling.

A rotting human head with a huge mouth emerged from the ditch.

These monsters swarmed around Cao Kun, instantly surrounding him completely.

"Hehehe... Hahahaha!"

Pennywise opened his mouth, revealing a bottomless, jet-black throat, and layers of sharp teeth...

He let out a wild laugh that shook the entire cave:

"Here, I am the Creator! My fears are inexhaustible."

As long as these children are still alive, these babies will be born endlessly.

It tilted its head, its bright yellow eyes full of mockery:

"You can't kill them all."

You are very powerful, but what will happen when your power is exhausted...?

You will also float here, becoming my most precious collection.

Morika screamed in terror as she watched the monsters surge towards her like a tidal wave.

Cao Kun didn't even blink.

He shuddered, and with a sudden burst of strength, his countless pale hands were instantly pulverized by the magic.

"You know nothing about power."

Cao Kun, sword drawn, asked, "Do you know why a Celestial Master is called a Celestial Master?"