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

Cao Kun stared at the pale face so close to his eyes, his purple-gold vortex remaining completely still.

"limit?"

Cao Kun's lips curled slightly upward, and he softly uttered a single word:

"fall!"

"boom--!"

A loud bang came not from the sky, but from beneath our feet.

The thirty-six lightning-struck wooden flags that had been buried around the house exploded simultaneously at that moment.

The accumulated power of thunder erupted instantly along the array patterns.

The terrifying purple-white lightning slurry pierced through the floorboards and broke through the walls, like angry dragons soaring into the sky.

"Splash—"

The roof of the Hodgson house was as fragile as paper, instantly ripped off by the violent airflow and lightning.

The wood chips, tiles, and the torrential rain were all shattered into dust at that moment.

Peggy screamed and clung tightly to the child. Ed and Lorraine were slammed against the wall by the blast wave, but they ignored the pain and stared in disbelief at the scene before them.

The darkness, which was originally as thick as ink, was forcibly torn apart by the sudden lightning.

Countless bolts of purple lightning, each as thick as a child's arm, intertwined and merged in the air, forming a massive, airtight cage of lightning.

This completely trapped Valac in the middle.

"Nine Heavens Respond to the Origin, Thunder Altar Seals the Demon! Activate the Formation!"

Cao Kun made a hand seal and suddenly clenched his fist.

The lightning cage instantly contracted.

"Sizzle—!"

Black smoke billowed from Valack's nun's habit.

Its proud abyssal darkness melted away swiftly before the supremely powerful and yang thunder, like snow being poured on boiling water.

"ah--!"

Valak let out a sharp, piercing scream.

It slammed into one side of the lightning net, trying to break free.

"Bang!"

A thick bolt of lightning struck it hard in the face, sending it flying backward and crashing heavily onto the broken floor.

"A formation?!"

Valak covered his charred half-face, and for the first time, terror appeared in his yellow eyes.

"When did you set this up?"

It could sense that this was not just lightning, but also a vast and righteous energy of heaven and earth that had sealed off all the spatial nodes.

Its teleportation ability has failed.

It attempted to summon more darkness to repair its defenses, but the darkness was shattered by the dense arcs of electricity surrounding it as soon as it surged forth.

This house has become a no-go zone.

Cao Kun stood outside the minefield, letting the gale tousle his hair.

Although he had trapped Valak, he was well aware of the situation.

This level of demonic projection can only be trapped temporarily by array formations; it cannot be killed.

It must be crushed completely with absolute force.

Cao Kun released the Celestial Master's Decree from his hand, and the lightning-struck peach wood sword automatically floated in front of him.

He took a deep breath and formed an ancient hand seal with his hands.

As he took the steps of Yu, the ground trembled slightly with each step.

"The Big Dipper, with its seven stars, commands the heavens with divine power."

Cao Kun spoke, his voice becoming grand and majestic, as if coming from the heavens above, making everyone's eardrums buzz.

"The Great Sage of the Heavenly Gang, with boundless majesty."

As the incantation was chanted, the dark clouds in the sky mysteriously parted in a corner.

Although it was night, the light of the seven stars shone straight down through the broken roof, illuminating Cao Kun.

"Reaching the heavens and the earth, severing the source of evil."

"Riding on the clouds, they descended before the altar."

boom!

Cao Kun's clothes instantly ripped apart.

His muscles began to swell wildly, and his bones cracked like popping beans.

Bathed in golden and starlight, his body began to grow taller.

Two meters... two and a half meters... three meters!

In the blink of an eye, a giant, his body wreathed in orange-red energy and his muscles bulging like rocks, stood atop the ruined second floor.

The terrifying pressure caused Valak, who was inside the lightning array, to tremble uncontrollably.

Cao Kun made a move.

His three-meter-tall frame took a step forward, and the ruins beneath his feet cracked under the weight of the weight.

Without the slightest hesitation, he stepped directly into the darkness that had just been torn apart by lightning but was now reforming.

"laugh--"

The golden light came into contact with the black mist, producing the sound of a branding iron being plunged into water.

The golden light surrounding Cao Kun was like a sharp blade, forcefully cutting a slit in the thick darkness before him.

The lightning-struck peach wood sword hovered beside him, crackling with electricity.

Valak, standing in the center of the lightning array, watched the approaching giant, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his pale face.

"Below the abyss, all things are empty."

Valak spread his arms wide, his nun's habit fluttering in the wind.

A thicker and purer black aura than before gushed out from its seven orifices.

The black mist was no longer misty, but thick like asphalt, carrying a nauseating stench.

"Pfft."

The lightning cage that had originally trapped it went out silently the moment it came into contact with the black energy, just like a flame that had run out of oxygen.

The lightning dissipated, vanishing into nothingness.

Darkness, freed from its restraints, launched an immediate counterattack.

This time, it was no longer in a passive defense, but surged towards Cao Kun like a living creature.

The golden light began to tremble violently.

Cao Kun paused slightly in his steps.

The surrounding light was rapidly shrinking.

Five meters... three meters...

In the blink of an eye, Cao Kun became like a lonely lighthouse in the deep sea.

The golden light could only illuminate an area of ​​about two meters around him.

Two meters away, it was pitch black; you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Even the space behind him that he had just passed was quickly filled with darkness, cutting off all his escape routes.

"Ah—! It's coming!"

From the corner, Peggy let out a desperate scream.

After swallowing Cao Kun's light, the darkness did not stop, but spread like a flood towards the corner where Ed and the others were hiding.

Extremely fast.

"Back up! Back up now!"

Ed threw away the useless flashlight in his hand, spread his arms, and tried to use his body to block Rowling and the Hodgson family.

In the darkness, the silver cross in his hand glowed as faintly as a firefly.

Darkness closed in instantly.

That cold, desperate aura had already touched the tip of Ed's nose.

Ed closed his eyes, awaiting death.

"Buzz!"

Just as darkness was about to engulf them, a yellowish-brown halo suddenly appeared from under the floor.

A circular array of light suddenly rose up, completely enveloping the people in the corner.

"Sizzle—"

The black tide crashed against the light screen, producing a piercing friction sound, but it could not advance even an inch further.

Ed opened his eyes, staring at the thin light screen in front of him, and gasped for breath.

"This is……"

He looked down and saw several unremarkable jade stones radiating a warm luster in the cracks of the floor.

"Another formation," Rowling said, leaning against the wall, looking utterly exhausted. "He set it up a long time ago."

in the dark.

Valack's attention was not on the few "ants".

It stared intently at that stubborn golden light.

"How long can your light shine?"

Valack's voice came from all directions.

The darkness intensified once more.

The golden light surrounding Cao Kun was compressed even smaller, almost touching his skin.

But there was no trace of panic on his huge face.

He raised his head, his eyes, burning with purple-gold flames, pierced through the darkness and locked onto Valak's location.

"I'll keep shining until I kill you."

Cao Kun raised his right foot and stomped down hard.