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

Valak panicked.

The two-headed dragon twisted uneasily, emitting a low hissing sound.

It felt no response from the abyss.

The umbilical cord connecting hell has been severed.

"Where is the darkness? Where is my power?"

Valak's child form trembled as it stared intently at the golden giant before it.

"This is impossible! How could this be! How could a mortal possess such power to sever cause and effect?"

"No! How could you be so strong?"

Cao Kun looked down at him, his gaze as if he were looking at a dead object.

"Ignorant crawler."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Kun took a step forward.

Space folding.

The enormous body instantly filled Valak's field of vision.

Cao Kun raised his right hand.

Purple lightning crackled and golden light flowed across that giant hand.

There were no unnecessary movements, just a casual slap on the head.

"Boom!"

The night sky trembled.

Directly above the house, a giant golden hand, tens of meters in diameter, appeared out of thin air.

The palm lines were clearly visible, and lightning surged within each line.

With an overwhelming will to crush everything, it was pressed down with a thud.

"escape!"

With a shriek, Valak transformed into black smoke and fled madly to the left.

But after it had only rushed ten meters, it looked up and saw that the giant hand was still directly above its head.

It then turned back downwards and burrowed into the floor.

Useless.

That hand followed me like a shadow, even blocking out all spatial directions.

The sky is falling.

"No--!"

Valak watched in despair as the giant golden hand completely covered him.

"boom!"

The palm lands.

This old wooden house, which has withstood a century of wind and rain, became as fragile as a paper toy under this blow.

The roof beams collapsed, the walls shattered, and the floor cracked.

All the wood, bricks, and furniture turned to dust the moment they came into contact with the palm print.

A terrifying force permeated the building and penetrated deep into the ground.

The earth trembled violently, as if an 8.0 magnitude earthquake had occurred.

A cloud of smoke and dust billowed into the sky, forming a mushroom cloud.

for a long time.

The smoke and dust cleared.

The Hodgson family's house has been mostly destroyed.

Only the corner where Ed and the others were left stood alone beside the ruins, protected by an array, like an isolated island on a cliff.

The ground where the house once stood has sunk deeply.

It left behind a huge handprint several meters deep, with clearly visible palm lines.

Within the handprint, scorched earth emitted wisps of smoke, and remnants of lightning still danced among the soil and rocks, emitting a hissing sound.

As for Varak?

Not even a trace of black energy remained.

It was completely shattered into nothingness by that slap.

A crisp system notification sounded in Cao Kun's mind.

"Ding! Killed an A-level demon god projection, gained 100,000,000 merit points."

"Ding! Killed an A-level demon god projection, obtained the Nine-Character Secret Technique: 'Soldier' ​​Character Mantra."

In the void, before the scattered black mist completely disappeared, a last, venomous voice echoed above the ruins:

"Cao Kun! We won't let you get away with this!"

The sound was mournful, but it grew farther and farther away until it disappeared completely.

A deathly silence reigned over the ruins.

Only the residual electric arcs in the scorched earth occasionally emitted a faint "crackling" sound.

Ed and Rowling knelt in the corner of the array, staring blankly at the huge pit in front of them, and then looking up at the golden giant that seemed to have stepped out of mythology.

Their minds went completely blank.

They had been exorcising demons for decades and had seen countless evil spirits and demons, so they thought they had a sufficient understanding of supernatural forces.

But today, this one slap has completely shattered their worldview.

That power cannot be banished by mortals using the name of God.

Instead, it uses its own power to forcibly judge and directly obliterate.

The aura that erupted in that instant sent an instinctive shiver down their spines.

That is the uncontrollable desire for submission that lower life forms have when facing higher life forms.

Rowling even felt that, just a moment ago, she had truly witnessed God's wrath.

At the center of the formation, Cao Kun frowned slightly.

"projection?"

He silently repeated those two words in his mind.

He used the "Invocation of Gods" technique, employed the "Great Dipper Mantra," and even performed the "Lin" character technique from the "Nine-Character Secret Technique" for the first time.

They've revealed all their cards, causing such a commotion.

What was killed was merely a projection of Valak?

Although he received 100 million merit points and the "Soldier" skill as compensation, the underlying meaning made Cao Kun wary.

One projection is grade A.

What level must the original entity in hell be? S-rank? Or higher?

"The Gongyang School..."

A cold glint flashed in Cao Kun's eyes.

This feud is now completely over; the other party's resources are far deeper than he had anticipated.

As the Valak projection dissipated, the force that sealed off the space also collapsed.

"call--"

A night breeze blew in.

The thick, inky darkness all around dissipated rapidly, like the receding tide.

The streetlights shone again into the dilapidated house.

The sounds of dogs barking and cars driving by could be heard in the distance.

The real world has returned to normal.

Cao Kun took a deep breath, and a thought struck him.

The golden light on his body slowly receded, seeping into his skin like flowing water.

"Crackling and popping."

The cracking sound of bones contracting rang out again.

The three-meter-tall giant's body shrank at a visible speed, and the suffocating, terrifying pressure receded like a tide.

A few seconds later, Cao Kun returned to his original size.

He stood naked at the edge of the ruins, his expression indifferent.

With a wave of his hand, a brand-new suit appeared in his hand, which he put on unhurriedly.

Only after Cao Kun buttoned up the last button and straightened his collar did that oppressive feeling that made people want to worship him completely disappear.

He transformed back into that handsome, aloof young Chinese man.

"It's alright now."

Cao Kun turned around and looked at the few people in the corner.

"Ah... Oh!"

Peggy snapped out of her daze, glancing at the huge, deep pit with the handprint, then at the unharmed children in her arms.

The joy of surviving a disaster instantly overwhelmed the fear.

She scrambled over, but stopped two meters away from Cao Kun, not daring to get too close, and knelt down directly.

"Thank you! Thank you, Master! Thank you for saving our family!"

Peggy was incoherent, tears and snot streaming down her face.

The four children behind her also knelt down. Jenny looked at Cao Kun with stars in her eyes.

Cao Kun glanced around and said, "I'm sorry the house is destroyed."

The house is half collapsed, and the load-bearing walls are broken, so it is obviously uninhabitable.

"No! No!"

Peggy shook her head frantically, pointing at the deep pit, gritting her teeth:

"It's good that it's destroyed! Only by destroying it can it be clean!"

I've wanted to leave this awful place for ages!

As long as the children are safe, I'm willing to sleep on the streets!

Cao Kun nodded.

At that moment, Ed and Rowling also came over, supporting each other.

Their legs were still a little weak, and when they reached Cao Kun, Ed bowed deeply.

"Master Cao..."

Ed's voice was hoarse, filled with deep awe:

I take back what I said before.

In this world, besides God, you are the most... incredible being I have ever seen.

Thank you for breaking that prophecy.

Rowling looked at Cao Kun with a complicated expression: "The scene of death in the prophecy has disappeared."

Mr. Cao, you not only saved Ed, but you saved me too.

Cao Kun looked at the two of them and said calmly, "Since I've taken the money, this is what I should do."

He looked up at the sky.

"Let's handle the aftermath; the police should be arriving soon."