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

"Wasn't this guy supposed to be cunning and treacherous, and incredibly capable? I even had someone keep watch over him. How come he looks like an idiot?"

Seeing Cao Kun wielding a broken wooden sword while facing so many guns, a man wearing a skull mask couldn't help but laugh and speak.

"Was he scared out of his wits?"

"Never mind all that, just kill them quickly and go back to collect the remaining payment."

As the men were talking and pulling the trigger, suddenly the lights in the room went out.

Even the candles burning on the altar went out.

Only three wisps of smoke remained, still emitting a flickering light, but they could not provide any illumination.

This sudden change startled the six people, who instinctively looked around frantically, but couldn't see anything.

"What happened?" the man in the skull mask asked. "Is that person still there?"

"what!"

He had barely finished speaking when he heard a scream from beside him.

"Who, who's calling?" he asked immediately.

"what!"

From another direction, screams came again.

"what!"

As soon as that sound faded, another one arose from another direction.

In an instant, all that could be heard were screams of agony coming from all directions.

Those screams all seemed to come from people nearby.

"Bang……"

Someone couldn't help but fire a shot.

That sound was like a signal, and the rest of the men followed suit and opened fire.

bang bang bang...

In the darkness, a tiny spark ignited, accompanied by deafening gunshots.

"what……"

Someone was shot and fell to the ground.

Then came even more people.

Not long after, the gunfire stopped abruptly.

Suddenly the lights came back on, illuminating the figures of the six people.

Of the six, two were already lying motionless on the ground, either unconscious or dead.

The other four, also riddled with bullets, lay on the ground, covered in blood.

Now, they looked at each other, their eyes filled with both anger and confusion.

Cao Kun emerged from the shadows and appeared before the four, still holding the peach wood sword, but no longer wielding it.

The four immediately turned to look at him, and the skull-faced man asked angrily, "It was you! You were the one who did it all?"

Cao Kun smiled and said, "It was clearly you who fired at each other that caused this situation. What does it have to do with me?"

Looking at the smile on Cao Kun's face, the skull wanted to shoot him to pieces, but now, he didn't even have the strength to lift his hand.

"Cough cough..."

He coughed violently, coughing up blood and frothing at the mouth, his chest heaving.

The next moment, his head tilted to the side and he fell silent.

He was so enraged that he died prematurely from anger caused by Cao Kun.

"What a brilliant method! It doesn't take much effort to make them kill each other, leaving some dead and others wounded, easily resolving the predicament."

A voice suddenly came from outside.

With that voice, three people stepped forward and appeared in front of Cao Kun.

The speaker was none other than Morian, whom Cao Kun had met before, and beside him was Catherine.

Beside the two, there was another person wearing an extremely loose hooded sweatshirt.

His large hat covered his face, obscuring his features.

However, he is extremely tall, probably around 1.9 meters.

Morian looked at Cao Kun with a smile: "Your strength is admirable. If you weren't of Chinese descent, I might even want your body."

Catherine smiled as well: "Master Cao, we meet again."

"Yes, we meet again. I've finally waited for you all."

Cao Kun was also laughing, laughing very happily.

Seeing this, Morian asked, "Did Master Cao know we were coming?"

Cao Kun said calmly, "You went to great lengths to take Catherine's body, wasn't it all for her identity?"

Or to be more precise, it was aimed at the Douglas family's wealth.

As far as I know, Catherine is Douglas's only daughter, and all of Douglas's property will go to Catherine as soon as he dies.

To ensure that nothing goes wrong with this goal, I, who am very likely to see through Catherine's current identity, have naturally become a thorn in your side.

"I can only feel at ease if they are eliminated."

Catherine's expression changed: "So you really saw through my identity."

Cao Kun shook his head and said, "Of course, from the first time you appeared in my shop, I knew you weren't the real Catherine."

Catherine said coldly, "We were right to choose to eliminate you."

Cao Kun sighed: "Actually, I didn't intend to meddle in other people's business. After all, Douglas is too stingy and not friendly to me. I don't have a good impression of him either."

As long as you don't provoke me, I won't care what you do.

There's no need to create this situation.

Morian said, "As you just said, in order to prevent any unexpected events from occurring, we must eliminate all unexpected factors."

This can only be described as an accident.

Cao Kun shook his head and said, "No, this is the inevitable result of your disregard for human life and your view of others as objects to be killed at will."

It's just a pity that you met me.

If I'm not mistaken, you've also possessed this body, haven't you?

Morian: "What's the use of knowing all this now? You're about to die."

"That's true." Cao Kun rubbed his chin. "Let me guess, were you two originally a gay couple?"

Upon hearing this, both Morian and Catherine's expressions changed drastically.

Catherine exclaimed, "How did you know?"

Morian was also astonished: "You can see into our souls? That's impossible."

"It really is you guys."

Cao Kun had initially only made a guess, but now he can confirm the couple's origins.

They are the couple from the horror movie "The Skeleton Key".

In the movie, the couple possessed the ability to transfer souls.

It is possible to transfer one's soul into another person's body.

In the original storyline, for safety reasons or some other reason, they would not take action frequently, but would wait until their bodies aged before finding a young body to transfer their souls to.

In the movie, they succeeded.

Now, in reality, their continuous success may have made them no longer content with a low-key and ordinary life, and they have begun to have higher aspirations.

So they set their sights on the Douglas family.

They chose Douglas's daughter, Catherine, and took her body and identity.

All that's left is to kill Douglas and then inherit his vast fortune.

This was far too easy for them; they could kill Douglas silently, without leaving any trace.

Unfortunately, they didn't expect to encounter Cao Kun on the way.

Catherine was still in shock: "How did you know who we are?"

Morian's face was grim, his eyes flashing with murderous intent: "No need to ask anymore, my dear. Just kill him and let our plan proceed smoothly; none of that matters."

Cao Kun smiled at them and said, "Before we make a move, let me introduce you to a few people."

As he spoke, Cao Kun raised his voice: "You all heard and saw that, right? You can come out now."

As Cao Kun spoke, a door was pushed open, and several people filed out.

Upon seeing the people emerge from behind the door, Catherine and Morian's expressions changed drastically, and their bodies stiffened.