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

"Bang!"

Cao Kun kicked the half of the chair in front of him away, turning it into even smaller pieces.

Then, he stepped outside.

"Bang!"

It seemed like he had kicked something outside again, as a cracking sound came from outside.

Then, an even more intense series of cracking sounds followed.

Even without looking, one knows that a considerable number of things must have fallen victim to Cao Kun's wickedness.

The bespectacled man was so angry that his cheeks were trembling, but he was trying his best to suppress his rage.

Seeing this, Sheriff Ford quickly said, "I'll go out and check on Master Cao. You two talk."

Sheriff Ford ran out quickly, seemingly managing to persuade Cao Kun to stop, and the cracking sound ceased.

The bespectacled man breathed a sigh of relief and said to Douglas, "We can talk now."

Douglas: "I've been preparing for this for a long time."

………………

Outside the reception room.

Cao Kun's eyes were bloodshot, and he was radiating violence. Even Sheriff Ford, who was standing next to him, was a little scared and dared not get too close to him.

Suddenly, Cao Kun spotted the steward who had brought them there earlier. He immediately went over, grabbed the steward's clothes, lifted him into the air, and asked, "Where's that big, dark-skinned guy from before? Where did he go?"

The steward, sensing Cao Kun's immense power and the violent aura emanating from him that seemed capable of destroying the entire manor, turned pale with fright and hurriedly said, "I don't know, I didn't see anything."

"Hmph! Fool!"

Cao Kun casually threw him on the ground and walked forward, seemingly looking for Mandela's servant.

Even with Sheriff Ford by his side trying to persuade him, things were still being kicked and smashed from time to time.

"A madman, a complete madman."

After Cao Kun had walked away, the steward began to curse angrily.

Twenty minutes later, the Rolls-Royce left the Upton Estate, slowly disappearing into the distance.

After leaving the Upton Manor, Cao Kun's imposing aura immediately weakened.

The violent aura emanating from him vanished as well.

He instantly regained his usual composure.

Douglas and Sheriff Ford, who was driving, were both dumbfounded.

Sheriff Ford asked, "Master Cao, was your violence just now all an act?"

Cao Kun: "It's half true and half false. The power within me does make me impulsive, irritable, and easily angered, but I can still control it."

"And what about before?" Douglas couldn't help but ask.

Cao Kun: "Are they the only ones allowed to display their power? Of course, we can display ours too."

The best way to deal with madmen is to be madder than them.

In particular, a madman with immense power, capable of restraining their strength.

Sheriff Ford: "So, you deliberately acted extremely crazy and violent before, just to make them afraid of you?"

Cao Kun: "It's not fear. With their strength, there's no fear, but they will be wary."

They will weigh the cost of dealing with us.

If it were just me alone, they would still take action, but now, there are you all.

"An exorcist who can control lightning to subdue them, a sheriff, a billionaire—take us all together, and they'll have to seriously consider whether they should just sever ties."

"I see," Sheriff Ford said, suddenly realizing.

Douglas replied, "No wonder they agreed to my request."

………………

The bespectacled man asked the manager in a deep voice, "What has that yellow-skinned guy been doing?"

Steward: "He kept looking for Mandela's servant, but couldn't find him, so he took his anger out on everything he could see in the manor."

He smashed hundreds of pieces of our furniture and decorations, broke more than a dozen valuable trees, destroyed three thickets, and injured twenty-two guards, all of whom were seriously injured and have been sent to the hospital.

He's terrifying; he's crackling with lightning. A single strike from him could destroy the guards' guns.

"Damn it!" the bespectacled man roared. "But you're right, this guy is indeed very strong. Especially the lightning on his body, it's a great threat to us."

No wonder he was able to kill the Mandela servant that Morian and Tanisa had painstakingly trained.

Manager: "So, should we get rid of him?"

The bespectacled man's eyes turned cold: "Do you know how much it will cost to take him down? He's not just one person, he also has a sheriff and a billionaire."

With this exorcist around, it will be very difficult for us to kill the other two silently.

The price they would have to pay to kill them all at once, a price that would be incredibly painful even for those in power.

If we just agree to give them some time, we can not only avoid paying any price, but also make a fortune.

Time is reciprocal; they have it, and so do we.

They can use it to find a way to save their daughter; we, on the other hand, can use it to find a way to kill them with minimal losses.

The steward, his face full of admiration, continued, "Tanisa's previous body was already incredibly old. They couldn't possibly swap her soul back; they were destined to fail."

At that time, we will not only bring back Tanisa, but also use her current body to obtain the Douglas family's property.

Perhaps we can even learn how to control lightning from that yellow-skinned exorcist.

The bespectacled man's eyes lit up: "Your last suggestion is excellent."

If we could obtain that yellow-skinned fellow's method of controlling lightning, it would complement our current power and greatly enhance our strength.

You'll definitely get a reward then.

The steward hurriedly said, "Thank you, Mr. Gordon."

The bespectacled man, known as Gordon, grinned coldly. "Gaining some time is useless; it's just prolonging his life. He'll die soon anyway."

………………

Hearing that the other party had agreed to the request, Sheriff Ford was overjoyed and quickly asked, "How much time did you manage to get?"

"One year," Douglas said. "I paid $2 million to buy myself a year."

"2 million!" Sheriff Ford gasped.

Cao Kun was also quite surprised.

He had expected Douglas would have to bleed a little to buy time, but he hadn't expected it to be this much.

However, if I hadn't put on this show today, even if it were 1 million, the other party wouldn't have agreed.

After all, 1 million is only a small part of Douglas's fortune.

They bought themselves this year by a combination of intimidation and enticement.

"I can accept 1 million as long as I can keep Catherine." Douglas looked at Cao Kun and said, "Master Cao, everything is up to you from now on."

You must win back their souls within a year.

"I will do my best," Cao Kun said, not giving a definitive answer.

Sheriff Ford asked about something else: "Mr. Douglas, did they invite you to join?"

Douglas nodded, and Cao Kun and the other man knew the answer.

Douglas: "Master Cao is right, they did invite me, although they expressed it somewhat subtly, but I understood what they meant."

"And you?" Sheriff Ford hurriedly asked.

Douglas: "If Master Cao hadn't told me about the price beforehand, I might have agreed. But I couldn't accept the price of killing my own family, so I refused."

Upon hearing this, Sheriff Ford breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Kun: "Do you remember me saying that killing your own family members is the bare minimum?"

According to Tanisa, one person's ritual involved killing their own child, feeding the child to a dog, and filming the entire process.

Another ritual involves killing one's wife, cooking her, and eating her, all of which is also filmed.

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