A priest in North America, what the hell is the Demon Gate system?

Before Li Ang could complain again, James, who was floating in mid-air, made a grabbing motion towards his location.

"Buzz!"

Li Ang instinctively lunged to the side, and when he turned his head to look, the space where he had just been standing had been torn open with a crack nearly twenty centimeters long.

Behind the crack, there was that familiar scene: a dilapidated cemetery, mirror-like, with dark red moss crawling all over the tombstones, and the sky was dark and gloomy.

It was exactly the same as the one I saw in the backyard that night.

"It's this place again!" Li Ang exclaimed instinctively.

Shirley's expression changed drastically: "There's the aura of the dead there, so strong...!!"

"Say something useful!" Li Ang dodged another claw mark that appeared out of nowhere; he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of an old man.

"I have to think of a way!" Li Ang's mind raced. His opponent was a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator, with strength, speed, and this strange spatial tearing ability. He only had a Soul-Suppressing Nail. It was like Kugizaki Nobara fighting Sukuna, pure suicide!

But then, Li Ang's gaze fell on Daisy's tombstone.

"Looks like I'll have to resort to the same old trick again. Will I lose 1 merit point...?"

After thinking it over, Li Ang made a sharp turn and charged toward Daisy's tombstone, with James following closely behind.

Li Ang was overjoyed and rushed to the tombstone, raising his foot as if to kick it—

James stopped five meters away, staring at him expressionlessly, his right hand raised.

Then, he made a grabbing motion in the air towards Li Ang's location!

"Constructed!"

Li Ang was so angry he wanted to curse. He jumped back instantly, smashing the cross sculpture on Daisy's grave to pieces.

James ignored the tombstone and continued chasing Li Ang.

"Hey! Don't you want your mother's grave?!" Li Ang shouted as he dodged.

Shirley said with a hint of sarcasm, "He's a completely manipulated puppet now. You'd probably have to actually bring his mother here for it to work."

Li Ang hid behind a larger tombstone, panting, and asked, "Could you please bring her over?"

"Huh?! You really think I'm omnipotent?" Shirley said, hands on her hips, somewhat speechless.

"Beautiful lady, you've been a soul for over a hundred years, hurry up and use your invincible soul power to think of a way!" Li Ang regretted it a bit. He should have used the Holy Judgment to shoot James' soul away when it came out earlier, then none of this would have happened.

"There is... not absolutely no way." Shirley hesitated for a moment.

"Everyone's tombstone bears some trace of their soul, but Daisy has been dead for so many years that trace has long since faded away. Even if it could be summoned, it would be a faint wisp, utterly useless."

Li Ang's mind raced.

Soul... Imprint... Elusive and intangible...

He suddenly remembered what he had seen in the system store earlier.

"Concentration Incense! It aids in cultivation, slightly enhances spiritual perception, and can also nourish the soul..." Li Ang's eyes lit up instantly.

He rolled away to dodge another attack, leaned against a stone angel statue, and opened the system shop with a thought.

【Concentration Incense (3 sticks)】: Assists cultivation, slightly enhances spiritual perception, and can also nourish the soul. Requires 10 contribution points to exchange.

He just completed the task of eliminating the zombies and got 100 points, so he doesn't care about the money.

"It's changed!"

In an instant, three dark blue incense sticks appeared in Li Ang's hand. Each stick was about twenty centimeters long and as thick as a thumb, with fine spiral patterns on the surface and a refreshing herbal scent.

"Shirley, how about using this as an aid?" Li Ang held the incense stick up to the soul banner.

Sherry exclaimed in surprise, "This thing... has a very strong nourishing effect on souls! If we use it as a medium, it might actually be able to temporarily stabilize the summoned souls..."

"How long can it last?"

"I don't know, but it's better than nothing," Shirley said urgently.

"But how can you have time to light incense now? That guy's about to tear down this angel statue too!"

As soon as the words were spoken, half of the stone angel's wings were torn off by an invisible force.

Li Ang gritted his teeth: "I'll hold him off, you take care of summoning!"

"Take this incense and go to the tombstone now." Li Ang handed the calming incense to Shirley.

Shirley took the calming incense, her expression complex: "Then you..."

"I have my own way." Li Ang stood up, dusted himself off, and said, "Thirty seconds. I'll buy you thirty seconds."

"I don't care if you die." Sherry's lips twitched.

"You'd love for me to die, wouldn't you? But let me remind you, we're now in this together, sharing both glory and misfortune," Li Ang grinned.

Shirley snorted, holding three incense sticks, and quickly floated them towards Daisy's tombstone.

James was puzzled as to why the soul had flown over there, but instinctively glanced over.

"Hey! Bro! What are you looking at!" Li Ang shouted, and with a wave of his right hand, a Soul-Suppressing Nail shot out through the air! He had just picked it up from the ground.

The nail, its shadow blurring in the moonlight, hurtled straight toward James's face.

James then grabbed forward, instantly tearing apart the Soul-Suppressing Nail in mid-air!

"Crack!"

"That strong!?" Li Ang frowned slightly.

However, he achieved his goal, as James's attention was completely focused on him.

"Sneak attack!" Li Ang waved his left hand, and the second Soul-Suppressing Nail was fired.

This time, they're targeting James' knee.

James remained unfazed, quickly dodging the nails as if teleporting.

"No way, bro! You're a giant snake!" Li Ang protested weakly.

"Twenty seconds!" Shirley's voice came from the direction of the tombstone. She had already placed three incense sticks in front of the tombstone, the pale blue spiritual power igniting the tips of the incense.

Li Ang gritted his teeth and threw out a third Soul-Suppressing Nail, which he had just exchanged for from the shop.

This time he added a bit of skill—the nail suddenly dropped mid-flight, bypassing James's arm and striking his ankle.

"puff!"

It hit him directly; Li Ang almost wanted to make a peace sign.

James looked down at the smoking nail on his ankle and finally reacted. He lifted his foot and stomped hard on the ground.

"Click."

The nail was snapped open!

"What?!" Li Ang wasn't upset about the contribution points, but rather that this guy seemed to be immune to the Soul-Suppressing Nails now.

"Fifteen seconds!" Shirley's voice was filled with anxiety.

Li Ang took a deep breath. This feeling was too exciting, reminding him of the feeling of playing Overwatch in overtime.

James seemed to be completely enraged by these "minor disturbances." His floating body slowly landed, and then he charged towards Li Ang!

"Holy crap, a Qi Refining Level 4 expert!"

Li Ang only saw a gray shadow, and the next second, James was already in front of him, his right hand forming a claw, straight for Li Ang's heart!

Li Ang instinctively held the Soul-Suppressing Nail horizontally in front of his chest to receive this terrifying blow.

"clang!!!"

The immense impact sent Li Ang flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground, blood involuntarily trickling from the corner of his mouth.