At this moment, Emily Thompson already understood why those vengeful spirits had suddenly erupted to attack David Brooks—they were being controlled by a higher-level existence, with the purpose of depleting David Brooks’s magical power to prepare for the female ghost’s possession.

Once she succeeded in possessing him, the situation for Emily Thompson and the other two would immediately become dire.

If they used powerful spells, it was uncertain whether they could destroy the evil spirit, but David Brooks would definitely not survive.

Without using spells, the cultivators’ strength would be reduced to almost nothing.

Even if, as a last resort, they sacrificed David Brooks, their own magical power would be nearly exhausted, and they would still end up as prey for the evil spirit.

“David Brooks,” with disheveled hair, looked at the three of them, stuck out his tongue to lick his lips, and said chillingly, “So, four of you came. Four cultivators’ souls must be delicious—enough to match years of my cultivation…”

Whoosh!

Sophia Carter was frozen in place, a bit at a loss, when suddenly a sharp gust of wind sounded by her ear.

Five inch-long, green-black fingernails appeared before her eyes, stabbing toward her tender neck. Sophia Carter tried to raise her hand to block, but suddenly a force came from her waist, moving her three feet sideways, dodging the female ghost’s attack.

Crack!

The sharp nails clawed into a nearby pillar, tearing off a chunk of solid wood. This sent a chill through Sophia Carter’s heart—if that claw had landed on her arm, her entire arm might have been sliced off…

“David Brooks” sneered, “Hero saving the beauty? Then I’ll send you on your way first!”

His nails extended another inch, leaving a blur as they stabbed toward Emily Thompson’s face.

Facing this sudden attack, Emily Thompson instinctively turned his body ninety degrees to the left, grabbed David Brooks’s left wrist with his left hand, and drove his right fist straight into the vital spot behind his left ear.

Then, he stepped forward sideways, bent his elbow, and smashed it into the back of David Brooks’s neck.

He performed these moves without even thinking, relying entirely on instinct.

When he graduated from the police academy, his combat scores were the best in the school. Later, after five years in a criminal organization, he had fought countless battles. If not for his exceptional skills, he would have died many times over.

In terms of magic, he might not match David Brooks or Senior Sister Carter, but when it came to close combat, with his greatly enhanced physique compared to his previous life, he could easily take on ten David Brookss.

Thud!

The female ghost-possessed David Brooks attacked fiercely, but ended up in a miserable state.

Before he could react, he was knocked to the ground by Emily Thompson’s smooth combo, his head buzzing, the ghost inside completely stunned.

What just happened?

It only felt a flash before its eyes, and it was already lying on the ground.

If it were an ordinary person, taking an elbow from Emily Thompson like that, they probably wouldn’t be able to get up. But David Brooks was a cultivator, with a strong body, and the female ghost was controlling him. With a slap of both palms, he bounced up from the ground, ten fingers like knives, stabbing toward Emily Thompson’s abdomen.

William Clark and Sophia Carter snapped out of their daze from the previous scene and wanted to rush forward to help Emily Thompson, but before they could take a step, they heard two “bang” sounds, and David Brooks was once again face down on the ground.

Emily Thompson delivered a snap kick to the groin, followed by a straight punch to the throat, and finished with a neck-hold spinning throw—clean and decisive, leaving William Clark and Sophia Carter stunned once again.

A moment later, David Brooks bounced up again.

In the next instant, he was knocked down once more.

He kept fighting and losing, but kept getting up to fight again. Lacking any combat skills, he could only take a beating from Emily Thompson, the process too miserable to watch. William Clark and Sophia Carter stood there in a daze, even forgetting to step in and help…

Chapter 8: The Mysterious Incense Burner

After Emily Thompson took the initiative, the female ghost-possessed David Brooks fell into a passive state, unable to fight back at all.

Emily Thompson noticed that although the female ghost’s presence was oppressive, she didn’t seem to have any powerful techniques. After possessing David Brooks, her strength increased a bit, but not enough to dominate. With a little skill, he could toy with her at will.

At this moment, the female ghost inside David Brooks was getting anxious. After all, possession also consumed magical power. Once her power was depleted, she would be no match for these three cultivators.

She had thought that by choosing the strongest among the four, she could easily deal with the other three. Unexpectedly, the truly formidable one was this pretty boy.

She made a snap decision, abandoning the possessed body, turning into a white shadow, and lunging at Emily Thompson.

The white shadow moved extremely fast. Emily Thompson only felt a chill enter his body and thought to himself that this was bad. He quickly circulated his magical power, trying to resist the female ghost’s possession.

But to his confusion, after the white shadow entered his body, aside from that chill, he felt nothing else.

Emily Thompson carefully checked his body but found nothing unusual.

Strange, where was the ghost?

Emily Thompson looked around but didn’t see the female ghost—only William Clark and Senior Sister Carter staring at him with worry and fear.

As soon as he moved his foot, a fireball formed in William Clark’s hand. Staring at Emily Thompson, he gritted his teeth and said, “You—you let go of Emily Thompson right now, or I’ll fight you to the end…”

Sophia Carter also stood beside William Clark, on guard against a sudden attack from Emily Thompson.

Emily Thompson spread his hands and said, “It’s me, I haven’t been possessed.”

William Clark gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, “Still trying to fool me? I saw it with my own eyes!”