I can rewind time to prevent death

As Resentful Granny devoured faster and faster, it took her only half the time to consume Wang Qin's strangeness compared to Lü Qiang.

And not only did she eat the two strangenesses, but she also swallowed the candles they were eating.

The red residue at the corner of her mouth came from the candles, not the blood of Lü Qiang and Wang Qin, as the two of them had no blood to shed.

All those present, except for Lv Jiayan, who had already passed out, watched with wide eyes as Resentful Granny ate Lv Qiang and Wang Qin.

Having consumed the strangenesses, Resentful Granny had an expression of comfort on her face, smacking her lips; however, her brows soon furrowed.

After her instinctual desires were satisfied, the old woman finally came to her senses.

She had eaten a spirit!

Quickly she sensed the magnetic field of the strangeness absorbing and repelling, beginning to violently evolve. Resentful Granny opened her mouth wide, her gaze turning toward Yan Junze not far away.

The latter stood there honestly, his eyes glancing at Resentful Granny from time to time, then focusing on the ground beneath his feet, seemingly shy, embarrassed, and at a loss.

"Oh no, almost forgot—the water's still boiling on the gas stove at home! If there's nothing else, I'll first..."

Before Yan Junze could finish speaking, he saw Resentful Granny let out an "ah" and charge towards him.

Bang!

Huang Chen, despite his unreliability, knew at this moment that Resentful Granny's period of weakness had come, knowing that once she ate a strangeness, no matter how powerful she was, she had to go through a process of absorption and repulsion.

So, without hesitation, he immediately threw out his only "High-Energy Collapsing Hidden Buckle."

As it turned out, although he acted in time, his behavior was still unreliable.

Though the High-Energy Collapsing Hidden Buckle hit Resentful Granny directly, the energy blast it produced was so immense that it still sent everyone else in the room flying.

Even the coffee table was blown away to the bathroom door, while Yan Junze was thrown against the window, privately relieved that he hadn't opened it.

Huang Chen and Lv Jiayan were flipped behind the sofa.

As for Lv Xin, after being knocked to the ground, he slid several meters away, and the spirit-split within him was blasted out; a white humanoid gas screamed in terror as it flew out through the gap in the window.

As for Resentful Granny, during her moment of weakness, after being hit by the High-Energy Collapsing Hidden Buckle, she could no longer resist the energy blast from the Collapsing as easily as before, and her figure rapidly faded and disappeared from sight.

"Okay, okay," Huang Chen got up from behind the sofa, looked around cautiously, and patted his chest in relief, "Granny Ren ran away, after eating the strangeness, she won't be able to appear for at least two or three days."

Smack!

Yan Junze slid down from the window, straightened himself up, and started to tidy his disheveled clothes and hair.

Lu Xin lay on the ground moaning, temporarily unable to get up.

After Huang Chen helped Lv Jiayan back to the sofa and helped Lv Xin to sit up, he then asked Yan Junze, "How did you know Lu Qiang and Wang Qin were in the bathroom? How did you come up with the idea to let Granny Ren eat a spirit? You seem to know everything!"

Yan Junze just chuckled, "Mr. Huang Chen, have you ever heard of people with extraordinary talents? I think... I might be one of them."

Huang Chen said, "I've never seen a talent like yours before, if that's really the case, maybe we can do an exorcist test one day."

Yan Junze was instantly embarrassed.
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Just then, a flurry of footsteps came from the corridor, and several people rushed through the hallway into Room 503.

Upon seeing the mess in Room 503, everyone was stunned.

These were Yu Xiaochang and his family of three, who had hurried over with Yang Depei and Zhao Shuai.

"Eh, Xiaochang, long time no see!" Yan Junze waved at a burly-looking youngster.

"Hello, Uncle!" Yu Xiaochang responded obediently.

Yan Junze's smile stiffened, and his face immediately turned from sunny to overcast.

"Is everything alright?" Yang Depei, a two-star Exorcist, was the first to approach Huang Chen and ask.

Huang Chen shook his head and glanced at Yan Junze, replying, "Lv Jiayan just fainted, I'll explain later. Let's clean up here and head back first."

"This person is..." Zhao Shuai pointed at Yan Junze and asked.

"I'm Mr. Huang Chen's friend, we met because of Teacher Zhang Tiantian's case," Yan Junze answered with a smile, then turned to Huang Chen and asked, "There's something I'm not sure if I can ask."

"Go ahead," Huang Chen nodded.

Yan Junze touched the back of his head: "Could I... apply for Exorcist personal protection?"

At that moment, three messages from the Spacetime Atlas popped up in Yan Junze's mind.

[Evil Spirit-eating, Trembling with Fear (High), Completed, received 900 points of Different Dimension Energy.]

[Friendly reminder: You have successfully attracted the hatred of Resentful Granny. The revenge will officially begin after 72 hours.]

[Resentful Granny (Semi-Sculpting Spirit), Current Favorability: Hatred]

Knowing his own limitations, Yan Junze was very clear that facing the fully evolved Resentful Granny, aside from Rewind, he couldn't think of any other effective method to confront this terrifying old woman.

Therefore, his best choice right now would be to apply for an Exorcist to protect him if it were truly possible.

Of course, this Exorcist couldn't be of Huang Chen's level, and definitely not the unreliable Huang Chen himself. The person protecting him had to be at least three-star or above.

Because he had heard from Huang Chen before that one of his two-star Exorcist mentors had died at the hands of Resentful Granny. That meant that only an Exorcist of at least three-star level had a chance to contend with Resentful Granny, or else it was all just talk.

However, Yan Junze was well aware that given his current status in the jianghu, why would a three-star Exorcist offer him 24-hour personal protection? It didn't really make sense.

Under these circumstances, all he could do was ask and see. Whether the Exorcist team would send someone to protect him was another matter altogether.

He didn't want to miss any chance, no matter how slim.

As soon as he spoke, Huang Chen understood and looked at Yang Depei beside him, who obviously didn't know what was going on.

Huang Chen nodded, "I'll apply to the higher-ups as soon as I get back and give you an answer as quickly as possible."

The group quickly tidied up a bit inside the house, and Yan Junze left the building first.

Lv Xin was in low spirits, the commotion caused by the High-Energy Collapse too great; aside from Yan Junze, no one knew what had happened to him.

Lv Xin was assisted by Huang Chen and Zhao Shuai, and then Yu Tao carried the unconscious Lv Jiayan on his back. The group quickly left the scene.

Huang Chen also visited the Bureau of Safety and Stability later on to report about Lv Qiang getting drunk and accidentally killing his mother, Granny Ren.

This case could finally be closed.

However, for Yan Junze, it was just the beginning.

Not long after he returned home, his parents came back from work one after another.

Yan Junze locked himself in his bedroom, pondering over how to face the most troublesome of the evil spirits he had encountered so far.

Of course, having decided to complete this mission, he had already thought of two plans for the aftermath.