The Exorcism Began in America.

One, two, three... Until at last, at least nearly ten long snakes composed of dark red tongues suddenly burst forth from her mouth, wantonly flailing in the air.

Mary Shaw never in her wildest dreams expected that the Devil's Power she had painstakingly amassed would be utterly useless, nor that her own life-saving means would be so firmly restrained by this Exorcist.

Now unable to contact the puppet avatars outside, she couldn't instantly leave this place even if she wanted to and was forced to resort to the only methods she had left.

On the ground, inside the Parliament Building, at least a hundred intact human bodies suddenly stood up under Mary Shaw's control.

Among them were the figures of some Exorcists who served as guards.

Thick red tongues emerged from their mouths, waving about before transforming into flesh-and-blood arrows shooting straight at Chu Feng.

"You could have lasted a bit longer by being reborn through these corpses!" As Chu Feng casually slashed through several gigantic tongues coming at him, he walked unhurriedly toward the now monstrous Mary Shaw.

"But now, you're truly seeking your own death!"

He ignored the sudden pain in his mouth as he spoke.

Chu Feng looked at the monster before his eyes, a glint of ferocity briefly flashing through his gaze.

It's been a while! I haven't tasted the sweetness of blood for a long time!

Savoring the sweet coppery taste in his mouth, a smile tinged with savagery gradually appeared on his face.

He nonchalantly sheathed his saber, and his palm, glowing with golden light, directly grasped one of the elongated tongues that had shot at him.

BANG. Mary Shaw's body was suddenly flung across the sky by the immense strength of Chu Feng's arm, crashing heavily onto the steps in front of the Parliament Building.

A three-meter-wide crater was smashed into the cement steps.

His figure flashed, and he appeared instantaneously beside her, his palm, glowing with golden light, grasping two tongues and tearing at them.

CRASH. In the blink of an eye, two tongues were forcibly ripped from Mary Shaw's body, and then instantly turned to ash.

As he was about to repeat the trick and tear off the remaining tongues, the gigantic tongues spat out by the remaining human corpses were already whistling towards his back.

Troublesome!

His hand flipped, and the Demon Hunting Blade reappeared in his grasp.

The Spiritual Power within his body also abruptly began to circulate along the pathways of the Soul Suppressing Saber Technique.

The next second, several condensed blades of light instantly shot into the Parliament Building.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Accompanied by the thunderous collapse, this building, which had stood since 1832, was reduced almost entirely to rubble in the blink of an eye, with only a small portion still standing.

After dealing with the riff-raff inside, Chu Feng's cold gaze once again turned toward the monster in front of him.

"So now... it's just you left!"

With a twist of the long saber in hand, all the tongues in Mary Shaw's mouth were instantly severed from her body.

Looking at the stumps of the severed tongues still squirming and attempting to regrow, Chu Feng slowly lifted his right foot, then slammed it down hard.

SPLAT!

A sound like an exploding watermelon rang out, and the corpse at his feet turned into pale ash in the blink of an eye.

Mary Shaw was gone, but no system reward notification sounded in Chu Feng's mind.

Looking at the cursor of the Tracking Technique pointing toward the debris of the building in front of him, a strand of bright silver flame appeared in Chu Feng's right palm.

"Heh, in my book, playing dead doesn't mean you get to live!"

The Spiritual Power in his body surged along his arm, furiously pouring into the flame in his palm.

Under a tremendous suction force, imperceptible to ordinary people, Mary Shaw, now bodiless and hiding within the ruins, simply couldn't resist this immense power.

In the blink of an eye, she was drawn into Chu Feng's palm.

"Bastard, Bichi, disgusting bug, damn Exorcist..."

"I curse you...ugh—AHHHH..."

Mary Shaw's curses, uttered through gritted teeth, were soon replaced by sorrowful and piercing howls of agony.

RUMBLE!

The remaining half of the Parliament Building seemed to have finally reached its limit, collapsing suddenly with the roaring sound of bricks and stone.

Thus, this centuries-old Parliament Building had completely turned into a pile of rubble.

"Done!"

With a casual snap of his fingers, the barrier in the sky swiftly transformed into a delicate Array Plate and fell into his hand.

After caressing the Array Plate satisfactorily, a flip of his hand returned the Four Symbols Spirit Trapping Formation back into the Storage Space.

Having done all this and listening to the increasingly weak howls coming from his palm, Chu Feng raised an eyebrow and silently increased the input of Spiritual Power into the Soul Refining Technique.

Her voice was indeed becoming rather grating!

With the barrier gone, a breeze swept through, instantly filling the sky above Chu Feng's head with countless pale ashes.

Augusta was now eerily silent. Pedestrians, once common on the main street, were now nowhere to be seen, and even the air quality had significantly declined.

It looks like Augusta will need to consider how to attract more people! Chu Feng turned his head to look at the ruins of the Parliament Building.

But it seems... their current task is to elect a new batch of more reliable council members...

But the matters to follow had nothing to do with him. Glancing at his palm, feeling the faint movements within, it was evident that Mary Shaw, this bizarre entity who had caused such devastating losses in Maine, was on the verge of complete extinction.

It didn't take long.

With a crisp notification sounding in his mind, the silver-white flame in Chu Feng's palm slowly faded.

"DING! Congratulations, Host, for slaying a High Rank Evil Spirit (Extreme). You will receive the following rewards:

1. Strength Attribute +88 points, Physique Attribute +82 points, Mental Attribute +83 points, Spiritual Power Attributes +75 points

2. Lifespan +80 years (Note: Host's lifespan is approaching the First Rank limit.)

3. System Storage Space: Doubled

4. Special item: 'Rending Palm'

Chu Feng read through the system's reward notifications line by line, his eyebrows raising at the text following the lifespan section.

First Rank lifespan limit?

He opened the system panel again to check his Lifespan Value.

So that's a thousand years... It seems my maximum Lifespan Value is still limited by my Strength Level.

Although he was a bit surprised by this, Chu Feng was only in his twenties. He wasn't yet at the point of being overly concerned about his lifespan.

Moving past the lifespan reward, the third item—the expansion of the system Storage Space—was a rather pleasant surprise.

It had been a long time since Chu Feng had received this reward, and his current Storage Space had indeed become rather cramped.

As for the fourth item reward... After confirming that it was indeed just those three words, he stared blankly for a long while.

Does this damn system intend for me to cultivate on my own?

Chu Feng, who had become acutely aware of his own limited talent after the last incident, suddenly began to doubt his life choices.

"Damn system, come out and talk! Tell me, are you sure this is actually a reward?"

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