49: Chapter 49 Solving 49: Chapter 49 Solving Inside the abandoned wooden hut, candlelight flickered, casting dim light.
Under normal circumstances, Chen Hai’s actions would have seemed audacious to the girls watching.
They would probably have already blushed, covered their eyes, and then casually cursed him as a hoodlum.
But now, their hearts were already filled with fear; they naturally had no time to pay attention to other details.
A few boys, upon seeing the damage Chen Hai inflicted on the Spirit of Obsession,
Zhang Yong and Zhang Zhi quickly followed suit, pulling out their ancestral magical treasures and aiming at the undeveloped, skinny old lady.
Young people have vigorous blood, especially seventeen or eighteen-year-olds.
Before, each of them was shivering, even their teeth chattering when they spoke.
But now, the presence that had trapped them has shown its shape.
It seemed that this creature was not difficult to deal with; in just a few moments, it had been miserably attacked by Chen Hai’s Pure Yang Cannon.
With this scene in front of them, their courage surged instantly.
Looking at the skinny old lady emitting green smoke, being shot with a ‘sizzling’ noise, these two fellows were full of enthusiasm, excited beyond measure.
If they could really kill this ghostly thing, both Zhang Zhi and Zhang Yong would probably boast about it for a lifetime.
Hu Zhiyong, on the other hand, seemed hesitant and somewhat at a loss.
It wasn’t that he was too cowardly to attack the mist-like, skinny old lady; rather, he had already lost his child innocence.
He was worried that his attack would not only be ineffective but might even backfire.
“Hu Zhiyong, what are you dazed about?
If you’ve lost your child innocence, don’t meddle, hurry up and burn the majiang!”
Turning back, Chen Hai caught his expression and shouted.
“Okay, Brother Hai!” Hu Zhiyong hastily responded.
Watching his companions firing at the newly manifested unknown presence, he would have actually forgotten about burning the majiang if Chen Hai hadn’t reminded him.
Plastic bags are quite flammable.
With a candle in his hand, Hu Zhiyong quickly set the plastic bags and bottles in front of him on fire, rapidly igniting the wood on top.
“Zhang Yong, Zhang Zhi, take it easy!”
Seeing this sight, Chen Hai nodded with satisfaction, and he shouted to the others.
Although child urine is a sacred object for warding off evil, after all, it can’t be supplied unlimitedly.
Chen Hai himself had already used up his entire supply, only able to watch helplessly from the side.
The Spirit of Obsession, although it had sustained some harm, relying solely on that bit of child urine to completely eliminate it was hardly possible, merely a pipe dream.
Zhang Zhi and Zhang Yong were recklessly using it all up without any proper measure.
If Chen Hai hadn’t reminded them, in a mere few moments, both of them could have exhausted their supplies.
Under normal circumstances, the Spirit of Obsession might truly not harm people easily.
But now, it had been tortured so miserably, no one could guarantee it wouldn’t do something irrational!
Thinking of these things, Chen Hai’s expression darkened as he picked up a broken long chair nearby and, with a forceful swing, smashed it toward the Spirit of Obsession.
Theoretically, once it descended from that delusional state into the Material World, it could be harmed by physical objects.
But theory is just theory, and the actual situation turned out to be another matter entirely!
At this moment, Chen Hai, holding a long chair, did indeed smash it down onto the Spirit of Obsession.
However, it felt insubstantial, as if it exerted no force at all!
His strike did not harm the Spirit of Obsession, and instead, it even knocked it a distance away, causing the urine attacks from Zhang Yong’s and Zhang Zhi’s children to miss their target temporarily.
Fortunately, the two reacted promptly and pinched the nozzle to quickly adjust the direction.
The giant band-aid that Chen Hai had tossed earlier wobbled down slowly from the Spirit of Obsession.
Without the restriction of this band-aid, the ghastly entity seemed to have regained some mobility.
It shook off Zhang Yong and Zhang Zhi and then, with bared teeth and claws, lunged straight towards Hu Zhiyong, who was just about to place mahjong tiles into the fire.
Unless something unexpected happened, one of its obsessions resided inside this set of mahjong tiles, serving as its anchor in the Material World.
Inside the room, it completely ignored everyone else, focusing only on Hu Zhiyong, who held the mahjong tiles.
The girls cowered and shivered in a corner.
Zhang Yong and Zhang Zhi hurried over to Hu Zhiyong under Chen Hai’s beckoning.
“Brother Hai, I’m out of stock!”
“Me too, no more child’s urine left.
How should we deal with this thing?”
The two, previously full of vigor, now seemed somewhat deflated with their spirits drained.
“What are you scared of?
Don’t you see me holding a chair?
If you don’t want to die, just follow my lead.
See that thing coming, just grab a weapon and go for it!”
Chen Hai glared at them, offering some gruff encouragement.
Just then, as the Spirit of Obsession lunged closer, he lifted the long chair and struck it hard.
Even though it was light and unaffected by his strike, Chen Hai couldn’t harm it, but he managed to knock it away, buying some time for Hu Zhiyong.
That was still feasible.
With Chen Hai’s protection and after knocking the Spirit of Obsession away several times, the complete set of mahjong was finally packed up and tossed into the fire by Hu Zhiyong.
Under the flames, the mahjong tiles visibly whitened and turned to ash at a rapid pace.
A breeze swept in through the doorway, scattering the ashes into the wind, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
“Ah…” Almost at the same moment, the Spirit of Obsession gave a piercing scream.
Now resembling a gaunt old woman, it transformed back into a twisted fog and rapidly faded until it completely disappeared.
“Is it finally over?” Learning from Chen Hai, Zhang Yong and Zhang Zhi, each holding a chair, finally let out a sigh of relief.
The two slumped to the ground, gasping for breath heavily.
“I’ll go check outside!”
After glancing at the boys nearby and looking at the girls still shivering in the corner, Chen Hai strode confidently towards the door.
The sky was clear with sparse stars, and the surroundings lightly forested.
The illusion had completely dissipated, and everything had returned to normal.
“Ladies and gentlemen, everything outside has returned to normal.
You can leave anytime!”
Having returned inside, Chen Hai greeted everyone with a smile.
“Let’s go, let’s get out of here fast.
I don’t want to stay here a moment longer!”
Hearing this good news, no one wanted to stay any longer, and everyone hurried towards the cabin’s door.