Seeing Chen Hao, possessed by the Shadow Demon, standing at the door with a knife, all the Onmyoji except for Xie Xiaofeng shrank back into a corner in fear.

"I'll give you two choices," Chen Hao's voice was filled with killing intent, "One is to let me stab you to death now, the other is to let me possess you and kill your families!"

The choice given by the Shadow Demon was a test of the Onmyoji's humanity. Contrary to Xie Xiaofeng's expectations, almost all of the Onmyoji stood up, begging Chen Hao, possessed by the Shadow Demon, to kill them instead of harming their families.

Witnessing this, the corners of Xie Xiaofeng's mouth slightly curved upward. These old fellows, whom he had previously seen as cowardly, were now showing such fearlessness. Aside from being moved, he also felt a pang of sorrow for these old fellows. He thought of what Liu Yongping had said just now—if he were still young, he would definitely have joined in Chen Hao's mischief. It's said that the older you get, the more you have to shoulder, and every action requires more caution and consideration.

"Perhaps it's because of the bonds and responsibilities to their families that these old guys can't be as willful and do as they please like us," Xie Xiaofeng thought to himself.

"Good!" Chen Hao snarled with a ferocious smile, "Since it's like this, I'll agree to spare your families and kill you all!"

Having said this, Chen Hao, standing at the door, stepped forward into the meeting room with the knife raised.

"Bang!" A loud door closing sound.

Leaning against the wall next to the door, Xie Xiaofeng slammed the door shut, and the room once again plunged into darkness.

"Who loses is not yet certain!" Xie Xiaofeng sneered coldly, "Shadow Demon, you fell into the trap!"

Without light, there was no shadow for Chen Hao, and without a shadow, the Shadow Demon could not only not control Chen Hao's actions through his shadow but was also trapped within Chen Hao's body, unable to escape.

"Are you saying that the two of you conspired to deceive me?" Chen Hao's tone was cold. Although the Shadow Demon could no longer control his movements, it still controlled his consciousness and speech. "I thought it was strange just now, how this kid suddenly came looking for you all. Turns out it was a trap!"

"That's right!" Xie Xiaofeng laughed proudly. Just now, when the other Onmyoji were lining up to go to the restroom, he had secretly called Chen Hao and asked him to come over around one o'clock.

Xie Xiaofeng guessed: After spending an hour in the dark with the Onmyoji, the Shadow Demon would definitely become particularly anxious. All it would take was for someone to appear at that time and leave a shadow, and the Shadow Demon would certainly attach to that person without a second thought.

Afterward, everything unfolded as Xie Xiaofeng had anticipated, except for the fact that Chen Hao had not arrived at the scheduled time. Around one o'clock in the morning, Xie Xiaofeng's heart suddenly tightened, anxiously awaiting Chen Hao's arrival. However, Chen Hao was nowhere to be seen. For Xie Xiaofeng, that period was agonizing, and he even began to despair, fearing that Chen Hao had encountered some misfortune.

"But what's the point of doing this?" the Shadow Demon, attached to Chen Hao, asked with a laugh.

"Of course, it's to kill you!" Xie Xiaofeng's eyes emitted a murderous glare. Having said that, he stepped forward and snatched the sharp knife from Chen Hao's hand.

Chen Hao, possessed by the Shadow Demon, let out two loud "haha" laughs, his laugh completely devoid of fear or nervousness. After finishing his laughter, he said, "The only way you can kill me is if you kill him first!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the sharp knife in Xie Xiaofeng's hand plunged straight into Chen Hao's chest, and soon Xie Xiaofeng felt something wet on his hand—it was the fresh blood flowing along the blade of the knife into his hand.

"Ah!" Chen Hao cried out in pain. "I didn't expect you to really be able to do it, to stab him!"

Chen Hao's trembling voice was filled with disbelief.

"Why shouldn't I be able to?" Xie Xiaofeng sneered coldly, "He asked me to do it. If an Onmyoji doesn't even have a bit of readiness for sacrifice, then he doesn't deserve to be called an Onmyoji!"

The latter part of Xie Xiaofeng's sentence was clearly addressed to the other Onmyoji present. Having said that, he grabbed the knife and brutally stabbed Chen Hao in the chest two more times.

"Uh, uh!" Chen Hao let out heart-wrenching screams of agony.

"If he dies, he can be reincarnated," Xie Xiaofeng continued, his tone extremely cold. "But it's different for you, Shadow Demon. That's why he thinks it's a good deal!"

Chen Hao's screeching became weaker; it seemed the Shadow Demon attached to him had been seriously injured.

Just then, Chen Hao's left eye suddenly flashed with a purple light, and his skin turned bright red as if it were on fire. Before long, steam began to rise from his body.

"Get away quickly!" Chen Hao gritted his teeth and strained to speak, his face twisted with intense pain.

Xie Xiaofeng's eyes widened in shock, then he suddenly crouched down. Almost at the same instant he lowered his head, a violent and dazzling purple flame burst from Chen Hao's left eye.

Because Chen Hao was injured and close to death, the Nether Eye Power in his left eye was activated passively, spewing forth such ferocious flames. Under the illumination of the purple fire, Chen Hao's shadow was cast on the wall. Seizing this opportunity, the heavily injured Shadow Demon immediately left Chen Hao's body and fled in panic.

After emitting a purple flame for about ten seconds, Chen Hao fell to the ground.

"Chen Hao, are you alright?" Xie Xiaofeng quickly helped Chen Hao to his feet.

"I'm... I'm dying!" Chen Hao whispered. "Get me... out of here."

Before he could finish his sentence, Chen Hao passed out.

Xie Xiaofeng quickly hoisted Chen Hao onto his back and rushed out of the meeting room. Chen Hao would be reviving soon, and he couldn't let the members of the Yin Yang Master Association see the blood re-entering Chen Hao's body and his wounds healing at an alarming rate.

Inside the meeting room, it was only after Xie Xiaofeng had carried Chen Hao out for ten minutes that the Onmyoji, still in shock, huddled in the corner, dared to stand up and turn on the meeting room lights.

"Did the Shadow Demon escape injured?" Liu Yongping asked uncertainly.

"It seems so," Ren Deshan nodded slightly. After a pause, he frowned deeply and lamented, "Chairman Chen was stabbed three times. Xie Xiaofeng must have taken him to the hospital for emergency treatment. I wonder if his life is in danger?"

Meanwhile, Xie Xiaofeng had already carried Chen Hao to a dark alley in Coffin Street.

"You're killing me, Chen Hao, why are you so heavy!" Xie Xiaofeng panted and then casually tossed Chen Hao to the ground like a sack.

"Ow!" Chen Hao suddenly let out a cry of pain. "Xie Xiaofeng, are you even human, treating a severely injured person like this?"

"Anyway, you won't die!" Xie Xiaofeng retorted casually. Suddenly, a glint appeared in his eyes as he kicked Chen Hao lying on the ground, saying angrily, "Weren't you dead? Have you revived already? Damn it, if you've come back to life say it sooner; you had me carry you all this distance, exhausted me to death!"

Chen Hao slowly got up from the ground, dusting himself off, and then kicked back at Xie Xiaofeng in complaint: "Xie Xiaofeng, did you do that on purpose just now? I agreed to let you stab me with the knife, but I didn't agree to you doing it so forcefully! Tell me, did you do it intentionally? It hurt like hell!"

"Haha!" Xie Xiaofeng laughed proudly. After laughing, his expression gradually grew solemn, and he said worriedly, "We almost killed the Shadow Demon just now. It'll probably come back for revenge in a few days. We need to quickly think of a way to deal with it."

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