C17 Decoy

Since the case of the blind man's corpse had not been settled yet, and more murders had occurred within a few days, the head of the department was furious. He had just returned to the station when an emergency meeting was called. Based on the discussion at the meeting, it was finally decided on a way to lure the snake out of its cave. He wanted to find a police officer who was pretending to be a passerby to lure out the serial killer.

As for who would be the bait, the Leader's gaze slowly fell on Li Jing. He thought about how he had been busy for the past few days, and how he often asked for leave, so he decided it was reasonable for him to show off. However, he knew full well that the other party wasn't a human, yet he still charged in. Wasn't this like a lamb in a tiger's den?!

However, from the current situation, he was probably the only one who knew the other party best. If it was anyone else, they would put others in danger. As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who goes to hell?

"Leader, please leave the bait task to me!"

There were still a few hours until the operation ends. Li Jing rushed home and flipped through the secret scripture that Zhang Changsheng had left for him.

As the saying went, sharpening the spear in the middle of a battle wasn't quick. Li Jing had actually found a few ways to draw the Anti-Demon Subduing Talisman in the part of the book that Dao Kong had helped him translate.

Although he didn't know how to do it exactly, he still went to the market and asked for some chicken blood to draw a few pictures, hoping that it would come in handy when the time came.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the operation. Li Jing put on his headphones and briefly communicated with his colleagues who were waiting outside before heading into the alleyway. It was already one o'clock in the night, and the surroundings were completely silent. Only the night cat's cries could be heard from time to time. The sounds were like the wailing of a baby, reverberating through the alleyway and causing one's hair to stand on end.

Li Jing began to regret. If that ghost really came out, would his talismans still work? He would throw the item away if it didn't work. However, after wandering around the alleyway for over an hour, no ghosts could be seen. Only a few wandering souls could be seen passing by from time to time. Li Jing began to relax. He thought that this ghost probably wouldn't come out tonight.

At this moment, his earphones suddenly transmitted a colleague's voice: "Li Jing, report your current location. Why can't the detector detect you?"

Li Jing was stunned. Just as he was about to answer, a commotion came from his headphones. No matter how Li Jing yelled at him, he stopped talking.

He thought to himself, "Not good. I remember reading about ghosts. They have a magnetic field, which can affect communication equipment in the surroundings."

As expected, a field of lights suddenly lit up not far ahead. That unforgettable voice of Li Jing once again slowly floated over.

"Dumplings, hot dumplings!"

Although Li Jing was prepared, it was the first time he had faced a ghost by himself. He couldn't help but feel uneasy.

It was as if the damned stall owner had also discovered Li Jing. He scolded loudly, "It's you again who wasted a thousand cuts of food!"

As he spoke, he angrily walked over.

Noticing that the stall owner was about to walk in front of him, Li Jing hastily took out the Evil Suppression Talisman and placed it on the stall owner's forehead.

The stall owner didn't expect Li Jing to have such a move. He didn't even have time to react before the Evil Suppression Talisman was firmly pressed against his forehead.

However, he didn't know if this Evil Suppression Talisman was drawn by Li Jing or if it was made of the wrong materials, but there was a chance that there was green smoke coming out of the vendor's forehead before turning into a pile of ash and falling down.

However, the booth owner was perfectly fine. Instead, he became even angrier and he pounced towards Li Jing while baring his fangs and brandishing his claws. Li Jing panicked. He hastily took out the remaining Evil Suppression Talismans and carelessly stuck them on the stall owner's body. Probably due to the nervousness, Li Jing didn't look at his position when he posted it. In the blink of an eye, the stall owner's entire body was pasted everywhere.

But as if these talismans had worked, the stall owner struggled a few times, his body began to emit white smoke, and then he collapsed onto the ground like a deflated ball.

Li Jing was shocked, but he still didn't feel reassured. He carefully walked up to the stall owner and nudged him with his toes a few times to make sure the stall owner didn't react before letting out a sigh of relief.

"F * ck, you scared laozi to death."

Suddenly, a wail came from not too far away. He raised his head and saw that the customers on the dumplings were rushing towards him like madmen.

Li Jing was dumbfounded. Not to mention the fact that he didn't have any Evil Suppression Talismans, even if he had to face these fifteen to sixteen evil spirits, he still wouldn't be able to deal with them.

Li Jing jumped up from the ground and ran out of the alleyway as if he was flying. Listening to the wailing shouts behind him, Li Jing truly felt what it meant to use one's life to run.

Unfortunately, the unfortunate events happened one after another. Before Li Jing even ran a few steps, he noticed that the alleyway became extremely long once again. The street lights that flashed before his eyes seemed to extend endlessly into the darkness in the distance. There was no need to think about it. Li Jing didn't feel any fear, he only felt a trace of helplessness as he shouted, "I want my life lost here!"

Suddenly, a voice rang in his ears. "Come here."

Although the sound wasn't loud, to Li Jing, it was like a light in the darkness, like the dew on a dry land. In the blink of an eye, he saw a young man leaning against the wall, looking at him. There were several circles of small yellow flags stuck around the young man, and the young man was gesturing for him to enter the circle of small yellow flags.

The situation was urgent, so Li Jing didn't have time to think as he quickly jumped in. As for those evil spirits, they suddenly stopped as if they had lost their target, and then dispersed into the alleyway. As for the evil spirits, they walked past the two of them as if they didn't see them.

Li Jing looked at everything that had happened in astonishment. He could hardly believe his own eyes. The man said indifferently.

"I just set up the Eight Trigrams Bewitching Formation to confuse the ghosts. They can't see us right now."

Li Jing was relieved. In the blink of an eye, he started to size up the young man in front of him. The young man wore a white shirt and black-rimmed glasses. He left a long trail of water behind him to cover one eye. Li Jing couldn't help but be surprised that the man was Dao Kong.

Li Jing quickly took a few steps back and subconsciously wiped the pistol on his waist with his hand. "Who the hell are you? Why are you following me?"

The man didn't even raise his head as he said in an indifferent tone, "If you keep backing down, you'll be out. I won't be able to help you then."

Li Jing turned his head and saw that he was on the edge of the Eight Trigrams Formation. He immediately jumped back after retreating a little bit. Who the hell are you?

"The people who helped you."

The man swept a glance at Li Jing with the corner of his eye. Li Jing felt that the man's gaze was extremely cold, and his body couldn't help but shiver.

Although Li Jing was suspicious of the man's identity and dissatisfied with his nonchalant attitude, it was true that he was the one who had saved him. Furthermore, it seemed like he had no ill intentions towards him. He decided to change the topic. "Then how do we get out?"

The man raised his head to the sky and said indifferently, "Wait …"

"Wait?" Li Jing seemed to understand what the man meant. In a few hours, the sun would rise and the yang energy would gradually rise, then the ghosts and monsters would naturally disappear.

Although this method was a bit stupid, it seemed to be the only method right now.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning. Those evil spirits were still moving around in the alleyway.

The booth owner was also helped up by the other ghosts on the ground. It seemed like Li Jing's Soul Suppressing Talisman had only worked for a short while.

Although it was summer, the alleyway was located at the mouth of the wind. The constant cold wind blew back and forth, making Li Jing's entire body go numb.

The man leaned against the wall like a statue, not moving an inch. Li Jing also tried to talk to the man along the way.

His answer was a cold silence. Li Jing even started to suspect that this man had autism.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from afar. The old man was actually Old Xu. Tonight's operation was used as backup, so why would he suddenly appear here?

At the same time, the evil spirits also turned their gazes towards Old Xu. Li Jing yelled in his mind, "Old Xu, run!"

Old Xu also froze when he saw Li Jing, but he walked even faster towards him.

"Why are you here! Little bastard, I've been looking for you for a long time! "

"That's not right, I've been walking a few rounds around here. Why didn't I see you?" What about the other colleagues? "

It turned out that Li Jing's colleague had suddenly lost contact with him. He was worried that something might happen so he quickly sent people to search in the alleyway. Old Xu was one of them.

However, after walking a few rounds, they were unable to find him. Meanwhile, Old Xu noticed that his other colleagues had disappeared. He then saw Li Jing.

Old Xu was still quite a distance away from Li Jing, so it was impossible for him to be pulled into the Eight Trigrams Formation. However, those evil spirits had already arrived by Old Xu's side.