Marco ran

 outside

. T

he bust in his hand wasn’t light. It was 

difficult

enough to

 just hold it, and now 

he was in 

trouble 

because

 he had to run. After a few steps, the bust shook 

and

 fell 

to

 the ground with a low thud. 

The female ghost reacted fast. She shot us a fierce glance 

and

 turned into a red ring

, aiming 

at Dr. 

Paolo

’s throat. 

Paolo

 had just reached the body

 and 

was untying the body from the rope. 

When he saw

 the ghost 

head

 toward him, he swiftly jumped off the ladder. He picked up the staff on the floor

 and gave me the other half. He said, 

“This plan won’t work. The ghost is much more powerful than I expected.”  

Then, he rushed out of the church. The ghost wanted to follow us at first

, but

 she then decided to stay

 and hovered 

in midair to protect her body. 

After we escaped, 

Paolo

 casually threw his staff aside. He didn’t want to use it anymore. “Why 

did

 the scepter 

break

?” 

The scepter in 

Paolo

’s hand looked mighty. Moreover, from the bishop’s logo on it, it wasn’t 

an

 ordinary scepter. It was beyond my expectation that the scepter would 

break. 

Paolo

 shook his head

 and sighed 

deeply. 

Marco

 secretly pulled me 

to

 the side

 and whispered,

 “The scepter isn’t similar to magical weapons. It only works when the user reads the spell. At that time, you didn’t read the spell. That’s why it broke so easily.” 

“

Marco

, I’m so sorry…” 

Seeing

 their expressions

, I knew I had carelessly destroyed their family’s treasure. I didn’t know how to 

compensate for it

. 

Marco

 just smiled

 and comforted 

me. “My father has many treasures. It’s not a problem 

that

 one

 is

 broken.” 

I smiled, but I was thinking about 

the

 otherworldly items I should send them to compensate. 

“I

’ve

 left some bugs on the corpse. The maggots 

will

 grow and multiply 

quickly

 in that

 dark

 castle. Countless maggots 

will

produce

 in one night. It should be enough to nibble the entire corpse

,

” 

Paolo

 told me before he left. 

However, t

hose men in black wouldn’t just stand and stare. The maggots could only hold back the female ghost from turning into a devil for a while. It 

w

ouldn’t change the result. 

Paolo

 suggested that 

we head 

home to consider the solutions to deal with the devil. He implied that we shouldn’t put our hands in this

, but h

ow could I agree with him?

Early the next day, we took Yin Xinyue and Ru Xue to the airport to go home. 

When we saw

 the two ladies 

leave 

safely, Li Mazi and I exchanged smiles. 

Men are never afraid of challenges! We are afraid of hindrances! Since our loved ones were safe, we could follow 

Paolo

 and have a good fight with that devil. 

During 

the next few

 days, Li Mazi and I roamed around the big streets and small alleys of Milan. Eventually, we found a genuine peach wood sword. 

The

 sword radiated a light red halo, and the handle was polished due to frequent use. After a long time of working in this business, I knew it was an antique from the Tang Dynasty right away. I offered the shopkeeper a high price to get the sword. However, he denied it. He allowed us to borrow the sword, but we had to return it after we were done. 

In addition to

 the sword, I got two warm and smooth pieces of jade that could enhance the Yang energy for the wearer. I 

drew

 many spirit talismans 

when I returned

 to the hotel. 

After the preparations were complete

, I asked 

Marco,

 “When can we start?” 

“My father needs one more day to prepare. Tomorrow night, we’ll take action.” 

I was stirred up, thinking that 

the case

 would come to an end. I hoped no mistakes would be made at thi

s

 time. To ensure our safety, Li Mazi and I stayed in the hotel for the whole day

 as we waited 

to take action with 

Paolo

 the next day. Unexpectedly, something really bad happened the next day. 

Marco

 received a call from his housekeeper. The old man 

told 

him that Dr. 

Paolo

 was 

dead

! 

As

Marco

 cried

telling me the sad news, I was baffled. I followed 

Marco

 to his family’s ranch. We saw 

Paolo

’s body soaked in the swimming pool. 

From the characteristic of the body, 

Paolo

 had been dead for at least twelve hours. In other words, 

he

 was dead when 

Marco

 gathered with us last night to celebrate in advance

. 

Marco

 didn’t blame the servants in the house

, and he didn’t 

investigate 

Paolo

’s death, either. He quietly prepared 

Paolo

’s funeral arr

angements 

in a low-key manner. Since 

Paolo

 was one of the most famous business benefactors in Milan, his funeral was held in the Cathedral of Milan. 

Marco

 directly 

placed

Paolo

 into the coffin and sent the coffin to the main hall of the church as he was afraid that the devil had almost completed the transformation.  

Li Mazi and I weren’t Christians. We didn’t enter the main hall as th

e ceremony 

carried on. We just waited outside. 

This church was 

the largest Gothic church in the world

. Every 

detail of this place looked so solemn

 and the 

followers inside looked pious

. They played 

mournful music

.

I pulled Li Mazi

 and asked 

him to go outside for fresh air. He didn’t want to leave

 and 

enthusiastically 

showed

 me the surroundings. “Look, the Jesus statue here isn’t similar 

to

the ones in other places

.” 

“Is it?” I thought it was interesting

 and went 

with him to 

look at

 the statue of the crucified Jesus.

Jesus was looking upward. His 

limbs were nailed on the cross,

and he had a Roman soldier’s silver lance stabbed at his side. The lance emitted cold light that could bewitch people’s 

minds

. 

T

he most bizarre thing was that the tip of the lance had a beam of uncoagulated blood, which looked as if it had just streamed down a human body. 

After the funeral mass was over, 

Marco

 went out. Li Mazi and I said our condolences to him. 

“I will inherit my father’s will. I will continue to fight the 

devil

. However, I’m not as 

good as him

. I don’t know what to do next.” 

Although 

Marco

 had announced to people that his father died of drowning while swimming, we knew it was the Longquan Villa who had assassinated him. 

Marco

 had prepared a huge sum to invite the Bishop and other priests to help us expel the devil. I shook my head

 and told 

him not to do so. 

Paolo had passed away, so

Marco

 had to take 

care of all

 of his family’s business matters. However, his position in the company hadn’t been stabilized yet. If he created 

a

 mess, people with dark

 and 

ambitious hearts would take 

the

 chance to overthrow him and take away the family business 

Paolo

 had been struggling his whole life to build and maintain. 

After listening

 to me, 

Marco

 accepted my idea,

 and 

dispiritedly 

pulled

 his hair. 

We 

had to 

direct

 his attention by asking him about 

an

 irrelevant topic. 

“What is that spear thing that has blood on it?” asked Li Mazi. 

Marco

 followed Li Mazi’s 

gaze

. He answered weakly, then 

lowered

 his head again

,

“The Lance of God.” 

Marco

 was 

an enthusiastic

 young man.

However, since his father suddenly 

passed

 awa

y

, all the burdens had been laid on his shoulders at once. He became flustered and helpless. 

That

 night, 

Marco

 had to hold a vigil beside his father in the church. Li Mazi and I stayed with him. 

There were only three of us in th

e

 vast church. The lights were switched off, leaving some big candles as the only sources of light. In this dark interior, the most eye-catching thing was the blood on the Lance of God. 

I couldn’t control my curiosity. “

Marco

, do you know the origin of the Lance of God?” 

“When Jesus was crucified by the Roma

ns,

 the wind roared and roamed the entire city at the moment he died. Dark clouds covered the sky as though God was crying. Three days later, a Roman sold

ier went 

to check if Jesus was dead or not

. That

 soldier used his spear to stab his side. 

B

lood spurted from the cut, and Jesus opened his eyes again. The Roman soldier was 

greatly

 influenced

, and h

e became a Christian afterward. The lance that had Jesus’s blood later became the Lance of God or the Spear of Destiny.

As Christianity was spreading fast and wide, Jesus gradually 

became

 the supreme

 G

od in the hearts of Europeans. The lance 

became

 the sacred item held in the Cathedral of Milan. People 

say

 that no matter what time of the year it is, Jesus’s blood on the lance will never dry. It protects the entire city of Milan and the people living here. It can expel 

all

 devils!” 

After listening to him, I nodded then closed my eye

s

. 

That item 

is

a

W

estern otherworldly 

item

, 

isn’t

 it?