The assistant sitting at the desk in the room replied casually, “Since you stepped into the supernatural society?”

She was the Exorcism Nun Elaine, an assistant sent to Qi Xing by the International Exorcism Association, only slightly older than Magical Girl Artemina.

Her bright white hair and deep blue eyes were impressive, and her beautiful appearance was no less stunning than hers.

But Qi Xing generally refused to look directly at Elaine.

Because this so-called Exorcism Nun wore a black, elastic, skin-tight combat suit instead of a habit.

Not only did it clearly reveal her body curves, but for some reason, it also completely exposed her thighs and navel, as if she were walking around in fetish wear, much like a Japanese Anti-Demon Ninja.

Usually, Qi Xing did not know where to look.

However, these Exorcism Nuns never saw a problem with it, instead believing it was more convenient for combat.

Elaine was usually strictly professional, and Qi Xing just treated her as a colleague.

But since she had taken up the conversation, Qi Xing continued to explain, "I have been exorcising evil and eliminating demons for ten years."

Over these ten years, Qi Xing had helped the weak, punished the wicked, maintained world harmony everywhere, and eliminated countless demons, monsters, and evildoers, even being honored as Master Leipu.

Now many demons knew that as long as they did evil, Master Leipu would fly over to rape you, grab you, and instantly refine you into a little femboy.

But the world had not changed because of this.

"No matter how I kill, no matter what methods I use to intimidate, the world remains this ghostly mess. People drowned in desire are endless. Children replace them to fight demons, and yet there are still people who want to threaten them to vent their own evil desires."

After Qi Xing finished speaking, he threw the gourd containing the lecherous teacher onto the sofa, "It's just endless."

Even if the supernatural society called him Master Leipu, Qi Xing was ultimately just one person; he could not appear in a hundred thousand places at once to screw over all the evil.

Trying to kill all the bad guys was as futile as trying to drain a swimming pool with a syringe.

But his complaint only made Nun Elaine sigh with an "Sigh."

"Mr. Qi, you are not God."

She was busy helping Qi Xing write the incident report to be submitted to the Association, too lazy to even lift her head, "Making the world better is not something that happens overnight. Thanks to you, people were saved today; those saved by you today will help more people in the future. Only by being so down-to-earth can you change the world bit by bit. Don't be too greedy."

This sounded quite reasonable; it was a sound argument, common sense, and something a mature adult would say. Although Elaine was actually several years younger than Qi Xing, it was enough to silence his complaints.

Qi Xing had to defend himself, "I never felt that my actions could change others' thoughts."

The protagonists in manga could passionately declare their thoughts, touching hearts and being moving. However, if Qi Xing were to do such a thing, he would respectfully decline. He was not narcissistic enough to think he could play that kind of passionate protagonist.

But to this, Elaine only responded with a cute hmph, "You really are a sinful man."

As the assistant to Master Leipu, Elaine would monitor from behind whenever Qi Xing went to eliminate demons. Of course, she was not peeking twenty-four hours a day—that was perverted behavior, and she did not consider herself that kind of terrible woman.

However, when Magical Girl Artemina was rescued, Elaine did notice the expression on the girl's face, as well as her lingering, unforgettable gaze at the time of parting.

Because Elaine was all too familiar with that look, as she had also once worn a similar expression.

It was the light of hope suddenly seen when in despair, prepared to be humiliated or even die; it was the look a girl would only show when encountering a great hero.

(What a sin. To seduce even such a young child, he is truly a bad man.)

While writing the report, Elaine secretly sighed in her heart.

Every few days, he would rescue one or two heroes from desperate situations, avenge them, bring them hope, max out their affection, and then fly away immediately without asking for anything in return… and most of the heroes were female.

The Worlds Strongest Man, yet he did not even understand the consequences of doing such things; he was truly stupid and evil. The strongest male running around like a pheromone emitter—even if he were stabbed to death by a yandere one day because of it, he could not complain, right?

Elaine was a nun, so of course she would not get herself involved… but how to say it… well, hopefully Qi Xing could survive strongly? She would help him a little.

This is your own life, think carefully, Master Leipu!

To avoid regrets, keep using your brain, Master Leipu!

002: The Super-Scientific Hypnotist Uncle

The International Exorcism Association (IAE) was created by the Roman Curia of this world and was actually funded and maintained by them. But nominally, it was a supernatural organization not directly affiliated with the church.

Because it was not directly affiliated, no matter what trouble the Association caused, the Roman Curia could disassociate itself and not bear public pressure—to put it bluntly, the Association was actually outsourced demon-hunting mercenaries, contracting demon-fighting work from the Roman Curia, acting only as individuals or private groups, which was very convenient for doing dirty work.

Because they were essentially outsourced mercenaries, regardless of religion or sect, anyone who applied and passed the assessment could join the International Exorcism Association. Although most members were naturally exorcists of the Christianity system, there was no lack of experts from other religions in the Association—traditional shamans, esoteric monks, New Age wizards, and even classical sorcerers, druids, or Taoists, and all were of first-class standard.

Qi Xing, as a lone cultivator without any sect or affiliation, also went to register with the Association, mainly to use the Association's intelligence network. Although being affiliated with an organization had many restrictions, it was too difficult to eliminate demons alone, and it was hard to even find where the bad guys were. "Drawing my sword and looking around in confusion" was not funny.

In addition, the salary and bonuses the Roman Curia paid to exorcists were very generous and substantial. Since becoming Master Leipu, Qi Xing had never been short of money, and everywhere people were impatient to send him money.

As for the price, it was that the Association would inevitably stuff some hard-to-refuse jobs his way. But as long as it was to slaughter evil, Qi Xing would basically accept them gladly.

Today's work was no exception.

"The target this time is quite dangerous; it is a famous parapsychologist."

In the hotel room, Nun Elaine picked up the briefing sent by the Association and spoke.

Qi Xing sighed upon hearing this.

Parapsychology. The word sounded very fashionable. Simply put, parapsychology was a special discipline that studied extraordinary mental and spiritual abilities such as hypnosis, suggestion, telepathy, near-death experiences, and extrasensory perception (ESP).

In the world of Qi Xing's previous life, as far as he knew, although several major powers had invested considerable resources in researching parapsychology, they eventually achieved no results and had to give up. Parapsychology was considered pseudoscience, basically just something used to deceive the powerful.

However, in this world, there was magic, superpowers, and gods, demons, and ghosts, so parapsychologists were different. The parapsychologists here were truly like mages or cultivators, a noble profession that could sit at the same table to eat. They had power, ability, and special social status.

At least that was how it should have been.

If it were the Qi Xing who had just transmigrated, he would certainly have thought parapsychologists were very powerful. However, over the past few years, he had gradually become familiar with the style of this world. So…

"What parapsychologist; it's actually just a hypnotist uncle, right."

After sighing, he retorted, "It's not like time-stop. Shouldn't be strong, right?"

For some reason, although the parapsychologists of this world possessed real power, just by standing there, making eye contact with the other party, or saying a few short words, they could capture the other party's mind—but they did not really use it to deceive the powerful. Most parapsychologists eventually degenerated into hypnotist uncles, just as Magical Girls were easily corrupted into sows, only pursuing their own physical desires.

In the end, they were either defeated by heroes or went berserk and destroyed themselves, so they were not too dangerous.

Generally not. Generally.

In addition, Qi Xing had discovered over the past few years that, for some reason, this world completely lacked creative works like manga, games, or movies featuring surreal elements such as hypnosis, time-stop, or tentacles. Therefore, the term "hypnotist uncle" was something only Qi Xing would say. As for why it was so inexplicable, Qi Xing could not explain it either; the situation was just like that.

Perhaps it was precisely because he had experienced two different worlds that he could discover the weirdness. Everyone else was in the midst of the Lushan Mountain, unable to see its true face.

"The target this time is hard to say."

The nun shook her head, "I'm afraid it's an unusual expert."

After saying this, she turned to the next page and continued reading the file,

"Professor Dalik Vanstra, Director of the Parapsychology Research Center at the University of Rome, is a world-class academic leader in the field of hypnosis. Conscious hypnosis, physical hypnosis, personality modification, common sense alteration… he can do all of these things, and he usually works as a private hypnotherapist. Social status, fame, wealth, elite connections—he has it all."

"Two months ago, Professor Vanstra suddenly lost control of his emotions at the school, shot and killed one of his female graduate students in full view of everyone, and then disappeared. Ordinary police officers would be hypnotized just by making eye contact with him, and the Roman Curia lacked a sufficient number of Witch Hunters, so his whereabouts have remained undetermined."

"The Roman Curia investigated Professor Vanstra's interpersonal relationships and discovered that he had affairs with thirty-six different women, ranging from female college students to the wives of politicians. Moreover, all these women were obsessively in love with him, clearly under the influence of mental hypnosis. The female graduate student he shot was one of them. The Exorcism Association therefore ruled that he had abused his supernatural abilities to violate the minds of others and had fallen into evil ways, necessitating his arrest and investigation."

"Last month, the missing Professor Vanstra suddenly appeared in Singapore. He used hypnosis to abduct a total of 40 Mysterious Little Girls under the age of fourteen. Five days ago, he hypnotized an entire team of demon hunters sent to capture him. The last time the Exorcism Association tracked his movements was when he took them aboard the luxury cruise ship, the 'Heaven-Shattering Great Love'."

"This cruise ship is currently docked at the Port of Tokyo and will set sail for Manila tonight. The Exorcism Association requests that Master Leipu assist in the capture of Vanstra. The bounty is quite generous."

At first glance, this certainly sounded like an ordinary job.

So Qi Xing frowned: "This job is too simple. Why is the Exorcism Association looking for me?"

When things are abnormal, there must be something sinister going on. Qi Xing is Master Leipu, a living immortal, The Worlds Strongest Man. Although it might sound a bit funny that one can just pay money to hire him to exorcise demons, his appearance fee has never been low.

It's just capturing a middle-aged man who uses hypnosis; why spend so much money? No matter how rich the Roman Curia is, they can't just burn cash for fun, right?

The nun flipped through a few more pages and sure enough, found a small sidebar in the file: "The Exorcism Association believes that Professor Vanstra may have stolen an important relic related to an ancient Great Demon from the church."

Oh? An ancient Great Demon?

Qi Xing finally felt curious: "Which Great Demon?"

There are too many different religions in this world, and mythology is filled with all sorts of gods and demons, whose combat power naturally varies from strong to weak. There aren't many beings that the International Exorcism Association would define as a 'Great Demon'. But regardless, every time a Great Demon appears, many demon hunters are bound to sacrifice their lives.

If the hunters fail to defeat the manifested Great Demon, the situation often spirals out of control. The scene becomes very inappropriate for children.

Likewise, a hunter who defeats a Great Demon is sure to become famous throughout the supernatural society.

Qi Xing himself had once faced a Great Demon in hand-to-hand combat, delivering a violent, all-out assault, thus achieving a legend of his time.

"It cannot be confirmed yet, but it is certainly a Great Demon from the apocalyptic religious system… a fallen archangel."

After Elaine finished speaking, she hesitated somewhat: "Mr. Qi, are you sure you want to take on this mission?"

Although she ran around all day wearing a sexy nun's outfit, she was a nun after all. In the worldview of Christianity, there are no evil entities more terrifying and vicious than those fallen angels, and even saints can hardly claim victory easily.

It is well known that Master Leipu once dominated a Great Demon, but Great Demons also have differences in strength and attributes. Winning against one yesterday does not mean one can win against another today.

According to the conventions of this world, if one loses to a Great Demon, there is no need to mention the fate of women; men will not be spared either, and they might not even be able to die simply—being able to die could even be considered a blessing. Once completely defeated, the soul cannot be freed and will suffer literal endless torment, an infinite, ultimate abuse.

That kind of humiliation is of a dark cruelty unimaginable to humans, absolute and extreme. It is not just the body; even dignity and personality will be completely trampled and shattered. Even death will not be allowed by the demon, and no rescue from the outside world will ever come. To be toyed with, to be driven, eternal torment and extraction…

"Don't overthink it."

But Qi Xing saw through Elaine's unease at a glance, reached out and tapped her on the head to bring her back to her senses: "Right now, we only heard about an ancient relic; we are still far from an actual Great Demon manifesting. Besides, even if a Great Demon really appears, I miss such challenges."

He sneered, revealing his stark white teeth: "Setting the Great Demon aside, just talking about that hypnotic middle-aged man—Elaine, do you know? In my hometown, human traffickers who kidnap children are to be beaten to death immediately. I cannot be absent for this."

This statement certainly made sense. The forty abducted Mysterious Little Girls—what kind of tragic things have they already suffered, or are they still enduring? Without Qi Xing having to say it, Elaine knew very well that the children must be rescued as soon as possible.

So she nodded, stopped trying to persuade him, and just asked calmly: "Professor Vanstra is likely hiding among the cruise ship passengers. The 'Heaven-Shattering Great Love' has a passenger capacity of about 2,000; finding people and rescuing them will not be easy. Do you have any plans?"

Qi Xing smiled slightly: "It's very simple. First, we wait for that cruise ship to set sail tonight, and wait for it to enter international waters."

Not bad, it is indeed best to wait for the cruise ship to enter international waters. In international waters, it is more convenient to do whatever is necessary. The nun secretly praised Qi Xing's prudent thinking, then asked curiously: "And then?"

"Then I will fly over on a cloud, use my Thunder Fist to sink the cruise ship, and force everyone to abandon ship and escape in lifeboats."

Qi Xing said proudly: "This way, no matter what hypnosis techniques he has, he will have to show himself. Unless that middle-aged hypnotist has the ability to hypnotize the ocean so he doesn't drown."

"Oh, Lord."

The nun covered her face and sighed in despair.

The Worlds Strongest Man can, of course, sink a 100,000-ton cruise ship with one punch. Precisely because of this, the Exorcism Association must send a beautiful girl assistant to keep an eye on Qi Xing at all times.

"Please, absolutely do not do that. This plan is too prone to errors. It is better to use traditional methods: infiltrate the cruise ship to investigate and find the people."

She tried to persuade him earnestly.

"I disagree," but Qi Xing objected, "Especially you; you absolutely cannot do any infiltration investigation."

You, an improper nun who runs around all day wearing a belly-baring sexy outfit, are going to infiltrate and capture a middle-aged hypnotist? Are you joking? Qi Xing couldn't possibly be at ease. She'd probably be hypnotized and fall into darkness within an hour, turned into a cream puff, with the highlights in her eyes gone!

Qi Xing absolutely could not accept such inappropriate things!

Fortunately, Qi Xing quickly came up with a good idea… after all, he is the famous Master Leipu.

"Fine, okay." Suddenly, he changed his tone, "But this time, your actions must follow my command."

"As long as you don't sink the cruise ship, everything is fine."

Thus, the plan to capture the middle-aged hypnotist was set. Elaine rushed to prepare cruise ship tickets and fake identity passports, while Qi Xing picked up the task file sent by the Exorcism Association to take another look. It contained the description of the ancient relic stolen by Professor Vanstra.

That relic was a long spear; more accurately, it was just a spearhead crudely ground from pig iron, still stained with blood on the blade, old and dull, having lost its sharpness.

But as soon as Qi Xing saw these written descriptions, he immediately frowned: "Wait a second, nun, where was this relic stolen from?"

"The Vatican," Elaine replied calmly while sending an email, "St. Peter's Basilica."

This information was enough for Qi Xing.

"The middle-aged hypnotist stole the damn spear of longinus? Is the Roman Curia's security just useless?!"

"I'm afraid so."

The spear of longinus, the Spear of Destiny, the Holy Spear—this was the highest-level relic in the Christianity system, which even Qi Xing knew about, and perhaps the most important relic of the entire church.

He was originally a bit curious about why a middle-aged hypnotist would want to steal an ancient relic; if he wanted to summon a Great Demon, which Great Demon was he trying to summon, and what was he planning to do? He had originally thought that the relic stolen by the middle-aged hypnotist would be related to some Lust Demon King or something similar.

How did a Holy Spear suddenly appear?

You aren't going to perform some four-letter thing here, are you?!

If a god or demon really manifests, this will likely be a world-shaking battle.

That night, using the fake passports prepared by the Exorcism Association, they successfully infiltrated the 'Heaven-Shattering Great Love'.