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Only God knows what dangers might arise in this room, but for now he can only trust Stephen's words and the power of his dried-up brain.

It looks a bit ugly, and the production process was terrible, but I wonder if it's a psychological effect.

Banner felt that if he caught it, the eerie atmosphere in the room would dissipate somewhat.

Doctor Strange tossed the dried-out head to Banner without saying a word, picked up the puppy statue, and headed towards the exit.

As he left, Banner glanced again at the strange statues beside him. Perhaps influenced by the parchment from before, he now felt as if every statue in the room was staring at him with a greedy expression.

Driven by inner turmoil and fear, Banner followed in Doctor Strange's footsteps without hesitation.

When Banner came out of the room, he realized that the room he had just been in was actually the most intact part of the entire house.

Chapter 693 Where are you going?

The gravel path, graffiti, and bloodstains in the corridor gave him the illusion that he was in a horror movie scene.

Following the direction of the corridor, Banner saw Stephen's figure disappear around the corner. Just as he was about to take a step to chase after him, the hair dryer in his hand suddenly began to shake.

"where are you going?".

At the same time, Doctor Strange's voice came from behind him.

"what?"

When he answered the question, Banner looked surprised.

He turned to look at Doctor Strange behind him, then glanced at the corner of the corridor in the distance, and said in a tone of shock and confusion, "I saw you appear in that corridor just now, so I suddenly ran over..."

"Don't trust your eyes, especially in this part of the world."

After listening to Banner's explanation, Stephen looked at a corner of the corridor and said in a hoarse voice, "This house was once used by a Native American shaman to seal away demons. Later, it became a mass grave and a place for cults to commit murders. The entire building is filled with a lot of cult magic and easily attracts wandering spirits. What you just saw must have been one of the spirits living here."

Dr. Strange's explanation gave Banner a chilling feeling.

He held the dried-out head in his hand, swallowed hard, and asked Stephen, "If that's the case, why don't you expel them—or seal them away?"

“Why would I do this?”

Faced with Banner's question, Stephen looked up at him and said calmly, "Compared to these souls, I am a latecomer. How can a latecomer expel the original inhabitants?"

Through these words, Doctor Strange pointed again at the head in Banner's hand, trying to calm him down.

"Furthermore, under the protection of the human head, the unusual spirit cannot get close to you at all, so as long as you don't fall for it, there will be no problem."

Hearing Dr. Strange's "comforting" words, Banner instinctively gripped the head in his hands even tighter.

After saying these words, the two of them, led by Doctor Strange, went down the stairs of the house and into the spacious basement.

"A beautiful captain?!"

Immediately afterwards, Banner saw the body of the handsome Captain America lying motionless in the middle of the basement.

“Fate not only brought me to you, but also brought me here.”

Under Banner's gaze, Dr. Strange responded calmly.

Clearly, in the previous Hydra incident, he not only saved Banner, but also rescued Captain America from the laboratory.

After saying this, Stephen placed the puppy statue in his hand in front of the handsome captain.

Meanwhile, Banner noticed that the beautiful Captain America was surrounded by various items, many of which were very similar to those he had seen in the room before, suggesting that it was a prepared ritual scene.

"Ugh!"

While Banner was pondering, on the other side, Dr. Stephen Strange took a box of unknown white paint from his pocket and painted his face with a strange white pattern. He then hung the other prepared items on the table, took a black toad from the terracotta pot in front of him, and stuffed it into his mouth, while Banner watched in horror.

Obviously, the feeling of putting a live toad in your mouth is disgusting.

Even Dr. Strange managed to suppress the few times his face showed a joking expression.

Stephen, with a hopping toad in his mouth, approached the still altar, took a deep breath, and began to dance a bizarre dance, waving his arms and legs.

Puff, puff

As Doctor Strange danced, the fire pit in the basement began to burn, and the dancing flames surrounded Captain America in the center of the altar.

At the same time, Doctor Strange, surrounded by flames, also cast a strange spell.

Because he had a toad in his mouth, the spells that Doctor Strange uttered were exceptionally clear.

"Go, go, Captain Pretty Country, here I pray your gaze, great Papa Legba, guide those dwelling at the crossroads, guide our path, guide the soul of Captain Pretty Country..."

"...PapaLegba, I offer this sacrifice and beg for your guidance..."

In the basement, Doctor Strange danced a bizarre dance around the fireplace, his body covered in various gadgets, most of which were white, creepy bones.

As Dr. Strange prayed, the dog in front of him began to change: a large amount of blood gushed from the statue's eyes, which turned dark black and emitted a strange stench. Then, the statue began to char, as if some unknown creature had sucked away its life force, and within seconds it dissipated into white powder.

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Seeing the statue turn into white dust, Banner gripped his dried head even tighter.

In just a few hours, he experienced a scene that shocked him more than he had in decades.

Banner never imagined that he, a physicist, would one day witness a real-life soul summoning ritual.

Judging from Doctor Strange's expression, he intended to do something to Captain America's corpse.

As Banner's gaze followed, and the puppy statue disappeared, the ritual before him seemed to enter another phase.

"what!"

The dried-out head in his hand struggled fiercely, and with a sharp scream, a blurry black figure dressed in tattered clothes and leaning on a cane appeared in the basement in front of Banner.

. ... ....

This is PapaLegba, the Haitian Voodoo god, who is the link between humanity and the great Voodoo god Loa, and is worshipped at the beginning and end of Voodoo rituals.

The dog, which is his symbolic animal.

“PapaLegba”.

Upon seeing PapaLegba, Doctor Strange opened his mouth and spat out the toad, which was still alive but now only had a thin layer of skin left.

Voodoo, as a religion that relies on fear to govern faith, believes that the gods are not very benevolent beings. For example, Papa Legba, whom we are facing, is the ruler of doors, streets, and destiny, the god of crossroads. He provides oracles to people at crossroads, but he is also capricious and often leads people into despair.

Explain your purpose.

He walked up to Doctor Strange, leaning on his cane.

Papa Legba's tattered boots, with clearly visible holes, seemed quite unlike the legendary deity.

However, Dr. Strange knew very well that the other person's attire was indeed the manifestation of a deity on earth, as rumored in Voodoo religion.

"The soul, I want the soul of the handsome captain."

Dealing with a deity, even one of the Voodoo faiths, was no small matter for Dr. Strange; his gaze lingered on the motionless body of the handsome captain in the center of the altar before he uttered a single, 9.

Chapter 694 The Call of the Soul

"Make your sacrifice!"

In the basement.

Faced with Dr. Strange's request, Papa Leggeba, leaning on his cane, smiled broadly, baring his black teeth, and looked at him carefully.

Doctor Strange's thin face remained expressionless upon hearing these words.

Voodoo rituals have always been closely associated with death, and Papa Leqba, as an important part of these rituals, possesses the power to bind all Voodoo gods. Without her or by forgetting her, any spiritual séance will not succeed. She also symbolizes the beginning and end of Voodoo rituals.

Stephen took a deep breath, reached into his hand, and pulled out a dried monkey head to offer to it.

Papa Legba reached out and accepted Doctor Strange's gift, then took a deep breath, and the dried monkey head in his hand crumbled into "167" powder.

screams

From somewhere, from the outside, Banner seemed to see a dark shadow of the muddy lake flash past the monkey's head, and the monkey's shrill scream rang in his ears.

Voodoo believes that everything under the sun is merely an appearance, and that a more important spiritual force is at work behind the scenes.

This is why souls always occupy an important place in Voodoo rituals and are the most beloved offerings of Voodoo deities.

The monkey's soul is sealed inside the monkey head that Doctor Strange offered; it was a sacrifice he had made and prepared.

"That's not enough."

Papa Legba's expression remained somewhat dissatisfied even after accepting Dr. Strange's proposal.

After saying this, she turned her gaze to Banner's hand beside her, stroked the cane in her hand, and made her request: "I want to sacrifice his soul."

Upon hearing Legba's father's words, Banner's heart immediately jumped.

"No, he will not be sacrificed this time."

Dr. Strange shook his head, refusing PapaLegba's request, and looked at the insatiable god standing before him, speaking in a slow but firm tone.

“The offering has been made, the ceremony has been completed, and you have no right to demand a new offering.”

Upon hearing Dr. Strange's denial, Papa Legbar averted his gaze from Banner's hand, his dark eyes fixed on him for a long time. Then, he bared his black teeth and extended his muddy fingers to lightly touch the flickering flames in the fire.

puff!

Immediately afterwards, under Doctor Strange's gaze, Stephen and Banner...