At this moment, the bronze human face statue gave off an eerie feeling. Under the dim light, its eyes seemed to gleam with a ghostly light, and its expression always gave off a feeling of being both smiling and not smiling.

"Sigh," Blackie sighed heavily, as if talking to himself, "Whether it was right or wrong, let bygones be bygones, let it all end like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden gust of cold wind arose, and the three extinguished oil lamps were relit, flickering and emitting a ghostly light, making the altar appear even more eerie, and the bronze human face even more sinister.

A cold wind howled, as if vengeful spirits were demanding revenge. With a thud, Blackie knelt down, as if possessed, repeatedly kowtowing, his head hitting the ground repeatedly, as if he were committing suicide.

The two men watched in horror. It was clear that Blackie was acting against his will, his body being controlled by some force. He tried to struggle, but his body stood up and then knelt down again.

"Ah~!" Blackie roared, his body exploding with power in an instant, like an agile leopard. He sprang up, quickly pulled out a few copper coins from his pocket, and scattered them in four directions. Then he grabbed a handful of "Yang Hui" (Note: Yang Hui is a Sichuan dialect term referring to a layer of black ash left on the bottom of an iron pot after a rural earthen stove has been burning for a long time) from another pocket and scattered it around. He sat cross-legged and muttered incantations, much like some Taoist priests in the countryside.

The soul-suppressing lamp is lit, its eerie light flickering. "The way of Yin and Yang is different for humans and ghosts. Death brings hatred, life brings hatred. There is a gate to the underworld, leading to reincarnation..."

A cold wind howled, accompanied by a whistling sound, but the Black Lord sitting in the magic circle seemed not to see it. He chanted incantations, and after a moment he stood up again, holding the Soul-Suppressing Lamp in his hand, and walked step by step toward the bronze human-faced statue.