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"Offer your sacrifice!"

In the basement.

Faced with the request made by Doctor Strange, Father Legba leaned on a cane, grinned and exposed his dark teeth, and looked at him.

Hearing this, there was no expression change on Doctor Strange's thin face.

Voodoo rituals have always been closely related to death. As an important part of Voodoo rituals, Legba has the power to connect all the gods of Voodoo. Any trance ceremony without her or forgetting to invite her will be a disaster. Impossible to succeed. She also symbolizes the beginning and end of voodoo rituals.

Taking a deep breath, Stephen reached out and took out a shriveled monkey head from his arms and dedicated it to himself.

Reaching out to take the sacrifice handed over by Doctor Strange, Father Legba took a deep breath, and the shriveled monkey head in his hand immediately turned into powder and dissipated.

Zhizhi——

Suddenly, Banner who was on the side seemed to see the black shadow of Mohu flashing out of the monkey's head, and heard the monkey's ear-piercing scream.

Voodoo teachings believe that everything in the existing world is just an appearance, and there are more important soul forces moving behind it.

Therefore, in Voodoo rituals, the soul always plays an important role, and it is also the favorite sacrifice of Voodoo gods.

The monkey's soul was sealed in the monkey head presented by Doctor Strange, which was a sacrifice he had prepared.

"Not enough..."

After accepting the sacrifice offered by Doctor Strange, the expression on Father Legba's face was still somewhat unsatisfactory.

As she said that, she cast her gaze on Banner's hand not far away, stroked the crutch in his hand and made her request: "I want to add his soul as a sacrifice."

Hearing what Father Legba said, Banner's heart suddenly lifted.

"No, he is not the target of sacrifice this time."

Shaking his head, Doctor Strange rejected Father Legba's request. He stared at the greedy god in front of him and spoke slowly but firmly.

"The sacrifice has been offered and the ceremony has begun. You have no right to ask for another sacrifice."

Hearing Dr. Strange's rejection, Father Legba withdrew his gaze from Banner's hand. He stared at Banner with his dark eyes for a long time, then exposed his dark teeth and stretched out his dirt-covered fingers towards the brazier. The flame dancing inside is a little bit lighter.

puff!

Then, under the gazes of Doctor Strange, Stephen and Banner.

The jumping flame instantly turned into a blazing door that appeared in the basement, and Father Legba turned his finger to open the door.

Peng, Peng——

"ah!"

As the door opened, the dried human head in Banner's hand suddenly shook like never before, as if he was afraid of something. The needle and thread connected to his mouth broke bit by bit, and at the same time, a piercing scream came from him. There was a sound in his ears, and Banner even heard obvious fear from this cry.

The head is afraid of the presence emerging from behind the door.

Amidst the screams of the dried heads, the originally closed door was opened, and a thin man with a tampon in his nostrils, a tall hat, a black evening gown, and a single-lens lens was dressed as a gentleman. He was holding a cane and looked like he was about to prepare. The black man who had buried the dead came out.

In Voodoo rituals, Father Legba is not only the god of the crossroads, but also holds the authority of the portal. He is the gatekeeper of the Voodoo Loa god, holding the key between the two worlds and controlling The opening and closing of the door to the [spiritual world].

What came out from behind the door was the person summoned by Doctor Strange in this séance ceremony, Baron Saturday Baron Samedi, the god in charge of death in Voodoo.

As a Voodoo deity, Baron Samedi, or Baron Saturday, is not a good deity in the traditional sense. On the contrary, she is moody. While she is in charge of death, she is also known as the 'Leader of the Resurrection.' In Haitian customs, Local residents would plug the nostrils of the deceased with cotton when they were buried to prevent Baron Saturday from taking away the soul of the deceased.

And once the sacrifice provided by the sacrificer dissatisfies her, she will spread death and never stop.

Walking out from behind the [spirit world] door formed by the flames, Baron Saturday, wearing a top hat, nodded to Father Legba who opened the door, and then glanced at Doctor Strange in front of him with his single-lensed eyes. A hint of greed flashed through his face, and he spoke with a thick nasal accent.

"Send your sacrifice and I will fulfill your wish."

"Captain America's soul, and in exchange I will offer my soul as a sacrifice."

Soul as a sacrifice? !

On the side, clutching the struggling head in his hands, Banner looked at Doctor Strange in front of Baron Saturday.

He did not expect that the sacrifice in this ceremony was actually at the cost of the other party's soul.

"I grant your wish!"

Hearing Stephen's words, Baron Saturday nodded, obviously extremely satisfied with the sacrifice he presented.

Immediately afterwards, she reached out and took out a gold coin from her arms and threw it towards Doctor Strange in front of her.

Clang——

The gold coins fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"This is the soul you want."

He spoke to Doctor Strange in front of him with a thick nasal accent, and then he saw Baron Saturday clenching the cane with the skull in his hand and opening his mouth. The original image of a black face began to change, and a skeletal face appeared on her body.

"Now bring the sacrifice!"

As Baron Saturday's words fell, Doctor Strange felt a powerful suction force forming on himself. This power continuously sent out a bone-chilling chill, turning his body extremely pale, driving his soul out of his body to fulfill his promise.

But it was obvious that Stephen had no intention of keeping his promise.

Picking up the coin representing Captain America's soul, Doctor Strange began to chant the spell without hesitation.

"Expulse you, every unclean soul, every power controlled by Satan, every opponent from hell that invades this body, every secret legion, every demon and murderous sect..."

"Therefore, in the name of the Holy Spirit, I curse every demon in this body. I will expel you and make you stop deceiving mankind and force you to drink the poison of eternal damnation..."

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Accompanied by an exorcism spell in Latin, Doctor Strange lifted up his cloak to reveal a tattoo of Solomon's Key on his chest.

Of course, this is not the real legendary Key of Solomon, but the magical imprint spread from the "Small Key of Solomon" that was later artificially compiled and studied, and it exerted partial effects by inscribing the devil's symbols.

The tattoo on Stephen's chest is the symbol recorded in "Solomon's Little Key" representing the 31st demon god Phrasha among the seventy-two pillars of Solomon. It has the ability to identify herbs and gems, discover hidden treasures, teach people logic and virtue, and enable people to learn logic and virtue. Invisibility and immortality, as well as the ability to recover lost items.

Of course, this kind of immortality is not immortal in the true sense, but can only help the user to save himself from death for a short time. Just like the situation at hand, Doctor Strange uses symbols to protect his soul from being taken away by Baron Saturday.

At the same time, the incantation he recited was an exorcism incantation recorded in the Greek manuscript of Solomon's Theory of Miracles. In conjunction with the seventy-two demon pillars on his body, it had a powerful magical effect.

Feeling the stronger and stronger pull on the door behind her, Baron Saturday's face formed by the skeleton suddenly showed a distorted expression, her voice became angry and sharp, and the entire basement began to shake.

"You cheated on me..."

"This is blasphemy!"

Katcha, Katcha—

Along with Baron Saturday's roar, Banner could clearly feel a subtle cracking sound coming from the dried brain in his hand. It was obvious that the power unleashed by Baron Saturday had exceeded the endurance limit of the brain.

In the face of the Baron's roar, Doctor Strange's expression remained calm. He kept reciting the exorcism spell, and at the same time, some blue flames began to appear in the flaming brazier, and spread to this place along with the blazing flames. Above the gate of the Spiritual World, with the appearance of blue flames, the pulling force formed from the Spiritual World became a little more powerful.

"You will pay the price. From now on, all the voodoo magic you use will no longer be effective. I curse your soul to be tortured forever..."

Pulled by the huge suction, most of Baron Saturday's body has been pulled back into the [spiritual world] of Voodoo. She stretched out her pale skeleton arms to grab the edge of the door, and uttered a vicious curse at Doctor Strange.

As the curse fell, Baron Saturday's figure finally disappeared through the basement door.

Father Legba raised his arms and closed the door again in fulfillment of his accusation.

"You made the stupidest decision."

The blazing flame door dissipated in the basement. Father Legba looked at Doctor Strange on crutches and said with an indifferent expression.

Facing the threat from Father Legba, Stephen gasped and ended his spell. It looked at the voodoo god wearing tattered clothes and carrying a cane, walking and dancing in weird steps to complete the séance ceremony. Proceed to the end.

"Voodoo won't let you go."

As the ceremony ended, Father Legba's figure in the basement became more and more depressed, but her voice clearly reached the ears of Doctor Strange and Banner.

With the last spell in his mouth, the whole basement returned to the previous gloomy scene.

Doctor Strange stood there and panted for a long time before recovering from the previous scene.

Looking down at the increasingly bright red symbol on his chest, Stephen pulled his collar to cover the tattoo again, while shaking his body and waving to Banner in the distance.

Seeing Doctor Strange's summons, Banner quickly restrained his thoughts and stepped forward.

I saw the other party opened his palm with difficulty, exposed the gold coin in his palm and said to Banner: "Take the gold coin and put it into Captain America's mouth."

Reaching out to take the gold coin and holding it tightly in his hand, Banner couldn't help but express concern as he looked at Stephen, who seemed to have aged several years in just a few minutes.

"You look terrible."

Although he didn't know magic, Banner could see the danger of the fight between Doctor Strange and Baron Saturday. It was obvious that deceiving the gods was not without cost.

Banner still remembered Baron Saturday and the curse of Father Legba before he disappeared.

"I can still hold on."

Doctor Strange didn't reveal too much about this. He just gritted his teeth to support his body, pulled the sleeve of his arm to reveal another symbol, and with a few spells, the expression on his face also improved a little bit in a way that was visible to the naked eye, but the gray beard on his mouth looked a little whiter than when Banner saw it before.

The symbol of the 58th demon god Ami among the 72 demon gods of Solomon, holding a spell that can exchange human vitality with people.

Seeing that Doctor Strange's condition had recovered a little, Banner no longer hesitated. He held the wind-dried head that had regained its calmness in one hand and the gold coin representing Captain America's soul from Baron Saturday in the other hand, and came to the center of the altar.

According to Stephen, Banner put the gold coin into Captain America's mouth.

Then he saw Doctor Strange on the side tying some feathers around Captain America's body, putting on a mask, and chanting a spell again.

Because of the situation just now, Voodoo witchcraft obviously could not be used, so Stephen chose another soul-calling ceremony. Indian shamanism also has the power to summon souls. Doctor Strange intends to resurrect Captain America in this way.

To be honest, resurrecting a person who has been dead for nearly 70 years, even if Banner, who has witnessed Doctor Strange's voodoo before, still feels that all this is a bit too exaggerated.

In the basement, he watched Doctor Strange beat the drum Yinmchin, singing and dancing again, and using the shamanic ritual to summon Captain America in the center of the altar.

Pa, Pa, Pa——

The sound of Yinmchin's drums continued to resound in the basement, and along with Doctor Strange's singing and dancing, a strange gust of wind suddenly blew through the entire basement.

Blown by this gust of cold wind, Banner instinctively felt that his consciousness began to blur, and the wind-dried head in his hand vibrated slightly, awakening him again.

And at the moment when Banner's consciousness was blurred, Captain America, who was originally motionless in the center of the altar, gently hooked his fingers, and seemed to have signs of waking up.

He actually did it!

Seeing the scene that happened to Captain America, the expression on Banner's face became particularly shocked.

"Who are you!"

At the same time, Doctor Strange's drum beats on Yinmqin became more and more urgent, and he asked Captain America in the center of the altar in a hoarse voice.

"I am Captain America..."

In the questioning of Doctor Strange Stephen, Captain America lying in the altar answered in a confused tone.

"Peggy Carter."

With this answer from Captain America, or Peggy Carter.

In the basement, the drum beat by Doctor Strange stopped abruptly.

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