"By Heaven's command, spirits shine; by earth's command, spirits clarify. Yang spirits blaze, yin spirits resound. Ghostly Dao—Heaven's yin, earth's yang!"
Grandma swiftly used that Cloud-Bearded Ghost Thorn to slash her finger. She dripped several drops of blood onto the black talisman, then pinched it and gave it a shake. That single shake was astonishing—the talisman's afterimages seemed not to fade, one following another, as though she were performing a magic trick!
I rubbed my eyes, dazed for a moment.
Li Jianchen's Heavenly-Punishment Dao Sword began to activate as well. Rings of ripples trembled out from its tip, like a loudspeaker spreading the sound far and wide.
It seemed the Heavenly-Punishment Dao Sword could amplify magical power and might, giving Li Jianchen strength no weaker than Grandma's. The black talismans that had flown into the sky seemed to tear open the night. A ray of sunlight shone down, enveloping Grandma's figure!
The Eight Trigrams of Heaven and Earth slowly revolved on the ground. Holding the black talismans, Grandma moved and stamped continuously in bizarre steps, yet she could not break free of the Eight Trigrams' seal. Wherever she went, the diagram followed her. If this continued, the Heavenly-Punishment Dao Sword would soon descend!
Once the Heavenly-Punishment Dao Sword fell, even an immortal couldn't withstand it! As panic surged through me, I secretly gathered my strength. If things truly went wrong, I could only block that strike myself.
Grandma's hands moved like magic, scattering black talismans until they filled the surrounding air. Countless paper talismans spun over one another, then formed dark spaces one after another—round and bulging, as though they could swallow everything!
Grandma swept her hand forward as if parting waves. All those Heaven-and-Earth Command talismans were thrown into disarray, and the surroundings were swallowed into chaos by the