A red thread shot from Grandmother's hand, streaking rapidly both lengthwise and crosswise until it completely sealed off a long stretch of road ahead!
I had been worried that Grandmother might act too late and let Li Jianchen escape. But then, from somewhere far beyond sight, a mass of red clouds suddenly boiled up. Countless nets gathered there, followed by a peal of thunder, and then all the nets flew back!
"Soul Seizure Across a Thousand Miles!" I cried out. The Ghost Path was also skilled in seizing souls, but when Grandmother cast the spell, it became an absolutely formidable technique. After the capture, rolling red clouds came surging over, and Li Jianchen's soul was dragged back by Grandmother!
Seeing himself transformed into a soul, Li Jianchen showed panic. Looking around and finding only me there, he actually tried to struggle over and possess my body!
Grandmother would never allow him to do that. She clenched her five fingers, and he instantly screamed in torment. "Li Jianchen, you were a grandmaster, after all. Why debase yourself like this? You see a young man standing here and immediately want to possess him—can't you show some backbone? I have no intention of destroying you. Hooking out your soul is merely repayment for what you did before."
After Li Jianchen defeated Grandmother, he indeed had not tried to make her soul scatter and vanish. He had merely intended to **sever her life force and reduce her completely to a ghost. Now Grandmother was answering tooth for tooth, turning Li Jianchen into a ghost as well and leaving his physical body devoid of life.
Thick smoke still billowed from the direction of Li Jianchen's body, while Grandmother continued severing the life force within it. Li Jianchen grew more and more frantic, but after struggling