Meanwhile, Su Li's Purple Sword Light struck from the side, forming a pincer attack with the sword qi.
Blood-Eyed Venerable held the Blood-Colored Scepter, his eyes glowing with an intense bloody light as a terrifying aura spread outward. Two crimson beams shot from his eyes, piercing through the two incoming blades!
Su Li's Purple Sword Light actually shattered!
"How is that possible..." Su Li's face turned deathly pale, unable to hide her shock.
Blood-Eyed Venerable gripped his blood-colored staff and advanced toward them step by step.
"Little Friend Lin, Su Li, don't resist. I'll lend you a hand." With a flip of his wrist, the Mountain Lord produced a talisman flickering with bloody light in his palm. "This talisman is called the [Blood Devouring Curse]. I made it from the primordial spirit of a demonic cultivator. Once it attaches itself to someone else's body, they will be controlled by it."
Lin Taichu's expression changed drastically. "Blood Devouring Curse? The demonic sects actually possess such Evil Arts!"
"The Blood Devouring Curse is not a secret technique of the demonic path. It merely borrows from certain unorthodox methods," the Mountain Lord said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Blood-Colored Scepter in Blood-Eyed Venerable's hand erupted with a blinding crimson glow, enveloping Lin Taichu and Su Li.
The next instant, a strange power surged from their bodies into their souls, leaving Lin Taichu's body rigid. Even moving a single finger became difficult.
Su Li was no better off. Her delicate willow-leaf brows were drawn into a tight line.
"You two are finished!" Blood-Eyed Venerable threw back his head and laughed. "Without your fleshly bodies, you'll become nothing but piles of bones!"
With a flick of his wrist, the blood-colored lotus atop his scepter spun through the air and tightly bound Lin