The instant the strange change began in the old Taoist's body, a taiji pattern on the back of his robe suddenly lit up, weakening the sinister aura.
"Boundless Heavenly Venerable, suppress!"
Seizing the opportunity, the old Taoist took out a Yellow Talisman and slapped it onto his forehead.
The talisman burst apart, and a ball of yellow light shot straight into the crown of his head. Then his whole body began trembling like chaff in a sieve.
Immediately afterward, the pale red shadow was expelled from his body, and the old Taoist collapsed, utterly spent.
It all happened in the flash of a spark. Not far away, Chen Lin had thought the old Taoist would easily subdue the heretical entity. He had never expected the old Taoist himself to be lying on the ground in the blink of an eye.
Then the red shadow flickered through the crowd, which had yet to get far, and more than a dozen people dropped to the ground.
Chen Lin hurriedly cast Vajra Cover on himself, took out his Exorcism Talisman, and turned to run.
But before he could take more than a few steps, the red shadow on the other side seemed to sense something. It shot toward him, appearing at his side as though it had teleported, and flung itself onto him.
It passed straight through the Vajra Cover as if the barrier did not exist.
The Evil-Warding Talisman he had kept hanging against his chest gave only a faint flash before burning to ashes. All it accomplished was making the red shadow pause for a moment.
Unlike the Evil-Warding Talisman, the Exorcism Talisman in his hand required deliberate activation. Before he could activate it, the red shadow burrowed into his body.
Chen Lin felt an icy aura engulf his body in