At that moment, I had already taken out the Bronze Witch Lamp.
I placed it before me, then quickly prepared three more items.
A straw effigy, a paper effigy, and a Curse-Suppression Talisman.
The straw effigy was palm-sized, bound with red string. Three words had been written on it in cinnabar: Wang Shasha.
Since I was using her blood to light the paper effigy for the curse this time, there was no need for her birth date and eight characters. Besides, I did not know her eight characters.
The paper effigy had been folded from the bloodstained yellow talisman I had used at the 4S dealership. It would be used to light the lamp shortly, serving as the wick.
The Curse-Suppression Talisman was a talisman I had drawn beforehand. It differed somewhat from traditional talismans, bearing several shamanic characters.
The straw effigy went on the left, the Bronze Lamp in the middle, and the paper effigy on the right.
The Curse-Suppression Talisman was placed at the very front.
Once everything was ready, I lit a stick of incense and placed it at the front.
I pricked my thumb with a needle and let my blood stain the Witch Lamp.
The first step: lighting the lamp.
The bloodstained Bronze Witch Lamp showed no change. It still looked old and worn.
But I brought my hands together and began forming hand seals.
I began reciting the Curse-Suppression incantation. It was rather long, and it had to be chanted with a slight melodic cadence.
Through something akin to a sacrifice, the Bronze Lamp would be lit, releasing the power of Curse-Suppression to curse another person.
Mystic arts were strange and miraculous. Though I had already become proficient in them,
this was still my first time using it in actual combat, so I did