The hand signals were simple gestures we had practiced when entering Carefree Tower.
Though I had not seen it clearly, I sensed that Master was telling Daoist Qingshan to get ready.
The cursing, aside from venting, was mainly meant to buy time and prepare for the attack.
After all, there were three Eyeless Crawling Beasts, plus Hass, the High Priest of Tartary. No matter how arrogant Master was, his arrogance was founded on confidence. He rarely acted irrationally.
Daoist Qingshan beside me had clearly understood Master's signal as well.
He slowly backed away while Mao Jing and Pan Ling instinctively moved forward, shielding Daoist Qingshan.
Meanwhile, Daoist Qingshan had already begun forming hand seals in secret.
As the Grand Elder of Mount Qingcheng, Daoist Qingshan had far more than a few tricks up his sleeve.
Back in the Spirit Illusion Ghost Domain within the Great Fiend Eye, he had used a special incantation to directly destroy one Great Fiend Eye. The power of such special spells could not be underestimated.
How could those Black Shamans, who spoke such broken Chinese, possibly outcurse us?
After just a few exchanges, every one of them was red with rage.
Hass, seated atop the one-eyed black wolf, was even more furious:
"Good, good, good! Since you enjoy cursing so much, I will exile your living souls into the Black Abyss, where you will suffer forever and never be reborn..."
With that, he swung the ram-skull staff in his hand.
Green light suddenly flickered once more from the eye sockets of the ram-skull staff.
The next second, the three Eyeless Crawling Beasts all let out howls.
They had been still moments ago, but in that instant, it was as though they had broken free of their shackles.
They raised their forelimbs, bared their enormous claws,