Black Lotus, the Power of Black Scripture Talismans

The instant the Black Scripture Talismans flashed, everyone except Master and Daoist Qingshan—

Mao Jing, Pan Ling, Zhang Yuchen, and I—all revealed looks of shock. We froze in place and slipped into a daze.

Everyone's eyes widened as though they might pop out, staring fixedly at the black talismans before us.

In our eyes, the talismans glimmered with black light.

The chanting of scriptures continuously echoed in our ears, but the verses were so dense that I could not understand a single word.

Yet the sound of those scriptures seemed to penetrate deep into our minds and souls.

They were impossible to pull away from, impossible to move under, impossible to retain one's sense of self through. In an instant, everything was forgotten.

What was more, after the chanting began, I saw an extraordinarily bewitching black lotus silently blooming amid the black phosphorescence of the Black Scripture Talismans.

Its attraction was so utterly sinister that it was impossible to resist. As the chanting sounded, my mind had already gone blank, as if my entire being had sunk into it...

But at that moment, I felt a sharp slap on my back, and a wave of warmth suddenly swept through my body.

"Wake up!"

The next second, my entire body jolted, and I instantly snapped out of my daze.

The Black Scripture Talismans were still flashing. I could still hear the faint chanting and sense that strange talismanic aura, but I had regained consciousness.

Mao Jing, Zhang Yuchen, and Pan Ling remained rooted where they stood, blankly staring at the two Black Scripture Talismans on the hood.

At that moment, their eyes had turned completely black, as though the whites had been stained by ink. Like black-eyed evil ghosts, they stared unblinkingly at the Black Scripture Talismans.

But just then, Master