"Ah!!!"
The Poison Venerable clutched his gleaming bald head and suddenly screamed. Blood streamed from both his eyes!
The two streams of blood leapt and writhed as though alive. Countless whispers came from them, and shadowy talismans, impossible to tell as real or illusory, burst forth!
He stared at Chen Cuo through blood-filled eyes, a trace of fear now mingled with his gaze.
"Your Dao Mark can force precepts upon others!"
Even so, the Poison Venerable had no intention of stopping. As he worked both hands, the Bloodlight that had been driven back on every front gathered around him. It billowed like thick mist, but at its heart a sinister chill arose, followed by a dark radiance that slowly enveloped him.
The Poison Venerable had been wreathed in Bloodlight, grotesque and savage from head to toe. Yet with that dark radiance upon him, he took on a solemn, sacred bearing, almost like an enlightened monk!
"Hmm?"
Tingyi, watching from afar, raised an eyebrow and sent her voice to Chen Cuo. "Be careful. That move of yours must have frightened She Bishi enough for him to invite a wolf into his house and use the Sage-Seeding Method left by the Mysterious Maiden!"
The Mysterious Maiden's Sage-Seeding Method?
At the name, Chen Cuo's thoughts turned. His memories traveled back along the River of Time, returning to the scene forty years ago when the Grand Duke established his path and all under heaven rose to stop him.
The Mysterious Maiden had descended then, opening the Mysterious Womb Gate to plant the sage's Legalism. But through a twist of fate, it had fallen upon She Bishi.
As the memory passed through his mind, Chen Cuo said, "She Bishi seemed quite elated to receive the Mysterious Maiden's Legalism back then. Why did he deliberately avoid