The taller boy immediately gave a firm nod and said:
"All right!"
Then the two boys formed hand seals together and looked up at the sky in unison. "Gods and Buddhas of all heavens above."
"Hongling Gu Yang."
"Hongling Gu Yu."
"Hereby swear an oath to heaven."
"We offer our bodies as tribute, our souls as offerings, and our eternal exclusion from reincarnation as a sacrifice, to aid the gods and Buddhas in descending to the mortal world to slay the dragon!"
At this point, the taller boy suddenly stepped forward, his eyes brimming with anger as he said:
"We summon the gods not for fortune or wealth, but only to avenge the burning of the Red Carp Library!"
The shorter boy, his eyes red, also declared in a ringing voice:
"We summon the gods not for immortality, but only to ask that an immortal grant us divine abilities to slaughter every last one of those eight sanctimonious villains of Eight Heroes Valley."
The brothers seemed to have recited these words countless times in their hearts, for they spoke them with perfect fluency.
"Boom!..."
Almost the instant those words fell, the black pot soot on the ground suddenly began to burn like charcoal.
At the same time, a light like blazing flames abruptly rose from the little courtyard enclosed by mud walls.
But the moment after the runes lit up, a piercing dragon roar suddenly rang out from the gray, murky sky.
Immediately afterward, a bone-piercing chill enveloped the entire area.
Then the taller boy shouted:
"Brother, Teacher said these are only illusions manifested by the demonic dragon's demonic power, meant to unsettle whoever is performing the Deity-Summoning Technique and make the spell fail."
"We only need to hold our minds steady for a little while. Once these illusions disperse,