Strangely enough, as soon as the drop of blood fell into the pool, the water instantly turned crimson as if it was filled with blood.
Yang Qingshi chanted a series of incantations and the blood pool began to boil. Severed limbs began to tumble about and occasionally, a few heads would emerge from the pool. It was a horrifying sight.
As the incantation grew louder, the blood in the pool began to stir as if something was about to emerge from the pool.
Unbeknownst to them, the moon in the sky had turned into a blood moon.
This change was naturally discovered by the city guards who were searching in Royal City. Moreover, if one looked closely, they would see that, in fact, a crimson blood mist was rising from the bottom up. Looking at the moon through the mist, one could see that it was a blood moon.
"General, look over there." While searching, a deputy general suddenly saw a house in front of them. It was the source of the rising blood mist.
The Lieutenant Governor frowned at the sight.
"Let's go take a look."
Hundreds of city guards hurried over.
"This is the assistant minister's residence, Assistant Minister Zhou's home." The Lieutenant Governor was familiar with the layout of the royal capital, especially the court officials.
"Knock on the door."
At his command, a soldier came forward to knock on the door.
However, after knocking for a long time, no one answered.
"Strange!" The Governor of the Left turned to look at the deputy general beside him. The latter immediately understood and ordered two nimble soldiers to leap over the wall and enter to investigate.
After the two soldiers entered, there was no movement for a long time. Suddenly, a scream came from inside.
"Break the door open and charge in!" The Lieutenant Governor had already sensed something was amiss. Upon hearing the scream, he immediately made up his mind. Even if it was a court official's residence, he couldn't care less.
With a loud bang, the door was flung open. Armed and accompanied by pet beasts, the city guards swarmed in. The moment they entered, they could smell the stench of blood.
"General, should we inform Appraiser Lin?" the deputy general asked softly.
After some thought, the Lieutenant Governor nodded. He was one of the few people who had witnessed Lin Jin's methods. He was also present at the Jade Dragon Temple. Hence, it was safer to seek Appraiser Lin's help in such a strange situation.
Immediately, a soldier obeyed the order and rode away.
After that, they searched the entire Assistant Minister's residence, but they could not find anyone. They only saw bloodstains on the ground, but there was no corpse.
All the way to the back garden.
After the soldiers entered, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.
Of the two soldiers who had climbed over the wall, one had already turned into a mummy and died a miserable death. The other was grabbed by a tall man who was covered in blood, biting his neck and sucking his blood.
The one who screamed just now was this soldier.
The terrifying thing was that the soldier's martial arts were not bad. The steel saber in his hand was still slashing at the man's body, but the man didn't seem to care at all. Even in the face of a swarm of people, this man didn't care at all. He was focused on sucking human blood as if there was no one around.
This scene caused even the soldiers to turn pale with fright, and they didn't dare to act rashly.
After sucking the blood dry, the man threw the corpse aside as if it was a piece of trash.
It could be seen that this person, who was covered in blood, only had a big mouth on his head. His facial features gradually became clearer.
The Governor of the Left came in and saw this scene.
"What kind of monster is this!"
Even the experienced and knowledgeable Governor of the Left widened his eyes in disbelief as he stared at the thing in front of him.
This thing looked like a human, but it had beast claws and a beast tail. It was covered in layers of scales, but its facial features were that of a human. It was at least two heads taller than an ordinary person.
"Release the arrows!" The Governor of the Left knew that this thing was dangerous. Since it had killed his subordinates, it was an enemy. Naturally, there was no need for him to be polite and kill it first.
As soon as he gave the order, dozens of soldiers holding longbows immediately nocked their bows and released arrows.
The military's hard bows had a great pulling force, and the greater the pulling force, the greater the power. At this distance, the sharp arrowheads, which were specially smelted, could easily pierce through iron armor.
In the next moment, the arrows flew out. It was almost impossible to dodge at this distance.
As expected, the dozens of arrows all pierced the strange man's body. But strangely, as if he couldn't feel any pain, the man chuckled and spoke.
"My dear disciple, since you used this secret technique to summon my clone here, I'll lend you a hand. Hmph, in the Jade Dragon Kingdom's capital, the only powerful being is that undying old dragon. Other than that, I don't care about any Rank 4 beasts. But even if that old dragon is here, it won't help. I don't mind letting it die prematurely."
Having said that, the man moved and pounced on the nearest city guard. He was so fast that no one could react in time. In the blink of an eye, several soldiers died tragically.
Blood gushed out, and the already dried up pond was now filled with fresh blood. Slowly, it turned into a pool of blood that was so red that it was blinding to the eyes.
And deep at the bottom of the pool, no one noticed that there was a line of blood that extended upwards, connecting to the strange man's body.
At the same time, Lin Jin hurried over.
Accompanying him were a few beast appraisers from headquarters, including Tan Xun. After all, headquarters was involved in this incident so they couldn't just ignore it. Hence, the elderly beast appraisers couldn't get a good rest in the middle of the night.
At that moment, a command arrow tore through the air and exploded in the air. As it exploded into a ball of fire, it was accompanied by an ear-piercing whistling sound.
"That's a signal arrow. It can't be used unless it's an emergency. Something's happened to the general," a messenger soldier shouted.
This signal arrow could be seen and heard by the entire capital. From now on, most of the city guards would be rushing over.
On the other hand, Lin Jin frowned at this.
His instincts told him that something was off.
Firstly, Yang Qingshi might not have the ability to force an expert like the Lieutenant Governor to issue a command arrow, unless Yang Qingshi had a helper, and that helper was extremely powerful.
But if that was the case, why didn't he just bring Yang Qingshi out of the city? Why would he waste time fighting against the seemingly endless number of city guards?
However, even if Lin Jin felt like something was amiss, he couldn't put his finger on it. Moreover, he couldn't possibly stop the city guards who were rushing over.
Hence, he could only pick up his pace.
Previously, he had been concerned about Tan Xun and the others, but now, he couldn't care less. A cloud appeared beneath Lin Jin's feet and he leaped into the air, flying over.
Many jaws dropped to the ground at this scene.
Lin Jin was the first to arrive. When he entered the vice minister's manor, the smoke from the signal arrow hadn't even dissipated yet. It was a testament to his incredible speed.
Upon arriving, Lin Jin took a deep breath. The first thing he noticed was a familiar scent.
It was the stench of an eight-headed centipede.
"So it's here." Lin Jin narrowed his eyes. This time, he couldn't let the enemy escape no matter what. Without another word, Lin Jin took out the nebula flag he refined and tossed it forward.
"Nebula Barrier!"
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