In the middle of an empty hall, there was a pool of over a hundred feet in size. However, there was no water inside, but rather a very viscous pool of blood. Blood bubbles were constantly bubbling in the pool. One by one, the bubbles exploded on top of the pool, emitting wisps of scarlet blood mist. The mist gathered above the pool of blood, condensing into a ball like a mist.
An extremely pungent smell of blood filled the entire hall. Compared to the smell of blood they had encountered on the way here, this place felt like they were soaking in a pool of blood. It felt like they were about to drown.
"Where are they?"
As a large group of people came in from outside, Lady Hui looked around and saw that there were no other exits.
"Elder, I don't know. Just now, I sensed that they were still here." His clansmen were also shocked. They did not know how the other party's aura had disappeared.
"Everyone, hold your breaths. Do not breathe in anything here," Gai Jin ordered. He then carefully approached the pool of blood in the middle.
The most suspicious place here was none other than the pool of blood in front of them.
His other subordinates also walked over and spread out, looking around vigilantly.
"You're finally here. I've been waiting for a long time."
Just as they were looking around, the blood in the middle of the pool surged, and a figure rose from below. However, other than having a humanoid appearance, the figure's entire body was covered in blood.
"Do you think you'll be safe hiding in this strange hall?" Gai Jin shouted, stopping his subordinates from attacking. This was clearly a puppet formed by the other party. Killing it would be useless.
"Of course it's useless. I know that. Although I don't know how you found out about this place, it doesn't matter anymore. No matter how well I hide, you'll still find me. We're right under the pool of blood, but do you dare come down?" The crimson figure laughed mockingly.
"Why wouldn't we dare? Today is your doomsday."
Lady Hui nodded at her, and Gai Jin immediately said.
At the same time, everyone moved closer to the pool of blood, surrounding it tightly.
"My clansmen checked just now, and the other party is indeed inside. I didn't find anything wrong with the surroundings," Lady Hui said.
"So we're going to go down? This is the other party's territory. Who knows what traps are down there? "Drunken Rong said with a frown.
He was not afraid of fighting the other party, but he was annoyed by these kinds of schemes and traps.
"It's already come to this point. Are we going to retreat just like that? We won't have such a good opportunity to catch them next time," Gai Jin said, somewhat unwilling to give up.
It should be known that the encirclement of Zhu Hun's army had reduced the space for the other party to move. After the battle ended, regardless of the outcome, the other party would most likely disappear.
If it weren't for the interference of these strange people, she would have killed Madam Xue long ago. Her heart was filled with hatred for these people. Over the past few days, she had investigated and found that a few of her subordinates had died at the hands of these people.
No matter how she looked at it, there was an indelible hatred between them. She couldn't wait to go down and kill him to vent the hatred in her heart.
However, if her companions insisted on leaving, she wouldn't be so stubborn. Without their help, her side wouldn't be able to defeat the enemy. Of course, the most important factor was Master Ai's opinion. After all, he was still the one holding the fort. Without him, the others wouldn't be able to take down the enemy even if they worked together.
She knew that the other party was difficult to deal with, so she specially invited Master Ai. If even Master Ai couldn't deal with them, they wouldn't have come in. She wouldn't throw away her life for no reason.
"The more the other party acts like this, the more guilty they are. I'll take the lead for everyone. Gai Jin, you take some people and follow me down. Drunken Glory, you stay outside and support us at any time," Master Ai said calmly.
He was skilled and bold. Even if there were traps, he was confident that he could forcefully break through them. Strength was his greatest trump card.
He could vaguely sense that there was only one middle-stage Human Soul enemy below.
"Come, I'll wait for you down there. Let's see if you'll become the nutrients here, or if we'll be killed by you."
They said these words in front of their faces and didn't hide anything. Therefore, after Blood Shadow saw that Master Ai had made his decision, he left behind a sentence and entered the blood pool below.
"Follow me down!"
Master Ai saw that there were thirty people following behind Gai Jin. She didn't hesitate and took the lead to jump into the blood pool. A large patch of black light suddenly rose from the surface. The blood in the middle of the blood pool was pushed to the sides like an invisible hand, revealing the space below.
It was a space that was shrouded in thick blood mist. It seemed to be about the same size as the space above. More than ten figures shrouded in blood mist held blood-red long swords in their hands. They were scattered in different positions, as if they were waiting for the intruders above.
The rest of the people who were ready no longer hesitated and jumped into the space below one by one. After they landed, the surface of the blood pool returned to its original state, completely sealing them below.
Drunken Glory led the rest of the people to guard the side of the blood pool, constantly warning the surroundings.
Just as Master Ai went down, a blood-red mist rose from the surrounding blood walls. Soon, the entire room was filled with blood mist.
"You guys are really stupid. Or are you guys so confident that you dare to split up? I'll start with you guys first. On the road to the Asura Clan's glory, all the trash that stands in our way will be crushed."
"Stop acting so mysterious!"
Such a strange scene caused everyone to grip their weapons tightly. Drunken Rong roared as he swung his weapon forward. A huge black light burst out from his weapon and shot out in all directions like a black halo. The blood mist that had surrounded them was instantly dispersed by the black light, and even the stench of blood in the air seemed to have faded a little.
However, just as they relaxed, some of them felt some red liquid dripping outside their bodies. Some of them raised their heads to look and immediately yelled.
"There's something above us!"
Everyone raised their heads and saw that countless drops of blood had already condensed above their heads. Some of them were already falling down. Only then did they notice it.
"Crash!"
The blood droplets above their heads instantly fell down when they noticed it. They didn't fall one drop at a time. Instead, it turned into a torrential downpour. In the blink of an eye, everyone fell into a blood-red world.
"Ahhh!"
Screams came from everyone's mouths. Drunken Glory could clearly see that after the blood stopped outside the barrier, it actually seeped in. When it landed on the people inside, a portion of their bodies melted. Only a portion of them had defensive treasures to protect them from the corrosion. But from the looks of it, they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
There was something wrong with these blood droplets. Drunken Glory immediately noticed that these blood droplets were different. They didn't seem like ordinary attacks. Even the barrier he had formed was on the verge of collapse.
Just as Drunken Glory was about to construct a huge barrier to protect everyone, a human-shaped blood mist suddenly appeared in front of him. The face without any facial features suddenly cracked open, as if it was mocking him. Before he could react, the blood mist charged at him, ignoring the treasures he had summoned, and directly surrounded him.
Zzz!
As soon as the blood mist enveloped his body, a strange red color appeared on his body. At the same time, the sound of roasting meat could be heard, and smoke constantly rose from his body.
This made Drunken Glory feel incomparable pain. He couldn't help but let out a pained roar. His face twisted as he felt as if he was being set on fire. His entire body was filled with stabbing pain, and at the same time, a sense of powerlessness appeared in his body. He didn't even have the strength to control his body.
In just a few breaths, his consciousness became blurry, and he involuntarily knelt on the ground. He hadn't expected that he wouldn't even be able to last a single round before completely losing the ability to resist. As his mind sank into darkness, he heard a soft voice.
"Thank you for your contribution to us!"
The others' situation wasn't any better. Some people wanted to escape, but they found that the exit had become a wall. There was no way to escape.
They were all trapped here, and there was no way to escape. Despair shrouded their hearts. A few people even suicidally jumped into the blood pool, wanting to break through and find Lady Hui.
The result was needless to say. The instant they fell, they were completely absorbed.
While the people above had fallen into a massacre, the people below had also fallen into a bitter battle.
This was because the strength of the people below had far exceeded Gai Jin's expectations.
Although there were only four of them, two of them were at the mid Human Soul stage, and two were at the early Human Soul stage. The others were all illusions summoned to confuse them.
At this moment, Lady Hui didn't blame her clansmen. She already understood that this was all a trap. The information she had obtained from Gai Jin had been purposely sent out by the other party. Even if they had to sacrifice some of their subordinates, they would still be convinced that it was to lure them here.
This was especially true for the handsome young master Feng. Although he was only at the early Human Soul stage, in this place, the strength he could display was only slightly inferior to her.
"Under the blood sea, you can't escape. Become a part of us."
After exchanging blows with the other party, young master Feng looked around. Lady Hui was cautious, Gai Jin was a bit angry, and the other heavily injured enemies were looking over in fear.
"This is a trap. Let's leave this place first!"
At this moment, Lady Hui still didn't panic. After realizing that she couldn't quickly deal with the other party, she wanted to retreat and said to Gai Jin.
"I know. Everything will be decided by Lady Hui." No matter how stupid Gai Jin was, she knew that she wouldn't be able to get away with it this time.
Beside her, six snowflake-like chestnut darts floated around her. However, there were already specks of blood on them, making them especially conspicuous.
A few blood-colored illusions suddenly appeared behind her. However, after a few flashes of white light in the air, the blood illusions that wanted to launch a surprise attack instantly dissipated in the air.
After dealing with these blood illusions, Gai Jin didn't feel happy at all. Being trapped in the other party's nest was incomparably strange. Not only did it increase the other party's cultivation, it also weakened the other party. At this moment, she felt that her strength had been weakened by at least one level. Moreover, the blood illusions were endless. Several of her subordinates had already been killed by the other party.
The other party had long known that they were coming here and had set a trap for them, waiting for them to fall into the trap.
"Trying to run? It's too late. After dealing with you all, I have more important things to do. I don't have time to waste with you." Young Master Feng looked at the enemies who were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered and revealed a cruel smile.
Indeed, with their original strength, they were definitely not a match for the other party. If they met in the wild, they would probably be defeated in a few rounds. However, this place was a part of the Blood Sea's origin. Even if he could only unleash a portion of its power, it wasn't something that these demon souls could stop.
With a thought, countless blood droplets appeared around him. Each blood droplet was surrounded by a bloody light and emitted a terrifying aura.
"This is?" Lady Hui's eyes widened. Sensing the terrifying aura, she seemed to understand something and immediately shouted at Gai Jin.
"Don't be entangled. Run with me!"
"Be the cornerstone of our great world!"
From each blood droplet, large amounts of blood water gushed out and rushed towards Gai Jin and the others who were surrounded.
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"Phew, I feel much better."
Within Madam Xue's residence, Gu Zheng slowly breathed out a mouthful of white mist. The temperature around him instantly dropped by dozens of degrees, and even some of the furniture around him was covered with a layer of white frost.
After checking his body, he found that the energy in his body had all disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by a blood-red energy that remained in his body.
However, this energy was not harmful to Gu Zheng at all. Instead, it slowly flowed through his body and continued to warm his body. It seemed that it wouldn't disappear for a long time, and if there was any damage, it would automatically heal.
Glancing at his surroundings, Gu Zheng waved his hand and the white frost around him disappeared. He then pushed open the door and walked out, only to find Pan Xuan waiting for him at the door.
"Is the problem solved?" Pan Xuan looked at Gu Zheng's recovered aura and asked.
"The thing you gave me was very effective. It cleared away all the hidden dangers in my body in a short time, and it seems to have strengthened me," Gu Zheng said honestly.
At this moment, his aura fluctuated like an unsheathed weapon. It was full of sharpness and had not yet calmed down, giving off an overbearing feeling.
It seemed unstable and gave off the feeling of going berserk, but in reality, he was in the midst of a breakthrough. He was just one step away from breaking through.
"As long as it's useful, I don't have any more. By the way, Madam Xue told me to call you. She's already gathered the people and is waiting for you in the secret room." Pan Xuan looked at Gu Zheng's condition and was very satisfied. She had not spent so many precious things in vain. She had even put in the life-saving thing that the ancestor had given her. It seemed that it had not disappointed her.
She knew that once she stabilized her position, Gu Zheng would probably have to leave this place, and she would have to work hard for a long time to build her new home. She might not even be able to leave this place, so this was her last wish and the only thing she could do.
"Yes, three days is too short. I didn't think that the competition would start tomorrow. I hope there's still time." At this moment, Gu Zheng finally understood why the time was so short. It was not so that everyone could go back earlier, but so that they would not have enough time to deal with it.
If it were not for the fact that they also needed some time, they would have started the competition the next day. With everyone's attention gathered together, they would not have had the chance to do anything else.
Very soon, under Pan Xuan's lead, he arrived at a hidden secret room. There were a few people waiting for him inside.
After he entered, Pan Xuan personally watched from the outside. At the same time, she released another layer of formation to ensure that no one would hear what they were talking about.
The small room was enveloped by a warm white light, which calmed people down a lot. Many chairs had been temporarily placed in the room for people to rest, occupying more than half of the space. There were already seven people sitting in the room. The conditions were simple and crude, and there was nothing to entertain them. However, they didn't care. Everyone was silently thinking about something in their hearts.
As the host, Madam Xue was silently accompanying them. She had already said everything she could, or they would not have come here alone.
Seeing Gu Zheng enter, everyone's gaze immediately turned to him. Most of them were examining him with suspicion. After all, the news that Madam Xue had passed on was too unbelievable.
Of course, there were also people who noticed Gu Zheng's aura. When they met a few days ago, he seemed to still be at the peak of Jin Xian. However, his aura was now fluctuating, and he seemed to be at the middle stage of Grand Immortal. Clearly, it was just a disguise to attract attention.
"Gu Zheng, you're finally here. These people were all invited by you, as well as a few others I invited. There's definitely no problem." Madam Xue took the lead and asked.
Gu Zheng glanced around and did not see City Lord Bo. This was out of his expectations. After all, Madam Xue had such a good relationship with him, yet she did not consider him unreliable. It seemed that these people were truly the main force of Soul Alliance, and were worthy of Madam Xue's trust. She felt that they were all here for Soul Alliance.
Among these people, Gu Zheng also saw the woman who mocked City Lord Fan. There was also the first generation Demon Soul City Lord Liu. There was also City Lord Niu who seemed to have ill intentions towards Madam Xue. This was even more out of his expectations.
"Since everyone is here, you all know the reason for this gathering. I'm sure you all have your own considerations. Let me first tell everyone the reason."
Gu Zheng walked to the front of the room. Seeing everyone's gaze on him, he began to tell everyone the news.
"First of all, there are Demon Soul people outside. Though no one has found them or noticed them, I'm sure they are outside and can attack at any time. After all, they want to get rid of Soul Alliance, so they won't be easily found. Everyone, look at these videos. These are the friends who brought me here."
As Gu Zheng spoke, he played the scenes recorded by Lufei. Though it was only a few patrols, one could guess a bit from the other's tone.
"I know everyone may think I'm making this up, but I have many friends. Let alone these Outer Souls, even the Painting Soul species and the Water Demon species have friends. There's one more thing I want to ask. Have you ever planned on going to the great wasteland world?" In order to make them believe him, Gu Zheng spoke of his relationship. As for whether they believed him or not, he didn't ask. However, he still asked another question.
"Go to the great wasteland world?" City Lord Niu heard Gu Zheng's words and was stunned. "Who would go there? No one can do anything here."
His words represented the attitude of most people because they knew that with their strength, they could not leave.
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