The ominous ruins served as an altar, where cultists with eyes void of emotion watched the two humans who had just barged in, as if looking at the dead.
The ground writhed in darkness, as dozens of Necrophages burrowed out.
Officer Zhang glanced over and was startled to discover that the five subordinates who had entered with her, as well as the previously missing policeman, were among them!
This sent a chill down her spine. According to the priest, had she also gotten lost in there just now, would she have ended up like this?
But some risks are necessary to take.
"Leave the Necrophages to me, and you handle those cultists!" Officer Zhang decisively pulled out her handgun and said sternly.
"You wish," the priest scoffed.
The monstrous beast let out a bestial growl, pouncing towards them with tremendous force, while at the same time, the surrounding Necrophages also crazily lunged forward!
Officer Zhang swiftly dodged, raised her handgun, and fired several bullets to take down a few of the Necrophages that had pounced close. Then, she rolled under the beast's limbs to the side of the ruins.
She instinctively looked back but couldn't see Qiuzi, who she had just noticed.
The cultists were gathered around something indiscernible in the dark, and on either side above the altar, channels were flowing with thick blood.
On the platform connected to the channels, to one side lay several dead Black Dogs, underneath which was a dark, putrid liquid.
On the other side were more than a dozen girls who seemed already dead, their skin still soft to the eye, but fresh red blood flowed down from their bodies...
Officer Zhang was taken aback.
[Congratulations on completing the task: Discover the true reason behind the young girls' disappearance.]
The next instant, the thought in Officer Zhang's mind was: The task is done, do I run now?
In fact, she had already reflexively started looking for escape routes. After casually shooting a few more Necrophages, she surveyed her surroundings, finding herself in ruins surrounded by the Dark Forest.
She felt that running into the forest would be even more dangerous than staying here...
The next moment, as she was slightly distracted, a pitch-black shadow leapt up from the ground!
The viscous, disgusting liquid instantly latched onto her foot, gnawing at it like it was corroding bone, the pain searing through her entire calf as it felt as heavy as lead and immovable.
The silver dagger traced a bright, cold light, neatly bisecting the transforming cultist into two, who instantly disintegrated into black mist!
"Kill her!"
The remaining nine cultists' eyes burst with twisted violence, their black robes turned into a viscous liquid that clung to their bodies, their forms mutating and enlarging, hideous beastly visages replacing their human figures!
However, after killing the one who controlled the Necrophages, Officer Zhang turned and ran!
The black fog in the forest boiled and converged towards the ruins, the rich stench of decay mixing with the scent of blood spreading throughout the area, as the shrill and sharp howls of the beasts wove into a chaotic symphony.
...
When those cultists finally stopped tightly circling the Blood Pool, Xuena finally saw a sliver of light, although the faint brightness was also cold and dreary; at least it wasn't the boundless darkness and the maddening murmurs.
She was half-submerged in the Blood Pool, her entire face streaming with thick, dark-red blood, panting as she lay on the edge of the pool.
Her head throbbed painfully, as if something was trying to forcibly squeeze inside. Apart from the sharp, piercing roars and the sounds of battle outside, the dense, unceasing murmurs continued, endlessly speaking of something, relentlessly eroding your thoughts.
Xuena tried to prop herself up to climb out of the Blood Pool, but at that moment, a shadow suddenly fell over her head.
She looked up abruptly and saw Qiuzi, who had appeared at the edge of the Blood Pool, looking down at her with a charming smile.
The girl looked at her and said softly, "Xuena, don't you want to soak a bit longer?"
Xuena felt a surge of fear and, without responding, quickly turned over to climb out, but in the next moment, she was grabbed by the head and violently pushed back into the Blood Pool!
"Hiss..."
Taken by surprise, she instinctively swallowed a mouthful of blood, but thankfully reacted in time not to gulp it down.
Xuena, her head buried in the Blood Pool, struggled violently, one hand clinging tightly to the edge and refusing to let go, while the other flailed wildly in the air. Suddenly, she grasped a mirror and, without a second thought, smashed it towards the threat!
Seeing this, Xu Shuo quickly leaned back to avoid the ancient bronze mirror.
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Hadn't you seen Officer Zhang in the back crazily killing with a dagger just now?
In a split second, Xuena seized the opportunity to stand up, spitting out the blood in her mouth forcefully, and glared hatefully at the vulnerable girl opposite her!