Han Li took a glance at the middle-aged man, and discovered that his appearance had clearly been conjured up through the Anicca Alliance's masks as well.
Although the appearance created by the mask didn't seem to be any different from an ordinary person, it was possible to sense a faint connection between the two masks in front of others who were also wearing the mask. This was also how the members of the Anicca Alliance communicated with each other.
Jiao Jiu and Jiao Shiliu also noticed this and immediately stepped into the courtyard through the gap.
Han Li hesitated for a moment before following them in.
After the wide-faced man waited for the three people to enter the courtyard, he poked his head out and looked outside the door before closing it again.
The courtyard was about a hundred feet in size. In addition to a withered old tree, there was only a bluish-gray stone table and stone blocks under the tree.
Other than the old tree roots, which were surrounded by mud, the rest of the place was paved with brand-new bricks. The surface was clean and there was not even a withered leaf.
Further inside, there was a main house directly facing the door. There were several rooms on both sides, but at the moment, the doors were unlocked.
The wide-faced man led the way in front and turned to the three people and said,
"I know that the higher-ups will send someone here, so I have been waiting here for a long time. May I know who will be in charge of this this time?"
Ever since Han Li entered the courtyard, he had been observing the person in front of him. When the other person asked this question, a cold glint suddenly flashed through his eyes. He raised his fist and smashed it towards the person's back.
The man was startled, but he seemed to be prepared for it. A red light suddenly shone behind him, transforming into a silver shield that blocked in front of him.
There was a muffled "bang".
The silver round shield suddenly exploded, and the man was smashed and flew out. He fell heavily on the stone steps in front of the main house and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood. Suddenly, his breath became weaker.
Jiao Jiu and Jiao Shiliu obviously noticed that something was wrong. Just as the three of them were about to step forward, a sudden change occurred!
There was a "buzz" sound.
The surrounding space began to twist and blur, and beams of red light shot into the sky within a radius of several thousand feet with the small courtyard as the center. Immediately afterward, a massive crimson formation projection appeared in mid-air, with countless crimson runes swirling around its surface.
Before Han Li and the others could react, a red light flashed in the center of the array. The three of them appeared together with the wide-faced man in a bloody space.
This space didn't look like the real world. Looking around, it seemed to be boundless.
Above everyone's heads, there were layers of thick, blood-colored clouds. The ground under their feet was dark red, as if it was soaked with blood. Even the surrounding air was filled with an uncomfortable smell of blood.
Just as they were looking around in bewilderment, the entire blood-red space suddenly shook violently. Hundreds of cracks of different sizes instantly appeared on the ground around them, from which thick blood-red mist emerged.
Within the fog, blurry figures crawled out.
Ghostly howls rang out!
Impressively, they were human-shaped vampires that were dripping with blood, as if their skin had just been peeled off. They were crawling out of the cracks on the ground.
As soon as these ferocious blood ghosts crawled out, they let out a burst of hoarse strange cries and rushed toward Han Li and the others.
"Two friends, be careful. Don't just pay attention to those blood ghosts. There is something wrong with the atmosphere here."
Jiao Jiu glanced at the blood ghosts and then looked at the blood clouds in the sky. He then reminded Han Li and Jiao Shiliu.
Han Li naturally also discovered that the stench of blood that filled the entire space seemed to contain a strange malevolent Qi that could directly penetrate one's sea of consciousness, causing one to feel a sense of irritation and irritation from the depths of their hearts.
However, with the strength of his Divine Sense, this degree of influence was nothing to worry about.
After Jiao Jiu reminded the two of them, he took out a piece of white jade that was threaded with a golden thread and hung it around his neck.
The white jade flashed and emitted a sparkling light that enveloped his entire body.
He then waved a hand through the air, and blue light flashed before him as a wave of blue water surged forth, instantly sweeping up the dozen or so blood ghosts in front of him. The blood ghosts were torn to shreds, and they dissipated into clouds of blood mist.
Jiao Shiliu also took out a purple glyph without saying a word and stuck it between his eyebrows. With a flash of purple light, he disappeared. Then, he let out a low roar and a series of cracking sounds came from his body. The muscles of his arms, chest, and abdomen began to rapidly swell.
He leaped high and smashed into the army of blood ghosts in front of him like a meteor. Immediately, seven or eight blood ghosts were smashed into pieces.
Seeing this, Han Li also took out a pill and swallowed it. He then took a big step forward and punched two blood ghosts that were close to him.
As the two blood ghosts flew back, they also hit a dozen blood ghosts that were rushing towards them. After a series of muffled bangs, they all turned into a bloody mist.
The three of them quickly discovered that although the blood ghosts that were coming from all directions looked fierce, they were not difficult to deal with. It could even be said that they could not withstand a single blow.
However, the problem was that there seemed to be no end to them. After killing a batch, more vampires would quickly emerge from the cracks in the ground. There was no way to kill them all. Soon, the three of them were surrounded by hundreds of vampires, and not even a drop of water could pass through.
On the other side, the wide-faced man that was injured by Han Li had slightly red eyes. His face was filled with panic as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. He constantly took out various magic treasures. First, he took out a set of formation flags and then he took out a treasure mirror. He suspended it above his head and with a flash of red light, a blood-red armor appeared on his body.
Layer after layer of protective light shields constantly appeared around him, surrounding him in layers. The blood ghosts that rushed in from the periphery could not get close to him for a while. They could only frantically wave their ghost claws and attack the seven or eight layers of protective light shields.
The wide-faced man still seemed to be a little worried. He held a blood-red long sword in his hand and looked around, looking a little anxious.
It was obvious that although he could use magic treasures to block the endless blood ghosts, he could not stop the blood aura from invading his Divine Soul.
Sure enough, it did not take long for the man to roar at the sky with blood-red eyes. As if he had lost his mind, he waved the blood-red sword and slashed randomly.
Without his control, the power of the surrounding magic treasures and formations was greatly reduced. The outermost light shield was quickly torn to pieces by the blood ghosts.
Not far away, Han Li, who was fighting with the blood ghosts, saw this scene and suddenly thought of something. He quickly sent a voice transmission to Jiao Jiu and the other man.
"The more these ghosts are killed, the thicker the blood aura will be."
"Yes!
We must leave as soon as possible. If we stay here for too long, we might be affected by it. "Jiao Jiu said.
"My two friends, I have a way to break out of this space, but I need you two to protect me for a while." Jiao Jiu hurriedly replied after he sent a few blood ghosts flying.
"Alright!
My friend, please do as you please. "
With that said, Han Li's hands shot forward like lightning and tossed the two crimson ghosts to Jiao Sixteen's left, crashing into a group of crimson ghosts.
On the other side, Jiao Jiu sent the Blood Ghosts in front of him flying. He leaped to the right of Jiao Shiliu and formed a seal with both of his hands. At the same time, he started chanting.
With a deep rumbling sound, a ball of blue mist condensed in front of Jiao Jiu, emitting waves of dense water power.
He shouted, "Go!" and immediately pushed his hands forward.
"Roar …"
A dragon's roar sounded and a blue water dragon rushed out of the mist in front of him. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws as it charged towards the army of blood ghosts on the right of Jiao Jiu.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Water splashed everywhere and in the blink of an eye, dozens of blood ghosts were thrown off their feet by the water dragon.
At the same time, Han Li appeared on the right of Jiao Jiu. He moved around the blood ghosts and sent them flying with his fists. His eyes flashed with blue light as he looked around.
Jiao Jiu quickly returned to his original state and sat down cross-legged. He waved his hand and a triangular black iron awl appeared in front of him. The tip of the awl was pointed up to the sky.
The surface of the awl was covered with circles of obscure runes and ripples of space. It seemed to be a low-grade Acquired Celestial Weapon that contained a trace of the power of laws.
A hint of surprise flashed through Han Li and Jiao Jiu's eyes upon seeing this.
After all, there were not many people in the Blackwind Sea who possessed Celestial Weapons. Moreover, Jiao Jiu was only a Loose Celestial.
Jiao Jiu crossed his hands in front of him and started chanting in a low voice.
After a while, he stopped chanting and stretched out his hand to wipe the iron awl in front of him. A cut immediately appeared on his palm and blood flowed out.
The iron awl that was stained by the blood shone brightly and turned red as if it was burning. The ripples of space became stronger and stronger.
At this moment, a scream came from somewhere in the blood-red space.
Han Li and Jiao Jiu looked in the direction of the scream.
The barrier around the broad-faced man from before had already been completely torn apart, and his entire body had already been submerged in a dense mass of Blood Ghosts.
However, in the next instant, a ball of red light suddenly erupted from within the crimson ghosts. This was none other than the broad-faced man's Nascent Soul, and it was wielding a small crimson sword as it flew up into the air with a deranged look on its face.
However, before it could fly far away, another change occurred!
A hole suddenly appeared in the blood-red cloud in the sky and a purplish-black bowl flew out.
It rotated on the spot before releasing an extremely powerful suction force, instantly drawing the Nascent Soul into it.
The moment the Nascent Soul entered the bowl, a strange force rushed up and crushed it. It turned into a sparkling red light and disappeared into the bowl.