Black Wind Stronghold Master, You're Finished! Da Li Goes Fishing!

The faint scent of blood gradually became pungent and intense.

As everyone present looked around in alarm—

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

Puffs of white smoke began rising from the weapon-forging pool, immediately drawing everyone's attention back to it.

They saw streams of shocking red liquid pouring into the forging pool through several other channels.

The liquid came into contact with the lava within the pool, releasing puffs of white smoke and an intensely pungent smell of blood.

"Blood! Blood!"

"Th-this is human blood! Human blood!"

"This is bad! Divine Iron City is actually conducting a blood sacrifice to melt weapons? Such an act is intolerable to heaven's law!"

Startled cries erupted from the crowd. Faces filled with terror, confusion, and fury swayed as people recoiled in horror.

Crack—

Crack—

More channels opened, and more blood poured from them into the forging pool. Judging by how fresh the blood was, it seemed as though living people were being slaughtered, a terrifying sight indeed.

Faint cries could be heard from within the mountain connected to those channels. It sounded like people were calling out. Could Black Wind Stronghold Master have controlled a group of people for such a horrifying blood sacrifice? Even prisoners in the Black Prison should not be treated this way. This was surely the conduct of the demonic path.

For a time, blood vapor rose from the forging pool, and the thick stench made people nauseous.

Amid such dense blood qi, the Fire Qilin Sword's hilt flickered with a ghastly green, sinister glow. It broke from its previous calm state, humming and trembling incessantly as though in extreme excitement.

Yet this horrifying scene only sent chills through everyone who witnessed it. Even Sword Demon, mad as he was, had his pupils constrict as he sucked in a cold breath at