Hao Ren had not yet reacted when the magic book began to change. It was only when a chill carrying the smell of blood blew across his face that he jolted and threw the book to the ground. "What the heck is this?!"
The magic book landed on the ground, its pages opening beneath the moonlight. The illustration of the summoning of the King of Blood was almost completely covered in red. The constantly roiling color began to take on the texture of actual blood. It was as if the book itself were bleeding, soaking the pages in blood—a horrifying sight that made one's hair stand on end!
At the same time, the summoning array suddenly changed as well. The crooked chalk pattern Lily had drawn seemed to come alive, twisting and reshaping itself before rapidly completing into a proper array. The offerings used for the summoning spontaneously burst into flame without any fire, transforming into clusters of pale flames that floated in the air. The moment Lily saw this, she sprang up. "Oh no, my shoes! My shoes!"
"At a critical moment like this, that's what you're worried about?!" Hao Ren leaped out of the summoning array and, upon hearing Lily's cry, could not help smacking her on the back of the head. "Something's gone wrong!"
The four members of the Nangong Family reacted almost the instant the change occurred. Nangong Sanba and Nangong Wudi immediately drew their hand crossbows and Holy Silver Daggers from their waists. Regardless of how much fighting power they actually had, at least they looked like ace hunters. Nangong May and Elsa, meanwhile, said nothing at all before clinging to each other and rolling into the corner. Hao Ren finally understood where May had inherited that spectacularly cowardly personality.
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