Everyone present changed color.
Whose corpse was this?
Water Yama identified the clothes on the body and said coldly,
"It belonged to one of the temple guards. There are bite marks all over it; it's mutilated beyond recognition, with blood and flesh mottling it. It looks like it was gnawed on by... something..."
Before he could finish, a sound came from the roof beam.
"There's something up there!"
Water Yama's pupils contracted.
But before Water Yama could sense anything, Mo Hua had already grabbed Ouyang Feng with one hand and Hua Qianqian with the other, pulling them far to the side.
Killing intent abruptly erupted from the beam overhead.
A massive, malformed, crimson Blood Shadow pounced down at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.
In an instant, a reeking wind slammed into their faces.
"So fast!"
Water Yama's heart tightened. He immediately drew his long whip and met the Blood Shadow head-on.
But after exchanging only one move, Water Yama was sent reeling back.
The bloody figure let out a howl the instant its limbs hit the ground, then charged fiercely at Water Yama.
Before it could reach him, however, a deep-blue streak of sword light cleaved into its body.
It was Xie Liu's Kuisui Sword Qi.
The sword qi halted the Blood Shadow for a moment—but only for a moment. It had not even left a scratch on the monster's body.
Xie Liu, a Golden Core cultivator, looked extremely grim.
The sudden change had caught them off guard, and the Blood Shadow had been too fast. Water Yama had been put on the defensive, but after gaining a brief moment to catch his breath, he recovered his bearings.
He used Water Shadow Step, turning into several ghostly silhouettes to confuse the blood-colored monster before him.