Night Raid on the Zhou Estate! The Blood Sacrifice Begins!

Chen Feng didn't dare delay for even a moment. He hurriedly dressed, grabbed the plain knife by the door, and headed to town with Wang Xuan.

Half an hour later.

The two arrived outside the Zhou Estate.

It was already late at night, but the Zhou Estate was still brightly lit. Strangely, the huge mansion was eerily quiet.

Not a single sound could be heard.

Wang Xuan looked at the mansion before him, his gaze falling on the courtyard wall not far away. He exchanged a look with Chen Feng, and they climbed over the side gate's wall.

The two carefully peeked into the mansion. The vast estate was devoid of any human figures!

"Strange, where is everyone?"

Wang Xuan frowned deeply.

Zhou Bapi was the wealthiest man for miles around!

Even at night, the mansion should have maids and servants.

But as far as he could see, there wasn't a soul in sight!

"Should we go in and take a look?"

Wang Xuan frowned slightly, ready to enter the mansion immediately.

But Chen Feng stopped him.

"Hold on, let me check first!"

Chen Feng took out a bronze compass with a white pointer from his pocket.

"What's that?"

Wang Xuan asked curiously, seeing the compass.

"This is called a Demon-Detecting Compass, it's from the Demon Slayer Division!"

"Recently, we've been investigating the Pity Life Sect, so the Demon Slayer Division distributed these to the military camps!"

"This thing can detect demonic energy within a three-kilometer radius. If the demonic energy is strong enough, the detection range is even greater!"

"And the pointer indicates the concentration of demonic energy. The closer the pointer's color is to red, the denser the demonic energy!"

As he spoke, Chen Feng immediately raised the compass.

As soon as the compass was raised, the pointer began to spin rapidly, eventually pointing to the depths of the estate.

And the color of the pointer actually began to change.

It went from white to a deep yellow!

"Such dense demonic energy, this Zhou Bapi is indeed a member of the Pity Life Sect!"

A murderous intent surged in Chen Feng's eyes.

"Little Stone, let's go, let's go in and see!"

Chen Feng called out and was about to enter the mansion, but Wang Xuan stopped him.

"No."

"If we both go in together, we'll be too conspicuous!"

"Brother Feng, let me go in."

Chen Feng immediately refused, "No way!"

"This is their lair, it's too dangerous for you to go in alone!"

Wang Xuan said firmly, "It's more dangerous for two people to go in!"

"Besides, now we can confirm that Zhou Laifu is related to the Pity Life Sect. If they really intend to perform a Blood Sacrifice here, there must be many Demon-Humans from the Pity Life Sect!"

"We definitely can't handle it with just the two of us!"

"I need you to go back to the county town and report to Centurion, and bring people here!"

Hearing this, Chen Feng gritted his teeth and nodded.

If Zhou Laifu was really going to hold a Blood Sacrifice tonight, then there must be many Demon-Humans from the Pity Life Sect gathered in the mansion. They definitely couldn't handle it with just the two of them!

Chen Feng handed the Demon-Detecting Compass to Wang Xuan, and instructed, "Little Stone, be careful, ensuring your own safety is the most important thing!"

"I'll definitely be back in an hour at most!"

Wang Xuan took the compass and said, "Brother Feng, lend me your plain knife too!"

Chen Feng then handed the plain knife to Wang Xuan, turned, and headed straight for the county town to find reinforcements.

Wang Xuan, holding the compass, activated

Clairvoyance

. He concealed his aura, and like a ghost, immediately sneaked into the mansion.

Following the direction of the demonic energy, he soon arrived at the depths of the estate.

Within a few minutes, he faintly heard voices, causing him to slow down his pace.

Wang Xuan hid behind a rockery and looked out. He saw a pond in the courtyard ahead, and two men in black were guarding the pond.

"Damn it, why do they get to perform the Blood Sacrifice down there while we're stuck guarding the gate out here?"

One of the horse-faced men said indignantly.

The other man sighed upon hearing this, "Who told us to be the new guys?"

"But anyway, once the Blood Sacrifice starts, it'll be our turn sooner or later. Besides, it's not like whoever goes first gets the better benefits!"

The horse-faced man nodded.

"That's true. Speaking of which, why hasn't Manager Qian returned yet? I heard he went to capture the last sacrifice. It's been over an hour; I hope nothing happened to him?"

The other man frowned, "It has been a bit long. Let's wait a little longer; maybe he's on his way back."

Wang Xuan's eyes narrowed as he listened to their conversation.

He looked at the Demon-Detecting Compass in his hand. The pointer had turned orange-yellow, pointing towards the pond in the courtyard.

Judging from their discussion, the Blood Sacrifice hasn't started yet; they must be waiting for that Qian Tong guy!

As for the location... could it be under this pond?

Wang Xuan's gaze sharpened.

These two men were barely at the Oxhide level, obviously newly minted martial artists.

Wang Xuan pondered for a moment and picked up his bow and arrow.

Thwack!

The arrow shot out, piercing the night sky!

One of the men had his head instantly pierced through!

[Killed Oxhide level martial artist, Archery experience +200, Greater Mastery progress 280/6400]

The horse-faced man was speaking when he turned back and saw a bloody hole in his companion's head.

His expression changed drastically, and just as he was about to scream, Wang Xuan flashed behind him, placing his hunting knife directly on his neck.

"Shut up, or I'll kill you right now!"

Wang Xuan said coldly.

The horse-faced man broke out in a cold sweat, nodding in terror.

"I'll ask you a question, and you answer with one word!"

"Is the Blood Sacrifice location under the pond?"

"Is Zhou Bapi inside, and how many people are there?"

Wang Xuan asked indifferently.

The horse-faced man was dripping with cold sweat as he whispered, "Yes... it's down here. The entrance is under the stone tablet next to the pond."

"Envoy Zhou is down there. There are thirty-six of us in total!"

Wang Xuan's expression instantly changed.

"Thirty-six people..."

This is a bit tricky.

Wang Xuan hadn't expected that the Pity Life Sect would have thirty-six people down there.

"Open the entrance!"

Wang Xuan held the horse-faced man hostage and brought him to the stone tablet next to the pond. The latter trembled as he pressed a stone on the nearby rockery.

Rumble!

The paving stones behind the stone tablet opened, revealing an underground passage, glowing with a bloody light.

"I've done as you asked, you better not..."

Pfft!

Before he could finish his sentence, Wang Xuan directly plunged his knife into his head, and the latter's body slumped down.

Looking at the entrance before him, Wang Xuan's eyes narrowed.

It's been over an hour since Qian Tong attacked me, and Zhou Bapi is still waiting for him to return.

If I rashly go down now, perhaps...

Just as Wang Xuan was contemplating whether to enter, a strange chanting sound suddenly came from the entrance.

The chanting was incredibly eerie, like praying to some kind of bizarre entity!

The sound was shrill and unsettling!

Wang Xuan's heart sank, and a bad feeling arose within him.

That Zhou Bapi wouldn't have started the Blood Sacrifice early, would he!

The Pity Life Sect's Blood Sacrifice was built upon human lives. If the Blood Sacrifice had begun, it meant that people had already started dying!

Wang Xuan didn't consider himself a hero, but in this situation, he couldn't stand idly by.

"Let's go in and see what's happening!"

Wang Xuan immediately crouched down and entered the underground entrance.

This was an underground cavity dug out artificially. The entrance was a bit narrow, but it quickly widened.

Inside the underground cavity, there were several forks in the road. Wang Xuan, relying on the Demon-Detecting Compass and Clairvoyance, advanced along the passage with the densest demonic energy.

After walking for a few minutes, a wide-open underground space appeared below Wang Xuan's field of vision.

In the center below, there was a black altar about thirty feet high, with various strange patterns engraved on its surface.

Surrounding the altar were circles of water troughs, connected to each other, forming a bizarre human face pattern.

And in the middle of the altar, there was also a strange statue without a human face, with twelve arms and eight heads, sitting cross-legged on a lotus seat!

Just one glance at the statue made Wang Xuan feel dizzy!

"This statue... could it be the Holy Mother of Pity Life?"

Wang Xuan felt terrified.

Just then, Wang Xuan looked to the other side.

He saw thirty-odd people in black robes surrounding the altar, chanting some kind of incantation!

And Zhou Bapi was standing in front of everyone, sometimes kneeling and prostrating, sometimes raising his head and chanting.

In front of him was a large blood pool!

Inside, blood was bubbling, emitting a foul, bloody smell and soaring demonic energy!

Next to the blood pool, there was also a huge cage, holding at least a hundred young women and children!

These were the people who had recently disappeared from White Water County!

"Please, let me go, my dad has money, please let me go, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

"Let me go home, I want to go home..."

"..."

The women and children in the cage were begging bitterly, but no one paid any attention to them.

"My lord, Qian Tong hasn't returned yet, should we start the Blood Sacrifice early?"

"Another half cup of tea, and we'll miss the time for the Blood Sacrifice!"

One of the men in black came to Zhou Laifu and said in a low voice.

Zhou Laifu's face was gloomy at the moment.

Hearing this, his eyes narrowed instantly, and he said coldly: "What a waste, he can't even handle such a small thing!"

"Don't wait for him, prepare the Blood Sacrifice!"

"Bring up the sacrifices!"