In the gap between Zhao Cheng's three consecutive moves, the surging red water had already pressed close. Just as he was about to raise a hand and unleash Ten Thousand Peaks Returning to Void to shield the entire army, cries of alarm and muffled groans suddenly erupted from behind.
He whipped around, his pupils abruptly shrinking as shock and fury flashed across his face.
What a sinister formation!
There were nodes hidden behind the formation as well!
The ground behind them had split open in countless deep fissures, and dark-red bloody water shot out like venomous snakes, silently spreading to the feet of the Blood-Clad Army.
The first soldiers touched by it did not even have time to react before the skin on their feet instantly dissolved into dark-red slurry.
Then, like wax figures doused in boiling oil, they rapidly melted from the bottom up. Not even their bones remained. Nearly a hundred figures vanished into the bloody water in the blink of an eye.
"What is this thing?!"
"It's the enemy's sorcery!"
"Damn it!!"
"Fall back toward my lord! This isn't something we can handle!"
Though the remaining Blood-Clad Army was valiant and fierce, they knew this bloody water could not be touched. They immediately sprinted toward Zhao Cheng, converging around him. Amid the clang of rubbing armor, their footsteps still maintained an orderly rhythm.
Even those in the rear who had failed to retreat in time and had gotten bloody water on their bodies did not scream. They merely let out muffled groans, then gritted their teeth and watched themselves turn into bloody water.
At the sight, killing intent surged through Zhao Cheng's heart like a tide, and the Killing Intent around him exploded.
But now was not the time to kill those two.
His body flickered, and