The basement was on the verge of collapse.
A moment later.
The blood pool had been evaporated dry, and the flaming fire tiger vanished soon after.
Bai Luoyu stepped closer to the blood pool and was instantly shaken to the core.
Below, white bones lay piled and interwoven with remnants of bloody water. Their number was impossible to estimate.
Jiang Ning slowly withdrew his divine sense as well.
With most of the blood water evaporated, his divine sense could now probe the bottom.
He too was deeply shaken.
The number of bones exceeded a thousand.
That was the result he had obtained by scanning the bottom of the blood pool with his divine sense just now.
And this was only above ground. At least a thousand people had perished here.
Moreover, apart from this special blood pool, there was one blood pool buried in a basement in each of Baisha County's southeast, northwest, northeast, and southwest corners.
If the other blood pools were of the same scale as this one—
Then altogether, at least several thousand people had died.
"Brother Bai, let's go up first!" Jiang Ning slowly withdrew his gaze.
Bai Luoyu also looked away from the blood pool. "Fine! Once we're up there, it'll be time to deal with County Magistrate Deng!"
Jiang Ning nodded.
"My lord!!" At the sight of Jiang Ning and Bai Luoyu, the attendants' faces immediately lit up as they hurried over.
Bai Luoyu gave them a slight nod.
When he saw Deng Fei and the others standing in the courtyard in a daze, surprise flickered through his eyes.
But Jiang Ning had already arrived before Deng Fei.
He flicked a finger, and a thread of saber intent tore through the air.
A bloody hole instantly appeared between Deng Fei's brows.
Black blood gurgled