Shen Luo directed the heavenly soldier to look toward the center of the cavern, and his heart jolted.
A dozen or so pools of varying sizes had been dug into the ground at the cavern's center. They were filled with blood-red liquid that bubbled incessantly and gave off a powerful bloody stench. It was actual blood.
Beside each blood pool stood more than a dozen dark red pillars, their surfaces covered in runes. They seemed to form a Magic Formation.
The blood pools were also arranged in a deliberate pattern. The dozen or so pools formed a staggered array, and the Magic Formations surrounding them were linked together, combining more than a dozen smaller formations into one large Magic Formation.
Countless dark red runes flickered as the Magic Formation hummed, churning the blood in the pools and releasing an endless bloody aura.
Besides that bloody aura, the pools also contained powerful demonic qi, the two mingling together.
Several demons soaked in each blood pool. Their auras were immense, almost all at the Great Vehicle Stage or above, and they absorbed the blood energy and demonic qi within the pools.
In the largest blood pool sat two towering demons. One was a black tiger demon with a human body and a tiger's head, its muscles knotted all over and a golden marking shaped like the character for "king" on its forehead.
The other was a mighty demon with a human body and an eagle's head-the eagle demon from before.
Both demons radiated True Immortal-level demonic qi, no weaker than Shen Luo's own.
What drew Shen Luo's attention most, however, was the purple-black stone placed at the center of the dozen or so blood pools. Its entire surface gave off a soft purple glow, and it looked like an exceptionally precious treasure.