The Blood Refinement Domain.
A dense jungle stood amid peaks that towered into the clouds.
Between those peaks lay a valley.
Thick miasma shrouded it, hiding everything within from outside eyes.
"Roar!"
"Awooo!"
The roars of Monsters sounded now and then from the distant jungle.
A closer look would reveal that every Monster kept its distance from the valley.
Something there seemed to frighten them. Not one dared approach.
This was no ordinary place. It was the entrance to the Demon-Suppressing Pool in the Blood Refinement Domain.
The Great Scarlet Reach lay close by; the Demon-Suppressing Pool itself sat where the two Domains met.
At that moment, above the valley...
Hundreds upon hundreds of Warriors had gathered.
At their head stood a group of Saint Martial Grandmasters!
They hovered in midair, gazing coldly down at the valley.
Below them were several hundred True Martial Warriors.
Every last one came from the Great Scarlet Reach!
Two among them stood above the rest, both at the Ninth Layer Peak of Saint Martial Realm, just Half-Step Venerables.
They were Jiao Hong, the Soul-Severing Sect Master, and Old Ghost Lü, the Five Poisons Cult Second Elder!
"Over a month."
"Not a stir from the Demon-Suppressing Pool. Could Qin Hao have died in there?"
Jiao Hong looked agitated, his face so dark it seemed it could drip water.
Ever since Qin Hao had fallen into the Demon-Suppressing Pool, Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü had sent large numbers of True Martial Warriors in after him.
It was not that they did not want to send Saint Martial Grandmasters. The Demonic Qi within was simply too dense; any Saint Martial Grandmaster who entered would die.
Even Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü dared not risk going in themselves.
To keep Qin Hao from escaping through the