"They're here."
Gao Ming couldn't say what had arrived. He only knew they were drawing near. The instant that thought arose in his mind, the artificial blood sun hanging over Xinhu went dark, the will of the entire Blood City was blinded, and Xinhu's rules were completely suppressed.
An aura of extreme danger radiated from every direction, from every corner of his vision. Gao Ming couldn't pinpoint its source. His five senses were in chaos, as though nowhere in this world could make him feel safe anymore.
Several Blood City Lords had arrived in their true forms. This was completely different from the last time Hanhai Blood City had been reestablished. They were no longer separated by an immeasurable distance.
Only face-to-face could he truly feel that terror.
"Don't let your thoughts wander. They'll burrow into your mind. Every uneasy thought could become an avatar of a Blood City Lord," Number Two warned quietly. After hearing that, Gao Ming found it even harder to feel at ease.
They had transcended the realm of ghosts and monsters. The Blood City Lords' attacks could no longer be defended against with physical strength and brainpower alone. All their abilities involved rules. The instant someone violated a rule, they would be doomed beyond redemption.
Black fog drifted silently. Gao Ming clenched the Delirium Seeds between his fingers, afraid he had overlooked something, afraid he wouldn't even have a chance to act.
"There aren't any abnormalities inside the Flesh-and-Blood Ghost God's domain, and the blood threads spreading outward haven't touched any ghosts or monsters either. Where are those Blood City Lords hiding?"
They had arrived, yet he couldn't see or sense them. All they left Gao Ming was silence.
The fingerprints on his palms flaked away like grains of sand. Time was stripped away. Gao