"Splash!"
Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang plunged into the blood pool together.
Han Heavenly Journey and Yao Ze first looked stunned, then broke into repeated sneers.
The next moment, that streak of black escape light arrived beside them.
"Fellow Daoist Zheng!"
Both men took the initiative to cup their fists in greeting.
Facing the two, the Black-Clad Man looked somewhat arrogant, with a trace of displeasure.
"Sect Master Han, Elder Yao, have you still not finished? The young master is growing impatient and sent me in to take a look."
Despite the plainly questioning tone of the black-robed man, Han Heavenly Journey and Yao Ze dared not show any displeasure.
Han Heavenly Journey explained, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, please ask the young master to forgive us.
"There were indeed some unexpected developments in today's plan, but everything will be completely resolved shortly."
The black-robed man gave a soft snort and looked toward the blood pool.
"Those two just now were...?"
"They were Mo Nancang, the sect master of the Four Symbols Sect, and Gu Chenfeng, the hall master of its Azure Dragon Hall. They saw through our scheme, and we cornered them here," Yao Ze immediately explained.
Han Heavenly Journey sneered. "Those two actually plunged into the blood pool to escape. They were courting death.
"This entire blood pool lies within the range of this coffin's power. Any living creature that enters it will rapidly have its essence blood and life force refined by the coffin.
"They can either come out and die or stay in the blood pool and be refined alive.
"Our aim was to offer these people to the coffin as blood sacrifices anyway. They walked straight into the net and saved us considerable trouble."
The three waited at the edge of the blood pool for a while,