At this point, no one could spare any attention for Xue Fuyao's sudden surge in cultivation. They were all stunned by the sight before them.
The explosion of the talismans had blasted every building on the surface of the City Lord's Mansion to pieces, exposing what truly lay beneath: a pool about ten meters wide, filled with blood. All around it were piles of corpses of every kind, both human and Monster Beast. Monster Beast corpses made up the majority, but there were plenty of human bodies too.
A rough estimate put the number at over a hundred, some of which had already been reduced to white bones.
Most eye-catching among them were the fresh-looking bodies. Judging by their clothing, they must have been the maids and serving girls of the City Lord's Mansion. Among them were even the South Sea City Lord's wife, concubines, and children.
Some of these people were already dead, while others were still struggling. Their bodies, however, seemed to have been restrained by some kind of power, leaving them unable to move. They could only watch helplessly as their blood was drained away.
As for the person beside the blood pool, he could no longer be called human. He was nothing short of a monster, his entire body covered in vein-like channels that pulsed with every influx of blood. His skin had turned black, his eyes were bloodshot, and a bloody aura lingered around him without dispersing.
The Zhang Family's two Nascent Soul cultivators also realized the gravity of the situation. They stepped forward and glared at the South Sea City Lord, who was absorbing blood to heal his injuries. One of them said, "City Lord Liu, stop. Don't..."
Before she could finish, the Spirit Stones around them, originally used to set up the formation,