From the many decayed shelves inside the room, it's clear that it was a treasure vault, the most important room in the Taoist Temple.

However, at the moment, everything on the shelves has obviously been removed. The room is completely empty.

"Blood Demon! It's a powerful Blood Demon!"

The woman with the triangular eyes who had screamed earlier is the one who had been arguing with Xiao Mu. She isn't dead but was merely scared unconscious. The people who heard the scream and rushed in were the first to wake her up.

Everyone was shocked to hear this.

This middle-aged woman was quite strong, already entering the Third Realm, and yet she was scared unconscious. How strong could the Blood Demon be?

"What happened?"

"What kind of Blood Demon did you encounter?"

Chen Ruoyu was the first to step forward, asking in a deep voice.

"People who aren't involved, please leave this room immediately, or don't blame me for being impolite."

However, before the middle-aged woman could answer, a man walked out from the inner room. It was the man in jeans who had disappeared earlier.

He glanced coldly at everyone but showed a vaguely nervous expression when he saw Xiao Mu. Soon, though, his gaze focused on Luo Junming and He Wei, his face revealing hatred.

However, everyone didn't pay attention to the man in jeans. Their eyes were all focused behind him.

Behind the man in jeans, a red Blood Demon was following closely.

Unlike ordinary Blood Demons, this one seemed to have been subdued and was obediently following the man in jeans.

"Ah~"

The moment they saw the red Blood Demon, many people of average strength were terrified and screamed.

Most of these people were in the early stage of the Third Realm or hadn't entered the Third Realm yet. Against the red Blood Demon, they were practically defenseless.

"It's it, it's it."

The woman with triangular eyes shouted in horror, pointing shakily at the red Blood Demon behind the man in jeans, her face full of fear.

Earlier, just seeing the red Blood Demon had scared her unconscious. Now that there were more people around, she could barely manage to keep herself from fleeing.

"Colluding with evil ghosts?"

A martial artist in the late Bone Forger Realm glared fiercely at the man in jeans with an expression of hostility.

Only Xiao Mu, after casting a glance at the red Blood Demon behind the man in jeans, had a strange expression on his face.

This red Blood Demon didn't seem as ferocious as most others. It looked as though it had been restrained using some special method, like a puppet under the control of the man in jeans.

Remembering his previous guess that the man in jeans may have had contact with evil ghosts, Xiao Mu suddenly realized. The Ghost Qi the man in jeans emanated was probably related to this red Blood Demon.

Moreover, the man's facial expression and actions made him suspicious, and he didn't make any impulsive moves.

Soon enough, Xiao Mu's attention went back to the room.

This room, which looked like a treasure vault, gave him an extremely eerie feeling.

Especially the floor, where an evil aura was faintly discernible, seemingly struggling to break free from suppression, ready to burst out at any moment.

Could it be that someone had set up some kind of Array in this room?

Xiao Mu couldn't help but guess.

But judging from the energy emanating from the Array, it was obvious that the one who set up the Array in this room wasn't human, but an evil being.

With one deep breath, Xiao Mu smelled a strong scent of blood.

The stench of blood was overwhelmingly strong, irritating his nostrils. It was as though many people had been killed here before.

Not only that, this room was filled with a heavy resentment that radiated a cold air, causing the temperature to drop. Yet, this resentment seemed to be suppressed and absorbed, unable to materialize.

How could this be?

Xiao Mu's face slightly changed.

It seemed that some kind of evil ritual had taken place here. Someone had been sacrificed, and among those sacrificed, there seemed to be no shortage of experts from the mutated beings. Otherwise, there would not be such a strong resentment generated within the room.

Following his gaze into the room, Xiao Mu's expression changed once again.

What is this?

A round the room in the air, there was surprisingly a faint presence of perverse Qi. This Qi carried the aura of destruction while simultaneously containing a hint of rebirth, as if ready to sprout from the ground and revive.

How can this be?

Xiao Mu subconsciously looked at the walls around him. On the walls surrounding the room, a special kind of power was spreading.

But this power differed completely from the one initially seen hidden beneath the ground. The power hidden beneath the ground was instantly recognized by Xiao Mu as some sort of Array set up by the evil ghost for sacrificial purposes.

However, the power now observed on the walls, felt faintly like a web of black gas, barely visible, emitting a corrosive smell. It seemed ready to break through the ground at any moment.

This is getting interesting!

A strange look came over Xiao Mu's face. Inside this room, not only was the evil ghost laying out Arrays to trap humans, but there was also an even more absurdly evil being doing the same, specifically targeting the evil ghost.

Upon realizing this, Xiao Mu immediately decided to wait and watch.

Unless that more powerful evil absurdity appeared, he would not take action.

Compared to the spoils of killing the evil ghost, killing this more ferocious absurdity would obviously reap greater rewards.

If he acted rashly, and it resulted in alerting this more powerful absurdity causing it to escape, that would be a regret for Xiao Mu.

"Luo Junming, He Wei, come out and die!"

The man in jeans showed a look of hatred on his face and pointed at Luo Junming and He Wei.

The red blood demon behind him immediately lunged forward. Its two bloody sharp claws stretched fiercely forward, pouring out a heavy black gas. The claws suddenly grew longer, and in an instant, they were over the heads of Luo and He, grabbing downwards.

"Help! Brother Ruoyu, help!"

Without resistance, Luo Junming and He Wei ran directly towards Chen Ruoyu.

"Boss Luo, Mr. He, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I can assure your safety."

Chen Ruoyu's face darkened, and he took a step forward to stand in front of Luo Junming and He Wei, facing the red blood demon.

The man in jeans waved his hand, and the red blood demon immediately stopped its attack.

The man in jeans glared fiercely at Luo Junming and He Wei, then turned to Chen Ruoyu, shouting, "Chen Ruoyu, this matter has nothing to do with you. It's just a grudge between me, Luo and He. Please step aside, or don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Then, turning to Luo Junming and He Wei, he shouted, "Luo, He, get out here and answer me. Did you two kill my brother?"

Luo Junming spun his eyes, "I have no idea who your brother is."

"Still trying to deny it?"

The hatred on the man in jeans' face deepened as he stared unblinkingly at Luo Junming and He Wei. "Do you know how your accomplice Zhao Zhenrong died?"

"Did you kill old Zhao?"

The faces of Luo Junming and He Wei darkened simultaneously, and their expressions became extremely cold, they growled, "Did you torture him to death?"

"How else would he reveal the truth?"

The hatred on the man in jeans' face grew deeper as he continued to stare relentlessly at Luo Junming and He Wei. "Three days ago, my brother bought information from you to go treasure hunting in the mountains, and then he went missing."

"I suspected then that you plotted to harm him for money. I found your associate, Zhao Zhenrong, and after a round of questioning, sure enough, he was killed for his treasure."

"Luo and He, come out, and die. Today, I'm going to avenge my brother."

"Hehe!"

A look of contempt appeared on Luo Junming's face, he sneered, "You conspired with the evil ghost and accuse us of greed and murder. This is ridiculous. Mr. Chen, please, you must stand up for us."

With that, he turned to Chen Ruoyu, pleadingly.

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