Chapter 963

"Ha …"

After a while, Qin Yuan let out a long shout. His face was flushed, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of joy. He did not look like the sickly person he used to be.

His clothes fluttered without any wind, and his sleeves fluttered. Dense white light spots appeared on the surface of his body. Other than more than two hundred spots that were solid, the rest were mostly illusory.

As the strange phenomenon appeared on one side, another strange phenomenon appeared on the other side.

Chen Yang's body also lit up with dense light spots. Among them, there were also only two hundred spots that were solid, and most of them were illusory.

After that, Fu Jian and Sun Tu were also in a similar situation. Only Er Ge, who had the strange phenomenon at the end, was different. Although there were two kinds of light spots on his body, there were actually more than eight hundred spots that were solid.

"This is …" Xuanyuan Xing's eyes widened as he muttered to himself.

Han Li also raised his eyebrows slightly. He already had a guess about this, but he still felt that it was a little strange.

"Brother Li, why do the light spots on these people's bodies seem to coincide with the Mysterious Apertures? Are these the Mysterious Apertures that they have opened?" Shi Chuankong suddenly asked.

"There are so many of them, they can't all be Mysterious Apertures … However, based on my guess, the solid light spots should be the Mysterious Apertures that they have opened, and the illusory light spots should be the ones that they have yet to open.

But... "At this point, Han Li stopped and muttered to himself.

"But what?" Shi Chuankong asked doubtfully.

"I wonder if Brother Shi still remembers?

When we first met Chen Yang, he once mentioned the number of Mysterious Apertures that Er Ge has already opened more than a thousand, but we can only see about eight hundred here. This is a little strange … "Han Li pondered for a while and replied.

"Could it be that he deliberately lied to us and deliberately threatened us?" Shi Chuankong seemed to have thought of something.

"I'm not sure about this.

We'll know when we ask Chen Yang later. "Han Li's gaze fell on Chen Yang as he slowly transmitted his voice.

While the two of them were talking, the five people in the formation let out a roar at the same time. The crimson light emitted from the pentagram suddenly became brighter. The few of them were enveloped in it, and they seemed to be suffering great pain. All of them had hideous expressions on their faces.

Seeing this, everyone's expressions changed as they looked at their respective City Lords.

Han Li's gaze moved between Chen Yang and Earl. His eyes couldn't help but twitch, and he was bewildered.

On the bodies of the two people, some of the profound apertures that were in a state of illusory before had begun to have a bloody light. The light was actually turning from illusory to solid at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the auras of these people were also rising. It seemed like they had really received great benefits.

The surrounding crowd exclaimed in surprise. Xuanyuan Xing and the others did not hide the envy in their eyes.

"Hualala …"

In the sacrificial blood pool, the blood seemed to be boiling and tumbling more and more violently. A large amount of blood was atomized and absorbed by the five statues. The liquid level in the pool also began to slowly drop, and a large number of white bones that were previously buried in it began to be revealed.

In this way, it was indeed only a matter of time before the corpse that was submerged in the blood pool surfaced.

"Could it be that I'm really thinking too much …" Han Li muttered to himself.

His gaze wandered back and forth on the five people in the blood sacrifice formation several times, and he did not find anything wrong. He began to wonder if he was being too careful.

"Brother Shi, I'm going to the back hall to take a look. You stay here for the time being and pay attention to the movements of these people. If there are any changes here, try not to get involved and wait for me to come back." Han Li transmitted his voice after thinking for a moment.

Shi Chuankong was taken aback when he heard this. He transmitted his voice and asked, "I say, Brother Li, since you think there may be changes here, why don't you let me go with you?"

"I don't know what's going on in the back hall. You don't have to take risks with me. Besides, I really need you to help me keep an eye on this place.

I said there may be changes here just in case. It's not certain that there will be changes here.

Besides, you and I are obviously close. If we leave at the same time, it will cause unnecessary trouble. "Han Li knew Shi Chuankong's concerns and said so.

Although Shi Chuankong did not fully agree with this, he finally nodded and agreed.

Han Li nodded at him, turned around and bypassed the light curtain outside the blood pool, and walked toward the three stone arch bridges leading to the back hall.

"Mr. Li, where are you going?"

Han Li had just taken a dozen steps when Shao Ying's figure blurred and blocked in front of him.

Shi Chuankong was about to step forward, but he was stopped by Han Li's voice transmission.

"The five city masters are here to activate the blood sacrifice formation. I can't help much, so I have to walk by myself. Is there any problem?" Han Li raised his eyebrows and asked.

"At this moment, it's a critical time for the formation to operate. There can't be any mistakes.

In my opinion, Mr. Li should focus on protecting your city master and not walk around. "Shao Ying's face was originally sinister. At this moment, he spoke with a fake smile, which was even more disgusting.

"Our city master has Mr. Xuanyuan and Mr. Shi to protect him. There's no need for Elder Shao to worry." Han Li said patiently.

"You can't walk around. If you accidentally trigger some mechanism and affect the operation of the formation, won't you die a thousand times?" Shao Ying still refused to give in and said.

"Shao Ying, don't look for trouble. Others might be afraid of you, but I'm not.

At worst, we'll fight to the death here and see if the light screen outside the blood formation is strong enough. "Han Li sneered, glanced at the pool of blood, and asked in a low voice.

Of course, Shao Ying wasn't afraid of fighting Han Li. However, if he were to attack, Xuanyuan Xing and Shi Chuankong would inevitably come to help. Zhu Ziyuan and his younger sister certainly wouldn't just stand by and watch. The people of the other three cities might watch from the sidelines, or they might get involved. If that happened, it would truly become a chaotic battle.

He wasn't too worried about such an outcome. He was confident that he could kill all these little bastards from the other cities in a fit of rage. But he was afraid that if it affected the operation of the blood formation, he wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility of the city master.

"You'd better not cause trouble, otherwise …"

Shao Ying hadn't finished his threatening words when Han Li lightly said, "Got it," and flashed past him.

His speed was so fast that Shao Ying couldn't react for a moment. His figure flashed, and he pulled away from Han Li. When he looked at Han Li's back again, there was an additional trace of seriousness in his eyes.

Han Li didn't pay any attention to Shao Ying and continued to walk towards the three stone bridges.

The small conflict just now didn't attract too much attention. After all, most people's attention was focused on the blood formation and the five city masters in it.

Zhu Ziqing stood beside Zhu Ziyuan, and her pair of beautiful eyes looked over, full of curiosity.

Not far away, Madam Liuhua was also looking at Han Li's back. Her eyes revealed a look of contemplation, and she muttered to herself, "What is this boy planning …"

But even though he was puzzled, he still had to observe the changes in the blood formation, so he naturally wouldn't follow.

…

The three stone bridges behind were exactly the same as the three in front, be it the material or the style.

Han Li still walked on the stone bridge in the middle, and soon reached the other side.

On the other side of the stone bridge was a flat plaza. It wasn't very large, and there were two massive stone gates in front of it.

There was no fire on this side, and it was very dim. With his powerful eyesight, Han Li could see that there was a statue of a ferocious lion carved into the stone gate, but it had sharp horns on its head and scales on its face.

From the middle of the horn to the bridge of the nose and the beast's mouth, it was divided into two halves, with one door on the left and one on the right.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly, and he stood on the spot in deep thought for a long time. He carefully recalled the contents of the jade slip that Daoist Xie had given him.

In the end, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he murmured to himself, "Scaled Wyvern guards the gate. Looks like this is the place mentioned in the jade slip …"

After that, Han Li walked forward, but he didn't push open the gate right away. Instead, he raised his hand and pressed down on the two beast fangs of the Scaled Wyvern statue.

There was a slight "click" sound.

At the center of the Scaled Wyvern statue's gaping mouth, the four beast fangs receded at the same time, revealing a dark hole.

Han Li looked around for a moment before his figure flashed and he entered the hole.

Immediately afterward, another soft sound rang out behind him, and the four beast fangs returned to their original positions at the same time, sealing the hole.

After entering, it was pitch-black all around, and even with Han Li's eyesight, he couldn't see anything clearly.

Drip.

The sound of water droplets falling to the ground came from ahead, and although it was faint, it was clearly audible.

With a thought, Han Li silently circulated the Herculean Vajra Art. The mystic orifices on his arms lit up one after another, emitting a hazy white light that illuminated the surroundings.

Only then did he see that he was standing on a stone step at the moment.

Due to the limited light from the mystic orifices, Han Li could only see five or six steps in front of him, and he couldn't see anything further.

Han Li hesitated for a moment, but he still walked down the steps step by step.

After walking more than ten steps, the ground in front of him became flat, as if he had arrived at a platform. The "drip" sound he heard just now was getting closer.

Han Li followed the sound and took a few steps forward, and he saw a three-foot tall stone pillar in front of him. There was a stone basin with a circumference of a foot, and it was filled with an unknown black liquid. There was a faint fishy smell, and it seemed to be the fat of some strange beast.

Drip.

Another soft sound rang out!

A drop of liquid dripped down from above and fell into the stone basin, creating a circle of small ripples.

With a thought, Han Li rubbed his fingers, and a stream of Star Power flowed out from his fingertips. With a "crackle" sound, it turned into a white light and fell into the stone basin.

With a soft "boom" sound, the stone basin suddenly burst into flames, burning fiercely.

Immediately afterward, two lines of fire flowed out from the stone basin, and extended along the grooves on both sides of the stone pillar, leading to both sides.