Wu Tao was fine; at least he had participated in battles with the alien races last time. However, these ten team members had never even experienced a single fight against them.
The walled city was empty and desolate, with dark red bloodstains visible everywhere on the ground.
It looked like a slaughterhouse, nothing like a place inhabited by intelligent beings.
"Because the values of the Blood Race are different from those of the Human Race. In their eyes, various kinds of blood are the most important resource."
Wu Tao spoke as he walked, leading the ten team members forward.
Behind Wu Tao, the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples subconsciously followed him.
After passing through a desolate street, Wu Tao led the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples to the living quarters of a group of half-beasts.
Or rather, it had once been the living quarters of a group of half-beasts, but now it was piled high with corpses.
These corpses had become mummified. On the faces of each half-beast, expressions of fear and terror were mingled, indicating that they had died in extreme agony.
Although these new recruits had killed before and had decent psychological resilience, they had ultimately not experienced anything on such a large scale. Seeing the hellish scene before them, they couldn't help but feel a sense of wavering.
The ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples subconsciously moved closer to Wu Tao, as if only by doing so could they gain some sense of security.
Seeing this, Wu Tao frowned slightly and reprimanded them.
"What are you afraid of? Stand at attention. Since you chose this job, you should have been prepared to lose your lives long ago..."
"Such a small scene has scared you..."
"If you were truly faced with an alien invasion, wouldn't you be scared to death on the spot?"
"Then what would be the point of Tongguan City spending so much resources to train you for so many years?"
Wu Tao's voice seemed to possess a certain power of deterrence.
Although the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples clearly had some displeasure on their faces, they dared not say anything more.
Wu Tao saw the performance of his ten subordinates and said nothing. After all, they were just ten new recruits. Their current performance was already quite good. After being tempered by this mission, they should be fine.
However, how many team members would die during the course of this mission, no one knew, and Wu Tao didn't know either.
Xiao Jinghe examined the corpses again and asked somewhat concernedly, "Are these Blood Race people that cruel?"
"If they are not of our kind, their hearts must be eradicated. If I were to kill these half-beasts, I would not be much worse than the Blood Race!"
Seeing that Xiao Jinghe was still dwelling on this issue, Wu Tao's expression suddenly turned grim; he was clearly a little angry.
On the other side, Xiao Jinghe couldn't help but shiver. Wu Tao at this moment felt very frightening to him.
Looking at the corpses, Xiao Jinghe gradually began to have illusions. He seemed to hear countless blood ghosts wailing from these corpses.
Moreover, the wailing grew more and more intense, making his head feel somewhat dizzy, even feeling as if he were about to faint.
And not only that, but the other nine late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples also showed similar symptoms.
Seeing this, Wu Tao let out a cold snort.
With a loud noise, the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples' minds became much clearer, and the painful feeling they had just experienced disappeared.
Just as Xiao Jinghe was about to ask Wu Tao what had happened, he saw an even more terrifying scene.
From each of these corpses, strands of blood threads began to condense, eventually forming a beautiful Blood Race woman in a blood-red long dress.
The woman was extremely beautiful, but there was a very strong aura of bloodiness about her.
Her complexion was also unusually pale, unnaturally so. When she smiled slightly, two sharp fangs were revealed.
"Form the array!"
Seeing this, Wu Tao shouted without hesitation.
The ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples heard the order, their spiritual energy erupted to the fullest, holding array flags, they formed an array, trapping the beautiful Blood Race woman who had suddenly appeared.
However, at this moment, a powerful blood aura suddenly erupted from the beautiful Blood Race woman.
The blood aura on her body had condensed into a tangible form. It not only suppressed the array formed by the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples but also blocked a sword energy from Wu Tao's Chuxi sword.
Seeing the blood aura when this woman suddenly erupted, Wu Tao knew that she had at least the cultivation of a Grand Count, which was equivalent to the late-stage Core Formation realm of the Human Race.
"What a powerful woman!"
Wu Tao couldn't help but praise.
The ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples' faces were somewhat pale, their spirits were weak, and they looked as if their vital energy had been greatly depleted after their formation was forcefully broken.
This beautiful Blood Race woman, hahaha, let out a burst of wild laughter and said, "You will all die..."
After saying that, she transformed into countless blood shadows and pounced towards Wu Tao and the others.
"Third-grade divine ability, Ten Thousand Blood Shadows!"
Although Wu Tao did not know what this divine ability was, seeing the dense, countless blood shadows, his heart was greatly alerted, knowing that he could not face it head-on.
Wu Tao patted his storage bag and took out the Vermilion Bird Flag of the South. After injecting sufficient spiritual energy into the Vermilion Bird of the South, a sky full of flames suddenly ignited.
A thousand-zhang Vermilion Bird, burning with true fire, weaved through the dense blood shadows, burning everything it could burn.
After a while, the true fire dissipated, and the blood shadows vanished. Wu Tao and the ten disciples behind him were unharmed, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Interesting. I originally thought they were just a few ants that could be easily dealt with, but I didn't expect there to be an enemy worth fighting..."
The Blood Race woman's expression became serious. She was no longer as casual as before. She took out her own magic treasure, the "Blood Spirit Pearl."
A piercing smell of blood filled the air, accompanied by mournful wails like ghosts. A blood-red ripple spread out, causing the qi and blood within Wu Tao and the others' bodies to begin to surge.
With such fierce might, how much blood must have been sacrificed to achieve this power?
Wu Tao's brow furrowed slightly, and he further increased the spiritual energy he injected into the Vermilion Bird of the South.
The Vermilion Bird Flag of the South suddenly blazed with red light, and the flag surface rippled. Then, as if a volcano had erupted, a river of fiery red flames surged out, pouring directly towards the beautiful Blood Race woman.
Fire was the nemesis of the Blood Race.
Seeing this, the beautiful Blood Race woman did not dare to be careless. After taking a deep breath, she fully activated the Blood Spirit Pearl.
The Blood Spirit Pearl instantly became crystal clear, more dazzling than a ruby.
"Yin Fiend Yang Blood, boundless sea of blood, attack!"
Crimson blood flowed, and a vast sea of blood suddenly appeared. The smell of blood was nauseating.
As soon as the sea of blood appeared, the surrounding several miles were transformed. All that could be seen was endless, cold blood, surging endlessly.
The river of fire and the sea of blood engaged in a back-and-forth tug-of-war. Both sides in the sky and on the ground, unable to defeat the other, gradually entered a state of confrontation and mutual consumption, temporarily stalemated.
Seeing this, Wu Tao, the Blood Race beauty, and the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples all showed expressions of surprise.
The river of fire was extremely hot, surging layer by layer, its temperature rising with time, like waves following waves, each stronger than the last.
The sea of blood was sinister and strange, with the faint cries of souls and ghosts within it.
Two opposing yet mutually restraining forces met and annihilated each other in mid-air...
The Blood Race beauty let out a soft laugh. The allure in her eyes was truly peerless, causing the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples behind Wu Tao to fall into a daze.
The woman in red, her figure like a dancing plum blossom in the blood wind, formed hand seals. The "First-grade divine ability - Blood-colored Sky" was unleashed by her, truly possessing an invincible aura.
Terrifying blood energy eroded the sky, and powerful forces were enough to traverse the nine heavens.
The blood energy that filled the sky suddenly transformed into rolling blood-red light, advancing step by step, pressing down layer by layer, surrounding Wu Tao and the ten late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples behind him.
The ten late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators behind Wu Tao looked at her fearfully, waiting tremblingly for the executioner's blade to fall.
Under the illumination of the blood-red light, Wu Tao stood with his sword, facing the extremely dense blood-red light opposite him, and he also found it quite troublesome.
Although he already knew that this blood-red light was very dangerous and difficult to deal with, only when he truly engaged in combat did he deeply experience its terrifying nature. This blood-red light was formless and intangible, difficult for spiritual energy to injure. Even condensed spiritual energy would only be corroded and devoured. Only with absolute power could it be broken.
The beautiful Blood Race woman looked at Wu Tao and the others' counterattack before her and said calmly, "A futile struggle. No matter how hard you try, the outcome will only be death..."
Without a word, and without intending to listen to her, Wu Tao took out the Myriad Sword Breaking Immortal Diagram.
The Myriad Sword Breaking Immortal Diagram underwent astonishing changes under the impetus of spiritual energy. Something terrifying emerged. The originally unremarkable Myriad Sword Breaking Immortal Diagram suddenly changed its appearance.
On the Myriad Sword Breaking Immortal Diagram, there were rotating sword energies, surging sword light, and constant sword cries...
Wu Tao acted as if he didn't see it, his hands moving constantly, forming countless profound hand seals, as if he were performing some special ultimate technique.
"Myriad swords emerge, break for me!"
With a fierce shout, all the swords emerged simultaneously. The sword light was like a sea of stars, the sword energy like a river of swords, and the blood-colored sky shattered.
Myriad swords broke the heavens and earth, myriad swords swept the world, myriad swords were invincible, myriad swords pierced through heaven and earth...
After breaking through the dense blood-red light around them, the sword light emanating from Wu Tao suddenly flowed at an extremely fast speed, converging into an extremely brilliant sword energy.