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The elderly man surnamed Huo and the middle-aged female Cultivator had a brief exchange, swiftly setting up the Formation.

“Pan Long, go over there and stay vigilant at all times.”

“Madam Xue, you’ve been injured, be careful not to be caught off-guard by that escaped Incense-burning Dao Cultivator.”

The elderly man surnamed Huo quickly delegated tasks.

The young man surnamed Pan and the middle-aged female Cultivator both complied dutifully.

Soon, they dispersed in an orderly manner, pounding array flags into designated points on the geographical positions with special techniques.

All three were Cultivators, their speed greatly surpassing that of the civilians of the Incense Fire Dao taking refuge inside their homes below.

Strangely, no fanatics from the Incense Fire Dao were sighted.

This made the elderly man surnamed Huo fairly pleased:

“They’re likely hiding within the town, clueless to the fact that we’ll absorb all of them.”

The middle-aged woman was also extremely delighted.

While the elderly man surnamed Huo and the middle-aged female Cultivator were not looking, the young man surnamed Pan quietly pulled a crimson corpse out of his Storage Bag. He gave it a deep look before burying it in a nearby piece of land, carefully covering it up.

After finishing, the young man surnamed Pan nonchalantly continued to pound his array flags into the ground.

Sure enough.

The trio successfully enclosed the main part of Mengxing Villa according to their plan.

“Those two surnamed Bu should be almost ready…”

The elder man surnamed Huo estimated after a brief calculation.

The middle-aged woman had regrets on her face: “I forgot to exchange Sound Transmission Talismans with her for updates.”

“Should 1 go check on them?”

“No need, this Blood Sacrifice Array is extremely flexible, even if she hasn’t set up all her array flags, it can still be activated. Although the effect will be weaker, to avoid further complications at night, we should activate it straight away!”

The man surnamed Huo shook his head outright.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman agreed and nodded:

“Indeed, Senior Brother Huo has thought it through! A bird in hand is worth two in the bush!”

“Junior Brother Pan, come over here. Let’s activate this Formation together.”

Upon hearing this, the youth surnamed Pan was slightly stunned, then displayed a difficult smile, nodding his head.

“Coming.”

Having said that, he eagerly joined the two.

The three pooled their mana into the master array flag held by the old man surnamed Huo.

Whosh!

Bloody light screens instantly rose from every corner of Mengxing Villa, soon converging into a colossal lid in the sky above Mengxing Villa, shrouding most of the area!

“Huh?!”

Just then, the facial expression of the man surnamed Huo revealed his astonishment as he looked towards the southern part of Mengxing Villa.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged woman and the youth surnamed Pan finally followed his gaze.

They were all taken aback.

The area above the southern part of Mengxing Villa was entirely empty, without a single blood screen.

The middle-aged woman immediately poured her mana into her eyes, only to realize that they hadn’t made a mistake. The array flags that should have been set up on the southern side of Mengxing Villa hadn’t been placed at all!

“Where are they?!”

The voice of the middle-aged woman involuntarily raised in volume.

The elderly man surnamed Huo had a grave expression, showing signs of regret:

“It’s my greed. That one surnamed Bu probably detected that we wanted to harm her, so she decided to escape first.”

“Then, what should we do?”

The middle-aged woman hurriedly asked.

“The Array has already been activated, it’s too late to add those array flags now! Forget it, just covering the majority of Mengxing Villa is enough.”

The face of the elderly man surnamed Huo was gloomy: “But take note, the Blood Sacrifice Array couldn’t cover the whole Mengxing Villa. If that Incense-burning Dao Cultivator is hiding in the south, there’s a risk that he might launch a surprise attack. We need to be on guard!”

“Understood!”

Both the middle-aged woman and the youth surnamed Pan nodded in agreement.

Immediately afterward, under the instructions of the elderly man surnamed Huo, they swiftly began sitting in meditation and ingesting pills to rapidly refine and replenish their mana.

“Quickly recover, in case any Incense-burning Dao Cultivator launches a surprise attack.”

Hearing this, Pan Long hastily nodded and carefully scanned the surrounding areas with a wary look.

He had a hint of doubt in his mind.

“Did those two really escape?”

Meanwhile, beneath the blood-colored light screen.

In every house, ordinary believers from the Incense Fire Dao, who were hiding nervously in closets, under beds, and behind doors, could see blood droplets slowly oozing out of the pores on their palms and slowly rising…

“All—”