Flesh and Blood

A pungent smell of blood rushed toward them, and its source was beyond doubt.

Su Mian wanted to approach out of curiosity to see what was happening, but Jiang Xun quickly raised his hand to stop her.

Then she saw the man raise his gun again.

“Wait…”

Before she could finish her sentence.

Bang!

Accompanied by a muffled gunshot, the pottery jar nearby instantly shattered, its entire upper half exploding!

This scene left Su Mian dumbfounded.

She opened her rosy mouth slightly and remained silent for several seconds before swallowing hard.

“Um… do you not have to pay for breaking something like that?”

“The first rule of safety: never lightly approach something you know is not right.”

Jiang Xun’s expression did not change, although he quickly thought that this strange succubus girl seemed more ‘not right’ than anything else.

Ultimately, he gave up thinking about such meaningless matters.

His gaze fell forward, and as the black pottery jar shattered, a massive amount of things spilled out instantly.

First was blood; thick red blood gushed out the moment the jar broke.

Immediately following were various unknown organs, viscera, and chunks of meat!

What was even more terrifying was that these internal organs should have been in the jar for a long time.

Yet as they flowed out now, many were actually twitching slightly.

Especially some parts resembling hearts, which even had a noticeable pulse.

These things actually appeared to be alive!

“Gag!”

The sound of dry heaving came from beside him.

Jiang Xun turned his head and found that while he, an ordinary human, felt nothing at this scene, the succubus girl was leaning against a pillar and gagging frantically.

He shook his head and ignored her.

He walked a few steps to the viscera and flesh scattered on the floor, knelt on one knee, and picked up a small piece with his fingers to observe it closely.

“These are human internal organs.”

After saying that, the man picked up a fragment of the shattered pottery.

On that black pottery shard, there were not only many eerie patterns on the outside but also many crimson engraved lines on the inside.

These internal lines were clearly carved later, as they looked rougher, and the Fourth Era did not have the habit of engraving the inside of items.

Even though the object had been shattered, Jiang Xun still smelled a scent different from blood.

It was… the scent of a demon!

“A demon core.”

The man realized they had indeed found the key.

These jars were the anchors of the ritual.

If they found and destroyed all of them, they could basically interrupt the ritual.

He dropped the shard and was about to explain the situation to the girl, but at that moment, her voice rang out first: “Watch out!”

In fact, Jiang Xun had already sensed something before that.

As Su Mian called out the warning, he had already rolled to the side.

The very next second after the young man dodged backward, a burst of gunfire erupted.

Dense bullets riddled the area where he had just been standing!

However, Jiang Xun was neither surprised nor panicked after dodging.

With a smooth roll and a swift recovery, he returned fire while having the leisure to glance at Su Mian, who had already hidden behind a pillar.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three consecutive gunshots rang out.

Three large men in black who had rushed in from the doorway immediately collapsed, their heads split open.

Blood pooled on the floor after a few breaths.

But it was not over yet.

Two more figures rushed in from the doorway on the other side.

They saw Su Mian and raised their guns to shoot, but Jiang Xun was faster.

Two more gunshots, and the two newcomers instantly had their brains blown out from behind.

In less than three seconds, five people were dead.

After confirming no one else was breaking in, the man expressionlessly organized his magazine.

Only then did Su Mian finally react.

She looked at the fresh corpses around her and spoke with a lingering fear, “This is…?”

“These jars are the anchors of the ritual. Breaking one likely attracted attention.”

Jiang Xun was not surprised.

Just as he was about to say more, he saw the corpses in the distance begin to twitch.

As if suffering a powerful electric shock, their bodies writhed frantically and irregularly.

The young man frowned.

Su Mian also felt this scene was incredibly creepy and instinctively moved closer to him.

Right then.

“Ugh…!”

The five corpses emitted pained sounds simultaneously.

Their writhing bodies swelled instantly, and a large amount of flesh directly burst through their suits.

Beneath their skin, it looked as if small snakes were swimming, or as if something terrifying was trying to break through their skin from within their flesh!

This horrifying scene did not last long.

Soon, the surface of their bodies returned to a state of calm, but their bodies remained in a bloated, balloon-like state.

Their skin had turned completely grayish-black.

In the next second, as Jiang Xun unhesitatingly raised his handgun, those abnormal figures stood up.

Bang!

A bullet struck the monster on the left, but this time it failed to pierce its flesh.

The injury only sent it into a frenzy, and it roared before charging like a tank!

“Roar!!”

The sound from its mouth was like that of a wild beast.

Jiang Xun raised an eyebrow.

Seeing that the succubus girl still had not acted and had even hidden behind him, he could only sigh helplessly.

‘What is wrong with this demon?’

Left with no choice, he put away his gun and immediately assumed a fighting stance.

Thud!

The first monster to arrive swung a fist that had swollen to several times its original size.

The young man’s expression remained unchanged as an orange-red light ignited in his eyes, and he met it with a punch of his own.

The monster’s body had swollen to two meters, making it a head taller than Jiang Xun, and its arms were several times thicker.

Yet with one punch, it went flying back like a sack of sand, even knocking over the two monsters charging behind it!

The three monsters rolled into a heap in the hall.

Fortunately, there was enough space here, otherwise countless exhibits would have been caught in the crossfire.

After blowing back the three monsters with one punch, the young man unhesitatingly performed a low leg sweep.

This kick shattered the legs of the monster rushing from the other side.

As it fell uncontrollably, he followed up with another kick, sending its body crashing into the last monster behind it.

In the blink of an eye, the five monsters that had just stood up were knocked down again.

However, these were not fatal wounds, so they quickly scrambled back up and lunged forward again.

To Jiang Xun, this did not even count as a warm-up.

He looked coldly at the resurrected monsters and took a deep breath.

As he slowly exhaled, the fire in his eyes intensified instantly.

In the next second, carrying an incredibly scorching aura, he stepped forward and lunged toward the nearest ‘zombie’.