A faint scent of blood lingered in the air, as everyone retreated once more, bracing for the plan's failure.
"How is the evacuation of the population going?"
"How can you evacuate such a huge city in just one or two days?"
However, at that very moment, everyone heard a chilling "heeheehee" of laughter!
This laughter, mechanical and ice-cold, came from the wooden City God Temple, "hee" "heehee" "heehee" "heeheehee," growing louder and louder, like some sort of taunting from a resentful infant, causing everyone present to shudder involuntarily.
"Do we have to do this?" Old Lu wiped the cold sweat from his back. "Why make it so scary?"
And with the appearance of this laughter, the spores in the Blood Pool began to burst one after the other, dense mold, moss, and spores--grainy, flaky, scale-like--exploded, revealing a red and green luster inside.
"Retreat, hurry up and retreat! Hey, you two turtles, hurry and retreat!"
