Ji Jie uttered a startled exclamation. The Blood Attendants were corpses controlled by the founding patriarch, Ji Han, and their origins before death remained unknown. Rumor had it they were formidable cultivators who had failed to cross the Tribulation, and when they were struck by lightning, Ji Han happened to be passing by. Unwilling to leave their remains exposed in the wilderness, he had simply picked them up and brought them home.
The original intention was to return them to their rightful owners if anyone ever came looking. But since no claimant had ever appeared, they had simply remained in use ever since.
Controlled by Ji Han, the Blood Attendants could well be described as his right and left arms. Yet the current situation was entirely different. For reasons unknown, after breaking out from their cocoons, the four Blood Attendants were brimming with killing intent. Their overwhelming pressure enveloped Bai Jin, Ji Jie, and even spared none of the others.
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