Truth Of The Guardian Beasts?

The entire thing seemed extremely creepy to Lin Wu and looked like an evil ritual.

"Are they cultists? What the hell are they doing?" Lin Wu wondered.

After the three controlled men were stabbed their blood did not spill out. Instead, it started floating and formed a stream of blood which then started covering the three statues. Soon the three statues were stained blood red.

Once all of the blood had been drained out of the three men, their bodies fell to the ground. A different formation array appeared in the circular area between the three statues and sent out waves of spirit qi. These waves of spirit qi reached the dead priest and tried to affect him.

But perhaps because the priest was dead, nothing happened and the waves failed. Then the three statues glowed in a blood red light which slowly increased in intensity.