As soon as he finished speaking, the King of Slaughter suddenly let out a low roar.
The next moment, a dense red mist exploded from his body, and crimson ripples spread out in circles, soon enveloping the entire killing field.
Su Zui's heart tightened, and he subconsciously spread out his sword intent to protect himself and Qian Renxue.
At the same time, he reached out and pulled Qian Renxue into his arms.
However, this crimson energy was not targeting them at all.
On the stands, those who were still cheering wildly were all engulfed by the red light.
The moment these fallen ones were touched by the red light, all the surrounding noise fell silent.
Blood quickly filled the eyes of the fallen, their expressions shifting from fanaticism to numbness, and then to indescribable madness.
Screams erupted one after another.
Someone was frantically tearing at their own flesh, their fingernails digging deep into their cheeks, flesh twisting and blood flowing down between their fingers.
Someone was frantically ramming into the black stone of the stands, their skull shattering as the attack continued.
Even more extreme, some people cut open their own chests and abdomens, letting their flesh and blood flow out, and letting out morbid yet excited roars in extreme pain.
Every fallen warrior who manages to reach the inner city to watch the battle is a ruthless survivor of countless battles.
However, under the corrosive influence of this crimson power, they all lost control and began to self-destruct.
The stench of blood was so thick it was almost tangible. Blood, like tiny crimson snakes, flowed continuously towards the center of the arena, trickling from the gaps in the stands into hidden grooves.
Qian Renxue frowned slightly, even though she had fought in the killing arena for a year and a half and was used to the life-and-death battles on the stage.
But after witnessing this sacrifice with her own eyes today, a sense of unease still welled up in her heart, and the ferocity of the Fallen Angel within her was almost stirred by this frenzied bloodlust.
A cold glint flashed in Su Zui's eyes, and his fingers tightened slightly as he gripped his sword.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm keenly detected the anomaly; this Spiritual Power was too strong, so strong that even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had to look up to it.
"This red light is definitely not something the King of Slaughter could possess."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's gaze was extremely serious as she continued, "Xiao Zui, I am now one hundred percent certain that there is definitely a god in this place. The Spiritual Power contained in that red light just now has completely transcended the entire Douluo Continent."
"Once those fallen ones were invaded by that red light, their brains died. They were all controlled by the red light to do these things."
Su Zui's expression immediately turned ugly.
Are the gods here really that sinister?
However, when the King of Slaughter of King of Slaughter saw Su Zui's expression, he assumed Su Zui was afraid.
"It is their honor to become the sacrifice that opens the Hell Road."
The King of Slaughter's voice was filled with pride, then he glanced at Su Zui with a hint of disdain.
With that kind of guts, if he could get through hell, he'd eat shit while standing on his head.
Before long, the wails from the stands gradually subsided, and there was no one left alive.
Countless drops of blood gathered and flowed in the grooves of the arena floor, gradually outlining a huge blood-red totem.
Su Zui and Qian Renxue stood in the center of the totem, looking down and releasing their Spiritual Power, trying to see the entire totem.
It was a bizarre bat totem, its lines winding Entanglement, each line soaked in the blood of living people, eerie and sinister.
The moment the two probed with their Spiritual Power, the blood-red bat's eyes suddenly flashed with a blinding red light!
A Berserk force surged forth instantly, tearing apart the outward-spreading mental probe.
A surge of crimson light shot into the sky, instantly engulfing Su Zui and Qian Renxue.
All that remained in my ears was the cold blessing of the King of Slaughter:
"May you have good luck on your Hell Road."
A crimson wave swept the two of them downwards, instantly severing all their senses—sight, hearing, and Soul Power perception all became blurred.
A feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed me, as if I had been thrown into an endless, blood-red void.
At that very moment, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm seized the opportunity and, in the last second before falling into the void, launched a full-power Soul Impact. This time, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm went even further.
She compressed the Soul Impact into a single thorn and plunged it fiercely into the King of Slaughter's Spiritual Sea.
As expected, the thorn pierced directly into the King of Slaughter's spirit, embedding itself deeply within.
The poor King of Slaughter hadn't even had time to react before he felt a sharp pain engulf his entire body.
The next second, the King of Slaughter closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
However, Su Zui was naturally unaware of all this.
The moment Su Zui fell into the void, he immediately activated the Invincible Sword Domain.
The golden Invincible Sword Domain tightly enveloped Su Zui and Qian Renxue, preventing the surrounding blood energy from harming them in the slightest.
The Great Luo Sword Embryo floated silently in front of him, its golden light slowly flowing, resisting the evil spirits lurking in the void.
Qian Renxue quickly steadied her mind, her Angel Origin and fallen Angel Origins intertwined, and a layer of black and white light membrane protected her body, resisting the devouring force.
It's unclear how long the fall lasted, but suddenly there was a violent tremor, and the blood-red light enveloping the two slowly dissipated.
Their feet landed back on the solid stone platform. The two staggered for a moment, then steadied themselves and looked around.
This is a circular black stone platform with a diameter of only about five meters. Beyond the platform is a bottomless abyss.
Below, a thick, dark red pool of blood churned, with countless bubbles rising from it from time to time, bursting open and releasing a pungent, fishy stench.
The only path extending outwards is a narrow stone path less than half a foot wide, clinging to the sky above the abyss and stretching into the endless darkness in the distance.
The stone surface was extremely slippery, stained with old bloodstains, and barely wide enough for one person to step on. If one was not careful, one would slip and fall into the blood pool below.
Qian Renxue took a deep breath, suppressing the shock to her Divine Soul caused by the teleportation.
Her gaze fell upon the churning pool of blood below. "Below lies the human blood accumulated over Slaughter City. The ingredients for Bloody Mary must have come from here."
Su Zui took half a step forward and walked to the edge of the platform.
Then, Su Zui released his Spiritual Power to investigate the situation inside the blood pool.
"This blood pool is not just a simple container for blood. The source of the energy that allows the entire Slaughter City to continuously generate killing intent and maintain this special domain likely lies beneath this blood pool."
"It should be right."
Qian Renxue nodded, her golden hair swaying gently in the dim, blood-red light.
She spoke slowly, "Everything in the Slaughter City is inextricably linked to blood. The King of Slaughter also relies on this blood to maintain his power. It can be said that this blood is the King of Slaughter's lifeblood..."