Su Zui's gaze swept across the platform, following the narrow stone path into the boundless darkness, a hint of caution in his eyes.
This narrow stone path is almost harshly narrow.
Rather than standing on a small stone path, it would be more accurate to say that the two were standing on a single log bridge spanning a deep abyss.
On both sides of the stone path was a bottomless crimson darkness, thick black mist rolling and swirling, enveloping the blood pool and swallowing up all the light.
Beneath their feet, the black stones were rough and jagged, their surfaces covered with layers upon layers of blood-stained grime, and no one knew how many years they had existed.
I wonder how much blood must have seeped into it to form such a thick layer of bloodstains.
The pool of blood churned continuously below, and a scalding, fresh aura rose up, tightly enveloping the entire path.
The dampness seeped into the black stone road, making the already treacherous surface even more dangerous.
Almost every line on the stone surface was inlaid with blackened bloodstains.
Su Zui tried to step on it, but as soon as he landed, he felt a slippery sensation.
Su Zui's gaze immediately darkened; falling from this place would be a certain death.
Below was a pool of blood bubbling and steaming, with tiny, bloody waves occasionally splashing up from the churning, murky blood.
Su Zui touched the Storage Soul Tool, took out a stone from it, and threw it in.
The moment the stone fell into the blood pool, its surface emitted a hissing, corrosive sound.
Hearing that sickeningly sweet voice, Su Zui's face turned ugly.
The corrosiveness of this blood pool is terrifying; even the stones have been corroded to this extent.
If a human body were to fall into it, it would be like being thrown into concentrated sulfuric acid; the skin, flesh, and bones would all be corroded away, eventually becoming nutrients in the pool of blood and disappearing forever.
Su Zui raised her head and looked into the darkness ahead.
The next moment, a crack suddenly appeared between Su Zui's eyebrows.
The next moment, a golden light burst forth from Su Zui's brow, and pure Spiritual Power spread outwards.
Su Zui could clearly sense the faint yet sharp chirping sounds that occasionally drifted from afar.
The chattering sounds were dense and numerous, rising and falling in waves.
"How are you, Xiao Zui? Did you sense anything?"
Qian Renxue Jiu's face and quickly asked him what was wrong.
Su Zui shook his head.
"I've only heard some sounds so far, and I haven't figured out what's ahead yet. Let me investigate further."
After he finished speaking, Su Zui's Spiritual Power directly entered his Spiritual Sea and saw the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Sister Tian Meng, it seems like my Spiritual Power is being restricted by something. I can't scan what's in front of me at all. Could you please use your Spiritual Power to scan what's in front of me?"
Upon hearing Su Zui's words, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately released its Spiritual Power.
Compared to Su Zui, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Power was far superior.
His Spiritual Power pierced through the depths of darkness, reaching a point thousands of meters ahead.
Finally, in a dark crevice between rocks, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered an entire nest of bats.
"Holy crap, this Slaughter City is practically a bat's nest! The King of Slaughter is a giant bat, and I didn't expect there to be so many baby bats here..."
Tian Mengbingcheng sighed, then spoke to Su Zui with a serious expression.
"Xiao Zui, ahead is a group of Three-Headed Bats. The strongest one has the cultivation of Soul Douluo, approaching the Titled Douluo."
"The remaining bats are only at the level of Soul Elder or Soul King, but there are too many of them, at least several hundred. So you can't take the aerial route, or you'll become sitting ducks."
Upon hearing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's words, Su Zui's eyes also showed a hint of seriousness.
He had indeed planned to have Qian Renxue take him flying over.
However, now that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm has directly stated that the aerial route is absolutely forbidden, it seems the plan to fly there from the sky is no longer feasible.
If we fail, we fail; we can move on.
Su Zui withdrew his consciousness from his Spiritual Sea, and with a slight raise of his right hand, the Great Luo Sword Embryo immediately appeared in Su Zui's hand.
Then, he turned to look at Qian Renxue.
"Snow Sister, there's a nest of Three-Headed Bats less than a kilometer ahead. We can't fly directly there from the sky, so we have to take this small path."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Zui activated his Invincible Sword Domain, enveloping himself and Qian Renxue within it, and also covering the path in front of them.
His action clearly indicated that he intended to keep to himself and avoid any conflict with the bats.
As long as those bats don't deliberately seek death, Su Zui won't bother with them.
Qian Renxue nodded, then took Su Zui's hand and the two walked together onto the path.
Su Zui walked this stretch of road with extra care, placing some sword energy under each step to ensure he wouldn't slip.
Because the path was too narrow for two people to walk side by side, Qian Renxue followed behind Su Zui, holding tightly to his clothes.
Behind Qian Renxue, three pairs of wings were also gently flapping.
However, Qian Renxue did not fly directly into the air, but used the power of flapping her wings to maintain her balance.
While the two were walking, Su Zui also searched his memory for information about the three-headed bat.
These three bats are social creatures. They are characterized by their extremely fast flight speed, and their teeth contain potent venom.
Once bitten by these creatures, the toxins will spread rapidly along the body's meridians, directly numbing the nerves.
It is precisely because of these neurotoxins that many powerful Soul Masters have been defeated by these bats.
The two moved forward little by little. Su Zui didn't know if it was his imagination or what, but he felt that the path beneath his feet was swaying slightly, as if it couldn't bear their weight.
The air was still thick with the smell of blood. If an ordinary person were here, they would probably be so scared that their legs would go weak and they would fall into the snow pool.
However, both Qian Renxue and Su Zui are hardened killers who came from the Hell Slaughter Arena.
Although the surrounding scene was terrifying, Su Zui and Qian Renxue were already used to it.
They walked forward for less than a hundred feet when Su Zui suddenly raised his head.
He could sense that a group of uninvited guests had entered his mental perception range.
At the same time, a series of faint squeaking sounds suddenly came from the thick black fog above Su Zui's head.
The screams grew increasingly intense, like countless steel needles piercing a person's head.
Buzz...
The next second, large swathes of dark shadows suddenly tore through the air and crashed madly toward Su Zui and Qian Renxue.
"The swarm of Three-Headed Bats is here!"