Fall into the Abyss

The female the Devil before him, associated with the Order, appeared more human in appearance and physique. From Luo Di's aesthetic perspective, she was more pleasing to the eye and more approachable than the Spinewalker.

White hair past the ears.

The Girl's facial skin was a sickly, cold white, but her eyes had a the Devil quality, with pure black irises surrounding tiny, pale pupils.

A steel pipe pierces through the high, straight bridge of his nose, seemingly capable of performing more important tasks than breathing.

Her lips were painted with a metallic black lipstick, or perhaps that was her natural lip color. Her mouth remained closed the entire time, and she made no breathing movements.

In terms of appearance, it conforms to human aesthetics. If you ignore the metal decorations, eyes and lip color, it is easy to think of a Nordic Girl.

But beneath that feminine face, which suggests she's around twenty years old, lies an exaggeratedly large figure.

His entire body was covered in the "black leather suit" that belonged exclusively to the Order, and it did not have the metal structure such as rivets and hooks that Mr. Hook had.

This is pure combat leather clothing, smooth and with a subtle metallic sheen.

The high-necked, form-fitting top accentuated the contours of her muscles.

Such a strong physique inevitably reminded Luo Di of his former companion, Anna, as the two shared a great deal of similarity in build.

Aside from her muscular physique, the most striking feature is her neck, which is inlaid with seven miniature aerial iron pillars arranged in a ring, used for breathing, or even her entire respiratory system.

Looking at the iron pillar stuck in her neck and the giant iron rod in her hand.

The metallic characteristics of the other party must be directly related to this type of metallic columnar object, which is very different from the hooks that Mr. Hook used for torture and should correspond to direct physical destruction.

and,

Luo Di could also faintly hear a subtle metallic clanging sound, as if it were coming from inside the woman's body.

A kind of engine-like operation caused thin iron rods to collide inside her body.

The female in front of me, who belongs to the Order, is very strong, and judging from her search behavior when she first entered the store, she may have been looking for this "rat".

Since the other party was a professional, Luo Di quickly devised the most effective cooperation plan in his mind.

Their eyes met, and Luo Di's voice carried to him like a whisper:

"I might be able to pinpoint the source of these rats."

The white-haired girl looked surprised; she clearly didn't trust "strangers."

However, considering that the other party can ride a raven, has the mark of an emissary of the Chaos Nest, and most importantly, has the metallic properties of the torture chamber.

In the end, I chose to believe.

"The other side has already hidden themselves, it's almost impossible to find them... One minute! If we can't find them, we must leave. The endless swarms of rats can even bite through metal, and the shadow of this evil will completely engulf us."

"Let's go to the Mid-level Zone of this hotel first."

After a brief chat,

The pitch-black creatures formed by the swarm of rats have already been pursued.

Luo Di doesn't have any large-scale killing methods for the time being, and is only good at one-on-one combat. When faced with a swarm of rats chasing him, he can only run away.

Unexpectedly, the woman raised the giant iron bar high in her hand.

Despair!

Luo Di's tongue snapped open, quickly calling the crows back and pulling them into his coat. He then pressed himself against the wall.

The iron rod struck down, and immense pressure followed!

Even though the iron rod wasn't aimed at Luo Di, it still made his knees bend slightly.

Boom!

The creatures created by the pursuing rat swarm were all crushed, and small iron stakes were stuck between the shattered corpses to prevent regeneration.

Not only that.

The special stone floor was smashed, and the two fell to the next floor along with the rubble.

"Hmm? Go downstairs like this?"

Looking at the large hole that had been punched in the ceiling, Luo Di couldn't help but nod.

And so, as the woman continued to swing the stick in her hand, she forcibly transported the two from the top floor (13th floor) to the middle floor (7th floor).

The rats encountered along the way were either smashed or blown away.

Luo Di gradually discovered that this strange strength was not just pure power, but the combined effect of some kind of iron pillar power source in the other person's body.

At least in terms of physical combat, she is incredibly strong.

"We've reached the seventh floor. Now you can find it."

The iron rod was retracted, Girl looked at the young man before her with suspicion. If he couldn't come up with any special methods, she would abandon him and flee the inn immediately.

Her physical strength was limited, while the rats here were limitless; the longer she stayed here, the easier it would be for her to be devoured.

However,

Her small pupils, however, saw a strange scene.

The gray-haired youth did not release any sensory information.

It did not make any sensory actions, such as Eyeball Separation or pressing its ears against the wall.

He simply picked up an ordinary mouse.

"You..."

Just as the white-haired girl was about to ask what the point of doing this was,

An aura emanated from the young man.

An aura she had never seen before.

An aura that doesn't belong to hell.

Clang clang clang~ The metal structure inside the Girl's body actually began to collide, and she even instinctively took a step back, the iron rod in her hand even making a swinging motion.

The gray-haired youth in front of her seemed to have transformed into some kind of monster, some unknown monster that could threaten her life.

The next second.

A flash of gray.

The rat in Luo Di's hand was not killed. He could vaguely see a tentacle-like structure that seemed to have crawled into the rat's mouth, trying to take root inside it.

Snap!

The rat in his hand suddenly exploded, injuring Luo Di's hand, and the shattered tentacles turned into gray smoke and disappeared.

"What?!"

Luo Di frowned.

first,

His color markers couldn't be located.

According to Luo Di's idea, these rats are all related to the entity behind them, and simply releasing color onto one rat can mark the entity behind the scenes.

Little did they know, the entire hotel was shrouded in a gray hue, and all the rats and building materials were marked, making it impossible to pinpoint the true source.

"Sorry, my mark cannot be used..."

The white-haired girl didn't blame them at all. She knew very well what kind of being they were facing. The other party had already prepared while they were asleep, so it wasn't so easy to find them.

Luo Di's abilities were already quite amazing.

The rats in the entire hotel were terrified by the appearance of the gray creature and took a step back. Even now, they are hesitant to approach.

"Escape...come back to the Grand Monastery with me. The situation here is difficult for us to handle; we just need to confirm that this Wanted Criminal is hiding here."

"OK."

The white-haired girl continued to smash through the ground in the same way, successfully sending the two back to where they had first entered the store.

The check-in counter and the hotel's heavy iron gate are located here.

When!

The iron bar struck the center of the gate heavily, completely destroying the internal Lock body structure.

"Push the door open with me!"

"Um."

One left and one right.

Luo Di also unleashed his full power, even transforming the pig-slaughtering knife into a pigskin structure to enhance his strength, with gray tentacles wrapping around his muscles, and his spine driving his entire body.

Creak!

The heavy iron gate was slowly pushed open.

The external scene was nothing like the storm we had imagined; there wasn't even a breeze.

It was pitch black, like an abyss.

Chirp chirp~

A strange squeaking sound came from deep within, echoing throughout the entire inn, even from the rats crushed by the iron pillars.

The sound permeated the space, disturbing the brain.

The main door, which was clearly directly in front of us, began to veer off course.

The entire space rotated 90° as a result.

From horizontal to vertical!

The two people who pushed open the door were momentarily stunned by the hissing of the rats, and when they came to their senses, they were already falling into the abyss...

There are no walls to support them, and no way to slow them down.

After falling approximately 100 meters...

Snap!

I thought I would fall hard, but instead I landed in a muddy swamp full of foul-smelling, sticky stuff, with various broken organs mixed with rat excrement.

The pungent odor permeated the respiratory tract, like a swarm of rats tearing at the stomach.

But Luo Di's gaze was drawn to a wonder at the bottom of the abyss.

A huge door,

A gate constructed from the corpses of numerous hotel guests.

A gate that exudes the aura of hell.

"This is... the Gate of Demon Ascension!"

Luo Di had only heard of the concept, yet upon seeing the gate, he immediately drew a conclusion. It seemed that as a Spine Being, as a creature of True Hell, he didn't need to understand the concept of Gate to comprehend it.

But this Gate of Demon Ascension does not belong to him; it belongs to someone else.

Once it is completed and you pass through this door, you will achieve the Great Ascension.

Just as their attention was drawn to the door,

Deep within the foul-smelling, sticky mud, something is rapidly rising to the surface...