The magma boiled, and the scorching currents twisted the air itself. More precisely, the changing temperature altered the air's refractive index, bending the light and changing visual perception.
At that moment, a vortex suddenly appeared in the magma. Space warped, and then a figure silently emerged.
Calling it a human figure was not quite accurate. It was merely a Stone Golem formed from inorganic matter such as stone, water, and mud. Yet a human soul did indeed dwell within it.
After it appeared, countless vortices surfaced in the magma. Undead creatures emerged one after another—those that could fly, those that swam through water, those that ran on land. There were all kinds of Undead creatures, their sole common trait being the powerful fluctuations of Netherworld Qi emanating from them.
It seems Hell Road is directly connected to the Underworld... No, perhaps the entire Slaughter City is an entrance to the Underworld? Or an intermediate zone, like the relationship between the Sea God Palace during the Sea God Inheritance and the God Realm? Liu Xiaoxiao pondered. When I died, my soul was drawn there, and there was no one else around. That was probably why... The place where I died was special, so the place I went After Death was relatively far from where others went?
Liu Xiaoxiao shook his head and stopped dwelling on it. There could be as many hypotheses as one wanted, but without a way to verify them, they were only hypotheses and had no practical use. He had no intention of dying again.
Next, Liu Xiaoxiao released his Spiritual Power and began probing his surroundings.
In an instant, he discovered the problem—
The opponent who had killed him back then was still guarding the end of Hell Road.
The difference was that he now possessed the