Skeletons

Mu Ge had been prepared and did not panic. He immediately surveyed the terrain below, then wrapped one arm around Bibi Dong beside him and landed precisely on the ground with her in his arms.

Before them stretched a vast underground space with no end in sight. Countless stone paths crisscrossed above, below, left, and right. Each section of path was lined with spikes on both sides, resembling the vertebrae of some beast.

It was as though these Paths to Hell had been forged by linking together segment after segment of skeletons, making for a terrifying sight.

Far below, roughly a thousand meters away, they could see roiling magma the same color as Yellow Spring Dew.

No, what lay below was Yellow Spring Dew. The Soul Power absorbed by the Hell Slaughter Arena and the blood it collected had all gathered beneath them. They were also the energy source of the entire Slaughter City, sustaining its operation.

When they looked up, the hole they had fallen through had already vanished.

"Looks like if we want to leave this place, we can only pass through this Path to Hell!"

At that moment, Bibi Dong broke free from Mu Ge's embrace, surveyed the surroundings, and spoke.

"Mm. Let's take the upper path!"

Mu Ge nodded, then took the lead toward the entrance of the Path to Hell above them.

There was more than one Path to Hell.

Mu Ge knew that taking the upper route was better. The closer they got to the magma below, the more dangerous it would be.

Though farther ahead, the Path to Hell would keep extending downward anyway, so perhaps there was not much difference.

"Why take the upper path instead of the lower one?"

Seeing this, Bibi Dong hurried after Mu Ge and asked.

"No one knows which route is easier, so we might as well choose one at random."

"Compared to going below, I prefer going above. The view is wider!"

Mu Ge smiled faintly, then stepped onto the Path to Hell and continued forward along it.

Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes flickered slightly at his words. She did not ask anything else and followed close behind.

But from Mu Ge's words, Bibi Dong understood even more clearly that he was someone with a strong desire for control.

Could someone like that be used by me?

Or should I kill him the moment we get out?

Looking at Mu Ge's back, Bibi Dong hesitated inwardly.

Thinking of all the humiliation Mu Ge had inflicted on her over the past two years, Bibi Dong dearly wanted to kill him and take revenge once they got out. Yet she also felt that would be letting him off too easily.

"No rush. Once we're out, I can make him die whenever I want. Until his usefulness is exhausted, I'll keep him alive for now!"

In the end, Bibi Dong still did not resolve to kill Mu Ge after they left. If she truly decided he could not be used by her, it would not be too late to kill him then.

She had not been Mu Ge's match in Slaughter City, but once they got out, she refused to believe she could not deal with a mere Soul King.

Naturally, Mu Ge, walking ahead, had no idea what Bibi Dong was thinking behind him.

But it did not matter. He had never completely trusted Bibi Dong anyway and had always been on guard against her.

Thus, Mu Ge and Bibi Dong traveled one behind the other along the Path to Hell, passing bridge pavilion after bridge pavilion. With every pavilion they crossed, the Path to Hell changed direction, winding and twisting onward.

Who knew how long they had walked, yet there was still not the slightest danger around them.

"Is this really the Path to Hell? Why is there no danger at all? It's just getting hotter and hotter around us!"

This abnormal situation undoubtedly made Bibi Dong uneasy.

Everyone said the Path to Hell was dangerous, but when nothing happened as they traveled across it, it only made people increasingly unsettled.

The unknown was what people feared most.

"That's because we're getting closer and closer to the magma below!"

Mu Ge explained, "At first, we were about a thousand meters from the magma. Without realizing it, we're now only nine hundred meters away!"

"I see. The Path to Hell we've been walking on looks flat, but it's actually sloping downward slightly!"

As soon as Mu Ge said that, Bibi Dong immediately guessed the reason.

"Then it seems the danger of the Path to Hell comes from the magma below? I can feel the Baleful aura in my body growing more serious!"

Soon afterward, Bibi Dong also quickly noticed something wrong with herself. Here, she was absorbing Baleful aura several times faster than she had in Slaughter City.

"It's fine. Let's clear it out first!"

A faint red glint flashed through Mu Ge's eyes. He too had noticed that the Baleful aura within him had accumulated more than usual.

After summoning his martial soul and switching it to the Book of Healing, Mu Ge swiftly cast Light of Healing on both himself and Bibi Dong, clearing the Baleful aura from their bodies.

Though it was not severe for the moment, Mu Ge knew there would definitely be fighting if they continued onward. They might not have time later, so it was safer to clear out the Baleful aura that had already accumulated.

Feeling the Baleful aura within her vanish and her mind become refreshed, Bibi Dong's heart tightened. It was only because Mu Ge was here. If she had been alone, she would not even have known how to deal with the Baleful aura in her body.

Thinking about it that way, Bibi Dong could not help feeling fortunate that Mu Ge was by her side. This bastard was still quite useful.

Of course, Bibi Dong did not know that even without Mu Ge, she could have handled the problem of the Baleful aura herself.

Baleful aura affected one's mind and could easily drive someone into madness, but Bibi Dong herself had already fallen to darkness, so its effect on her was actually not great.

The reason she had nearly lost control before was that she had accumulated too much Baleful aura over half a year and had never drunk Yellow Spring Dew to alleviate it.

In the original story, Bibi Dong had made it out relying on herself alone.

That showed that she had not lost control even after passing through the Path to Hell.

As for Yellow Spring Dew's addictive properties, with Bibi Dong's patient and enduring temperament, overcoming them was clearly not a problem.

Tang Hao had as well. Both of them had overcome Yellow Spring Dew's addiction through extraordinary willpower.

By actual ability, Hu Liena in the original story was the one truly incapable of passing through the Path to Hell. She had only made it through with Tang San's help, making her the most undeserving Slaughter God of all.

"That is..."

At that moment, Bibi Dong suddenly noticed something unusual before the bridge pavilion ahead.

Mu Ge saw it as well. It was a skeleton.

The two of them stepped closer and saw that it was indeed a skeleton—and a human skeleton at that.

Under the bones of the skeleton's right hand, there seemed to be several characters hidden beneath it.

Mu Ge knew what words were covered by the hand bones and was not curious at all, so he had no intention of moving them.

When Bibi Dong saw that Mu Ge remained unmoved, however, she could not suppress her curiosity. She crouched down, moved away the other person's hand bones, and saw several words on the ground.

"You harmed me!"

For some reason, after reading the words on the ground aloud, Bibi Dong felt a chill run down her spine.

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