The Inner City was far livelier than the chaotic, deathly silent Outer City.
Killing, fighting, and lewd laughter could be heard everywhere. Many people gathered to watch the spectacle, many looked coldly upon the slaughter, while others carried out massacres without restraint. Blood splattered, limbs shattered, and the scene was incomparably bloody and cruel.
There was even a woman in torn, ragged clothes who desperately crawled to the feet of several people and begged for help. Yet the next moment, she was violently dragged back, leaving a long trail of blood across the ground and a desperate, hate-filled curse...
Shen Hanyu casually struck out with his palm, reducing the group to pulp. Snow Empress merely glanced at them before looking away, while Bai Nian found it difficult even to breathe. She repeatedly fought back nausea before finally turning her gaze aside as well...
The other Fallen Ones nearby were startled by Shen Hanyu's actions. They promptly scattered and retreated into the surrounding buildings.
Shen Hanyu released his Mental Power to sense the area, then said in surprise:
"I didn't expect there to still be so many Fallen Ones in the Inner City..."
Snow Empress nodded, holding Bai Nian's hand as she softly said:
"And people from outside regularly enter this place. Many here don't carry such a heavy stench of blood yet, so they clearly arrived only recently..."
Shen Hanyu nodded. As he casually slapped two Fallen Ones to death when they attempted to secretly approach and ambush the three of them, he said:
"To be honest, this place is more like a prison tailored for Fallen Ones. It confines the purest darkness and evil in the world, using freedom as bait to constantly lure them into the true abyss. Yet the freedom here... is also an eternal shackle to