Slaughter City.
Ever since Shen Hanyu had drained the blood energy Slaughter City had accumulated over a thousand years to condense his Ninth Soul Ring, the city had fallen into decline. Fortunately, plenty of energy remained in the blood pool, barely enough to maintain Slaughter City's operation and balance.
After Shen Hanyu left, the Slaughter Emissary and the guards strictly obeyed his orders. Of the Fallen Ones who had entered Slaughter City during this time, more than seventy percent had been killed to replenish the blood pool, while the small remaining portion stayed within the city.
When Shen Hanyu returned with the Snow Empress and Shui Bing'er, the unstable energy had made the once blood-red sky noticeably clearer, stripping away some of its former terror.
It was Shui Bing'er's first time here, yet she felt no fear at all. Instead, she curiously looked around before taking Shen Hanyu's hand and asking softly, "Is this the place where a god's inheritance lies? Why does it look so desolate and ruined...?"
The Snow Empress slowly approached from behind, swept her gaze over the surroundings, and spoke first. "Those who can enter this place are all heinous villains. They thirst for blood and slaughter and commit every kind of evil. How could people like that care about the environment they live in? They only care whether they can continue killing happily and enjoying the purest freedom. To them, fresh blood is the best sedative..."
Shui Bing'er nodded. Her gaze passed over the bones scattered around them before she slowly looked away.
Shen Hanyu did not feel much about it. This decline was only temporary. Good and evil were distinct in this world; no matter how dazzling the light, a Dark Side capable of rivaling it would always emerge. When that time came, how