"Not yet."
Danheng's single sentence made Tang Chen's expression turn grave once more.
"Why won't you let me kill it? Surely you already know the grudge between that bat and me?"
Tang Chen was somewhat agitated. After being trapped here for so many years, the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King had to die!
Danheng, however, remained calm, and one sentence left Tang Chen speechless.
"If you kill it, how will you leave this place?"
"With your current strength, can you open the Infernal Path?"
It was not that Danheng could not force his way out. This space was simply constructed in a rather complex manner. Breaking out would be easy for Danheng, but once he did, Slaughter City would likely be destroyed as well.
In Danheng's eyes, a place like Slaughter City existed specifically to contain evildoers. If it were destroyed, those criminals would likely affect even more people in the outside world.
None of the people here were good anyway, so they might as well keep tormenting one another here.
If Slaughter City were destroyed, these people would have nowhere to go. Who knew what trouble they might cause outside?
"I..."
Tang Chen fell silent for a long time before speaking with a hint of resentment.
"Then am I supposed to just let it go?"
He understood that, in his current state, opening the Infernal Path would not be easy.
If he could not open the Infernal Path, he could not leave Slaughter City.
The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King was indeed detestable, but at present, only by combining his strength with the creature's, along with the energy accumulated in the Hell Slaughter Arena over many years, could the Infernal Path be opened.
"I never said you had to let it go. But I must leave this place, so after the