After a while, more than a dozen corpses lay beside an altar in the town.
The blood from the corpses flowed into the altar, activating it and opening the entrance to the Capital of Slaughter.
In a few decades, a tavern would be built over the altar to conceal the entrance to the Capital of Slaughter.
Farther from the altar lay plenty of other corpses, their blood and essence drained until they were little more than dried husks.
Bibi Dong's vampiric ability made her seem more like a Fallen than the Fallen themselves.
Many of the Fallen had been cowed by Bibi Dong. They stood at a distance, quietly waiting for the Capital of Slaughter to open.
Ling Feng looked at the eerie altar, still feeling a little uneasy.
"Senior, once I go in, can I really leave the Capital of Slaughter without taking Hell Road?" Ling Feng asked.
He was only in the thirties. Even if he cultivated to level forty in the Capital of Slaughter, he would still be at the bottom.
With cultivation like that, entering the Hell Slaughter Arena would put him at a huge disadvantage. Winning a hundred matches and passing through Hell Road would be incredibly difficult.
If Bibi Dong failed too, he would be trapped in the Capital of Slaughter, unable to get out.
"Don't worry. Do you think I'd lie to you?" Rakshasa Bibi Dong's voice sounded in Ling Feng's mind.
"Once you're inside, you don't need to obsess over winning a hundred matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena. Just use the environment there to cultivate your Martial Soul Domain."
"Your Martial Soul Domain was awakened by my divine power. It shares the same origin as the Divine Slaughter's Domain in this alternate dimension."
"As long as you develop your Martial Soul Domain to the next stage, you'll be able to leave the Capital of Slaughter on your own, even without my help."
Only then did Ling Feng feel a little reassured, though he still had some questions.
"Senior, how do I develop my Martial Soul Domain?"
Rakshasa Bibi Dong replied, "Once you're inside, all you need to do is kill people and build up your killing intent."
"Your Martial Soul Domain and the Divine Slaughter's Domain share the same origin. If you assimilate enough killing intent, you'll gain the abilities of the Divine Slaughter's Domain."
"Kill people?" Ling Feng suddenly understood.
Although he didn't like this kind of slaughter, Ling Feng knew he wouldn't have a choice once he entered the Capital of Slaughter.
Besides, people could kill each other freely in the inner city, without any restrictions. He could build up his killing intent without entering the Hell Slaughter Arena.
That meat grinder of an arena was even more brutal than the inner city's rules. Of every ten contestants, only one made it out alive.
"All right, the altar is about to activate the teleportation. Hurry and get on!" Rakshasa Bibi Dong said.
At her reminder, Ling Feng turned to look at the altar.
The altar's grooves were filled with blood, and crimson light began to shine from them.
"Bibi Dong, the altar's about to activate. Let's go!" Ling Feng took Bibi Dong's hand and stepped onto the altar.
The other Fallen also surged toward it, leaping into the crimson light.
Ling Feng's vision went black. The world spun around him, and for a moment, he couldn't tell up from down.
But the sensation lasted only briefly before he felt solid ground beneath his feet.
They were in a dim passageway, with a faint crimson glow visible at the far end.
"Ling Feng, are you all right?" Bibi Dong asked with concern.
Ling Feng shook his head and squeezed Bibi Dong's soft, warm hand. "I'm fine!"
"According to the records, ordinary Soul Masters entering the Capital of Slaughter have to drink a cup of Bloody Mary and become tainted by depravity, or they'll be targeted."
"Neither of us drank Bloody Mary, so we've basically broken in. We'll have to be careful."
Ling Feng didn't know whether the original Bibi Dong had drunk Bloody Mary, but this time, neither of them had.
"It's all right. I'll protect you!" Bibi Dong said.
Ling Feng released his Martial Soul and found that, just as expected, he couldn't use his Soul Ring Skills. But he could still use his Martial Soul Domain and Soul Bone.
Bibi Dong tried too, getting used to the feeling of being unable to use her Soul Ring Skills.
She could still use her Death Domain, as well as the Soul Bone Skill Blood Rage, so she was in slightly better shape than Ling Feng.
"Let's go!"
The two headed toward the end of the passage. The sky here was dim, with flashes of crimson light now and then.
The surroundings felt oppressive.
Some kind of toxin also hung in the air. Ordinary Soul Masters would be poisoned without realizing it, then descend into madness.
Fortunately, Ling Feng had his Ice and Fire Golden Body, which made him immune to poison. Bibi Dong had also drunk Ling Feng's blood, giving her strong resistance to toxins.
Before they reached the outer city gate, they heard a commotion.
"Careful. It's probably the Capital of Slaughter's guards!" Ling Feng warned.
Since neither of them was a Fallen, they faced more restrictions entering the Capital of Slaughter than those who were.
"What should we do?" Bibi Dong asked.
Ling Feng replied, "Drive them off or kill them. That should get us through this."
Slaughter was the Capital of Slaughter's guiding principle.
Sure enough, a short while later, a group appeared and surrounded them.
"They've broken into the Capital of Slaughter. Seize them!" the knight captain ordered.
Ling Feng and Bibi Dong exchanged a glance. Without another word, they attacked.
Bibi Dong had accumulated the blood essence of quite a few Soul Masters. She activated her Soul Bone Skill Blood Rage, and her aura overwhelmed the knight captain's.
"You dare resist?"
Ling Feng coordinated with Bibi Dong from the side.
As Bibi Dong charged forward and the knight was about to use a Soul Skill, Ling Feng promptly unleashed the eye technique Soul-Eating Light, striking at the knight's mind and making the captain falter.
When the knight came to, Bibi Dong was already in front of him, the spider stinger of her Martial Soul poised to pierce his throat.
"Don't kill me! I'll let you in."
"You can't kill people freely in the Outer City of the Capital of Slaughter. If you break the rules, you'll suffer for it!" the knight captain said.
The Death Spider Emperor's leg tapped the knight's shoulder and pushed off, carrying Bibi Dong back to Ling Feng's side.
The knight touched the wound on his shoulder and found green, poisonous blood flowing from it.
Cold sweat broke out all over him. He could use Soul Skills, yet Bibi Dong had still beaten him.
The knight couldn't bear to stay there any longer. He gathered his men and quickly disappeared from their sight.
Ling Feng let out a breath of relief. Fortunately, the outer city guards weren't that strong. Without their Soul Skills, the two of them would have been at a disadvantage otherwise.
Noticing that Bibi Dong seemed a little uncomfortable, Ling Feng joked, "Those horses the knights were riding are pretty impressive. They can survive in this kind of environment."
Bibi Dong froze. This place was so barren. How could those horses survive here?
"That's true. How?"
"Maybe those horses have Soul Beast bloodlines. For all we know, they eat better than the people here!"
Although the Capital of Slaughter couldn't sustain itself, the Spirit Hall supplied its provisions. Didn't that mean the horses lived better than the people?
"All right, don't think about it too much. Let's go into the city," Ling Feng said.
With her attention diverted, Bibi Dong felt a little better and followed Ling Feng into the city.