Road to Hell
I don't know how much time passed, but with a violent tremor, all my senses returned. The surrounding bloody light gradually faded.
When Jun Xuehan, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and the others fully regained consciousness, they found themselves on a circular platform with a diameter of about five meters.
The crowd's gazes swept around, and in their eyes appeared a red glow, a white and chilling killing intent that was constantly intensifying.
Within Jun Xuehan's Spiritual Sea, the Divine Seed emitted a cool energy, suppressing the ever-increasing killing intent.
Meanwhile, Qian Renxue's Power of Purification was constantly counteracting the rising killing intent.
Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue stood up almost simultaneously, injecting cool energy and Power of Purification into Hu Liena and the others to suppress their rising killing intent.
"Wake up, everyone. Get through Road to Hell as quickly as possible, lest things get complicated," Jun Xuehan said, her gaze fixed on the narrow path ahead, barely wide enough for one person to pass at a time.
Apart from this narrow path, the surrounding area is a bottomless abyss.
"Then let's not waste any more time, let's go." Qian Renxue nodded and agreed immediately.
"I'll lead the way. Xie Yue and Yan, you two follow behind me. They've drunk Bloody Mary, and they might lose control of their killing intent. Xue'er, Senior Sister, don't hesitate, knock them out." Jun Xuehan said calmly, looking at the path ahead.
A silver light flashed, and the Silver Dragon Spear appeared in his hand. He moved, heading straight for the bottom lane.
Qian Renxue and Hu Liena agreed and followed closely behind Jun Xuehan, walking at a steady pace along the path.
The path was only about half a foot wide, but because they were among the best in the Soul Master World, it wasn't considered difficult. After maintaining a steady pace, they all ran very smoothly.
Jun Xuehan walked ahead, his eyes narrowing slightly. The environment here was somewhat dim, and even with his eyesight, he could only see a range of about a kilometer.
The further they went, the higher the temperature became, and very faint sounds could be heard. Jun Xuehan tightened his grip on the Silver Dragon Spear, slowed down slightly, and listened carefully to the sounds.
Those following behind Jun Xuehan were not idle either; with a flick of their wrists, weapons appeared in their hands.
Jun Xuehan glanced down and saw red liquid churning below, clearly indicating that the Blood Pool was extremely hot.
"We've traveled about a kilometer. This path isn't straight; it spirals downwards. If I'm not mistaken, the last part of the path should be completely submerged by the Blood Pool," Jun Xuehan said softly as she ran ahead.
"This road isn't straight, but we haven't turned any corners either; we've been going straight the whole time," Hu Liena asked softly.
"This road might not actually be straight. At first, we didn't feel any temperature change, but now we do. We didn't feel any turns, probably because the path is very long and the arc of each deviation is very small, so we didn't feel any turns," Qian Renxue said thoughtfully.
"Never mind all that for now, let's take care of what's in front of us first, then we can talk about other things." Jun Xuehan stopped holding the Silver Dragon Spear, her steps gradually slowed, and her gaze was fixed on the red shadow approaching from the front.
The red shadows approached incredibly fast, the sound of flapping wings reaching everyone's ears. Moreover, the sound traveled at an astonishing speed. This was because what was flying towards them was not a single creature, but a swarm—at least a thousand.
As they drew closer, the flying creatures became clearer: they were blood-red bats, miniature versions of the blood-red markings left on the ground of the previous Hell Slaughter Arena. Each Blood Bat was about a foot long, but its enormous wingspan exceeded a meter.
One or two of these Blood Bat wouldn't be a big deal, but when thousands suddenly appeared, like a red cloud, they rushed towards them at lightning speed.
"Holy crap, so many, Brother Han, what do we do?" Yan's expression turned grim as he watched the approaching bats.
"What should we do? Guess what, if we can't beat them, will we get killed by the bats?" Jun Xuehan glanced at him, her eyes scanning the swarm of bats.
The key to catching thieves is to catch their leader first; targeting the smaller ones is basically useless. So he was looking for the ringleader. Once he took down the leader, the rest would naturally fall into place.
The blood-red bats flew swiftly, closing in in no time. Their eyes were also blood-red; upon spotting their target, they emitted a screeching sound and bared sharp fangs. Thousands of Blood Bat flapped their wings together, creating a stench that filled the air.
Jun Xuehan brandished her Silver Dragon Spear, killing Blood Bat while searching for the leader.
Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and others were also wielding their weapons, killing the attacking Blood Bat.
Their Martial Soul were released from their bodies. Although their Soul Skill were suppressed, this did not prevent them from releasing their Martial Soul.
Jun Xuehan retracted the Silver Dragon Spear from his hand, switched his Martial Soul to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a Qianzhe appeared on his back, the Reverse Scale Dragon Ring was activated, delicate dragon scales covered his arm, and the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear appeared in his hand.
The Qianzhe and the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear thrust out repeatedly, each thrust sending forth a Blood Bat. With each falling Blood Bat, a piercing scream reached everyone's ears.
A huge bat, about four meters tall, with a dark gold body, three heads, and wingspans of ten meters, appeared before them.
"Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat, I've found you." A glint flashed in Jun Xuehan's eyes, and he tightened his grip on the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear, while the Qianzhe on his back was poised to strike.
"Brother Han, can you beat him?" Yan asked softly, looking at the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat.
"Guess?" Jun Xuehan narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat.
"Guessing again? Brother Han, why don't you just tell me the result?" Yan asked after killing the Blood Bat that attacked him.
"Guess what, if I can't beat him, will we be able to get out of Road to Hell alive?" Jun Xuehan said nonchalantly.
The age of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat is approximately Fifty Thousand Year to 60,000 years, which is a relatively easy age for Jun Xuehan.
However, the tricky part about the Dark Gold Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat -Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat is that you need to destroy all three heads at the same time to completely kill it.
Therefore, Jun Xuehan was waiting, waiting for the perfect opportunity to speak out. After all, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat was quite intelligent, and if he made a rash move and caused it to hide, things would become very troublesome.