Dugu Chen continued deeper along Hell Road, drawing ever closer to the bottom of the abyss.
Scarlet light shone from both sides, where crimson Blood Pool lava churned, while the surrounding heat grew increasingly oppressive.
He gazed at the broken path submerged in the lava Blood Pool ahead, his eyes flickering slightly.
These ruined traces and shattered walls seemed to have been left behind by those who had passed through Hell Road before him.
Under the glow of the Blood Pool, a large cavern opening could be seen in the dark red stone wall several hundred meters away, light spilling out from within.
It seemed this was the so-called exit...
Judging from the traces at the scene on Hell Road, someone must have encountered something here in the past and erupted into battle, directly destroying the path ahead.
For anyone else, unable to use soul skills in the City of Slaughter, reaching this place without the ability to fly would undoubtedly mean certain death.
Yet this supposedly "nine deaths, one life" Hell Road posed no difficulty whatsoever for Dugu Chen.
His Light Dragon Wings burned with Lightfire. No matter how much blood mist there was, it could not hinder him in the slightest, and he could fly across with ease.
He glanced at the large opening in the stone wall, its surface covered by a mysterious curtain of energy.
Passing through that entrance should count as clearing Hell Road and obtaining the Killing God Domain. But at the same time, once he left, he might never be able to enter Hell Road again.
Dugu Chen narrowed his eyes. Could all his deductions have been wrong?
Was the King of Slaughter... no, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, unwilling to make a move against him on Hell Road?
But he quickly rejected