(Second update)
"Flap, flap, flap..."
From the depths of the unfathomable darkness came the ceaseless beating of wings. The sound was so faint that without powerful spiritual strength, it would have been impossible to detect their presence through hearing alone.
Warned by Yang Ming, Hu Liena held a short sword in each hand. Although a mysterious force on the Hell Road still suppressed her Soul Rings, preventing her from using them, that did not mean she could not use her Martial Soul.
Her fluffy fox tail swayed back and forth, and her eyes rippled like autumn waters. Yet there was nothing vulgar about her allure. Instead, she possessed the resolve of a woman who yielded to no man.
Closer.
Closer still.
Only when the unknown creatures came within five hundred meters of them did Hu Liena hear a humming in the air and catch sight of its source. They were bats—an enormous swarm of bats!
At a glance, blood-red bats filled her entire field of vision. A closer look revealed that they bore an uncanny resemblance to the blood-colored pattern left on the floor of the Hell Slaughter Arena, almost like miniature versions of it. Each Blood Bat was about a foot long, roughly the size of two palms, but its enormous wings spanned over a meter when fully extended.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
Thousands upon thousands of bats beat their wings together, stirring a breeze above the oppressive Hell Road and bringing with it an unbearable stench of decay.
So numerous and densely packed were the bats that they formed a blood-colored cloud above the pair. Anyone with trypophobia would probably have felt a soul-deep chill crawl up their spine at the mere sight, leaving their hands and feet numb and their whole body helpless.
Girls tended to hate bugs,