Before long, as the red light formed a massive barrier across the entire Hell Slaughter Arena, agonizing screams began to emanate from those who were the first to come into contact with the red light.
Influenced by the red light, the fallen seemed to have gone mad, desperately scratching their faces and bodies.
Most of the Fallen Ones who survived in the inner city possessed considerable strength, and at this moment, they focused all their power on themselves.
Even those screams contained an intense, almost ecstatic, pleasure, as if they were deriving immense enjoyment from this self-torture.
Their skin was torn off, blood spurted everywhere, and they even pulled their own internal organs out of their bodies.
This madness will not stop until death.
More and more people fell into this depravity, until it spread throughout the entire area.
Despite having experienced countless killings in this Slaughter City, Dai Mubai's face still turned pale in the face of this massive and terrifying situation, and he felt his killing intent becoming increasingly difficult to suppress.
Before long, blood splattered on the ground and began to congeal. Large amounts of blood, like streams, flowed along inconspicuous thin pipes under the stands towards the center of the killing field.
Clearly visible, countless drops of red blood flowed into the arena.
As Dai Mubai watched all this, he tried his best to suppress the intense killing intent within his body, otherwise it could erupt at any moment.
"To become a sacrifice for the opening of the Hell Road is their honor," the King of Slaughter's deep voice rang out.
By this time, the screams had gradually subsided.
In the Hell Slaughter Arena, apart from Dai Mubai, Hu Liena, and the King of Slaughter, there was no one left alive.
The blood flowed into the area but did not spread. Grooves appeared on the ground at some unknown time, and the blood flowed into them, gradually gathering into a huge blood-red pattern on the ground.
At this moment, Dai Mubai and the other person were inside the pattern. They closed their eyes simultaneously, released their mental energy, and observed the surrounding situation.
Dai Mubai discovered that the pattern formed from congealed blood was actually a creature resembling a bat, though it looked rather strange.
Suddenly, the bat's eyes lit up, and a huge red light shot into the sky, instantly engulfing the two of them.
Everything around him became blurred, with only the deep, sharp voice of the King of Slaughter echoing in his ears.
"Good luck on your Hell Road."
Under the crimson engulfment, Dai Mubai and the other person simultaneously felt their feet sink into the void, and everything around them became illusory, with all their senses completely shut down at that moment.
The pain that he couldn't control instilled a nameless fear in Dai Mubai's heart.
What Dai Mubai couldn't see was that the killing intent on his body gathered into a layer of faint white ripples, protecting his body within.
If it weren't for the presence of this murderous aura, the two would have been truly consumed the moment the blood began to spread.
After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a violent tremor, all sensations returned, and the surrounding bloody light gradually faded.
When Dai Mubai fully regained consciousness, he found himself and Hu Liena on a circular platform shrouded in a faint crimson mist.
The platform doesn't look very big; it's no more than five meters in diameter.
Around the circular platform, apart from a narrow path less than half a foot wide extending outwards, there was only a bottomless abyss.
The two exchanged a glance, remaining extremely vigilant.
Dai Mubai's Martial Soul Possession, and he simultaneously condensed the White Tiger Golden Fiend Sword, ready to deal with unknown dangers at any time.
The two looked left and right; the surrounding environment was predominantly blood red.
Looking down from the platform, all that could be seen was a deep red liquid, an endless sea of blood in the distance.
Because she had been venting her anger on Dai Mubai, Hu Liena was still able to remain clear-headed. She asked, "What's down there?"
Dai Mubai analyzed, "That sea of blood below should be the accumulated human blood of the Slaughter City over the years, which is Bloody Mary."
Hu Liena looked shocked and instinctively took a step back.
"Let's go." Dai Mubai didn't want to stay any longer and extended a hand to Hu Liena.
Hu Liena paused for a moment, then placed her hand in Dai Mubai's palm, a blush rising on her face.
Dai Mubai was completely baffled, thinking to himself: I don't even know how many times he's been kicked, at least eight hundred or a thousand, and he's already feeling ashamed.
He led Hu Liena down the path in front of him, officially beginning the challenge of the Hell Road.
Although the slope of this path on Hell Road is difficult to discern with the naked eye, it is indeed constantly sloping downwards.
As they continued to move forward, they got closer and closer to the blood pool below, and the surrounding temperature continued to rise.
The heatwave rose from below, carrying a strong smell of blood, making one's throat dry.
The closer one gets to the blood pool, the stronger the suppressed rage, bloodlust, and killing intent become.
Dai Mubai didn't have time to think anymore and grabbed Hu Liena, running at top speed.
After running for just fifteen minutes, the first test of the Hell Road arrived.
They were greeted by thousands of blood-red bats, each less than a foot long.
The bats were entirely blood red, with a thin layer of scales covering their wings.
Aside from their large numbers, they posed virtually no threat to Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai didn't get entangled with the swarm of bats. He brandished the White Tiger Golden Fiend Sword, and with a sweep of sword energy, he shredded the bats blocking his way into pieces, quickly clearing a path and continuing forward.
Soon, a giant bat appeared before them.
The bat, over four meters long and radiating a dark golden light, hung upside down from the narrow path with its claws.
This bat has three heads, clearly making it the leader of this group of small bats, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.
When Dai Mubai arrived, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King immediately woke up.
The Bat King spread its enormous wings, with a wingspan exceeding ten meters. After locking onto the two with its six scarlet eyes, it let out a sharp cry and suddenly pounced on them.
Judging from the aura emanating from its attack, Dai Mubai could tell that this Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King was only slightly stronger than an ordinary 20,000-year-old Soul Beast.
This Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King might pose a threat to Hu Liena, but it's no match for Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai knew that to kill this Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, all three of its heads had to be destroyed simultaneously; otherwise, as long as one head remained, it could quickly regenerate.
Dai Mubai immediately made his move; the White Tiger Golden Fiend Sword was unstoppable, and with a flash of light, he severed the head on the left.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, the one on the right also flew out.
Before the middle head could react, it was Penetration by Dai Mubai's sword and pinned to the path.