"Welcome to Slaughter City, the domain of hell, a world filled with slaughter. Here, you can obtain anything you desire through killing, but the price is your life."
An icy voice came from every direction.
Xiao Yan's expression did not change. He released Little Dragon Girl from his arms and led her a few steps forward. Sweeping his gaze over the road ahead, he spotted a faint light directly in front of them.
"The heavenly flame really is in here." Sensing the scorching fire-attribute aura around him, Xiao Yan murmured softly, a searing flame flickering in his dark eyes. The stronger the fire-attribute aura here, the greater the chance that a heavenly flame existed. For Xiao Yan, who had been searching so desperately for one, this was undoubtedly thrilling news.
"Come on. Let's go in and take a look."
Gently stroking the Heavy Xuan Ruler on his back, Xiao Yan smiled, took Little Dragon Girl's hand, and slowly headed forward.
Slaughter City seemed to be a space forcibly torn open and created by human hands. Its surroundings looked rather desolate, but a faint, scorching mist filled the air. Dim light also seemed to seep into this space.
As he slowly walked through the pitch-black passage, Xiao Yan remained cautious, unsure what dangers might lie ahead. Apart from the faint scuffing of their footsteps, the journey was almost entirely silent.
Walking through the dark passage, Xiao Yan had almost no sense of time. He kept moving forward, yet the passage seemed endless, its distant point of light forever out of reach.
The deeper they went, the more solemn Xiao Yan's expression became. Beneath that solemnity, however, was a trace of wild delight. After walking for another ten minutes or so, he looked into the distance and finally caught sight of a