As that soul-rending sensation of weightlessness gradually faded.
Lu Xuan's consciousness slowly returned.
He opened his eyes and found himself standing all alone on a circular stone platform.
"That feeling... I thought I'd transmigrated again!"
Lu Xuan vigorously rubbed his aching, swollen head.
Only after taking several deep breaths did he fully recover his senses.
He began looking around.
Everything he saw was a suffocating blood-red.
Beyond the platform beneath his feet lay only a bottomless abyss.
At the bottom of the abyss.
Thick, blood-red lava churned and roared like boiling blood.
It constantly spat out enormous bubbles.
They burst, releasing pungent sulfur and the stench of blood.
Ahead, there was only a path less than half a foot wide, leading straight into the darkness.
It connected to the platform beneath his feet.
This was also the only passage here.
Without hesitation, Lu Xuan strode forward.
He stepped onto the narrow path leading into the unknown.
GO, GO, GO! Off we go!
As he ventured deeper, the air around him seemed to grow warmer.
Lu Xuan glanced down.
The lava below was beginning to rise.
And just then.
The fluttering of wings kept coming from the darkness ahead.
Creatures were flying toward Lu Xuan.
At first, there were only two or three blood-red blurs.
But within a few breaths.
Hundreds upon thousands of Blood Bats with scarlet eyes and blood-colored markings covering their bodies swooped toward him, blanketing the sky as they lunged to bite him!
"Perfect timing!"
Lu Xuan shouted, shifting his footwork.
With exceptionally nimble movements, he ducked and weaved along the narrow stone path.
He forcibly drew the scattered Blood Bats together, gathering them into a straight line.
Then Lu Xuan flicked his wrist.
He hoisted a strikingly cool Energy-Gathering Soul Cannon onto his shoulder.
Activate, fire!
Dazzling blue-white light frantically gathered and compressed at the muzzle.
Accompanied by a deafening boom.
A thick pillar of energy blasted into the swarm of Blood Bats like a roaring, enraged dragon.
The violent energy exploded instantly, completely melting the Blood Bats.
Lu Xuan did not pause and quickened his pace.
After all, the lava below was rising faster and faster.
If he was too slow, the path would be completely swallowed by lava.
After Lu Xuan finished killing them, another wave of Blood Bats flew over.
In truth, however, Hell Road could not possibly let Lu Xuan advance so easily.
He had just cleared one wave when an even larger swarm of bats poured out of the darkness.
Lu Xuan simply switched straight to one-click sweep mode.
He sprinted while pouring out firepower.
It would be great to have a Flying Soul Tool right now.
However, Lu Xuan did not have enough metal to make a Flying Soul Tool.
After he beat the little ones, the elder finally arrived.
A piercing screech rang out.
The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King presented himself!
It was an enormous, terrifying beast, its entire body gleaming with a dark golden luster.
Looking at those three hideous heads.
Lu Xuan knew full well that he had to shatter all three of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's heads simultaneously to kill him.
Therefore, Lu Xuan directly took out three long-range Soul Tools to face him.
They were the Energy-Gathering Soul Cannon, the Penetrating-Beam Soul Cannon, and the High-Explosive Soul Cannon.
These were also among the few high-damage Soul Cannons he still had that were usable.
The others either had cracked barrels or damaged Core Arrays.
It was all those opponents' fault, desperately smashing their Martial Souls or weapons against his Soul Tools.
He had spent so much money and time making these!
Fortunately, though, he had settled those grudges on the spot.
Those people's heads could have been piled into an ornamental rockery.
"Die!"
All three cannons fired together, the blue energy-gathering beam, white penetrating ray, and crimson high-explosive shot tracing three brilliant trails through the air.
They struck the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's three heads with perfect accuracy.
With a miserable shriek, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's three heads were like watermelons struck by bullets.
They all burst apart, sending blood and flesh flying!
Absolutely perfect!
The first stage's final boss had been successfully dealt with!
However, the leaderless Blood Bats seemed to have been provoked by something and lunged at Lu Xuan even more frantically, heedless of death.
"Holy crap, your boss is already dead! Why are you still chasing me? Aren't you supposed to choose a new boss?"
Lu Xuan was puzzled.
According to the laws of the animal kingdom, wasn't choosing a new boss more important?
Still in one-click sweep mode.
Did they really think going berserk would let them kill him?
What a joke.
Too bad he didn't have cigarettes and sunglasses.
Otherwise, this would have been an incredibly cool scene!
Keep moving forward!
Be brave, be brave, my friend!
Meanwhile, the lava rose faster and faster, drawing ever closer to the narrow stone path where Lu Xuan stood.
He could feel the temperature around him climbing steadily.
Now it was time to race against every second!
Lu Xuan pushed his speed to the limit, becoming a blur as he sprinted along the stone path.
"Hiss, hiss-!"
Suddenly, a distant, chilling hiss rang out.
Lu Xuan's steps paused, and green light flashed in his eyes as they transformed into dragon eyes.
He saw through the darkness ahead and made out an enormous snake with a long, slender body that was dark red all over.
Nine enormous fleshy lumps grew on either side of its massive head.
It looked as though something might burst out of those lumps at any moment.
The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent!
This was the final boss before leaving Hell Road.
Right now, Lu Xuan only wanted to finish it off as quickly as possible.
Blood-red light flashed in his right hand, and he gripped the Asura God Sword tightly.
"Asura Domain!"
A cold, majestic, blood-red domain filled with endless slaughter instantly spread outward from Lu Xuan, enveloping the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
Immediately afterward, dazzling crimson light erupted from Lu Xuan's torso!
A terrifying draconic might that made heaven and earth change color, seemingly originating from the primordial wilderness, soared into the sky from Lu Xuan's slight body.
One of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings Torso Soul Bone's skills.
"Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Break!"
Terrifying crimson flames transformed into a true dragon.
Bearing the might to destroy everything beneath heaven, it charged straight toward the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent!
The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent did not even have time to react.
It was swallowed directly by the fire dragon.
An instant kill!
This was the power of a Million-Year Soul Bone!
Not even the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's corpse remained.
Only a fiery-red spherical object floated in midair.
This was the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core.
Lu Xuan collected it and continued on his way.
As time passed, he could already hear the rocks around him sizzling.
A scorched smell also rose from his clothes.
Lines of flame had even begun appearing along their edges.
Lu Xuan was not anxious, because he was about to clear the trial!
Lu Xuan could already see the white curtain of light in the distance.
The exit was right before his eyes, no more than a thousand meters away.
The lava had already begun converging; if Lu Xuan had arrived a little later.
Perhaps this place would have become a pool of molten lava.
Lu Xuan charged straight through, passing through the curtain of light.
The instant he passed through the curtain of light.
A deep, hoarse voice rang out beside his ear.
[Asura Nine Trials, First Trial: traverse Hell Road! Perfectly cleared!] [Reward: Asura God affinity increased by ten percent, Divine Slaughter's Domain and Asura Domain perfectly fused, domain skill awakened-Asura Hell]
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