Tang Feng and his companion quickly realized that although the red light emanating from the King of Slaughter brought great pressure, it was not directed at them, but rather towards the surrounding stands.
The Fallen Ones, who had been cheering wildly, gradually quieted down as the red light descended onto the viewing platform. The eyes of each Fallen One gradually became dull, and then turned bloodshot red.
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...
Those fallen ones who survived in the inner city were mostly quite powerful. At this moment, they were putting all their strength into themselves, and even their screams contained an extreme sense of pleasure. It seemed that they were deriving infinite enjoyment from this self-torture.
Skin torn open, blood spurting everywhere; they even pulled their own internal organs out. This madness wouldn't 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, Tang Feng and his grandson still turned pale in the face of such a large-scale and terrifying situation, and the killing intent within them felt increasingly difficult to suppress.
Soon, blood splattered on the ground and began to congeal, forming streams that flowed through inconspicuous, narrow pipes beneath the stands towards the center of the killing field. Clearly visible, countless winding red liquids flowed into the arena like tiny snakes.
Tang Feng watched all this, struggling to suppress the intense killing intent within him, 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, and apart from Tang Feng, Tang Lie, and the King of Slaughter, there seemed to be no other living person left here.
The blood flowed into the ground, but it didn't spread in a straight line. Instead, grooves appeared on the ground at some unknown time, and the blood flowed into them, gradually converging into a huge blood-red pattern.
At this moment, Tang Feng and the other person were inside the pattern. They closed their eyes simultaneously, released their mental energy into the air, and observed the surrounding situation.
Tang Feng discovered that the pattern formed from congealed blood was actually a bird-like creature, but it looked rather strange and not as simple as an ordinary bird.
What exactly is this?
Just as Tang Feng was filled with doubt, suddenly, the bird's eyes lit up, and Tang Feng's mental energy was almost instantly shattered. A huge red light shot into the sky, instantly engulfing the two of them.
Everything around him became blurred. Only the deep, sharp voice of the King of Slaughter echoed in his ears.
"Good luck on your Hell Road."
In the instant his mental energy was shattered, Tang Feng finally understood the shape of the bird pattern—a bat, it seemed to be a bat pattern.
Under the crimson engulfment, Tang Feng and his companion 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 uncontrollable pain instilled a nameless fear in Tang Feng's heart. What Tang Feng couldn't see was that the killing intent on his body gathered into a layer of faint white ripples, protecting Tang Feng's body.
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 Tang Feng fully regained consciousness, he found that the two of them were on a circular platform shrouded in a faint blood-red mist. The platform did not look very big, with a diameter of no more than five meters.
Around the circular platform, apart from a narrow path less than half a foot wide extending outwards, there was only a bottomless abyss.
The grandfather and grandson exchanged a glance, remaining extremely vigilant. Tang Feng summoned his External Soul Bone, the Flame Dragon Wings, and his Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, ready to deal with any unknown dangers.
The two looked left and right. The surrounding environment was predominantly blood red. Looking down from the platform, they saw a deep red liquid, an endless sea of blood in the distance.
Tang Feng analyzed, "If I'm not mistaken, that sea of blood below should be the accumulated human blood of the Slaughter City over the years. It's what they call Bloody Mary and the sacrifices for this Hell Road."
Tang Lie looked thoughtful, and after a long while, he said, "Simply put, this Hell Road is not only the path out of the Slaughter City, but it should also be the core of the entire Slaughter City."
"Or rather, the energy source of that strange realm in the Slaughter City," Tang Feng added. At this moment, Tang Feng felt a slight tremor in his Martial Soul Clear Sky Hammer, as if he sensed a power of the same origin, and felt a desire to devour it.
Tang Feng asked his grandfather if he had the same feeling, and the answer was no. This puzzled Tang Feng. Could it be related to his past experience of undergoing the Ice and Fire Body Refining?
The thing attracting the Martial Soul was in the sea of blood below. Was there something inside? Tang Feng looked at the dense killing intent in the sea of blood and couldn't help but ponder a question: Could it be that this killing intent was attracting the ice and fire energy he had absorbed earlier? If so, could he absorb this killing intent?
Tang Feng Tang Feng n't thought about this before, but the sudden change in his Martial Soul made the idea pop into his mind instantly.
But for now, let's deal with the immediate problem first. Suppressing the throbbing of their Martial Soul, the two sat down to meditate and recover.
Half an hour later, the two set off and walked down the path in front of them, officially beginning their challenge to conquer the Hell Road.
Although the slope of this path in Hell Road is difficult to discern with the naked eye, it is indeed constantly sloping downwards. Therefore, as you continue to walk, you get closer and closer to the blood pool below, and the surrounding temperature also continues to rise.
The closer one gets to the blood pool, the more one can feel their emotions being manipulated; the stronger the feelings of irritability, bloodlust, and madness become, and the more obvious the anomalies in their Martial Soul become.
Tang Feng didn't have time to think about it anymore, because as the two of them continued to move forward, the first test of the Hell Road arrived.
Tang Feng was greeted by thousands of blood-red bats, each less than a foot long. Apart from their large numbers, these bats posed little threat to Tang Feng Tang Feng. He didn't engage with the swarm of bats; instead, the two of them broke through a path and continued running forward.
Soon, a giant bat, over four meters long, radiating a dark golden light, appeared before them, hanging upside down from the narrow path with its claws. This bat also had three heads, clearly indicating that it was the leader of this group of smaller bats, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.
When Tang Feng arrived, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King immediately awoke. Its enormous wingspan exceeded ten meters, and its six scarlet eyes locked onto the two of them. It let out a cry and suddenly pounced on them.
Just by observing the aura emanating from its attacks, Tang Feng could tell that this Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King was only slightly stronger than an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
They were no match for the two of them; defeating it was effortless. However, to kill this Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, all three of its heads had to be destroyed simultaneously.
The two then attacked simultaneously, swiftly blowing off the head of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and successfully taking its life.
With the fall of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, the surrounding small bats were immediately leaderless and quickly scattered like birds and beasts.
The noisy Hell Road returned to its previous tranquility, with only the faint sound of churning blood from underground.
Tang Feng searched the corpse of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King but found no Soul Bone. It was a pity, as the chance of Soul Beast dropping Soul Bone was extremely low.
After defeating their first enemy on the Hell Road, Tang Feng and his companion were not greatly exhausted, so they continued on their way.
Although Tang Feng Tang Feng and his companion easily defeated their opponents, they did not let their guard down or underestimate the Hell Road.
Having lived in the Slaughter City for over a year, Tang Feng no longer underestimates anyone. Therefore, even with a high degree of confidence, Tang Feng always maintains the utmost vigilance.