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When Tang San and Hu Liena fully regained consciousness, they found themselves on a circular platform. This platform was only about five meters in diameter and not very large. Both of them were lying on the ground.
They awoke almost simultaneously, their eyes meeting.
Tang San saw that Hu Liena was enveloped in a faint bloody mist, her eyes completely blood-red. Around her body, white ripples were constantly intensifying in their undulations, and her body was convulsing violently, as if she were enduring immense pain.
He then looked at himself. Apart from the layer of white ripples formed by his killing intent, there was also a faint blue halo closer to his skin.
Compared to the cold, evil, and deathly aura of the blood light, the blue halo was not strong, but it was full of life, isolating the killing intent and the blood light.
A crow with white circles around its eyes fluttered its wings and flew from above, landing on Hu Liena's shoulder, letting out a "caw".
As the crow called out, Hu Liena suddenly felt her body lighten, and the oppressive force of the constantly intensifying killing intent on her spirit seemed less intense.
"Thank you, little crow," Hu Liena said, turning her head to look at her shoulder.
With just one glance, she was stunned, and so was Tang San.
Because they saw that the crow's body also had a layer of white ripples around it.
The white ripples that resisted the blood light were the killing intent they had accumulated after countless battles and killing countless people in the Hell Slaughterfield.
The same thing had actually appeared on a crow! And it seemed even more solidified than theirs!
I'm actually inferior to a crow, Tang San thought to himself.
As expected of Mr. Gehrman's pet, it's truly extraordinary, Hu Liena secretly praised.
After a while, Hu Liena said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "You can tell me now, what exactly did Gehrman do?"
Tang San nodded and told her everything about Hu Liena that was part of his deal with Gehrman.
After listening, Hu Liena was silent for a long time, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Let's go."
Tang San nodded.
The environment of Hell Road was even more treacherous than they had imagined. Everything around them was a faint blood-red color. Beyond the five-meter diameter circular platform under their feet was an abyss of infinite depth.
A narrow path, less than half a foot wide and only wide enough for two feet to stand on at the same time, led to an unknown darkness, and this was the only way to leave the platform they were on.
They exchanged a glance, and both Tang San and Hu Liena couldn't help but frown.
A flash of inspiration appeared in Hu Liena's mind: "I wonder what's below."
Tang San wasn't worried about the treacherous path. Although it was suspended in mid-air, he had absolute confidence that he wouldn't fall with the help of his Blue Silver Grass, Flying God Claws, and Eight Spider Lances.
Hu Liena wasn't so confident and wanted to find another way out.
"Let me see."
Tang San crawled on the ground, only exposing his head outside the round platform to look down into the abyss. Blue light flickered in his eyes, his vision piercing through the dark haze, revealing a boundless, calm, and deep blood pool, or rather... a blood sea.
He said to Hu Liena, "It's blood, probably the human blood accumulated in Slaughter City over the years, also known as Bloody Mary, or the offering for this road."
Hu Liena looked thoughtful. After a long while, she said:
"It seems that this Hell Road is not only the path to leave Slaughter City, but also the core of the entire Slaughter City... and probably the energy source of the Slaughter City's strange domain."
Tang San nodded in agreement, looking into the darkness in the distance: "This narrow path should be the so-called Hell Road, and it's also the only way out for us. The blood pool below is likely the source of the chronic poison in Slaughter City."
"Do you have any medicine to prevent the poison? Do you want to try going from below?" Hu Liena was very uneasy about this thin, narrow road.
"There are all kinds of poisons in the world, and no medicine can resist all poisons," Tang San shook his head.
"Caw..." The crow with white circles around its eyes flew towards the narrow path.
"It seems the little crow shares your opinion," Hu Liena said without hesitation upon seeing this, "Listen to you then. Do you have a rope? We'll each hold onto one end so we can help each other if something happens."
Tang San touched the Flying God Claws at his cuff, somewhat unwilling to take the rope off of it, and he didn't want to reveal his Blue Silver Grass in front of Hu Liena.
His current identity was Tang Yin, a disciple of the Tang Sect, not Tang San, who had a grudge against the Spirit Hall.
A rope landed on Hu Liena's head, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
The rope was thrown to her by the crow with white circles around its eyes.
Looking at the crow's gaze as if she were an idiot, Hu Liena's nose twitched. She thought of Gehrman again, who always gave her that kind of look.
She quickly composed herself, trying not to think about anything else, and focused all her attention on Hell Road.
The two set off, Tang San in front and Hu Liena behind, slowly moving forward.
The crow with white circles around its eyes flew and circled above them.
In this silent world, every minute and every second was torture, and Hell Road seemed to stretch on endlessly.
Suddenly, the crow let out a "caw", its cry urgent.
"Be careful, there's danger ahead," Hu Liena understood what the crow was trying to convey and warned him.
Tang San's eyes narrowed as he stared intently ahead.
Red shadows approached rapidly. They were hundreds, even thousands, of blood-red bats. They seemed to be miniature versions of the blood-colored patterns on the ground of the Hell Slaughterfield. Each blood bat was about a foot long, but its huge wings spanned more than a meter.
The two tied themselves together with a rope, back to back, ready to face the enemy.
"Little crow, it's dangerous, come back quickly," Hu Liena shouted.
The battle began. Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Domain, causing Hu Liena to be surprised.
Hu Liena carried Tang San forward on her back, while Tang San, with his back against hers, continuously threw hidden weapons.
After the bat swarm lost hundreds of its members, a larger blood bat suddenly cried out, "Squeak squeak."
Immediately afterward, all the remaining blood bats began to emit sharp, piercing cries.
Hu Liena's pace began to slow, gradually coming to a stop. She straightened her back, letting Tang San's feet touch the ground, and said in a deep voice, "We're probably in trouble."
Tang San quickly untied the rope around Hu Liena's waist, turned around to look ahead, and couldn't help but gasp.
Hanging upside down from the narrow path directly in front of them was a huge fellow. It was a dark golden bat, over four meters long, with three heads and a pair of huge claws tightly gripping the narrow path.
All the blood bats quickly swept through the air, gathering behind the huge dark golden three-headed bat.
The dark golden three-headed bat opened its wings, which spanned over ten meters, released its claws, circled once below, and then flew directly in front of the two, charging at them rapidly.
Under normal circumstances, both of them would have absolute confidence in dealing with such a bat, whose strength was slightly stronger than an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast, but the terrain was very unfavorable at the moment, and they couldn't use soul skills, so their expressions were very solemn.
"Caw..." The crow with white circles around its eyes suddenly rushed out, slamming headfirst into the bat's head with lightning speed.
Although it was just an ordinary crow, Amon's soul power was still there, and he could also use soul bone skills. He had simply used condensed soul power to protect his body and used soul power to accelerate, slamming into it.
"Little crow," Hu Liena cried out anxiously.
Then, in the stunned gazes of the two, the huge bat fell from the sky. It had been knocked unconscious by that impact!
The crow with white circles around its eyes, as if it had done something insignificant, landed back on Hu Liena's shoulder.
Tang San looked at the crow with a horrified expression. He had been wary of Hu Liena all along, but he had ignored this little guy. But now it seemed that it might be stronger than Hu Liena!
At the same time, he had a deeper appreciation for Gehrman's power.
What kind of existence was the Amon family? First, Jacob, who claimed to be Amon, demonstrated terrifying strength comparable to a Titled Douluo in the Soul Master Competition, and then there was Gehrman, who could chase down such a powerful Jacob... Tang San thought to himself.
On the road ahead, the two also encountered the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent.
Tang San's "Nine-in-One" from the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique smashed the giant serpent into several sections with one move, leaving Hu Liena speechless.
There were three trials in Hell Road in total. The Dark Golden Three-Headed Bat King was the first, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was the second, and the third was the invisible erosion of the spirit by killing intent.
As in the original story, Hu Liena had Tang San knock her unconscious, entrusting her life to him.
Looking at the unconscious Hu Liena, Tang San hesitated whether to kill her now. After all, she was his enemy, Bi Bi Dong's disciple.
But in the end, he didn't do it. Instead, he picked her up as agreed.
As he was about to leave Hell Road, he took out a snow-white herb that resembled a swan's neck.
The "Snow-Colored Swan Kiss" that could trigger severe poison!
He threw it downwards, letting it fall into the blood plasma, a sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth: "Slaughter King, I hope you like the gift Gehrman left you."
In the "Snow-Colored Swan Kiss", a small insect with twelve segments and a starlight-like color, facing this endless blood plasma with a strong evil aura, did not resist, allowing itself to be devoured.
The crow with white circles around its eyes left Hu Liena's shoulder and flew into the darkness, disappearing from Tang San's sight.
Tang San's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't care about it anymore.
This crow was extraordinary, and even he was somewhat wary of it. There was no need to interfere with what it wanted to do.
After flying far away, the crow plunged into the blood pool and disappeared without a trace.
Beidi Province, Frost Leaf City.
In an ordinary wooden house, Amon's main body raised his right hand, adjusted his monocle, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled upwards, muttering softly:
"The previous mistake has been made up. Next, it's time to wait to close the net. I hope it won't be too long... I'm really looking forward to your reward, Slaughter King."
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