Chapter 32: The End of the Road to Hell and a Recruitment Card
To ensure the death of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, Qin Xuan had poured nearly 80% of his Soul power into using all of his skills. With this move, he was confident that a Soul Saint would have no chance of survival.
Even a Soul Douluo would suffer severe damage if they were not careful, especially without the use of Soul skills, Soul bones, or Domains. In that case, no one below the Titled Douluo level would be spared.
All of this effort was worth it. Qin Xuan approached the serpent's Inner Elixir but did not touch it recklessly. Instead, he took out a jade box he had prepared beforehand. "This egg-sized Inner Elixir is quite the handful," he mused. "I wonder how the Phoenix in the original novel was able to swallow something so hard."
Looking at the glowing red Inner Elixir in front of him, Qin Xuan felt a slight sense of amusement. He carefully placed it in the jade box and stored it in his Soul guide. He then continued his journey.
Suddenly, a system prompt sounded in his mind: [Ding! The character recruitment card 'Jingni' mission has only 1 hour left. Please use it as soon as possible.]
"There's still time," he thought. With the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent dead, Qin Xuan had no more worries. He took 2 Detoxification Pills, began to practice the Guiguzi Breathing Technique, and infused his Soul power into his feet, leaping several meters at a time to move forward rapidly.
There are 3 levels in the Road to Hell. The first level consists of the blood-colored bat swarm and the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. The second level is the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent.
The third level, the end of the Road to Hell, is designed to induce anxiety and stimulate a murderous intent that causes challengers to fall and destroy themselves. It is also the core energy source that powers the entire Slaughter City.
For others, this might be the most challenging level, but for Qin Xuan, who possessed the [Phoenix Fire], it couldn't be easier. To some extent, it was even much easier than the first two levels. A medium is required to induce murderous energy in the body, and that medium is the Bloody Mary that evaporates from the sea of blood at the end of the Road to Hell.
But Qin Xuan's [Phoenix Fire] could isolate this miasma, and he also had Detoxification Pills and the wisdom of a 60,000-year-old skull. His mental strength was extremely strong, so the volatile Bloody Mary had almost no effect on him.
Moving quickly, Qin Xuan reached the end of the Road to Hell in less than 30 minutes. The path was bordered on both sides by what appeared to be an endless sea of blood, more like a blood river. The river was nearly 1,000 meters wide. On the other side was a smooth, straight cliff with a dark exit about 200 meters above it, where a faint glimmer of light could be seen.
"I don't think anyone else would leave this way," Qin Xuan said with a smile. He took a raft from his nearly full Storage Soul Guide. He had secretly built the raft when he was on his way to Slaughter City to ensure he had a means of crossing. He had no flying ability, no external Soul bones, and no fancy tools. The lightness skill from his Guiguzi Breathing Technique couldn't carry him so high or far without a point of leverage. He had no choice but to use the most primitive method.
As soon as the raft hit the blood river, Qin Xuan smelled a burning odor from the boiling blood plasma. Without hesitation, he jumped onto the raft and paddled toward the other side. When he was about 300 meters away, the raft could no longer withstand the high temperature and caught fire.
Qin Xuan lightly stepped off the raft, pushed off with his feet, and used his lightness skills to jump dozens of meters into the air. He then released his Everbright Sword. Without focusing on power, only on distance, he used the Hundred-Step Flying Sword twice in succession.
The first time, he used his right hand, and the sword flew over 200 meters. The second time, with his left hand, he threw an iron sword with a rope attached to it. The iron sword embedded itself in the cliff. Qin Xuan was pulled to the cliff face by the rope.
Looking back, he saw the burning raft sinking into the sea of blood and felt a shudder. It had been a close call! Without a moment's hesitation, he took out 2 daggers and began to climb. As he neared the exit, an idea suddenly came to him.
He took out the Jingni recruitment card from his Soul guide and jumped toward the exit cave. Just before entering, he used the card and disappeared into space. The recruitment card would transmit him back to where he came from.
He couldn't stay in the other world for too long—no more than 30 minutes. If the card expired mid-journey, he would be teleported back.
Qin Xuan just wanted to see if he could find a loophole. To obtain the Killing God Domain, one had to pass through the Road to Hell and win 100 consecutive matches to accumulate enough murderous aura. As a top assassin, Jingni had no shortage of murderous aura. If she passed through the exit with him, maybe he could truly enter the Killing God Domain.