Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 42 Road to Hell

Xiao Fei did not start walking immediately, but first regulated his breathing for a period of time until his mind was calmed down and his soul power was restored to its best state.

After fully recovering, Xiao Fei began to walk along the Hell Road. Although the Hell Road was very narrow, it was very smooth for Xiao Fei, who had mastered flight. If he wasn't worried about problems during the assessment, he could have flown straight ahead.

As Xiaofei moved forward, he felt the air getting hotter and hotter, and a lot of heat seemed to be coming from below. However, this had almost no effect on Xiaofei, who was of the fire attribute.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound seemed to come from below. Xiao Fei focused his mind, knowing that the blood-red bats must have arrived. A moment later, the buzzing grew louder, and countless red lights appeared in the sky. Upon closer inspection, they were indeed countless blood-red bats.

The blood-red bats flew swiftly, closing in in no time. Their eyes were also blood-red; upon spotting their target, they emitted a screeching sound and bared sharp fangs. Thousands of blood-red bats flapped their wings together, creating a stench that filled the air.

As Xiao Fei walked, he wielded his iron sword, defending against the bats' attacks. As the number of bats increased, Xiao Fei's movements became faster. He aimed at the largest group of bats ahead and suddenly his right hand transformed into a fire phoenix. The extremely high temperature of the phoenix flames instantly annihilated countless bats, reducing the bat swarm by a full tenth.

Seeing Xiaofei's right claw wreathed in flames, the bats dared not approach. However, they refused to leave and continued to harass Xiaofei.

Suddenly, Xiao Fei sensed an even stronger energy fluctuation coming from ahead. Directly in front of the narrow path, below it, hung an enormous creature upside down. Bathed in the surrounding pale red light, it emitted a dark golden glow. The creature was approximately four meters long, its two massive claws gripping the narrow path. Each claw was over a meter in diameter, its sharp edges digging into the stone.

Amidst the screams of a swarm of blood bats, a pair of enormous wings slowly unfurled from its dark golden body, their terrifying wingspan reaching a staggering ten meters. Its claws snapped open, and with the flapping of its massive wings, its colossal body soared into the air—it was an incredibly enormous bat.

The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King let out a low cry and then flew swiftly toward Xiao Fei. Before its massive body even reached him, an unparalleled and domineering aura swept over him, the terrifying gust of wind even more terrifying than all the previous blood-red bats combined.

Xiao Fei had been waiting for his arrival. Suddenly, his entire body burst into flames, and his limbs transformed into those of a phoenix. He flew swiftly towards the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. Xiao Fei's right hand suddenly extended five steel claws, slashing at the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, instantly cleaving it in two. Golden light spread instantly, and with a loud bang, a large amount of golden liquid scattered in all directions. Any blood bats splashed by the golden liquid perished with screams.

With the death of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, the other blood bats were immediately leaderless and charged towards Xiao Fei in a near-revengeful frenzy. Facing the ever-growing number of bats, Xiao Fei did not transform into a phoenix this time. Instead, he spread his bird bone wings—the 50,000-year-old Flame Bird Bone Wings—which were now as sharp as blades. In no time, he had sliced ​​the surrounding bats into pieces.

After eliminating the blood bats, Xiao Fei rested for a while before continuing on the Hell Road. Suddenly, Xiao Fei noticed a pair of huge, fiery red eyes ahead. Upon closer inspection, he saw a giant snake coiled in the middle of the Hell Road.

The snake's head was enormous, measuring a full 5 meters in diameter. It had nine fleshy growths on its head. Xiao Fei recognized it as the ancient mythical beast, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent. Suddenly, the giant serpent exhaled a pungent breath towards Xiao Fei, the breath carrying intense heat and clearly mixed with some kind of toxin.

Xiao Fei instantly transformed into a beast with all four limbs, simultaneously flapping his bone wings, like a phoenix looking down at the giant snake. Relying on his extremely fast speed, he constantly shuttled through the air, occasionally injuring the giant snake. However, the giant snake's poison was basically useless against Xiao Fei, who had tempered his body with ice and fire, while the giant snake was much slower than Xiao Fei.

The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's weakness was the nine fleshy growths on its head. Taking advantage of the moment when the serpent was slowed down by its injury, Xiao Fei seized the opportunity and used his five steel claws to grab its weak points. In the end, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's entire head was shattered into pieces, and its body fell to the ground. Xiao Fei breathed a long sigh of relief.

A fiery red sphere emerged from the snake's body. Xiao Fei activated his soul power and drew the sphere into his hand. The sphere was extremely hot; it was the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, the essence of its entire being.

Having collected the inner cores of the ten Fiery Sun Serpents, Xiao Fei had already passed two trials, with only the final one remaining. He continued along the Hell Road, the temperature steadily rising as he progressed. The dark red liquid flowing in the abysses on either side gradually became clearer, and the terrain seemed to be descending continuously. Xiao Fei knew he had finally reached the final challenge.

Xiao Fei increased his speed, and as he approached the abyss, his speed also increased. The air became noticeably hotter, his vision became increasingly blurry, his killing intent grew stronger, and the evil energy around him intensified.

The final test is to traverse the Hell Road amidst the overwhelming aura of evil, the scorching, malevolent blood, and one's own immense killing intent.

Xiao Fei pushed the spiritual wisdom bone on his head to its limit. A sliver of white light appeared a thousand meters ahead, which should be the exit of the Hell Road. Suppressing the various pains in his heart, Xiao Fei flapped his wings and flew quickly towards the exit. Finally, just before he was about to lose control, he flew out of the light. Xiao Fei gradually lost consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Fei finally awoke and gradually regained consciousness. Looking around, he found himself in a lush, verdant forest. Xiao Fei knew he had finally emerged from the Hell Road. Observing the changes within himself, he noticed peculiar patterns appearing on his body—the same patterns he had used when opening the Hell Road—the Nine-Headed Bat King. Xiao Fei attempted to activate these patterns, and instantly, a surge of white light quietly spread. The white light emanated from Xiao Fei, but quickly vanished into nothingness. Everything around him seemed to tremble within this white light; this was a domain composed of killing intent, the Killing God Domain. It was one of the gains of the Slaughter City over the past two years.

Having reclaimed his Killing God Domain, Xiao Fei left the forest; it was time to return to Blazing Fire Academy.

(End of this chapter)