The phrase "times change, the world changes" sounds simple, but it's like a tiny needle that gently pierced the shell she had built up over the years with coldness and aloofness.
Yes, times have changed. If the world hadn't changed, she wouldn't have come here again.
She suppressed the surging emotions in her heart and continued, "This road has not yet come to an end."
Ning Liu nodded and gestured for him to proceed.
"Then I'll trouble Your Holiness to lead the way."
Bibi Dong said nothing more and turned to walk forward.
As she moved forward, the surrounding environment began to subtly change.
The narrow path, which could only accommodate a few people side by side, gradually widened beneath their feet, and the surging crimson mist on both sides gradually thinned, revealing the true face of the abyss below.
It was not some void of darkness, but a vast, boundless, blood-red land. The ground was dry and cracked, as if endless blood had once soaked through this land, only to be completely drained by some force.
The frenzied aura in the air that could incite bloodlust was weakening, replaced by a more ancient and purer malevolent energy.
It was a steely majesty that had been forged through countless trials and judgments, cold and ruthless, as if it were the most stringent law in the world.
Ning Liu didn't speak, but silently followed behind Bibi Dong, his spiritual eye already activated.
In his field of vision, the space ahead was undergoing a violent distortion and reconstruction in some subtle ways.
This is not a natural occurrence, but rather the result of two completely different and powerful forces repelling and eroding each other.
One type is the majestic and righteous Asura divine power, full of judgmental intent.
The other is the sinister and mysterious power of the Rakshasa, representing depravity and chaos.
After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
They arrived at the edge of a huge circular platform. In the center of the platform was a huge pool of blood with a diameter of over 100 meters.
However, the scene of this blood pool was extremely bizarre.
The liquid in the pool was not bright red, but a viscous color between dark red and purplish-black, with fist-sized, foul-smelling bubbles constantly rising to the surface.
Each time a bubble bursts, a wisp of twisted black mist, seemingly composed of countless wailing faces, rises up, only to be swallowed back up by the pool water.
The entire blood pool was divided into two halves: one exuded a chilling, bone-chilling killing intent, while the other half was permeated with nauseating filth and resentment. These two auras formed a bizarre balance, intertwining and corrupting each other, transforming what should have been a sacred place of heritage into a veritable demonic realm.
"Holy crap, what is this thing?"
Xu Jiushi pinched his nose and took two steps back with a look of disgust.
Titan's expression also turned grim. He could sense the terrifying power contained within the pool of water—an evil that could corrupt the soul.
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan frowned deeply, and the golden aura around him brightened, completely blocking the evil aura that was encroaching upon him.
"What a vicious divine power! It has corrupted the land of Asura God's inheritance to such an extent."
Ning Liu's gaze passed over the blood pool and landed on Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong didn't look at anyone; her gaze was fixed on the churning, purplish-black pool water. Her beautiful face was devoid of color, her lips were tightly pressed together, and even her fingertips were trembling slightly.
This is the Asura Blood Pool.
The scene before him was clearly very different from what Ning Liu had seen in "Douluo Continent" about Tang San's journey through Hell Road.
"This is what the Rakshasa God asked me to do."
After a long while, Bibi Dong finally spoke, her voice hoarse and dry, as if she were recounting a past event that had nothing to do with her.
“When I arrived here, the divine will of the Rakshasa God descended upon me. It told me that as her successor, I must show sufficient ‘sincerity’.”
A self-deprecating smile curved her lips.
"Its sincerity is that it wants me to use my own blood essence as a guide to inject its divine power into this Asura Blood Pool, to pollute and defile it."
"It wants me to personally destroy the legacy and foundation of its mortal enemy in the Douluo Continent."
"That's right, the Asura Blood Pool here is what the Asura God has to go through in the eighth trial."
"According to the normal procedure, challengers need to endure the baptism of pure killing intent in the blood pool here. If they can survive, they will be reborn and achieve the body of a demigod!"
"I did as instructed."
Her words were calm, but Ning Liu could hear the suppressed emotions beneath that calm.
For any Soul Master, inheriting the legacy of a god is the highest honor.
However, Bibi Dong's path to succession was filled with coercion and transactions from the very beginning.
The Rakshasa God chose her not because she was compatible with him, but because he valued the hatred in her heart that was enough to burn everything.
It was only after Bibi Dong devoured the previous pope that the decision was made to pass the throne to him.
It is not cultivating successors, but forging the most suitable weapon, a pawn that can stir up trouble in the world.
Polluting the Asura Blood Pool is both a test and a shackle.
Once she did it, it meant that she had completely gone against the Asura God, who represented judgment and order, and could only follow the path of the Rakshasa God to the bitter end.
“I dripped a drop of my life essence blood, which contained the power of the Rakshasa God, into the pool, and then stirred up the source of killing intent at the bottom of the pool, causing the two divine powers to clash and annihilate each other. This process lasted for seven days and seven nights.”
Bibi Dong closed her eyes, seemingly unwilling to look at the filthy pool water any longer.
"Seven days later, this place will look like what you see now."
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