The Blood Mist World is a realm of pure unknowns. Players generally speculate it's filled with annihilated civilizations, but the cause of the Blood Mist World's existence, no one knows.

When Xu Lang used Nightmare Eye to probe the blood mist, he only received this line of information.

[Blood Mist: One of the "Calamities" of the Blood Mist World. Its nature is chaos and slaughter. Only a very few top-tier powers can isolate it.]

"Screech!"

After Xu Lang had been strolling leisurely for a while, a humanoid monster with pointed ears spotted him, shrieking as it pounced to kill.

*Squelch~*

The monster froze in mid-air for an instant, then its body abruptly snapped into two halves.

Meanwhile, Xu Lang had already walked past it. In a blur, it seemed like he had swung his blade, yet also seemed like he hadn't.

A wisp of soul light, invisible to the conventional eye, trailed after him, flying into Purgatory March.

"One living being isn't enough to birth one ghost, huh?" Xu Lang glanced at Purgatory March and murmured.

[Effect 1 (Soul Tomb): Part of the soul of slain living beings is drawn into the blade, transforming into ghosts who repair and temper the longsword day and night, enhancing all attributes. Current ghost count: 00.1]

Purgatory March's appetite is quite big.

But it doesn't matter. The blood mist creatures are endless.

A Corpse Gentleman and a Plaster Sculpture moved out from the Art Building.

The Art Building area is even harder to conquer than Ginkgo Avenue because many powerful blood mist creatures are hidden inside the Art Building. Everyone is stuck here.

As if sensing something, all the monsters from the Art Building came out into the corridor, peering at Xu Lang through the glass curtain wall.

"Whoa, an all-star lineup." Xu Lang looked up and spotted floating ghostly paintings... unfinished stone statues... curators... geometric eyes, and a host of other notorious grotesque-type blood mist creatures.

Among the pioneering players, these monsters are all on the wanted list.

Blade light flashed. The Corpse Gentleman and the Plaster Sculpture instantly shattered.

The Plaster Sculpture crumbled into pieces on the ground. The stone fragments tried to coalesce but soon began to burn, dying completely.

Purgatory March can drain vitality and also burn souls!

Targets lacking corresponding resistance are basically done for after one slash.

Xu Lang walked alone into the Art Building.

"Woof woof woof!"

The Soul-Herding Wolf barked furiously at the Art Building. Seeing Xu Lang actually go inside, its shifty eyes scanned the surroundings, its tail tucked between its legs, and it followed him in.

...

In less than ten minutes, Xu Lang emerged from the Art Building. Then, after venturing a bit deeper, he began pushing horizontally towards Ginkgo Avenue.

During this time, the monsters never stopped. They came from all directions, all blood mist creatures.

Blood mist creatures harbor an innate malice towards living beings. When players enter their domain, it's like having Blood Grudge activated.

Xu Lang's pace was swift. No matter how strong the monsters were, he maintained a basic movement speed equivalent to an ordinary person's run.

In just half an hour, a terrifyingly long crimson path unfurled behind Xu Lang!

Wherever he went, there was slaughter and death!

One man, one blade, one dog, a four-kilometer-long "Jingguan Great Wall" of piled corpses!

If there are blood mist creatures in the mist that kill on sight, then Xu Lang should be counted among them!

And he's the kind that most loves slaughter, the most ruthless type!

The Soul-Herding Wolf wagged its tail, following Xu Lang, head held high and chest puffed out. Human phrases it had heard surfaced in its mind.

All those creatures that made it afraid were slain by its master.

Master is really awesome!

Awesome, awesome, just like how I am awesome against the Ghost Child!

The lower half of its legs were thoroughly soaked in blood, leaving plum blossom footprints with each step.

And Xu Lang...

Surprisingly, he had very little bloodstains on him, remaining largely clean and tidy.

The credit for this goes to an emerald-green pendant hanging from his neck. This accessory doesn't add attributes but has super-strong self-cleaning capabilities.

Horizontal Slash!

Seven Killings Blood Qi erupted from Purgatory March. The blade energy cleared all monsters in the vicinity. Xu Lang stopped and raised his gaze towards the depths of the Blood Mist World. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

At the far end of the horizon, a church stood tall and imposing.

A great serpent coiled upon it writhed silently, like a horrifying entity lurking within the blood mist. Its mere existence was a judgment upon the senses of fear.

The great serpent raised its head, locking eyes with Xu Lang across who knows how many meters.

This great serpent possesses high spiritual awareness.

And it is absolutely a worthy opponent to fight.

"There will be a place for you in the Pasture."

Xu Lang wasn't planning to go over there.

The gains from this trip were already plentiful enough.

Along the entire way, he hadn't picked up a single dropped item.

—Your deaths are my best trophies!

Seven Killings Blood Qi needs to purify the blood qi through killing. The Blood Rakshasa blood pact needs to grow through slaughter. Even the blade in his hand craves the taste of souls.

Xu Lang felt fortunate that his power system revolved around slaughter.

Slaughter is the most legitimate power in the Blood Mist World, running through everything from start to finish.

Before, he had thought about obtaining some kind of guardian sequence.

Now...

"This world is already in this sorry state, and I'm in this sorry state too. Savior Sequence, don't you dare actually make me do that saving-the-world stuff..."

How can saving compare to the thrill and directness of slaughter?

Just as Xu Lang was about to turn and leave, a figure silently blocked the path ahead.

He appeared, the Cloaked Man!

He wore leather clothes with leather pants. Beneath his cloak, a pale jaw was visible, like a ghost.

The last time Xu Lang encountered him, he directly used a fusion technique with the Soul-Herding Wolf and ran away.

[Nightmare Eye - Cloaked Man: Seed No. 1 of the Dragonfolk Civilization, carrying the hope of a civilization. Now completely aberrant, fallen into a rather anomalous blood mist creature... Your existence has aroused his desire to kill. Combat power assessment: "Dangerous"]

"Dangerous" to Xu Lang means it can harm him, something he must treat with utmost seriousness!

Therefore, as the Cloaked Man shot towards him at extreme speed, leaving a vacuum trail behind him, the blood mist scattering in a grand spectacle, Xu Lang offered his own serious slash in response!

Seven Killings Blood Qi - Ghost Slash!

A crimson blade energy, more dazzling than the blood mist, erupted ferociously!

The blade energy only burst forth when the Cloaked Man was less than two meters from Xu Lang, the timing grasped perfectly.

Xu Lang simply didn't want to leave the Cloaked Man any chance of survival!

I've wanted to kill you for a long time!

Before, even as the War God, Xu Lang couldn't execute such a perfect, zero-error slash. The appearance of Purgatory March has increased his entire attack speed!

*Clang~!!!*

The Cloaked Man raised his arms to block. The dismemberment effect triggered. Both arms flew right off!

Those two arms fell to the ground, covered in ugly green scales!

The Cloaked Man's cloak was blown open by the force of the impact, revealing his true appearance.

The upper half of his face was covered in the same ugly scales as his arms, while the lower half was as fair and smooth as jade.

"Urgh aahh!" The Cloaked Man met Xu Lang's gaze, realized something, and began screaming madly.

He tried to raise his hands to cover his face but found his arms were also severed.

Blood from the severed limbs mixed with tears. Surprisingly, the tears were more torrential than the blood, hitting the ground first.

Compared to losing his arms, he seemed to care more about being seen in his true form.

"Accept your death properly. You're lucky. I'm not that strong yet, so you can still have a place in the Pasture." Xu Lang swung his blade again. A fine head soared high into the air.

*Squelch~*

Blood from the severed neck gushed like a fountain. The Cloaked Man's body fell to the ground, lying completely still. The soul light point, on its way into Purgatory March, was intercepted by the Scarlet Shepherd Sequence and entered the Grave Pasture.

While this soul light point doesn't affect the birth of Herd Spirits, it would damage the overall integrity. The Scarlet Shepherd Sequence wouldn't just let it be.

In terms of rank and priority, the Scarlet Shepherd far surpasses Purgatory March.

"Sigh, even starting to fight over food now. Back in the Safe Zone, where would you find so many lives to share? It really has to be the Blood Mist World."