214: Walking the dog while simultaneously engaging in murder!

Chen Nian stepped through the dark red spatial rift, feeling as if he had crossed between two completely different worlds.

A blast of scorching, viscous air, thick with the scent of sulfur and burning, rushed at him, making it hard to breathe.

It felt like an entirely different realm inside.

The sky was an oppressive dark red, devoid of sun, moon, or stars, filled only with distorted layers of dark crimson clouds.

The earth was cracked, with inextinguishable demonic fires burning on the scorched ground and rivers of boiling lava flowing through it.

The air was thick with dense Abyssal Fel energy—chaotic, tyrannical, and saturated with a will for destruction and greed.

It constantly gnawed at the mind and spirit of any intruder.

This was a corner of the Gloomy Abyss, the territory ruled by the Incinerator—the "Scorched Ash Wasteland."

Their arrival immediately drew the attention of the Abyssal Demon on the other side of the rift.

They came in various forms, each possessing a powerful aura.

Without exception, however, their faces were masks of terror and bewilderment, as if they had just survived a catastrophe.

These were the ones who had luckily escaped Chen Nian's slaughter in the valley earlier.

Or they were the demonic units that had been on standby within the Abyss, waiting for the Incinerator's triumphant return.

They had thought they would be safe once they escaped back to the Abyss and returned to Lord Annihilator's domain.

They had been waiting anxiously for the outcome of the battle outside, praying that Lord Annihilator would slay that terrifying human.

However, when they saw the spatial rift fluctuate and the expected figure of the Dominator appear—

All the Demonic Evils froze in place as if a collective Petrification Spell had been cast upon them!

What were they seeing?

Their supreme Dominator, Lord Annihilator, who wielded the authority of incineration... at this moment, both his arms were severed at the shoulders, the wounds charred and shattered.

His massive flaming body was riddled with holes, covered in horrific scars from being violently torn and blasted.

Dark red divine blood dripped continuously, causing white smoke to "sizzle" as it hit the scorching ground.

His aura was weakened to the extreme, and every step he took seemed incredibly difficult and painful.

His massive frame stumbled, looking as if it might collapse entirely at any moment.

But what caused the most fear and made the Demonic Evils' scalps tingle was—

Around Lord Annihilator's neck, there was a highly condensed golden thread radiating brilliant Divine Might and absolute binding power!

The other end of the thread was held in the hand of a... human!

That human was wearing clean, casual clothes that were completely out of place in this purgatory-like environment.

His expression was calm, even carrying a hint of leisure and amusement as he surveyed his surroundings.

That look, that posture... it didn't look like he was breaking into a dragon's den at all.

It looked more like a nobleman taking a stroll in his own back garden, leisurely... walking a dog?

And their great Lord Annihilator was that dog being walked?!

Silence!

An absolute, suffocating silence descended upon this lava plain!

The eyes of all the Demonic Evils bulged, their mouths hung open unconsciously, and their brains completely stalled as they tried to process this scene that was far beyond their limit of understanding!

Time seemed to freeze.

A few seconds later.

"Woomph—!!!"

Like a ladle of ice water thrown into a boiling vat of oil, the entire plain instantly erupted!

Terrified, unbelievable chatter broke out like a booming tsunami!

"Lord... Lord Annihilator?!"

"No! Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! I must be hallucinating!"

"Lord! You... how could you... become like this?!"

"Lord Annihilator... He's been... leashed by a human?!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! That is a Dominator! An evil god who incinerates all things! How could he be... by a mere human..."

"What kind of monster is that human?!"

"Crazy! This world has gone completely crazy!"

Extreme terror spread like a frantic plague!

All the Demonic Evils were scared out of their wits.

They looked at Chen Nian's chillingly calm face.

They looked at the Incinerator's miserable and lowly state.

Their faith completely collapsed!

Some Demonic Evils slumped to the ground in fear.

Some let out hysterical screams and turned to flee.

Still others fell into complete madness, letting out desperate roars and curses at Chen Nian.

The whole scene was chaotic to the extreme!

However, Chen Nian, at the center of the storm, seemed completely oblivious to the boiling chaos and the countless terrified, venomous gazes.

His gaze swept over the black mass of Demonic Evils on the plain, his eyes brightening slightly, and an undisguised smile of joy curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Oh?"

"There are still so many fish that escaped the net?"

"Good, very good!"

"This trip to the Abyss was indeed the right choice!"

These were all pure points!

The joy in his heart was almost overflowing.

This Gloomy Abyss was truly a treasure trove!

To be given such a large welcoming gift right at the door, they were far too polite!

With that thought, Chen Nian didn't hesitate at all.

He didn't even bother to say hello, simply raising his free left hand.

In his palm, eerie green destructive energy began to rapidly converge and compress!

Nether Shock, activate!

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Nian casually waved his hand toward the densest cluster of Demonic Evils.

"Swoosh—!"

An eerie green energy beam instantly sliced through the dark red sky.

With an invincible momentum, it slammed violently into the ranks of the demonic army!

"Boom—!!!!!"

Accompanied by a massive explosion.

The eerie green energy erupted, forming a huge, outward-spreading field of death energy!

Within the range of the energy field, whether they were low-tier Demonic Evils or sturdy Fourth and Fifth-Tier elite Demonic Evils—

Their bodies were torn apart the moment they touched that green energy!

Hard bones were turned to powder, and tough flesh was reduced to scraps.

In just an instant, the center of the explosion was cleared into a massive circular void!

Bones and flesh flew everywhere, and blood splattered!

Shrill wails resounded through the clouds!

[Ding! Killed a Third-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 688 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fourth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 3,552 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fourth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 7,691 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 15,222 points!]

...In Chen Nian's mind, the System's notifications refreshed frantically like a waterfall.

He was very satisfied with this.

However, this sudden, bloody, and brutal attack instantly shattered the psychological defenses of all the Demonic Evils.

"Aaaaaah! Run!"

"He's a devil! That human is a devil!"

"He's going to kill us! He's going to kill us all!"

The demonic army completely collapsed.

They screamed and cried, fleeing in all directions like madmen, only wishing they had been born with more legs.

Chen Nian, however, didn't care at all.

Holding the leash of the now completely numb Incinerator, he followed leisurely behind it.

With his other hand, he continuously condensed eerie green energy beams, firing them one after another at the fleeing Demonic Evils.

"Boom!"

A blast of Nether Shock turned a large group of Demonic Evils trying to hide behind rocks into a mist of blood.

"Boom!!"

Another Nether Shock accurately hit a Sixth-Tier Demonic Evil that was taking flight, blowing it up mid-air and sending flesh raining down.

"Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!"

He didn't even bother to aim properly, just casually bombarding wherever the Demonic Evils were densest.

For a time, the entire black plain turned into the most tragic and bloody slaughterhouse.

The sounds of explosions, screams, and wails were incessant.

The ground was blasted with one bottomless, horrific crater after another, filled with churning green death energy.

[Ding! Killed a Fourth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 6,888 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fourth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 7,552 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 13,331 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Tier Abyssal Evil, gained 15,222 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Sixth-Tier Demonic Evil, gained 21,891 points!]

...The System's point notifications almost never stopped.

Feeling the point values on his personal panel skyrocket, Chen Nian felt incredibly refreshed and satisfied.

This was exactly how grinding mobs should be!

The Incinerator, led by the golden thread, numbly led the way ahead.

He turned a deaf ear to the slaughter behind him, not even daring to pause for a second.

He now had only one thought—to reach the core area where the "Abyss Council" was located as quickly as possible!

There were other Abyssal Overlords there, like the Skeleton Monarch, Thousand-Illusion Demon Lord, Lava Troll, Corrupting Overlord, and the Lord of Curses!

As long as he got there and combined the power of the other Dominators, they would surely be able to crush this terrifying human!

This was his only chance at life!

And his only hope for revenge!

As for the lives of these low-level Demonic Evils?

What did it matter to him!

In the face of the Abyss's survival, these were all cannon fodder that could be sacrificed at will!

Chen Nian continued "walking the dog" while efficiently clearing out the Demonic Evils he encountered along the way, his points rising rapidly.

He felt extremely comfortable.

How was this breaking into a dragon's den?

This was clearly entering an all-you-can-eat point paradise!

Just then, as they continued to go deeper.

Chen Nian sensed an extremely powerful, heart-palpitating energy fluctuation.

That place seemed to be the convergence point for all the evil energy in the Abyss!

Chen Nian looked up toward that direction. Instead of any sign of gravity, an even more fiery light erupted in his eyes.

"It looks like we're almost there!"

"I hope the things inside don't disappoint me!"