I'm Not Looking for You, but Tang Chen!

Chen Luo flicked his sleeve, and the bloodstained floor slid aside in response.

Beneath it was a dark, blood-red opening, from which a chilling killing intent spread.

This was the entrance leading to the City of Slaughter.

Chen Luo's gaze remained calm. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped into that crimson abyss.

Chen Luo passed through the deep passageway,

and landed steadily.

He looked up to see a blood moon hanging high in the sky, casting the world into dim darkness.

Straight ahead stood a colossal steel city, built from pale bones and dark-red blood bricks.

Standing here,

one felt like a lone boat drifting across an endless sea of blood, insignificant as dust.

"So this is the City of Slaughter?"

Chen Luo's expression was indifferent.

The moment he entered this land, he sensed that the killing intent pervading the place would silently erode one's mind.

For other soul masters, this might have been a hellish place.

But his strength had already reached the realm of a God King. If he wished, a single thought could erase the City of Slaughter from the world.

"Clop, clop, clop—"

Suddenly, the sound of hoofbeats rang out from afar, shattering the deathly silence.

A knight clad in silver armor rode slowly toward Chen Luo on a warhorse.

"I am Terror Knight Scott."

"Defeat me, and only then will you be qualified to enter the City of Slaughter."

"Or die!"

Chen Luo merely said calmly,

"I choose the second option."

"What?"

Scott froze, before he could react.

Chen Luo took a step forward,

his figure becoming illusory, as though he had crossed space and time to appear directly beside Scott.

"W-What?!"

Scott's pupils contracted sharply. Just as he tried to move, he discovered that his body could no longer move at all!

No,

it was not that he could not move,

but that he had completely lost all sensation of his body!

He watched helplessly as Chen Luo passed by him and walked farther and farther away.

At that instant,

his vision suddenly swayed, and the world rapidly darkened.

The next moment,

Scott's head rolled from his neck,

his eyes still wide open as they stared at the retreating figure.

Chen Luo slowly walked toward the towering gates of the City of Slaughter. At that moment, amid roiling blood mist, a graceful female figure emerged and approached him.

"Welcome to the City of Slaughter~"

Her red lips parted slightly, her voice carrying a lazy, seductive charm. "I will be your guide for the next twelve hours. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me~"

As she spoke, the Slaughter Messenger extended her slender arm, intending to wrap it around Chen Luo's neck. Her wandering eyes were filled with alluring charm.

Yet Chen Luo's expression did not change. He merely said,

"Take me to see the King of Slaughter."

"...What?"

The Slaughter Messenger froze. The seductive smile on her face instantly stiffened, and a trace of incredulous shock flashed through her eyes.

"Do you know that the King of Slaughter is the supreme existence of this world? Do you think you can see him just because you say so?"

Her tone was mocking, but then a playful curve appeared on her lips.

"Of course... if you can achieve a hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena and earn the qualification to enter Hell Road, then you will naturally have the honor of meeting the great King of Slaughter."

"Well? Isn't that an enticing condi—Agh!"

Before she could finish, Chen Luo's hand had already clamped around her fair neck like an iron pincer, tightening slightly.

The Slaughter Messenger's feet gradually left the ground. Her once-beautiful face quickly lost its color from suffocation, turning deathly pale.

"I'll say this one last time."

Chen Luo's voice was bone-chillingly cold, without the slightest fluctuation.

"Take me to see the King of Slaughter."

"Otherwise... die."

If Chen Luo used the divine sense of a God King, he could naturally locate the King of Slaughter with ease.

But doing so would inevitably draw the attention of the gods of the God Realm. They would never allow any deity to remain in the mortal world without authorization.

With Chen Luo's current strength, he had no fear of facing one or two God Kings.

But there were five God Kings and more than ten Level One Gods in the God Realm. Their strength could not be underestimated either.

More importantly,

he still had to remain in the mortal world to farm Shock Value.

If he accidentally destroyed this world, how would he obtain Shock Value afterward?

This was currently the safest way to earn Shock Value. He did not want to ruin it over unnecessary matters.

The Slaughter Messenger was still struggling, but even after using her Soul Power, she could not shake the white-robed young man before her in the slightest!

H-How was this possible?!

The City of Slaughter had always been enveloped by the King of Slaughter's domain. Apart from those specially permitted by him, no soul master could use soul skills here.

Yet even so, this white-robed young man was still this terrifyingly strong!

Just what realm had he reached?

A Titled Douluo? Or perhaps... even higher?

The Slaughter Messenger had no time to think further. The scent of death had already enveloped her.

"M-My lord... I'll take you to see the King of Slaughter right away..."

Chen Luo released his hand.

The Slaughter Messenger immediately collapsed to the ground, greedily gulping in air, her face filled with the lingering terror of surviving death.

"Lead the way."

Chen Luo spoke again, his expression indifferent.

"Yes... yes, my lord."

The Slaughter Messenger no longer dared to hesitate. She obediently led the way ahead.

Not long after,

the two entered a sinister blood-red ancient castle. Passing through dark, winding corridors, they eventually arrived at a great hall shrouded in crimson light and shadow.

At the very front of the hall,

a burly figure sat quietly upon a throne of bones.

Blood-red wings extended from his back. He held a dark wine cup filled with thick crimson liquid, which gave off a suffocatingly bloody stench.

The King of Slaughter took a sip of Yellow Springs Dew from his cup and said coldly,

"You came at a time you should not have. I hope you have brought back something that will please me."

Before her stood the King of Slaughter, his pressure as heavy as a mountain; behind her stood the white-robed young man, still as an abyss. The Slaughter Messenger's heart was already filled with fear.

Suppressing her terror, she forced out a strained smile and said in a trembling voice,

"Great King of Slaughter... this white-robed young man insisted on seeing you. This servant... had no choice but to lead him here..."

Upon hearing this, the King of Slaughter's eyes abruptly turned blood-red. Two pale bone spikes shot out from his pupils, grazing the messenger's fair neck.

In an instant, two lines of blood slowly seeped down her neck.

The Slaughter Messenger trembled violently, her eyes filled with terror.

"Daring to bring an outsider here without my permission... it seems I have been too merciful lately, causing you to forget what fear is."

"Considering that you have rendered some service in managing the City of Slaughter over the years, I will spare your life for now. You will be punished afterward."

"Get out."

"Th-Thank you, King of Slaughter, for sparing my life!"

The Slaughter Messenger hurriedly fled the palace. At that moment, only the King of Slaughter and Chen Luo remained inside.

The King of Slaughter swirled the Yellow Springs Dew in his hand and looked at Chen Luo with interest, saying calmly,

"The Slaughter Messenger was granted the ability to use Soul Power within the City of Slaughter. Even a Soul Douluo would not be her match here."

"Interesting... I heard you were looking for me?"

Facing the King of Slaughter's imposing aura, Chen Luo remained as calm as still water and said lightly,

"I'm not looking for you."

"I'm looking for Tang Chen."

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