Inner Core

"Damn it!"

Seeing that Bibi Dong had not fallen into the lava, the Slaughter King looked extremely displeased.

He had thought he could get rid of one of them, but it had still failed.

And seeing Mu Ge deal with the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent—though he was no match for it, he was not being suppressed too badly either—the Slaughter King's mood worsened even further.

Mu Ge alone was no match for the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, but with Bibi Dong added to the mix, it would no longer be a problem!

"Could two more Slaughter Gods emerge today?"

The Slaughter King was deeply displeased by the prospect. He did not want a single Slaughter God to appear, because every Slaughter God posed a threat to him.

As long as no Slaughter Gods existed, he was a god within Slaughter City. Others could not use soul skills, but he could. No one could do anything to him.

But the existence of Slaughter Gods shattered that advantage. Not only could Slaughter Gods freely enter and leave Slaughter City, they could also use soul skills within it.

Bang—

The cup of Yellow Spring Dew that displayed Mu Ge and Bibi Dong's trial was crushed with a bang in the Slaughter King's furious grip.

Well, now the Slaughter King could not watch even if he wanted to.

"Go. Bring me another cup of Yellow Spring Dew!"

The Slaughter King could only issue the order.

Boom—

"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer: Fifty-Sixth Hammer!"

On the Path to Hell, Mu Ge swung his hammer again and again, its power continuously stacking.

At first, Mu Ge's attacks had been unable to suppress the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. But gradually, the situation turned around, and it was the serpent that began to be suppressed by Mu Ge.

"Die!"

Squelch—

Besides Mu Ge's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Bibi Dong was also responsible for this.

Under Bibi Dong's relentless attacks, four of the fleshy tumors behind the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's heads had already been destroyed, causing its strength to steadily decline.

As one side rose while the other weakened, it was only natural that the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent would be suppressed by Mu Ge.

"Roar—"

Facing Mu Ge and Bibi Dong's powerful teamwork, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, having lost four of its fleshy tumors, roared repeatedly as its enormous tail whipped about.

Yet, suppressed by Mu Ge, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent could not even flee, leaving it in an extremely passive position.

Squelch—

Not long afterward, Bibi Dong found another opening and struck viciously from behind, shattering yet another of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's fleshy tumors.

Those fleshy tumors were not only the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's source of energy, but also its weakness.

"Roar—"

Having lost so many fleshy tumors in succession, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent roared incessantly, its massive body thrashing wildly.

But it was still useless.

Perhaps Mu Ge alone was no match for the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and could only pass the trial by escaping the Path to Hell.

The same went for Bibi Dong. She could not handle the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent alone, but escaping directly would not be a problem.

So even if the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent was stronger than the two of them, it was not stronger by much.

Now, under Mu Ge and Bibi Dong's combined assault, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent was completely no match for them.

It was a complete crushing victory.

Mu Ge and Bibi Dong's teamwork was far stronger than Tang San and Hu Liena's in the original story!

"Seventy-Second Hammer!"

Boom—

Squelch—

"Roar—"

By the time Mu Ge's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer reached the seventy-second strike, every fleshy tumor on the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's body had been destroyed!

Sensing the intense danger, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's two eyes turned blood-red in despair.

Boom—

Immediately afterward, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent spat out a tiny bead from its mouth. The bead radiated intense Soul Power fluctuations.

Waves of powerful energy erupted from it, temporarily forcing Mu Ge and Bibi Dong back and preventing them from approaching.

"Not good..."

Sensing the powerful Soul Power fluctuations erupting from the bead before the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, Bibi Dong felt a sense of foreboding.

She could sense that the energy contained within that bead was growing increasingly violent under the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's control, as though it might erupt at any moment.

If the energy within it exploded, neither she nor Mu Ge would be able to escape.

Yet faced with the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's final outburst, Bibi Dong discovered that she could not get close to it at all. The Soul Power shockwave erupting from its body was too powerful; she simply could not approach.

"Trying to take us down with you?"

"Don't even think about it!"

Just as Bibi Dong was growing anxious, she heard Mu Ge let out a remarkably calm, cold laugh.

"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!"

"Nine Nines Return to One, the eighty-first hammer!"

Boom—

Bibi Dong then saw Mu Ge swing the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand. Building upon the original seventy-two strikes, he rapidly stacked them up to eighty-one within a single second.

Boom—

Having unleashed the strongest blow of eighty-one hammer strikes, Mu Ge used the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand as a point of breakthrough, smashing through the Soul Power shockwave erupting from the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's body. Before the serpent's final desperate attack could erupt, the Clear Sky Hammer slammed viciously into its massive head.

Bang—

The heavy hammer crashed onto the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's head, visibly driving it sharply downward.

Crack~

Immediately afterward came the sound of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's skull shattering.

Boom—

In the end, the enormous body of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent crashed fiercely into the magma below along with the descent of Mu Ge's Clear Sky Hammer.

Splash—

Its massive body struck the surface, sending up towering waves—except those waves were scorching magma.

The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's body continued to writhe, but it gradually sank lower and lower. At last, it was completely swallowed by the magma.

After putting away the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core and seeing that it had not reappeared for quite some time, Mu Ge knew that he and Bibi Dong had taken it down together.

Perhaps it was dead. Its earlier writhing might merely have been the muscle memory of a snake-type soul beast, which could still move after death.

Or perhaps it was not dead, but had lost its ability to fight—or simply did not dare emerge again.

Either way, they had passed the final stage of the Path to Hell.

"Finally dealt with it. The exit should be up ahead. Let's get out of here quickly!"

Quietly putting away the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core, Mu Ge turned to Bibi Dong and spoke.

The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core was a valuable treasure. Naturally, Mu Ge did not want Bibi Dong to notice it.

The moment Mu Ge knocked the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent down, its Inner Core—which had been in turmoil and on the verge of exploding—calmed down, no longer posing any danger.

Mu Ge felt that Bibi Dong probably did not know about Inner Cores, so she should not have noticed him putting away the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core.

"Mm, let's go. Let's leave this place!"

"I don't want to stay here for another second!"

Seeing that the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent had been defeated and seeming to spot the exit in the distance, Bibi Dong immediately beat the Six Wings Purple Light Wings on her back and flew toward the exit.

Sure enough, Bibi Dong had not noticed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core that Mu Ge had put away.

P.S. Uh~ there will be another update later. The third update won't be coming out.