Who Was Parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King?

With Lin Yu snapping his fingers, the tavern patrons frozen into ice sculptures immediately shattered into snowflakes, which were then swept away by the wind and snow until they vanished.

The server was already dumbstruck, and terror had even appeared on his face. He had been wrong—the three people before him were clearly no ordinary customers.

But he could hardly be blamed for his lack of judgment. Earlier, he had mistakenly assumed that the handsome man and the pretty girl with the bun hairstyle were merely a young master and young lady with no strength at all.

Reality had slapped him hard across the face. These were all ruthless people.

"Server, bring us five glasses of lemonade. You have some here, right?" In the server's eyes, Lin Yu's smile looked downright terrifying. The server hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, yes."

A bar in the City of Slaughter could be missing anything else, but it absolutely had to have lemonade! Anyone who didn't have it would have a problem with everyone who did.

Lin Yu received five glasses of lemonade, giving two to Snow Empress and Ice Empress.

Of the other three, he kept one for himself and gave the remaining two to Qian Renxue and Ma Xiaotao.

The handsome prince was naturally Qian Renxue in disguise, while the red-haired girl with the bun hairstyle was Ma Xiaotao.

Qian Daoliu had brought them here today, but the City of Slaughter was not a good place to visit. Thus, only Qian Daoliu entered the City of Slaughter, while they were left behind in the tavern.

At this moment, the five of them sat around the same table and began chatting animatedly.

Qian Renxue asked in surprise, "Lin Yu, you reached the Extreme North Plains and contracted Ice Empress so quickly?"

Although Qian Renxue knew that Lin Yu possessed a tool capable of traversing spacetime, like the Starry Express, allowing him to control time as he pleased,

people were creatures of habit. Qian Renxue felt as if she and Ma Xiaotao had only arrived at the Worship Hall yesterday, yet today, upon coming to the City of Slaughter, they had already encountered Lin Yu, who had contracted Ice Empress.

His efficiency was simply astonishing.

Lin Yu smiled. "It did take some effort, but I managed to complete the contract in the end. How about you, Ma Xiaotao? It's your first time coming ten thousand years into the past. How does it feel?"

Ma Xiaotao immediately had something to say. "Terrifying. My first impression was that it was terrifying. I fear nothing in the academy, but coming here was far too frightening. There are so many unfamiliar Titled Douluo, and even a level-99 old man. The way he attacked was brutal—he casually strangled a Soul Ancestor to death and tossed him aside like a chicken, without even the slightest change in his expression."

After all, Ma Xiaotao lived in Shrek Academy ten thousand years in the future, where it was difficult for her to encounter an existence like Qian Daoliu, a Worship Hall leader who was practically unrivaled beneath the heavens.

Qian Daoliu killed people as easily as crushing ants, and he had given Ma Xiaotao quite a fright.

Lin Yu could not help laughing after hearing this.

Ice Empress asked curiously, "Who is Qian Daoliu? Is he really that frightening?"

Qian Renxue said, "He's my grandfather. He's a level-99 Peerless Douluo."

Ice Empress smiled. "A level-99 Peerless Douluo? Interesting. I've crossed paths with several Peerless Douluo in my life."

For a soul beast like Ice Empress, who possessed nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation, her strength was on par with that of a Peerless Douluo.

What seemed terrifying to Ma Xiaotao did not seem like much to Ice Empress.

Snow Empress asked, "Xiaoxue, did your grandfather go to retrieve the inner core of that Primordial Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Snake?"

The Primordial Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Snake was meant for Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, so that her Martial Soul could evolve into a Nine-Headed Phoenix.

The Nine-Headed Phoenix's rank far exceeded that of Ultimate Fire. It was already on the same level as Ultimate Ice and Snow.

If the two encountered each other, they would not suppress one another. Instead, they would develop into a deeper level of mutual enhancement.

By then, Lin Yu's Soul Power would rise once more.

That was the plan Lin Yu had prepared before heading to the Extreme North Plains. He would contract Ice Empress and complete the evolution of Ultimate Ice and Snow, while Qian Renxue and Ma Xiaotao would complete the evolution of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.

However, retrieving the inner core had fallen to Qian Daoliu, whom Qian Renxue had commissioned.

Qian Daoliu was level 99 and possessed an existence like the top-tier Six-winged Angel. He was undoubtedly the best candidate to enter the City of Slaughter and retrieve the inner core.

Lin Yu believed that even the King of Slaughter would be unable to do anything to Qian Daoliu.

While Lin Yu and the four women chatted and laughed, without needing to do anything at all, the passage in the tavern leading to the City of Slaughter was opened once more after only half a day.

A black figure shrouded from head to toe suddenly appeared. In his hand, he held a bloodstained, blazing inner core, and a smile hung at the corner of his mouth.

"My good granddaughter, the inner core you wanted is here."

The voice that came from the black figure was unexpectedly Qian Daoliu's.

Qian Renxue and Ma Xiaotao were both stunned.

How did that imposing old man turn into someone so furtive, and why is his aura so evil?

Qian Renxue was equally bewildered. "Grandpa, how did you become like this?"

But at that moment, Ice Empress suddenly slammed her palm onto the table. A current of extreme cold surged forth, rushing toward the black figure.

The black figure let out a soft "Huh?" "There's clearly no record of this person in that old man's memories." Yet his hands were not slow. He struck out with a burst of light power, colliding head-on with the wave of cold.

But this light power had now become incomparably dark. It was filled with the evil force of corruption, without the slightest trace of light.

The two forces collided, and the entire tavern was instantly reduced to ashes.

Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, Ma Xiaotao, and Snow Empress rushed outside together, leaving Ice Empress and the black figure to fight. The two battled back and forth, locked in a fierce struggle.

"My grandfather... How could this be?"

When Qian Renxue saw the black figure's face, it was unmistakably her grandfather, Qian Daoliu. Shock appeared on her face.

Lin Yu found the sight equally inconceivable, yet somehow familiar. "The Power of Corruption is something only the King of Slaughter possesses. Why has it appeared in Qian Daoliu?"

Qian Daoliu was a top-tier Six-winged Angel whose aura should have been one of light. Yet now, he seemed just like a Fallen Angel, his evil power overwhelmingly strong.

This scene immediately reminded Lin Yu of Tang Hao, who had been parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King.

Once upon a time, even Tang Hao, a level-99 Peerless Douluo, had ended up parasitized for a hundred years, unable to free himself.

This is bad. Could Qian Daoliu have suffered the same fate as Tang Hao and been parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King?

Yet the thought seemed utterly absurd.

Qian Daoliu possessed the light power of the Six-winged Angel as well as the strength of a level-99 Peerless Douluo. He should have been the Nine-Headed Bat King's natural nemesis.

Before setting out, Lin Yu had even instructed Qian Renxue to have Qian Daoliu bring the Angel Sword, specifically to guard against Tang Hao, who had been parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King.

He had originally thought that Qian Daoliu would easily retrieve the Primordial Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Snake's inner core and complete his plan.

Yet such a huge flaw had appeared in the plan. Qian Daoliu had obtained the inner core, but he had also been parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King, leading to this attack.

If Ice Empress had not been present, their group would have been in danger.

Even if Qian Daoliu, after being parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King, could no longer display level-99 strength, he could still fight Ice Empress evenly.

But the most dangerous thing about the Nine-Headed Bat King was that it also possessed the Slaughter Domain, which could imprison soul skills.

Once it was unleashed, Ice Empress would inevitably fall into a disadvantage.