A vast surge of energy formed a hundred-meter wave that came crashing down.
"Holy... holy crap!!"
"Ahhh! Ahhh!!"
Every soldier wore an expression of sheer terror. They stared at the hundred-meter wave, stunned with fear.
"No! Nooo!"
Pfft!
Boom!!
With a single strike, hundreds of soldiers fell to the ground.
"This is terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!"
"Who... who are they?"
The Terror Knight gaped in shock, nearly falling off his warhorse.
The three had reached the city gate. Xiao Bai glanced at the height of the wall and asked, "Boss, what now? Should we climb over?"
"No need. You two, step aside."
"Oh, sure."
Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai moved to the side.
Ye Wen rolled up his sleeves, then loosened up with a couple of stretches.
The Terror Knight's eyes widened. "What's he doing? Is he planning to smash the gate? Is he insane? It's made from top-grade Black Iron. There's no way he could break it with one punch—"
Thud! Boom, boom, boom!
Ye Wen smashed the massive front gate to pieces with one terrifying punch. The entire iron gate came apart on the spot and crashed heavily to the ground.
"Holy crap!!!!"
"This can't be real! It can't be real! How can anyone be that strong?!"
The Terror Knight was completely terrified. All the soldiers lying on the ground gaped at the scene, dumbfounded.
Ye Wen dusted off his hands and said nonchalantly, "This gate really was sturdy. I had to put in a little effort to break it. Let's go in."
"Mm-hmm."
"A little... effort?!"
The three strode into Slaughter City under the stunned gazes of everyone around them.
"The city gate's been breached! The city gate's been breached!"
"Send reinforcements!"
"Three unknown powerhouses smashed through the gate and entered Slaughter City!!"
"Stop them!"
"Quick! Inform the Slaughter King!!!"
At that moment, Slaughter City descended into utter chaos.
Large numbers of Slaughter City's forces began rushing toward the gate, intending to intercept and kill Ye Wen and the others.
At that moment, the Slaughter King was in his room with a Veiled Maid, engaged in an indecent act.
The veiled woman was the daughter of the Slaughter King's most favored maid. She was also known as the Slaughter King's representative, his messenger.
"Your Majesty! You're... so strong! Mmm~"
"Heh heh ha ha! Of course I'm strong! Keep working it for your king!"
The Slaughter King grinned wickedly, thoroughly enjoying himself.
Just then, a soldier's panicked, hurried voice came from outside the door. "Your Majesty! Great Slaughter King! Something terrible has happened!!"
The Slaughter King's face turned sour. He was in the middle of having a good time. "What is it? Stop blubbering and tell me properly!"
"Your Majesty! No! Don't stop channeling your power into me." The veiled woman panted softly.
"Heh, don't worry." The Slaughter King glanced at the veiled woman and smiled.
"Your Majesty! Three unknown powerhouses forced their way into Slaughter City!" the soldier reported from outside.
"Oh? Nothing like this has happened in Slaughter City for a thousand years. Someone actually dares to force their way in? Hah. Just send people to kill them. Why report this to me?" The Slaughter King sounded a little surprised, but otherwise unconcerned.
"They... they smashed through the city gate to get in, and our forces are almost completely beaten!"
"The three of them are outrageously powerful!"
"What!!!" The Slaughter King roughly shoved the veiled woman away. Now he was finally starting to panic.
"Ah... Your Majesty, you're so rough..." The veiled woman had been shoved aside so forcefully that it stung, and she was a little annoyed.
"Unbelievable! All of you couldn't stop three people? Who are they? Are they among the Gods of Slaughter?" The Slaughter King lost all interest. He pushed open the door and walked out.
"They aren't among the Gods of Slaughter. They haven't used Soul Skills, but they can use all sorts of powerful moves. Our people can't withstand them at all, Your Majesty!"
"Hmph! Bunch of useless trash. I'll have to kill them myself." The Slaughter King shot them a glance, then disappeared the next moment.
Soon, he appeared in the sky, flapping his blood-red bat wings as he raced toward them.
At that moment, in Slaughter City's Outer City,
hundreds upon hundreds of people had been knocked down by Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, and Xiao Bai. Some were dead, and others were injured.
"Boss, the Slaughter King should be here soon, right?" Evil Tiger said, thoroughly enjoying himself. Ever since following Ye Wen, he hadn't had such a satisfying fight in a long time. It felt great.
"He's already here." Ye Wen slowly turned around and looked into the distance. He could already sense the Slaughter King's aura rapidly approaching.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the Slaughter King appeared in the distant sky, speeding toward them like a vampire.
Whoosh! Thud!
The next moment, the Slaughter King landed in front of Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, and Xiao Bai.
"So you're the ones who smashed the gate to my Slaughter City and beat my Subordinates into this state!" The Slaughter King was surrounded by an evil killing aura and an overwhelming stench of blood, making Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai wary.
Seeing the Slaughter King appear, Ye Wen finally smiled. "That's right. It was us."
"So this is the Slaughter King? Judging by his aura, even in my Soul Beast form, I'm probably no match for him." Xiao Bai's expression was grave.
Evil Tiger nodded too. "I probably couldn't beat him in my Soul Beast form either."
"When the fight starts, leave the Slaughter King to me. You two take care of the other weaklings." Ye Wen smiled faintly.
He knew very well that the Slaughter King was Tang Chen at Peak Level 99, with strength equivalent to a demigod.
But Tang Chen had been possessed by the Nine-Headed Bat King. As the current Slaughter King, his strength had been greatly diminished. He wasn't anywhere near demigod level. In fact, he might not even be Level 99—at most, he was around Level 96, barely reaching the strength of a Level 97 Titled Douluo.
And with the Nine-Headed Bat King in control, he couldn't use the divine weapon, the Asura Demon Sword.
(To avoid getting flamed, I have to explain this part. Check the original chapters 626 and 628. At first, the original story said the Slaughter King's strength was no less than Sea Dragon Douluo's. At most, Sea Dragon Douluo fought at Level 96. Later, during the battle, the Sea God's Light from the Sea God's Trident affected the Nine-Headed Bat King, causing him to lose control of the body he'd possessed and die. The Slaughter King's power then increased several times over, and Tang Chen's strength gradually returned. At that point, he no longer counted as the Slaughter King. After beating Tang San badly, he quickly regained consciousness.)
So with his demigod-level strength, Ye Wen could completely overpower the Slaughter King. As long as the Nine-Headed Bat King was still possessing Tang Chen, the Slaughter King was no match for him.
And Ye Wen's power didn't have anything like the Sea God's Light, which could remove the Nine-Headed Bat King from its host. He didn't need to eliminate the Nine-Headed Bat King anyway, because the one Ye Wen intended to subdue was the Nine-Headed Bat King itself.
"Very good! You've got some nerve. Do you even know where you are? This is Slaughter City, the kingdom of me, the Slaughter King!"
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