"There's a great deal of slaughter and death here every day. I only need to absorb the blood of the dead to recover quickly," the Slaughter King explained.
"I see. All right, take us somewhere quiet so we can talk," Ye Wen said.
"Yes, Master! Follow me."
The Slaughter King led Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, and Xiao Bai to his residence.
It was a huge castle, built by itself in a separate area. No fallen dared to come near it, and it was very quiet.
There were no soldiers or Soul Masters from Slaughter City guarding the castle, but it had plenty of maids of all kinds. Some of them were quite pretty.
Hah, this guy sure knows how to have fun, Ye Wen thought with a laugh.
Soon, they entered the place where the Slaughter King usually spent his time. There was no bed, no cabinets or furniture of any kind—just a vast hall with a single throne.
"Master, please!" The Slaughter King bowed respectfully and gestured for Ye Wen to take the throne.
"Mm."
Ye Wen slowly ascended the dais and sat on the throne. Evil Tiger, Xiao Bai, and the Slaughter King stood to either side.
Before Ye Wen could say a word, someone pushed open the door and entered. At the head of the group was a veiled woman wearing a black evening gown with a very short skirt. She looked a little strange, but on closer inspection, she was quite beautiful.
The veiled woman was the second-in-command of Slaughter City, the Slaughter King's first maid, and his Messenger.
Behind her followed two fair-skinned beauties, young women around eighteen years old who looked very innocent.
"Great Slaughter King!"
The three women knelt on one knee in unison.
"From now on, he is my master! You will be his servants as well. Is that understood?" the Slaughter King said in a commanding voice.
"Yes, Master!"
The three women bowed respectfully.
"Master, this is my first maid, Xi Yan. The two women behind her are ones I picked for you and Brother Evil Tiger. They have never been defiled; both are virgins. They're here for you and Brother Evil Tiger to enjoy tonight," the Slaughter King said to Ye Wen.
He nodded, thoroughly pleased with himself. He felt he'd made the perfect arrangements for his master.
Ye Wen rolled his eyes and shook his head. "No need. Tell them to leave."
"What! The Master doesn't like them!? These two are the finest virgins in Slaughter City! Is this not the sort you like? I'll have someone find another beauty you'll like at once!"
"Hold on! Wait! I never wanted to do that in the first place!"
"Do you think I'm like you, with nothing but sex on my mind?"
"Th-then what about Brother Evil Tiger?" The Slaughter King looked toward Evil Tiger.
Evil Tiger glanced disdainfully at the two women. "Hah, I'm not interested in human women."
Xiao Bai gave the Slaughter King a disgusted look. "Tch. Unbelievable."
"Have them leave. We have more important things to discuss."
"R-right." The Slaughter King waved for them to leave.
Ye Wen had many questions for the Slaughter King, so he got straight to the point. "Tell me: since you possessed Tang Chen and became the Slaughter King, ruling Slaughter City, have you ever received any instructions from Asura God?"
"Instructions from a god? Never. Ever since I gained consciousness, I've known only one thing deep down: to abide by Slaughter City's rules. After becoming the Slaughter King, I simply continued to follow those rules. I've never received any instructions from a god," the Slaughter King replied.
"Is that so?" Ye Wen pondered.
Back then, Asura God had created Slaughter City in this pocket space as a pure world of slaughter. But after Rakshasa God meddled with it, the place had become evil, corrupt, and soaked in blood.
Asura God hadn't seemed to do much about it. Perhaps, in his eyes, all that mattered was that the inheritance site remained, producing a God of Slaughter now and then. As long as there were people who obtained Divine Slaughter's Domain, he would have successors to choose from.
Though the Slaughter King still followed the rules, Slaughter City had in practice long since become his personal kingdom. As long as he didn't break the rules, he could build up his forces and do whatever he wanted.
After hearing the Slaughter King out, Ye Wen was certain that Asura God had barely paid any attention to the Slaughter City he'd left behind. There was even less chance he knew about Ye Wen's brief fight with the Slaughter King.
After all, one day in the Divine Realm was a year in the Mortal Realm.
One day equaled 365 days.
From the time he arrived in Slaughter City to defeating the Slaughter King, he'd taken less than an hour. Converted to Divine Realm time, that was only 9.8630137 seconds.
"All right. Tell me how many Soul Masters and soldiers Slaughter City has now," Ye Wen asked again.
"Slaughter City has nearly a thousand Soul Masters and a slaughter corps of twenty thousand."
"Only nearly a thousand Soul Masters?"
Ye Wen was a little surprised. The Upper Three Sects among the Seven Great Sects on the mainland each had more than two thousand Soul Masters. Even the weakest of the Lower Four Sects had just over a thousand.
"Yes, Master. That number is already enough for me to manage Slaughter City," the Slaughter King explained, then gave him a detailed breakdown:
"Among the nearly one thousand Soul Masters, seven are Soul Douluo. My first maid, Xi Yan, is one of them. Another is Terror Knight Scott, whom you met outside Slaughter City."
"There are fifty Soul Sages."
"More than a hundred Soul Emperors!"
"The rest are Soul Masters ranging from Soul Kings to Soul Elders."
"Mm, their strength is decent," Ye Wen said, nodding in satisfaction. "Once we leave Slaughter City, have that Terror Knight Scott follow me."
"Also, pick the five Soul Sages and ten Soul Emperors you trust most and have them come with me too. I'll need them to help me get things done in the human world."
"Yes, Master!"
Ye Wen was living in the human world now, and he needed people around him. He couldn't switch to Semi-human Form and fight every time he ran into an enemy, could he?
Having people at his side would make things much easier.
After asking a few more questions, Ye Wen took an Immortal Herb out of his Space Soul Tool.
The Immortal Herb looked extremely strange. It was red, and its flower gave off a strong, bloody odor. "This is called Blood Red Blood Essence Flower. Its petals are packed with the purest blood essence. Don't you Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat Kings increase your cultivation by using blood and the stench of blood?"
"If you absorb it now, it may help you completely possess and control this body."
The Slaughter King remained an unstable factor, since the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had yet to gain complete control over Tang Chen.
Sea God's Light and the Six-Winged Angel's ultimate light attribute could both purge the Nine-Headed Bat King, awaken Tang Chen, restore his consciousness, and let him regain control of his body.
So Ye Wen had to help the Nine-Headed Bat King devour Tang Chen completely!
"Master!! Th-this Immortal Herb has me feeling incredibly excited!!!"
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