"Is that so? Why don't you try it?"
"Yes, Master!"
At that moment, the Slaughter King's eyes lit up. He was thrilled, staring greedily at the Immortal Herb. He didn't recognize it, but he could sense that it would help him immensely!
Seeing this, Ye Wen thought to himself, Looks like it should work.
"Thank you, Master. I'll begin now."
The Slaughter King immediately took the Immortal Herb, eager to absorb it.
"Power! My power is truly surging, Master!"
"Gaaah!"
The Slaughter King let out a thunderous roar, spreading his blood-red bat wings to their full span.
His face, skin, and entire body began to turn redder and more blood-soaked by the moment. The skin that had once belonged to a human was now covered in the distinctive red bat skin of the Bat King.
His appearance was growing more and more batlike!
He looked increasingly like a bat, with less and less of the human remaining.
Tang Chen's body was changing as it cultivated, no longer human!
"Master! Master! I'm gradually devouring this body! I'm gradually taking control of his power!!!" the Slaughter King shouted excitedly. "Gyaaah!!!"
Sizzle, sizzle!
Powerful Lightning began to flicker across the Slaughter King's palm. A hammer began to emerge from it, beyond his control.
"The Clear Sky Hammer!" Ye Wen narrowed his eyes slightly.
The Clear Sky Hammer began to change, transforming into a sword—the Super Divine Artifact, the Asura Demon Sword.
The Asura Demon Sword and the Clear Sky Hammer kept shifting between their two forms, now a sword, now a hammer. The Slaughter King's excited cries turned into screams of pain.
"Ahhh!"
BOOM!
The next moment, a terrifying burst of energy erupted from the Slaughter King's palm. At last, his transformation stopped, and the Clear Sky Hammer and Asura Demon Sword returned to his palm.
"What a pity! What a shame, Master! I've almost completely taken over his body, but I still can't devour this one arm. I can feel an incredibly terrifying power within it!" the Slaughter King lamented.
Of course!
If he could devour that arm, he'd gain access to the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, all of Tang Chen's Soul Skills from his Soul Rings, and even the Super Divine Artifact, the Asura Demon Sword!
If the Slaughter King could manage that, his power would reach Half-God Level.
Ye Wen also regretted that the Slaughter King still couldn't completely devour Tang Chen's body.
Still, this was already quite good. At the very least, the Blood Red Blood Essence Flower had worked wonders, greatly increasing the Slaughter King's power!
Before, he'd needed to activate the Slaughter Domain just to barely reach Level 97. Now, Ye Wen estimated that his power was equivalent to that of a peak Level 98 expert!
In an instant, the Slaughter King had become the strongest general under Ye Wen's command.
Ye Wen asked, "If you can completely devour the power in that arm, your strength will reach at least Half-God Level. But that's all right. You're already incredibly strong. There are only a handful of people in the world who could defeat you."
Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai no longer looked at the Slaughter King with wariness. Now, they felt a trace of fear.
"How far have you and this body fused?"
The Slaughter King replied, "Ninety percent. Before, I'd only managed to devour half of his body at most. Now we're practically one. No matter what anyone tries, they can't erase me from his body. We'll live and die together."
"This body will belong to me forever!"
"Master, I'm confident that if you give me a few dozen years, I'll be able to completely devour that arm!"
"Good. Slaughter King, your first priority now is to deal with that arm." Ye Wen nodded with satisfaction, thinking, Tang Chen, Tang Chen. So this is how your life ends.
Tang Chen had been completely erased. Even the Sea God's Light from the Sea God's Trident was useless now.
The Slaughter King was no longer Tang Chen. He was the true Slaughter King—the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
"Yes!"
With the Slaughter King's strength now equivalent to that of a peak Level 98 expert, Ye Wen's forces had undoubtedly grown stronger. But against a god, they were still incredibly fragile. Even fighting Spirit Hall would be difficult.
So Ye Wen would continue expanding his forces. His next target was the Extreme North, home to the Three Great Heavenly Kings: Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King.
But the Extreme North would have to wait a while.
"Now that I've taken control of Slaughter City, Tang San has no chance of obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain." Ye Wen sneered to himself, then pushed the thought aside.
He said, "Evil Tiger, Xiao Bai, it's time for us to head to the Hell Slaughter Arena. Once we've won a hundred matches in a row, we'll make it through Hell Road and leave."
"Yes, Boss!"
Since they'd come all the way to Slaughter City, they might as well claim Divine Slaughter's Domain. They'd accomplished their goal; once they had it, they'd leave.
The three went straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena to compete.
Ye Wen, Xiao Bai, and Evil Tiger went on a killing spree, each fighting three matches a day.
Every match was a complete rout!
Soon, a month had passed.
All three had reached ninety consecutive wins, each match ending with them crushing their opponents through sheer power.
Then, three days later, they reached ninety-nine consecutive wins. Only one final match remained.
Who wouldn't be afraid when all three were this invincible, each fighting three matches every day?
No one was foolish enough to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena and die during that time. In fact, halfway through, hardly anyone was registering for matches anymore. Most of those who did had simply reached their deadline.
After all, people could only live in Slaughter City for one year. They had to compete and win in order to stay for another year.
But Ye Wen had plenty of ways to force the fallen into the arena.
That day, Ye Wen returned to the Slaughter King's castle.
The Slaughter King knelt on one knee before Ye Wen, full of reverence. "Master, you summoned me. What are your orders?"
"Tomorrow, we'll finish our final match and reach a hundred consecutive wins. Then we'll make it through Hell Road and leave Slaughter City. So before we go, there's something I need to tell you," Ye Wen said slowly.
"Please give your orders, Master."
"If, one day, someone with the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul enters Slaughter City, don't kill him. Drive him out! Make him leave. Understood?"
"Understood, Master!"
The Slaughter King took the order to heart.
"Then I'll be going."
"Wait, Master!"
Ye Wen stopped and asked, "What is it?"
"I have a treasure I'd like to offer you!"
"Oh? A treasure? Take me to see it."
"Please follow me, Master." The Slaughter King rose and led Ye Wen to where the treasures were kept.
They came to a door and pushed it open.
In the very center of the room, Ye Wen saw a pair of wings radiating golden light!
They weren't weapons, nor Soul Tools, nor anything crafted by human hands!
They were an External Soul Bone that had fallen from a Soul Beast!
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