"So they simply found some random corpse and brought it back to report their success, deceiving Bibi Dong."
"I had no idea a place like that existed!" Qian Xun'an murmured.
At that moment, Qian Xun'an remembered Hu Liena saying earlier that she wanted to go to Slaughter City to prove herself. He hadn't paid much attention at the time.
Now that he thought about it, Qian Xun'an remembered that Tang Hao and Bibi Dong also held the title of God of Slaughter.
Qian Xun'an immediately asked, "Then Tang Hao and Bibi Dong must have come out of Slaughter City too, right?"
Guangling Douluo nodded. "That's right. They passed the trials in Slaughter City and made it out. As a result, both of them gained Divine Slaughter's Domain and were bestowed with the title of God of Slaughter."
Qian Xun'an smiled calmly. "This God of Slaughter doesn't seem like much."
"Hahaha..." Guangling Douluo laughed, looking at Qian Xun'an. "Of course it doesn't seem like much to you. But for other Soul Masters, it's a tremendous opportunity. Becoming a God of Slaughter and gaining Divine Slaughter's Domain can give you an enormous advantage over Soul Masters of the same rank."
"Do you remember Tang Hao's performance that day? A large part of why he could outmatch so many Titled Douluos was the boost from Divine Slaughter's Domain."
Qian Xun'an listened and gave a slight nod.
Just then, the spy said, "Still, Slaughter City is a den of sin. We have no idea how many people die there every day. That guard may have escaped into Slaughter City, but he could very well already be..."
Qian Xun'an smiled faintly, then cut the spy off. "But that's only a possibility, isn't it?"
"Yes!" the spy replied at once.
"If there's a chance, then let's go and see."
Qian Xun'an spoke calmly.
The spy immediately said, "All right. I'll arrange for people to infiltrate Slaughter City and find him."
Qian Xun'an shook his head. "You don't need to go."
The spy looked at Qian Xun'an. "Hall Master, are you going to... go yourself?"
Qian Xun'an nodded. "Didn't you say ordinary people can't even use their Soul Skills once they enter Slaughter City? In that case, there's no need for you to go. Give me the man's information. I can go alone."
"Yes, Hall Master!" The spy nodded immediately.
Guangling Douluo turned to Qian Xun'an. "Xiao An, are you really going to Slaughter City?"
Qian Xun'an replied, "If there's even the slightest chance, then it's worth taking the risk."
"Uncle Guang Ling, let's go fishing again when I get back!"
As he spoke, Qian Xun'an rose to his feet. After several flickering afterimages, he vanished.
Slaughter City.
Time passed amid waiting and cultivation. Sitting cross-legged in the small house where he lived, Tang San felt wave after wave of icy coldness course through his body. A tremendous killing aura constantly swirled around him, affecting him as well.
He had been here for nearly two years. He was just one match away from claiming the title of champion of the Hell Slaughter Arena. But Tang San felt as if he were on the verge of breaking down.
In two years, he had killed well over a thousand fallen ones. They were all evil, depraved people, but every time he killed someone, he felt the killing aura within him grow stronger. That aura was also constantly affecting him in ways he couldn't see.
At first, the growing killing aura had seemed harmless. But after Tang San had killed more than a hundred people here, he realized it was beginning to affect his will.
In the beginning, he had only occasionally let his bloodlust show. But as time went on, the killing aura grew more and more pronounced. It was as if he wanted to slaughter every living thing he saw. Killing someone on a whim felt as simple as crushing an ant.
Not long ago, after Tang San completed his ninety-ninth match in the Hell Slaughter Arena, he sensed that he was close to losing control of the killing aura within him.
At the same time, he understood why Hu Liena had reached ninety-nine victories long ago but still hadn't entered the hundredth match.
It was no exaggeration to say that the two of them had left a trail of corpses across Slaughter City. And because they had risen to prominence over the past two years, fewer and fewer fallen ones dared to compete in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
More people chose to survive on the matches they had saved up from before. Those who had used up all their matches stayed alive by donating blood. After all, compared to dying on the spot, most people would choose to cling to life.
Suddenly, loud banging sounded against the door. Tang San's suppressed killing aura surged in an instant, and the small room turned icy. Under the pressure of his killing aura, a heavy atmosphere spread through the room. A bloody stench seemed to seep from Tang San's body.
"Who is it?" Tang San asked in a low voice.
"It's me." A pleasant voice came from outside. Tang San hadn't heard it many times, but he immediately recognized Hu Liena.
He furrowed his brow, wondering, Why is she here?
He flicked his hand, sending a current of air to unlatch the door. "Come in." He didn't know why Hu Liena had come, so he suppressed his killing aura, but his vigilance rose to its peak.
The door opened, and Hu Liena walked in, dressed in black. Her face looked extremely pale, and she held a cup of Bloody Mary, sipping from it slowly.
It seemed to have become a habit among the powerful people in Slaughter City. Aside from Tang San, nearly every fallen one who had won more than ten matches there often drank blood from some unknown source.
Tang San glanced at the cup in Hu Liena's hand and furrowed his brow. "What is it?"
Hu Liena didn't approach him. She stayed by the door. She knew all too well that in this world of slaughter, everyone was on their guard.
She didn't want an innocent gesture of hers to cause Tang San to misunderstand her intentions.
"I want us to work together," Hu Liena said, stating her purpose directly.
After obtaining the man's information, Qian Xun'an made his way to Slaughter City.
In that other world, Qian Xun'an had spent every day either hunting down his prey or on his way to hunt it down.
That had taught Qian Xun'an many skills, especially tracking. His spiritual power was formidable; as long as he had a trace of someone's aura, he could lock onto them at once.
Even if they had been reduced to bones, Qian Xun'an could still find them.
So Qian Xun'an was exceptionally good at finding people.
Before long, Qian Xun'an arrived in a small town. From Spirit Hall's records, he had learned how to enter Slaughter City.
He then headed to a tavern in town.
"Sir, what would you like to drink?" the server asked as he came up to Qian Xun'an.
Qian Xun'an looked at him calmly. "I want to enter Slaughter City!"
The server froze. "Enter Slaughter City? I don't know what you're talking about. What is Slaughter City?!"
Qian Xun'an knew the server was lying. He knew that drinking Bloody Mary was a necessary condition for entering Slaughter City, but why would he drink something like human blood?
Qian Xun'an gave a cold laugh. "You don't know?"
After saying that, he glanced at the server. The next moment, the server exploded before Qian Xun'an, bursting into a cloud of blood mist.
The others in the tavern screamed in terror.
Qian Xun'an strode into the tavern.
With every step he took, clouds of blood mist billowed around him. The thick stench of blood filled the entire tavern with a terrifying atmosphere.
Qian Xun'an found an entrance in the tavern and went straight inside.
He had been walking through the passage for a long time when a cold voice suddenly rang out from all directions.
"Welcome to Slaughter City. This is the capital of hell, a world of slaughter. Here, you can obtain anything you desire. The price is your life."
"Save your theatrics!" Qian Xun'an sneered, then continued forward.
At last, Qian Xun'an saw a glimmer of light and walked out. Before him stood a hundred and one people.
They were all dressed in black armor, their faces completely hidden by their helmets. A hundred of them held greatswords. The last one sat astride a tall warhorse, which was covered in thick black armor as well.
"You have broken the rules." The low voice sounded extremely cold, as though it hadn't come from a human throat. The speaker was the black-armored knight seated on horseback.
Qian Xun'an didn't look at him. Instead, he gazed past him and saw a black city.
Its thick black walls were immensely wide. It really was a city, and a purple moon hung above it.
The moon was very low, seemingly less than five hundred meters above the ground. Farther up, everything was black, like the night sky.
"What happens if I break the rules?" Qian Xun'an asked indifferently.
The black-armored knight's voice remained cold, utterly devoid of humanity. "Then you must be punished. Defeat me, and you will earn the right to enter Slaughter City."
"Easy enough," Qian Xun'an replied calmly.
The black-armored knight slowly raised the long lance in his hand. The black-armored warriors on either side of Qian Xun'an slowly retreated, clearing a wide-open space.
"I am Terror Knight Scott."
The warhorse suddenly surged forward, and the black-armored knight charged at Qian Xun'an with a murderous air.
The next moment, Qian Xun'an took a single step forward. A terrifying surge of Soul Power burst out in every direction, its powerful ripples sweeping across the area like a violent storm.
In that instant, all one hundred and one people before Qian Xun'an began to burst apart under the force of his terrifying Soul Power, one after another, turning into blood mist.
Scott's speed slowed considerably. By the time he reached Qian Xun'an, the other hundred men had all burst into blood mist.
The blood mist fell like a river of blood. Scott was the only one left.
His lance had only just thrust forward when it shattered before Qian Xun'an. Then a shock wave swept across the area, flinging Scott's body far away.
Scott stared at Qian Xun'an in utter shock. "How... is that possible? How can you use Soul Power here?"
As soon as Scott finished speaking, his body began to turn to ash before Qian Xun'an, scattering on the wind.
"Can I go in now?"
Qian Xun'an walked into Slaughter City.
Qian Xun'an entered the city, where chaos reigned. Excited laughter and cries of pain rang out everywhere, along with many other sounds that sent chills down the spine.
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