Hell Slaughter Arena

"Hmph!" Yang Wudi let out a cold sneer, pointing his Soul Breaking Spear forward, causing those people to tremble in fear.

The Black Veil Maiden hurriedly said, "My lords, please calm your anger. It was we who were blind and failed to recognize your greatness; I hope you can forgive us."

Su Yun Tao waved his hand, then strode forward with Yang Wudi, entering the city famous across the continent for its slaughter.

Although the Black Veil Maiden was afraid, she still rushed forward to respectfully hand two waist tokens to Su Yun Tao and Yang Wudi.

"My two lords, everyone who comes to our Slaughter City is assigned a number, and your respective numbers are engraved on your waist tokens."

"8973?" Su Yun Tao murmured as he looked at the token in his hand.

Su Yun Tao's number was 8973, while Yang Wudi's number was 8974.

"My two lords, I am your guide. If there is anything you do not understand, you may ask me. Within twelve hours, I will answer all your questions. After twelve hours, this will be the place where you will live, and you will officially become members of Slaughter City."

"Oh?" Su Yun Tao smiled. "May I ask where the supplies for your Slaughter City mainly come from?"

The Black Veil Maiden was clearly stunned for a moment; among all the newcomers who had arrived at Slaughter City, this was the first time anyone had asked such a question.

Su Yun Tao and Yang Wudi stared at the Black Veil Maiden in silence. She did not remain stunned for long before reacting; she naturally dared not be negligent toward these two individuals who could easily take her life.

"Slaughter City itself does not produce any supplies. The food, clothing, and everything else here are all imported from the outside world."

Su Yun Tao nodded and brushed his Martial Soul Hall uniform. "I presume the main supplier for Slaughter City from the outside is none other than our Martial Soul Hall."

The Black Veil Maiden said respectfully, "My lord is truly insightful. The Martial Soul Hall you belong to signed an agreement with our Slaughter City over a thousand years ago. In addition to supplying materials, the Martial Soul Hall also ensures the security of our Slaughter City."

"Oh?" Su Yun Tao inquired. "As the price for the Martial Soul Hall's support, you must ensure that everyone who comes to Slaughter City is never allowed to return to the continent, correct?"

"That is correct!" The Black Veil Maiden smiled. "My lord truly has a deep understanding of our Slaughter City! Slaughter City does indeed forbid anyone from leaving the city. To leave, one must win the championship in the Hell Slaughter Arena and earn the qualification to challenge the Hell Road."

"After obtaining the qualification, one can only leave Slaughter City completely and earn the title of Slaughter God by walking out of the Hell Road. However, in the past thousand years, Slaughter City has only produced eight such powerhouses."

Su Yun Tao nodded. He was not dissatisfied with the Martial Soul Hall's support of Slaughter City. Although this move seemed not to have wiped out these villains and Evil Soul Masters, it had forced them into the cage that was Slaughter City.

In the past thousand years, only eight people had walked out of the Hell Road from Slaughter City, and that included Tang Hao and Bibi Dong, who had come here for the Slaughter God's Domain.

When the Martial Soul Hall's power was not enough to completely control the continent, they chose to "surround three sides and leave one open," using Slaughter City as a prison to force Evil Soul Masters inside. This not only greatly reduced the Martial Soul Hall's own law enforcement costs and prevented Evil Soul Masters from acting out of desperation, but it also minimized the influence of Evil Soul Masters on the outside world. The Martial Soul Hall's approach was truly a great merit for the commoners of the continent.

It was a pity that after the Martial Soul Hall was destroyed in history, Tang San only cared about killing and not about the aftermath. After toppling the Martial Soul Hall, he happily ascended to godhood, but he never gave a second thought to the obligations the Martial Soul Hall had fulfilled for the continent.

With Slaughter City destroyed and the Martial Soul Hall wiped out, the infighting among the major powers on the continent were all factors that eventually led to the proliferation of Evil Soul Masters ten thousand years later.

"My two lords must have come here for training as well!" The Black Veil Maiden looked at the Martial Soul Hall uniforms worn by Su Yun Tao and Yang Wudi, lost in thought.

Su Yun Tao said in a deep voice, "Do not ask what you should not ask!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Intimidated by the strength of the two, the Black Veil Maiden nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Su Yun Tao smiled and led Yang Wudi directly toward the inner city of Slaughter City.

The fallen humans in the outer city did not need to worry about their lives; the outer city not only provided some food and drink every day but also prohibited any form of slaughter.

However, as the price, they had to contribute a cup of Bloody Mary every day, with one cup weighing half a jin.

Even for the strongest person, losing half a jin of blood every day would eventually take a toll on their body. Once their bodies grew weak, they would have even less strength and courage to head to the inner city. The only reason the fallen humans in the outer city could survive was that their lives could continuously provide fresh blood for Slaughter City.

Slaughter City was larger than Su Yun Tao had imagined. Under the guidance of the Black Veil Maiden, he walked for more than an hour before finally seeing the walls of the inner city.

"It seems the security of the continent is even worse than I imagined!" Su Yun Tao frowned. He had begun traveling the continent at the age of twelve and had spent ten years doing so. He had originally prided himself on understanding the continent well enough, but seeing the number of fallen humans inside Slaughter City, he could not help but be shocked.

In fact, this was no surprise; Su Yun Tao was, after all, a Spirit Master, and ordinary thugs would never dare to provoke him. It was precisely because of this that Su Yun Tao had never truly experienced how dark the lives of the commoners on the Douluo Continent really were!

"My two lords, entering the inner city requires a battle in the Hell Slaughter Arena. Once you survive, you can live in the inner city for a year. However, slaughter is not prohibited in the inner city, so if you are powerful enough, you can get everything you want here!"

Su Yun Tao said indifferently, "In that case, lead the way. I want to see if the so-called Hell Slaughter Arena is worthy of the word 'Hell'."

"Yes!" The Black Veil Maiden hurriedly said, "With your strength, my lord, even in the inner city, few can compare. The annual Hell Slaughter is naturally a hell for others, but for you, my lord, it is merely a trivial matter."

Looking at Su Yun Tao—who was wearing a luxurious Martial Soul Hall uniform, was handsome, young, incredibly powerful, and always carried a faint, lingering look of contempt in his eyes—the Black Veil Maiden had four words rise in her heart: He has someone backing him!

After entering the inner city, Su Yun Tao's face began to turn pale, as all kinds of things that broke the bottom line of human morality were happening openly before his eyes.

Here, drinking human blood and eating human flesh seemed to be a very common occurrence. The greatest hobby of the fallen in the inner city was to consume the corpses of their opponents to strengthen themselves.

Having lost the constraints of law and morality, the baseness of human nature gave Su Yun Tao a feeling of chilling dread.