A year and a half later.
One last crash echoed beneath the waterfall.
The enormous Clear Sky Hammer smashed through the curtain of water, splitting the towering waterfall in two. Tang San charged up the exposed rocks and onto the bank. The muscles in his arms trembled, but his back remained straight.
After a year and a half of grueling training, he could complete the Eighty-One Hammers at the waterfall's most powerful point.
Earlier, Tang Hao had taken him into the Blue Silver Forest. Countless strands of Blue Silver Grass bowed before their emperor, and the bloodline he had inherited from Ah Yin fully awakened. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass transformed into the Blue Silver Emperor, and his appearance changed with his awakening. His once-ordinary face grew handsome, and blue hair fell past his shoulders. Even someone who knew him might not recognize him at a glance.
His Soul Power had reached level fifty-two.
Tang Hao stood on the bank and tossed him a black cloak.
"It's time for the next place."
Slaughter City had no daylight.
Tang San passed through the entrance beneath a tavern in a small town, then followed a Black-armored Knight through the city gates. He gave himself a new name: Tang Yin.
Almost the same day, a woman with her face veiled in black entered through another passage. She did not use the name Hu Liena. Her title in the Slaughter Arena registry was simply Hell Envoy.
On the third day, another person arrived at the gates.
White clothes, a long blade, and a Wine Gourd hanging from his waist.
The Black-armored Knight raised his spear. "Name."
"Myriad Phenomena."
"Soul Power Level."
"Eighty-five."
Silence fell before the gates.
The black-veiled woman handling registration looked up at Yuan Yu, her pen pausing over the paper. Slaughter