Slaughter City Torture Order?

"What did you say? His Holiness the Pope has gone into seclusion?"

Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo had imposed a gag order on the Spirit Hall Main Hall.

To avoid further complications, the two of them took Tang Hao back to Spirit City overnight.

Who would have thought they would receive this news the moment they reached the Papal Palace?

Since Pope Bibi Dong was in seclusion, it was only reasonable for them to seek out Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu.

After all, the previous pope, Qian Xunji, was the Great Enshrined's only son.

When Tang Hao had gravely wounded Qian Xunji and brought about his death, the Great Enshrined had personally gone after Tang Hao.

Unfortunately, Tang Hao had escaped with his life.

How a Level 99 Great Enshrined had managed that pursuit was anyone's guess.

But how could the pain of losing a son be easily forgotten?

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a glance, delight flashing in their eyes.

The Worship Hall, after all, was Spirit Hall's true foundation.

Only Super Douluo above Level 95 qualified to reside there!

Even scraps of insight that slipped through the Enshrined Elders' fingers were invaluable.

Perhaps those insights could let the two of them climb another rung on a hundred-foot pole!

How could two men who had been stuck at Level 95 for years not be excited?

Without another word, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo hauled the unconscious Tang Hao, with his one arm and one leg, toward the Worship Hall.

Papal Mountain rose within Spirit City, its slopes towering. The Worship Hall stood at its summit!

It neighbored Douluo Hall and stood above the Papal Palace.

The stone steps leading to the Worship Hall were long and steep, neither paved with gold and jade nor dressed in extravagant splendor!

Standing on the steps and looking up, they saw that the Worship Hall seemed tiny compared with Papal Mountain.

But Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo knew it was not tiny. It was simply that high up!

"The Worship Hall lies ahead. Stop where you are!"

Two nearly identical voices rang out together, and a vast pressure of Level 96 Soul Power bore down on them.

"We juniors, Yue Guan and Gui Mei, have urgent business and request an audience with the Great Enshrined!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo kept his manner proper, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

"If so, come in."

After a brief silence, the doors of the Worship Hall suddenly opened.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo bowed respectfully as they entered, with Chrysanthemum Douluo personally carrying Tang Hao.

At the far end of the hall stood a stone statue of a Six-Winged Angel more than ten zhang tall, a faint golden light glowing within it.

Seven unfathomable Soul Power pressures filled the air. They did not rage, yet they weighed on the heart like mountains.

Even a Level 95 Titled Douluo would instinctively draw in all his presence upon setting foot here.

"What brings you two here?"

Beneath the statue stood Qian Daoliu, his eyes closed and his whole body bathed in Angel Holy Light.

"Great Enshrined! While inspecting the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Balak Kingdom, we happened upon Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao!"

"He tried to ambush us, but his old injuries flared up and we captured him instead. Great Enshrined, how should he be dealt with?"

The instant those words fell!

The terrifying Soul Power of a Level 99 Peerless Douluo surged upward, and startling murderous intent burst from Qian Daoliu's aged eyes!

He knew Tang Hao was not the one who had truly killed Qian Xunji. But without Tang Hao, how would Bibi Dong have had the chance?

Murderous intent rose in Qian Daoliu before he could stop it.

Then he thought of Tang Chen, who had been missing for years, and forced that intent back down.

Xiao Xue has Innate Level 20 Soul Power. In ten thousand years, no one has had a better chance of inheriting the Angel Godhood!

If I kill Tang Hao now, would that draw Tang Chen out...

Forget it. At a crucial time like this, I shouldn't stir up more trouble.

Qian Daoliu glanced at Tang Hao, who had one arm and one leg, took a deep breath, and suppressed his fury.

"Great Enshrined?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo, whose Level 98 Soul Power placed him second only to Qian Daoliu, looked toward the figure above the steps.

"Throw him into Slaughter City and leave him to fend for himself!"

After a long silence, Qian Daoliu gave his answer.

If he did not want to kill Tang Hao, he could only imprison him.

And when it came to imprisoning someone, where was more suitable than Slaughter City?

"What?"

The other Six Enshrined Elders all looked astonished.

Golden Crocodile Douluo in particular had witnessed Qian Daoliu leave in grief to hunt Tang Hao down.

Now Tang Hao was right in front of him. Why would he spare him?

"Wouldn't simply throwing him into Slaughter City be letting him off too easily?"

"He killed Xunji. Besides, this brat escaped Slaughter City once before and possesses Divine Slaughter's Domain..."

Golden Crocodile Douluo felt he was getting old. He could no longer make sense of Qian Daoliu's thinking.

"He still has a leg, doesn't he? Cut it off too! Without either leg, and with the King of Slaughter watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey, he'll never make it through Hell Road again."

Qian Daoliu's voice was deep and carried a force that brooked no argument.

Golden Crocodile Douluo might have been the eldest among them, but even he could not change the decision.

"You two have earned merit for capturing Tang Hao. I'll set aside a month to teach you what I've learned about understanding your Martial Souls and breaking through to Super Douluo."

"Cultivate diligently. I hope to see you enter the Worship Hall soon!"

Qian Daoliu's words brought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immense delight.

Then a golden light shot up through the Worship Hall.

And just like that, the unconscious Tang Hao lost another leg.

The loss of three Soul Bones in succession, on top of his severe injuries, dropped his Soul Power to Level 50.

Even so, he stubbornly clung to life!

For an ordinary person, that would have been all but impossible!

Injuries this severe should have killed him long ago!

But for Haozi, who had once used Ring Detonation for three days and nights, this was child's play.

It was just that the side effects of a brain hemorrhage and a stroke were beginning to appear, one after another.

Crossed eyes, bodily spasms, a splitting headache, frequent bouts of confusion, paralysis of the lower limbs... Fortunately, he no longer had any lower limbs.

That spared him one of the countless side effects.

"Yu Xiaogang, Xu Yuan, I'll kill you both!"

Dumped in Slaughter City, Tang Hao finally regained consciousness for a moment. When he realized his situation, he felt as though the sky had fallen.

But fate's torment was far from over!

Someone in Slaughter City utterly despised those who bore Divine Slaughter's Domain!

His name was... the King of Slaughter!

Those who had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain over the years could use Soul Skills in Slaughter City, so the King of Slaughter feared them.

Now that he had a chance to eliminate this threat, why would he refuse?

The King of Slaughter ordered his subordinate Terror Knight Scott, "Cut off his last arm, then..."

The King of Slaughter paused. Killing him so quickly would be no fun, and Spirit Hall's Continental Kill Order came to mind.

"Issue a Slaughter City Kill Order throughout Slaughter City. Whoever succeeds may claim one cup of Yellow Springs Dew!"

"I want him to live in pain, never knowing when the end will come!"

Because the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King was controlling Tang Chen's body, his pronunciation sometimes came out wrong.

"A Slaughter City Torture Order?"

Terror Knight Scott instinctively looked up. Had he misheard? Did Slaughter City have such a thing?

But the King of Slaughter's expression turned cold. "Didn't you hear me?"

"Great King of Slaughter, I heard you."

Terror Knight Scott dared not ask again, though he thought it over in private.

If the King of Slaughter had said "Kill Order," that meant killing someone with Divine Slaughter's Domain would earn only one cup of Yellow Springs Dew!

And what was Yellow Springs Dew?

It was effectively Slaughter City's basic currency. Residents had to hand over one cup every month just to stay in the city.

That reward was far too cheap.

Besides, if they killed him with one strike, how could he live in pain?

It never occurred to Scott that the King of Slaughter might simply be that stingy.

It must be a Slaughter City Torture Order!

Terror Knight Scott went outside and cut off Tang Hao's last arm.

Then he announced the order to all of Slaughter City.

From that day on, Tang Hao became the only Crawling Wretch in Slaughter City!

Meanwhile, Xu Yuan finally broke through to Level 20.