"I refuse..."
Those words echoed in everyone's ears.
For a moment, many of the depraved souls almost thought they had misheard.
"Someone would actually refuse the King of Slaughter's invitation?"
"To become a permanent resident, a guest elder-isn't that the goal we've pursued all our lives?"
Yet he had chosen to refuse!
Cries of astonishment rose one after another.
"Shut up!"
Suddenly, the King of Slaughter spoke coldly, and the arena fell silent at once.
He looked at Qin Xiao again. "Are you certain you refuse my offer?"
Qin Xiao nodded without hesitation. "That's right. You should have guessed that we didn't come here to stay forever, but to temper ourselves. Walking the Hell Road will be our final trial in Slaughter City!"
Slaughter City. The Hell Road!
Although the King of Slaughter had already suspected it, his heart still lurched when he heard Qin Xiao's words.
Instinctively, he recalled the warning on Slaughter City's Prophecy Wall.
When a Slayer descends, hellish calamity follows!
The emergence of every true Slayer meant a bloody catastrophe for Slaughter City.
Moreover, there were already two Slayers outside Slaughter City. If possible, he wanted no more to emerge.
Granted, these three before him might fail.
But what if they succeeded?
He dared not gamble!
"Young man, I advise you to watch your step!"
"You may not know how many people have fallen on the Hell Road. Even Titled Douluos stronger than you have perished there."
The King of Slaughter spoke coldly.
He had watched Qin Xiao fight as well. There had been no dragging things out, no wasted effort. His mastery of the art of combat had reached its pinnacle and was downright terrifying.
In his estimation, however powerful Qin Xiao was, his cultivation could not possibly exceed that of a Soul Emperor.
He