Qian Renxue's Terrifying Strength, Hell Road!

Qian Renxue stepped forward.

The sword pierced between his brows.

The battle lasted only a moment.

The last contestant knelt on the ground.

He dropped the weapon in his hand.

"I surrender."

Qian Renxue raised her sword.

"There is no surrender in the killing arena."

Sword light fell.

The arena fell completely silent.

The host stood on the high platform.

He looked at the corpses strewn across the ground and announced the result.

"One hundred consecutive victories."

"The blond swordswoman has won one hundred matches."

Qian Renxue sheathed her sword.

She did not cheer.

She merely raised her head to look at the black dome above the killing arena.

"I've done it."

The Jade Pendant grew warm inside her clothes.

A message from Qian Daoliu came through.

"Return to your room."

Qian Renxue left the killing arena.

After returning to her room, she first took out clean water and washed the blood from her hands.

Then she changed into clean clothes.

A white dress once again fell to her feet.

Her long golden hair hung loose down her back.

She placed the Angel Holy Sword on the table and sat beside the stone bed to wait.

Before long.

A golden ripple appeared in the middle of the room.

Qian Daoliu stepped out of the spatial passage.

Qian Renxue immediately rose and went over to him.

"Grandpa."

"I've completed my hundred consecutive victories."

"I saw."

Qian Daoliu raised his hand and examined her meridians.

Qian Renxue stood without moving.

Golden divine power flowed through her body.

The already healed wound on the side of her shoulder had left no lingering problems either.

"Your Soul Power is stable."

"Your meridians are undamaged."

"Your mental state is fairly good."

Qian Daoliu withdrew his hand.

Qian Renxue looked at him.

"How did I do?"

"Fairly well."

"Only fairly well?"

"Your opponent wounded you in the sixtieth match."

Qian Renxue lightly pressed her lips together.

"That Soul Douluo didn't use any Soul Skills."

"I failed to dodge his attack the first time."

"Remember this lesson."

Qian Daoliu said:

"In a real battle, no one will give you a second chance."

"I understand."

Qian Renxue sat back down on the stone bed.

She raised her hand and patted the spot beside her.

"Grandpa, sit down."

Qian Daoliu sat beside her.

Qian Renxue took out a jade bowl, then retrieved several ingredients from her Storage Soul Tool.

"There's no fresh food here."

"I can only make soup with the dried meat I stored."

"You know how to make soup?"

"I learned outside."

Qian Renxue channeled Soul Power into the jade bowl.

Water rose within the bowl.

Golden flames fell from her fingertips.

The dried meat and medicinal herbs were placed inside together.

Qian Daoliu watched her carefully control the heat.

"You can still use Soul Power in Slaughter City?"

"Soul Skills can't be used."

Qian Renxue said:

"Soul Power can still circulate."

"Angel Soul Power hasn't been affected much either."

"It's just Angel True Body and Angel Gravity Domain that I can't use."

"That's already enough."

Qian Renxue lifted her eyes.

"Grandpa, you've waited outside for me for so long. Have you been bored?"

"No."

"Then what do you do every day?"

"Cultivate, observe Slaughter City, and wait for you to come out."

Qian Renxue looked at him.

"Only that?"

"And prepare food."

She lowered her head to look at the jade bowl.

"I've already finished all the food you made, Grandpa."

"I'll make more tomorrow."

Qian Renxue ladled the cooked meat soup into two small bowls.

She handed Qian Daoliu a bowl first.

"You drink first, Grandpa."

Qian Daoliu accepted the jade bowl.

The soup's flavor was not particularly rich.

But it carried the delicate fragrance of medicinal herbs.

Qian Renxue picked up the other jade bowl and began drinking in small sips.

The two sat in the cramped room.

Outside, Slaughter City remained filled with the stench of blood and murderous intent.

Inside the room, however, it was very quiet.

After finishing her meat soup, Qian Renxue took out a white handkerchief.

She reached out and wiped away the soup remaining at the corner of Qian Daoliu's mouth.

Only after she had finished did Qian Renxue realize what she had done.

She withdrew her hand.

"Grandpa, you didn't wipe it all away just now."

"Mm."

"I didn't do it on purpose."

"I know."

Qian Renxue lowered her head.

She folded the handkerchief and placed it on the table.

"When will Hell Road open?"

"Tomorrow."

"So soon?"

"You've already completed your hundred consecutive victories."

Qian Daoliu said:

"Slaughter City won't let you stay any longer."

"You must enter Hell Road."

Qian Renxue nodded.

"Grandpa, will you walk it with me?"

"I'll wait for you outside Hell Road."

"You're still not going in?"

"Hell Road is your trial."

Qian Renxue lifted her face.

"What if I encounter a danger I can't handle?"

"Crush the Jade Pendant."

"Then I won't crush it."

Qian Daoliu looked at her.

"I'll make it out on my own."

Qian Renxue held the Jade Pendant in her palm.

Determination grew in her golden eyes.

"Grandpa."

"Once I finish Hell Road, I'll be able to obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain."

"That's right."

"Then I'll truly be qualified to travel the continent alone."

Qian Daoliu nodded.

"You still have a long way to go."

Qian Renxue did not argue.

She leaned against Qian Daoliu's shoulder.

"But I'll keep chasing after you, Grandpa."

"I'll wait for you to catch up."

The lamplight in the room flickered gently.

Qian Renxue closed her eyes.

She rested against her grandfather for a moment, then sat upright again.

"Grandpa, I'm not cultivating tonight."

"I want to hear you talk about the past."

"What do you want to hear?"

"Stories from when you were young."

Qian Daoliu fell silent for a moment.

"There's nothing much to tell."

"How did you, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi meet?"

"We met on Sea God Island."

"Is Bo Saixi beautiful?"

Qian Daoliu glanced at her.

"Why are you asking that?"

"I was just curious."

"She is the High Priestess of Sea God Island."

"She is very powerful."

"What about Tang Chen?"

"Someone who likes challenging the strong."

Qian Renxue nodded gently.

"Grandpa, you must have been very popular when you were young, too."

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"I only cared about cultivation."

Qian Renxue looked at his far-too-youthful face.

"Then do you still only care about cultivation now, Grandpa?"

Qian Daoliu did not answer.

Qian Renxue waited a while, a hint of amusement appearing in her eyes.

"I understand."

"Grandpa still only cares about cultivation."

Qian Daoliu raised his hand and tapped her forehead.

"Get some rest."

Qian Renxue covered her forehead.

"You tapped me again, Grandpa."

"You talk too much."

"I just wanted to spend a little longer talking with you, Grandpa."

She lay down on the stone bed.

Her white dress spread out beside her.

Her long golden hair spilled across the pillow.

Qian Daoliu waved his hand.

Golden divine power formed a barrier, blocking out the bloody aura outside.

Qian Renxue closed her eyes.

"Grandpa."

"Hmm?"

"When I walk Hell Road tomorrow, you must be outside."

"I will be."

"Wait for me to come out."

"All right."

Only then did Qian Renxue fall asleep, reassured.

The next day.

At the center of Slaughter City.

Above the slaughter arena.

A blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky.

An aged figure appeared in midair.

The King of Slaughter looked down.

"Victor of a hundred matches."

"You have earned the right to open Hell Road."

Qian Renxue stood in the center of the arena.

She wore gold-and-white training clothes.

The Angel Holy Sword hung at her waist.

A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring revolved slowly around her legs.

Qian Renxue raised her head to look at the King of Slaughter.

"Open Hell Road."

The King of Slaughter raised his palm.

The entire slaughter arena began to shake.

A fissure split open in the center of the ground.

Dense bloody light surged from deep within the fissure.

Black chains extended from the edges of the arena to its center.

Countless contestants retreated.

Qian Renxue stood before the fissure.

She took out the Jade Pendant at her waist.

Golden divine power formed a line of words.

"Grandpa, I'm about to begin."

A moment later.

The Jade Pendant grew slightly warm.

"I'll be waiting for you outside."

Qian Renxue put away the Jade Pendant.

She raised her hand and grasped the Angel Holy Sword.

The blade slid from its sheath.

Golden radiance illuminated the bloodstained slaughter arena.

Qian Renxue stepped forward.

Her figure dropped into the blood-colored abyss opened by Hell Road.

Slaughter City.

Inside Hell Road.

Qian Renxue kept descending the blood-colored stone steps.

There was no light around her.

Only dense bloody vapor surged from the depths, flowing slowly against her skin.

She held the Angel Holy Sword.

Its golden sword edge illuminated the area several yards ahead.

The Jade Pendant at her waist showed no reaction.

Qian Daoliu had not entered Hell Road.

He was waiting for her outside.

"Grandpa."

Qian Renxue looked at the deep, dark passage ahead.

"I will make it out."

She stepped forward.

The stone steps beneath her feet suddenly trembled.

A swarm of black bats flew out from above the passage.

Their bodies were only the size of a palm, but their eyes glowed scarlet.

The densely packed bats blocked the path ahead.

Qian Renxue raised the Angel Holy Sword.

By the time the first bat lunged in front of her, Golden Sword Light had already swept past.

Splat!

Scarlet blood splattered.

The bat was cut in half.

The remaining bats lunged at her together.

Qian Renxue did not retreat.

She stepped forward, slashing her blade diagonally upward from the left.

Three bats were sliced apart at once.

She turned and swept her sword sideways.

Several more figures fell from midair.

Soul Skills could not be used inside Hell Road.

But tempered by immortal herbs, whale rubber, the Ice and Fire Golden Body, and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Qian Renxue's body already far surpassed that of an ordinary Soul Saint.

Every swing of her sword carried enough force to tear through the air.

Golden Sword Light flashed incessantly.

Fewer and fewer bats lunged at her.

The last bat tried to ambush her from behind.

As though she had sensed it in advance, Qian Renxue thrust backward.

The Angel Holy Sword pierced the bat's body, pinning it to the stone wall.

She withdrew her sword.

Blood dripped from its tip.

Qian Renxue did not linger.

She continued downward.

Hell Road was even longer than she had expected.

Along the way, besides blood bats, there were corpses submerged in the blood river.

Those corpses wore different kinds of clothing.

Some had died on the stone steps.

Some had only half their bodies left.

Others had clutched the stone wall with both hands, every fingernail broken, yet still failed to climb out.

Qian Renxue took one look, then withdrew her gaze.

She had not come here to pity others.

Only by completing Hell Road could she obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.

She wanted her power to undergo a true transformation.

A blood-colored stone bridge appeared ahead.

Beneath the bridge churned a river of blood.

Bubbles constantly rose from the river.

Every bubble that burst released a heavy stench of blood.

Qian Renxue stepped onto the stone bridge.

The stones beneath her feet suddenly cracked.

A gigantic blood-colored centipede burst out of the blood river.

Its body was over a hundred feet long, and hundreds of jointed legs stabbed toward the stone bridge at once.

Qian Renxue dodged to the side.

Boom!

A massive gap was gouged into the stone bridge.

She leaped off the broken stones.

The Angel Holy Sword traced a golden line through the air.

The blood-colored centipede raised its head, placing its hard carapace in the blade's path.

Clang!

The blade collided with the carapace.

Qian Renxue was knocked back several steps.

The blood-colored centipede lunged again.

She did not meet it head-on.

Her figure kept moving across the stone bridge.

The Angel Holy Sword descended again and again.

Its blade slashed through the creature's jointed legs.

The blood-colored centipede gradually slowed.

Qian Renxue seized the opportunity and leaped above its head.

Gripping the hilt with both hands, she poured all her golden soul power into the blade.

"Cleave!"

The sword descended from above.

Its blade pierced the blood-colored centipede's head.

The enormous body writhed wildly on the stone bridge.

A moment later, the blood-colored centipede fell back into the blood river.

The bloody water surged several times, then gradually grew calm.

Qian Renxue stood on the shattered stone bridge.

She raised her head and looked ahead.

A blood-red gate appeared at the end of the stone bridge.

Nine savage beast heads were engraved on the gate.

Qian Renxue walked up to the gate.

All nine beast heads opened their eyes at once.

Boom!

An immense pressure came from behind the gate.

The blood-red gate slowly opened.

Nine enormous bats flew out from within.

They were connected to one another.

All nine heads opened their mouthparts at once.

Blood-red pillars of light spewed from the nine mouths, sealing off the entire stone bridge.

Qian Renxue raised the Angel Holy Sword.

She did not choose to dodge.

Golden soul power erupted from her body in full force.

The longsword slashed forward.

A streak of Golden Sword Light collided with the nine streaks of blood-red light.

Boom!

The stone bridge shook violently.

The stones beneath Qian Renxue's feet crumbled one after another.

Her body slid backward several dozen feet.

Waves of numbness ran through her arm.

The Nine-Headed Bat King lunged at her again.

Its enormous body blocked the space above.

Qian Renxue drew the Angel Holy Sword back.

She gripped the sword's hilt with both hands.

"I won't stop here."

Golden soul power poured into the blade.

All the six-winged patterns on the surface of the Angel Holy Sword lit up.

The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring behind Qian Renxue appeared on its own.

Scarlet radiance covered her body.

Under the pressure of the blood aura, the Titan Giant Ape's source power circulated rapidly.

She swung her sword forward.

The Golden Sword Light abruptly swelled.

The Nine-Headed Bat King's blood-red light was cleaved apart head-on.

The blade slashed from the first head through to the ninth.

The Nine-Headed Bat King's body stopped in midair.

A blood-red fissure extended downward from the top of its heads.

The next instant.

Its enormous body split down the middle.

A rain of blood fell onto the stone bridge.

Qian Renxue sheathed her sword.

Her chest rose and fell continuously.

The rain of blood left mottled stains on her golden training clothes.

She raised a hand to wipe the blood from the side of her face and continued forward.

Beyond the blood-red gate lay a long, narrow passage.

White light appeared at the end of the passage.

Qian Renxue quickened her pace.

The closer she came to the exit, the denser the blood aura around her grew.

The stone steps beneath her feet began to melt.

The Blood River rose on both sides, transforming into countless arms that grabbed at her legs.

Qian Renxue swung her sword and severed those arms.

But the blood quickly coalesced again.

A giant blood-red hand seized her ankle.

Her body was violently dragged backward.

Qian Renxue raised the Angel Holy Sword and drove its tip into the ground.

The longsword carved a deep groove into the stone steps.

She used the blade to steady herself.

The giant blood-red hand continued to pull.

Qian Renxue lowered her head and looked down at her feet.

The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring rotated beside her.

A formidable force erupted from her right leg.

The giant blood-red hand exploded on the spot.

She pulled out her longsword and charged toward the exit.

The white light drew closer and closer.

Qian Renxue leaped up, her body passing through the curtain of light.

Boom!

A blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky from the center of Slaughter City.

The tightly shut city gates slowly opened.

Qian Renxue walked out through them.

Her training clothes were already covered in blood.

Her golden hair fell loosely behind her shoulders, and she held the Angel Holy Sword in her right hand.

A ring of pale red light spread outward from beneath her feet.