Ye Guixu shot skyward from the spring. Yan Lingji and Tide Siren came to meet him, and the Emperor Auspicious Beast poked her head out of his arms.
"Let's go." Ye Guixu withdrew his gaze, set the Emperor Auspicious Beast on his shoulder, and raised a hand to tear open space. "To Slaughter City."
Tide Siren pursed her lips in a smile. "Master intends to uproot all of the Asura God's arrangements in the lower realm?"
"Yes. The brand of Divine Slaughter's Domain, the divine power in Slaughter City, Tang Chen-not one will remain."
The entrance to Slaughter City was hidden in a tavern in Nameless Town.
The instant Ye Guixu and the two women stepped into the tavern-
The clamor inside abruptly faltered. More than a dozen gazes swung toward them in unison, landing on the three figures at the door.
Then those eyes could no longer look away.
Yan Lingji wore a long black-and-red dress that hugged her full curves. Snow-white fox ears sprang from her hair, and nine tails spread like a fan behind her.
Tide Siren wore a purple gauze dress, her beauty alluring and dazzling.
The bandits in the tavern stared with eyes gleaming green.
Ye Guixu said flatly, "Kill them."
Yan Lingji chuckled, her fox ears twitching playfully as she waved a hand.
Crimson flames poured from her palm, becoming more than a dozen fiery threads that pierced the throat of every person in the tavern with precision.
Flames sizzled against flesh. More than a dozen bodies fell at once, without even time to scream.
The air filled with a pungent, overpowering stench of burning flesh mixed with blood.
Ye Guixu walked expressionlessly to the bar.
A stone slab lay beneath it, and beneath the slab was a scarlet opening.
Tide Siren raised