Douro Continent

Chapter 451 Slaughter City (Part 2)

The fourth spirit ring suddenly shone brightly. The next moment, the entire tavern was filled with a layer of crystalline blue light.

Thick strands of blue silver grass rose from the ground, their hard cones piercing through body after body.

Blue Silver Emperor's fourth soul skill, a mutated skill, Blue Silver Thrust Formation, is activated.

It seemed everything had come to an end; even the Soul Master couldn't escape being pierced. No body could withstand the Blue Silver Grass, whose evolved sharpness rivaled that of the original Eight Spider Lances. One after another, lifeless corpses were lifted up. Their bodies had been pierced by the Blue Silver Emperor, their life force rapidly draining away.

"You shouldn't have insulted my mother." The blue in Tang San's eyes suddenly intensified. When he turned around and sat down again in front of his father, his spirit rings and the Blue Silver Grass in the outside world disappeared at the same time.

Thump, thump, thump… one corpse after another fell to the ground, blood staining the tavern floor. But Tang San's expression remained calm. A calmness that surprised even Tang Hao.

Nodding, Tang Hao said calmly, "It seems I underestimated you. Remember, once you enter the City of Slaughter, you can only rely on yourself. I won't be by your side, nor will I protect you. There are no friends or partners there, only enemies. Kill everyone who poses a threat to you. Win the annual championship of the Hell Slaughter Arena, and I will naturally come to pick you up."

The waiter in the tavern was not panicked by the deaths of dozens of people. He was as calm as Tang San, as if he had long been used to this scene.

He naturally heard what Tang Hao said to Tang San. However, his face showed more disdain than anything else.

"You think you can enter the Killing City just because you've killed a few people? He's not qualified." The waiter said coldly. "He can't even afford a Bloody Mary, what makes him think he can get in? Uh..."

With a whoosh, sharp blue silver grass sprouted from his chest. Tang San didn't turn around to look, but simply said calmly, "Am I qualified now?"

The waiter clearly couldn't give him any more answers. He never expected Tang San to attack him. His pupils gradually dilated, and the Blue Silver Grass swayed gently. His body had already been flung away, spraying blood, which gathered together with the previous corpses.

"You adapted very quickly," Tang Hao said, looking at Tang San.

Tang San looked at his father. "Because I want to live. Because you said that everyone here, including you and me, has a way to die. I believe you. The City of Slaughter, is it? This is where I will be trained. Dad, I will do it." What he didn't say was that it was to protect his family, his lover, and his companions, and to live for hope. He would not back down.

Tang San was inherently intelligent, and after acquiring the Wisdom Skull, his mind became even sharper. While vomiting, he had already realized that his father had brought him to this world of slaughter, and his only choice was to kill. Otherwise, he would be killed. That vomiting process was the only moment of weakness he allowed himself. He wouldn't allow himself to experience it a second time.

After saying this, Tang San stood up, strode to the bar, and without even glancing at the two stunned waiters behind it, raised his hand and slammed it heavily onto the bar.

With a deafening roar, the bar counter shattered into pieces, scattering across the ground.

The two waiters were dumbfounded, and the blue light on Tang San's body had already subsided. In his left hand, the small black hammer had appeared at some unknown time.

"The entrance to the City of Slaughter should be here." Twisting his body, he exerted force with his calves, and the small black hammer transformed into a streak of dark light, slamming heavily onto the ground.

Tang San had already sensed the difference here with his spiritual power long ago. There was a hollow space beneath the bar. Without a doubt, this town couldn't be the Killing City; the entrance was the most reasonable explanation. He wouldn't look for any mechanisms; different methods were needed for different places.

With a deafening roar, a huge hole appeared in the ground, and a chilling wind blew upwards from beneath. Tang San turned to look at the spot where his father had been sitting, only to find that Tang Hao had vanished. Without hesitation, he leaped down, plunging directly into the darkness below. His body was instantly enveloped in the blackness, disappearing completely within it.

Once inside the darkness, after falling only a few meters, Tang San was already on solid ground. He didn't need any light; his Purple Demon Eyes allowed him to see everything clearly in the dark.

It was a long, sloping passageway that extended downwards, and a chilling aura constantly blew against Tang San's body. But he still strode forward.

When Tang San had taken 1,462 steps, a cold voice suddenly came from all directions, "Welcome to the City of Slaughter. This is the capital of hell, a world filled with slaughter. Here, you can get anything you want, but the price is your life."

He released his spiritual energy, but Tang San immediately sensed that the tunnel's material was extremely peculiar; even with his spiritual energy, he couldn't penetrate it. His expression changed slightly, and Tang San's face hardened. However, he didn't stop walking. In the darkness, his Blue Silver Grass probed first, and then his body.

Tang Hao once said that killing intent is, in a sense, equivalent to courage. But courage does not equate to recklessness. Tang San may appear to enter with great bravery, but he is never lacking in caution.

As he rounded a bend, a faint light appeared ahead. Tang San squinted, focusing his energy into his Purple Demon Eye. The light ahead magnified in his eyes—an open portal. On the other side of the portal, there was a life force.

As Tang San strode forward, he vaguely heard a commotion. When he emerged from the passageway, one hundred and one people appeared before him.

They were all clad in black armor, their faces completely obscured by helmets, and a hundred of them wielded heavy swords. Only one man sat atop a tall warhorse, whose body was also covered in thick black armor.

"You have broken the rules." The deep voice sounded extremely cold, as if it didn't come from a human. The one who spoke was the black-armored knight sitting upright on his horse.

Tang San didn't look at him, but instead focused his gaze on what was behind him. What he saw was a black city. The thick black city walls were extremely wide; it really was a city, and above the city hung a purple moon. The moon was very low, seemingly less than five hundred meters above the ground, and looking further up, everything was black, like the darkness of night.

"What should be done if the rules are broken?" Tang San asked calmly.

The black-armored knight's voice remained icy, devoid of any human warmth, "Then you must accept your punishment. Defeat me, and you will gain the right to enter the City of Slaughter."

"Wouldn't I kill you?" Tang San asked calmly.

The black-armored knight slowly raised his long lance, and the black-armored warriors on either side of Tang San slowly retreated, creating an open space.

"I am Scott, the Dread Knight."

The warhorse suddenly accelerated, and the black-armored knight charged straight at Tang San with a terrible aura.

A chilling aura permeated the air, and a chilling killing intent rushed towards them. Compared to Tang Hao's magnificent and immense killing intent, the killing intent emanating from this black-armored knight was much smaller, but it possessed a sharper edge.

As Tang San focused his internal energy, he suddenly realized that his spirit rings hadn't appeared along with the Blue Silver Grass. It seemed that all his spirit skills had become useless at this moment.

Without the slightest panic, Tang San moved. He retracted the Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his left hand. At this moment, he finally understood why his father had made him cultivate while his soul power was sealed. This City of Slaughter had special rules; here, any soul skill was ineffective. Even soul masters could only use the most basic power—the most basic form of their martial soul.

His soul skill vanished, but his soul power remained—meaning his Mysterious Heaven Skill was still intact. Twisting his body, Tang San unleashed the Clear Sky Hammer. The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, first strike. He was met by a terrifying, heavily armored knight carrying the immense force of a warhorse's charge.

boom--

The warhorse neighed mournfully, its massive charge abruptly halted. A heavy lance, four meters long, soared into the air and flew far away.

The terrifying knight, Scott, was no longer on his horse; like his lance, he had been thrown into the air. The warhorse, however, came to rest on Tang San's right hand. The immense force stopped there; under the powerful impact, the warhorse rolled sideways, convulsing violently. Its neck had been completely broken in the collision of the two forces.

Only Tang Hao truly understands the explosive power that the 500-pound Clear Sky Hammer can generate under Tang San's charged attack.

After two years of tempering under the waterfall, Tang San's body had long since become a weapon. Although the impact was enormous, it couldn't affect him at all.

Dread Knight Scott slowly rose from the ground. The armor on his right hand, which had been gripping the lance, was completely shattered and scattered, as was the armor on his entire right arm. The muscles and bones of his right arm had also broken apart.

Tang San frowned. According to his original calculations, this hammer blow should have been enough to kill his opponent. However, the terrifying knight's strength was even greater than he had anticipated, which was why he was spared.

Step by step, Tang San walked forward, gazing up at the purple moon. He thought to himself: "The City of Slaughter, where soul skills cannot be used... I've arrived."

(End of this chapter)