In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

Even those fallen ones who had been intimidated by Lan Si's murderous aura seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, and even though they shouted until their voices were hoarse, they showed no sign of stopping.

The shouts only ceased when the King of Slaughter slowly descended from the sky, landing five meters in front of Lan Si, with his arms slightly outstretched.

The King of Slaughter looked down at Lan Si from the sky, their eyes meeting. Lan Si, his face hidden beneath his black robe and hood, wearing a mask, immediately revealed a cold smile, thinking to himself, "Is this one of the three remaining peerless Douluo besides Bibi Dong?"

How ironic!

He was possessed by a bat and ended up like this.

My body is already riddled with holes.

The King of Slaughter did not see Lan Si's expression beneath his black robes. His deep, sharp voice rang out again, "Please summon the messenger of hell."

The massive gate on the other side of the Hellish Killing Fields slowly opened, and Hu Liena stepped out. Compared to three months ago, her aura was even more unstable due to the immense killing intent, and her eyes were almost completely blood red.

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Although Hu Liena achieved a hundred-win streak in less than half the time in the original story, she endured the same amount of killing intent. Clearly, she had not fully adapted.

Lan Si frowned, and his powerful teleportation skill activated instantly, moving him to her side. His fair hand patted her shoulder, startling her awake and preventing her from being overwhelmed by the killing intent.

Hu Liena broke out in a cold sweat and quickly gave Lan Si a grateful look.

Seeing this, the King of Slaughter couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes. He could tell that because Lan Si hadn't acquired a soul ring, his soul power had remained at level 50. However, without the support of soul skills, his speed was slightly inferior even to a Soul Douluo. Perhaps only a titled Soul Douluo could restrain him.

After a brief moment of surprise, the King of Slaughter's gaze fell upon the surrounding viewing platforms.

Next, just like in the original story, the King of Slaughter first silently released a Slaughter Domain that was even more powerful than the God of Slaughter Domain, causing the fallen ones to fall into extreme madness. Then, he symbolically invited Lan Si and Hu Liena to become guest elders of the Slaughter City.

They were promised that if they agreed, they would be granted the title of God of Slaughter and would be allowed free access to the City of Slaughter.

The result was obvious: they refused. They had been risking their lives for a year and three months to acquire the God of Slaughter's Domain, not to become some damned guest of the Slaughter City.

.......

Within the King of Slaughter's killing domain, aside from Lan Si and Lie Nana, who possess exceptionally strong mental power as they had not consumed the Yellow Spring Dew, the other fallen ones, influenced by the King of Slaughter's evil killing aura, began to kill each other.

Blood spilled onto the ground, pooling into streams that flowed along the countless grooves and depressions of the hellish killing field, eventually ending up in the small holes beneath each arena.

As a crimson bat pattern lit up beneath Lan Si and Hu Liena's feet, the two were simultaneously enveloped in a dazzling red light, instinctively closing their eyes.

When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves on a circular platform with a diameter of only five meters.

Below the platform lies a bottomless abyss; beyond the platform is a dark path, less than half a foot wide, barely wide enough for two feet to stand on at the same time.

All of this seems to be largely the same as what Lan Si knew about the original work.

However, Hu Liena's condition was not good. Her whole body was shrouded in a faint blood mist, her eyes were completely covered in blood red, and her body was constantly convulsing, as if she was enduring some kind of great pain.

At the critical moment, Lan Si released the Azure Lotus Domain and woke her up, "Wake up, Hu Liena."

"Thank you." Within the Azure Lotus Domain, Hu Liena felt a cool sensation sweep over her entire body. The blood-red light in her eyes gradually faded, and the blood mist disappeared. She replied with some difficulty.

Looking at Hu Liena's pale face, which was affected by the murderous aura, Lan Si hesitated for a moment, then removed his hood and mask, revealing his long, icy blue hair and handsome face. He said seriously, "Hu Liena, are you willing to believe me?"

Seeing Lan Si's long-unseen face, Hu Liena's heart was suddenly thrown into turmoil. She avoided Lan Si's gaze and nodded with a slightly flushed face.

Lan Si said solemnly, "Alright, listen to me first. It seems that because of my forceful intervention, you achieved a hundred consecutive victories too early, and the killing intent accumulated in your body has exceeded your own capacity. You may become a Fallen One at any time. Next, I will knock you unconscious and then take you away through the Hell Road. Otherwise, you may fall into madness. At that time, not only you, but even I may not be able to get out."

"Okay." Women in love are so mindless; without the slightest hesitation, Hu Liena nodded in agreement.

"Aren't you worried that I'll harm you? That I'll use you as a shield at a crucial moment?" Lan Si asked, somewhat taken aback.

"If you're not worried about my teacher coming after you, then you might as well harm me." Hu Liena gazed at Lan Si with tender affection, her words both passionate and gentle, half-joking.

This was the first time in over a year that she had a normal conversation with Lan Si. Even though she was under immense threat, she felt happier than ever before.

Without realizing it, she seemed to have forgotten about her goal of catching up with Lan Si.

“Uh…” Lan Si’s lips twitched. Looking at Hu Liena’s perfectly understandable expression, he thought, “No wonder she’s the most love-obsessed character in the original work.”

This girl is utterly hopeless; she betrayed the teacher who raised her time and time again because of a love she couldn't have.

"Ahem." Lan Si coughed lightly, avoiding Hu Liena's gaze, and took out a rope he had prepared beforehand from his soul tool and quickly tied Hu Liena up.

"Why did you tie me up?" Hu Liena rolled her eyes, speechless.

“In the past, if you were completely controlled by the killing intent and woke up halfway through, I would be in big trouble,” Lan Si said seriously.

"But you didn't have to tie me up like this!" Hu Liena's pretty face instantly turned red, and her gaze shifted downwards—tortoise shell binding.

"Uh..." Lan Si looked embarrassed and quickly untied the rope and re-tied her hands and feet. "Is this okay now?"

Siluke

"Then be gentle, this is my first time." Hu Liena's pretty face regained its usual charm, she lowered her head and said timidly.

"This little wench is really asking for it..." The thought flashed through his mind. Lan Si's lips twitched. Without replying, he pointed a finger at Hu Liena's sleeping acupoint and then put her into the Qiankun bag at his waist that could store living creatures.

With his gaze fixed on the narrow Hell Road, Lan Si took a deep breath, and a giant blue lotus rose from the ground beneath his feet as he sped off towards the narrow path of Hell Road.

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Chapter 267 The Fifth Soul Ring Acquired

It flew for about ten minutes.

Lan Si first heard a series of buzzing sounds in his ears, followed by a large number of blood-red shadows rushing towards him.

As they drew closer, Lan Si finally made out the true form of the shadowy figures. They were blood-red bats, each about half a foot long with a wingspan exceeding one meter. They resembled a miniature version of the blood-red patterns on the surface of the Hell Slaughter Grounds when the Hell Road opened.

"So they've finally arrived?" Lan Si murmured, his azure fiery eyes activating, and hundreds of ice-blue blades materialized out of thin air. They suddenly swarmed towards the blood-red bats.

Those blood-red bats flew extremely fast and could detect danger by sound waves, spotting sharp blades that were suddenly thrusting at them. They made a cawing sound and revealed sharp fangs, as if they were transmitting some kind of signal.

Thousands of bats simultaneously folded their wings, spotted the gaps between the flying knives, and swiftly swept towards Lan Si's location.

Lan Si slightly raised the corners of his mouth, raised his right hand, and clenched his five fingers into a fist.

Simultaneously, bluish-white flames rose from the surfaces of all the ice-blue blades, connecting to form a massive, dense bluish-white fire net. The moment the bats flew through, they were instantly burned to ashes. Occasionally, one or two might slip through the net, but Lan Si took out a semi-automatic pistol and shot them one by one.

In an instant, thousands of blood-red bats fell into the endless abyss like shooting stars.

Lan Si remained vigilant, continuing to unleash the Azure Lotus Domain and summoning the Azure Lotus Sword, as he flew forward. After penetrating several thousand meters, he unsurprisingly encountered the dark gold three-headed bat king from the original story.

It is over four meters long, with its wings folded. If it were spread out, it would be roughly no less than twenty meters long. Its huge body hangs upside down, with two huge claws gripping the bottom of the narrow path, which is extremely creepy.

Since the blood-red bat swarm has been wiped out, the dark gold three-headed bat king is still in a slumber.

Lan Si wouldn't talk to it about martial ethics, nor would it back down. Its cyan fiery eyes locked onto the three huge heads of the dark gold three-headed bat king and suddenly thrust forward, a ray of cyan-white light as thick as a thumb suddenly bursting out.

The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King instinctively sensed the threat and tried to dodge. However, everything in the universe is about balance; its massive body, while granting it immense power, also made it somewhat clumsy. Furthermore, the speed of the bluish-white beam was too great, making it impossible for it to dodge.

The moment it spread its enormous wings, a bluish-white beam of light pierced through its leftmost head.

Lan Si swung his Azure Lotus Sword sharply to the right, severing the head that had been pierced, along with the other two heads. The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, known as the nightmare of Hell Road, met his end.

"Isn't this...too easy?" Looking at the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, which he had easily killed, with its three heads falling into the abyss but its body still hanging upside down on the narrow bridge, Lan Si felt a strong sense of unreality. Little did he know that this was because his Azure Lotus Domain allowed him to use soul skills at will, thus making effective targeted attacks.

Otherwise, even for him, dealing with these bats would require considerable effort.

With the death of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, Lan Si dismembered it to prevent its resurrection before continuing his journey with peace of mind.

For a long stretch of the journey ahead, Lan Si did not encounter any further danger, but he did not let his guard down at all, because he knew that the real danger would appear somewhere ahead, which was also his goal in obtaining his fifth spirit ring: the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent.

rustle.....

As they were walking, a scraping sound suddenly came from ahead. Lan Si stopped in his tracks instantly, sheathed his Azure Lotus Sword, and released the Haotian Bamboo Shoot with his left hand. Because it had been stained with blood for many years, the Haotian Bamboo Shoot had accumulated an extremely large killing intent. The bright golden patterns that wrapped around the hammerhead were quietly covered with a layer of light blood red.

The originally jet-black hammer became increasingly shiny, and it seemed to be turning into a dark gold color.

Lan Si's gaze fell on the narrow road directly ahead.

"Hiss..." The moment Lan Si summoned the Haotian Bamboo Shoot, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent instinctively sensed the threat. Its body began to writhe, and a dazzling red light shone from its huge head and the nine fleshy balls on its head. Then it pounced on Lan Si.

Lan Si narrowed his eyes. He knew that the red light was not pure light, but a kind of poison, a kind of extremely hot and terrifying fire poison. Once he was contaminated, even he would suffer.

But he didn't try to dodge. Instead, he did the opposite, stepping on a green lotus and charging forward while continuously releasing icy blue blades to block.

Although the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was enormous, exceeding ten meters in length, it was also extremely agile as a primordial species. It easily evaded Lan Si's sharp blade attack. At the instant when the two were ten meters apart, a huge beam of red light suddenly burst from its mouth and fiercely covered Lan Si.

Lan Si's lips curled slightly, and the instant he emitted the red light, he activated his teleportation skill, leaping off the green lotus and moving to the narrow path behind the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent in the blink of an eye. Then he pretended to run away.

The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was furious. It felt its dignity had been challenged. It had never suffered such humiliation since two humans had slipped away from it decades ago. It turned its head and hurriedly chased after them, completely unaware of the still intact blue lotus behind it, which was covered in fire poison.

A man and a snake, one chasing and the other fleeing, with a blue lotus silently following behind.

A moment later, Lan Si stopped. The Ten-Headed Fiery Serpent thought that Lan Si had given up on escaping and was going to fight to the death. The fire poison of the ten heads gathered again, ready to finish off the tiny human in front of them in one go.

But then it was discovered that Lan Si was looking up at the sky behind it.

There, a gigantic spider web, over fifteen meters in diameter, silently appeared. The Ten-Headed Fiery Serpent instinctively sensed the danger and abandoned its plan to attack Lan Si immediately. Instead, it sprayed its fiery venom at the spider web, intending to burn it down before attacking Lan Si.

But no matter how hard it racked its brains, it couldn't figure out that Lan Si's spider web had the passive ability to resist fire. The spider web was only blocked by the fire poison for a moment before it wrapped around its huge snake body.

Net-like traps are usually the nemesis of snakes; once entangled, it is almost impossible to escape.

Lan Si seized the opportunity and didn't give the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent a chance to release its inner core. In a flash, he moved above its body, holding the Haotian Bamboo Shoot with the tip pointing downwards. He poured all his level 50 soul power into the Haotian Bamboo Shoot, causing it to suddenly swell. In the blink of an eye, the hammerhead had reached the thickness of a bucket.

The Fairy Tree Romance

Then he suddenly rammed his way into the head of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent, which was struggling violently.

Crack—the sound of bones breaking rang out. The bamboo shoot tip broke through the skull of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent without any hindrance, reaching its brain marrow and pinning its entire massive head to the narrow passage.

The ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent struggled violently once again, but Lan Si held the hammer handle firmly to prevent its head from moving.

A moment later, the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpents gradually lost their life force.

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Chapter 268 Attention from the God of Asura

Faint red light spots were released from the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent's enormous head and nine broken, fleshy heads, then converged to form a golden-red sphere of light.

Lan Si gathered a bluish-white aura in his right hand, absorbed it into his hand, and threw it into his storage soul tool without even looking at it.

He breathed a sigh of relief and, without any hesitation, stepped onto the blue lotus again and flew rapidly towards the end of the Hell Road.

As he ventured deeper, Lan Si felt the surrounding temperature rising and the killing intent growing stronger. The killing intent within him seemed to be spiraling out of control. Fortunately, he possessed the Azure Lotus Domain; otherwise, without the head soul bone, he might have truly been unable to control the killing intent within him.

An hour later, Lan Si, whose mind was constantly stimulated by the violent killing intent, finally reached the end of the Hell Road. Before his eyes was a blood-red ocean, formed over thousands of years by the blood of countless fallen beings from the Hell Slaughter Arena. High in the center of the ocean, a thousand meters above the ground, there was a glimmer of light. Lan Si looked closely and saw that it was an oval-shaped light curtain formed by white light. If he wasn't mistaken, that was the exit.