Douluo's Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

It could fully sense how unfathomable the strength of the person in front of it was.

"Don't worry, Brother Tianmeng. Although I can't beat him, I have other ways to deal with him, but now is not the time." Tianlin showed no sign of panic.

After all, this isn't the real Tang Chen; it's just a puppet possessed by the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King. How much of Tang Chen's strength can it possibly unleash?

The King of Slaughter's gaze fell upon the viewing platform of the Hell Slaughter Arena.

"I am delighted to witness the birth of two killing arena powerhouses today. The Hundred Victories that have not been seen for many years have been displayed by these two young men. They have made you tremble with their powerful strength and terrifying killing intent, haven't they, my people?"

"Yes!" The King of Slaughter seemed to possess a unique magic that caused all the Fallen to develop an almost fanatical worship upon seeing him.

The King of Slaughter lowered his head and looked at Tianlin and Hu Liena. "Sword Dao Asura, Hell Messenger, thank you for letting me feel the passion again. In recognition of your achievements, I have decided to grant you the title of God of Slaughter as an exception. From now on, you can freely enter and leave the City of Slaughter and will be invited to serve as guests of the City of Slaughter under my command."

For the King of Slaughter, the safest course of action is indeed to prevent anyone from venturing into the Hell Road, thus eliminating the possibility of a God of Slaughter appearing at its source.

However, how could Tianlin possibly agree? The Killing God Domain was the very foundation of the Asura God Trial. He immediately refused, saying, "No need. Great King of Slaughter, the rules of the Slaughter City cannot be broken because of us. I am willing to pass the trials of the Hell Road and then receive your reward. I hope to rely on my own strength to walk out of here and become a true Killing God."

"Me too!" Hu Liena didn't know all that; she simply wanted to obtain the God of Slaughter Domain and kill Tian Lin on the Road to Hell.

Both men were of unwavering resolve, and the King of Slaughter knew that no amount of persuasion would be of any use. His face grim, he said, "Since that's the case, then you two shall walk the road to hell together. That way, you won't be alone on the road to the underworld. Open, Gates of Hell!"

A series of evil, cold red ripples slowly spread from the King of Slaughter's body, and in the blink of an eye, they had spread to the entire area.

The fallen ones sitting in the stands were all unusually excited, eager to see the Hell Road open. However, they were unaware that their own lives were about to end.

Aside from the God of Slaughter and the King of Slaughter, no one has ever seen the Hell Road open. Because all those who have seen it are dead. Or rather, they all became sacrifices for the opening of the Hell Road.

The Fallen, who had been cheering wildly, gradually fell silent as the red light descended onto the viewing platform. The eyes of each Fallen gradually became vacant, then turned bloodshot. Before long, when the red light formed a massive barrier across the entire hellish killing field, agonizing screams began to erupt from those who had first come into contact with the red light.

Influenced by the red light, the fallen seemed to have gone mad, frantically scratching their faces and bodies...

"To become a sacrifice for the opening of the Hell Road is their honor," the King of Slaughter's deep voice rang out. At this moment, the screams had gradually subsided; apart from Tianlin, Hu Liena, and the King of Slaughter, there seemed to be no one else alive.

The blood flowed into the ground, but it didn't spread in a straight line. Instead, grooves appeared on the ground at some unknown time. The blood flowed into these grooves and gradually gathered into a huge blood-red pattern on the ground.

A dazzling red light burst forth from the pattern, and then Tianlin and Hu Liena suddenly lost their footing. An incredibly powerful suction force came from below the Hell Slaughter Arena, like a gaping maw that swallowed Tianlin and Hu Liena whole.

"Hmph, I wish you good luck on the road to hell!" The King of Slaughter's deep, sharp voice echoed in their ears, seemingly mocking them.

After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a violent tremor, the two regained their freedom. When they came to their senses, they were on a circular platform, only five or six meters in diameter.

It seems this is the starting point of Hell Road!

Chapter 239 Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King

Upon arriving at Hell Road, a flash of bloodlust suddenly appeared in Hu Liena's eyes; the Bloody Mary poison within her body had begun to react with Hell Road.

Tianlin didn't help Hu Liena detoxify like Tang San did, and even if he had given her the antidote, given Hu Liena's dislike and wariness of Tianlin, she probably wouldn't have taken it.

However, as the blue light flashed on her forehead, she quickly regained her composure.

As expected of the skull of the original protagonist, it greatly amplified Hu Liena's mental state, managing to forcibly maintain her sanity.

Bibi Dong actually possessed another soul bone that was no less powerful than the Skull of Wisdom, but the reason she prioritized this one for Hu Liena was because of the word "wisdom." The more intelligent a person is, the more likely they are to remain rational in an emergency.

"Is this the Road to Hell?" Hu Liena looked at the narrow path ahead, only half a foot wide. "It's quite fitting. One wrong step and you'll be plunged into hell, never to return."

Before coming to the City of Slaughter, Bibi Dong had roughly described the scenery of Hell Road to Hu Liena, but so many years have passed, and it is impossible for this place to remain unchanged. Therefore, the information she had could only be used as a reference.

But in Hu Liena's mind, even if the information was limited, it was still much better than Tianlin, who knew nothing. She could devise a plan to make this Sword Lord, or rather, the Sword Dao Asura, perish on this Hell Road.

"Don't unleash your killing intent on me at this time, or I'm afraid I might lose my temper and cut you down with my sword!" Tianlin walked ahead without looking back.

Hu Liena smiled slightly and followed Tian Lin. "I'm sorry, I've lived in this City of Slaughter for too long, and sometimes I can't control myself."

They didn't tie themselves together with clothes or ropes for a simple reason: neither of them trusted the other.

"Hu Liena, have you noticed? As we move forward, the temperature around us is getting higher and higher," Tianlin asked after traveling some distance.

“That’s right, the lava below is getting closer and closer to us. It was 1,000 meters at first, but now it’s probably only 900 meters. If this continues, I’m afraid the last section of Hell Road will be completely submerged in lava. That’s the most difficult part to walk.” Hu Liena is much stronger than in the original story in terms of both level and mental strength. She also noticed something else and looked up, saying, “Something is coming.”

“Bats, thousands of them!” Tianlin said in a deep voice. If Hu Liena could sense them, how could he not? In fact, he sensed them even more clearly.

As they drew closer, the flying creatures became clearer: they were blood-red bats, miniature versions of the blood-red patterns left on the ground in the hellish killing field. Each blood bat was about a foot long, but its enormous wingspan exceeded a meter.

One or two of these blood bats are nothing, but when thousands of them suddenly appeared, it was like a red blood cloud, flying rapidly towards Tianlin and Hu Liena.

At this moment, Hu Liena's face had turned very pale. She sheathed her short sword in front of her chest and asked anxiously, "What should we do?"

"What's the big deal? Just a few thousand," Tianlin said nonchalantly. "Phantom Sword!"

The Demon Sword's innate soul skill, Shadow Sword, is constantly being enhanced as his level increases. From the initial dozens of swords, it can now reach thousands. If combined with the Myriad Swords Technique, Tianlin can now unleash 100,000 swords in an instant.

But now, the Shadow Sword is enough. Countless shadow swords flew towards the bats, and in no time, the red blood cloud was swept away, leaving only the bat corpses falling into the lava.

"Let's go. If this counts as a checkpoint, then we've passed the first checkpoint, haven't we?" Tianlin said calmly, and continued forward.

"How powerful! Such a dense rain of swords, if it fell on me, I would have no way to dodge and would surely die." Hu Liena sighed inwardly, and at the same time strengthened her determination to keep Tian Lin here. Otherwise, once he obtained the Killing God Domain and went out, he would be even more difficult to deal with and would become a great enemy of their Spirit Hall sooner or later.

"Squeak!" Just then, an angry bat's cry suddenly came from ahead.

Directly ahead of them on this narrow path, below it, hung an enormous creature upside down. Bathed in the surrounding pale red light, it emitted a dark golden glow. The creature was approximately four meters long, its two massive claws gripping the narrow path. Each claw was over a meter in diameter, its sharp edges digging into the stone.

Amidst the screams of a swarm of blood bats, a pair of enormous wings slowly unfurled from its dark golden body, their terrifying wingspan reaching a staggering ten meters. Its claws snapped open, and with a flap of its massive wings, its colossal body soared into the air—it was an incredibly enormous bat.

It was entirely dark gold, and most terrifyingly, it had three heads.

Hu Liena murmured, "It seems we haven't passed the first hurdle yet. We're in trouble. We beat up the younger one, so the older one is here for revenge."

“The Dark Gold Bat King, its attribute is dark. I’ve seen this kind of soul beast in the Soul Beast Encyclopedia, but this one seems to be mutated. Judging from its size, it’s over 60,000 years old. We need to be careful,” Tianlin introduced.

The strength of a 60,000-year-old soul beast is already above the Soul Saint level, especially a mutated species like the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. Even a Title Douluo would probably find it difficult to deal with it if he couldn't use his soul skills.

The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King was cunning by nature. Instead of attacking the two right away, it began to destroy the road in front of them, intending to make them bring about their own destruction.

"Jun Tianlin, we must join forces to deal with this monster. You will use physical attacks, and I will use mental attacks!" Hu Liena said anxiously.

"Alright, let's fight while running, and get through this first section before it completely destroys the road!" Tianlin activated the Shu Mountain Movement Technique and rushed forward quickly.

Although Hu Liena did not have his agility, she had already activated her external soul bone, the fox tail. External soul bones enhance all of a person's physical attributes, and for a time, her speed also increased significantly.

How could the Bat King possibly watch them pass through the first obstacle like this? All three heads began screaming simultaneously, as if about to unleash some powerful attack.

Having read the original story, Tianlin knew that to kill this three-headed bat, he had to destroy all three of its heads in one go. Otherwise, killing only one or two heads would be meaningless, as the bat could regenerate in an instant. Therefore, Tianlin did not attack rashly.

"We must stop its skill, Phantom Light!" A glint flashed in Hu Liena's eyes. She hadn't expected that her Soul Bone Skill could not only be used to charm enemies, but also to launch a mental attack.

Chapter 240 Mutual Killing: Tianlin and Hu Liena

The pink light struck one of the Bat King's heads instantly. The head did not shatter, but it was already brain dead.

Unfortunately, for this Bat King, unless all three heads are destroyed at the same time, it can regenerate indefinitely.

A head next to it actually bit off the brain-dead head on its own, and then in less than a second, a new head grew out of the shattered head.

"Such a powerful self-healing ability!" Hu Liena exclaimed.

However, after this attack, she discovered something: the Bat King only had strong physical self-regeneration abilities, while her attack was more of a soul attack. With the help of the Wisdom Skull, she could clearly feel that the Blood Red Bat King's soul strength had decreased.

A plan formed in her mind, and Hu Liena revealed a wicked smile. At this moment, in order to interrupt the Bat King's ultimate move, Tian Lin was constantly unleashing sword energy and did not notice her smile.

Despite Tianlin's relentless attacks, he was still unable to kill the Bat King, which had an extremely strong regenerative ability, but he did inflict considerable damage on it, completely interrupting its charged attack.

In the original story, Tang San used the combination of the Purple Extreme Divine Light, hidden weapons, and the Clear Sky Hammer to simultaneously shatter the three heads of the Bat King in an instant.

Tianlin didn't need such complicated steps. He wanted to use the Punishment Lock Blade to turn the Bat King's entire body into powder. He refused to believe that it could regenerate like that.

Just then, another beam of light swept past Tianlin, shattering another of the Bat King's heads.

"Hu Liena, this kind of attack is useless. We have to destroy all three of its heads at the same time," Tianlin shouted a reminder.

Hu Liena seemed not to hear her, and continued to do useless work.

Tianlin underestimated her. After absorbing the Wisdom Soul Bone, although her mental strength did not reach the Soul Douluo level like Tang San, it was still comparable to some high-level Soul Saints. It seems that the Spirit Hall also has cultivation methods for mental strength. Under such strong and continuous mental attacks from her, the three-headed bat king was unable to fight back for a while.

However, it didn't care; no matter how many attacks it received, they wouldn't kill it.

But just after one of its heads was destroyed and regenerated for the fourth time, Hu Liena suddenly changed her tactics, "Charm!"

Without relying on spirit rings, Hu Liena can now use her charm spirit skills on her own.

Her repeated mental attacks were aimed at weakening the Bat King's soul power so that her charm would succeed on the first try.

Pink light flashed in the eyes of the Bat King's three heads simultaneously, clearly indicating that he had been bewitched by her.

"Well done!" Tianlin couldn't help but praise Hu Liena for coming up with such a method. In this way, he could easily cut off the Bat King's three heads without using the Torture Lock Blade.

"You flatter me, Sword Master." Hu Liena smiled charmingly at first, then her expression suddenly turned cold. "Bat King, kill him!"

The bewitched Bat King obeyed her commands like a puppet, launching a fierce attack on Tianlin.

"Teleport!" Tianlin used his soul bone skill to dodge the attack and looked in Hu Liena's direction. He saw that she was already preparing to run across the first section of Hell Road.

Moreover, while running, she used her external soul bone to destroy the road, cutting off all of Tianlin's paths, so that even if he could defeat the Bat King, he could only perish together with the Bat King.

"I knew you weren't a good person, woman." Tianlin wasn't worried about the road; he could fly over on his sword, so he could just fly there later. But that would mean he wouldn't be able to use his swordsmanship.

"Sigh, I should have another sword forged outside. I won't be able to use the Demon Sword for flying anymore!" Tianlin said, seemingly troubled, but his face showed no panic. Hu Liena had her brilliant plan, but he, Jun Tianlin, also had his ways...

"Demon Suppression Domain!" Tianlin opened his domain, suppressing the portion of the Slaughter City Domain centered on himself, and all six soul rings of the Demon Sword appeared in the process.

Hu Liena, who hadn't run far, subconsciously looked back and was shocked. "How is this possible? Why can Jun Tianlin use a spirit ring here?"

"Third Soul Skill, Feng Shui Flow!"

The next moment, Tianlin told her that he could not only use soul rings, but also use soul skills. Under the effect of the wind and water flow, the charm state of the three-headed bat king was immediately lifted.

"Soul Bone Technique, Mind Control!"

A flash of light appeared on Tianlin's forehead. In terms of soul bones, could Tianlin possibly lose to Hu Liena? He had to thank Hu Liena for consuming so much of the Bat King's spiritual power, which allowed him to control it effortlessly now.

Bat King stopped his attack on Tianlin, turned around, and glared fiercely in Hu Liena's direction.

Seeing this, Hu Liena knew that things were not going well; the Bat King had been turned on and controlled by Jun Tianlin.

"Kill!" Tianlin coldly ordered, and the Bat King pounced on Hu Liena.

Although it differed somewhat from the King of Slaughter's original plan, it was largely as he had predicted: Tianlin and Hu Liena had begun to kill each other.

Hu Liena's swordsmanship is actually quite good, but that's only effective against humans. Against a monster like the Bat King, it's completely useless.

Moreover, she had just used her Soul Bone Skills repeatedly, which had taken a toll on her. She was completely helpless at the moment. Before long, one of the Bat King's heads bit her arm and carried her into the air. If it weren't for the external Soul Bone and the sharp short sword given to her by Bibi Dong, she would have been torn to pieces by the other two heads.

"Jun Tianlin, the Spirit Hall will not let you go! My teacher will definitely avenge me!" Knowing that she was doomed, Hu Liena did not beg for mercy. Although she was a woman, her courage was no less than that of a man.

"If Bibi Dong wants to kill me, then I will send her down sooner or later. Fourth Soul Skill, Flowing Light Immortal Slaying Slash!" Tian Lin flew forward, and the huge demonic sword pierced through the three-headed bat king and Hu Liena at the same time.

Inside the Spirit Hall, in the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation.