Chapter 240

In no time a month passed, and Gu Xuan's number of victories in the Hell Slaughter Field had risen to twenty matches, almost to the point of saying he fought a match every day; by now he had completely adapted to life here.

Du Gu Yan was slightly behind, with only fifteen victories so far, but given their two speeds, they were already a unique existence in the City of Slaughter.

Even another Hell Envoy similarly crowned with the title of genius, after half a year in the City of Slaughter, had managed only a twenty‑win streak, yet now a newcomer had surpassed him.

Worth mentioning, this Hell Envoy is Hu Liena, just as in the original story; after the Soul Master Tournament ended she came to the City of Slaughter to train, and she has now survived here alone for half a year.

Hu Liena now exudes killing intent from head to toe; although her decisive slaughter has earned her a place here, in Gu Xuan's view she hardly has any chance of leaving this place.

Moreover, in the original story Hu Liena was able to escape the Hell Road only thanks to Tang San's help; otherwise, even if she had achieved a hundred straight wins, she would inevitably have died in the dangers of the Hell Road.

When Hu Liena first saw Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan, she was likewise astonished, but upon thinking of Gu Xuan drinking Du Gu Yan's talent, she came to terms with it.

No need to say more about Gu Xuan; back when the tournament took place, he defeated Qian Renxue, who was at level seventy‑four, with his own strength at level fifty‑six, and in Hu Liena's eyes he could no longer be described merely as a genius.

Although Du Gu Yan still lags behind Gu Xuan, Hu Liena is roughly the same age as Du Gu Yan, yet Du Gu Yan's strength remains far above hers!

Thus Hu Liena initially approached Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan on her own initiative, after all the Spirit Hall had not yet launched its Spirit Hunt operation, and in her view, although she, Gu Xuan, and Du Gu Yan were not friends, they were certainly not enemies either.

Therefore, since they are all trainees and not so‑called fallen ones, they naturally differ from the others here, so Hu Liena thought she wanted to cooperate with Gu Xuan and Hu Liena.

However, for Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan, cooperation is entirely unnecessary, given that with their two strengths surviving here is absolutely no problem.

Leaving aside Hu Liena's attitude toward them, even if she were really pulled into the team, it could be said that she would not only bring them no benefit, but would actually be a burden.

However, from Gu Xuan's perspective, he merely feels it a pity, because this girl Hu Liena is not bad at all, and both her figure and appearance are top‑notch.

If Du Gu Yan were not present, Gu Xuan would not mind keeping this girl by his side to train her properly; in the future she would certainly be a malleable talent.

It's just a shame, his chief wife is right beside him, so Gu Xuan naturally won't philander with Hu Liena; although this girl is quite nice, none of his several fiancées are inferior to her.

So Gu Xuan refused Hu Liena's cooperation, and together with Du Gu Yan he focused on completing the hundred‑win goal in the Hell Slaughter Field.

As for the idea of killing Hu Liena and then taking her soul bone, Gu Xuan had also considered it, and he had even mentioned this thought to Du Gu Yan at first; however, Du Gu Yan rejected it.

It must be said that Du Gu Yan is sometimes relatively kind, because in his view, a little girl like Hu Liena training and surviving alone in such a place is still somewhat pitiable.

Therefore, as long as Hu Liena does not touch their interests, Du Gu Yan does not intend to act against her.

Of course, if Hu Liena, unaware of propriety, tries to cozy up to Gu Xuan, Du Gu Yan does not mind killing her and taking her bone.

Of course, Du Gu Yan does not know that Hu Liena possesses a soul bone; he thinks that if she dares to flirt with Gu Xuan, he will let Du Gu Yan taste the flavor of desire‑poison.

After all, Hu Liena is indeed a beauty; many lecherous men lust after him, but none dare show it because of her strength.

Now that a month has passed, the number of people daring to ambush Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan is dwindling, but those who remain are growing stronger.

Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan left the Hell Slaughter Field and, as usual, returned to their residence.

Their dwelling is very luxurious, a quiet manor; the surroundings have no other residents, not because there are no houses around, but because Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan have driven everyone away.

Naturally, most of the people driven out from here have already kicked the bucket; after all, those people also need to enjoy themselves, so how could they so easily give up this luxurious place? Thus Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan could only ask them to leave in another way—namely, permanent departure.

However, there is one thing Gu Xuan is unwilling about: he originally thought that with his current strength he would not need to stay in the City of Slaughter for long, but after experiencing a month's worth of soul time, he realized he would need at least a year before he could leave.

The reason is simple: first, Du Gu Yan's strength cannot keep up with the pace at which Gu Xuan enters matches; although Du Gu Yan is invincible among peers and his poison is unmatched, here soul skills cannot be used.

Moreover, each battle in the Hell Slaughter Field involves ten people fighting together; now that Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan's potential is limitless, they naturally become the target of the other nine as soon as they step onto the field, so Du Gu Yan does not find every match as easy as Gu Xuan does.

This naturally reduces Gu Xuan's speed, after all he cannot win a hundred matches by himself, then walk the Hell Road alone while leaving Du Gu Yan behind.

As for the second point, it is because absorbing and refining the soul power from the Hell Slaughter Field, while allowing rapid cultivation via this method, also requires time to refine and absorb these mixed soul powers; otherwise, it is very likely that he and Du Gu Yan would suffer cultivation problems due to impure refinement of these external soul powers.

Given these two premises, Gu Xuan's progress inevitably slowed, but it is still within an acceptable range, after all it would take at most a little over a year; after a little over a year they will leave, and the outside world will not have changed much.

Later, Gu Xuan's progress in matches matched Du Gu Yan's; in his other time he cultivated soul power, and after only a month his soul power had reached rank sixty‑two.

Du Gu Yan's improvement, although somewhat slower than Gu Xuan's, also reached the peak of rank sixty‑two, only one step away from breaking through to rank sixty‑three.

However, Du Gu Yan's speed indeed cannot keep up with Gu Xuan's, so later Gu Xuan came up with a good method to help Du Gu Yan: during Du Gu Yan's matches, Gu Xuan would split his Sword‑Dragon Eight Wings into two dragon swords to give Du Gu Yan as weapons.

The Hell Slaughter Field is not the Soul Master Tournament; it does not restrict weapon use, so as long as one wins, any method is fine.

And because of Gu Xuan's dragon swords' aid, even if Du Gu Yan truly encounters an opponent he cannot easily deal with, Gu Xuan can secretly control the swords to directly help Du Gu Yan resolve the situation.

Gu Xuan himself, however, has never used the Sword‑Dragon Eight Wings, because he relies on his own martial soul and another external soul bone—the Dark Gold Terror Claw.

In the City of Slaughter where soul skills cannot be used, soul bones are not restricted, so those who possess a soul bone undoubtedly have an extra life‑saving divine ability compared to others.

It's just a pity that, although the City of Slaughter teems with people and Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan have slain over a hundred of them—including many Soul Emperors and Soul Saints—not a single one possessed a soul bone, leaving them no chance to loot.

ps: typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)