Chapter 243: Opening the Hell Road

The King of Slaughter lowered his head, looking at Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan, his indifferent voice rang out: "Asura King, Rakshasa Queen, today you again let me feel the presence of passion."

"One hundred victories, excellent." The King of Slaughter seemed somewhat excited as he continued:

"To commend your achievements, I have decided to exceptionally bestow upon you the title of Slaughter God; from now on, you may freely enter and leave Slaughter City, and be appointed as a guest official of Slaughter City under me."

Hearing the King of Slaughter's words, Gu Xuan looked at him, inwardly amused. Guest official? Does this mean they don't intend to let them walk the Hell Road?

Du Gu Yan also instantly understood the King of Slaughter's intention. Walking the Hell Road is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

But behind the danger, there exists the great temptation of the Slaughter God Domain; the King of Slaughter before them clearly does not want them to obtain the Slaughter God Domain.

The Slaughter God Domain is a domain that can be obtained after passing the Hell Road and gaining recognition.

The Slaughter God Domain will absorb the Slaughter God's own killing intent, forming his personal domain, which then attaches to the martial soul; this is also called the martial soul's talent domain. With this enhancement, it is equivalent to a Soul Master who has passed the Hell Road trial having one more skill than an ordinary Soul Master, and moreover it is the most precious domain-type skill.

This gain is undoubtedly huge; just a single Slaughter God Domain is enough to greatly increase a Soul Master's strength. Generally speaking, only when a Soul Master reaches the Titled Douluo realm, at the time of the ninth soul skill, might it appear, and even then the probability is only one in ten.

Domain-type soul skills are also called supreme soul skills; aside from being obtained at the Titled Douluo level, only the martial soul's talent ability could possibly appear.

Within one's own domain, one's own strength is amplified while the opponent's is suppressed; if applied properly, the effect will be extremely terrifying.

Furthermore, the talent domain evolves with one's increasing strength, while the Slaughter God Domain strengthens with the growth of killing intent.

Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan both understand the power of the Slaughter God Domain; their purpose in coming here for training is precisely for the Slaughter God Domain.

Not walk the Hell Road? Become a guest official of Slaughter City? That is certainly not what they want.

Gu Xuan looked at the King of Slaughter and said calmly: "No need, great King of Slaughter. We cannot, for our sake, break the rules of Slaughter City; I am willing to undergo the Hell Road trial and then receive your reward."

"I hope to rely on my own strength to walk out of here and become a true Slaughter God."

The King of Slaughter's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "You probably don't know how terrifying the Hell Road is, Asura King; I hope you understand that a person's life only comes once."

Gu Xuan merely smiled at these words and replied: "Great King of Slaughter, isn't it a bit laughable to talk about life with me? This is Slaughter City, a world of slaughter."

A stronger red light flashed from the King of Slaughter's eyes and vanished; his gaze turned to Du Gu Yan, and even though Du Gu Yan and Gu Xuan are together, he also hoped to see Du Gu Yan make a different choice.

He looked at Du Gu Yan and said: "What about you? Are you willing to accept my ennoblement and become an honored guest official of Slaughter City?"

But the King of Slaughter's expectation was destined to be disappointed; only Du Gu Yan smiled faintly and replied: "My goal is simply to walk that Hell Road; King of Slaughter, I appreciate your good intentions."

"Please open the entrance to the Hell Road; I will undergo this trial together with him."

Upon hearing this, the King of Slaughter's expression suddenly changed; he glanced at the two, a hint of mockery appearing on his face, and said: "You want to join forces to pass the Hell Road? Don't you still not know how treacherous human hearts are? Do you really trust each other?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xuan sneered: "King of Slaughter, you probably haven't even tasted the flavor of love, have you?"

"Rather than both dying in the Hell Road, why not both walk out alive and become true Slaughter Gods? Our affairs need not concern you, great King of Slaughter; please act according to the rules of Slaughter City."

The King of Slaughter said no more, releasing ring after ring of faint red halos from his body; if not for his reservations, he would have already effortlessly destroyed the two before him.

With Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan's current strength, before him they are no more than weak as ants, easily crushed with a casual gesture, but he cannot do that.

He also has reservations; otherwise, Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan could not have persisted to a hundred victories. After all, no matter what, this is his home turf, and he has plenty of means to let the two before him vanish silently and without a trace.

But these two youngsters have already been noticed by the big shots above; he cannot do that, nor does he dare.

Moreover, it has only just grasped this body, so he dare not gamble.

After a moment of silence, the King of Slaughter spoke again: "If so, then go walk the Hell Road; having company on the Hell Road is also not a bad journey."

"If you can pass the Hell Road trial and become the new generation of Slaughter Gods, my promise remains unchanged."

The King of Slaughter's tone turned noticeably cold, even carrying a hint of sarcasm.

Hell Road, is it really that easy to break through? Even if they are two people, it's not that simple.

A thick red mist suddenly erupted from the King of Slaughter's body; the massive aura forced Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan to retreat rapidly, withdrawing dozens of meters before they could barely withstand it.

What the King of Slaughter released at this moment was not killing intent, but an extremely evil aura, a cold that makes even the marrow stiffen.

The evil, icy red ripples slowly spread; in the blink of an eye they had already covered the entire arena.

The fallen ones seated in the stands were all unusually excited at this moment, all hoping to see the Hell Road opened, yet they did not realize that their own lives had already reached their end.

Besides the Slaughter God and the King of Slaughter, no one has ever seen the Hell Road opened, because those who have seen it all died, or rather, became sacrifices for the opening of the Hell Road.

The red ripples spread; Gu Xuan quickly realized that although the red light emitted from the King of Slaughter's body exerted great pressure on them, that red light was not aimed at them, but was directed toward the surrounding stands.

The originally frantically cheering fallen ones, as the red light fell upon the viewing platform, gradually grew silent; each fallen one's gaze became dazed, then turned into a bloodshot red.

Not long after, when that red light formed a massive barrier over the entire Hell Slaughter Arena, anguished screams began to sound from those who first came into contact with the red light.

Under the influence of the red light, those fallen ones seemed to have gone mad, desperately clawing at their own faces, their own bodies……

The fallen ones capable of surviving in the inner city mostly possess some strength; at this moment they exerted all their strength upon themselves, and even those cries contained an intense pleasure of excitement, as if they had gained endless enjoyment in this self‑torture process.

Skin turned inside out, blood spattered everywhere; they even pulled out their own internal organs, the whole person went mad, and only ceased at the end of life.

The number of fallen ones undergoing this change grew ever larger, until it spread throughout the entire arena.

Faced with such a scene, with so much slaughter‑related qi and blood spreading, although Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan have experienced countless battles, their brows still twitched involuntarily in the face of this massive, terrifying situation.

As long as one is human, as long as one retains even a trace of humanity, seeing this scene will inevitably provoke some strange feeling.

Countless drops of blood fell to the ground and continually coagulated; large amounts of blood flowed like tiny streams along the inconspicuous small conduits beneath the stands toward the central field of the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Countless clearly visible winding red liquids flowed into the arena like tiny snakes.

This scene was fully taken in by Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan; Du Gu Yan's fist unconsciously clenched, a heavy killing intent continually burst forth within his body, with the possibility of explosion at any moment.

"To become a sacrifice for the opening of the Hell Road is their honor." The King of Slaughter's low voice sounded.

At this point, the screams had gradually subsided; besides Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan and the King of Slaughter, it seemed there was no longer a single living person here.

Blood flowed into the arena, not spreading in a straight line; at some point depressions appeared on the ground, the blood flowed into them and gradually gathered on the surface into a huge blood‑red pattern.

At this moment, Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan stood within that pattern.

The pattern formed from congealed blood actually resembled a bird‑like creature, only it looked somewhat strange because it was not as simple as an ordinary bird.

But Gu Xuan knew what that bird‑shaped pattern looked like: a bat, it was the pattern of a bat.

Soon, the pattern was fully formed.

Suddenly, the bat pattern's eyes lit up, a massive red light shot up into the sky, instantly enveloping Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan's bodies; all surrounding perception became blurred, only the King of Slaughter's low, piercing voice echoed in their ears.

"I wish you good luck on the Hell Road."

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)