Chapter 242: Entering Slaughter City

"What is this?" Shui Bing'er asked curiously, not recognizing the Immortal Herb.

"Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, a pretty decent medicinal herb." Ning Feiliu just smiled, not mentioning that it was an Immortal Herb or how precious it was.

Doing so would only increase Shui Bing'er's psychological burden.

"Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?" Shui Bing'er was still a bit curious and said, "A decent medicinal herb? Does it have any special effects?"

However, she knew nothing about herbalism and assumed it was indeed a common herb.

"It can just slightly boost your current soul power and help you break through to the next level of soul power faster," Ning Feiliu said, brushing it off.

But even if Shui Bing'er took the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum now, she wouldn't know how many levels of soul power she had gained.

Because she hadn't obtained her Fourth Soul Ring yet.

Only after she obtained her Fourth Soul Ring would she know just how heaven-defying the miraculous pill Ning Feiliu had given her really was.

At least, that was the case in the world of Douluo Continent.

"Alright then..." Seeing Ning Feiliu's firm expression, and because she truly believed his words and thought it wasn't a precious herb, Shui Bing'er accepted it directly.

"Oh right, there's also this." Ning Feiliu suddenly remembered he also had Mysterious Water Pills, so he took them out as well.

He had plenty of Mysterious Water Pills; as for Immortal Herbs, he could only give those to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

But the Mysterious Water Pills were different; he could gift them to the girls who were his friends, such as Shen Liuyun and Xue Wu.

For Spirit Masters above level 30, a Mysterious Water Pill could barely boost their soul power by one level.

So, after Shen Liuyun, Xue Wu, and the others took them, they felt a clear improvement and were immediately filled with gratitude toward Ning Feiliu.

Ning Feiliu just waved his hand, unconcerned.

However, he was curious: could the Tianshui Academy team, which he had comprehensively strengthened, go toe-to-toe with the Spirit Hall Golden Generation in four years? And at that time, would Tang San still be able to face Shui Bing'er so easily?

After all, without the Immortal Herbs, the Shrek Seven Devils might not be affected, but the strength of Tang San's other teammates would be greatly reduced.

But in the original plot, it wasn't the others who defeated Tianshui Academy, but Tang San himself.

Yet, having said that, the reason Tang San was able to easily defeat the Spirit Fusion Skill Ice and Snow Fluttering used by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu was because he had consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and had immunity to ice-type attacks.

Without ice immunity, could Tang San really still defeat Shui Bing'er? Even if he barely defeated the Spirit Fusion Skill cast by Shui Bing'er, would he have any chance of winning against the other members of the Tianshui Academy team? After all, with the support of the Moonlight Breathing Method and the Mysterious Water Pills, Shen Liuyun, Xue Wu, and the others would basically all be able to break through to the Soul Ancestor level in four years.

By then, the Tianshui Academy team would be a team of all Soul Ancestor-level members, comparable to the first team of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and the Xingluo Royal Academy Team.

At that time, with Tang San's protagonist halo, it was hard to say whether he might flip the car.

He was truly curious, but that was a matter for four years later.

After staying in Extreme North City for a month, Ning Feiliu completed this part of his travel mission.

He waited for Shui Bing'er to finish absorbing the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and for Xue Wu, Shen Liuyun, and the others to absorb the Mysterious Water Pills.

Then, he took Shui Bing'er and the others and headed toward the northwest of the Douluo Dalu in the southwest direction.

His goal was naturally Slaughter City.

He had already planned it out: before entering Slaughter City, he could help Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er obtain their Fourth Soul Rings, and then go deep into the forest to re-obtain two first and second soul rings over 50,000 years old before entering Slaughter City.

He happened to have the credential for a Soul King Fallen One to enter Slaughter City in his hand.

There was no need to mention Ning Feiliu's current strength; helping Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er obtain their Fourth Soul Rings was a trivial matter.

He soon brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er into the Star Dou Great Forest near the northwest of the Douluo Dalu and obtained two... Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

This was only after Ning Feiliu applied his theory on soul ring tolerance and taught Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er the Spirit Condensation Technique to deal with soul shock that he let them absorb the Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Blindly pursuing safety had no meaning; with the talent of Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, it was naturally better to obtain soul rings of higher age.

Anyway, with him there, there wouldn't be any accidents.

Thus, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er successfully obtained their Fourth Soul Rings, which were eye-popping Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

At the same time, they were shocked to the extreme to discover that now that Shui Bing'er had finished absorbing her Fourth Soul Ring, she was already at level 44 soul power! And Shui Yue'er was at level 42 soul power!

This was naturally the effect of their Immortal Herbs and Mysterious Water Pills.

After absorbing the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Mysterious Water Pill, and obtaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, Shui Bing'er had gained an additional three levels of soul power.

As for Shui Yue'er, with the help of the medicinal effect of the Lovesick Heartbroken Red, she not only broke through level 40 soul power, but after also obtaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, she gained an additional level of soul power! In total, the soul power she gained was eight levels! One must know that a year ago, when Ning Feiliu first met her, she had only just broken through to become a Soul Elder.

And although Shui Bing'er's soul power increase seemed small—after all, in the original plot, Tang San and the others all gained at least five levels of soul power from absorbing Immortal Herbs.

But except for Dai Mubai, the others all gained at least five levels of soul power while at the Soul Elder level.

Shui Bing'er had gained an additional three levels of soul power after breaking through to the Soul Ancestor level.

Could that be the same as a soul power increase at the Soul Elder level? Moreover, the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum didn't have a particularly good affinity with Shui Bing'er; it was at most at a level that could be absorbed.

So it was reasonable that the improvement effect wasn't high.

Yet they were still extremely pleasantly surprised, and realized it was all thanks to Ning Feiliu.

They hurriedly expressed their gratitude and affection to Ning Feiliu.

But after this, Ning Feiliu decided to part ways with them.

Although he wouldn't enter Slaughter City immediately, the core Soul Beast area he had to go to in order to re-obtain his first and second soul rings was extremely dangerous.

At the very least, Soul Beasts over 50,000 years old were equivalent to Soul Douluo-level Spirit Masters.

Even without relying on Xue Di, he was fearless now, but in that kind of place, it would be somewhat difficult to look after the seven girls, including Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

Moreover, there was no point in them continuing to follow him.

Thus, Ning Feiliu chuckled at Shui Bing'er and the others and said, "Alright, we should part ways here."

"Are we parting ways here already?" Shui Bing'er lowered her head and said with some reluctance.

Shui Yue'er also pursed her red lips tightly, but she didn't know what to say.

"Yes, I'm going to enter a deeper Soul Beast habitat next; it's full of danger, and it's time for you all to go back," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

"Feiliu, the place you're going to next... how long will it be before we can meet again?" Gu Qingbo gathered her courage and asked at this moment.

"A year at the shortest, two years at the longest; in any case, it won't be too long," Ning Feiliu said.

Tang San stayed in Slaughter City for two years, and he considered himself no worse than Tang San, so conservatively, it would be two years at most and one year at least before he came out of that hellhole.

After all, completing one hundred Hell Slaughter Battles in Slaughter City only takes less than half a year if one is done per day.

Ning Feiliu felt that a year there would be a bit too long.

"One or two years... that's still a long time," Xue Wu sighed and said.

"It won't be long; one or two years will pass very quickly," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

"Alright... I wish you a smooth journey," Shen Liuyun and the others said immediately.

At this moment, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er also stepped forward to embrace him, cherishing the moment for a while, before Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er said, "Feiliu... we will wait for you."

Xue Wu, Shen Liuyun, and the others had actually learned of the relationship between Ning Feiliu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er during this time.

It was just that they did not feel there was anything wrong with it; in fact, they were even a bit envious. If they could, they would actually like to—and wouldn't mind—sharing Ning Feiliu with other girls.

But they knew that Ning Feiliu was not the type to be greedy for beauty, which was why he had accepted both Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er at the same time.

It was because Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had disregarded everything to save him that he was moved and accepted the two sisters.

Yet, at that time, they had not risked their lives to enter the blizzard to save Ning Feiliu.

Therefore, they were not qualified to share Ning Feiliu's love and could only watch Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er with envy.

Ning Feiliu kissed Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, then nodded and said with a smile, "I will come to find you after I come out."

Then the three of them parted ways, and Ning Feiliu headed quickly toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er watched the direction he left in with lingering attachment for a long time before turning to their companions and saying, "Let's go..."

"Feiliu... we will meet again when the time comes, and we will become even stronger," Shui Bing'er said, looking at the direction Ning Feiliu had left in one last time, her heart filled with immense determination.

After venturing deep into the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Feiliu summoned Xue Di directly.

"Xue Di... help me sense the aura of these two types of Soul Beasts; these two types around fifty thousand years old will do," Ning Feiliu said, taking out the down of a Vajra Tiger and a scale of a Phoenix-Tail Crested Serpent.

A cold shadow formed of ice and snow flashed by, and Xue Di appeared before his eyes.

She glanced at the tuft of Vajra Tiger down and the Phoenix-Tail Crested Serpent scale in Ning Feiliu's hand—these were things Ning Feiliu had taken from a passing thousand-year Vajra Tiger and a thousand-year Phoenix-Tail Crested Serpent on his way.

The purpose was naturally to have Xue Di help him find a fifty-thousand-year Vajra Tiger and a fifty-thousand-year Phoenix-Tail Crested Serpent later.

As a Soul Beast herself, Xue Di's perception was naturally much keener than a human's.

Xue Di did not mind at all that she was being driven like a dog.

"There is an aura like this three hundred meters away," Xue Di immediately pointed out the direction and said.

Without a word, Ning Feiliu headed quickly in the direction Xue Di pointed.

Three days later.

Ning Feiliu had successfully regained his first and second Soul Rings, both from Soul Beasts over fifty thousand years old.

With Xue Di guarding him, it was equivalent to having a level 98 Title Douluo as his protector, so naturally, no accidents occurred.

In other words, with Xue Di, a six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, holding the fort, even if the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape came, they could do nothing to him.

Even if he couldn't beat them, he could still run.

"Time to go to Slaughter City." After re-acquiring his Soul Rings, Ning Feiliu took out the map indicating the direction of Slaughter City once more.

After confirming the route, he set off again and reached his destination without a word.

This was a seemingly ordinary and dilapidated small tavern.

The air inside the tavern was very murky; Ning Feiliu noticed it the moment he walked in.

All the decorations here were black, and although it was daytime outside, once one stepped inside, there was an immediate feeling of coldness and darkness.

At this time, the tavern was about thirty percent full, and although the air was murky, very few people were talking, so it was very quiet.

Ning Feiliu's arrival attracted many gazes, but most were just fleeting glances that swept past him.

After all, Ning Feiliu looked truly too young.

However, at this moment...

"If I kill all of you, I'll be able to enter Slaughter City, right?" Unexpectedly, Ning Feiliu took the initiative to speak at this time.

Immediately, his words finally drew the attention of the others in the tavern.

"Where did this brat come from! Do you want to die?"

"Ignorant brat, Grandpa will chop you up to go with my wine!"

"Hahahaha, what did this kid say? He wants to kill us?"

In the tavern, the Fallen Ones who wanted to enter Slaughter City all burst into unbridled laughter.

However, the next moment, Ning Feiliu's eyes were indifferent, and yet...

A flash of pale gold appeared along with his voice.

"Black Night Silent Illumination, Moonlight Fills the Sky!"

"Crescent Moon Raid!"

In an instant, everyone present felt as if a golden crescent moon had appeared in the darkness.

"Not good!" Someone had already reacted and wanted to summon their martial soul.

However...

It was still too slow.

Ning Feiliu was seen holding a pale golden heavy sword with a unique design and a double-sword-handle guard, and as if he had directly flashed, he used Teleportation to cover a distance, appearing directly at the center of the tavern bar from the doorway.

He sat calmly on the bar stool in front, while behind him were... the mangled corpses of over a dozen Fallen Ones severed by the golden crescent moon.

"One glass of... Bloody Mary," Ning Feiliu said to the server in front of him.

Although he knew the Bloody Mary was poisonous, this cup of Bloody Mary was the key to entering Slaughter City; if he did not drink it, even if he slaughtered the group of people before him, Slaughter City would not let him in.

As long as one drank it, one would be ruled by the ruler of this Slaughter City—the King of Slaughter.

Only then would the King of Slaughter feel assured enough to grant passage.

The waiter gave him a deep look, dared not say anything more, and turned away.

After a short while, a cup of murky liquid was brought up. The liquid appeared dark red and emitted a thick, fishy stench, as pungent as fresh blood.

Bloody Mary, a "specialty" drink unique to Slaughter City, and the most important ingredient of the drink was human blood; filling this large cup could make a child quite weak.

After all, the total blood volume in a normal adult weighing over one hundred jin is only about four thousand to six thousand milliliters, and a normally developed youth only has about three thousand milliliters in their body.

This cup of Bloody Mary looked to be a full one thousand milliliters in volume.

Having one thousand milliliters of blood drained would leave an adult weak for a period of time.

Yet Ning Feiliu chose to drink it in one gulp; although the taste was somewhat strange, he could still endure it.

After all, how can one catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den?

And after he drank this cup of Bloody Mary, the gates of Slaughter City finally opened for him.

Ning Feiliu thus successfully entered Slaughter City.

(End of chapter)