Chapter 243: Sword King | Recognition | Recruitment

Half a year later.

Hell Slaughter Arena.

In the middle of the Hell Slaughter Arena, there was no isolation; the outer perimeter consisted of tiers of spectator stands extending upwards, while below was a massive open field with a diameter of over a hundred square meters.

At this moment, there was an extremely large number of spectators watching the battle all around.

They were all shouting at the top of their lungs, their eyes filled with terrifying fanaticism and bloodlust.

"Kill them! Kill them all!"

"Ganging up on him! You bunch of trash! Work together and take down the Sword King first!"

"Sword King! Take them all down! That's it!"

"Hack them all apart! Slice them open! Chop them to pieces!"

And within the Hell Slaughter Arena for which they were so fanatical.

A youth holding a unique, pale gold heavy sword had already severed the neck of a burly man.

Beneath him, three headless corpses had already collapsed.

Their heads were not far away, their expressions exceptionally ferocious.

Meanwhile, the other five people in the distance had their expressions change.

"Damn it! What rotten luck! I never expected to run into the Sword King today! If I had known, I wouldn't have come today!" a short man said with an ugly expression.

"What are you thinking? Once you've come to the Hell Slaughter Arena, regret is useless! We'll attack together in a moment!" a scantily clad woman standing to the side said coldly.

"Right! We attack together! That's the only way we'll have a sliver of a chance! We can decide the winner between us afterwards!" another burly man carrying a greatsword martial soul said with a savage expression.

However...

"Rip—!!"

Before they could even attack together, a sound like flesh being torn suddenly rang out.

They watched in disbelief as their own bodies lifted into the air, fresh blood spraying out.

Yet the next moment, their field of vision grew even higher.

That was because their heads had flown up.

All they could see was the indifferent expression of the youth, whose body was covered in blood.

That was... the Sword King's Crescent Moon Raid, which had killed them instantly.

"You talk too much," Ning Feiliu said indifferently.

He had known long before stepping into Slaughter City that in the battles here, until the very last drop of blood was shed, one should not speak too much or harbor thoughts of letting one's guard down.

In the time it took to talk, he didn't know how many enemies he could have killed.

Moreover, there was no need to talk in this Slaughter City, because there were no friends or partners here.

So who was he talking to? "Sword King! Sword King!"

"Sword King! Sword King!"

"Sword King! Sword King!"

Suddenly, the Fallen Ones in the arena were all fanatically chanting the title Ning Feiliu held in Slaughter City.

Nearly another year had passed, and Ning Feiliu had naturally carved out a massive reputation in Slaughter City.

Because he only used the Crescent Moon King Sword to fight in Slaughter City, and displayed the superb sword techniques of the Fervent Sword and Master Yi, the Fallen Ones all called him the Sword King.

This was indeed quite reasonable.

After all, even a Soul Douluo powerhouse had once lost their life under his Crescent Moon King Sword.

Therefore, it was only natural that he was called the Sword King.

After Ning Feiliu obtained the qualifications to enter Slaughter City, he received the number 7777; he felt this number was not bad.

May the ancestor Seven bless him, amen.

Then he headed straight for the Hell Slaughter Arena, familiar with the path.

He had come specifically to complete one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena—

【Obtain the title of "Slaughter God," leave behind your own legend in Slaughter City, and obtain the "Samsara Domain" and the Keystone Rune "Dark Harvest."】

The "Slaughter God" title required not only completing one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena but also passing through the Hell Road.

So his goal was very clear.

Having spent over seven months here, he had already completed eighty-nine Hell Slaughter Battle victories.

Almost every two and a half days, he would come to participate in a Hell Slaughter Battle.

In this place called Slaughter City, the release of soul skills was restricted, but soul power as a source of strength was not.

Therefore, high-level Spirit Masters still had an advantage here; Ning Feiliu was at a slight disadvantage being only a Soul Emperor.

But his Practical Experience and sword techniques were terrifyingly formidable.

Most crucially, the restrictions of Slaughter City limited the soul skills of Soul Rings, but did not restrict "Self-Created Spirit Skills."

Ning Feiliu had "Crescent Moon Raid" and "Crescent Moon Heart Sword," which was equivalent to having two extra soul skills compared to others.

So even when facing the siege of three Soul Douluo powerhouses, he was able to cut them all down under his sword.

Not only that, in Slaughter City, besides the Hell Slaughter Arena, slaughter could erupt in other places as well.

Especially with Ning Feiliu being so powerful, if one encountered him in the Hell Slaughter Arena, even with the ten-person limit, even if the other nine ganged up on him, it had been proven countless times that it was just an easy slaughter for Ning Feiliu.

So precisely because many Fallen Ones considered this point, they united, planning to take care of Ning Feiliu outside the Hell Slaughter Arena!

At that time, over a hundred Fallen Ones had united, and after Ning Feiliu finished a Hell Slaughter Battle, thinking he was weak, they launched a siege against him.

However, they did not know that Ning Feiliu also possessed the rune "Presence of Mind."

As long as he could kill, endurance was simply not a problem.

So, after he killed all those hundred-plus Fallen Ones that day and walked out from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, others thought he was exhausted and tried to ambush him, but after he killed them all as well—

—no one dared to have any ideas about him anymore.

Slaughter City was therefore exceptionally fearful of him; unless they met directly in the Hell Slaughter Arena, no one would ever make a move against him.

Fortunately, Ning Feiliu would not strike outside the Hell Slaughter Arena casually, so they could only pray they would not see Ning Feiliu in the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Of course, Ning Feiliu was not some great saint, and he would absolutely not strike in places outside the Hell Slaughter Arena.

If he saw some scenes that disgusted him, such as those defiling his eyes on the street, he would also casually kill them with a sword.

Other than that, Ning Feiliu was still quite "kind" in the eyes of the Fallen Ones.

After completing this Hell Slaughter Battle, Ning Feiliu had reached ninety consecutive wins, and he could not participate in the next Hell Slaughter Battle in a short time, so he left this place.

……

Slaughter City, a dark and spacious room. There was an exceptionally huge chair, and embedded on the chair were blue and purple crystals. These crystals outlined the shape of a drum tower. Except for this chair, everything here was dark red.

"Sword King has won another Hell Slaughter Battle; that is already ninety consecutive wins." A cold female voice rang out in the darkness.

"I know." A tall figure sat down on that giant chair.

In the darkness, his appearance could not be seen clearly; one could only vaguely tell that this person had a lean build.

This was naturally... the actual Domination of Slaughter City, the King of Slaughter.

But no one knew that his true identity was actually the original Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Chen.

It was he who created the cultivation technique of the Clear Sky Douluo—the Great Sumeru Hammer, and that strongest ultimate technique, Exploding Ring.

And then, under his leadership, the Clear Sky Sect ascended to the throne of the number one Spirit Master sect on the Douluo Dalu.

The Clear Sky Hammer also became the strongest Assault System martial soul, and the name of Clear Sky Douluo became so resounding.

Tang Hao's reputation was so great largely because Tang Chen was powerful, not because Tang Hao was how powerful.

Although Tang Hao was also almost invincible among his peers and at his level when young, and after becoming a Title Douluo, he even single-handedly fought the Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Douluo, and also severely injured and caused the death of the then-Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji.

Everyone certainly did not know at the time that Qian Xunji was devoured and killed by Bibi Dong, so they attributed this matter to Tang Hao.

So Tang Hao could also be considered very powerful.

But compared to his grandfather, this Ninety-Fifth Level Peerless Douluo, one of the two former peaks of the Spirit Master world, he had merely defeated two Ninety-Fifth Level Title Douluo and killed one Pope.

It counted for nothing at all.

It could be said that Tang Chen could achieve this battle record Tang Hao was so proud of with any casual strike.

It was just that he was now parasitized by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and his true mind was obscured by the divine sense of the Rakshasa God, causing him to forget the matter of inheriting the Asura God Position to become a god, and he had turned into this King of Slaughter.

"In just over half a year, he is about to complete the feat of one hundred Hell Slaughter Battles... This person is very strong." The black-veiled girl said to the King of Slaughter.

"I know..." The King of Slaughter lifted the black-veiled girl's beautiful face with three fingers, though his eyes also held some agitation.

"Great King... should we start to make contact with him? It has been a long time since a true powerhouse joined Slaughter City." The black-veiled girl gazed at the King of Slaughter and asked.

"We can make contact; he is very strong, terrifyingly strong. Completing one hundred Hell Slaughter Battles is only a matter of time," the King of Slaughter said directly.

He watched the back of Ning Feiliu as he walked out below; it was really hard to imagine that a youth who looked so young, not even twenty years old, was actually so powerful.

In this Slaughter City, power did not refer to cultivation level, but to combat experience and technique.

Ever since Ning Feiliu completed his sixtieth consecutive Hell Slaughter Battle win, the King of Slaughter had begun to pay attention to him.

Watching his Hell Slaughter Battles, he felt every time that his every sword swing and every step were so impeccable.

Even if the King of Slaughter were to replace him, he felt he might not necessarily be able to complete the slaughter as perfectly as Ning Feiliu.

He could not do better, and was even not as good as Ning Feiliu.

Therefore, in the eyes of the King of Slaughter, Ning Feiliu... was undoubtedly an absolute powerhouse! Even... compared to those two Slaughter Gods who had already successfully walked out of Slaughter City and obtained the title of "Slaughter God," Ning Feiliu was even stronger than them! Because those two Slaughter Gods took nearly two years to complete one hundred Hell Slaughter Battles.

Ning Feiliu now had ninety consecutive wins, yet he had only used seven-plus months; he believed that in less than a year, he would be able to complete one hundred Hell Slaughter Battles, which was already a certainty.

The King of Slaughter naturally felt that Ning Feiliu was even more powerful than the two "Slaughter Gods" before him.

But precisely because of this...

... the King of Slaughter could not allow Ning Feiliu to complete one hundred Hell Slaughter Battles and charge at the Hell Road.

If he succeeded in charging the Hell Road, another Slaughter God would appear.

Slaughter City might face a catastrophic disaster in the future!

"Great King... then let me go and contact him. What price can we pay to keep him?" The black-veiled girl nestled affectionately in the arms of the King of Slaughter and asked.

"Honorary 'Slaughter God', to be a guest elder of Slaughter City, with status only below you and me, and he may be allowed to enter and leave Slaughter City freely..." the King of Slaughter said immediately, "As long as it is what he wants, except for the true power of a 'Slaughter God', I can give it to him."

"Yes... Great King..." The black-veiled girl began to engage in blood-pumping behavior with the King of Slaughter.

After everything ended, she asked again, "What if he does not agree?"

"Then... after opening the Hell Road, take advantage of his distraction and kill him directly!" the King of Slaughter said coldly.

Ning Feiliu was actually right; because he was not like Tang San and Hu Liena in the original plot, who each had two "Slaughter Gods," Tang Hao and Bibi Dong, standing behind them, the King of Slaughter would not have any misgivings about him.

Once Ning Feiliu completed one hundred consecutive wins in the Hell Slaughter Arena and still insisted on charging the Hell Road, the King of Slaughter would not be able to tolerate him.

He would not even think about the possibility of him dying inside the Hell Road.

The King of Slaughter wanted to gamble on Tang San and Hu Liena dying inside the Hell Slaughter Arena in the original plot because he had Tang Hao and Bibi Dong as bargaining chips.

But for Ning Feiliu, who had no bargaining chips, the King of Slaughter would not be willing to gamble with him; he would only want to... kill him!

"Very well... King..."

……

Five days later.

Ning Feiliu once again won the ninety-second Hell Slaughter Battle in a plain and unadorned manner; he ignored the cheers and ignored the wariness and tension of the surrounding Fallen Ones, and left the Hell Slaughter Arena.

But just at this moment...

... he saw the black-veiled girl not far away, and then he froze for a moment.

The black-veiled girl had no one else by her side at this moment; it did not look like she was leading a newcomer to witness a Hell Slaughter Battle.

And ever since entering Slaughter City half a year ago, Ning Feiliu had basically not seen this guide of Slaughter City again.

But just at this moment, the black-veiled girl slowly moved forward and came before him.

"Sword King, could you come over and chat with me?" she said to Ning Feiliu.

Ning Feiliu quickly regained his indifferent expression, but he did not directly refuse the black-veiled girl, saying, "Very well."

Then they arrived inside a tavern.

Slaughter City was a place with food supplies; behind them were the official entities of Slaughter City controlled by the Lord of Slaughter.

Therefore, Fallen Ones rarely caused trouble here, though of course, it was not that there were none.

However, as long as one did not strike at those official personnel, it would be fine.

If you make a big scene and you are not considered very strong, then you can only be besieged and strangled by the Enforcement Team of Slaughter City.

"Two glasses of Bloody Mary," Ning Feiliu said to the tavern waiter.

Then, just at this moment, the Crescent Moon King Sword appeared in his hand, and he suddenly slashed off the heads of two other Fallen Ones sitting side-by-side in the tavern.

"Consider this my payment for being here," Ning Feiliu said casually to the tavern waiter.

"Yes, Lord Sword King," the tavern waiter replied.

Then, with a call, two people walked out from the side and took the two headless corpses away.

Soon, two glasses of Bloody Mary also appeared before Ning Feiliu and the black-veiled girl.

"May I ask, what is your intention in coming to find me?" Ning Feiliu asked after taking a sip of the Bloody Mary under the black-veiled girl's gaze.

(End of this chapter)