After reviewing his gains, Mu Yang withdrew his martial soul and domain before walking over to Shui Bing'er's side, quietly waiting for her to wake up.
It didn't take long before Shui Bing'er's ice-blue, beautiful eyes opened in a slightly dazed manner.
Gazing at the vast blue sky above, then at Mu Yang, who was waiting by her side, a look of relief appeared on her pale face.
"Did we leave Slaughter City?"
Mu Yang nodded and reached out to pull her up.
Although their time in Slaughter City had not been particularly long, Mu Yang harbored deep resentment toward the place.
After all, unless someone was a bloodthirsty maniac who enjoyed killing, no sane person would ever like such a dark, chaotic, and murder-filled environment.
If even he felt this way, then Shui Bing'er would surely feel the same. The fact that she hadn't developed any mental trauma already proved that her mind was strong and her adaptability exceptional.
Of course, in this regard, Hu Liena was even more worthy of admiration.
That girl had actually endured life in Slaughter City for over a year.
"Try using the Killing God Domain. You have the power of a domain now."
Mu Yang said to Shui Bing'er.
"Mm!"
Shui Bing'er nodded firmly.
Over the years, she had been envious beyond words of Mu Yang's Iceflame Domain.
Now that she had acquired a domain of her own, she naturally wanted to experience it fully.
As ice-blue soul power shimmered around her, the Ice Phoenix martial soul manifested behind Shui Bing'er.
Pointing at the small white marking on the right claw of her Ice Phoenix martial soul, Mu Yang said,
"Bing'er, do you see this white marking? Try to connect with it."
Following his instructions, Shui Bing'er focused her mind and connected with the white marking that represented the Killing God Domain.
The next second, a surge of white light spread outward, before turning invisible and expanding like an air current.
Centered around Shui Bing'er, the Killing God Domain enveloped an area dozens of meters wide.
At that moment, Mu Yang instantly felt a chilling killing intent radiating from Shui Bing'er.
Under its influence, his own strength was significantly suppressed.
Additionally, as the Killing God Domain engulfed him, the killing intent Shui Bing'er emitted immediately stirred a deep urge for slaughter within Mu Yang's heart.
Fortunately, his consciousness remained clear, and he was not overwhelmed by the murderous desire.
With sheer willpower, he restrained the bloodthirst growing within him.
"This is such a strange feeling… It feels like everything inside the domain is under my control. And while I'm in the domain, my strength has improved considerably."
After carefully experiencing the sensation, Shui Bing'er marveled in amazement.
"A martial soul and its soul master are inseparable. The innate domain of a martial soul is like an extension of the soul master themselves.
Once you grasp a domain, your perception ability within its range will become significantly enhanced.
However, the Killing God Domain we acquired is only in its most basic form.
Excluding the enhanced perception, it only increases our power and weakens our opponent's by 10%.
Only when our martial souls grow to a certain level, or if we nurture this domain using slaughter as fuel, will we be able to increase its amplification and suppression effects to 20%."
Nodding slightly, Mu Yang gave a brief explanation of the Killing God Domain's abilities.
Mu Yang nodded slightly and gave a brief explanation of the Killing God Domain's abilities.
After testing it out, Shui Bing'er withdrew her martial soul and the domain.
She then gazed at Mu Yang, who looked pale, with a chilling aura surrounding him and a trace of killing intent in his expression.
With a worried look, she asked,
"Mu Yang, are we returning to the academy now?"
The training journey in Slaughter City had greatly affected their state, and Shui Bing'er's condition was even worse than Mu Yang's, which deeply troubled her.
She knew her own situation best.
Right now, she seemed rational on the surface, but that was only because there had been no external triggers.
If someone were to provoke her or if she found someone displeasing, in the past, she would have simply taught them a lesson.
But now, she wasn't confident that she could suppress the killing intent within her.
There was a high chance that she might directly kill someone on the spot.
Mu Yang shook his head.
"We're not going back to the academy yet. I'll write a few letters and have someone deliver them back to let them know we're safe. For now, we're heading to Heaven Dou City."
"Heaven Dou City?"
"Yes. The abnormalities we're experiencing now are simply because we haven't fully mastered the Killing God Domain.
In Heaven Dou City, there's someone who can help us gain control over it."
"Who?"
Shui Bing'er was curious.
"You'll find out when we get there."
Mu Yang shook his head without revealing any details.
This person was, of course, Tang San's aunt—Tang Yuehua, the younger sister of Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.
Speaking of this granddaughter of the "Invincible on Land", she was truly an oddity.
Despite being a direct descendant of the Clear Sky Clan, she did not inherit the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.
Instead, she awakened a mutated martial soul, and it was even classified as a "malignant mutation", making her incapable of ever becoming a true soul master.
However, precisely because of this martial soul mutation, she gained an ability that even most Titled Douluo lacked—domain power.
Among the two most famous malignant mutated martial souls in the Douluo Continent,
— Yu Xiaogang's "Luo San Pao" was the dominant martial soul in the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul fusion technique.
— Tang Yuehua's "Ruyi Ring" came innately with a martial soul talent domain—the Noble Circle.
Neither could be underestimated.
In fact, in a way, these two martial souls had extraordinary potential.
Perhaps, there was no such thing as a truly "malignant mutation".
The only reason people classified martial soul mutations as "positive" or "negative" was that most soul masters who awakened mutated martial souls had poor innate talent, making them unable to fully utilize their powerful martial souls.
After all, whether it was the Golden Sacred Dragon's Luo San Pao or the Ruyi Ring that came with a domain, both seemed like incomplete versions of immensely powerful martial souls.
"What about her?"
Shui Bing'er gestured toward Hu Liena, who lay unconscious nearby.
After thinking for a moment, Mu Yang said,
"We'll wait until she wakes up before we leave."
Hu Liena was a companion, after all.
Although she had contributed little throughout their journey, the fact that they had managed to leave Slaughter City smoothly by leveraging Bibi Dong's influence meant that Mu Yang had to acknowledge this fragile alliance.
At the very least, waiting until she woke up before leaving was the right thing to do.
Otherwise, if she got dragged away by some passing beast, that would be a bit too tragic.
More than half an hour later, Hu Liena regained consciousness.
She looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, then at the Blue Silver Grass growing across the ground, a dazed expression appearing in her eyes.
She clearly remembered losing consciousness when they entered Hell Road.
Logically speaking, she should still be inside Hell Road right now.
But the blue sky, white clouds, and fields of Blue Silver Grass before her were clearly not the scenery one would expect from Hell Road.
After all, Hell Road was named after Hell itself, meaning its environment was bound to be harsh and sinister.
At the very least, it should have been shrouded in darkness, not this peaceful and serene landscape.
"You're awake? Good. Hu Liena, if fate allows, we'll meet again. Bing'er and I are leaving now."
Not far away, Mu Yang called out to her before preparing to leave with Shui Bing'er.
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