Yang Xiong and the other two spent a full month in Slaughter City.
During this month, Sword Douluo sat withered before the Asura Demon Sword, his eyes tightly shut, as if sensing the terrifying Sword Qi emanating from the Asura Demon Sword.
Beside the Asura Demon Sword was a massive Seven Kill Sword, subtly opposing the Asura Demon Sword.
Yang Wudi either participated in the Hell Slaughter Arena matches or diligently researched poisons. With his strength, he was like a fish in water in Slaughter City. His Soul Breaking Spear became even sharper and more filled with Killing Intent.
Yang Xiong implemented various measures in Slaughter City. On one hand, he courted all the Enforcers, using both carrots and sticks. Currently, only Yang Xiong possessed the Slaughter Domain in the entire world, especially with the Asura Demon Sword. He was like a ruler in Slaughter City.
As for the Fallen, Yang Xiong deliberately divided Slaughter City into different areas, especially the Inner City, which originally had no rules at all.
Now, Yang Xiong had divided the Inner City into different small areas, and the systems in each area were completely different. Area A remained ruleless like before, Area B restricted killing to a certain extent, and Area C even resembled paradise...
To reside in these different areas, one needed strength, contribution, and absolute loyalty.
In short, after Yang Xiong's arrangements, the people in Slaughter City seemed to see a glimmer of hope for life. They were no longer as aimless or as crazy as before.
However, during the process of organizing the personnel, Yang Xiong discovered that among the so-called Fallen, there were talents from all walks of life, some even geniuses.
Although they had caused great harm to the Douluo Continent in the outside world, in Slaughter City, besides the original killing, they could also obtain Bloody Mary through their other contributions.
For example, there were many blacksmiths in Slaughter City. Yang Xiong had them forge a scabbard for the Asura Demon Sword using Heavenly Meteorite Copper. The forging effect was indeed excellent.
This Heavenly Meteorite Copper was originally plundered from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. It was one of the most precious metals in the world and also one of the rarest.
Using this Heavenly Meteorite Copper to forge a scabbard could effectively isolate Killing Intent and even Soul Power and spiritual power.
Yang Xiong was so pleased that he exempted this group of blacksmiths from three years of contribution value. For the next three years, they would not need to contribute Bloody Mary or participate in the Hell Slaughter Arena to move around in specific areas.
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Under Yang Xiong's arrangements, the entire Slaughter City was no longer as chaotic as before, but relatively more orderly.
Yang Xiong had another purpose for doing this, which was related to the assessment content of the second trial of the Asura God.
"Asura Nine Trials, Second Trial: Govern Slaughter City and remove the evil thoughts within Slaughter City. Time limit: one year. Failure results in annihilation."
Recently, Yang Xiong had carefully investigated and found that the evil thoughts in Slaughter City had two main causes.
On one hand, it was influenced by the Rakshasa God. There seemed to be a trace of the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense in the Blood River of Slaughter City.
On the other hand, it was because Slaughter City itself could absorb the evil thoughts of ordinary people. Just like when the Hell Road was opened, the Hell Slaughter Arena, in addition to absorbing everyone's flesh, blood, and Soul Power, could also absorb everyone's souls. And within everyone's soul, there were a large number of evil thoughts. These evil thoughts were originally unable to hide within the Asura God's Killing Intent, but they were unfortunately contaminated by the Rakshasa God.
This also caused the people in Slaughter City to gradually fall into madness. Even the Bloody Mary they obtained was contaminated by the Rakshasa God, making people crazy in addition to the original killing.
To solve these two problems, on one hand, the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense had to be killed, and on the other hand, a way had to be found to make Slaughter City operate in an orderly manner.
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Sword Douluo sat withered before the Asura Demon Sword for a full month.
During this month, Sword Douluo neither ate nor drank, and did not even move. He was like a withered tree.
Especially with the Seven Kill Sword and the Asura Demon Sword constantly opposing each other, the Seven Kill Sword seemed incredibly small under the suppression of the Asura Demon Sword, like a mortal facing a god.
But Sword Douluo himself seemed to carefully feel every trace of Sword Qi emanating from the Asura Demon Sword, and countless sword marks even appeared on his body.
This was generated during the process of Sword Douluo resisting the Asura Demon Sword. The Asura Demon Sword was countless times stronger than Sword Douluo had imagined, and even with Sword Douluo's strength, he could not match its terrifying Sword Qi.
But at this moment, Sword Douluo was completely engrossed. Sword Douluo himself had pursued the highest realm of Sword Dao his entire life, and the Asura Demon Sword was a sword from the God Realm, far surpassing the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent in terms of level.
Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword was unyielding, and especially after countless confrontations with the Asura Demon Sword, its originally azure blade seemed to gradually begin to take on a hint of Blood Red Color.
On this day, Sword Douluo's aura seemed to have reached its peak. After repeated setbacks, he would swing his sword and rise again.
When Sword Douluo opened his eyes, a sword light seemed to shoot out from them, like a mortal looking at a God.
In this instant, the Seven Kill Sword emitted endless Killing Intent, as if it had been reborn.
Sword Douluo's own soul power also climbed steadily, finally seeming to break through some kind of restraint. Even Yang Xiong felt that his Sword Intent seemed to be pulled.
Sword Douluo's soul power finally broke through to ninety-eighth rank, reaching the highest realm the Seven Kill Sword had ever achieved.
Yang Wudi and Yang Xiong were both extremely happy, celebrating Sword Douluo's breakthrough of his own limits.
"Master, congratulations on finally reaching ninety-eighth rank."
One must know that with Sword Douluo's talent and opportunities, not only did he not have a 100,000-Year Soul Ring, he also didn't have a Soul Bone, so theoretically, he couldn't reach ninety-eighth rank.
But at this moment, it seemed to have broken through the limitations of the body, and all of this was due to Sword Douluo's understanding and dedication to the sword.
A smile appeared on Sword Douluo's face: "Little Xiong, thank you for letting me observe this Asura Demon Sword. I have pursued Sword Dao my entire life, and only after truly seeing this Asura Demon Sword did I understand that Sword Dao is endless and that I have my own shortcomings."
Yang Xiong quickly said: "Master, you have pursued Sword Dao your entire life. Even without this Asura Demon Sword, reaching ninety-eighth rank should have been a matter of time."
Sword Douluo shook his head: "I have pursued Sword Dao my entire life, but I am not as good as Old Bone. My cultivation in the physical body is somewhat lacking. My body and the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul can only support me in cultivating to ninety-seventh rank. Reaching ninety-eighth rank now has exceeded my goal."
"It's just a bit of a pity. Even if I know this is a broad road ahead, I'm afraid I won't be able to make any further progress in this life, nor will I be able to break through to the legendary ninety-ninth rank."
Yang Xiong didn't know how to comfort him when he heard this.
On the other hand, Yang Wudi, who was beside him, was full of envy: "Sword Douluo, stop saying such sarcastic remarks. Since entering the Titled Douluo realm, my soul power hasn't made much progress. I'm afraid I'll only cultivate to ninety-fifth rank in this life."
"You can already be said to be the most top-tier expert on the continent. Apart from Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, those two old monsters, there is no one else on the continent who can defeat you."
Sword Douluo was silent for a moment, and finally smiled: "Old Goat, I was being too focused on appearances. I didn't expect that when it comes to Soul Master cultivation, I don't see it as clearly as you do."
After the three of them communicated for a while, Sword Douluo finally spoke: "Little Xiong, Old Goat, we've been in Slaughter City for a while now. I should be returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect soon. Are you planning to go back with me?"
Yang Wudi nodded: "I also want to go back a bit. Although Slaughter City is good, I am still a mortal after all. There are still things related to the Breaking Clan that I need to deal with, not to mention that the Spirit Empire is now eyeing us covetously. I don't have the heart to stay in Slaughter City all the time."
Yang Xiong thought for a moment before speaking: "Master, Old Goat, you two go first. I still have a few things to deal with in Slaughter City. I might return a bit later than you."
Sword Douluo nodded: "Alright. Although you can use the Asura Demon Sword now, you are still somewhat lacking in Sword Dao and offensive techniques. Perhaps you can seriously study the Asura Demon Sword."
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After the three of them communicated, Yang Xiong sent Sword Douluo and Yang Wudi away from Slaughter City.
Yang Xiong himself inserted the Asura Demon Sword into its sheath and came to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
In the Hell Slaughter Arena, Yang Xiong used the Asura Demon Sword and the Slaughter Domain to carefully sense the environment of the entire Hell Slaughter Arena.
The Hell Slaughter Arena was a huge magic array, and only the Asura Demon Sword was the true key to opening it.
After Yang Xiong expelled everyone from the Hell Slaughter Arena, the Slaughter Domain quickly condensed in the Hell Slaughter Arena, finally forming a huge Blood Red bat figure. At the same time, the entire Hell Slaughter Arena split open like an abyss.
Yang Xiong looked at the abyss and didn't care about anything else. He directly leaped and jumped into the abyss.
Yang Xiong only felt a moment of weightlessness. When he woke up again, he had already arrived on the Hell Road.
This was Yang Xiong's second time on the Hell Road. The surroundings were still the same ancient small altar, but because no one from the Hell Slaughter Arena had been sacrificed, the entire Hell Road seemed a bit bland, lacking the killing intent and strangeness of his previous visit.
Yang Xiong directly inserted the Asura Demon Sword into the crack in the center of the altar. The entire altar actually began to slowly descend, eventually sinking into the Blood River.
Even Yang Xiong's body was gradually covered by the Blood River, as if he had returned to the situation when he jumped into the Blood River last time.
However, as the altar descended further, the visibility in the Blood River increased. Eventually, it seemed to land on a huge platform somewhere.
Yang Xiong held the Asura Demon Sword tightly, staring intently at the figure of a woman that appeared in the center of the altar.
This woman looked very tall, dressed entirely in black, and simultaneously emitting a strange black aura.
"Rakshasa God, I didn't expect you to actually be in this Blood River."
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