Tang Lan originally planned to leave this blood mist immediately.
Suddenly!
The Evil Eye in his right eye reacted like a big cat catching the scent of blood.
It transformed into a small vortex, ravenously devouring the surrounding crimson mist.
The Evil Eye's age started increasing at a rate of 100 years per second—climbing rapidly!
Tang Lan blinked.
He silently condensed an ice sword beneath his feet, stepping onto it and floating midair.
Allowing the Evil Eye to feast freely on the blood mist.
—There's so much of this stuff around, a little less shouldn't be noticeable, right?
Whatever!
Might as well enjoy it first.
At 100 years per second, that would be 6,000 years per minute.
But in reality, the effect needed to be discounted.
Since every year added was based on the Evil Eye's existing 72,500-year foundation.
So, after half an hour...
The Evil Eye had increased by 8,000 years, but its rate of absorption had significantly slowed.
A few more minutes passed.
It outright stopped devouring—the blood mist no longer interested it.
Tang Lan smacked his lips in disappointment.
That's it?!
He thought he could break the 100,000-year threshold here.
Including the gains from the tavern,
the Evil Eye had still increased by 10,000 years—a good start.
Tang Lan descended, feeling satisfied.
Probably because too much blood mist had been absorbed, its density had thinned.
He could now vaguely make out the outline of a massive island, from which a bridge extended, vanishing into the depths of the blood mist.
Tang Lan landed on the bridge.
At that very moment—
An invisible force descended, suppressing his martial soul.
As expected, soul skills were now unusable.
Tang Lan, still standing on his ice sword, skimmed just above the bridge's surface, flying forward.
The blood mist gradually dispersed.
The first thing that came into view—
was a massive blood moon hanging in the sky, with the heavens dyed a deep crimson.
Below,
a tall and majestic city gate stood at the end of the bridge.
A heavily armored knight blocked the way, his blood-red eyes staring straight at Tang Lan from beneath his helmet.
"I am the Terror Knight, Scott."
"You have violated the rules and disrupted the Sea of Yellow Springs Flowers."
"To enter the City of Slaughter, you must defeat me."
"Shing—"
Tang Lan's ice sword shot forward, piercing the horse's head from below, flashing past Scott's side.
"Boom—"
The heavily armored black warhorse collapsed, flinging Scott into the air.
When he landed, his left arm didn't stop with him—it slid off and fell into the magma below.
"Despicable!" Scott roared in fury. "You dared launch a sneak attack?! I—"
His words abruptly stopped.
Because that ice sword had returned, now hovering right at his forehead.
The extreme chill radiating from it numbed his soul power.
"You talk too much." Tang Lan said casually. "Have I passed? Or do I need to kill you first?"
"No! No need!" Scott exclaimed in terror. "Y-you've passed! Passed!"
With his remaining right hand, he threw out a token.
It hovered in front of Tang Lan—a simple, ancient-looking token, engraved with the number 9527.
Scott offered no further explanation and simply stepped aside.
Tang Lan formed another ice sword beneath his feet and flew toward the City of Slaughter.
He didn't spare Scott another glance.
Crossing the towering city gates, he officially stepped into the City of Slaughter.
Once again, blood mist enveloped him, and within it, a graceful silhouette slowly approached.
Just as she was about to reach Tang Lan—
A deep voice rang out.
"Leave. He's mine."
It was Tang Hao.
One of the Slaughter Gods of the City of Slaughter.
The Slaughter Emissary hesitated only for a moment before turning and leaving.
Tang Lan followed the voice and soon saw Tang Hao and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
——Ten months apart.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's size hadn't changed much, but its aura had become exponentially stronger.
A solid 100,000-year cultivation was guaranteed.
However—
Tang Lan glanced around and quickly noticed Tang San lying nearby, unconscious.
"Don't mind him," Tang Hao said dismissively. "That little brat actually dared to swing a hammer at me when he saw me? He must be out of his damn mind!"
Huh?
Tang San was that bold?
Hearing the commotion,
Tang San scrambled to his feet, darting behind Tang Lan.
"Brother!"
"I thought this dad was just an illusion from the blood mist, part of another trial!"
"So I—"
"But Dad wouldn't listen to my explanation at all! He just went straight into a full-blown Random Cloak Hammer Technique!"
"Brother! It was the Random Cloak Hammer Technique!"
"Dad used the Random Cloak Hammer Technique to beat me up!!!"
Tsk!
Tang Lan shot a questioning look at Tang Hao.
—Satisfied now?
Tang Hao's lips curved into a smirk.
—After holding back for over ten months, I finally got to let loose!
Tang Lan nodded. As long as he got it out of his system, that was fine.
As for Tang San...
Tang Lan casually gathered a ball of life energy and tossed it over.
That was that.
Then, he walked side by side with Tang Hao toward the depths of the City of Slaughter.
At the same time, he retrieved a Replication Mirage Sausage from Lan Wang.
The moment it came into contact with the strange suppressive force in this place, it vanished instantly.
Tang Lan wasn't surprised. He simply took out another one.
However—
This time, he wrapped it in spiritual energy before exposing it to the force.
1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds...
Only then did the Replication Mirage Sausage finally dissipate.
Tang Lan smiled knowingly. Just as I thought!
He proceeded to test other internal energy types using the same method.
Nine Yang Divine Skill internal energy: 3 secondsLingbo Weibu (Rippled Steps) internal energy: 2 secondsRegular soul power: 0.01 seconds
Then, he retrieved another Replication Mirage Sausage, ate it, and summoned the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Everything functioned normally.
Not bad, not bad.
The plan to mass-produce Slaughter God Domains was now 70% secure.
As for the remaining 30%, he still needed to strategize further.
Tang Lan turned to Tang San, signaling for him to test it out.
The result?
Tang San's Xuantian Skill internal energy could only sustain the Replication Mirage Sausage for 1.8 seconds.
Wow.
Even Lingbo Weibu's internal energy was slightly superior.
Tang San's face darkened, regret washing over him.
Why didn't I grit my teeth and switch to cultivating the Nine Yang Divine Skill back then?!
If I had, with all the opportunities I've had since then, I wouldn't have wasted so much potential!
By now, my achievements would be second only to Tang Lan!
I hate this!
Just then, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger suddenly spoke.
"Human, this place suits me well. How about I evolve further and then sacrifice myself to you?"
Oh-ho!
After ten months, it could now speak human language?
"Sure." Tang Lan nodded without hesitation.
That was precisely what he had in mind.
100,000 years?So what? Even for a mutant beast like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, that was still not enough in Tang Lan's eyes.
—He had already given up Da Ming and Er Ming, after all.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, however, was stunned.
—He agreed so quickly?!
—I'm the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!
—A 100,000-year-old fearsome beast offering itself up as a sacrifice!
—And he's just... okay with this?
As it was still processing the situation,
a flash of light surrounded Tang Lan, and two figures emerged—the Ice and Snow Emperors, his soul spirits.
They curiously scanned their surroundings.
"Good, soul spirits aren't restricted here." Tang Lan asked, "How much power can you exert?"
The Ice Emperor sensed the area.
"Aside from soul skills being unusable and soul power needing to be drawn from you, there's no other impact," Ice Emperor replied.
"Soul bone skills work," Snow Emperor added. "But our domains seem to be suppressed, as if something is restricting them."
Domains are being suppressed?
That usually only happened when domains clashed with one another.
And coincidentally—
(End of Chapter.)
Notes-You can read advanced chapters in patreon.com/Shadow_D_X, i have already finished douluo 1 arc and even quite a great deal of douluo 2 arc