When Shen Hanyu opened his eyes once more, the soul power aura around him surged wildly, and even his overall presence rose sharply to a new level. A massive crimson-gold ring tinged with red steadily settled into position as Shen Hanyu's ninth soul ring, one soul ring whose aura alone firmly suppressed the combined power of the previous eight rings.
Shen Hanyu slowly stood up. After taking a deep breath, his nine soul rings gradually withdrew back into his body, and the aura around him slowly calmed down.
"Level ninety-eight…"
Shen Hanyu clenched his fist and murmured.
Looking at the blood pool below, which had clearly become somewhat depleted, Shen Hanyu's mouth twitched. The originally vast blood pool that stretched beyond sight had been unconsciously drawn and refined by him into energy. Now, in some places, the bottom was even visible and dry.
Even so, the remaining amount was still enough to maintain the normal operation of Slaughter City. It only needed a few hundred more years of slaughter and a few more fallen ones to die, and it would eventually recover sooner or later.
Right? There was absolutely nothing wrong with saying that.
As the blood pool dried up, many strange soul beasts were exposed, from bats to scorpions to spiders. The soul beasts here all looked vastly different from those outside, and overall, they seemed innately linked to the word "evil."
Shen Hanyu only glanced at them a few times before preparing to leave the Hell Road. After defeating the previous Slaughter King and becoming the "new Slaughter King," Shen Hanyu discovered that although entering the Hell Road still required sacrificing enough life energy to activate the special array, exiting did not require it. When Shen Hanyu reached the place where he had entered, with a thought, a deep blood-red vortex appeared once again. Shen Hanyu gave one last glance at this bloody world, then flew into it without looking back…
…
Upon returning to Slaughter City, Shen Hanyu looked at the scene of devastation everywhere and felt an inexplicable thud in his heart.
The Snow Empress sensed Shen Hanyu's aura and quickly flew over with Bai Nian.
Shen Hanyu nodded lightly to the Snow Empress and then said:
"The Slaughter City, this is…"
The Snow Empress furrowed her brows slightly and then said:
"I'm not entirely sure exactly what happened in Slaughter City, but something must have suffered severe damage somewhere. Before you came out, the Slaughter City had already experienced three major earthquakes in succession, and even the surrounding space was on the verge of collapse…"
As she spoke, the Snow Empress gave Shen Hanyu a strange look, seemingly having already guessed something…
Shen Hanyu rubbed his brow and said:
"The Hell Road is built on top of a massive blood pool, and this blood pool is essentially the source of the Slaughter City. Although it contains deadly poison, after being purified by my soul skill, it can also become pure energy. Previously, to suppress the Fire Dragon King's divine power and maintain balance, I absorbed too much blood and converted it into energy. It's probably because of that that the source of the Slaughter City was damaged…"
The Snow Empress nodded as if she had expected this, then said softly:
"How should we handle this place?"
Shen Hanyu surveyed the collapsed buildings all around. Almost everywhere except the Hell Slaughter Arena was in ruins. Many fallen ones' corpses were being dug up by other fallen ones to extract Yellow Springs Dew, truly not wasting anything.
Shen Hanyu pondered for a moment and then said:
"The existence of the Slaughter City is beneficial to the entire Douluo world. Let's keep this place. The blood remaining in the blood pool is enough for Slaughter City to operate normally for more than one hundred and fifty years without any major accidents. During these one hundred and fifty years, there will still be an endless stream of fallen ones entering the Slaughter City, and its operation won't require our attention…"
The Snow Empress nodded, then added softly:
"Did you successfully obtain the ninth soul ring? From my spiritual perception of your aura, it seems to have become more than twice as strong…"
Shen Hanyu nodded lightly and said:
"It went very smoothly. I used the inner core of the top-tier fire-attribute primordial beast, the Ten-headed Fierce Yang Snake, as the soul ring embryo, then drew the extreme fire origin from the Fire Dragon King's divine power to refine and elevate its quality. After that, I absorbed another strand of divine power along with a massive amount of blood energy. The quality of this soul ring naturally reached the godly level…"
"Unfortunately, other fire-attribute soul rings couldn't bear such terrifying energy due to their limits. Even the previous Red Fire Phoenix, after being forcibly upgraded, ended up with its origin half-destroyed…"
The Snow Empress was somewhat surprised, but then, thinking of Shen Hanyu's monstrous talent, she silently swallowed the words she wanted to say. She only let out a soft sigh and said:
"To achieve such gains in just three days, probably only you on the entire continent could do it…"
Shen Hanyu was stunned and then said:
"Three days?"
The Snow Empress gave Shen Hanyu a strange look and said:
"Three days. Is there a problem?"
Shen Hanyu shook his head, then turned to Bai Nian and asked:
"How is Little Nian doing?"
The Snow Empress nodded lightly and said:
"Very good. Your earlier prediction was correct. Little Nian's soul bones and even her body can store large amounts of life force, but if the life force becomes excessive, the speed at which the death energy inside her devours it will also gradually increase…"
Shen Hanyu frowned and then said:
"It's not a big problem. As long as the most fundamental issue is resolved, other problems will eventually find solutions…"
Then, Shen Hanyu slowly took the Snow Empress's hand and said with a light smile:
"Let's go. My temporary Slaughter King experience card is probably about to expire. After this, unless something major happens, we shouldn't come back to a place like this… Of course, except for Little Nian…"
Bai Nian looked at Shen Hanyu in a somewhat dazed manner, opened her small mouth, but said nothing…
…
After a brief conversation with several Slaughter Emissaries and law enforcement team members, Shen Hanyu still pretended to plan the future development of the Slaughter City. The Slaughter Emissaries and law enforcement team members all respectfully agreed. For them, the Slaughter City was already the destination of their lives and souls; the imprint of the Slaughter City was branded deep in their bones, giving them a strong sense of belonging. Naturally, they would not sit idly by and watch Slaughter City be destroyed.
After giving these instructions, Shen Hanyu took the Snow Empress and Bai Nian and left this free country forever hidden in shadow and terror…
…
Bathing in bright sunlight once again, Shen Hanyu couldn't help but let out a soft breath of relief. The fresh air was no longer turbid and foul like in the Slaughter City, making one feel refreshed and clear-headed.
Having left the endless slaughter and darkness, both the Snow Empress and Bai Nian's expressions relaxed. Only then did Shen Hanyu notice that Bai Nian's height had increased again; she had almost reached the level of a "little potato." Yet her face remained baby-faced, looking soft, while her expression carried a hint of dark maturity. The contrast was extremely strong…
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