Chapter 42: The Ten-Headed Sun Snake's Fearful Expression, Breaking Through Hell Road
Soon, a giant red snake crawled up from the magma, and it was the Ten-Headed Sun Snake.
"Rrraahhh~!!" The Ten-Headed Sun Snake roared crazily at Ye Wen and the others, frightening them.
"Is this it? The aura it gives off is indeed quite impressive; it can certainly block many people," Xiao Bai commented, affirming the difficulty of Hell Road.
But in front of Ye Wen and the others, it was still incredibly weak.
The Ten-Headed Sun Snake didn't realize what kind of existence it had provoked and directly opened its mouth to strike.
"Little snake, stay down!"
Boom!!
With a single strike of Ye Wen's Eight-Pointed Plum Hammer, the snake's head was instantly smashed to the ground.
Ten-Headed Sun Snake: ??????
I, a majestic ancient beast from the primordial era, was stunned by a single hammer strike?
Its eyes immediately filled with absolute fear because it knew that the being in front of it was terrifying.
Ye Wen jumped up, riding on the Ten-Headed Sun Snake's head, and placed the hammer on its head. "Hey, little snake! You're too weak. I don't even take you seriously right now."
"You should just obediently train here on Hell Road. If in the future you reach the ten-thousand-year level, I might consider taking you as my subordinate."
"Now, if you don't want to die, hurry up and roll away."
"Rrraah~"
The Ten-Headed Sun Snake was trembling with fear and seemed to understand, nodding its head twice.
"Heh, that's more like it!" Ye Wen smiled and jumped off it.
The Ten-Headed Sun Snake, seeing this, quickly slithered away and disappeared without a trace.
The Ten-Headed Sun Snake is called the leader of all snakes. What this means is that it's considered one of the strongest snake species. The most powerful known snake on the continent is the Green Scaled Snake King, owned by Du Gu Bo.
But even the Green Scaled Snake King doesn't compare to it.
Although the Ten-Headed Sun Snake was strong, its cultivation was too low, just about 50,000 years of cultivation. Also, since Ye Wen had limited contract slots, he didn't choose to take it for now.
He wanted to see how the Ten-Headed Sun Snake would develop in a few decades.
Ancient beasts from the primordial era are similar to species from the earliest stages of life on Douluo Continent, and such creatures can't live forever.
Thus, it must have been influenced by the Shura God and remained in an undeveloped state for a long time.
It wasn't until over a hundred years ago, when Tang Chen came to the City of Slaughter and was influenced by the Rakshasa God, that the City of Slaughter became a place filled with evil, filth, and bloodshed, ultimately turning Hell Road into a source of energy filled with evil, blood, murderous intent, and blood.
Due to the energy, the Ten-Headed Sun Snake hatched and, in this energy source's magma, its strength and cultivation grew rapidly.
In just a hundred years, it reached 50,000 years of cultivation. Of course, this is just Ye Wen's personal guess, and he can't be sure about it.
Nevertheless, Ye Wen wanted to see how the Ten-Headed Sun Snake would develop in a few decades.
"Alright, let's head out," Ye Wen said.
"Yes!"
The three of them continued forward, and before long, they reached the exit.
Ye Wen pointed to the stone wall above and said, "See that colorless vortex above? That's the exit!"
"Let's go, one by one. I'll go first."
Ye Wen leaped over and took one last look at Hell Road. "City of Slaughter, goodbye."
Such a terrifying Hell Road was easily passed by Ye Wen and the others. It was as if they were just playing around before leaving the City of Slaughter.
As Ye Wen entered the tunnel, countless murderous energies began to gather, coalescing into a force that fused with Ye Wen's body.
Boom!
The terrifying residual waves of murderous intent spread out as Ye Wen opened his eyes, successfully condensing the murderous aura. He had acquired the Killing God Domain!
"So this is the Killing God Domain? It really is a powerful force," Ye Wen said, feeling somewhat excited as he sensed the domain.
Domain skills are rare, and even Title Douluo may not be able to awaken one. Most people need to reach around level 96 to have a high chance of opening a domain.
The effect of the Killing God Domain is to enhance the user's aura. Within the domain, the enemy's strength is reduced by 10%, while the user can exert 110% of their power. This is just the basic effect.
As the user becomes stronger, the effect will increase.
It also has a domain skill, Killing Assault. After locking onto a target, speed increases by 100%, and attack power increases by 30%. This effect applies to any attack, including soul skills.
In other words, after activating Killing Assault, any attack-type soul skill can have its power increased by 30%!
Very powerful indeed.
"How does it feel for you two?"
At this moment, Xie Hu and Xiao Bai had also condensed their Killing God Domains, and the domain energies of the three were clashing against each other.
"Very good, Boss! I absolutely love this domain!" Xie Hu said excitedly.
Xiao Bai was a bit more calm but nodded. "This Killing God Domain is extremely domineering. With it, I feel like even with my 16th-level soul power in human form, I could kill a Soul Sovereign."
"Yeah! Humans really are the darlings of heaven! We've just transformed, and we already have this kind of power in human form. In a few decades, won't we be even stronger than my soul beast form?" Xie Hu remarked, amazed.
"Though humans cultivate fast, we soul beasts have our advantages. We live much longer," Xiao Bai said.
"So what if we live longer? It takes thousands or tens of thousands of years for soul beasts to reach the strength of a human Title Douluo, while humans with enough talent can achieve it in just a hundred years," Xie Hu said, glancing at Xiao Bai.
"Stop talking," Xiao Bai shot back.
"Alright, stop nagging."
The three were talking when suddenly, a group of people arrived. At the front was the Terrifying Knight Scott, along with five Soul Saints and ten Soul Emperors.
These were the members of the City of Slaughter that Ye Wen had arranged to follow him.
Scott kneeled on one knee. "Master! We are here by the will of the Slaughter King, and we will serve you loyally, following your every command!"
"Rise. From now on, you'll follow me, and I won't treat you poorly," Ye Wen said, patting Scott's shoulder.
"Yes! Master!"
They immediately stood up.
Ye Wen might not be a good person, but for the people around him and his subordinates, he would not treat them badly.
Xie Hu and Xiao Bai had already felt this deep down.
"Boss, what are our next plans?" Xiao Bai asked.
Now that the soul plants affecting Tang San's development and the two-step plan for the City of Slaughter were completed, Ye Wen's next focus would be on collecting more ten-thousand-year-old soul bones, cultivating soul beasts, and improving his human form's cultivation.
Ye Wen thought for a moment and said, "Let's head back to Tianshui Academy first. After some time, we'll go to the Extreme North."
"Alright."
"Let's go!"
Ye Wen, along with Xie Hu, Xiao Bai, Scott, five Soul Saints, and ten Soul Emperors, set off back toward Tianshui Academy.
At the same time, in the divine realm of the Shura God.
The Shura God was sitting cross-legged, meditating when suddenly, he opened his eyes. He sensed the three new Killing Gods, feeling the power of the Killing God Domain.
"Hmm!?"
(END CHAPTER)
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