At this moment, in the Hell Slaughter Arena, countless Evil Soul Masters were furiously cursing the figure high in the sky.
"Slaughter King, are you going to destroy Slaughter City?"
"Ah..., no, don't, don't come over, let me go quickly..."
"Please... I beg you, great King, spare me, I don't want to die..."
"Bastard, the Slaughter God from the outside World won't let you off, Slaughter King, you'll be finished sooner or later."
"..."
High in the sky, the Slaughter King sat on a blood-colored throne, unmoved by the furious curses of the countless people below him. Blood light swirled around him, and his hands trembled incessantly.
Behind him, viscous blood condensed into numerous blood-colored tentacles that constantly extended and retracted. Each retraction usually brought back a large amount of blood, and with each, several Evil Soul Masters in the Hell Slaughter Arena would fall.
The Slaughter King's gaze remained fixed on the Blood Pool below the Hell Slaughter Arena, the origin of Slaughter City, a Blood Pool so deep it seemed bottomless.
In the Blood Pool, countless streams of blood continuously boiled and surged upwards, with bubbles constantly emerging on the surface. However, at this moment, the Blood Pool seemed to be in an extremely unstable state.
Each time the Slaughter King injected a large amount of blood, it could only stabilize for a moment, and it would start boiling again shortly after.
"Ah!!!"
"Bastard, bastard, bastard..."
"What exactly did that Slaughter God do? Why... why, even though I've injected a large amount of blood, has the Blood Pool still not stabilized?"
"Why is this happening?"
The Slaughter King roared in anger, his body also trembling incessantly, and blood light flickered in his eyes. Clearly, his condition was as unstable as the Blood Pool of Slaughter City.
Ever since Tang Hao broke into the Hell Road, the Slaughter King watched with his own eyes as Tang Hao threw a strange flower into the Blood Pool, and he immediately knew something was wrong.
That flower looked unremarkable, yet it made him feel a trace of fear.
Unfortunately, he ultimately let Tang Hao escape, and his ominous premonition was proven half a year ago.
The Blood Pool beneath Slaughter City slowly transformed into a highly toxic pool, emitting poisons that drove people mad.
Upon discovering this problem, the Slaughter King tried to clean out all the toxic blood from the Blood Pool and rebuild it, but all his efforts seemed futile.
And what frightened him most was that as time passed, the blood in his body was constantly evaporating, and he couldn't stop it no matter what he tried. Moreover, his body also began to mutate in directions he couldn't control.
This filled him with immense fear; he felt the will of the body's original owner gradually awakening.
"Damn it! That hammer-wielding bastard!"
The Slaughter King roared, and two blood-red beams of light shot from his eyes, making the surrounding air noticeably viscous.
"Pfft..." Suddenly, the Slaughter King spat out a mouthful of viscous bloody filth, which immediately corroded a patch of ground where it landed.
"Damn it, this poison is still getting stronger, I can't suppress it much longer." The Slaughter King looked at the ground with a grim expression, covering his crimson lips, his face as pale as paper.
"Who?"
"Strange aura, there are rats in here..."
Just as the Slaughter King was fretting, he suddenly sensed an anomaly within Slaughter City and also caught a strange scent. This aura, different from the turbid air of Slaughter City, definitely didn't belong to an internal person.
Instead, an outsider had trespassed into Slaughter City.
The sudden change instantly put him on alert. He then swept his cloak and rushed out of the room, transforming into a streak of blood light that shot directly towards the arena hall.
"Who are you?" The Slaughter King arrived at the inner city of Slaughter City and saw Xu Tianyang and Snow Empress, immediately becoming vigilant. Although he didn't sense the aura of the Slaughter God Domain from either of them, he felt a deadly crisis emanating from both.
"Slaughter King!"
Xu Tianyang and Snow Empress also became wary upon seeing the suddenly appearing Slaughter King, and Snow Empress even turned sideways to shield Xu Tianyang behind her.
"Strange, why does this old man sense two auras from him?" Electrolux's puzzled voice simultaneously echoed in the minds of Snow Empress and Xu Tianyang.
Xu Tianyang's heart stirred; what Electrolux sensed must be the auras of the original Tang Chen and the Nine Headed Bloody Crimson Bat King.
"Humans from the outside World? How dare you trespass into Slaughter City?" The Slaughter King looked at Xu Tianyang and Snow Empress, a crimson light flashing in his eyes. Fresh blood sustenance from the outside World, untainted by Slaughter City, their blood should be helpful to him.
"Slaughter King, do you want to know why Slaughter City has become like this?" Xu Tianyang looked at the Slaughter King, who seemed to be treating him and Snow Empress as prey, and said with a smile.
"You know?" The Slaughter King, hearing this, looked at Xu Tianyang excitedly, "Tell this King the reason, and this King will grant you a swift death."
"In this World, there is an immortal-grade rare treasure called the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss. It is extremely beautiful and doesn't possess any toxins itself, but as soon as it takes effect, it will multiply toxins a thousandfold.
The Bloody Mary of Slaughter City already carries chronic toxins, and when mixed with it, the effect becomes terrifying." Xu Tianyang slowly explained to the Slaughter King.
"That's right, that's right. A year ago, that hammer-wielding bastard threw something into the Blood Pool, which caused such a big change in Slaughter City. It was him..."
"It's all his fault, that bastard, he's going to destroy Slaughter City." Upon hearing Xu Tianyang's words, the Slaughter King became incredibly agitated and roared up at the sky.
"Wait..." The Slaughter King suddenly looked at Xu Tianyang and said urgently, "Since you know the reason, do you know how to detoxify it? Tell me quickly..."
"Detoxify it, you say..." Xu Tianyang smiled at the Slaughter King, deliberately slowing his tone as he said, "Of course I know."
"What is it? Tell me quickly. As long as you help me detoxify, I will bestow upon you the title of Slaughter God of this era, no hundred consecutive victories needed, granting you the Slaughter God Domain, to be second only to one person and above ten thousand in Slaughter City." Hearing that Xu Tianyang could detoxify him, the Slaughter King became even more agitated, looking at Xu Tianyang anxiously.
"That is... your life..." Xu Tianyang lowered his gaze, and as the Slaughter King grew increasingly anxious, he sharply declared.
"Eternal Frozen Domain!"
A jade-green light illuminated from Xu Tianyang's left arm, and within the green light, a brilliant Ice Jade Scorpion emerged. The next second, a terrifying cold current spread in all directions.
The Slaughter King felt a bone-chilling coldness coming from all directions, enveloping his entire body, as if his blood and even his soul were about to be frozen at that moment.
"Emperor Sword: Ice Pinnacle Unrivaled!"
At the same time, a cold voice came from the side, accompanied by a deadly sense of crisis.