area51novel Chapter 72 Slaughter City
Chapter 72 Slaughter City
Chapter 72 Slaughter City (Part Two)
Li Luochen jumped into the hollow. He entered the darkness, and although he only fell a few meters, Li Luochen's mental power from the skull was strong enough that he could see everything clearly in the dark.
This was a long, sloping passageway, its chilling air constantly brushing against Li Luochen's body. Yet, he strode forward nonetheless. When Li Luochen had taken 1462 steps, a cold voice suddenly came from all directions.
"Welcome to the City of Slaughter. This is the capital of hell, a world filled with carnage. Here, you can get anything you want, but the price is your life."
Li Luochen released his spiritual power and sensed that the material of this passageway was extremely special; even with his spiritual power, he couldn't penetrate it. His expression changed slightly, but he quickly released his thoughts. This was very much like the City of Slaughter; truly eerie. Could this be considered a different kind of Soul Palace? Heh heh heh.
After turning a corner, a faint light appeared ahead. Li Luochen saw a large gate, and sensing with his spiritual power, he sensed life on the other side of the gate.
Marching forward, Li Luochen vaguely heard a commotion. When he emerged from the passageway, one hundred and one people appeared before him. All of them were clad in black armor, their faces completely obscured by helmets, and one hundred of them wielded heavy swords. Only one person sat atop a tall warhorse, whose body was also covered in thick black armor.
"You have disobeyed..." Before the knight could finish speaking, he was sent flying by Li Luochen's staff.
"The villains die from talking too much. The ancients were right." Li Luochen didn't even look at the dead knight. Li Luochen had just thrown the Panlong Staff directly. Throwing a 9,000-kilogram weight has at least the force of more than ten tons. Was he joking?
What Li Luochen saw now was a black city. The thick black city walls were extremely wide; it really was a city, and above the city hung a purple moon. The moon was very low, seemingly less than five hundred meters above the ground. Looking further up, everything was black, like the darkness of night.
Right, it seems you need an identification tag. Li Luochen turned and searched the knight's corpse, finally finding a token. The token was engraved with a skull and a number [5438] below it.
"5438, huh? Huh? Huh! Damn, I'm 38. What kind of luck is this? Is the Death Knight messing with me?"
Li Luochen immediately summoned a stick and whipped the damned knight to death.
After venting for a while, Li Luochen had no choice but to continue forward. The pitch-black city gate gave people an extremely oppressive feeling. On the huge city gate, the four characters "Slaughter City" were hung high.
Two rows of black-armored warriors stood silently in front of the door. Before Li Luochen could show his identity token, a woman with a black veil came out from inside.
"Welcome to the City of Slaughter." The woman's voice was pleasant. She stepped aside in front of Li Luochen and gestured for him to enter. Li Luochen followed the woman through the city gate.
Entering the city, he found himself in a world of blue and purple. The streetlights lining the streets emitted only these two colors. There were quite a few people here, and no one paid him any attention as an outsider. Aside from the overall gloom, at first glance, it seemed no different from any other city.
Something's definitely not right. This shouldn't be happening; isn't this a chaotic place? It's rather peaceful here.
"I am your guide. Please feel free to ask me anything you don't understand. I will answer all your questions within twelve hours. After twelve hours, this will be your living quarters. You will officially become a member of the Killing City..."
Blah blah blah, the woman in black veil recounted the events and rules of the Killing City.
Oh, so there's an inner city and an outer city, I forgot. That makes sense.
"Let's go, to the Hell Slaughter Arena." Li Luochen looked around boredly, thinking it best to leave this hellish place as soon as possible, or he might go crazy.
The girl in black veil paused for a moment. "Are you sure? Less than one-tenth of those who go in come out alive. It's also the place in our Slaughter City where the population is most likely to decrease. Each person is only required to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena once a year. As long as you can pass one battle, you can live in Slaughter City for another year."
Li Luochen said calmly, "I'm sure. You're really good at talking." Li Luochen's words made the woman in black veil angry, but she had no choice but to lead the way.
Before long, they arrived at the inner city, which was the most chaotic part of the Killing City.
Upon entering the inner city, Li Luochen immediately sensed an atmosphere drastically different from the outer city. If the outer city was a desolate and indifferent world, then the inner city was a world of luxury and extravagance. Colorful lights were everywhere. The inner city was far more populated than the outer city, a stark contrast to its tranquility.
The inner city was in utter chaos. Everywhere there were excited laughs, painful cries, and many other chilling noises.
As Li Luochen continued walking, he witnessed what true morbid curiosity was. Indeed, people without moral constraints are no different from animals. And, well, the way you drained blood was truly shocking.
Li Luochen remained silent, quietly observing everything. After all, he had just witnessed bloodshed and was still somewhat unaccustomed to it; observing more would help him become more resistant.
Is it really okay to play such bizarre games on the street? This has completely shattered Li Luochen's worldview. The real world is indeed different; no wonder people who leave the Killing City are so abnormal.
Li Luochen suddenly realized that in this city of slaughter, he didn't need to consciously control it; his killing intent would surge up endlessly. It seemed that only through killing could he release the pent-up resentment within him.
That's really simple and straightforward, but we cultivators should be fearless. Let's go! Let me indulge in a bit of chuunibyou for now. I wonder if my chuunibyou spirit will stay away from me after this.
Suddenly, a burly blond man rushed out from the side, his eyes bloodshot, and his large hands tore apart one enemy after another.
"Run! Blood Tiger has gone berserk again! Run!"
The man named Blood Tiger looked to be only in his thirties, but his face was ferocious, as if he was venting something, and his whole body was covered in other people's blood.
Li Luochen looked at the 'Blood Tiger' with great interest. He thought, "Kill more so I can get used to it faster. Luckily I haven't eaten anything, or I'll throw up again."
The people around Blood Tiger dispersed, but his eyes were still bloodshot. He saw Li Luochen, who was closest to him, and charged straight at him.
Li Luochen: ? No, the envoy is right next to me. Why are you attacking me?
Li Luochen turned around and saw that the envoy was already more than ten meters away from him. He looked at him with great interest, thinking, "You dare to mess with me, your auntie."
Blanch!
Li Luochen summoned the Panlong Staff, dodging Blood Tiger's attack, and swung the staff at Blood Tiger's head. Strangely, Blood Tiger blocked it with his other hand, but the shock still made Blood Tiger dizzy and disoriented, and Blood Tiger began to shake his head.
Li Luochen then struck him in the stomach with his staff, but the blow was still defended. This Blood Tiger possessed a strong fighting instinct, which was exactly what Li Luochen wanted.
After being struck twice, Blood Tiger's eyes regained some clarity. He then shook his head, looked at Li Luochen, who was a head shorter than him, and left.
Li Luochen's blow would cause comminuted fractures to ordinary Soul Saints, but this Blood Tiger was able to block it. It must be a Beast Martial Soul, and a top-tier one at that, so it should have a Soul Bone.
(End of this chapter)