Half a month later.
Lin Xiao descended from the air, gazing at the small town in the distance.
The town was nestled among towering mountains, giving it a sense of isolation. Upon entering the town, the desolation was even more palpable; a peculiar chill permeated the air and the people around.
Compared to other towns, this one was extremely strange, devoid of both human warmth and the hustle and bustle of life.
The few scattered pedestrians occasionally seen were all hurrying along.
Lin Xiao went directly to a tavern in the town.
As soon as he stepped into the tavern, he felt the gazes of scrutiny from all around. Upon seeing Lin Xiao's appearance, many of these gazes held lewdness.
"Where did this little rabbit come from? So fair and clean, with a face as pretty as a woman's. This isn't a place for selling your ass!"
Lin Xiao didn't even turn his head. The person who had spoken disrespectfully let out a miserable scream, fell to the ground with a thud, and then became completely still.
The corpse spontaneously combusted without fire, then turned into ashes.
From beginning to end, Lin Xiao's expression remained unchanged.
Such low-class scum didn't even have the value to become fuel for the Soul Devouring Fire.
Maple Leaf said:
"After you enter the City of Slaughter, you'll be on your own for everything. After all, this is the inheritance ground of the Asura God. Although I have a way to conceal myself, I don't have absolute certainty."
"We should minimize our communication as much as possible."
Lin Xiao nodded.
He and Maple Leaf had made thorough preparations before coming to the City of Slaughter. They had agreed to conceal their strength as much as possible within the City of Slaughter and not expose too much.
Maple Leaf's existence, in particular, could not be known.
At that time, Maple Leaf would enter Lin Xiao's sea of consciousness and fall into a deep sleep.
"I want to enter the City of Slaughter."
Lin Xiao said to the tavern's server in a calm voice.
These words caused the other people in the tavern to show strange expressions.
The server said coldly:
"To enter the City of Slaughter, you must first drink a cup of Bloody Mary. Only after gaining the City of Slaughter's approval will you be qualified to enter."
The so-called Bloody Mary was human blood.
Lin Xiao was a phoenix, not a bat, and didn't like drinking it.
He nodded slightly, then the topic suddenly shifted.
"Understood. It seems these people must die today?"
Besides drinking the Bloody Mary, there was another simpler and more brutal way to enter the City of Slaughter: directly killing your way in.
As Lin Xiao's words fell, a burly man beside him first sneered:
"Little brat, I'll kill you first!"
The burly man leaped forward fiercely, his short sword stabbing viciously towards Lin Xiao's heart. However, it was like stabbing granite, unable to advance an inch, and produced the sound of metal clashing.
Golden light flickered in Lin Xiao's eyes, like the rising sun. He merely glanced at the burly man, who then let out a miserable scream, fell to the ground in response, and became silent.
The tavern fell into a deathly silence.
"Kill him! If you want to enter the City of Slaughter..."
"Noisy."
Before the crowd's fervor could be ignited, Lin Xiao impatiently snapped his fingers. Immediately, the seventeen people in the tavern, excluding the servers, ranging from the weakest Soul Grand Master to the strongest Soul King, all wailed and fell to the ground, turning into ashes in agony.
Only the two stunned servers remained.
The servers swallowed with difficulty, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at Lin Xiao. They had seen vicious and evil people, witnessed blood and slaughter, but such bizarre killing methods were unheard of.
The fear of the unknown sent shivers down their spines.
Especially...
The young man in front of them looked and acted like a good person, but his actions showed a complete disregard for life, as if he were killing not people but livestock like pigs and dogs.
This extreme contrast added a strange mystery.
Lin Xiao paid no attention to the servers.
He pressed his palm on the counter, and instantly the counter burned, turning into ashes. Below it was a pitch-black hole, with a cold wind blowing out.
Under his powerful spiritual detection, Lin Xiao knew that the deep hole was actually a long tunnel, shaped like a snake's belly.
He took out a terrifying ghost mask made of meteorite iron from his bosom, put it on his face, and jumped down.
At the same time, Maple Leaf also fell into a deep sleep.
A cold wind blew through the tunnel. Lin Xiao walked leisurely. After a long period of darkness, a glimmer of light could vaguely be seen ahead.
A black city stood tall, with a purple moon hanging above. Lin Xiao realized that this place had clearly been set up with a barrier, and the artificial purple moon was the work of the Asura God.
Within the Slaughter City, the use of soul skills was restricted.
However, other methods such as physical combat techniques and soul bone skills were not limited.
In front of the massive city gate, a group of a hundred cavalrymen stood silently waiting. Their black warhorses were paired with black armor, and the knight captain leading them was particularly burly.
"I am the Terror Knight Scott. You have violated the rules."
As his voice fell, the warhorse beneath Scott suddenly accelerated. A chilling killing intent locked onto Lin Xiao, and he charged towards him with a tragic aura.
Lin Xiao's body glowed with a dark jade-like blackness. His skin instantly became as hard as marble. Facing the charging Terror Knight, his right hand suddenly shot out and gripped the tip of the spear, while his left hand clenched into a fist and slammed hard into the knight's abdomen.
The warhorse neighed in pain. Both man and horse were sent flying back over ten meters as if struck by a primeval beast, their black armor shattered.
Scott's eyes widened. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and struggled several times but couldn't get up.
Lin Xiao slowly walked towards him.
The hundred cavalrymen protected Scott and retreated.
As Lin Xiao took a step forward, the black-armored cavalrymen all retreated a step in unison, displaying an aura of one man holding off ten thousand. This was also somewhat related to the ghost-faced mask Lin Xiao was wearing.
Being too handsome wasn't always a good thing; sometimes it lacked a sense of oppression. The ghost face compensated for this deficiency.
Lin Xiao extended his hand, "Number plate."
Scott struggled to get up, fumbled for an identity token, and said tremblingly:
"This is your number plate, sir."
Lin Xiao took it and looked, "9520, quite a coincidence."
He turned and entered the Slaughter City. Behind him, Kuwait's hesitant voice came.
"Thank you for showing mercy."
In that instant, Kuwait felt a sense of despair, as if his life was not his own. But in the end, he survived, with only a few broken ribs.
Lin Xiao's demeanor was too calm, making him unfathomable.
He knew that Lin Xiao had held back.
Lin Xiao's footsteps paused. He said indifferently:
"There is no one in the Slaughter City who cannot be killed, including myself. The reason you are alive is probably because I think you resemble a prison guard."
Kuwait's face showed contemplation.
Prison? Quite fitting.
The Slaughter City was known as the Paradise of Sin and also the City of Desire, but after living here for a while, one would realize it was more like a prison.
"But you are wrong about one thing."
"All who enter this domain are prisoners."
"You are a new prisoner, and I am just a special prisoner."
"Young man, I wish you good luck."
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