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The moment I passed through the white light curtain, it was as if I had fallen from a burning and bloody nightmare into an ice cellar at absolute zero.
An indescribable, pure and extreme cold murderous intent instantly enveloped Xuan Ming and Hu Liena completely.
It was not a physical low temperature, but a chill that acted directly on the depths of the soul, freezing all distracting thoughts and leaving only the most fundamental killing instinct.
At the same time, an inexplicable, vast and ancient power surged into their bodies, violently pulling, compressing and tempering their murderous aura that had long been as solid as steel.
This process is not comfortable, but more like a soul-forging process.
The huge murderous aura was forcibly squeezed and purified, and eventually underwent a qualitative transformation.
Xuan Ming remained absolutely sober, with no ripples in his ice-blue eyes, silently feeling the process of his murderous aura being guided and compressed by the external force.
The total amount of murderous energy in his body was simply too huge, almost boundless. Even this mysterious power originating from the source of the City of Slaughter was difficult to compress, and the progress was slow.
Hu Liena groaned and fell into a brief coma due to the huge impact brought by the formation of the Killing God Domain and the drastic changes at the soul level. Her body instinctively accepted the transformation of the domain.
I don't know how long it took, maybe just a moment, or maybe it was a long time.
When the cold feeling of being wrapped suddenly disappeared, the two of them were already in a fresh woodland. The long-lost sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, and the air no longer had the disgusting smell of blood.
Hu Liena's long eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Deep in her eyes, a flash of extremely sharp white light flashed, and the aura around her became more restrained, yet more dangerous, like a peerless demonic blade sheathed.
The killing god domain has been formed, and it is subtly blended with her own nine-tailed heavenly fox's charming power to form a unique and powerful aura.
She subconsciously looked at Xuan Ming beside her.
Xuan Ming was seen standing quietly in the same place, without any fluctuation of soul power around him, nor was he deliberately releasing any aura.
But just standing there gives people a terrifying and oppressive feeling as if facing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
The air around him seemed more stagnant and cold than anywhere else, and the light that shone near him seemed to be swallowed up a little.
It was an invisible and intangible force field that was so thick that it was suffocating.
Hu Liena could clearly feel that when facing Xuan Ming, her Killing God Domain instinctively conveyed a faint... trembling and sense of submission?
It's like a stream encountering a vast sea of blood, or a firefly seeing an endless abyss.
The gap is too big.
The number of lives killed by Xuan Ming was an astronomical figure that she could not even imagine.
The killing god's domain that was finally condensed had a foundation and strength far beyond the ordinary, and was so thick and heavy that it seemed substantial.
Xuan Ming slowly raised his hand, feeling the silent yet extremely powerful new power within himself, a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes.
He really had already lost count of how many people he had killed.
The murderous aura fed back by the blood spear that drank so much blood and even devoured nearly half of the origin of the City of Slaughter had already pushed him to an unprecedented level.
The fresh forest air seemed to still carry a hint of the bloody illusion left by the City of Slaughter.
The sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, scattering mottled images into Xuan Ming's calm yet bottomless eyes.
He slowly clenched his palms, and the thick and abyssal killing domain quietly retracted, as if it had never appeared, but the subtle chirping of insects around him only sounded again the moment his domain was retracted, revealing the absolute silence of a moment ago.
The Killing God's Domain has been completed, and its strength is even far beyond expectations. The almost tangible murderous aura is enough to scare any Titled Douluo.
However, the expected "attention" did not come.
Asura God.
Why did the god who was in charge of killing and judgment have no reaction?
This should never happen.
The City of Slaughter is his trial ground, the Road to Hell is his path of selection, and the Realm of the God of Killing is a symbol of his divine recognition.
He had almost drained half of the original energy of the City of Slaughter and condensed a domain of such a scale. It was reasonable and logical that it was enough to arouse divine consciousness.
Don't you think highly of it?
No. Xuan Ming immediately rejected this idea.
The amount of energy he devoured, the number of lives he killed, and the terrifying strength of his domain definitely far exceeded any killing god in history, including Tang Chen, who was known as the invincible on the ground.
Tang Chen was indeed a genius for reaching the eighth Shura test, but the qualifications and achievements he had demonstrated were only strong, not weak.
Then... is it because of the dragon aura on me?
Did the dragon souls of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, and Gu Yuena's closeness, violate the God Realm's taboos against the dragon clan, causing the Asura God to feel disgust or even murderous intent?
But if this is true, with the means of gods, especially gods like Shura who are kings of the rules, even if their true bodies cannot easily descend to the mortal world, they should have countless ways to eliminate this hidden danger.
For example - wake up Tang Chen.
The man who was trapped in the City of Slaughter, his body parasitized by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, but his soul was still undergoing the Eighth Shura Test.
As long as the Shura God is willing, even if it is just a hint of guidance to help Tang Chen get rid of the parasite and complete the final test, a demigod-level strongman holding the Shura Demon Sword will be enough to sweep across the continent and completely destroy himself.
This is the most reasonable way to clean up.
But, no.
Nothing.
The King of Killing is still himself, in a daze, enjoying the false kingship.
Tang Chen's soul is still struggling, with no one to help.
The Shura God seemed to be completely silent, turning a blind eye to this huge variable in himself.
This silence made Xuan Ming feel more alert than direct murderous intent.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
The thoughts of gods may be difficult for mortals to guess, but the absolute balance of interests and rules is unchanging.
His existence must, in some aspects, in some way that he has not yet noticed, conform to the "expectations" of the Shura God, or... he is observing and waiting for a more critical node?
"Xuan Ming?" Hu Liena's voice, with a hint of worry, brought him back from his thoughts.
She keenly felt that beneath Xuan Ming's calmness at the moment, there was some deep doubt and... vigilance hidden.
Xuan Ming raised his eyes and looked at her. His ice-blue eyes regained their former deep calmness, suppressing all the surging thoughts.
"Nothing, just thinking about something." Xuan Ming shook his head.
"This area has just been established, and it will take time to become familiar with and consolidate it."
He temporarily put aside the abnormality of the Shura God.
No matter what the god's plan is, improving his own strength is always the top priority.
Now that the Killing God Domain has been formed, and although the Blood Spear has been fully nourished, it still needs a key transformation. In the outside world, there is also the dispute between the Wuhun Empire and the two major empires, as well as... the imminent threat of Qian Renxue's divine test.
His enemies have always been clear.
At this moment, a powerful and familiar aura came quickly from afar.
The figure emerged, it was Bibi Dong who had been waiting here for a long time.
She looked at the two people who were safe and sound and whose aura had changed drastically. Her gaze especially lingered on Xuan Ming for a moment, and a trace of surprise that was difficult to conceal flashed in her phoenix eyes.
She also felt the extraordinary domain power on Xuan Ming's body. It was not a simple domain of the God of Killing. Its heaviness and oppression made her, the inheritor of the God of Rakshasa, feel a little frightened.
This is the realm of the God of Killing that has reached its peak and is about to undergo a transformation!
"It seems that your gains far exceeded my expectations." Bibi Dong's voice was filled with a hint of complex relief. "Welcome back."
"Teacher!" Hu Liena, with red eyes, threw herself into Bibi Dong's arms.
Bibi Dong patted Hu Liena's back gently, but her eyes never left Xuan Ming.
She could feel that her disciple had gone through unimaginable hardships in the City of Slaughter, and his character had become more resilient and his strength had improved by leaps and bounds.
But Xuan Ming's changes were what really frightened her.
It is not just an improvement in strength, but also an essential transformation, as if a piece of unpolished jade has been bloodily carved, finally revealing the astonishing edge and bottomless darkness inside.
"How are you doing?" Xuan Ming asked.
Bibi Dong shook her head. "It's strange. My strength is more than enough to handle it, but the Eighth Rakshasa Trial hasn't arrived yet."
Ever since she confirmed a year ago that Qian Renxue had begun the Divine Test, and that it was also the ninth Divine Test, she had devoted more of her attention to the Divine Test inheritance.
However, after she completed the seven tests of Rakshasa, there was no progress on the eighth test!
The eighth test!
This is a very crucial test!
As long as she completes the eighth test, she will be able to transform into a true demigod and control a portion of the Rakshasa power!
Become a true demigod peerless Douluo!
But ever since she completed the seven Rakshasa trials a year ago, there has been no movement on the eighth trial!
Listening to Bibi Dong's words, Xuan Ming frowned deeply.
The eighth test of Rakshasa has not yet arrived?
This is not ordinary.
Although the divine test is difficult, once it begins, it will proceed step by step according to the established rules and the progress of the inheritor, especially for the inheritance of a first-level deity like the Rakshasa throne, its assessment system should be rigorous and clear.
Bibi Dong's talent and strength are unquestionable. She has already reached or even exceeded the standards for taking the eighth test, but she has been unable to initiate the test.
This is absolutely not normal.
Thinking of the unusual silence of Shura God towards this "super-standard" killing god, a hint of enlightenment flashed in the depths of Xuan Ming's ice-blue eyes.
The two gods, one in charge of killing and judgment, and the other in charge of evil and resentment, seem to be in opposition, but in fact they both belong to the high-level of the divine world and maintain the rules and order of the divine world.
Their silence is by no means an isolated incident.
"It seems that the divine realm...or rather, certain rules, are undergoing changes that we are unaware of." Xuan Ming slowly raised his head and stared at the sky.
"Or perhaps, something, or someone, is simultaneously influencing the inheritance of these two gods."
The fact that two first-level gods, or even a God King-level Shura, could simultaneously experience abnormalities in their inheritance assessments, the reason behind this was probably far more serious than one could imagine.
Could it be that a huge change has occurred within the divine world?
Or... the dragon clan?