Having obtained the Demon King Balan's magic crystal, Cheng Xiao didn't rush to use it. He first glanced at the demon corpses scattered on the ground, then stretched out his hand.
"Stand up."
Because of the enhanced magic power, extracting shadows was exceptionally smooth, even on a large scale.
"Aaaaaah!"
A beast-like roar rang out, and a humanoid demon surrounded by black gas sprang from the dead demon corpses.
The demon shadows immediately recognized their new master, coming before Cheng Xiao and bowing.
Cheng Xiao felt the loyalty of the demon army, and it also made him feel gratified, because the number of shadow soldiers had increased again. Although a large number of demons had dissipated directly due to Balan's death, the number of demon soldiers who had died was still close to a thousand.
Thinking of this, Cheng Xiao's lips curled up slightly, and he smiled, "Everyone has worked hard."
With that, Cheng Xiao summoned all the shadow soldiers back into his own shadow. Now, what he needed to do was leave the City of Slaughter.
However, the hard condition for leaving the City of Slaughter was to complete one hundred victories, but if the King of Slaughter opened it ahead of time, it wasn't impossible, was it?
"Where is the King of Slaughter?" Cheng Xiao asked coldly, looking at the woman in black veil who hadn't left.
"I don't know either," the woman in black veil shook her head, explaining, "I haven't seen the King of Slaughter for a long time, so I don't know."
"I see." Cheng Xiao stroked his chin, his eyes flashing. "Then I'll just have to make him come to me personally."
"Come out."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Xiao's shadow stretched out widely, and then shadow soldiers all stood on the ground. They were all newly joined soldiers of the legion.
"Kill them all here, leave no one alive!"
With their lord's command, these newly joined demon soldiers of the legion let out ear-piercing roars. These roars, like waves, gradually spread from the front to the back. Finally, the shadow soldiers all began to disperse; they were to kill all the fallen in the City of Slaughter.
This was the lord's will, and the new king's command.
Watching the demon soldiers gradually disperse, Cheng Xiao took out the Demon King Balan's magic crystal. Not far from him, the Demon King's longsword lay silently on the ground. Without hesitation, he stored it in his storage space.
"Hey, what are you planning to do next?" The brief time they spent together had piqued Bingdi's curiosity about Cheng Xiao, so she asked him.
"Level up." After uttering these two words succinctly, Cheng Xiao's gaze fell on Xuedi. Their eyes met briefly in the air, and after a moment, Xuedi's clear voice rang out, "I'll protect you."
"Xuedi, you…" Bingdi looked at Xuedi in disbelief, but Xuedi didn't respond to her confusion.
"Thanks." After thanking him, Cheng Xiao began absorbing the Demon King Balan's magic crystal.
*Whoosh—*
The air began to tremble as the large amount of magic contained in the magic crystal began to gather, gradually forming a massive magic hurricane.
Cheng Xiao held his breath, his eyes slightly closed. Every cell and muscle in his body seemed to throb, frantically absorbing the magic power from the Hundred Flame King. At the same time, with the appearance of a magic hurricane, a blood-red figure was descending from the sky.
"King of Slaughter! King of Slaughter! King of Slaughter!"
The Fallen Ones, slaughtered by the Shadow Soldiers, cried out upon seeing the King of Slaughter, seemingly believing that he could save them.
However, upon closer inspection, one would find that the King of Slaughter's face was extremely pale, with several strange blood lines etched on his face. On his forehead was a sword-shaped demonic mark, and behind him, a pair of enormous blood-red wings spread out. His figure hovered in mid-air, about five meters above the ground, before slowly coming to a stop, looking down at Cheng Xiao with a solemn expression.
But soon, the King of Slaughter's gaze shifted to the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, and with just one glance, he couldn't help but shudder.
"Why are you here?" The King of Slaughter's voice lacked any human quality, possessing only endless coldness and malevolence, along with a deep-seated fear.
"You know us?" Ice Empress asked, somewhat surprised.
"The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King." Snow Empress's clear voice carried a chilling undertone, her beautiful eyes flashing with cold light. "You've parasitized this human."
"Instead of staying in the far north, you've come here to die?" Bloodlust gathered in his eyes, and a roar filled with rage and killing intent erupted from the King of Slaughter's mouth. Immediately, a crimson light burst forth from his body, and then, a demonic sword formed from killing intent suddenly appeared in his hand.
"You're not worthy." Snow Empress's eyes flashed with cold light, and the next moment, she raised her hand and grasped a long sword of pure azure blue, which appeared in her hand.
"Arrogant!" Veins bulged on the King of Slaughter's forehead as he unleashed hundreds of bloody blades from his demonic sword, heading straight for Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress ignored the King of Slaughter's words. She took a deep breath, her eyes flashing, and with a flick of her wrist, she unleashed a sword strike.
In an instant, a flash of icy blue sword light illuminated the King of Slaughter's face, contorted with rage.
"Emperor Sword - Unrivaled Ice!"
A soft shout rang out, and the King of Slaughter froze in mid-air. He remained in his sword-wielding stance, but as a blue light emerged from his body, he roared in terror,
"Impossible! Impossible! I am the King of Slaughter! I am destined to become a god..."
Before he could finish speaking, a burst of blue light erupted from his body, and then his entire body exploded.
"Instantly killed?" The scene before her shocked the Ice Empress. Unable to conceal her astonishment, her throat bobbed involuntarily.
"Bing'er, since I promised him, I should protect him." The Snow Empress sheathed her ice sword, then turned her head and explained calmly.
"Oh, I know." The Ice Empress waved her hand, knowing the Snow Empress was making excuses, and said nothing more.
The Snow Empress remained silent for a long time before nodding gently.
With the death of the King of Slaughter, the entire Hell City began to shake violently. From the vast, crimson magma beneath the Hell Road, endless underground lava surged forth. Clearly, without the King of Slaughter's suppression, the entire Hell City was collapsing.
At the same time, the shadow soldiers who had cleansed the Fallen from the Hell City returned to Cheng Xiao's shadow, while Cheng Xiao was still absorbing the Hundred Flame King's magic power and had not yet awakened.
Both the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress noticed the anomaly in the Hell City. They saw the blood of the dead Fallen slowly condensing, finally flowing like streams towards the Hell Slaughter Field.
The blood flowed into the arena, but it didn't spread in a straight line. Grooves appeared on the ground, and the blood, flowing into them, gradually coalesced into a giant swarm of bats.
"That's the entrance to Hell Road!" the woman in black exclaimed, observing the changes on the ground.
Hu Liena's gaze also turned in that direction. She hadn't yet achieved her hundredth victory, but now, that was impossible.
Just then, Hu Liena's eyes turned blood-red, and a faint blood mist emanated from her body. Everything before her seemed blurry, and a surge of killing intent welled up within her.
A desire to slaughter everything around her relentlessly eroded Hu Liena's heart. She knew that if she didn't take the Bloody Mary soon, she would likely lose control again.
So, Hu Liena quickly retrieved a Bloody Mary from her soul-guiding aura. Just as she was about to put it in her mouth, the Snow Empress suddenly raised her hand. Instantly, sparkling ice crystals froze the Bloody Mary in Hu Liena's hand into a block of ice.
Hu Liena froze, her killing intent surging within her. She wanted to take out the Bloody Mary again, but Xue Di calmly reminded her, "I didn't want to meddle, but in this place, even the air is poisonous. The more you drink this, the deeper the poisoning will become. This blood contains something that can affect one's mind." Boom
!
Hearing this, Hu Liena felt as if struck by lightning. The ice-cold cup in her hand fell to the ground, her face turning ashen. She turned around, crying out, "What should I do?"
Seeing Hu Liena's eyes gradually turning bloodshot, Xue Di sighed. She raised her hand, and icy blue light gathered in her palm, then shot a beam of blue light into Hu Liena's brow.
In an instant, Hu Liena felt as if her body, blood, and soul were being frozen, but the murderous desire that had risen within her vanished abruptly. She breathed slowly, her exhalations filled with extreme icy energy.
Bang!
Suddenly, a loud bang rang out. The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress simultaneously looked towards the direction of the sound. They saw Cheng Xiao, who had been keeping his eyes closed, open them. The massive magical hurricane had vanished, and what shocked them most was that eight red soul rings had appeared on his body, and these eight soul rings were still evolving.
Clearly, this was beyond 100,000 years, and they were still evolving towards an even higher level.
"He's not human?" the Ice Empress exclaimed in shock.
Without needing to hunt soul beasts to condense soul rings, could this human be a soul beast in human form? But wouldn't a soul beast in human form be unable to condense soul rings on its own after reaching level 70?
"Hoo~" Taking a deep breath, Cheng Xiao stood up. Having absorbed the Hundred Flame King's magic power, his soul power level had reached 85. He believed that if he fought the King again, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state.
As the saying goes, this eighty-five is not the same as that eighty-five. After all, part of the magic power he absorbed was used to modify his body, and part was used to increase his level. If it were according to the system's upgrade method, his level might have reached ninety-five by now.
"It seems we can get out now." Looking down at the lava below the Hell Road, Cheng Xiao smiled.
As he spoke, Cheng Xiao summoned Nash. Nash let out a deafening roar and transformed into his dragon form. Then, with a wave of his hand, Cheng Xiao lifted Hu Liena and the woman in black veils. He then nodded to the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor, and the group rushed towards the Hell Slaughter Arena.
Everything around here was a faint blood red color. Ahead, apart from a narrow path only about a foot wide, there was only the fiery red lava.
Occasionally, huge bubbles would rise from the magma, bursting with a loud bang and shooting out scorching magma like a dazzling firework.
"Nash, increase speed," Cheng Xiao said to him.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Nash replied mentally, his flapping dragon wings suddenly increasing his speed, and in a flash, he entered the Hell Road.
Standing behind Cheng Xiao, Hu Liena gazed at the seemingly endless world of magma ahead. While shocked, she couldn't help but swallow hard,
as the speed of the dragon beneath her had truly startled her—a speed even a Title Douluo couldn't match.
The woman in black veils was pale and speechless; after all, she was the weakest, and the increased speed of Nash created significant wind resistance.
Just then, a swarm of red shadows suddenly approached Cheng Xiao and the others rapidly—thousands of blood-red bats.
The swarm of blood-red bats flew incredibly fast, arriving before Cheng Xiao and his companions in the blink of an eye. Their eyes were blood-red, and upon spotting Nash's energy-filled body, they squealed and bared their sharp fangs.
Nash didn't even glance at them; a group of ant-like, lowly creatures unworthy of his attention. He merely snorted coldly, and instantly, a ring of icy blue light erupted from his massive body. The next moment, the blood-red bats were reduced to ice sculptures, falling into the lava below.
But immediately afterward, a muffled boom echoed from the seemingly calm lava lake below, and countless jets of molten lava erupted violently.
Perhaps due to the blood-red bats, the lava below churned violently. Amidst the spray of lava, a colossal, mysterious creature suddenly burst forth from the lava, then swiftly lunged at the flying Nash.
"Get lost!" Cheng Xiao merely glanced at it indifferently. His terrifying magic almost froze space itself. Before the enormous creature could even get close, it was slammed back into the lava by an invisible force.
Instantly, lava splashed wildly, stirring the calm lava lake into a turbulent frenzy. Pillars of lava fire shot into the sky. Even more astonishingly, the enormous creature that had fallen into the lava lake earlier flew out again—it was a bat with three heads.
"The Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King!" Having followed the King of Slaughter for a long time, the woman in black veils had naturally seen many strange beasts and immediately called out its name.
However, Cheng Xiao ignored her, taking out the Demon King's longsword from his storage space. Terrifying lightning gathered from the blade, and the next moment, the sword lightning slashed out.
Space seemed to be torn apart. The three dark gold bats were stunned, and before they could dodge, their three heads were severed by the sword lightning, killing them instantly.
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