Yang Fan had originally thought he would leave Slaughter City very quickly.
But he never expected...
He would end up staying here for a whole year!
Of course!
He hadn't wasted this year.
A record of ninety-nine wins and zero losses allowed him to accumulate rich combat experience in Slaughter City.
Through constant tempering, he had successfully broken through the bottleneck of Soul Emperor.
Not only that!
At this point, he had also become a six-star Da Dou Shi.
Today...
Was his thirteenth birthday.
It was also the day Yang Fan planned to achieve the title of "Hundred-Battle Slaughter God" in Slaughter City.
Yang Fan drank the green brain-clearing liquid in his cup in one gulp, then walked out of the small room where he had lived for a year in Slaughter City.
Fortunately, he had Yao Lao by his side this year, allowing his mind to remain vigilant at all times.
Remaining true to his original aspiration!
Otherwise, after leaving, he might become a cold-blooded monster who randomly beat up security guards.
Yang Fan walked on the road leading to the Slaughter Arena...
Anyone who saw him automatically made way, and some even fled in panic.
Of course...
There was no shortage of fanatical followers trailing behind him, cheering wildly.
This year!
Yang Fan had established his own prestige throughout Slaughter City.
All the degenerates here knew that Yang Fan now had ninety-nine victories.
He was only one step away from obtaining the title of Slaughter God!
Of course!
Yang Fan's most famous and mysterious aspect was still his ability to use spirit skills that others couldn't release.
This made Yang Fan seem like the favored child of all Slaughter City.
While everyone shouted about the unfairness of heaven, they could only accept reality with their heads hung low.
The degenerates who came here all knew that the mechanisms of Slaughter City were far beyond human control.
"Slaughter God!"
"Slaughter God!"
"Slaughter God!"
"..."
As soon as Yang Fan entered the Slaughter Arena, thunderous cheers followed one after another.
Today's Slaughter Arena was packed to capacity!
Every degenerate who came here was here to witness Yang Fan's victory, and even more so, to witness the birth of a Slaughter God.
Yang Fan slowly walked onto the Slaughter Arena as usual...
His expression relaxed!
His ninety-nine victories had accumulated not only rich combat experience but also invincible confidence.
Yes!
Being able to use Dou Techniques here meant he was invincible in battle.
Just then, his nine opponents entered one after another from nine different directions.
Although they were opponents here, the eyes of these nine people were surprisingly looking at the same place.
Yang Fan!
Clearly, they had teamed up.
This decision was undoubtedly the most correct one.
The rule of nine deaths and one life in the Slaughter Arena was deeply engraved in the hearts of every degenerate.
If they wanted to walk out of the Slaughter Arena alive, the first thing to resolve was the biggest threat on the field.
At this moment...
Yang Fan's gaze fell on the most burly one among the nine.
An Elephant Armored Sect soul master?!
From the middle-aged man's appearance and physique, Yang Fan actually recognized the burly man standing opposite him.
It was none other than Huyan Dang, the second-in-command of the Elephant Armor Sect!
Ever since Huyan Zhen was instantly killed by Yao Lao in the small woods outside Yunluo City four years ago, the Elephant Armored Sect had actually begun to decline.
Initially...
Everyone thought Huyan Zhen had lost to Yang Wudi and was too ashamed to show his face.
But as the time of his disappearance grew longer, the Douluo Continent gradually learned that Huyan Zhen was actually dead.
It was precisely because of Huyan Zhen's death that the entire Elephant Armor Sect began its decline.
When Huyan Zhen was alive, in order to curry favor with Spirit Hall, he had secretly targeted many sects like the Breaking Clan.
After Huyan Zhen's death, these sect forces naturally began to target the Elephant Armor Sect openly and secretly.
It was said that two years ago, Huyan Dang was being hunted down. He never expected this old fellow to actually run to Slaughter City.
Perhaps this was fate!
Allowing him, Yang Fan, to personally end the last ember of the Elephant Armor Sect at this crucial moment.
The battle began!
Just as Yang Fan had guessed, the nine opponents swarmed him to attack.
Boom—
The Dou Qi in Yang Fan's body instantly surged upward. Two flames, one cold and one hot, rose in his palms.
Flames leaping several feet high...
Yang Fan began to rapidly fuse the Ice Dragon Flame and Fire Dragon Flame in his hands at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Almost in the blink of an eye, two flames with originally completely different attributes formed a dual-colored fire lotus.
Ever since he completed the Fire Dragon Flame's devouring of the Ice Dragon Flame, the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus technique had become as easy to use as his own arm for him.
However, this was his first time using the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus in Slaughter City.
No choice!
Facing the siege of nine people, even this quasi-Slaughter God had to raise his vigilance. At the same time, it was also because he couldn't wait to clear the Hell Road.
Boom...Boom…Boom…
The Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus exploded throughout the Slaughter Arena, like dual-colored fireworks celebrating his departure.
However, beneath this gorgeous display was the violent shaking of the earth and the chests of his opponents exploding.
In an instant...
Eight of the nine opponents on the field were gone!
The only one remaining was Huyan Dang, the second-in-command of the Elephant Armor Sect.
The defense of Diamond Mammoth soul masters was indeed formidable. However, at this moment, Huyan Dang was also tottering under the baptism of the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
His life was visibly draining away!
Even so, Yang Fan didn't give Huyan Dang any chance to struggle desperately.
His body was like a cheetah. Amidst flashes of firelight, the Soul Breaking Spear in his hand pierced into Huyan Dang's chest.
"You... you are...?"
Perhaps the other degenerates couldn't recognize the mutated Soul Breaking Spear, but the Elephant Armor Sect, which had always been at odds with the Breaking Clan, was all too familiar with it.
This sharp attacking power...
Yang Fan pulled the Soul Breaking Spear out of Huyan Dang's chest.
For him, using the Soul Breaking Spear to end the fate of the Elephant Armor Sect couldn't be more appropriate.
At the same time, this spear also ended Yang Fan's year of bloody life in Slaughter City.
"Slaughter God!"
"Slaughter God!"
"Slaughter God!"
"..."
As expected, Yang Fan became the sole victor on the field, allowing all the degenerates present to witness the birth of a Slaughter God.
And it was at this moment...
The sky above Slaughter City suddenly became distorted. Under a scarlet vortex, a man slowly descended.
More precisely, a monster!
This fellow wore a blood-colored long robe, his entire body wrapped in a huge stand-up collar scarlet cape.
His complexion was as pale as those degenerates who were about to be drained of blood, but his blood-red eyes were exceptionally bright.
When he walked over, one could feel the blood-colored mist surrounding his body.
"Slaughter King!"
"Slaughter King!"
The degenerates in the Slaughter Arena who had witnessed the birth of the Slaughter God were now shouting the Slaughter King's name.
"Are you willing to begin the Hell Road and become the ninth Slaughter God in Slaughter City's thousand-year history?"
The Slaughter King's voice was exceptionally sharp.
It was this sharp voice that caused the cheers on the field to stop abruptly, leaving the entire Slaughter Arena in a silence where one could hear a pin drop.
It was as if everyone was waiting for Yang Fan's answer.
"Of course!"
This was Yang Fan's first time seeing the Slaughter King, so he had no special impression of this person.
In fact, the strong bloody smell on the Slaughter King made it impossible for him to associate him with Tang Chen.
He couldn't sense a trace of normal human aura. He even found it strange why the Slaughter King would actively offer to open the Hell Road for him.
Shouldn't he be trying to dissuade and stop him?
Yang Fan found it strange, and the degenerates who served the Slaughter King daily found it even stranger.
Because they discovered that the respected Slaughter King seemed to have become a different person after Yang Fan came to Slaughter City.
...
The next second!
The Slaughter King spread his huge blood-red wings, and the blood-red mist surrounding his body began to surge.
At this moment, Yang Fan clearly felt the slaughter aura around him become especially intense.
It was an intensity he had never experienced before!
At the same time...
The degenerates in the Slaughter Arena began to wail. Even under Yang Fan's gaze, they exploded one after another.
The splattered blood flowed into the huge precious cauldron of the Slaughter Arena under the Slaughter King's control.
This was the correct way to open the Hell Road!
At this moment...
The Hell Road passage located directly in the center of the Slaughter Arena was completely opened, and those degenerates who had come to witness the birth of the Slaughter God became sacrifices for opening the Hell Road.
"You may make your choice!"
At this point, Yang Fan had two paths to choose from.
One was that with the title of Slaughter God, he could permanently enjoy a life of luxury here.
The second path was to clear the Hell Road!
For Yang Fan, hesitating for even one second would be disrespectful to the Slaughter God Domain, to the Ten-Headed Yang Serpent, and to what lay beneath the Hell Road.
He resolutely jumped into the entrance of the Hell Road!
And the moment he entered the Hell Road, the entire Slaughter Arena returned to its previous appearance.
...
"So this is the Hell Road?"
Honestly!
The first impression it gave Yang Fan was that the description was fitting.
A narrow path that could only accommodate one person extended downward, as if leading to the end of the ghost gate.
After coming down, Yang Fan's first feeling, besides the even more pungent bloody slaughter aura than above, was a very obvious fire-attribute aura.
Although a year had passed, his memory of this special fire-attribute scent was still fresh.
Blazing Fire Stones!
The two could be said to share the same root and source.
And as the Hell Road continued to extend downward, this slaughter-tinged fire-attribute became exceptionally dense.
"Stop!"
Yao Lao spoke, causing Yang Fan's striding steps to halt abruptly.
"Master, what is it?"
Yang Fan's heart suddenly tightened. However, Yao Lao's relaxed expression also caused his tense nerves to relax.
"There's something below!"
Yao Lao suddenly smiled.
Based on his experience traveling the Dou Qi Continent, he wouldn't believe it if someone told him there was no flame in the environment he was currently in.
"Master, is there really something down there?"
Although Yang Fan had been fantasizing about this for over a year, when this expectation truly became reality.
His heart was already beating violently!
"Silly boy."
"If your Master isn't mistaken, what's down there is very likely a Heavenly Flame."
Yao Lao used his spiritual power to investigate.
Everywhere he could sense was magma and slaughter, to the point where it had already changed the surrounding environment.
Even the world's top-tier beast flames didn't possess such powerful energy.
Then there was only one possibility...
"Heavenly Flame?"
Yang Fan could no longer suppress his excited emotions at this moment.
The Douluo Continent really had a Heavenly Flame?!
He had asked himself this question more than once before, but today the answer had become certain.
Thinking about it...
The Ice Fire Yin Yang Well was formed by two top-tier beast flames, so it was reasonable for a place of godhood inheritance to possess a Heavenly Flame.
"Master."
"Then shall we go down now?"
Yang Fan was no longer the ignorant young lad who knew nothing.
To devour a flame, the first step was to find the flame and approach it.
To complete this step, diving down was naturally necessary.
"Wait a moment first."
At this moment...
Yao Lao took out a green and white pill from his spatial ring.
The moment this pill appeared, the dense slaughter and bloody aura surrounding them was forced back.
A pure land appeared within a ten-meter radius!
"Eat it!"
This was a Tier 6 pill Yao Lao had refined for Yang Fan half a year ago.
The main medicinal ingredient of this pill was the immortal herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and its effect was to clear the brain and brighten the eyes.
"Master thinks of everything."
Yang Fan could clearly sense that the slaughter aura below the Hell Road was much heavier than in Slaughter City.
Without the protection of medicinal pills, with his current spiritual power, he would very likely lose himself during the descent.
Just like Tang Chen!
A peak Douluo at Level 99 had still become a puppet of Slaughter City.
Yang Fan knew that to obtain the flame below, he had to jump into the magma.
But he wasn't reckless!
Yang Fan first ate the Tier 6 pill, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew Pill, refined by Yao Lao.
In an instant...
A refreshing sensation exploded in Yang Fan's mouth, intensely stimulating his senses.
Yang Fan's mind went blank, and he even began to float in place.
If he had taken this pill outside, it definitely wouldn't have been so intense.
But this was Slaughter City!
The feeling was like living in a moldy room for several years, and then one day suddenly coming to sunlight with a gentle breeze blowing.
Yang Fan could only describe it with one word: Refreshing!
At this moment!
He felt that all the slaughter and hostility in his body had been thoroughly cleansed by the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew Pill.
Then...
Yang Fan summoned the Ice Dragon Flame within his body to surround himself.
Although the Ice Dragon Flame was a flame, it was an ice fire at the extreme cold, having a very good defensive effect against the scorching magma below the Hell Road.
Then...
Yang Fan used the soul power in his palm to inject into the magma.
"Stinky boy."
"When did you become so careful?"
Yang Fan shrugged.
No choice!
Facing an unfamiliar and dangerous environment, he was also afraid of jumping down and melting into a pool of blood.
After getting a general understanding of the environment below, only then did he jump into the magma using soul power and Dou Qi.
Hot!
Although he had prepared for the magma below, when Yang Fan jumped down, he still felt like a layer of his skin had been scalded off.
However, at this moment...
Yang Fan couldn't care about any of this.
Heavenly Flame!
Heavenly Flame!
Heavenly Flame!
He had only one belief in his heart now: no matter how difficult, he had to devour the Heavenly Flame below the Hell Road.
This was his opportunity, three years later, to once again evolve the Flame Mantra.
He had to seize it!
"Be careful!"
"There's something ahead."
Yang Fan, who had long been prepared, didn't show excessive panic or vigilance upon hearing Yao Lao's warning.
Regarding the Hell Road...
He could be said to be very familiar with it.
Something ahead?
If his guess was correct, it was definitely the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent living in the magma.
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