"Congratulations, Your Highness, on completing the third trial."
"Shang" stepped forward to offer his congratulations.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mu Yang asked, "Senior, for the upcoming fourth trial, Bing'er and I need to leave the secret realm and defeat a Titled Douluo of no less than Level 95 in order to complete it. May I ask where the exit to the secret realm is?"
The entrance and exit to the Asura Secret Realm were in the hands of "Shang." To complete the fourth trial, Mu Yang still needed "Shang" to open the spatial passage and send him and Shui Bing'er back to the outside world.
"When does Your Highness plan to leave the secret realm?"
"Shang" asked with a smile.
Raising his head to glance at the sky, Mu Yang said, "Tomorrow then, let's rest for a night first."
The alternation of day and night within the Asura Secret Realm was synchronized with the outside world. It was now evening, and Mu Yang planned to leave with Shui Bing'er the next day.
After all, from the beginning to the end of the third trial — the Slaughter God Light — neither he nor Shui Bing'er had taken a break, and in the process, they had endured the pain brought by the murderous intent penetrating their bodies. It was necessary to rest well for a night and adjust their states.
"Shang" nodded. "Very well, Your Highness. Come here again tomorrow morning, and I will open the passage to leave the secret realm then."
"Much obliged, Senior."
Mu Yang clasped his hands in salute.
That night, "Shang's" figure appeared in the Asura Temple outside the secret realm, and then the Slaughter King received a warning:
— Before the fifth trial, if you make a move against the God Trial taker, you will die!
If the Slaughter King were Tang Chen, unpossessed, "Shang" certainly would not have issued this warning.
After all, the world itself is not absolutely fair, and one cannot demand that the strength of the challenged be exactly on par with that of the later challenger. Otherwise, that would be the greatest unfairness to the earlier challenged party.
But the current Slaughter King, although the former God Trial taker Tang Chen, had already been possessed by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King. Strictly speaking, the Slaughter King was not a God Trial taker.
Moreover, in "Shang's" eyes, ever since the great God King descended the divine decree, Tang Chen, this former Highness, was no longer the Highness of him.
To ensure that Mu Yang, valued by the great God King, would not fall victim to the Slaughter King's hand before the competition for the trials began, this warning was only natural.
Of course, Mu Yang knew nothing about this.
To be honest, if it were merely the Slaughter King, and not Tang Chen with his consciousness restored, with the Spirit Gold Battle Armor and Martial Soul Fusion Skill in hand, Mu Yang truly feared nothing.
The foundation of "Land's Invincible" was deep. Even by the time Tang Chen had completed the seventh Asura God trial, his strength was definitely greater than when he had first been given that title.
It could be said that before falling victim to the Rakshasa God's schemes, at that point having completed the seven trials, if Tang Chen were to fight Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi again, excluding the factor of the two divine priests mobilizing divine power, perhaps Tang Chen would not have been "Land's Invincible," but "World's Invincible."
After all, how could one go through seven divine trials without any improvement in strength?
But Tang Chen is Tang Chen, and the Slaughter King is the Slaughter King; the two cannot be mixed together.
Possession is not rebirth. The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King merely occupied Tang Chen's body, which did not mean the Slaughter King could use the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.
Tang Chen's title of "Land's Invincible" was based not only on the foundation of a level 99 Limit Douluo's spirit power, but more importantly on the domineering Clear Sky Hammer martial soul and the various ultimate techniques based on it.
Without being able to use the martial soul, and without mastery of the ultimate techniques, how much of "Land's Invincible" strength could the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King bring out?
Moreover, having been possessed for many years, Tang Chen's body was severely depleted. Whether the Slaughter King could even beat Tang Hao was still a question worth investigating!
The next morning, inside the inner city of the Slaughter City.
In the spacious blood-colored hall, a point of white light suddenly lit up in front of the Asura statue, then the white light spread, forming a white light screen.
Immediately, ripples appeared on the white light screen, and two blue-haired figures stepped out from it.
"Mu Yang, the trial time limit is a whole year, plenty of time. Should we go back to the academy for a look first?"
Shui Bing'er asked Mu Yang.
Nodding, Mu Yang said, "Let's go straight back to the academy, but not just for a look.
This trial's target is to defeat a Titled Douluo of no less than rank 95. Our uncle-in-law is a rank 95 Titled Douluo. Once we get back, we'll just fight him to complete the trial.
As for the subsequent fifth trial, if nothing unexpected happens, we will be facing the Slaughter King. That fellow is a bit dangerous, so we'll come back to the Slaughter City once we're prepared."
The trial's target is to defeat a Titled Douluo of rank 95 or higher?
Then there's no need to look for anyone else, just go straight to Uncle-in-law Huo Lie!
Huo Lie: My dear nephew is truly filial!
And what Mu Yang meant by "prepared" was not that he had some secret weapon, but that he was preparing to condense a soul core.
At present, his spirit power level had already advanced to the eighth ring, so it was time to condense a soul core.
As for Shui Bing'er, although her level was much lower, only at the seventh ring, her spiritual power far exceeded her spirit power, and because she had mastered secret techniques, her control over spirit power was quite good. Condensing her first soul core shouldn't be too difficult either.
And whether or not a soul master possessed a soul core, the difference in strength was still quite obvious.
If nothing else, it could at least greatly increase the endurance of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
On the other side, Tang San, who had entered the Slaughter City not long ago but had already gained some fame, walked along the inner city streets, heading toward the Hell Slaughter Arena in the central area.
"Father said that only after a hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena can I leave the Slaughter City. As of yesterday, I've already achieved five consecutive victories, one-twentieth of the way. Looks like these hundred victories aren't that difficult after all!"
While staying alert for sneak attacks from passing Fallen, Tang San thought to himself.
Of course, Tang San also understood that the reason he, a newly advanced five-ring Spirit King, could run rampant in the Slaughter City was mainly because the city restricted spirit masters from using spirit skills.
For ordinary spirit masters, being restricted from using spirit skills meant losing eighty to ninety percent of their strength.
But he was different. Being unable to use spirit skills didn't matter much — he still had the Tang Sect's secret techniques and the Haotian Sect's inherited ultimate skills. Especially the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method and the Haotian Nine Absolutes, which he had diligently practiced for the past two years; the power they could unleash was even greater than the Blue Silver Emperor's spirit skills.
What's more, when facing a few especially tough opponents, even if his ultimate skills weren't enough, his storage-type soul tool still contained Tang Sect hidden weapons with considerable power.
In the past, due to a lack of funds, the most powerful hidden weapon he had managed to tinker together was the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
But ever since returning to the Haotian Sect, he was no longer the pitiful nobody that no one cared for — he was now the Sect Master's own nephew!
Some precious materials and poisons for crafting advanced hidden weapons might not be his to squander at will, but making one or two extremely powerful hidden weapons was no problem at all.
It could be said that ultimate skills and hidden weapons were the greatest assets Tang San relied upon to survive in the Slaughter City.
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