Chapter 259: Bo Saixi's Bitterness
City of Slaughter.
After Ye Cheng casually left with the unconscious beauty in his arms, the dazed Tang Chen finally regained his senses. However, before he could take any action, the Asura God in the Divine Realm abruptly withdrew the Asura divine power he had bestowed upon him.
In an instant, Tang Chen's overwhelming aura deflated like a punctured balloon, plummeting dramatically.
And with the Asura God no longer interfering, Tang Chen's consciousness was once again suppressed by the Nine Headed Blood Bat King. Control over his body no longer belonged to him.
After so many years of erosion, his body was already completely infused with the power of the Blood Bat King. To put it bluntly, his body had become part of that creature. As long as the air was filled with evil energy, Tang Chen, as the original owner, could never wrest control back.
Strictly speaking, this body now belonged more to the Blood Bat King than it did to Tang Chen.
"That was close… I almost lost this powerful body completely."
Tang Chen or rather, the Slaughter King stared at the spot where Ye Cheng had disappeared, a look of lingering fear on his face.
At first, when faced with the power of the Sea God, he thought his years of effort were about to be wasted. But unexpectedly, things took a turn in his favor. In the end, not only had he suffered no losses, but the evil energy in his body had actually increased significantly.
At the same time, his control over this body had strengthened even further. The original owner's consciousness had grown even more chaotic and weakened it was now incapable of resisting him.
In a way, this disaster had turned into a blessing in disguise.
Meanwhile, in another part of the City of Slaughter, Tang San had yet to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena.
Unlike in the original timeline, his current strength was far too lacking. If he rushed into the arena now, he wouldn't stand a chance against the seasoned killers inside. His odds of survival were extremely low.
Thus, he decided to lay low in the outer city for a while, patiently biding his time.
Only after fully mastering the Hao Tian Sect's secret techniques that his father had taught him, along with combining them with his Tang Sect martial arts and hidden weapons, would he be confident enough to take on the Hell Slaughter Arena.
If things went well, he might even have a chance at clearing the Hell Road.
He had an unshakable confidence in the hidden weapons of the Tang Sect from his past life.
Hiding in the shadows, Tang Hao watched his son train diligently and nodded in approval.
He has the patience to endure and wait for the right moment… He will accomplish great things in the future.
During the battle between Bo Saixi and Tang Chen, the entire City of Slaughter had been thrown into chaos. The skies rumbled, as if heralding the end of the world.
Countless criminals trembled in fear, paralyzed under the divine pressure. Even Tang San was no exception he had collapsed to the ground, lying there like a stray dog.
The sheer weight of that divine aura felt like a mountain pressing down on him.
His heart burned with rage.
Never again!
One day, I will climb to the very top!
"The Slaughter King is this powerful? Then who was fighting against him?"
Tang Hao, still lurking in the shadows, was stunned.
He had spoken to the Slaughter King several times before, and his impression had been that the man wasn't that strong… Had he been hiding his true power all along?
A shiver ran down Tang Hao's spine.
He silently made a decision not to act recklessly around the Slaughter King in the future. If he angered him, he might not make it out alive.
Death itself didn't scare him.
What terrified him was dying before avenging his wife.
White Cloud City.
By the next morning, Ye Cheng was in his study handling administrative matters when a subordinate came to report:
"The young lady you rescued yesterday has awakened."
"She's awake?"
Ye Cheng set his work aside and decided to go see her.
It was only proper to inform her of her physical condition otherwise, she might start overthinking and assume she had been crippled.
Although he had successfully treated her injuries and restored her body, the severity of her wounds meant that her strength had significantly declined.
It would take time to recover.
The only ways to speed up her recovery were through the Condensation Ring Method or divine intervention.
Meanwhile, in her guest room, Bo Saixi was in deep distress.
After suppressing her initial embarrassment, she had finally checked her condition… and was horrified.
Her soul power which she had painstakingly cultivated had almost completely disappeared.
She was now only at the Soul Elder level.
Worst of all, even her nine god bestowed soul rings were gone.
Losing soul power was bad enough, but losing soul rings? That was catastrophic.
It was common knowledge in the soul master world that if a person lost their soul rings, they couldn't simply hunt spirit beasts and obtain new ones. If that were possible, people would constantly swap out their soul rings at will.
Had she… been crippled?
Bo Saixi felt a wave of melancholy wash over her.
Yet, despite everything, she wasn't truly in despair.
She had, after all, experienced death and resurrection before.
Even her original strength had been rebuilt from nothing.
The situation wasn't hopeless.
If she returned to Sea God Island and sought the Sea God's help, she could likely recover completely.
But…
It would be so humiliating.
She had set out with such confidence, determined to reunite with her "true love."
Instead, she was nearly killed by him.
Had to be rescued by another man.
And now… she was powerless.
Going back to Sea God Island now?
It would be absolutely mortifying.
Even though she knew that the Sea God, with his kind nature, would never blame her and would likely go out of his way to help her recover…
Still… it's just too embarrassing!
Bo Saixi felt like this entire ordeal was nothing more than a punishment for her own foolishness.
She had brought this upon herself.
She had only herself to blame.
"I was wrong. I was completely wrong!"
"I should never have let those two men stay back then."
"If I hadn't, I wouldn't have fallen for Tang Chen."
"If I hadn't fallen for him, I wouldn't have spent decades waiting for him on Sea God Island, suffering in loneliness."
"If I hadn't waited all those years, I wouldn't have rushed off to find him after my resurrection, only to nearly be killed by him and end up as a crippled mess…"
Bo Saixi felt like the tragic shopkeeper Tong Xiangyu from a play muttering to herself like a bitter, wronged woman.
"Miss, you seem to be recovering well."
A voice pulled her out of her thoughts.
She instinctively turned toward the source of the voice and saw a tall, elegant man in white stepping into the room. His presence was calm yet commanding.
The moment she saw him, the image overlapped with the last thing she had seen before she lost consciousness.
Her rescuer.
"Many thanks, City Lord, for saving my life."
Bo Saixi hurriedly got up and bowed in gratitude.
After all, this was no ordinary man.
He was a divine being on par with the Sea God.
And in the future, he and the Sea God would be like brothers, their bond unbreakable.
Bo Saixi couldn't afford to be careless in her respect toward him.
(End of Chapter)
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