As the three figures appeared, most of the fallen were drawn to the two exquisite figures, but Tang San and Hu Liena stared intently at the man.
"Is that… Li Qing?"
Tang San's pupils contracted violently, as shock, doubt, and disbelief rapidly flickered across his face.
How long had it been?
He knew Li Qing was exceptionally talented and possibly a reborn God, but this was simply too outrageous, wasn't it?
Could it be that the flow of time in Slaughter City was different from the outside world? He had been in Slaughter City for over a year, but perhaps more than a decade had passed outside?
Hu Liena's feelings were quite similar to Tang San's.
That man, who had made her feel despair and even robbed her of the courage to fight, was also the culprit who had driven her to gamble everything in Slaughter City.
Had he already become this terrifying?
His strength was already so absurd.
Were her teachers still alright? Had he already annihilated them?
"The three of you—"
Tang Chen looked at the three, wanting to question them, but the words caught in his throat, as two of them filled him with immense fear.
The rules of Slaughter City were surprisingly ineffective against them.
The other one, however, was not much.
Although his strength was comparable to his own, he still could not be exempt from the rules of Slaughter City.
"Tang—"
Seeing Tang Chen, Bo Saixi's eyes instantly reddened.
Because she realized that, just as Li Qing had said, he had no self-awareness at all; otherwise, how could he not recognize her?
Li Qing sized up Tang Chen.
He didn't look that great, so how could he have made Bo Saixi so dizzy with infatuation? Did no one on Douluo Continent who was obsessed with love care about looks?
Why were they all so ugly?
Li Qing asked, "Should I call you Tang Chen, or Nine-Headed Bat King, or Slaughter King?"
Tang Chen's pupils suddenly constricted.
"Never mind, it's not important."
Before Tang Chen could speak, Li Qing spoke again, then looked at Gu Yuena and said, "You protect Bo Saixi and talk to him; just don't kill him."
He truly had no interest in watching old lovers reunite.
"Alright!"
Gu Yuena waved her hand, and then disappeared with Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, leaving Li Qing standing alone in the void.
"Hiss!"
Below, gasps of astonishment immediately erupted, because the Slaughter King, who was invincible in their eyes, had been taken away with just a wave of a hand.
How strong was that woman, exactly?
Even a ninety-ninth-level Titled Douluo wouldn't be this exaggerated, after all, the Slaughter King was himself a Titled Douluo, and a high-level one at that.
Li Qing lowered his gaze and immediately saw Tang San and Hu Liena in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
Although his gaze was very calm, it still made Tang San instinctively retreat a few steps, but after regaining his senses, a surge of anger immediately rose in his heart.
He had actually been scared by Li Qing's most ordinary glance.
This was simply a great humiliation.
Li Qing raised his right hand, and a terrifying spirit power fluctuation suddenly swept out.
In the Hell Slaughter Arena, Hu Liena, who was lying on the ground, suddenly felt an energy envelop her, and then her body uncontrollably rose into the air.
Flying towards that man.
Hu Liena thought to herself, it seems her teachers must have already met with misfortune.
However, what surprised her somewhat was that such a minor character like herself could cause him such a big fuss, even pursuing her to Slaughter City just to eliminate her.
Was he perhaps overestimating her a bit too much?
"Li Qing, what do you want to do?"
Seeing Li Qing about to take away his enemy, Tang San immediately became anxious and instinctively questioned him.
"Hiss!"
Gasps of astonishment came in a continuous stream; everyone was shocked by Tang San.
He actually knew that man.
The most outrageous thing was that he actually dared to question him.
Where did he get such courage?
Winning a few matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena, and now he didn't know who he was, did he?
Li Qing looked at Tang San.
He sensed a familiar aura from him.
The familiarity here didn't mean he knew or had seen the owner of that aura, but rather an aura that didn't belong to mortals.
It seemed Asura had still helped him keep his cheat.
"Think before you speak and act. Even if Asura came, he would never speak to me like that."
Li Qing didn't say 'dare not'; after all, he was a God King, so he still had to show some respect, especially since he didn't currently possess God King-level combat power.
Although destruction protects them, no one could say for sure how strong this protection was.
Leaning on a mountain, the mountain collapses; leaning on others, they run away.
Only when one's own strength is sufficient is it truly real.
So, before possessing God King-level combat power, he was unwilling to provoke Asura, at least not for a small character like Tang San.
When he first crossed over, he still had a bit of a filter on Tang San, and was somewhat afraid of him.
Now?
Heh heh!
Let alone that he was now crippled, even if he wasn't, he wouldn't be worth Li Qing's attention anymore.
"Do you think my God Position must be passed on to you?"
Tang San felt greatly insulted and was about to erupt, but Asura's voice suddenly echoed in his mind, instantly shocking him back to his senses.
"This junior would not dare!"
Tang San mumbled to himself, then bowed to the void.
Of course.
He wasn't bowing to Li Qing, but to Asura, who was observing from afar.
"Hmph, it's best you don't dare. Now, immediately apologize to him."
"But—"
"There are no buts. I don't want to say the same thing a second time, otherwise, not only will you not get the God Position, but even if he doesn't kill you, I will send you on your way."
Tang San was stunned; it was the first time he had heard the Asura God King say so many words.
He wondered if it was just his imagination.
He actually heard a hint of fear in the other party's tone. A dignified God King, a dignified Law Enforcement God of the God Realm, actually felt fear towards a mortal who had not yet become a God.
Was this reasonable?
Even if Li Qing was a reborn deity, it shouldn't be this exaggerated. He was still just a mortal, after all.
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure."
Even though he had countless grievances in his heart, and felt utterly humiliated, under the dual threat of the God Position and Life, Tang San had no choice but to bow and apologize to Li Qing.
Li Qing, however, found this quite unusual.
This was not Tang San's personality; if nothing unexpected happened, it should have been Asura who intervened.
Li Qing ignored him and, taking Hu Liena, flashed into a grand hall, which was the palace belonging to the Slaughter King, Tang Chen.
"Get lost!"
As soon as he entered the hall, he felt someone stirring in the shadows, and a terrifying aura suddenly swept out, startling those people into immediately moving away from the hall.
Li Qing extended his hand, and milky-white spirit power surged into Hu Liena's body; her injuries instantly healed.
"You—"
Hu Liena looked at Li Qing in disbelief.
How did she feel that he didn't seem to be there to kill her, but rather to save her? Otherwise, why would he go to such great lengths to heal her?
Wouldn't it be simpler to just kill her?
Could it be that he had some strange killing addiction?