After hearing Qin Xiao's words, the Azure Oxpython fell silent.
Moments later, it asked in a deep voice, "Then what must I do for you to spare Xiaowu?"
Qin Xiao shook his head slightly, "The decision isn't mine to make, it's yours. To save this rabbit, it depends on what price you're willing to pay."
"Price?"
The Azure Oxpython was taken aback, and as it recalled the scenes of Xiaowu's sacrifices for its sake, its heart filled with agony.
"I am willing to give up everything for Xiaowu," its voice turned hoarse in an instant.
Good, very good... Qin Xiao smiled with satisfaction.
His goal had been achieved.
A living, approximately 200,000-year-old soul beast, its value was undoubtedly much higher than that of a deceased one.
He could choose to use the Azure Oxpython to do some things, after all, on Soul Land, this counted as a considerable combat force.
"Then you should live well. If there is anything I need you to do, I will notify you," Qin Xiao said.
"What about Xiaowu?"
"Of course, I'm taking her with me. But I can allow you to see each other once a year."
Seeing the hesitant look on the Azure Oxpython's face, Qin Xiao added, "You don't have the luxury of choice. Don't worry, we'll take good care of this rabbit and feed it carrots every day."
The Azure Oxpython's gaze fluctuated for a while, but finally softened a bit, "I hope you can keep your promise."
Qin Xiao looked deeply at the Azure Oxpython, then said to Liu Erlong, "Er Long, let's go."
...
Outside the Aquipeia Forest.
Liu Erlong suddenly stopped.
"Why are you not moving?"
Qin Xiao asked, puzzled.
"Qin Xiao, are you going to leave again?"
"Where did you get that idea?"
Qin Xiao was curious.
Liu Erlong spoke somberly, "You left the Azure Oxpython alive just so you'd have a backup plan, didn't you?"
"Haha, you actually guessed it right."
Qin Xiao laughed, but when he saw there wasn't a trace of mirth on Liu Erlong's face, his own smile faded.
"Because my business overseas isn't finished, I have to go back. In the meantime, if there's any thorny issue, you can go to the Azure Oxpython."
"Will it be a long trip?"
"It won't take long, I will definitely return within a year. I still have to lead the Shrek squad from Blue Tyrant Academy to win the championship at the continent-wide Soul Master competition."
"Pfft."
Liu Erlong couldn't help but chuckle, "You participating, wouldn't that be bullying?"
"But it's within the rules, what can I do?"
Qin Xiao spread his hands, looking helplessly resigned.
In reality, he was also very eager for the rewards given by the System.
"Soul power rank +1, Incomplete Thunder Emperor's Armor x1, choose two Soul Rings to add 100,000 years each."
Never mind the soul power rank +1, just the Incomplete Thunder Emperor's Armor alone was enough to make Qin Xiao's heart race; despite being incomplete, it could easily trounce any Divine Artifact, couldn't it?
"So when do you plan to leave?" Liu Erlong asked again.
Qin Xiao thought seriously for a moment, "There are some minor matters to attend to, and I'll be off once they are settled."
"Oh." Liu Erlong responded listlessly.
In contrast, Qin Xiao smiled with a trace of reassurance, "Don't be sad, I'm not going away forever, am I?"
As Qin Xiao spoke, he gently stroked Liu Erlong's hair.
...
Meanwhile.
Slaughter City.
Tang San finally arrived at the end of Hell Road.
He proceeded with extreme caution, wary at each step, heeding the lessons taught by Tang Chen.
But Hell Road was eerily calm, free from any danger.
"Could it be that I'm taking a fake Hell Road?"
"But that shouldn't be..."
Tang San murmured to himself incessantly.
However.
Outlandish as it was, this was the reality.
Looking at the white space in front of him, Tang San started to hesitate.
"Just by stepping into this place, I can complete the final test and acquire the Killing God Field."
"But why do I feel so nervous?"
Tang San sensed an ominous feeling deep inside.
His intuition told him, entering there would be fraught with unimaginable danger.
"But do I have any other choice?"
"Danger is to be expected, but the benefits are immense; fortune favors the bold!"
Tang San's eyes gradually firmed.
He uttered two words in a deep voice, "Done!"
Determined, he walked into the white space ahead.
With a pop, Tang San felt as though he had punctured through a membrane and entered an entirely new world.
But in the next moment, he saw a terrifying wave of Slaughter Qi sweeping over the sky towards him.
A chill rushed straight to his crown, and he felt a coldness spreading throughout his body.
"Gulp!"
Looking at the Slaughter Qi that had condensed into substance, Tang San swallowed hard.
"I won't be killed, will I?"
Tang San panicked.
Instinctively, he wanted to retreat.
However, he found himself silently pressed against the white light screen, with no way to retreat.
It was easy to enter, but difficult to leave.
Tang San realized the problem.
Turning back, the Slaughter Qi was already at arm's length, wriggling into his body like mudfish.
The next moment, Tang San felt an indescribable chaos in his mind.
It was as if a number of foreign souls had invaded his mind, wanting to share his body.
No!
More precisely, it should be called splitting, because each consciousness wanted to dominate the body.
Waves of pain tore through his nerves.
He hugged his head in pain and shouted, "Get out, get out of my body!"
"I am the master of this body..."
Tang San's eyes turned blood red as he let out a heart-wrenching roar.
But his struggles and roars were of no avail.
The more he resisted, the more tenacious the thoughts became, continuously assaulting Tang San's soul.
Wave after wave...
Tang San didn't know how long he held out for, but ultimately his defenses were breached.
"Fine, if I can't resist, then I'll just join them."
He opened his arms wide and opened his mind.
More Slaughter Qi was attracted and rushed towards him.
In that moment, Tang San was like a rotten egg, and the Slaughter Qi was like flies drawn to the stench.
And it kept gathering more and more.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Time passed, and Tang San shouted out coldly.
His voice echoed continuously in this mysterious space.
At this moment, there was not a trace of Slaughter Qi in the space.
"Haha, kid, you'll thank me."
"With me here, I'll kill all your enemies for you."
"Everyone will die, hehe."
Tang San suddenly spoke in a strange tone, saying bizarre things.
This moment's Tang San seemed like a different person.
In fact, it wasn't that he had become a different person, but a different soul.
A soul that knew only slaughter.
"Enough, all of you shut up! If you still want to experience the thrill of slaughter, then accept me as your master. Without my summoning, don't come out."
"Kid, are you threatening me?"
"All I know is, if I can't do what I want, I'd rather die. Then you'll get nothing and stay in this dark place forever."
"Haha, very good, I like your decisiveness. I can agree to your request, but don't forget, every seven days I will take control of the body to do what I want."
Tang San licked the corner of his mouth excitedly.
Without a doubt, it was the Soul of Slaughter within Tang San who was speaking.
The next moment Tang San's expression changed again, he nodded indifferently, "Fine."
Afterward, the voice that loved blood and slaughter did not appear again.
"Phew..."
Tang San secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
That troublesome guy had finally quieted down.
Then he couldn't help but start to ponder. What exactly had caused this change to occur?
He had seen Tang Chen and Tang Hao, both owners of the Killing God Field, yet they were able to control their own bodies. There was none of the situation that was happening to him now.
"Wait, the Killing God Field!"
Tang San suddenly realized a problem. Wasn't his purpose for coming here to inherit the Killing God Field?
He quickly summoned the Hao Tian Hammer and examined it carefully.
However, his face grew uglier and uglier because he didn't see the mark of the Killing God Field on the Hao Tian Hammer, "Damn it, where's my Killing God Field?"
"Now, instead of gaining the Killing God Field, I've bloody absorbed a body full of Slaughter Qi, forming a rebellious Soul of Slaughter in my body."
His mentality collapsed. What a sin!
"Xiaosan, Xiaosan..."
Suddenly, Tang San heard a series of shouts.
He turned to look at the white light screen, certain that the voice came from beyond the screen.
After hesitating for a moment, he stepped forward and walked out.
The scene shifted.
Tang San had already left the Slaughter Space.
This place was familiar to him, dimly-lit, with a pungent stench of blood—it was Hell Road.
Not far away, he spotted a familiar figure; it was indeed Tang Chen.
At this moment, facing him with a smile, Tang Chen said to Tang San, "Xiaosan, congratulations. You have successfully completed the trial of Hell Road and earned the right to participate in the Asura God's assessment."
"Do I still qualify to take part in the Asura God's assessment?" A bitter smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of Tang San's mouth.
Thinking about his situation, he felt his life had become shrouded in darkness.
"Why wouldn't you?"
"Didn't I tell you before, as long as one reaches the end of Hell Road and obtains the Killing God Field, they are qualified..."
"But, I did not obtain the Killing God Field!"
"What did you say?"
Tang Chen's expression suddenly changed, and in just two or three steps, he reached Tang San, placing a hand on him.
He needed to see for himself whether it was as Tang San had described.
Tang San offered no resistance, allowing him to proceed.
The next moment, he distinctly felt an extremely unfamiliar force enter his body, undoubtedly Tang Chen's spiritual power.
But, this force quickly encountered resistance.
The Slaughter Qi within Tang San sensed the provocation and fought back!
"Ah!"
Tang Chen suddenly cried out in pain, covering his head and stumbling several steps backward.
"Old Ancestor, how do you feel?"
Tang San's expression changed; he had not expected the Soul of Slaughter, forged from the convergence of countless Slaughter Qi, to be so powerful that even Tang Chen suffered upon contact.
This is messed up... isn't it?
"What is that, what exactly is it?"
"Why doesn't your body have the Asura God's Divine Power?"
"Divine Power, where is it?"
Tang Chen, feeling a bit better, stared intently at Tang San and asked.
His voice was full of surprise and confusion.
I'd really like to know where the Divine Power went... Tang San thought to himself, then solemnly replied, "This is what I obtained in the Slaughter Space. It wasn't the Killing God Field, but a dense Soul of Slaughter condensed from the Slaughter Qi."
"Soul of Slaughter, what kind of thing is that?"
"Well... it's a soul formed by the condensation of countless Slaughter Qi; you can think of it as something similar to that Nine-Headed Dark Golden Bat King in your body. They are foreign and constantly wish to take over our bodies."
After listening to Tang San, Tang Chen grew even more puzzled, "But how could the Slaughter Space turn out like this, where is the Shura Divine Power?"
Tang San: "..."
I want to know why that is more than you.
"Wait, I remember now!"
All of a sudden, Tang Chen's expression changed, a mix of realization and fear, "It must have been Qin Xiao, the changes here must be related to him."
"What do you mean? Are you saying that Qin Xiao has also been here?"
Tang San suddenly widened his eyes, filled with shock.
"Yes. Qin Xiao once came here and walked the Hell Road. Do you still remember the legend from the Slaughter City?"
"Legend? Are you saying that the feat of winning a thousand battles in one day was created by Qin Xiao?"
"That's right, it was him. I didn't know his name before, not until the journey to Sea God's Island, that's when I came to realize, it was Qin Xiao."
Tang Chen's voice was extremely complex.
He was filled with regret.
If only he had known what he knew today, he would have strangled Qin Xiao in the cradle, no matter the cost.
Alas, what a pity.
The opportunity was missed and it would never return, and Qin Xiao was no longer someone he could easily manipulate.
"That's right, it must be so. The anomaly within the Slaughter Space definitely can't be separated from Qin Xiao."
"Only he would go around setting traps for us to fall into."
Tang San felt an itching hatred.
If that's the case, then the truth becomes clear.
He swore that if this wasn't Qin Xiao's doing, he would write his own name Tang backward.
"That damn scoundrel!" Tang Chen's voice seemed to be squeezed out through clenched teeth, terribly cold.
His hatred for Qin Xiao intensified; even flaying and deboning Qin Xiao would not quench the hatred in his heart.
After a while.
Tang San finally calmed down.
After all, what had happened had happened, and he had no choice but to move forward.
"Old Ancestor, please calm down as well. Anger won't solve the problem.
Do you see any chance for me now?"
Tang San looked eagerly at Tang Chen.
In turn, Tang Chen gradually calmed down after his persuasion. He gazed deeply at Tang San, pondering for a moment, "Whether there's a chance or not is not for me to say. Let's leave this matter to the Asura God to decide."
After hearing Tang Chen's words, Tang San was somewhat surprised, "Do you have confidence in persuading the Asura God?"
"What are you thinking..."
Tang Chen replied irritably, "If I could persuade the Asura God, why don't I just ask him to eliminate Qin Xiao directly? Why let us grandfather and grandson suffer like this?"
Tang San was speechless.
Tang Chen turned around, "Let's go, I'll take you to try."
Tang San followed closely behind.
...
This was the end of the Blood River.
A huge statue reaching thirty to fifty meters high entered Tang San's view.
The statue wore blood-colored armor, holding a blood-colored longsword pointed towards the sky, extremely majestic and formidable.
Only, its face wore a ferocious mask, which at a single glance sent chills all over one's body.
However, that was only part of it.
The lower half of the statue was submerged in the Blood River.
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