Mysterious energy enshrouded Bi Bidong, the Asura Mark appearing on her forehead.
"Xu Ran, I can now take part in the Asura God's exam," Bi Bidong said excitedly, hugging Xu Ran. She'd once pursued the Asura God's inheritance; otherwise, she wouldn't have ventured into Slaughter City to brave the Hell Road.
Because of her regret, in the original story, Bi Bidong even sent Hulena into Slaughter City, hoping she could inherit the Asura God in her stead.
"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. It's all thanks to you," Bi Bidong said, planting a kiss on Xu Ran's cheek. She knew the Asura God had given her this opportunity because of Xu Ran.
"It's mainly because you're also great."
"Opportunities are for those who are prepared."
"Anyway, the Asura God gave me this chance because of you. And I feel the difficulty of the exam the Asura God has set for me isn't even as high as the Rakshasa God's exam I'd taken before. Perhaps this is also because the Asura God relaxed the conditions for me considering you," Bi Bidong said with a charming smile.
Without Xu Ran, perhaps she would have had to exert more effort. Even though the Rakshasa Mark had already been destroyed, the Asura God might have been hesitant to give her a chance because she had taken part in the Rakshasa God's exam.
But now, they'd just arrived in Slaughter City and had already won the favor of the Asura God.
It was even a personal appearance by the Asura God.
She knew that most inheritors hardly saw the gods during the process of becoming a god. Even after becoming gods, they might not get to meet their predecessors or successors.
"So, how do you want to thank me?"
Xu Ran's eyes roamed over Bi Bidong's voluptuous figure.
Bi Bidong indeed had an attractive body, pleasing to the eye just to look at.
"I am already yours. However you want to treat me, I still have to depend on you," Bi Bidong said coquettishly, throwing herself into Xu Ran's embrace.
"Haha, that's true," Xu Ran laughed, scooping up Bi Bidong by her slender waist and soaring into the sky.
"Let's go watch the good show."
The 'good show' Xu Ran referred to was naturally the Hao Tian Clan.
If you don't eradicate the roots, the spring breeze will bring them back to life. He had slain so many members of the Tang family; the Hao Tian Clan would naturally not let it go. Although there would be many innocents in the Hao Tian Clan, being merciful to enemies is cruelty to oneself.
Leaving them behind meant that even if they couldn't make a move against him, there would be no threat to Xiaowu and the others. But it was impossible to guarantee that they wouldn't act out in frustration and harm the Zhu Clan, Ning Family, and other families related to him.
So, it was better to eliminate them altogether.
…
At the Hao Tian Clan, the thick scent of blood assaulted the senses, and the entire clan was now a river of blood.
Countless screams of agony and desperate cries for help arose.
"Why? Grandfather, why are you doing this?" Tang Xiao looked in despair at the black-robed man before him. That familiar face was undoubtedly his grandfather, Tang Chen.
The Hao Tian Hammer in his hand, as well as the aura of a Title Douluo of the 99th Rank, revealed his identity.
He couldn't understand why, after so many years of his grandfather's disappearance, he would attack the Hao Tian Clan upon his return.
"Grandfather, have you descended into madness? We are all your descendants. This is your Hao Tian Clan!" Tang Xiao said in desperation, holding up the Hao Tian Hammer and clumsily defending himself against Tang Chen's attacks.
He watched helplessly as one Haotian Sect Elder or genius after another fell.
The Hao Tian Clan, the number one sect that even the Martial Soul Hall had never breached, was being decimated by one of their own.
He had envisioned a time when the Hao Tian Clan would fall into decline, aware that the Hao Tian Clan's days were numbered. But he had never imagined that it would end in this manner.
Tang Chen didn't speak, his eyes crazed with the frenzy of killing.
With every attack, numerous people died, the strong scent of blood bringing him immense relief.
"Heh heh heh. My lord has truly given me a fine task."
"So, the King of Slaughter is Tang Chen, a powerhouse of the Hao Tian Clan. Not bad, not bad at all," said the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, his voice chilling and goosebump-inducing.
"You're not my grandfather?" Tang Xiao asked in shock.
He seemed to have realized that someone had taken over his grandfather's body.
"Of course I'm not that guy. I've been fighting with him for this body for many years, and I finally got it with the help of my lord," said the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King with a mocking glint in his eye.
"My lord?"
"Is it that person who tasked you to destroy my Hao Tian Clan?"
Tang Xiao felt a chill running down his spine.
"Humph, I can't tell you that," the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King said disdainfully, swinging the Hao Tian Hammer and relentlessly attacking everything of the Hao Tian Clan.
"My Hao Tian Clan has never offended anyone," Tang Xiao might have gotten nothing from what the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King said, but he got his answer from his eyes.
Perhaps it was just so.
He pondered everything. Who wanted to exterminate his Hao Tian Clan?
How many in the whole world could command such a fearsome figure to call them lord?
Suddenly, a terrifying figure flashed through his mind.
"Xu Ran… it must be Xu Ran," Tang Xiao's pupils constricted, feeling a sense of fear creeping up on him. In recent years, Xu Ran was the only one who had a grudge with the Hao Tian Clan and was also powerful.
"Haha, Xu Ran, how despicable you are. To use my own grandfather to destroy my Hao Tian Clan."
"You're inhuman."
"If you want to destroy my Hao Tian Clan, you should have done it yourself. Why stoop to such despicable measures?" Tang Xiao said angrily. Seeing his Hao Tian Clan's members continuously turned into corpses, his heart was filled with utter despair and hatred.
He had been fearful ever since he learned of Xu Ran's strength from the outside world that Xu Ran would come after the Hao Tian Clan.
Once, he considered seizing Ah Yin back from Xu Ran, but after knowing Xu Ran's power, he dismissed the idea. Legends already had it that Xu Ran possessed near-divine strength.
Only Xu Ran could have the power to make such a fearsome entity address him as lord.
"Humph."
"All of you are going to die anyway, so what's the use of shouting about it here?" The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King punched Tang Xiao, knocking him to the ground.
Looking at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood before him, he couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile. Meanwhile, in the sea of consciousness, Tang Chen's own consciousness was imprisoned in this territory. Without the interference of the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, he regained his memories.
"Aaahhh."
"Why did you make me, Tang Chen, do these things? Why?"
"My sect, my clan members."
"Blood Red, I will kill you. Xu Ran, I hate you!"
Tang Chen was almost mad, watching his clan members being hurt one after another by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King using his own body, watching as his sect was being destroyed. He was nearly insane.
He felt an immense sense of guilt.
He desperately wanted to regain control of his body and stop it from doing such heinous deeds, but he was utterly powerless. His body had been completely taken over by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and he could only watch helplessly as these events unfolded.
At this moment, he felt so helpless.