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[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, First Trial: Achieve a hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Colosseum. Completed. Reward: 5% Asura God Affinity.]
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Second Trial: Traverse the Path of Hell and obtain the Killing God Domain. Completed. Reward: 5% War God Affinity.]
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Third Trial: Evolve the Killing God Domain. As the candidate directly evolved to the final stage of the Killing God Domain, the reward is doubled. Reward: 10% Asura God Affinity!]
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Fourth Trial: Defeat two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. Completed. Exceeded expectations! Defeated multiple hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. Double reward! Reward: 20% Asura God Affinity.]
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Fifth Trial: Kill a Killing God. Completed. As a Soul Douluo, surpassed levels to kill a Super Douluo-level Killing God. Exceeded expectations! Double reward! Reward: 30% Asura God Affinity!]
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Sixth Trial: Kill a Limit Douluo. Completed. Killed a Limit Douluo who was also the previous Asura God trial candidate. Double reward! Reward: 40% Asura God Affinity!]
[The Asura God's Seventh Trial: Draw out the Asura Demon Sword and gain its recognition. Please complete!]
A series of voices left Li Luochen feeling slightly overwhelmed. The trials were progressing quickly. Let's count—six trials completed, with a total affinity of 110%.
There were three more trials left—or more accurately, two. The ninth trial would be the descent of the Asura God, which likely wouldn't increase affinity.
The seventh trial seemed to be moving along rather swiftly. However, upon reflection, many of the things he had done since leaving the City of Slaughter were related to the Asura God's divine trial—it was just that the trials hadn't been formally acknowledged until now.
Li Luochen's own Killing God Domain had already evolved to the manifestation of the Asura God. The next step would be the Asura Domain. With such rapid progress, it wasn't unreasonable for the trials to move quickly.
Li Luochen left the spot where Tang Chen had fallen. He remembered that the Asura Demon Sword should be nearby and began searching for it using his senses.
Just a few miles away, a blood-red sword over two meters long was embedded in the ground. The slender yet broad blade was covered in dark golden demonic patterns, and the crimson sword emanated an overwhelmingly sharp killing intent.
Li Luochen effortlessly pulled out the Asura Sword. The moment it was in his hands, an unparalleled aura of slaughter surged through his entire body.
{T/N: How many names does the Asura Sword have? Went to the wiki and saw this it had multiple names: Asura Sword, Asura God Sword (修罗神剑), Asura Blood Sword (修罗血剑), Asura Demonic Sword (修罗魔剑), Sword of Judgement. Made me hella confused}
As Li Luochen grasped the Asura Demonic Sword, a faint projection appeared before him, plunging him into a trance.
In the projection, the protagonist was a tall, slender man enveloped in an icy aura formed from condensed killing intent. His entire body was wrapped in dark red demonic patterns, surrounded by a crimson glow. He wore armor adorned with dark red runes and possessed blood-red eyes.
In his hand, he wielded a massive white sword, facing a horde of frenzied beast-like deities. With each swing of his sword, he slaughtered one beast god after another.
By the end, the once-white blade had turned blood-red—the Asura Demonic Sword was born!
Bathed in the blood of beasts, the man used his sword to strike down a nine-colored dragon. When the dragon split, it transformed into a golden dragon and a silver dragon.
The silver dragon tore open space and fled, while the golden dragon faced the man alone. With overwhelming strength, the man defeated the golden dragon and sealed it in a place known as the Forbidden Grounds.
This was the origin of the Asura Demonic Sword. Though the sword itself was unremarkable at first, it had slain countless deities, and their blood stained the blade, imbuing it with boundless blood energy.
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Seventh Trial: Draw out the Asura Demonic Sword! Gain the recognition of the divine artifact, the Asura Demonic Sword, and take command of it!]
The blood-red sword insignia on Li Luochen's forehead flickered, and a familiar voice echoed in his ears.
Next, Li Luochen reviewed the eighth trial given by the Asura God, wondering what it would entail.
He hadn't expected his divine trial to progress so quickly. After all, Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan's trials had just begun, and he had already overtaken them.
He had even caught up to his mother-in-law's trial speed. "Hehehe, as expected of me, truly worthy of being the Atlas Douluo!"
After indulging in a moment of self-admiration, Li Luochen examined the content of the eighth trial.
[The Nine Trials of the Asura God, Eighth Trial: Battle against a projection of the Asura God and train in the Asura Sword Art until fully proficient. The Asura God Affinity will be awarded based on the Asura God's satisfaction!]
"Huh? What kind of trial is this? Just come and fight me directly, huh? Is this how you're testing me?"
Before Li Luochen could finish speaking, the Asura Demonic Sword in his hand suddenly emitted a bright red glow, creating a blood-red vortex that sucked him in.
The Asura Demonic Sword flew away, landing on a platform along the Path of Hell and embedding itself there.
The crimson glow of the Asura Demonic Sword gradually dimmed and stabilized.
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City of Slaughter
With Li Luochen's sudden departure, the City of Slaughter descended back into its usual chaos. However, most of the fighting now took place outside the inner city, as the inner city had become a battlefield. It was uncertain whether the powerful figure had truly left.
Though the overwhelming presence was gone, no one could be sure if the strong individual had set a trap for them.
Thus, the fallen ones in the City of Slaughter reached a consensus: avoid the inner city for now. Once someone brave enough ventured in to investigate, they would follow.
This time, the City of Slaughter had suffered heavy losses. The King of Slaughter was dead, many fallen ones had perished, and the aftermath of the battle between supreme powers had claimed even more lives.
However, the remaining fallen ones were relentless. With the death of the King of Slaughter, they saw an opportunity to seize his position. The title of King of Slaughter represented not only status but also numerous privileges.
For instance, they could use soul skills within the City of Slaughter, dominating everything and everyone. The King of Slaughter was the ultimate symbol of power in the City of Slaughter.
Since the old King of Slaughter was dead, a new one had to be chosen. In the City of Slaughter, strength was king, and only the strongest could claim this position—a belief shared by all the fallen ones!
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Inner City
An agile figure darted through the ruins of the inner city. It was none other than Tang San!
Tang San had fled during the earlier battle but hadn't escaped to the outer city. Instead, he remained hidden in the inner city, observing the battle with his Purple Extreme Demon Eyes.
After enduring such intense pressure for so long, Tang San's mental strength had made a significant leap. His Purple Extreme Demon Eyes had reached the Mustard Seed realm.
Through great effort, he had barely glimpsed the victor—a Limit Douluo fell to Li Luochen. This revelation terrified Tang San.
But with Li Luochen's departure, Tang San felt slightly reassured. He began searching for the body of another powerful individual.
This person had once been the King of Slaughter and then a Limit Douluo. If Tang San could absorb his body using the Eight Spider Spears, he might experience tremendous growth.
That was Tang San's plan, so he searched diligently for Tang Chen's body.
Half an hour later,
after a thorough search, Tang San finally discovered Tang Chen's corpse.
"Esteemed warrior, I sympathize with your misfortune. Rest assured, senior. I will carry a part of you to overcome all my enemies!"
As Tang San spoke, eight spider legs extended from his back, piercing Tang Chen's body.
A surge of immense spirit energy flowed through the Eight Spider Spears into Tang San's body. Tang Chen's body gradually withered until only a pile of bones remained.
"Hahahahaha! Unparalleled power! I've directly broken through to Level 70. My spirit energy still has room to settle—I'll know my exact level once I obtain my seventh spirit ring.
Spirit Hall! Shrek Academy! We will settle our grudges step by step!"
Tang San chuckled coldly and then departed, leaving Tang Chen's remains behind. He didn't realize this was his great-grandfather—he only saw it as an opportunity for his own breakthrough!
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