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At this moment, Tang Chen suddenly spoke to the female guide beside him. Take me directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
When she heard this, the standard smile on the woman's face froze for a second. A flash of surprise showed in her eyes. She turned her head to look at Tang Chen. His face was very young, but he looked unusually calm. She wanted to remind him of the rules. Newcomer, you still have a twelve hour protection period. Do you not want to see the environment first? It is better to understand the rules here. Rushing to the Hell Slaughter Arena right now is not a wise move.
Tang Chen did not stop walking at all. He did not even look at her face. He just waved his hand in a casual way. His voice sounded very cold and indifferent, as if he already knew everything about this place. I already understand the rules here.
The female guide was surprised once again. He felt so certain about himself. This young man was either very foolish and arrogant, or he was truly well prepared for this place. She did not say anything else to stop him. Since he wanted to go there so badly, her only job was to guide him and answer his questions. It was not her job to stand in his way.
Understood. The smile came back to her face, looking standard, polite, and completely empty. She bowed her body slightly and made an open gesture to invite him forward, though they were now going in a different direction. Then, please follow me to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
She began to lead the way for him. She walked with light steps through the dark streets. The air on the streets was filled with a strange blue and purple glow. The fallen people and the local residents around them continued to do their own things.
However, some hidden looks came from the dark corners from time to time. Those looks carried a cruel interest, like hunters looking at a fresh piece of prey. Their eyes swept over the golden spear in Tang Chen's hand. Even in this very dim light, the weapon could not hide its noble and powerful aura.
Tang Chen followed the female guide closely. They passed through several small alleyways. These paths became darker and darker, and the strong smell of blood grew thicker in the air. Finally, they arrived in front of a massive circular building.
This building was built completely out of dark red rock. It looked as if it had been soaked in blood for many years until the blood turned solid. The building had no windows at all. It only had several huge, deep openings that served as entrances. These entrances looked like the open mouths of giant monsters, constantly swallowing up the people who went inside and spitting out the ones who left.
At the very top of this building, there was a scary statue of a skull. Its empty eye holes stared down at the ground below, making the whole place feel even more terrifying. Before they even walked inside, loud noises could be heard. There were crazy roars from the crowd, the sharp sound of weapons hitting each other, and the desperate screams of dying people coming from the dark inside.
This place was the famous Hell Slaughter Arena. It was the most direct example of the cruel rules of Slaughter City. It was also the only path that could lead someone to the dangerous Hell Road.
The female guide walked with Tang Chen to one of the large entrances. She bowed respectfully and pointed inside to show him the way.
As soon as he stepped inside, the loud noise of the crowd and the thick smell of blood hit him right in the face. The design of the interior looked just like an ancient Roman coliseum. There was a huge circular fighting ground right in the middle, and rows of spectator seats went up high all around it.
Right now, the seats were completely packed with all kinds of fallen people. Some had crazy looks in their eyes, while others looked completely numb. They were screaming at the top of their lungs, and their eyes were glued to the center of the arena.
The female guide led Tang Chen to the edge of a viewing area that had a very good view of the floor. Tang Chen stood there and looked down at the bloody arena below.
A very fierce battle was happening down in the arena. To be more exact, it was not a normal battle, but a hunt where nine people were attacking one person. The person who was being attacked by the group was a woman.
Her body looked very light and agile. Her movements were as fast as the wind. Her short blonde hair kept flying around as she moved quickly across the floor. She did not have any physical weapon in her hands. She was relying only on a short spirit sword that was covered in a pale golden light. With this light, she kept moving in circles to fight against nine ugly looking opponents who were holding sharp blades.
Hu Liena? When Tang Chen saw this golden haired woman fighting on the field, his eyes became small. This familiar name instantly came to his mind. She was the core member of the famous Golden Generation of Spirit Hall. She was also the personal disciple of the grand Supreme Pontiff, Bibi Dong.
It seems that after the grand competition ended, she came straight to this place. Tang Chen thought to himself.
If she could survive in a terrible place like Slaughter City and fight in the Hell Slaughter Arena, it meant she had been training here for a long time. She must have started working toward the high goal of winning one hundred matches.
Compared to how she looked during the spirit competition, her personality and style in this arena had changed completely. She no longer had the elegant grace and beautiful charm that belonged to the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall. Instead, she now had a sharp and fast style that seemed to be part of her bones. She also had a cold, murderous feeling that a person could only get by fighting for survival every single day.
Right now, she was trapped in the middle of the nine attackers. A very large man who was holding a giant axe let out a loud roar and chopped down toward her head. Instead of moving backward to save herself, Hu Liena moved forward.
Her body slid past the inner side of the axe blade like a quiet ghost. Her hands turned into sharp claws covered in a bright golden light. She moved her hand like a flash of lightning across the large man's throat. A spray of red blood came out immediately, and the big man fell to the ground with a loud crash.
At almost the exact same moment, two small daggers covered in green poison came toward her ribs from the side. A heavy chain hammer also came swinging down toward her back. Hu Liena bent her waist with amazing flexibility, and she avoided the two daggers by a very small distance.
She used the speed of her movement to spin her body around quickly. A powerful kick landed hard against the head of the attacker on her side. The kick was so strong that the man's head broke, and his body flew out to the side.
She did not even turn her head to look at the heavy chain hammer behind her. Her toes touched the ground lightly, and she jumped high into the air like a quick golden fox. This jump helped her avoid the dangerous chain hammer completely.
While she was still in the air, she waved her hands fast and sent out several sharp beams of golden light. These light beams went straight into the eyes of another attacker who was trying to hit her from a distance.
Her movements were smooth, very cruel, and highly accurate. Every single dodge she made was perfect, and every single attack she threw went straight to the enemy's weak spots. In a place like Slaughter City where a person cannot use their Spirit Ability, she had to use her pure physical body strength, her deep fighting instincts, and the quick speed that belonged to her fox spirit. She pushed all of these things to their absolute limit.
Red blood kept spraying onto her short blonde hair and her tight leather clothes, but she did not seem to care about it at all. Her eyes looked as cold as chunks of ice. Only when she occasionally used her tongue to clean the blood from the corner of her lips would a wild light appear in her eyes, looking just like a real wild animal.
In a very short amount of time, five of the nine attackers had already fallen to the floor. The eyes of the remaining few men began to show deep fear. Their attacks were no longer strong or fast, and they even looked like they wanted to run away from the fight.
Hu Liena was clearly not going to give them any chance to escape alive. She saw that their energy and spirit were getting weak, so she suddenly increased her speed. Her body turned into a bright golden streak of light. She moved quickly between the remaining men, cutting them down one by one.
Painful screams echoed through the air one after another. When her body finally stopped moving in the middle of the arena, there was not a single opponent left standing around her feet. Nine dead bodies lay in a large pool of dark blood in many strange positions.
She was breathing a bit heavily now. Her short blonde hair was stuck to her face because of the sweat and blood. Her tight leather clothes were ripped in many places, showing her white skin covered in red blood stains. Even so, she still stood up straight. She slowly raised her bloody right hand to greet the large crowd in the seats.
The people in the stands responded to her with even louder screams and crazy cheers. In this place, the people who win get to live and receive high glory, while the people who lose turn into old bones and simple stories for others to talk about.
Tang Chen stood up in the viewing area and quietly watched the golden figure who was standing in the middle of the blood. Her cold eyes showed that she was very tired, but she looked even more determined than before. He made a judgment in his mind about her current strength. It has been a long time, and she has actually made a lot of progress.
The female guide standing next to him spoke up in a low voice at this perfect moment. Her voice carried a bit of professional wonder. This golden haired woman in the arena has been living in our Slaughter City for one year and three months.
She is one of the fastest rising stars we have seen in recent years. Her fighting style is very cruel and precise, and she rarely gets hurt. Right now, she has already won ninety-three matches. At this speed, if nothing bad happens to her, she should be able to get one hundred wins very soon. That will give her the right to challenge the dangerous Hell Road.