"Little San, you must remember, this is a World where the strong are respected."
"Only with sufficient strength and sufficient ferocity can you establish a foothold on this continent."
"Father was too hesitant and overestimated Yu Xiaogang. In the end, he is just a theorist and cannot teach you the true way of survival. This ultimately led to the current situation.
You have missed too many things: spirit rings, hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast..."
"Entering Hell Slaughter Arena, I want you to truly master Killing Intent and decisiveness. You must understand that after entering Hell Slaughter Arena, the only thing you can rely on is yourself. Either you fight your way out with your own strength, or you will simply die inside."
A young man with water-blue hair reaching to his feet and wearing a half-face black-gold mask walked through the inner city of Slaughter City, his father's admonitions echoing in his mind.
"Father is right. I shouldn't have gone soft. If I could have been a bit more ruthless towards Xiao Wu, even if I didn't absorb her as my spirit ring, at least Xiao Wu wouldn't have left my side. If I could have seen through Gangzi's mistakes earlier, perhaps I would have joined Heart of Fire Academy with Xiao Wu at the age of twelve, and it wouldn't have ended like this."
Thinking of this, Tang San's fists clenched involuntarily, but there is no regret medicine in this World; what he missed, he missed.
Now, he must take it one step at a time, climbing higher and higher, killing everyone who stands in his way until he becomes someone who can truly control his own destiny.
He wants to prove that in the face of Spirit Hall's pursuit, he is not a burden to his father, and that he is no worse than those students from Heart of Fire Academy!
"After I get out of Hell Slaughter Arena, my strength should see a qualitative leap. By then, when I encounter students from Tianshui Academy and Heart of Fire Academy, I won't be at a disadvantage anymore."
"Give me a serving of blood chicken rice, no extra bloody mary."
Tang San walked into a restaurant deep in the inner city. This was one of the few no-fighting zones in Slaughter City and a place where ordinary fallen ones could not enter. Only those who had won victories in Hell Slaughter Arena and offered bloody mary to exchange for slaughter coins could purchase normal food here.
A simple serving of blood chicken rice cost five slaughter coins, equivalent to five cups of bloody mary.
Five cups of bloody mary were enough to satisfy a person's energy needs for a week, so even powerhouses who had won dozens of consecutive victories in Hell Slaughter Arena would rather drink the bloody mary directly—euphemistically called Yellow Springs—than exchange it for slaughter coins to eat a proper meal.