I thought it was going to be a dark horse, but it turned out to be a complete failure.
The envoy, who had been secretly monitoring Qian Yuelong for almost half a month, was puzzled.
Could it be that she and Wang misjudged each other?
This person is actually a self-degrading scoundrel, isn't he?
After spending more than half a month quietly figuring out the City of Slaughter, Qian Yuelong finished writing the last bit of intelligence. She carefully gathered the many pages of papers spread out on the table and put them into the soul tool on her wrist, letting out a soft breath.
Seeing that Qian Yuelong had withdrawn the spiritual energy barrier protecting the room and was about to leave without setting up the usual safety mechanisms, 886 quickly reminded her, thinking that Qian Yuelong had forgotten: [Host, you haven't set up your 'safety lock' yet.]
Qian Yuelong calmly replied, "No need for the security lock. We won't be coming back after today."
"Huh?" 886, sensing Qian Yuelong was about to cause trouble, cautiously asked, "Host, are you getting ready to work?"
"More or less," Qian Yuelong chuckled. "But before that, let's meet up with Nana and Xie Yue."
886: [...]
There was no relief, only increased tension.
When Qian Yuelong found Hu Liena and Xie Yue, she just happened to witness Hu Liena raising her hand to eliminate the murder scene of someone who was following Xie Yue, who had just finished the competition and was trying to take advantage of the situation.
It's been almost a month since they last saw each other.
Hu Liena, dressed in sturdy black clothes, stood before Xie Yue, holding a short sword over a foot long that was dripping with crimson blood. She looked down at the three freshly laid corpses on the ground, exuding a cold and murderous aura that was completely different from before, without a trace of strange charm.
Like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon after a metamorphosis, it is a sight to behold.
Those who witnessed this failed ambush and were killed instead looked at Hu Liena and Xie Yue with solemn and wary expressions.
The two have only fought six battles since they came to the Hell Slaughter Arena, including today, but each of them has won all six battles.
In the city of slaughter, it is extremely rare to find someone who survives six ten-person battles in just one month, survives subsequent ambushes, and then immediately begins another battle.
Thanks to the series of changes brought by Qian Yuelong's improved cultivation techniques, Hu Liena and Xie Yue, who had been practicing body tempering techniques and other cultivation manuals since they were six or seven years old, had their physical qualities reach an unbelievable level after their soul skills were restricted.
The first thing that is manifested is the ability to resist injury and the ability to heal itself.
While not as outrageous as Qian Yuelong's, it is still considered abnormal among Soul Masters, especially without receiving any healing Soul Skills or taking any medicine or food-based Soul Skills.
Hu Liena glanced indifferently at the onlookers.
Those who were caught in Hu Liena's gaze involuntarily took a few steps back, abandoned their impulsive thoughts, and scattered like birds and beasts.
After intimidating the other scheming individuals, the person who stood motionless among the other cloaked figures who were aware of their own position seemed out of place.
Strangely, she didn't sense any murderous intent or bloodlust from this person.
Regardless of strength, anyone who exists in the City of Slaughter will be tainted by an inescapable stench of blood, and their aura will solidify into a layer of ice, cold and murderous.
But judging from the other person's appearance, they didn't seem like a newcomer to the Killing City.
Something's a bit strange...
Hu Liena's nonchalant gaze turned serious, and she exchanged a knowing glance with her brother, Xie Yue.
With the crimson moon blade in his hand, Xie Yue sized up the black-robed man who had been left behind. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either.
Hu Liena flicked the sticky blood off her short sword, coldly held it horizontally in front of her, and stared warily at the man in black.
The atmosphere at the scene was tense and tense.
Finally, Qian Yuelong, draped in a black cloak, silently reached out from under her sleeve, revealing a hollowed-out gold bracelet on her wrist that caught the siblings' eye.
The two men's pupils contracted, realizing something. They exchanged a glance, and asked with surprise and uncertainty, "Who are you?"
Could it be that Yuelong has also come to the City of Slaughter?
Qian Yuelong took two steps forward, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena cautiously took three steps back, watching the man in black robes walk into the alleyway filled with a strong smell of blood, his whole body almost blending into the shadows.
"Nana, Xie Yue, it's me."
Qian Yuelong removed her veil, revealing unfamiliar, fluffy long hair, gray eyes, and a face that they knew very well.
A wisp of wind stirred the fine strands of hair on her forehead, a fleeting glimpse of pale gold light, her smooth forehead exposed to the air, only to be quickly covered again by the soft, falling hair.
Although brief, it was enough for Hu Liena and Xie Yue to clearly see the all-too-familiar golden wing pattern.
A light shone in Hu Liena's eyes: "You, you are..."
The last two words disappeared in Qian Yuelong's gesture of lightly pressing her lips to her mouth as if to shush.
Let's talk somewhere else.
Xie Yue quickly calmed down from his excitement, put away his martial spirit, and grabbed Hu Liena's wrist, saying...
Hu Liena nodded and put the short sword into her soul tool.
The three figures quickly disappeared into the filthy, foul-smelling alleyway.
The messenger, who had been observing everything from a high vantage point, twisted and transformed into several black bats. Their eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty crimson light, and they chirped as they flapped their wings and disappeared from the rooftop to report to the King of Slaughter.
With the excitement gone, other eyes also turned away.
In the room where Hu Liena and Xie Yue were temporarily staying, Qian Yuelong raised her hand and set up a spiritual energy barrier in the room.
Even the King of Slaughter could not see through it.
Unless the other person can read lips.
After demonstrating this skill, Hu Liena and Xie Yue were completely certain that the girl in front of them, whose appearance was different from what they knew, was Qian Yuelong.
Xie Yuexin, who had been on edge, relaxed slightly, hissed in pain, and sat down. While taking out wound medicine from his soul tool to apply it, he looked at Qian Yuelong with a puzzled expression:
"I didn't expect you to come to the City of Slaughter, Yue Long. What's wrong with you looking like this?"
If I remember correctly, Soul Skills cannot be used in the City of Slaughter?
Sensing their confusion, Qian Yuelong used the excuse of her Soul Bone Disguise Skill to brush them off and began exchanging other information.
Knowing that the two had completed six or seven battles in just one month, Qian Yuelong marveled at their diligence.
Xie Yue and Hu Liena, who were used to being overshadowed by Qian Yuelong in the academy, had subtle expressions.
They never expected that Yuelong would be so lazy after going out to gain experience.
If it weren't for the fact that during the exchange of information, her intentional or unintentional probing always seemed to match up, she would have begun to doubt whether Qian Yuelong, who had been slacking off since arriving in the City of Slaughter, was really the same person.
"So... you didn't come here to acquire the domain, but because of the second test."
After hearing the explanation, Hu Liena looked enlightened.
Qian Yuelong nodded: "That's right."
She wasn't completely slacking off these days. She also used the passive skill of her hairstyle to summon familiars to help her wander around the Killing City, gathering intelligence for her.
Just as the owner of this place had sent people to secretly monitor her, she was also monitoring their movements without their knowledge.
—A side note—
The highlight of returning to my hometown – the Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan Festival) ancestor worship.
I just got home tonight, and I have to pay respects to my mother's ancestors tomorrow night.
So tired I could barely see, I pushed myself to the limit.
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