Chapter 627: Slaughter

Chapter 627: Chapter 627: Slaughter

To obtain the Divine Dao Inheritance, Long Ao had thrown all caution to the wind.

’Long Ao knew very well that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity he absolutely could not afford to miss.’

It was for this very reason that Long Ao had decided to not only utilize the Blood Pool but even enter it, using its power to seal all the Divine Spirits.

The Divine Spirits had no power to resist. Of course, Long Ao had no intention of obliterating them. Otherwise, what would have been the point of coming to the Tomb of the Gods?

Having dealt with all the Divine Spirits in the Tomb of the Gods, Long Ao heaved a deep sigh of relief.

Just as Long Ao was preparing to sever his connection to the Blood Pool, Long Fu’s urgent voice suddenly sounded.

Nodding, Long Ao didn’t dare let his guard down. He borrowed the Blood Pool’s power to forcibly tear open an exit from the Tomb of the Gods and made a swift departure.

A minute after Long Ao vanished, three figures suddenly descended. Seeing the empty space where over a thousand Divine Spirits had completely disappeared, their expressions changed drastically in an instant.

"What in the world happened?"

"Who could have done this?"

Long Ao, having just escaped the Tomb of the Gods, didn’t dare linger for a second. He immediately rushed back to the City of Sin at his fastest possible speed.

「In a secret chamber.」

"ARGH!"

Long Ao let out a pained roar and collapsed, rolling on the ground. He trembled uncontrollably, his face deathly pale and his eyes bloodshot. Even his skin slowly began to turn red.

"Master, you have to hold on! You can’t let the Blood Pool corrupt your mind! Otherwise, we’ll be in big trouble!"

Long Fu was worried sick, but he didn’t have the power to suppress the Blood Pool.

’The problem is, not only me but even the Dragon Seal Space lacks the power to suppress the Blood Pool. Everything depends on Master now.’

’If I can just grit my teeth and get through this, it’ll be a complete success. Once the inheritances from these thousand-plus Divine Spirits are passed down, the Dragon Sect and the Long Family will have more than a thousand new Divine Dao Martial Artists.’

’Just imagine it.’

Long Ao had no time to spare for Long Fu. He had to focus every ounce of his being on resisting the Blood Pool’s corruption. The slightest lapse would result in his immediate corruption and control, turning him into a Blood Pool Puppet.

"ARGH!"

With another agonized roar, Long Ao finally failed to resist the Blood Pool’s corruption. The Blood Pool was simply too powerful. After all, even the Dragon Seal, back at its original peak, had to use ninety percent of its power just to barely suppress it.

In the end, Long Ao’s soul was corrupted by the Blood Pool, and his consciousness gradually faded.

Everything fell still.

Dressed in black, with long, fiery red hair and blood-red eyes, his icy face was etched with Killing Intent. He gave off only one impression: Slaughter.

Slaughter.

Endless slaughter. The Blood Pool itself was the embodiment of Slaughter.

"Master, you have to hold on."

Inside the Dragon Seal Space, Long Fu knew exactly what had happened to Long Ao. His face was etched with worry, but he was powerless to help. In other words, Long Ao had been corrupted and controlled by the Blood Pool, transformed into a mindless killing machine.

Though Long Ao’s Realm was still that of a Saint, his strength now surpassed a Divine Dao Martial Artist’s. This was because he now represented the entire Blood Pool. Even though the Dragon Seal’s Seal suppressed it, allowing it to exert only a thousandth of its true power, that was still enough to cause apocalyptic devastation.

Long Ao appeared in the sky above the City of Sin, gazing down upon it with cold eyes.

"What’s wrong with the Sect Leader?"

"I don’t know. Something seems off."

Before the two Saints and everyone else could react, the Blood-Drinking Mad Saber materialized in Long Ao’s hand. Without any warning, he unleashed a single slash down toward the City of Sin.

With Long Ao’s current strength, the slash might have looked unremarkable, but one could only imagine its truly terrifying power.

Carrying world-destroying might, the slash cleaved brutally down upon the City of Sin. The entire city was split in two. The casualties were innumerable. Some people were devoured by the Saber Aura before they could even react, vanishing from the world forever.

Watching their Sect Leader depart so quickly, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye, the two Saints were utterly dumbfounded.

It wasn’t just them; everyone stared blankly at the scene. ’What’s wrong with the Sect Leader?’

’Why would he attack the City of Sin for no reason?’

Everyone knew that the City of Sin was Long Ao’s secondary stronghold. It didn’t matter who else might attack it; Long Ao himself would never do such a thing.

"Something’s wrong with the Sect Leader. We need to get back to the Sect and tell the others."

"Right."

Dugu Bai and Long Potian appeared together. Fortunately, neither of them had been in the City of Sin; otherwise, that one slash from Long Ao would have been enough to annihilate them both.

A lingering fear gripped them. They simply couldn’t comprehend what was going on with their Sect Leader. Moreover, the power of that last slash had been far too immense; in its presence, the very thought of resistance was impossible.

"We have to go, now."

Dugu Bai and Long Potian took one last, deep look at the City of Sin before them and swallowed hard. ’This is terrifying. When did the Sect Leader become so powerful?’

The City of Sin had been violently cleaved apart. But it wasn’t merely split in two; the very space between the halves had been thrown into chaos. In other words, it was now impossible to cross from one side to the other. It was as if an invisible wall of Saber Aura stood in the way, and anyone who tried to force a passage would be instantly devoured.

The implications were staggering.

News of Long Ao attacking the City of Sin spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of Kyushu, including the Kyushu Spirit Realm, in an instant.

This time, the Four Great Forces refused to believe the news. Long Ao’s previous feigned retreat had nearly cost them dearly. They were all in agreement: this had to be another one of Long Ao’s schemes, a deliberate trap designed to lure them in.

Having been burned once, the Four Great Forces were not about to be fooled again.

It wasn’t just the Four Great Forces; almost no one believed the news. Long Ao attacking the City of Sin?

What a joke. Long Ao would have to be insane to attack the City of Sin. It was common knowledge that the city was his own territory. The idea of him attacking himself was the biggest joke in the world.

Despite their disbelief, members of the Four Great Forces, along with many others, still flocked to the City of Sin. They wanted to see for themselves whether the rumors about Long Ao nearly annihilating the city were true.

The members of the Four Great Forces and all the others, who had arrived full of skepticism, were left dumbfounded by the sight of the city. The rumors may have seemed unbelievable, but the scene before them was real. Bodies littered the ground as the survivors attempted to clean up. As far as the eye could see, corpses were strewn everywhere. The City of Sin looked as though it had just been massacred.

Now, they were all starting to believe. But they still couldn’t understand it. What had happened to Long Ao? Why would he attack the City of Sin out of nowhere? What in the world was going on?