N-A-A Chapter 62 Rock King Enters Hell
Chapter 62 Rock King Enters Hell
Chapter 62 Rock King Enters Hell
Now, having set aside the element of fighting spirit, she felt her mind was much clearer. Perhaps, she needed to reconsider many things.
Qian Renxue glanced at Zhongli with a complicated expression. Regardless of success or failure, she wouldn't be able to use her current identity as "Royal Brother Xue Qinghe" for much longer. When should she reveal her true identity to this "Royal Brother"? How would he view her once he knew? Would they be friends or enemies then?
Little did she know that Zhongli was fully aware of her identity. In fact, Zhongli might know her even better than she knew herself.
"In short, our Heaven Dou Empire must now prepare for a full-scale confrontation with the so-called 'Holy Maiden' of the Spirit Hall, and even the entire Spirit Hall. This is not for the selfish interests of one family or clan, but for the sake of all living beings. I urge you, Your Majesty, to assist Father in maintaining order in Heaven Dou City. I am going to the City of Slaughter soon."
Zhong Lixing explained the Heavenly Dou royal family's understanding with a somewhat solemn tone.
"What? You're going to the City of Slaughter? What are you going there for? Once you go in, you might never get out!"
Qian Renxue originally wanted to say, "Once you go in, you can't come out." However, considering that the woman had once entered the City of Slaughter, and thinking about Zhongli's abilities, it seemed that she couldn't be so absolute.
However, throughout history, very few who have entered the City of Slaughter have ever emerged alive, and those who have done so have relied on immense luck and fortuitous encounters. Countless fallen Title Douluos have perished within the City of Slaughter.
"To save all living beings."
Zhong Li sighed softly, shook his head, and said. After saying that, he got up to take his leave and departed from Qian Renxue's princely residence.
According to the original story, Tang San should already be preparing to enter the City of Slaughter. In the original work, Tang San not only gained the recognition and inheritance of the Asura God King in the City of Slaughter without his own knowledge, but also did something earth-shattering when he was about to leave the City of Slaughter, something that left Zhong Li speechless with his thousands of years of experience.
In the original story, Tang San, under the pretext of "the land of sin cannot be left behind," played a game of betrayal; he used the highly poisonous Blood Swan Kiss he collected at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to completely destroy the Slaughter City!
From then on, the most important prison on the Douluo Continent, a place for holding and harboring villains, was gone. This act was practically like someone blowing up the latrine after using it!
The current Tang San certainly doesn't possess the Crimson Swan Kiss, and theoretically, even if he were to arrive in the City of Slaughter, he wouldn't be able to replicate the scene from the original story. However, in Zhongli's premonition as a demon god, Tang San remains an extremely dangerous existence. Or rather, this person is practically a "malignant tumor" growing in this world. On the Teyvat continent, there were once beings like this, who could even arbitrarily alter the World Tree; it's as if some unseen power allows them to act with impunity.
Putting everything else aside, Tang San now possesses the power of a demon god, making him far more dangerous in some ways than the Tang San in the original story, though he himself is unaware of his own situation. This can also be seen as that being wanting to exploit that characteristic of Tang San, which is why it has set its sights on him.
At Morax's level, he already knew that the power he possessed on the surface was not the most terrifying thing. What truly made even demons fear was the "fate" written in the starry sky, engraved on the throne of destiny, which even messengers and star gods could not escape. In the words of this world, it was "luck".
If Tang San weren't such a special being, he wouldn't have been able to come to this Douluo Continent. He would have died long ago under the Ghost's Sorrow, smashed into a pile of dog excrement and mud.
Zhongli certainly had countless opportunities to kill Tang San directly. However, if he did kill Tang San directly, the consequences would be unpredictable, and the entire world might suffer an immense karmic backlash. Even the so-called "God Realm" might be dragged into it. It would be like a malignant tumor; if it were directly popped, the poison would inevitably splatter everywhere.
Zhongli was of course not afraid; however, the benevolence and saintly heart of the Rock King Emperor prevented him from making such a choice.
If possible, now that he's here, he still wants to change the fate of this world and save humanity.
When Zhong Li entered the underground "Slaughter City" through the hidden entrance, no one noticed his presence. Even the guards of the Slaughter City did not detect anything unusual.
He walked through this dim little world and sensed the peculiar laws governing it. This must be the power left behind by the so-called "gods" of this world.
Humans on the Douluo Continent, even those titled Douluo, are utterly powerless against such strength. Whether it's a Great Soul Master like Yu Xiaogang or a Titled Douluo like Tang Hao, all their soul skills will be sealed upon arrival, forcing them to fight using other methods. Under such circumstances, even powerful Titled Douluos are constantly at risk of being defeated.
Of course, there are exceptions; such as the so-called "King of Slaughter," and gods of slaughter like Tang Hao and Bibi Dong who have passed through the "Hell Road." Here, they are local emperors, or rather, beings close to gods, who can arbitrarily control the life and death of anyone.
However, this wasn't because they were powerful enough, but simply because they had been granted a layer of "authority" by the master behind the Killing City. This authority could be granted, and of course, it could be revoked at any time.
Zhongli is different. He walks here, and no power can suppress or bind him, as if he were a being of a higher dimension, wandering outside the entire world.
In Zhongli's view, this so-called small world was extremely rudimentary and incomplete. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a completely inferior product. Otherwise, how could it have been so easily destroyed by that nobody with just a single blood-red swan kiss in the original story?
Not to mention compared to Morax's original "inner world," it's even a far cry from the Dust Song Pot that Granny Ping gave to that traveler.
The so-called gods in this world have only just come into contact with the power of "laws," but their understanding is extremely weak, and even their methods of utilization are extremely primitive. To put it bluntly, they are more like a group of larger abyss mages than "gods." If they were to encounter something like the Sacred Beast, which can erode the laws, the entire divine realm would likely be slaughtered in no time.
Just as described in the original work, this city of slaughter was permeated with an aura of depravity. Zhong Li merely glanced at it indifferently, not paying much attention to these things. A group of hopeless people, living and dying in the shadows. How could that be a bad thing for the creatures living in the sunlight outside? He had seen far more sordid things over the thousands of years.
Colorful lights were everywhere. There were excited laughs, painful cries, and many other chilling sounds.
Looking around, in a corner on the left, an extremely tall and burly man was making vows of eternal love with a voluptuous woman, passionately pursuing her. They were openly expressing their lust in public. A crowd surrounded them, cheering them on, but the two seemed completely unconcerned, appearing indifferent to societal judgment.
On the other side, three or four people were fiercely fighting with a young man with a fierce expression. Zhong Li watched as the young man's arm was dislocated. The man who dislocated his arm picked up the severed arm and bit off a piece of flesh with unparalleled boldness.
However, strangely enough, when Zhong Li walked past these people, it was as if no one saw him.
At this moment, Zhong Li couldn't help but ponder. Would the human world become like this if it lost its morality? He remembered that in the original story, Tang San had once mocked this place with disgust, saying that it was less a world of depravity and more a world of beasts.
However, in Zhongli's view, this was nothing to laugh at, and someone like Tang San had no right to mock this place.
Compared to the glamorous people outside, are the people here really dirtier and uglier? He had seen the impeccably dressed nobles in the Heavenly Dou City auction house. But what were they like behind the scenes?
The fact that expensive gadgets in Tiandou City are frequently sold out proves this point.
In Zhongli's eyes, only a corrupt order is the greatest shackle and cage restricting human freedom and happiness. The Teyvat continent has the order of Heavenly Law, and the Douluo Continent has the order of the God Realm. Conversely, bestiality is not a purely negative concept. On the contrary, while "beastly nature" signifies cruelty, it also signifies new life.
Losing humanity means losing a lot; losing animality means losing everything.
(End of this chapter)