Outside the slaughterhouse, just like before, many fallen ones were scattered about, but none dared to take a single step inside.
However, today a few different figures appeared. Among the fallen ones begging for survival, five people stepped out. Their appearance was the same as the fallen,clothes ragged, faces covered in filth, and their eyes almost devoid of light.
The five rose from five directions and walked toward the slaughterhouse. Yet before they could enter, seven or eight people blocked the entrance.
"Hey, don't you know you can't just enter here…" The leader sneered, ready to drive away those five reckless things.
In the next instant, five azure jade swords appeared in their hands. Blue light flashed, and five terrifying sword auras erupted. The man's words had not even finished before his body was already shredded by sword light.
His followers had no time to react either before they too became souls beneath the sword.
The five carried their jade swords and walked calmly into the slaughterhouse. As if familiar with the path, they passed the corpses hanging on the western side and entered the secret chamber.
King Mad Blade and the others watched Oscar and Dugu Yan, who seemed to have lost all self-awareness and were about to fall into the blood pool. Their lips curled with eerie smiles, the crimson in their eyes growing stronger.
But just as Oscar and Dugu Yan neared, sudden change erupted.
A long scorpion tail and eight sharp purple-green spider legs appeared at once. The barbed end of the tail, glowing with a gray-black eerie light, pierced through the Evil Dragon King's chest, and a terrifying devouring force exploded.
The eight purple-green spider legs impaled King Mad Blade, the Green Snake, and the Spider King, flooding them with venom and devouring power at the same time.
Everything happened too fast. Even the Soul Douluo experts had no time to react before they were struck.
The other three Soul Douluos were startled by Oscar and Dugu Yan's sudden outburst, but they reacted quickly, releasing their martial souls. The oppressive might of Soul Douluo level fell upon Oscar and Dugu Yan, launching an attack.
In the next moment, Oscar lightly pressed on Dugu Yan's waist, sending her flying back swiftly, avoiding their attack range.
At the same time, blue light shone in Oscar's left hand, and a jade sword appeared, held horizontally before his chest to block the combined strike of the three Soul Douluos.
"Boom!"
Borrowing the force, Oscar was knocked back, flipping in midair before landing steadily beside Dugu Yan.
"You… you're fine?!" King Mad Blade stared at Oscar and Dugu Yan in disbelief, his eyes flashing with shock and venomous hatred.
Then King Mad Blade, the Spider King, and the Green Snake all bent over and coughed up mouthfuls of black blood.
They had been poisoned, struck by Dugu Yan's Eight Spider Spears infused with her life-bound venom. Moreover, their vitality had been devoured, leaving them pale and unsteady.
The worst off was the Evil Dragon King. His chest had been pierced through, leaving a fist-sized hole.
Because of the massive loss of life force and soul power, his hair had turned completely white. He half-knelt on the ground, spitting out blood mixed with pieces of organs.
Oscar and Dugu Yan had already removed their smiling masks, each wearing a mocking smile.
Oscar said indifferently, "What's wrong? Surprised?"
Dugu Yan said calmly, "From the start we knew you wouldn't be so kind. Sure enough, you couldn't hide your true colors for even half a year."
Looking at the two so calm and composed, King Mad Blade's face twisted. "So what? Seven against two. Even if we are injured, we'll erase you."
The Green Snake and Spider King, clutching their pierced abdomens, glared with venom. "This time next year will be your death anniversary."
But the seven did not rush to attack. King Mad Blade and three others muttered incantations, and the blood pool surged. Four masses of crimson blood rushed into their wounds, replenishing the stolen life and soul power.
Oscar and Dugu Yan did not rush to strike either. They wanted to see just how far their enemies could go.
Dugu Yan smiled faintly. "You can restore your life force, but what about the poison?"
As she spoke, a chubby Soul Douluo rushed to the Green Snake's wound and began sucking. Because of the crimson blood, the injuries were already healing rapidly.
The fat Soul Douluo sucked for only a few seconds, then did the same to Spider King, King Mad Blade, and the Evil Dragon King.
After finishing, he vomited violently to the side, spewing black blood.
Meanwhile, King Mad Blade and the others had completely recovered, faces regaining color as if uninjured.
Spider King's mouth twitched madly. "Your biggest mistake was not finishing us off when you had the chance. Now it's our turn."
The Evil Dragon King's pupils gleamed with malice. Pointing at Oscar, he snarled, "I'll slice every inch of your flesh into thin pieces and offer it to the God of Rakshasa!"
But Oscar and Dugu Yan showed no fear, nor did they flee.
Didn't they know that after a sneak attack, it was the best time to counterkill? Of course they knew. So why didn't they?
The reason was simple,they did not consider these seven a threat.
They let King Mad Blade's group display their methods only to see what they could do.
And it turned out to be nothing more than using the Rakshasa God's statue to recover with blood sacrifice.
Though the seven were Soul Douluo level, if they had only soul power without soul skills, their gap with Oscar and Dugu Yan shrank drastically.
Soul power was the source of strength, but if one could not use it to unleash real force, then Oscar and Dugu Yan had nothing to fear.
More importantly, it was not seven versus two,it was seven versus seven.
"Do you think you've won?" Oscar smiled wickedly, raising a finger and shaking it. "It's not seven against two."
From the stone steps behind them, five ragged figures walked down slowly. Each held an azure jade sword, their movements in perfect unison. They stood behind Oscar and Dugu Yan.
"Now it's seven against seven." Oscar smiled faintly.
King Mad Blade and the others' faces changed.
For half a year they had suspected nothing, believing only Oscar and Dugu Yan had entered from Sword Sect. But now, seeing the five behind them, they knew their intelligence was wrong. Sword Sect truly was a powerful sect newly emerged in the world.
These five must be guardians for Oscar and Dugu Yan.
Both sides had hidden their true strength.
"No wonder you're so confident. But this is our territory. A wolf in a tiger's den,I want to see how you survive!" King Mad Blade spat.
At his signal, the seven charged toward Oscar and Dugu Yan.
The crimson in their eyes deepened, the Rakshasa God statue glowing, filling their bodies with eerie power. Their aura surged instantly, surpassing Soul Douluo level, reaching the strength of a Titled Douluo.
In the City of Slaughter, where soul skills could not be used, pure soul power and physical strength were the truest force. Seven with such power could dominate.
Yet even facing such enemies, Oscar and Dugu Yan showed no fear.
Just as King Mad Blade's group struck, silver-white light gleamed in the eyes of Oscar and the five sword wielders. Their soul power gathered at their heads, and ten silver-white beams shot forth.
"Wisdom Skull Bone skill: Light of Destruction!"
Ten beams pierced forward. Except for the Evil Dragon King, the other six were struck in the head, collapsing to the ground, clutching their skulls in agony.
Oscar and the five swordsmen advanced. Six sword lights flashed, and the six heads rolled from their bodies.
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan released her martial soul and closed in on the Evil Dragon King. Shocked but desperate to live, he unleashed his martial soul,a black one-horned flood dragon, radiating true malice.
Dugu Yan's dragon tail whipped, releasing volleys of poisonous needles. The Evil Dragon King, though drained of life, dared not touch them and resisted with his soul power.
Claws clashed. The Evil Dragon King repelled Dugu Yan, surprised that her strength was not as great as Oscar's.
Oscar had just slain six as easily as a Titled Douluo. By contrast, Dugu Yan seemed much weaker aside from her poison.
Even drained, the Evil Dragon King's power under the Rakshasa's aid was enough to crush a beginner Soul Douluo like Dugu Yan.
He pressed forward, determined to take her hostage as his only chance to escape.
His black dragon claw reached for her throat. She blocked but was flung back, scales torn and blood pouring. Still she stood and counterattacked.
The charming woman and the evil dragon battled fiercely. Oscar and the five swordsmen stood motionless, watching, not interfering.
The Evil Dragon King's power overwhelmed her. She bled, her dragon arms shredded.
But then, as he advanced again, green light flared from Dugu Yan's right leg. Her wounds healed instantly.
"Hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone skill: Spring Wind Revives Life."
She raised her right arm, which transformed into the head of a venomous serpent. The serpent's mouth condensed terrifying venom into a sharp arrow.
"Venomous Bone Python Right Arm Bone skill: Bone-Eroding Arrow!"
Before the Evil Dragon King's strike could land, the venomous arrow pierced through his abdomen wound. Poison erupted inside him, and he crashed to the ground, convulsing.
His eyes filled with terror as his body melted from within. His screams echoed through the chamber.
Moments later, nothing was left but a pool of foul purple-black slime.
Dugu Yan exhaled and turned to Oscar with a smile. "Oscar, how was my performance?"
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