Chapter 50: Slaughter City

Zeng Xin didn't look at him, but rather shifted his gaze behind him. What he saw was a black city. The solid black walls were extremely thick, that was unexpectedly truly a city. And in the air above the city, a purple moon was unexpectedly suspended. The moon hung very low, seemingly only five hundred meters distance from the ground. Looking further up, everything was black, as if a night sky.

"What should be done if I broke the rules?"

Zeng Xin asked indifferently.

The black armored knight's voice was still cold, without a trace of human aura,

"Then you must accept the penalty. Defeat me, and you will possess the right to enter Slaughter City."

"Not kill you?" Zeng Xin asked calmly.

The black armored knight slowly raised the lance in his hand, and the black armored warriors on either side of Zeng Xin slowly withdrew, leaving a spacious arena.

"I am dread knight Scott."

The war horse abruptly accelerated, the black armored knight charging at Zeng Xin with a bitter aura.

An ice cold aura filled the air, a cold murderous spirit pouncing ahead. Even though the killing intent this black knight emitted was a lot smaller, it still had a sharpness.

The spirit abilities were gone but it didn't matter he never uses them,. Twisting, He clenched his fist and swung his hand. What he met, was the impulse of that war horse mounted heavy armored dread knight.

Hong——

The warhorse cried out, the immense impulse screeching to a halt. A more than four meter long heavy knight's lance split the air, flying far into the distance.

Dread knight Scott was no longer on his horse. Just like his lance, he was already sent flying. And that warhorse, stopped by Zeng Xin's right hand, the immense impulse halted, and under the enormous forces, the warhorse flipped sideways, twitching violently. Its neck had already snapped in two by the forceful collision.

"Obstruct me again, and I don't care if I have to kill every one of you."

Zeng Xin said coldly.

"No, not obstructing you. You've already passed my test. You have the qualifications to enter Slaughter City."

Another knight spoke with some difficulty. What he least understood was, when ordinary Spirit Masters came here they would panic when they couldn't use spirit abilities, but this youth in front of him didn't seem to reveal a trace of influence from it.

He handed over a black tile in front of Zeng Xin, and he off-handedly took it. On the tile was carved a human skull, and below was a number. 6969.

"This is your Slaughter City ID. Please enter the city, someone will receive you at the gate."

The pitch black city gates gave people a kind of extremely oppressive feeling. Tall words were hung on the enormous city gates, Slaughter City.

Two black armored warriors stood silently in front of the gates. Before Zeng Xin could reveal the token in his hand, a woman with a black muslin mask stepped out to greet him.

"Welcome to Slaughter City."

The woman's voice was very pleasant. Stepping aside from in front of Zeng Xin, she made an inviting gesture.

Even though this underground city made Zeng Xin extremely astonished, especially the restrictions on spirit abilities, he maintained a calmly accepting attitude, following that woman through the gates. Perhaps it was because of the identification badge in his hand, but nobody stopped him.

Entering the city, what Zeng Xin saw was a blue purple world. Lanterns were hung on both sides of the street, all of them issuing only these two colors of light. Making him somewhat astonished was that there were no few people here, and nobody paid attention to an outsider like him. Besides everything appearing that dim, what he saw was unexpectedly no different from an ordinary city.

"I'm your guide. You can ask me about anything you don't understand. Within twenty four hours, I will answer all your questions. After twenty four hours, this is the place where you'll live, and you'll formally become a Slaughter City citizen."

Zeng Xin nodded, saying:

"I am here to find someone, have you seen this person."

He passed the portrait of his target.

"This man?"

"You know him? Where I can find him?"

The black masked young woman nodded agreement.

"He came here a month ago and directly went to the Hell Arena. If yu want to find him you have to go there."

The black masked young woman's answer this time was more to Zeng Xin's satisfaction,

"Fine, bring me to Hell Slaughter Arena."

Zeng Xin said indifferently.

The black masked young woman stared blankly a moment,

"You're sure? Entering there, less than one in ten can return alive. That's the place where it's the easiest for our Slaughter City population to decrease. Each person will be required to enter Hell Slaughter Arena once each year. As long as they can pass one fight, they can life in Slaughter City for another year."

Zeng Xin calmly said:

"I'm sure, let's go now."

"Since it's like that, follow me."

Finished speaking, the black masked young woman walked towards the center of the city. The pace she kept was very measured, following at Zeng Xin's side all along, just half a step ahead of Zeng Xin.

Zeng Xin wasn't urgent about anything either, only calmly observing everything around him.

As they walked along the street, there were gradually more people to the sides. Practically every face displayed an unhealthy pallor, and even more were emaciated.

The city was even bigger than Zeng Xin had imagined. After walking for more than an hour, Zeng Xin had some familiarity with the outer city, and the black masked young woman had brought him to a city wall.

Compared to the outer walls, this wall wasn't so high, only ten meters or so at its tallest. Very clearly, behind this wall lay Slaughter City's inner city.

The gates were wide open, and there were no guards. The black masked young woman indifferently gave Zeng Xin an introduction: