Tang Chen said with a smile, "No need to thank me, just hurry up and see if you can absorb it."
He wanted to see what Xu Sheng's First Martial Spirit would become after evolving...
"Hmm," Xu Sheng responded nonchalantly, and sat cross-legged on the ground, allowing the blood-scented gusts to blow past his sleeves, followed by nine pitch-black Soul Rings spinning around him...
The next second, he decisively released his Martial Soul, making the Nine-Hearted Begonia crazily grow around him, completely wrapping him up without leaving any space...
And using their petals to pierce into every bit of Xu Sheng's exposed skin...
Truth be told, he didn't know the real method to awaken; the reason he did so was exactly according to the steps in the original work where Tang San's Blue Silver Grass evolved into the Bluesilver Emperor.
The only difference between the two was one used Blue Silver Grass as the object of faith, while the other used Bloody Mary.
At the thought of Xu Sheng, he controlled the roots of the Nine-Hearted Begonia to surge into the pool of blood below. In an instant, the whole Nine-Hearted Begonia seemed to become fuller...
Not only that, as the roots of the Nine-Hearted Begonia continued to absorb the Bloody Mary, one could faintly see countless intense energies trembling and transmitting within the Nine-Hearted Begonia...
This scene left Tang Chen baffled, secretly wondering, "What kind of evolution method is this?"
These Bloody Marys absorbed by the Nine-Hearted Begonia, even though they wrapped around Xu Sheng, might the quantity still be within the Nine-Hearted Begonia?
He absolutely couldn't have imagined that Xu Sheng used the petals as a medium to channel the energy into his body!
Meanwhile, Xu Sheng, enveloped by the Nine-Hearted Begonia, slowly closed his eyes. He could feel that his way of evolution might not be wrong at all!
Because, it seemed like every cell in his body was becoming active in this extremely scorching energy...
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A chilling voice echoed throughout the Infernal Slaughterhouse, "Number 3066, has participated in three Infernal Slaughter matches, achieving victory in all three!!"
"Is this 3066 really a newcomer? She has already secured three consecutive victories!"
"Yeah! And almost every time it's one against nine, this is completely impossible, yet she's done it!"
"Could this woman possibly have the potential to become the next Slaughter God, just like Slaughter God Hanjian?"
Hulena walked out from the center of the Infernal Slaughterhouse, her indifferent eyes looking at the Fallen Ones in the stands who were exclaiming in awe for her.
Suddenly, a whistling sound came from behind her. It was a man holding a dagger, his eyes filled with intense killing intent. He attempted to assassinate Hulena who had just finished her match!
However, he thought too much of it. Hulena's eyes turned cold, and she confidently blocked her back with her sword, perfectly stopping the dagger's assault.
The man, seeing his dagger blocked, couldn't help but exclaim, "What? She can even block without looking..." before a flash of Cold Sword sliced across his throat, and he collapsed on the cold ground with a look of disbelief in his eyes...
Hulena didn't even give the man a glance, instead heading towards where Evil Moon was...
Seeing Hulena sit down, Evil Moon smiled and said, "Lena, it seems like you've become quite familiar with this place."
As both had achieved three consecutive wins in the Infernal Slaughterhouse, that prompted the woman in black to leave...
Hulena nodded, "Hmm! It's okay, I guess. Maybe it's the effect of that Bloody Mary, it's not so repulsive now."
Evil Moon slowly stood up and stretched, smiling, "Alright then, it's my turn to go on! Be careful around here."
Hulena nodded and replied, "I know, you too, take care."
Once more, a voice announced, "Please, numbers 3065, 3045, 2065... proceed to the center of the Slaughterhouse immediately. The killing will begin shortly!"
After Evil Moon went up, Hulena's eyes flickered with deep confusion...
Xu Sheng had brought them here to obtain the Killing God Field, but where had Xu Sheng gone now?
This sense of the unknown, was subtly worrying her...
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Tang Chen, seeing Xu Sheng still sitting cross-legged on the ground wrapped in the Nine-Hearted Begonia with no movement at all…
couldn't help but frown and said, "Are you still not done?"
By now five hours had already passed since he began the absorption process.
The Nine-Hearted Begonia seemed to be absorbing the Bloody Mary without any restraint, yet Xu Sheng had not shown the slightest fluctuation…
To anyone observing, he appeared like a long-dead corpse, and if it weren't for the Nine-Hearted Begonia still being present, Tang Chen might have even thought that his evolution had encountered a setback and he had perished as a result.
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Another four hours passed, and Xu Sheng still made no moves…
Five hours in, the scarlet color of the Nine-Hearted Begonia had dimmed slightly…
Ten hours later, the petals of the Nine-Hearted Begonia began to wither, then fall to the ground and turn to dust…
Watching all this, an anxious Tang Chen called out, "Kid, you haven't really gotten into trouble, have you?"
Although the two of them were not related by blood, over those three years, Tang Chen had even come to regard Xu Sheng as a friend despite the age difference.
And now, his heart, which had not shown any sign of disturbance for so long, had started to shake wildly…
If this kid were to die, then who would keep this old man company in the future?
The more he thought about it, the more panicked Tang Chen got, and he couldn't wait any longer, starting to call out from the side…
Tang Chen called out again, "Xu Sheng! Xu Sheng! If you're not dead, make some noise!"
"If you don't make some noise soon, I'm really going to destroy this Nine-Hearted Begonia!"
He didn't dare to destroy the Nine-Hearted Begonia on his own, for fear that if Xu Sheng were in the middle of evolving, it might cause him to go mad with power, and a drop in his soul power rank was the least of his worries!
Sure enough, as his words fell, a weak coughing sound came from the Nine-Hearted Begonia that enveloped Xu Sheng, "Cough cough…"
Seeing Xu Sheng responding, Tang Chen's heart relaxed a bit, but he still watched him nervously, fearful of any complications…
After a while, the roots of the Nine-Hearted Begonia that had been submerged in the pool of Bloody Mary began to slowly rise, stopping the absorption of the Bloody Mary…
And then began to wither as if their life was being drained away…
Seeing this, Tang Chen took a few steps back to the side to avoid interfering with whatever was about to happen…
The Nine-Hearted Begonia that had been wrapped around Xu Sheng also began to loosen a bit, allowing the vines to untwist and gradually unfold in all directions…
As the Nine-Hearted Begonia unwound, a blinding, terrifying red light burst forth from the inside, as if it wanted to devour everything around it…
Tang Chen, no longer at level 99, was pushed back several steps under this terrifying power…
Resisting the pressure with his Soul Power, Tang Chen gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "This terrifying aura, could it be that Xu Sheng's First Martial Spirit has successfully evolved?"
As the Nine-Hearted Begonia continued to extend outward, the dazzling red light at its center started to fade, revealing the scene within…
In that center, faint red light flickered incessantly…
Looking at the still-seated Xu Sheng, his extraordinarily long hair fluttered in the wind, his delicate features became even more chiseled, especially the eerie deep red mark on his forehead.
Then, that pair of eyes, cold as frost, slowly opened…
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