"The Slaughter King?"
"Why does that name sound so familiar?"
Whatever Chu Feng saw, Egg Egg could see as well. She pursed her small lips and began to think, feeling certain she had heard those four words somewhere before.
"Egg Egg, you don't remember the Slaughter King?" Chu Feng asked.
"Wait — do we actually know him?" Egg Egg asked.
"My Queen, do you remember the Nine Provinces Continent? The Asura Ghost Tower?" Chu Feng said.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh…"
"I remember now! He's the one who left that couplet at the Asura Ghost Tower, isn't he? No wonder the name sounded so familiar."
"Haha, this Queen remembers."
"That guy left a couplet at the Asura Ghost Tower."
"I still remember that couplet."
"Upper line: What is the Dao of the Martial Path? Only my heart to slay the wicked."
"Lower line: Who rules all under heaven? I shall use slaughter to determine the fate of the world."
"Horizontal scroll: The Slaughter King."
"Haha, back then I thought this fellow must be an incredibly arrogant and conceited person, or he wouldn't have left something like that for others to see."
"And to name himself the Slaughter King — truly foolish." Egg Egg said with a grin.
"Egg Egg, don't say that. The words the Slaughter King left behind back then actually made quite an impact on me."
"That was the first time I truly felt that beyond the heavens there are greater heavens, and beyond people there are greater people."
"Though they were just words, they provided considerable motivation for my determination to cultivate hard," Chu Feng said.
"Alright, alright, I was just joking. I didn't mean any disrespect."
"But Chu Feng, could the Slaughter King from back then be the same Slaughter King here?"
"The Asura Ghost Tower compared to this place — the difference is enormous."
"Could they be the same person? Or could it just be the same name?" Egg Egg asked.
"When I first saw the writing on those two plaques just now, I thought it looked somewhat familiar."
"Now I can confirm that the writing on the plaque here is identical to the writing on that couplet at the Asura Ghost Tower."
"At the very least, I'm certain this handwriting came from the same person," Chu Feng said.
"If it really is the same person, then this Slaughter King is rather remarkable."
"He must be an incredibly powerful Asura Spirit World Master."
"Could it be that all of these Asura evil spirits were sealed here by him?" Egg Egg said.
"It's certainly possible."
In truth, this was also Chu Feng's own speculation.
He felt that quite possibly all the formations here had been laid by the Slaughter King.
"My kin, we have prepared for a thousand years, and over these last ten years, we have exhausted every ounce of our effort."
"Whether our Asura Spirit World Spirit Army can see the light of day again, whether we can be masters of our own fate, depends on this moment."
"Therefore, my kin — we have no room for failure. Today, we must give everything we have."
"Only through success do we stand a chance of leaving this place."
"Are you all prepared?" Suddenly, the Asura King's voice rang out in a powerful shout.
"We await only Your Majesty's command."
"We shall give our all — even at the cost of our lives, we will never retreat!!!"
The Asura evil spirits spoke as one, their voices shaking the vast hall like more than a hundred million thunderclaps.
It was not merely a response to the Asura King's words — it was their resolve.
The scene was awe-inspiring, striking terror into the heart.
"Good. My kin… today, upon this King's Platform, we shall exhaust every last shred of strength to see the light of day once more."
"When we emerge, we shall dye the very sky with blood!"
"Formation — activate!!!!"
With those words, heaven and earth trembled. Towering black flames, carrying terrifying roars, erupted from the body of the Asura King.
It was the power of the Asura Spirit World spirits, merging into the scroll.
Hummmm— The moment the power surged into the scroll, the formation within it was released from the scroll itself — the characters transformed into a solid form, blanketing the so-called King's Platform.
Hummmm— As the formations merged, brilliant light erupted upon the King's Platform, and the formation inscribed upon it was activated as well.
"When we emerge, we shall dye the very sky with blood!"
Every Asura evil spirit present let out the same cry as the Asura King, their voices laced with excitement and fury — and a vast, surging killing intent.