Long Chen understood. The City Lord's analogy was very apt. His Way of Battle had condensed into the Martial Emperor Soul, which was like a textbook of the Way of Battle.
Of course, he could not directly turn his Dao into his own Dao.
This was a drifting Dao seal. Long Chen did not know what the City Lord's highest realm was, so he did not know how long this Way of Battle could help him.
Moreover, the City Lord's things were very dangerous …
Otherwise, how could the Martial Emperor Soul have been lost?
As Long Chen was deep in thought, the City Lord of the Tragic Death continued to speak, "The Dao of Battle is the most simple of the trillions of Daos, and it is also the Dao that most people cultivate. You have many unique comprehensions of your Dao of Slaughter, and the Dao of Slaughter is a part of the Dao of Battle. It is an even more violent and cruel Dao of Battle, so the two are completely compatible. I estimate that in the future when you reach the Nirvana Tribulation realm, the first Dao seal you will condense will be the Dao of Slaughter."
Long Chen noted down the other's words. No matter what, the City Lord was a martial arts senior. What he said should not be wrong.
"Thank you for your guidance, City Lord."
The Dao of Slaughter, the trillions of Great Daos, these unfamiliar words had greatly broadened his horizons today.
The City Master of the Wronged City chuckled and said, "The True Martial Emperor Soul is something that you obtained yourself, so there is no need to thank me. Even if I don't say it today, you will understand in the future that you are undoubtedly lucky. The road of combat is the most common road, and also the most difficult one. This is because most people walk down this road. If you want to cultivate this road, it is extremely difficult unless you have extraordinary talent. I can see that you have this potential, so work hard."
"Thank you for your praise, City Lord."
Long Chen had to put on the appearance of a sincere junior. The more he listened to the City Lord speak, the more Long Chen felt the terror of his identity.
What kind of existence was he?
Now he was also a ghost, so he must have had a life like Wang Chao. Then who was he when he was alive, and why was he in a place like the City of the Wronged?
Long Chen did not understand any of this.
"Let's go. I'll give you today's reward."
The City Lord of the Wronged City seemed to be quite satisfied with Long Chen. He stood up and walked towards the rooftop, where he had appeared.
Long Chen was even more excited. The Void Astral Dragon was pointing in that direction. Could it be that it wanted to give that thing to him? What had the Void Astral Dragon left behind?
If it really was an inherited blood essence, then it was something that would make billions of people boil over. Long Chen did not believe that the City Lord of the Wronged would not be moved.
Even if he couldn't use it, he wouldn't give it to someone else so easily. What was he plotting?
At this place, Long Chen had no choice but to be careful.
Burying his excitement towards the Void Universe Dragon deep in his heart, Long Chen followed the City Lord of the Just Death to the rooftop. This was an empty pavilion that was nearly the highest point in the City of the Just Death. From this place, one could see through the clouds to the city below. Countless ghosts roamed the streets, slaughtering the remaining martial artists and then feasting on them.
That scene was simply disgusting to look at.
Long Chen was very angry. As a member of the living, he had not been able to do anything.
"How spectacular …" The City Lord of the Wronged City spread his arms wide and stood on the rooftop, speaking excitedly.
"Pervert," Long Chen cursed silently in his heart.
The rooftop was very wide, about 30 meters in length and width. After Long Chen came up, he stood in the center. He clasped his hands behind his back and pointed his left index finger toward the north.
The City Lord of the Wronged City looked to the south and laughed heartily.
Following him, Long Chen also had to look south.
But he knew that the thing related to the Void Astral Dragon was on the rooftop, behind him.
Long Chen didn't dare to turn his head to take a look and see what it was.
At that moment, his heart was undoubtedly suffocating. He kept reminding himself that he had to be calm, very calm.
"Don't look down on us because we are cruel. We are the ones who are the least favored by the heavens. We are the ones who are suffering …" The City Lord of the Wronged City suddenly said with great sadness, his voice full of desolation and resentment.
For some reason, the City Lord of the Wronged always gave people a sense of familiarity, but in reality, it made people's hair stand on end. Long Chen did not even dare to approach him. This was the only person who could make Long Chen's heart tremble.
There must be an endless amount of secrets on him.
As the City Lord of the Wronged was sighing with emotion, Long Chen pretended to look around and then turned around. In that moment, he saw that on the rooftop, there was a steel pillar in the north that was covered with dense patterns. It was these patterns that had attracted the attention of the Void Eon Dragon's claw. The other three pillars didn't have any patterns.
What did these patterns that he did not understand mean? Or was the thing from the Void Astral Dragon hidden inside the steel pillar?
Long Chen's heart was in turmoil.
Fortunately, Kitten was also looking at the steel pillar.
At this moment, Little Cat was extremely excited as well. He stared fixedly at the pillar with a myriad of expressions on his face.
"How is it?" Long Chen asked hurriedly.
"There really is a clue. Let me think about it slowly," Kitten said nervously.
At first, he did not think that the thing left behind by the Void Astral Dragon would exist in this place, but now he was also excited.
Kitten could sense the Void Astral Dragon, but after entering the City of the Wronged, he did not feel anything, so he did not have much hope for the Void Astral Dragon. Coming here was also because of Long Chen's own persistence.
"What are you looking at?" The City Lord of the Wronged City suddenly laughed.
Long Chen quickly turned around and said, "Just looking around."
The City Lord of the Wronged City walked to his side and looked at him kindly. "Do you also think that the pattern is strange? This is the territory that I control. One day, this pattern suddenly appeared on the pillar. It really scared me half to death …"
The City Lord of the Wronged City said in a joking tone.
Long Chen laughed along, but he was thinking. Clearly, the gift that the City Lord of the Wronged City gave him had nothing to do with the pattern. He did not even know about the existence of the thing left behind by the Void Astral Dragon. What he said just now seemed like a joke, but Long Chen knew that it was true.
Even he himself did not know what the pattern was about.
Long Chen memorized the pattern. He was sure that the mystery was in the pattern, and it had nothing to do with the steel pillar. Besides, he could only rely on Kitten to figure out what the pattern was about.
"I just felt that this pillar has something that the other pillars don't have, so I looked at it a little longer," Long Chen explained.
The City Lord of the Wronged City did not think much of it. He stretched out a white-jade skeletal finger and gently patted Long Chen's shoulder. He smiled and said, "I'm a little too talkative today. Actually, it's been too long since anyone has come here. I'm really lonely, so lonely … But, no matter what, you have to go. Now, I'll give you the gift. Come with me …"
This fellow was like a nostalgic old man. He walked shakily to the front of the rooftop and looked down at his feet. On one of the black bricks, he gently stepped on it.
Behind Long Chen, there was a sudden trembling sound. He looked back and saw a huge rock burrow out of the ground. As soon as it came out, cracks appeared on the black rock. Finally, it collapsed, and a long gray sword appeared in front of Long Chen.
This sword, including the hilt, was about 1.2 meters long. Its entire body was gray and looked lifeless. It was like a piece of scrap iron, so much so that people couldn't even sense its existence. It was probably because it hadn't been used for many years that it was rusted and covered with a thick layer of dust.
The blade was blunt and could not be compared to the Scarlet Blood Firmament, let alone the Dragon Slayer Sword. It did not even have the aura of a dao weapon.
The only strange thing was that Long Chen felt the power of death from this sword.
"Don't underestimate it. It's the most precious thing I have. It's countless times more precious than the Martial Emperor's Soul …" The City Lord of the Wronged City was like a nagging old man. He walked to Long Chen's side and looked at the strange gray sword with empty eyes, as if he was about to cry.
"It's countless times more precious than the Martial Emperor's Soul, which created the True Martial Emperor." Long Chen really wanted to kneel. What was this sword?
The most mysterious weapon Long Chen had ever seen was the Lingxi Sword. Could this thing be even more mysterious than the Lingxi Sword? The Lingxi Sword was the same. It was black and rusted, but it also had endless secrets.
The City Lord of the Wronged City was very excited. He walked forward, trembling, and reached out to pull the ordinary gray sword out of the ground. Only then did Long Chen see clearly that there was a gray skull on the hilt of the sword.
"This is … a divine weapon that cannot be tolerated by heaven and earth … Since ancient times, billions of living beings have died at its hands." The City Lord of the Wronged City's words stunned Long Chen.
The Million Resentful Soul Sword was already awesome enough, but compared to this divine weapon, it was trash.
Moreover, the living beings it had killed were probably much stronger.
The City Lord of the Wronged City had actually given such a thing to him.
Long Chen first felt that this was not a good thing, but a huge conspiracy. The better the City Lord of the Wronged City was to him, the more it felt like a conspiracy.
The City Lord of the Wronged City held the divine weapon horizontally in front of Long Chen and said solemnly, "This sword is not just a dao weapon, but the enemy of all dao weapons. It is an absolute anomaly among dao weapons because it has an ability that no other dao weapon has, and that is … evolution.
"It has a huge appetite. It only needs two things to feed it and grow. One is other dao weapons, and the other is the blood of its opponent.
"It is said that in ancient times, there were even real gods who fell to this sword. That is why it has its own unique name, the God Slaying Sword."
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