Douluo: Traveling Through the Universe, Reversing Time and Space

Chapter 323 The Nine-Headed Bat King Who Wants to Control Shi Yu
"Good luck," the King of Slaughter said.
Shi Yu smiled slightly and resolutely embarked on the road to hell.
The place felt quite dangerous to him, and his first instinct was to use his teleportation ability to get directly to the finish line.
But considering that this might not be recognized, they decided to play it safe.
If Tang San and the others, whose soul power was roughly the same as his, could get through, there was no reason why he couldn't.
There's only one road ahead; there's no other choice but to go forward.
He soon encountered attacks from various monsters, but he dealt with them relatively easily. With his teleportation ability, he wasn't worried about being attacked by these creatures.
Some creatures were killed by him, while others were simply bypassed.
"The energy here has a significant impact on the body," Shi Yu realized after walking for a while.
The air here smelled of blood, and he couldn't help but inhale some of the energy in the air, which made him slightly irritable.
This is starting to affect my mood.
He quickened his pace; the longer he stayed here, the more trouble he would cause.
Before he knew it, he had walked for more than an hour. This hellish road was longer than he had imagined, and it was not easy to walk at all.
Fortunately, he had the ability to teleport, otherwise the difficulty would have increased several times over.
"I wonder if I'll ever encounter those ten Fiery Sun Serpents," Shi Yu pondered as he walked.
These ten Fiery Sun Serpents are said to be some kind of primordial exotic species. After killing them, they will drop an inner core containing their essence and energy. Absorbing this core can even evolve it into a soul ring and promote the evolution of the Phoenix Martial Soul. Its value is very high.
Although he is not a fire-attribute soul master, his Eight Spider Lances soul bone contains fire attributes, so he can obtain the inner core and use its energy to help the Eight Spider Lances soul bone evolve.
Then I'll obtain the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow to replenish my ice attribute, restoring a balance between ice and fire. This will definitely lead to a significant upgrade in the level of my Eight Spider Spear Soul Bone.
Just as he was thinking this, his precognitive ability suddenly gave him a warning, causing him to abruptly look in one direction.
A dense, sharp cry of bats rang out from the other side, and many small, dark gold bats rushed towards him.
Shi Yu frowned slightly, not because he was annoyed by the arrival of these small dark gold bats, but because he sensed that there were still larger ones waiting in the shadows, waiting to make their move.
These small, dark gold bats alone wouldn't be enough to make him feel a strong sense of crisis.
He remained vigilant and didn't bother to get entangled with the small dark gold bats. He used teleportation repeatedly to quickly move away from the area, leaving the small dark gold bats without a target.
He hadn't gone far after stopping when he felt a sense of danger again. This time, instead of teleporting to avoid it, he considered killing it, because what appeared now was the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, which he really wanted to encounter.
Now that he had encountered this so-called primordial beast, he naturally couldn't let it pass him by; he was determined to get its inner core.
The ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpents looked terrifying, their flames illuminating the dim hellish road in a fiery red, constantly spewing fire at Shi Yu.
The ten heads took turns spewing fire continuously. If Shi Yu didn't have teleportation abilities or fire resistance, he would have found it quite difficult.
In fact, he dealt with it quite easily. With a teleportation, he unexpectedly appeared on the back of the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent. His clothes caught fire, but he seemed completely unaware of the flames. Without any fear, he released the Eight Spider Lances and launched a series of vicious stabs at the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent.
Each time it is pierced, it injects toxins, draining his life force.
"Hiss..." The ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpents let out a series of painful hissing sounds and began to move frantically, trying to throw Shi Yu off.
Shi Yu held on very firmly and wasn't so easily thrown off.
When it really can't hold on any longer, it teleports away to avoid being passively thrown off, and then quickly reappears on the Ten-Headed Fiery Serpent for another round of vicious stabs.
The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent really had no way to deal with him; he was not afraid of fire and it was difficult for him to be injured by his physical strength.
It's not so easy for the snake to twist its head and bite him.
"Squeak, squeak..." Just as Shi Yu was making a mess of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent, a dense chorus of bats sounded. This made Shi Yu frown and look in the direction of the sound. Were these bats really that persistent?
His expression quickly changed, because this time he saw not only a small bat, but also a huge bat with nine heads, which looked extremely fierce and terrifying.
"The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King?" The name of this kind of soul beast appeared in Shi Yu's mind.
There is a blood-red nine-headed bat king in the City of Slaughter, but this bat king is currently possessing the King of Slaughter and has him under its control.
Then another one appeared. Was it another blood-red nine-headed bat king he didn't know about, or was it the one on the King of Slaughter's body?
Shi Yu thought about many things. Tang San didn't encounter the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King when he walked the Hell Road, but that didn't mean there wasn't a second one.
In the personal palace of the King of Slaughter, he was leisurely sipping Crimson Agate, a wicked smile playing on his lips. This Shi Yu was quite a good host.
The most terrifying creature in the Killing City is not actually the King of Slaughter, but the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat that exists in Hell Road. He is the king of the Crimson Nine-Headed Bats and successfully possessed this human's body more than a hundred years ago.
Meanwhile, his offspring will be taken over a body with even greater potential, whose future achievements might even surpass his own. He is quite looking forward to this.
On the Hell Road, Shi Yu's opponents are no longer just the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, but also a group of bats and a Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King whose strength is probably close to that of a Title Douluo.
It's comparable to a Title Douluo who can unleash soul skills. For soul masters who can't use soul skills, this kind of strength is like a god.
He now understood why Tang Chen's body had been possessed by the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King; it was a complete dimensional reduction attack.
It's relatively easy for a Title Douluo who can unleash their Soul Skills to defeat a Limitless Powerhouse who cannot.
This is similar to how a powerful offensive Soul Saint can kill a support-type Title Douluo.
Your soul power is higher than mine, but if you only have higher soul power and don't have soul skills to unleash its power, then it's useless.
Shi Yu considered retreating, but another thought quickly took over. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes: Since you're here to kill me, then I'll turn the tables and kill you.
This blood-red nine-headed bat king is also a strange beast, and even more powerful than the ten-headed blazing sun serpent.
The inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent is already incredibly valuable; if this Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King also possesses an inner core, its value would undoubtedly be even more outrageous.
Even if it didn't leave behind an inner core, it should have left behind some other good stuff. In any case, killing it was definitely worth the effort.
(End of this chapter)