Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

"By the way, Mu Yang, didn't that Pope pass through the Hell Road? Given the current situation, do you think Hu Liena can get through it?"

Suddenly, Shui Bing'er asked Mu Yang.

At this moment, Shui Bing'er seriously doubted whether Hu Liena truly had the strength to overcome the Hell Road.

The swarm of bats and strange snakes ahead were one thing, but as far as she knew, Hu Liena was not capable of flying. Coupled with the corruption of evil energy, if Hu Liena were to venture into the Hell Road alone, this disciple of the Pope would likely perish here.

"Perhaps the hellish path that Bibi Dong traversed was different from what we are experiencing now?"

Mu Yang said uncertainly.

"Alright, what are we getting apart from?!"

Just as Mu Yang was about to leave through the exit with Shui Bing'er, his expression suddenly changed.

Amidst the churning of the crimson ocean, a ferocious beast's head emerged from the surface of the blood lake.

Judging from its aura alone, this strange beast, which had not yet revealed its full form, was not particularly strong. At most, it was at the level of an ordinary 50,000 to 60,000-year-old soul beast, which was still within Mu Yang's control. However, Mu Yang felt completely unwell.

Because he remembered very clearly that this thing definitely did not exist when Tang San and Hu Liena ventured into Hell Road in the original story.

"Is someone trying to frame me?"

This thought immediately popped into Mu Yang's mind.

However, Mu Yun quickly rejected this idea.

If someone was deliberately targeting him, then this unexpected beast was clearly much weaker and posed no fatal threat to him.

After all, the strength he displayed in the City of Slaughter alone was enough to easily deal with this beast.

"Could it be that more people are attempting the Hell Road, and their soul power levels are also higher, thus increasing the difficulty?"

Mu Yang couldn't help but think to himself.

Compared to the original story where Tang San and Hu Liena, both at the fifth-ring level, ventured into Hell Road, the number of people venturing into Hell Road has increased from two to three. Furthermore, Tang San and Shui Bing'er's soul power levels have reached the sixth ring, making it a joint venture of two sixth-ring Soul Emperors and one fifth-ring Soul King.

It's reasonable that the more people who attempt the Hell Road trial, and the higher their soul power level, the greater the difficulty of the trial.

After all, the original intention of the Asura God King in establishing the City of Slaughter as a place of inheritance was to select outstanding Soul Masters as successors to the Godhood.

Those who achieve a hundred consecutive wins in the Hell Slaughter Arena will certainly have different strengths. If the difficulty of the Hell Road remains fixed, it will not be able to serve its purpose of selecting outstanding successors.

Otherwise, it's easy for excellent low-level trial participants to fail, while mediocre high-level trial participants can pass easily.

The more Mu Yang thought about it, the closer he felt to, or even completely in line with, the truth.

"hold head high--"

At this moment, a beastly roar, like the cry of a dragon, resounded, and the scorching blood lake surged, revealing a large part of the strange beast's body.

It was a serpentine beast with a body as thick as a giant water vat. Its entire body was covered with palm-sized dark red scales, and it had two forked horns on its head and two ten-foot-long claws extending from the front of its belly. The part of its body exposed outside the blood lake alone was more than twenty meters long.

"A dragon? No, a jiaolong!"

Mu Yang's pupils contracted slightly as he discovered that this serpentine beast, radiating fire-attribute energy fluctuations, closely resembled the physical characteristics of the dragon from the myths and legends of his previous life.

As for the dragons in Douluo Continent?

Regardless of strength, judging solely by appearance, each one is either a dinosaur, a winged Western dragon, or a sea dragon that is more like a snake than a dragon.

"Soul Stealing!"

With a low shout, Mu Yang activated the Soul-Seizing Secret Technique, unleashing a surge of powerful spiritual energy that instantly entered the consciousness of the dragon-like beast.

The next second, the dragon beast was no match for Mu Yang and its consciousness was controlled by him.

"Mu Yang, Hu Liena's condition is not right. I'll take her out first."

Shui Bing'er said to Mu Yang.

"Alright."

Mu Yang nodded.

I remember that after entering this light curtain of Hell Road, the next step seemed to be the transformation of the massive killing intent accumulated in my body into the God of Slaughter Domain. It didn't seem to be dangerous, so it wouldn't hurt to leave first.

Immediately, Shui Bing'er flapped her battle armor wings and flew into the white light curtain above the blood-red ocean, carrying the still unconscious Hu Liena.

"Tell me honestly, where did you get this from?"

Mu Yang questioned the dragon-like beast.

Compared to the previous Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, this dragon-like beast is undoubtedly much stronger and more intelligent. It might even be able to uncover some secrets about the City of Slaughter or the Road to Hell.

After all, just looking at the environment inside Hell Road, putting aside the initial swarm of bats, the blood and food needed for the survival of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent and this dragon beast is a considerable problem.

Surely it's not like bats feed on the massive amounts of blood in the Blood River, while the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent and the Flood Dragon Beast feed on bats?

"hold head high--"

The dragon-like beast, whose consciousness had been altered, readily answered Mu Yang's question through mental communication.

"You're saying you know nothing, that you've lost your past memories, and that you just suddenly appeared in the lake of blood?"

Mu Yang asked with a surprised look.

"hold head high--"

The dragon-like beast nodded.

"It was thrown in by someone, and just now."

Raising an eyebrow, Mu Yang pondered to himself.

Asura God King?

Hmm, probably not. A dignified god-king like him certainly wouldn't have that much free time.

To catch the eye of this god-level figure, one would need to obtain the God of Slaughter Domain, to say the least.

This dragon-like beast was just released here, which means that someone, or some living being, has been watching the situation on Hell Road.

Furthermore, based on their strength—no, based on their soul power level rather than their raw strength—this dragon beast was selected from an unknown source and sent into the Hell Road as one of the trials.

Suddenly, Mu Yang realized a crucial point.

Perhaps there is an unknown secret realm within the City of Slaughter, and within that realm, there are beings who perform duties similar to those of a high priest.

Both the Sea God and the Angel God have high priests on Douluo Star. Mu Yang is unsure whether the Rakshasa God has a high priest, but the Rakshasa Secret Realm definitely exists. Since the Rakshasa Secret Realm exists, it is normal for the Asura Secret Realm to exist as well.

Furthermore, the divine test does indeed require a priest to guide it. This dragon-like beast might very well be a priest from the Asura Secret Realm who, seeing that the three of them were of a decent level, deliberately placed them into the Hell Road because the original test was too easy.

"Indeed, if our guess is correct, then we'll have a clearer direction for initiating the Asura God Trial in the future."

Having figured out the possibility of this unexpected situation, Mu Yang nodded in satisfaction.

"Since you're a dragon, you should have a dragon core or something, right?"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Mu Yang focused intently on the strange dragon beast. (End of Chapter)