Douluo's Bone Transforms into a Divine Dragon

Chapter 233 Entering the Inner City

The girl in black veil explained the situation of the Slaughter City to Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan, who occasionally asked questions.

To be honest, the Killing City isn't as evil as I imagined; at least it's quite humane now.

Although most of the people who come here are fleeing from persecution or even heinous criminals, they are treated equally here. Of course, this is likely a method used by that deity to maintain its lineage.

As they were walking, a figure suddenly stood up from the roadside. He had been in a dark corner, and neither Gu Xuan nor Dugu Yan had noticed him.

It seemed to appear out of nowhere; even Gu Xuan initially thought it was a corpse.

"Oh, a new one's here. Looks like there's going to be a new Bloody Mary, hehehe."

A hoarse voice came from behind. Gu Xuan glanced at the person and both Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan frowned. The speaker's age was hard to tell because his physique was so unusual.

He seemed to have very little flesh on his body; if it weren't for the skin covering him, one might easily mistake him for a skeleton.

Moreover, through simple observation, Gu Xuan could clearly sense that this person's condition was not due to practicing any special techniques; he was deficient in both qi and blood and could die at any moment.

Ignoring the man, Gu Xuan turned to the girl in black veils and asked, "Someone like him can pass the Hell Slaughter Arena battle once a year?"

Only then did the skeletal figure notice the girl in black veil on the other side of Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan. As if it had encountered something terrifying, it dared not say anything more and quickly disappeared back into the darkness.

The girl in black veil replied, "Of course not. Not everyone needs to be baptized in the hellish killing field."

"After all, the mortality rate there is too high. Besides going through a battle in the hellish killing field every year, there is another way to survive in the killing city, which is to contribute two Bloody Marys every month."

Gu Xuan knew that the so-called Bloody Mary was made of human blood. Thinking of what the girl in the black veil had said, he couldn't help but glance at the darkness where the person who looked like a skeleton had just disappeared.

Judging from this, that person must have shed a lot of blood to end up like this, and he probably won't last much longer.

"If we contribute too much Bloody Mary, won't we be at the mercy of others?" Dugu Yan frowned.

The girl in black veil replied, "No, you are currently in the outer city of the Killing City, not the true Killing City. Only the inner city is a place without rules. Those who contribute Blood Mary to prolong their lives can only move around in the outer city, and indiscriminate killing is not allowed there."

"Only those warriors who survive the hellish killing field are qualified to live in the inner city. Of course, the enjoyment there is much greater than outside, even more than many people can enjoy in their entire lives, but it also means facing the test of death at any time."

"So, the City of Slaughter is a completely different world. Then, what is the source of food in the City of Slaughter? In a place like this, it's probably impossible to grow things, and no one would bother to grow them." As Gu Xuan spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the girl in the black veil.

In fact, Gu Xuan had this question when he read the original work: with so many people in the Slaughter City, it's impossible for them to survive solely by drinking human blood.

Moreover, Gu Xuan had observed carefully and found that this place was not suitable for the growth of any plants. He was eager to know what the food source was.

Upon hearing this question, the girl in black veil changed her expression slightly and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that and cannot give you one."

Although he didn't get an answer, Gu Xuan didn't delve into it, because he and Dugu Yan had enough dry food and water in their soul tools, enough to sustain them even if they had to survive here for two or three years.

Gu Xuan suddenly thought of an interesting question and asked casually, "Does the Spirit Hall know about this place? If they do, why don't they, who always pride themselves on being righteous, come and wipe it out?"

Gu Xuan's question was quite blunt, but it contained a great deal of wisdom.

Although Killing City is an isolated underground world, the fact that they all knew about it, and that there were so many people in the tavern outside when they arrived, means that there were people outside who knew about it.

Hearing Gu Xuan's words, the girl in black veil sneered and replied, "So what if you know? The Spirit Hall won't take any action against us. Leaving aside whether they can gain anything in this world, even destroying the Slaughter City wouldn't benefit them at all."

"Mr. 9527, don't forget, those who enter the Killing City almost never leave. And those who manage to come here are all depraved and sinful humans, and this place has no connection to the outside world."

"The Killing City is like a special prison, a place where the Spirit Hall guards the most heinous criminals. Why do you think the Spirit Hall would want to destroy it? They probably wish more villains would come here."

Listening to the words of the girl in the black veil, Gu Xuan gained a clearer understanding of this place.

It has to be said that the existence of the Killing City is quite peculiar. With this so-called safe haven for bad guys, the villains on the continent will not gamble everything, because in their hearts, they still have a way out.

As I walked along the road, more and more people appeared on both sides. Almost everyone had an unhealthy pallor on their face, and many were emaciated.

Needless to say, these are people who dare not enter the hellish killing field and eke out a living by contributing two Bloody Marys every month.

Gu Xuan remembered that each cup should contain at least half a jin (250 grams), and two cups a month would amount to one jin of fresh blood.

One or two months might not be a big deal, but how can the body possibly withstand it if it continues like this in a place without sunlight?

As Gu Xuan walked along the road, he observed that in the outer city of the Slaughter City, there were simple black stone houses on both sides of the street, and only every now and then there were places to eat, where many people lined up to wait for food to be distributed.

From a subjective perspective, these people are only slightly better off than beggars, as for the so-called "paradise of sin".

As for the so-called pleasure, it simply doesn't exist for these people.

The explanation given by the girl in the black veil was quite simple.

Even among villains, there are different levels. Only the truly powerful villains can enjoy themselves in this depraved paradise.

As for useless trash, they're just rats in a stinking ditch wherever they go, and they have no right to enjoy these things.

This "city" was larger than Gu Xuan had imagined. After walking for more than half an hour, Gu Xuan had gained some understanding of the outer city when the girl in black veil led him to a city wall.

This is the inner city of the Killing City. Compared to the outer walls of the Killing City, this city wall is not high, with the highest point only about ten meters.

Upon reaching this point, the girl in black veil said, "Mr. 9527, this is the outer city. Entering further... will lead to the inner city."

Gu Xuan glanced at the girl in the black veil, then said calmly, "Then take us inside."

P.S.: Typos will be corrected first and then fixed later.

(End of this chapter)