Douluo's Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

"Moon Pass, Ghostly Spirit, how long has it been since the Golden Generation went out to train?"

"Your Holiness, it has been nearly two years. Xie Yue and Yan have completed their training in the Mysterious Grand Canyon, and both have reached level sixty. I think we can bring them back now to obtain their sixth soul rings," Yue Guan replied.

Bibi Dong nodded. "Very good, at least you didn't disappoint me again. I will send someone to meet them. Ghost and Moon Pass, you two have other tasks. Go to the back mountain of the Slaughter City. That's the exit of Hell Road. Wait for Nana to come out."

"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope!" The two bowed and withdrew.

"You must come back alive, Nana!" Bibi Dong said worriedly. In her heart, Hu Liena was even more important than her own daughter, Qian Renxue.

She didn't give Qian Renxue any maternal love, but instead poured it all into Hu Liena. If something happens to Hu Liena, her subsequent madness will inevitably escalate to an even higher level.

Chapter 241 Tianlin's Methods: Puppet Hu Liena

Inside Hell Road, although Tianlin pierced through both the Bat King and Hu Liena with a single sword strike, due to the Bat King's self-regeneration ability, only Hu Liena actually died.

He doesn't need to kill the Bat King now. The million-year soul bone technique is far superior to Hu Liena's mental intelligence skull, which can only charm for a few minutes. This mind control can last for a long time.

Perfect timing! Let the Bat King be his henchman as he traverses the Hell Road. With it around, Tianlin won't have to walk that narrow path or fly on his sword; he can simply ride on its back and fly across—how pleasant!

After passing through the first level of Hell Road, there is a round platform where people can rest temporarily. Tianlin asked the Bat King to put him and Hu Liena's corpse down together.

Looking at Hu Liena's corpse, Tian Lin's expression remained unchanged. He was used to killing people in the City of Slaughter, and even though Hu Liena was indeed beautiful, she did not cause him any disturbance. Moreover, it was Hu Liena who had just tried to kill him.

But in reality, he never truly intended to kill Hu Liena here. Just as Hu Liena plotted against him, he had long planned how to deal with her. His deadly attack just now was actually to further complete his plan.

Ning Fengzhi's old admonition often echoed in his ears: "Xiao Tian, ​​to do great things, strength alone is not enough; you also need wisdom. With every step you take, you must see three to four steps ahead. Remember, sometimes looking ahead and behind is not a bad thing!"

"Take one step and think three steps ahead?" Tianlin thought quickly.

He knew that Hu Liena's death here would have a huge impact. Bibi Dong treated her like her own daughter, and if anything happened to her, given Bibi Dong's personality, she would definitely investigate thoroughly.

She is one of the Gods of Slaughter in the City of Slaughter, able to freely enter and exit the city and use her soul skills there. Therefore, it would be easy for her to come here and find out the truth. Once she learns that Tianlin and Hu Liena ventured into Hell Road together, Tianlin probably won't need to consider any soul-hunting operations anymore; he'll immediately be on Bibi Dong's kill list.

Moreover, Bibi Dong's clarity of mind is dwindling. The master's ruthlessness had already propelled her to take another step in inheriting the Rakshasa God's legacy. If Hu Liena were to pass away again, she would lose all her attachments, and the hatred would consume her with the Rakshasa's will, potentially causing her to complete the divine inheritance prematurely. This would be a disaster for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Holy Spirit Pearl!" Tianlin sheathed his demonic sword and summoned the Holy Spirit Pearl.

Although twin martial souls cannot be used simultaneously, they have another advantage: domain-type skills are not restricted by this. In other words, even if he retracts the demon sword, he can still use the Demon Suppression Domain.

The platinum-gold spirit ring of the Holy Spirit Orb appeared as usual.

"Gather your breath and return to your soul!" Tianlin decisively chose to revive Hu Liena. Unfortunately, Ning Rongrong was not here. Without the assistance of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the price of reviving someone was the loss of a large amount of soul power.

Fortunately, although Hu Liena was much stronger than Zhu Zhuqing, she was still much weaker than Tianlin. In the end, Tianlin only spent one level to successfully revive her.

During his two years in the City of Slaughter, he barely had time to cultivate his soul power. After all, entering deep meditation in the City of Slaughter was far too dangerous; he might not even know how he died.

However, thanks to the magic sword's absorption of the resentment here, he still managed to level up three times, reaching level sixty-eight. Considering the limitations of his extreme attributes, this speed was still quite good, although he has now regressed to level sixty-seven.

"Read the soul, eternally captivate the heart!"

Hu Liena's mental strength was too strong. It was impossible to invade her mind while she was alive, as she would inevitably resist fiercely. Now that she had just been resurrected, her mind was undoubtedly at its most vulnerable. Taking advantage of Hu Liena's unconscious state, Tianlin used soul reading to modify some of her memories. For example, he made it clear that her death was caused by the Bat King, not by Tianlin.

Eternal Mind Control, just like it did with Lovki, has left an indelible mark on her heart, only more domineering, demanding eternal loyalty to Tianlin.

He wanted to turn Hu Liena into his puppet to monitor the Spirit Hall's every move.

Apart from that, nothing else about Hu Liena has changed. On the surface, she is still herself, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall who cares about her brother and respects her teacher. Her personality is also the same as always, proud and alluring.

Using this move almost exhausted Tianlin's spiritual power. Under the protection of the Three-Headed Bat King, Tianlin opened his Holy Spirit Domain and sat cross-legged in meditation. After an hour, his spiritual power recovered by three or four levels before he stood up.

However, this expenditure was entirely worthwhile. Tianlin had considered many things for the future. Firstly, as long as Hu Liena was still alive, Bibi Dong wouldn't go crazy too quickly, allowing him to stabilize her for some time to allow himself to develop.

Secondly, since the foresight is still in its cooling-off period, Tianlin either has to wait until it finishes or find another way to know the exact timing of the Soul Hunting Operation so he can make preparations in advance. Given Hu Liena's position in the Spirit Hall, she can easily obtain a lot of inside information.

Thirdly, it was for Qian Renxue. He remembered that according to the original plot, after Hu Liena returned to the Spirit Hall after her training in the City of Slaughter, she would be named the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, that is, the first in line to succeed Bibi Dong as Pope.

Although the Hall of Offerings has always supported Qian Renxue, there's nothing they can do. The current Pope of the Spirit Hall is Bibi Dong, and many of the ignorant masses outside don't even know about the existence of the Hall of Offerings. They only recognize the Pope's orders.

In this way, even if Bibi Dong steps down in the future, Hu Liena will be her successor. If Qian Renxue wants to take over, she can only do so by force. This behavior is tantamount to treason, and many of the smaller factions under her will probably be outwardly compliant but inwardly resentful.

Even if it were revealed that Qian Renxue is the daughter of the former Pope Qian Xunji, it wouldn't make a difference, because the position of Pope is different from the imperial throne. It wouldn't be publicly stated that it's a family inheritance; otherwise, Bibi Dong wouldn't have been able to become Pope.

Therefore, the best solution is for Hu Liena to take over the papacy, realize that she is not capable enough to bear such a heavy responsibility, and voluntarily abdicate in favor of Qian Renxue. Only then can she truly and legitimately assume the position.

"My dear Xue, I've worried myself sick over you. Don't let me down in the future," Tianlin murmured. He didn't want to be the king of the continent, but he hoped that the continent could achieve unification and peace, so he could only push the responsibility onto Qian Renxue.

At this moment, Hu Liena slowly woke up. Upon seeing Tianlin, she knelt on one knee and said, "Greetings, Lord. Hu Liena has offended you in the past. Please forgive me."

The Eternal Mind Control has already taken effect; it truly lives up to its reputation as an enhanced version of a million-year-old soul skill.

"Get up. Remember, from now on, when you're outside, act as if you hate me as much as you hate me. Don't show a single flaw. Also, I don't like people calling me 'Master.' My name is Jun Tianlin," Tianlin commanded.

"Yes, my lord... no, Lord Tianlin!" Hu Liena stood up and asked with concern, "Lord Tianlin, you have already consumed too much soul power and spiritual power to revive me, which will be detrimental to our next challenge. Also, how long can you maintain control over this Bat King? If it suddenly turns against us, it will be a great threat. Should we kill it now?"

Hu Liena, who was under control, was extremely loyal to Tianlin, and her words were full of concern for his safety.

"It would be best if you also sent the word 'Master.' Don't worry, the control should last for about half an hour. There's no need to kill it. Let's take this opportunity to rush out of Hell Road." Tianlin led Hu Liena forward. At this moment, they were finally able to cooperate sincerely.

Chapter 242 The Seven Kill Sword Path Passes Through Hell Road

Upon reaching the second level, both of them were masters of mental strength. Although their mental energy was greatly depleted, they still sensed that something was about to burst out from beneath the magma.

"Watch out!" Hu Liena drew her short sword and stepped forward to be on guard.

"Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, come out!" Tianlin shouted. "Bat King, drag it out and let me see who is the strongest monster on the Hell Road, you or it."

Upon receiving the order, the three-headed bat king swooped down towards the lava. At the same time, a huge crimson serpent emerged from beneath the lava and bit off one of the bat king's heads.

On the snake's head and back, there are nine bulges, each resembling a bright red mushroom, with what appears to be blood flowing inside. The snake's abdomen is particularly large, bulging in the narrow passage, and its body length is at least ten meters.

The ancient and exotic Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was even stronger than a 60,000-year-old soul beast. The Bat King was no match for it and quickly found itself at a disadvantage. If it weren't for its amazing regenerative ability, it would have been defeated long ago.

Seeing that physical attacks could not defeat the Bat King, the enraged Ten-Headed Sun Serpent spewed out scarlet venom from its mouth.

"Want to compete in snake venom? I'll show you the strongest snake venom in the world." Tianlin took out Dugu Bo's inner core, which contained half of the Poison Douluo's power. Once crushed, the terrifying poison would destroy everything here.

Of course, Tianlin would never do that. Dugu Bo gave Tianlin this to save his life, and it's clearly not that critical a moment yet.

However, Tianlin can still fight using his soul power and the potent poison within it.

"Azure Scale Serpent King's Venom!"

A terrifying poison spread from the inner core, clashing fiercely with the poison of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent. By fighting poison with poison, both poisons actually began to dissipate simultaneously.

Tianlin smiled faintly, "Just as I expected."

The venom of the Jade Scale Serpent King and the venom of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent share a common characteristic: they repel groups of snakes.

As long as these two venoms are present, any other snake venom will lose its effect. Now that they are interfering with each other, the result is that they are neutralized at the same time.

"Truly worthy of being Lord Tianlin!" Hu Liena couldn't help but praise, "Let me do it next!"

As she spoke, she attached her external soul bone to her body, boosting all her attributes, and rushed towards the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent at an extremely fast speed. The target of her short sword was the fleshy tumor on the Fiery Sun Serpent's body.

With her extensive combat experience, she could tell that these were the source of the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent's power, and also its weakness.

Although Hu Liena was controlled by Tianlin and turned into a puppet, as long as Tianlin did not give her any orders, everything about her was exactly the same as before. Confidence was ingrained in the bones of the Golden Generation.

With her and the Three-Headed Bat King working together, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's venomous tumor was constantly attacked, and its strongest venom became completely ineffective against the Azure Scale Serpent King.

The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent finally revealed its fear. Despair caused it to erupt. Without continuing its attack, all nine fleshy tumors on its body shattered on their own, and red liquid shot out suddenly. The liquid did not shoot straight through the air, but rather shot towards the top of Tianlin. The nine streams of liquid merged into one in the air, transforming into a small golden-red ball only the size of a fist.

This is the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent. It wants to detonate this inner core and perish together with Tianlin and Hu Liena.

"The Seven Kill Sword Path is summed up in one word: 'Kill'!"

At that moment, Tianlin's restrained killing intent erupted, and Hu Liena seemed to see Tianlin completely assimilated by the killing intent.

His body transformed into the character for "kill," charging straight towards the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent.

The character for "kill" started from the head of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent and slashed across its ten-meter-long body.

To Hu Liena's horrified gaze, the body of the Ten-Headed Fiery Serpent cracked into pieces, like a shattered piece of glass.

She had just used all her strength but hadn't actually broken any of the snake's growths. Yet, in front of Tianlin, that resilient body was as fragile as paper.

No wonder Tianlin's master was known as the number one attacker; the true Seven Kill Sword Dao's attack power was truly terrifying.

A golden-red dot descended from the sky. Tianlin waved his right hand, and under the pull of an invisible force, the golden-red light fell into his palm.

It was none other than the inner core of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent. Although the physical bodies of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent had perished, as long as the inner core remained, it was not considered dead. As long as someone broke the inner core, they could absorb its soul ring.

Tianlin remembered that this thing could be used as Ma Hongjun's seventh spirit ring to further enhance his Phoenix Flame.

"Be careful. It might be poisonous," Hu Liena warned anxiously when she saw Tianlin pick it up with his bare hands.

Tianlin laughed and said, "It's alright. Although it's poisonous, I've taken some immortal herbs and have Dugu Bo's poison pill protecting me, so this thing won't harm me."

He wrapped the inner core in cloth, placed it inside the soul tool, and said, "Let's move forward. We've passed the second trial."

Bibi Dong once told Hu Liena that there are three levels in Hell Road. As long as they pass the last level, they can get out and obtain the God of Slaughter Domain.

However, they did not encounter any monsters on the way, only the burning sensation continued to increase.

Hu Liena's expression was somewhat off. Although the Wisdom Soul Bone kept her rational, its effect was ultimately limited. Constantly affected by this Hell Road, her killing intent was gradually becoming too much for even the Wisdom Soul Bone to suppress.

"I see. This so-called final test is a test of self-control," Tianlin said knowingly.

To pass through this hellish path, one must not only have sufficient strength, but also break through as quickly as possible; otherwise, one's killing intent will be affected by the evil aura here and completely go berserk.

When Tianlin is not fighting, his aura is completely contained, so he is naturally fearless, but Hu Liena is not.

"Five Spirits Purify Evil!"

Tianlin used the Holy Spirit Pearl again to purify all the evil energy around him.

Hu Liena regained her senses and exclaimed in surprise, "My lord, you actually possess twin martial souls!"

"Yes, this is the same thing that saved you just now. Remember to keep it a secret for me." Tianlin nodded. Hu Liena was his now, so there was no need to hide anything from her anymore.

"Yes, I understand!"

"It's truly astonishing. It turns out that you didn't even use half of your power when you fought us before." At this moment, the puppet Hu Liena no longer hated Tian Lin, but only felt deep respect for him.

The final barrier was rendered useless by the Five Spirits Purifying Evil technique. Soon, the two arrived before a white light curtain without any hindrance. They knew that this was the exit.

Tianlin sent the three-headed bat kings back to their own territory. The time for the mind-controlling technique was almost up, and it would become a problem. However, since it had escorted them all the way, Tianlin did not kill it.

The two looked back at Hell Road. Their two-year journey of slaughter had finally come to an end. They would never forget those bloody days!

Chapter 243 Inheritance of the Killing God Domain: The Attention of the Asura God

At the exit of Hell Road, Tianlin and Hu Liena did not leave immediately. Taking this opportunity, Tianlin asked Hu Liena for a lot of information about the Spirit Hall.

As Bibi Dong's personal disciple and a prospective Holy Maiden, she had some knowledge of the Spirit Hall's major decisions, including the Soul Hunting Operation.

Tianlin's prediction was correct. The Soul Hunting Operation was originally scheduled for five years after the Soul Master Competition, but now they have put Xue Qinghe in control of the Heavenly Dou Army within three years. Undoubtedly, the operation has been brought forward.