Douluo: Spiritual Sword

Facing several Soul Sages alone, Tian Lin still handled them with ease, killing three more in just a few minutes.

But he didn't realize he'd fallen into their trap. In his pursuit, he was lured to the edge of the arena—just ahead was lava.

These nine had agreed in advance; whoever Tian Lin chased would act as bait, unlucky as that was.

But there was one exception. As the other seven ran toward the arena's edge, one returned while Tian Lin chased another.

He had a secret weapon against Tian Lin.

"Soul Lock Chain!"

That man acted. His martial soul was a twin-tailed monkey, yet he used a skill like chains.

This soul skill not only bound Tian Lin's body but even locked his martial soul—worthy of the name Soul Lock Chain.

At the same time, the remaining four Soul Sages attacked, aiming to kill him or at least push him into the lava before he could break free.

They had planned meticulously.

"How can he use a soul skill? Unless—it's a soul bone!" Tian Lin wondered.

In Slaughter City, only four kinds of skills could be used: innate soul skills, self-created skills, domains, and soul bone skills.

This wasn't a domain, and the monkey martial soul couldn't have an innate or self-created chain skill. So, after ruling out all impossibilities, the answer was clear.

"Very well. Today, I'll profit big—not only your lives, but that soul bone is mine. I am one with my sword!"

At that moment, Tian Lin merged with his Demon Sword—a self-created soul skill his master Chen Xin taught him. Like the Clear Sky Hammer's ring explosion, it massively boosted his attack for a short time.

"Kill!"

Several sword lights flashed. The Soul Lock Chain was severed, and the four attacking Soul Sages were all decapitated. This was no longer just Seven Kill Swordsmanship—it was Seven Kill Sword Dao.

No flashy moves, just pure killing intent—unleashing all his murderous aura in an instant, striking with maximum speed and power, every sword a killing blow.

In the endless slaughter of Slaughter City, Tian Lin had finally entered the true path of Sword Dao.

"Did you feel it just now? That terrifying killing intent?" someone in the stands asked in disbelief.

"No kidding. My blood almost froze just now from that tangible murderous aura."

In their eyes, Tian Lin was always a skilled swordsman but never had a strong killing aura. But just now, they felt from him the immense killing aura only those with over eighty victories possessed.

"This Jun Tian Lin isn't lacking in killing aura—he's just suppressing it. How does he do that?" Even Hu Liena was baffled.

She'd been here for a while, and even she couldn't always suppress her killing intent, but Tian Lin could perfectly control his.

Her teacher Bibi Dong had told her that if she survived Slaughter City, she'd take her somewhere to train her heart and help her restrain her killing aura. But Jun Tian Lin seemed to need no such step—growing stronger in killing intent while also keeping a calm mind, perfecting both at once. What kind of monstrous talent was this?

Swish!

With a final sword light, the soul master with the soul bone fell to Tian Lin's blade.

Tian Lin used his soul power to pull off the man's right arm—the soul bone was there.

Sure enough, a dark right arm bone was forcibly extracted, likely just over ten thousand years old, with the Soul Lock Chain as its skill, a control type.

It had a heavy dark aura—perfect for his subordinate Gu Ran, who needed just such a skill. With this, as long as an enemy was locked down, his Death Aura and Raging Heaven Fist could hit a fixed target.

Seeing Tian Lin take the soul bone, everyone's eyes filled with greed. A soul bone that could be used in the Killing Field was a life-saving treasure.

"Hmph, if you want it, come get it. But Slaughter City had better hire a corpse handler because I only kill—I don't bury!" Tian Lin said coldly.

He didn't lower his voice. Everyone heard him clearly and remembered that this was no pushover but the ruthless man who'd killed a hundred people on his first day.

Now, more than three hundred experts had died to his sword, many in failed ambushes. Trying to rob him was asking for death.

"Jun Tian Lin, this man is hateful but also useful. My teacher said Hell Road is dangerous for me—he could be a useful scapegoat." Because of Bibi Dong, Hu Liena knew a bit about Hell Road.

She had an idea: trick Tian Lin into teaming up, then use the information gap to make him her muscle—and, if she planned well, even get him killed in Hell Road, avenging her humiliation.

But she thought it wasn't time yet. Their win counts weren't high enough; teaming up too early would just make him suspicious.

So, for a while, Hu Liena continued to treat Tian Lin as a stranger, not acknowledging him even in passing.

A year and a half passed. Tian Lin had eighty-two straight wins in the Killing Field, Hu Liena seventy-seven.

Tian Lin got a new nickname: Asura of Sword Dao.

The names "Asura of Sword Dao" and "Messenger of Hell" started to resound through the inner and outer city.

But one thing puzzled Tian Lin: why hadn't Tang San arrived yet? Then he realized.

Tang Hao only sent Tang San here in the original after he finished the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer method and reached a high enough level—plus the Blue Silver Grass had awakened as the Blue Silver Emperor.

But now, without the Eight Spider Lance, without the Wisdom Skull Bone, and at a lower level, Tang San would take much longer to finish his body training.

Plus, the Blue Silver King had been intercepted by Tian Lin, so Tang San probably couldn't even find a way to awaken his martial soul again, much less come to Slaughter City.

Even if he came, it would be at least two years late. In short, Tian Lin probably wouldn't see him.