However, the King of Slaughter distinctly felt that Zhao Ling had used another domain.
What that domain was, he had no idea and hadn't sensed it, which made him very uneasy.
Most importantly, he had seen this guy use a third domain just over three months ago—a domain that, when activated, would reveal an eerie, tens-of-meters-tall figure clad in a black cloak and wielding a scythe.
No, this guy was too sinister. The King of Slaughter felt that he most likely couldn't win. His best bet was the thirty-six stratagems: running away.
So, he exerted himself, running towards the edge of the domain. However, his speed was clearly limited by the tenfold gravity domain, making it impossible for him to reach his peak. He was even much slower than most Titled Douluo powerhouses.
But to his delight, Zhao Ling didn't try to stop his escape, which he found incredibly perplexing. If the other party wanted to kill him, why would he just watch him run away without giving chase?
As he pondered this, he suddenly found his vision shift. The two figures, who had been hundreds of meters behind him, suddenly appeared in front of him. And the faster he ran, the closer he got to them.
"Huh..." The King of Slaughter quickly tried to stop, his feet desperately trying to brake.
But then he suddenly realized that the tenfold gravity on him was rapidly decreasing until he felt himself in a state of weightlessness. This made him lose control of his escape speed.
He lunged directly towards the two figures, and Zhao Ling clenched his fist, smashing it towards his face.
It looked as if the King of Slaughter had run up to directly take Zhao Ling's punch.
"Bang..." The King of Slaughter felt his right cheek being struck, and he flew backward.
With Zhao Ling's current physique, fifteen times that of a level 98 Super Douluo, this punch made the King of Slaughter feel like his right cheek had caved in.
Even worse, his body, which had been in a state of weightlessness, quickly experienced a tenfold increase in gravity again, causing him to crash heavily onto the ground. The inertia from his backward flight dragged his body across the ground for hundreds of meters.
This left his clothes tattered, blood seeping from his body, and his face a bloody mess.
The King of Slaughter struggled to get up from the ground. He reached out and touched his cheek, finding his face a bloody pulp. Then he looked up at the trail his body had carved on the ground, his face full of disbelief.
That guy's punch just now had sent him, while still within the tenfold gravity domain, sliding for hundreds of meters on the ground. What, what level of power was this?
His own power was already terrifying, but in front of this guy, it was like a small sorcerer meeting a great one. Was this guy a monster?
Such terrifying power, coupled with three eerie domains, one of which seemed to be space-type, made escaping seem like a pipe dream.
The King of Slaughter could only grit his teeth and instantly released his Slaughter Domain, hoping to offset some of the effects of the Heaven and Earth Net Domain and the Gravity Domain.
The most important effect of the Slaughter Domain was its ability to prevent people within the domain from using spirit ring abilities. However, the City of Slaughter itself already possessed this effect, so the impact of his Slaughter Domain was quite limited.
Therefore, he unleashed his full aura, condensing a hammer shape in his palm. Soon, a very large red hammer appeared in his hand, but not long after, the red hammer transformed into a bloody greatsword more than two meters long.
Zhao Ling's eyes immediately lit up. The Asura Demonic Sword was finally out! If this guy didn't summon the Asura Demonic Sword soon, he would truly be unable to resist beating him to death.
The King of Slaughter gripped the sword with both hands, intending to strike at Zhao Ling and Bibi Dong. However, due to the tenfold gravity, the Asura Demonic Sword, which originally weighed a hundred thousand catties, now weighed a million catties.
The King of Slaughter found that he couldn't even lift the Asura Demonic Sword. Even using all his strength, he couldn't raise it a fraction of an inch. The entire longsword, due to gravity, had deeply embedded itself into the mud.
At this point, the King of Slaughter felt he must have been foolish. Knowing that the vicinity was covered by a tenfold gravity domain, it would be a miracle if he could lift the Asura Demonic Sword.
Similarly, he certainly couldn't lift his Clear Sky Hammer. So, he tentatively released his giant red Clear Sky Hammer. The result was that as soon as the Clear Sky Hammer appeared, it smashed heavily onto the ground, even shattering the floor.
As the King of the City of Slaughter, he was not affected by the City of Slaughter's prohibition on releasing spirit abilities.
However, all his spirit abilities were related to this Clear Sky Hammer. Now, under the influence of the tenfold gravity domain, he couldn't even lift the Clear Sky Hammer, so how could he release his spirit abilities???
Thus, he could only swing his fists in anger and charge towards Zhao Ling.
Zhao Ling, with his physique fifteen times that of a level 98 Super Douluo, feared hand-to-hand combat the least. However, as a seasoned old trickster, how could he keep fighting the opponent bare-handed?
Immediately, he summoned his Azure Sword. Five years had passed, and the former high-grade Profound-tier longsword had now advanced to the mid-grade Earth-tier.
Facing Tang Chen, who was approaching bare-handed, Zhao Ling employed the third move of the Azure Sword Art, "Endless Flow."
Instantly, sword shadows surged towards Tang Chen like a mighty, endlessly flowing river, continuously eroding his entire body like water currents.
The King of Slaughter looked in confusion at the countless sword shadows, flowing like water, surging towards him. He gradually felt his body being torn apart, as if by slow slicing. He could only awkwardly defend himself.
The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King parasitic on his back was terrified and tried to escape, but as soon as it left his back, it was instantly disintegrated into dust by countless sword lights, leaving not even a speck.
Without the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King parasitizing him, the King of Slaughter—or rather, Tang Chen—finally regained consciousness.
However, under the "Endless Flow" sword shadows of the Azure Sword Art's third move, he, having just regained consciousness, violently spat out a mouthful of blood. Instantly processing his memories, he knew his death was near. He quickly pulled a small hammer from his embrace and threw it to Zhao Ling.
"Your Excellency, since you know my identity, could you please help me with two things? One, return this token to my Clear Sky Sect. The other, please make a trip to Sea God Island for me..."
Zhao Ling didn't wait for Tang Chen to finish speaking. He sneered as he took the Clear Sky Sect token, then mocked,
"This hammer, Zhao will keep. Besides that, Xi'er is already my woman, and she's carrying my child. You don't need to worry about her. You can rest in peace."