In the Live Stream
As Hu Liena was about to succumb to the domination of the Lord of Slaughter, losing her rationality, she struck herself in despair and begged Tang San to leave.
However, Tang San chose not to abandon her. Instead, he knocked Hu Liena unconscious, intending to carry her as they continued their perilous journey through Hell.
At this moment, the audience learns that Tang San's actions weren't motivated by any romantic feelings for Hu Liena. Rather, he believed that abandoning her would create inner demons, preventing her from pursuing excellence on her path as a soul master.
But just as Tang San was about to escape with Hu Liena, he suddenly remembered something. He reached into a storage soul tool at his waist and pulled out a snow-white herb.
This herb was entirely white, with leaves that appeared as if they were dripping with water, and its slender, curved roots resembled the graceful neck of a swan.
The live stream then provided information about the herb.
It was called Blood-Swan Kiss, a celestial-grade herb, though it was also highly toxic.
"Is that my herb?"
Seeing the Blood-Swan Kiss in Tang San's hand, Dugu Bo felt a mix of shock and anger. Tang San had indeed stolen from his herb garden—how infuriating!
As the live stream described the herb's ability to amplify any toxin a thousandfold, Tang San muttered to himself, "A place as evil as the Slaughter City shouldn't exist in this world—let it be destroyed!"
With that, he tossed the Blood-Swan Kiss onto the path to Hell, allowing it to drift down into the tumultuous river of blood below.
Upon witnessing this, the King of Slaughter's rage was palpable, his heart nearly bursting with fury.
This damned Tang San dared to destroy his realm—how despicable!
After Tang San cast the Blood-Swan Kiss into the roaring river of blood, the scene suddenly shifted to a forest.
At this point, Tang San and Hu Liena had escaped the City of Slaughter, both still unconscious. However, their martial souls had manifested, with countless crimson auras swirling around them, causing the souls to bear blood-red markings.
Both Bibidong and Tang Hao knew that the Killing God Field was gradually forming around their martial souls.
The camera then shifted back to the Slaughter City, now resembling a place on the brink of apocalypse.
As the Blood-Swan Kiss sank into the river of blood, the herb's ability to exponentially enhance toxins transformed the river's relatively harmless poison into something deadly.
Moreover, due to the river's heat, the blood within it was constantly evaporating.
In the past, this evaporating blood posed no threat to the Slaughter City.
But now, thanks to the Blood-Swan Kiss, the evaporating blood has become toxic.
Just like the deadly poison in The Legend of Qin, it soon led countless fallen soul masters within Slaughter City to suffer agonizing deaths.
Of course, at this moment, Slaughter City had not yet been destroyed.
But as the scene fast-forwarded, it became evident that the river of blood, lacking its supply of fallen soul master blood, was gradually drying up.
Without the river's support, the once-glorious Slaughter City became like a castle in the air, ultimately collapsing and crumbling to ruin.
Time froze at that moment.
A line of blood-red text appeared before everyone's eyes, followed by a chilling announcement.
[The event has concluded; the Q&A session begins now!]
[Question: During the live stream, why did Tang San choose to destroy Slaughter City?]
[Q&A Rewards:]
[First Place: Random Reward x1]
[Second Place: Human: Random Ten-Thousand-Year External Spirit Bone x1; Spirit Beast: Random High-Level Ability x1]
[Third Place: A bottle of Vitality Pills; Effect: Upon consumption, it significantly enhances the physical strength of both humans and spirit beasts. One bottle can elevate an ordinary person's strength to that of a top-tier assault-type spirit master!]
Vitality Pills, Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones, Random Rewards?
Upon seeing these enticing rewards, both human and spirit beast factions couldn't help but get excited.
But the question remained: why did Tang San want to destroy Slaughter City?
Many viewers exchanged dubious glances.
In the live stream, Tang San stated he was destroying Slaughter City because it was an evil place that shouldn't exist.
Yet, the answer seemed far too simplistic.
After all, this was a Q&A session with a six-month gap. Why?
Because Tang San didn't want anyone else to gain the Killing God Field!
By the Ice and Fire Well, Lin Yu coldly smiled and submitted his answer.
Tang San had claimed his actions were for justice, that the Slaughter City was an evil place that needed to be eradicated.
But could Tang San's words be trusted?
Not!
Humans are often hypocritical; when acting in their interest, even wrongful deeds can be framed as just, allowing them to feel justified.
They can convince themselves of their righteousness.
Tang San was no different!
Did he destroy the Slaughter City for justice? Lin Yu wanted to ask him: what justice is that?
The Slaughter City indeed housed many fallen soul masters, including numerous evil soul masters.
But Lin Yu, who had spent two years battling in the Slaughter City to achieve one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Killing Fields, escaping against all odds, didn't believe Tang San was unaware of how difficult it was to leave Slaughter City.
Given the extreme difficulty of escaping the Slaughter City, those who had become Killing Gods over the centuries were not merely fallen soul masters.
This indicated that fallen soul masters posed no threat to the outside world within the Slaughter City.
The Slaughter City acted like a large prison, holding all the fallen soul masters and evil soul masters who had committed crimes on the Douluo Continent.
The existence of Slaughter City meant that most fallen soul masters and evil soul masters, when pursued by the two great empires and the Spirit Hall, would choose not to fight back or harm civilians, but rather seek refuge within Slaughter City.
If there were no Slaughter City, these fallen soul masters and evil soul masters would have nowhere to run when faced with the empire's relentless pursuit. They would be forced to fight back desperately or exact revenge.
For instance, evil soul masters, lacking alternatives, would not hesitate to massacre villages to restore their status or improve their cultivation.
Did Tang San not consider any of this before destroying Slaughter City?
Some might argue that Tang San didn't think it through!
But Lin Yu only sneered at that notion.
Tang San, whether in Douluo I or in the subsequent series, especially Douluo II, was no fool; he was adept at scheming.
He couldn't possibly be ignorant of such simple matters.
Moreover, crucially, when Tang San entered Slaughter City, a guiding woman had already stated that Slaughter City was a prison.
Could he have been unaware?!
It's absurd to think he would blow up a prison just because he believed it was filled with criminals!
Is that justice?
Taking everything into account, Tang San's true motive for destroying the City of Slaughter was simply his desire to eliminate any chance for others to obtain the Killing God Field.
It was merely a facade to drape his selfishness in a guise of righteousness!
Tang San is just a self-serving, hypocritical, and shameless individual.
He always has been!
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