328: Chapter 323 Blood Arena

"It seems this light screen not only verifies the authenticity of the jade token but also probes the compatibility between a Cultivator's Divine Soul and Physical Body."

Su Lin analyzed silently. The defense mechanism of the Taihuang Immortal Domain was indeed strict. If an ascender from the Lower Realm picked up a jade token and tried to sneak in, they would be instantly obliterated by the light screen the moment their Divine Soul aura failed to match.

The line moved quickly, and soon it was the turn of Su Lin's group of four.

Su Hongling walked at the very front. She carelessly pulled the jade token from her waist and held it out toward the light screen.

The guard general's hawk-like gaze lingered for a moment on her exaggerated muscle lines and the great sword with [no edge] on her back, his brow furrowing slightly.

Body Cultivators were rare in the Taihuang Immortal Domain, especially female Body Cultivators, who were as rare as phoenix feathers or dragon horns.

The cold wind on the wasteland was like countless sharp steel knives, howling and raging under the dark purple sky.

The wilderness of the Taihuang Immortal Domain was extremely harsh. The air was filled with heavy and violent Immortal Qi, requiring the use of a Cultivation Technique with every breath to forcibly filter out the destructive Laws within.

In the Lower Realm, an energy storm of this magnitude would be enough to level entire mountain ranges. However, under the suppression of high-dimensional Laws, the dark-gold metallic ancient trees only swayed slightly, emitting dull metallic clashing sounds.

Su Lin and his party of four trudged across this vast and boundless wasteland.

The green light of the light screen swept over Su Hongling's body.

Under the camouflage Law of the world tree, the violent blood Qi of Su Hongling's Mahayana Stage Perfection was as docile as a trickling stream.

The green light scanned up and down twice without finding any abnormalities. Finally, with a crisp sound, the passage opened.

Su Hongling curled her lip and strutted inside.

Next was Chu Weiwei. Her pure and delicate appearance was highly deceptive. The guard only gave her a cursory glance, and as the green light swept over, she passed through smoothly as well.

Yan Rusi kept her head down obediently and stepped through the city gate without any mishaps.

Finally, it was Su Lin's turn.

He stepped forward with a calm expression and handed over his jade token.

The moment the green detection light fell on Su Lin, the Formation patterns on the surface of the light screen flickered extremely faintly, emitting a low hum.

The guard general on the high platform suddenly sharpened his gaze, his hand instantly resting on the hilt of his saber.

The surrounding silver-armored guards also tightened their grip on their halberds, their cold Killing Intent locking onto Su Lin in unison.

Seeing this from inside the city gate, Chu Weiwei and Su Hongling's eyes turned icy cold.

Su Hongling's hand already gripped her sword hilt in reverse, and Chu Weiwei's fingertips quietly crushed a poisonous pill. They only waited for their Revered Master's command to slaughter every guard at the gate without hesitation.

Su Lin remained expressionless. He made no extra movements, simply standing quietly in place and allowing the green light to scan his body repeatedly.

He knew very well that this was because the level of the world tree sapling within him was too high. When the light screen came into contact with an Origin aura that far exceeded an ordinary Earth Immortal, it caused a minute processing delay.

"All Laws return to truth, merging with heaven and earth."

Su Lin secretly circulated a mantra in his heart, further restraining the aura of his Inner World to perfectly synchronize it with the forged local aura in the jade token.

Two breaths later.

The flickering on the light screen finally stopped, returning to a soft green. With a crisp "ding," the passage opened once more.

The guard general looked at Su Lin suspiciously. Since the danger alarm had cleared, he couldn't arbitrarily detain a Cultivator holding an immortal registry without evidence. He could only snort coldly and wave his hand to signal passage.

Su Lin calmly took back the jade token, stepped through the light screen, and entered the dazzlingly prosperous giant city.

"Revered Master, that was close."

Chu Weiwei immediately came forward and hugged Su Lin's arm again, her tone carrying a hint of lingering fear. "Weiwei thought we were going to start a massacre here.

The way those guards looked at us was so annoying. I really want to gouge out their eyes and soak them in poisonous water."

"Crouching tigers and hidden dragons reside here; do not act rashly," Su Lin warned in a low voice.

Stepping into the outer city of Tianhai City, they were met with a bustle and prosperity distinct from the wasteland.

The wide streets were a hundred zhang across, the ground entirely paved with a type of green spirit rock that emitted a warm luster.

On both sides of the street, various grand shops, restaurants, and Magic Treasure pavilions stood in rows, some reaching dozens of stories high.

In the sky, Cultivators occasionally whistled past on radiant Flying Swords or in magnificent carriages pulled by rare birds and exotic beasts.

Under the effect of the city's Spirit-Gathering Formation, the dense Immortal Qi became mild and easy to absorb, no longer possessing the violent, tearing sensation of the wasteland.

"Good grief, this city is truly dripping with wealth."

Su Hongling carried her great sword on her shoulder, looking around curiously at everything.

In the Lower Realm, although the reconstruction of the Daochu Sect was luxurious, it still lacked the depth of history compared to this main city of the Taihuang Immortal Domain.

Yan Rusi walked beside them and said softly, "Senior Su, this outer city is only an area for ordinary Earth Immortals and various merchant associations. The true core resources and top experts are all in the inner city and on the floating immortal islands.

Since we've just arrived, our priority is to find a place to stay and gather information about the city's recent developments."

"Reasonable," Su Lin nodded.

While searching for his disciple, he also needed time to completely stabilize the Earth Immortal Realm he had just entered.

The four of them walked along the main road and eventually found a massive inn named "Drunken Immortal Pavilion" next to a relatively busy district.

The Drunken Immortal Pavilion covered a vast area, its storefront decorated in an elegant, ancient style. The Cultivators entering and leaving were all well-dressed.

As Su Lin's group entered the lobby, a waiter with a face full of smiles immediately came to greet them.

"Welcome, honored guests! Our Drunken Immortal Pavilion has the finest Spirit-Gathering guest rooms and offers various rare Immortal Beast spiritual meals. We guarantee your satisfaction."

"Two high-quality, quiet guest rooms, and prepare a table of your signature spiritual meals to be sent to the rooms."

Su Lin casually tossed a Medium Grade Immortal Stone, which landed steadily on the waiter's tray.

This Immortal Stone was loot he had scavenged from Liuyun Town and the Black Fiend Treasury, so he felt no heartache using it now.

Seeing the Medium Grade Immortal Stone emitting dense Immortal Qi, the waiter's eyes crinkled into slits, and the respect on his face deepened.

"Right away! This way upstairs, guests! Heaven-grade Rooms No. 3 and No. 4!"

The waiter enthusiastically led the way, taking the four of them to the top floor of the inn.

The rooms were elegantly furnished, with a faint scent of sandalwood in the air. High-level soundproofing and defensive Formations were even inscribed on the surrounding walls.

"Hong Ling, you and Yan Rusi stay in Room 4 next door. Weiwei, you stay with me in Room 3." Su Lin pushed open the door and briefly assigned the rooms.

Su Hongling wanted to protest, but seeing Su Lin's non-negotiable gaze, she could only curl her lip, grab her great sword, and turn into the room next door.

She knew in her heart that with her build and appetite, staying in the same room would likely disturb the Old Man's rest.

Chu Weiwei followed Su Lin into the room with a face full of joy, closing the door tightly behind her and silently setting up several poisonous warning lines inside.

"Revered Master, the environment here is passable. Let Weiwei serve you while you wash and change first." Chu Weiwei walked forward obediently, reaching out her fair little hand to untie Su Lin's belt.

"No need, I'll do it myself." Su Lin held her hand and walked to the window, pushing open the carved wooden frame to look down at the bustling street below.

"We didn't come here to enjoy ourselves," Su Lin said in a calm tone. "You need to quickly map out the intelligence network of the various forces in Tianhai City. Especially if there have been any disturbances caused by unidentified, powerful female Cultivators from outside recently."

Chu Weiwei cast aside her delicate demeanor, her expression turning serious.

"Weiwei understands. The lobby on the first floor is a mix of all sorts of people, the best place for various Loose Cultivators to exchange information. Weiwei will go down now to scout for news."

With that, Chu Weiwei turned and pushed open the door, walking downstairs with light steps. Her pure and sweet appearance would undoubtedly be the best Sharp Weapon for extracting information in a lobby full of coarse Cultivators.

Su Lin remained alone in the room. He sat cross-legged on the warm jade bed, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness back into his Inner World.

At the center of the [Myriad Heavens Star Chart], the world tree sapling was slowly unfurling its leaves. The starlight leaf representing the Space Law was now flickering with a frequency much clearer than when they were on the wasteland.

"The distance of this fluctuation is indeed shortening..." Su Lin silently deduced the trajectory of that fluctuation.

That spatial resonance, mixed with violence, coldness, and even a hint of familiar Devilish Qi, seemed to be mostly shielded by some massive Formation within the prosperous Tianhai City, but Su Lin could still accurately capture its direction.

"This Devilish Qi... Ximei?"

Su Lin slowly opened his eyes, a cold sharpness flashing in his deep gaze.

Luo Ximei's body was a Fusion of True Immortal Origin and Demonic Techniques. Her aura might have been world-shaking in the Lower Realm, but under the high-dimensional Law suppression of the Taihuang Immortal Domain, she could easily be detected and viewed as an anomaly by those high-and-mighty Heavenly Immortals without proper concealment.

About an hour passed.

Chu Weiwei pushed open the door and walked in with light steps. Her beautiful face carried a hint of gravity as she closed the door tightly and set up a thin poisonous miasma membrane for soundproofing.

"Revered Master, I've found out."

Chu Weiwei walked to the table, poured herself a cup of spirit tea, and drank it all to moisten her throat before reporting in a low voice.

"In the underworld of Tianhai City, there is an extremely large-scale gray organization called the Blood Arena."

"It isn't under the overt jurisdiction of the City Lord's Mansion and has the shadows of several top immortal sects behind it.

Tragic life-and-death duels take place there every day. Many captured ascenders from the Lower Realm, and even local semi-immortals who have offended the powerful, are thrown in to serve as gladiator slaves for entertainment."

Chu Weiwei paused and looked up, her purple eyes staring intently at Su Lin.

"Weiwei heard some drunken Loose Cultivators downstairs discussing that in the past half month, an extremely terrifying new face has appeared in that Blood Arena."

"It's a female Cultivator wearing a black-and-white dress, with an incredibly bewitching appearance.

She doesn't use any Flying Swords or Magic Treasures; she only has a black long banner that emits a sky-shaking Devilish Qi. With a wave of that banner, she can release thousands of evil ghosts and resentful souls."

"Those Loose Cultivators said the woman is simply a lunatic.

She started from the lowest iron cage battles and, in less than ten days, she has literally torn apart over a hundred veteran gladiators at the Early Stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Even in a cross-Rank challenge yesterday, she used that long banner to forcefully drain three guards at the Middle Stage of the Earth Immortal Realm into mummies!"

Hearing this description, Su Lin's gaze turned completely cold.

A black-and-white dress, bewitching appearance, and a long banner capable of releasing thousands of resentful souls.

This was absolutely Luo Ximei without a doubt!

"She would end up in a place like the Blood Arena for people's amusement?"

Su Lin's brow furrowed. With Luo Ximei's arrogance and cunning, if she had been transported nearby, it was impossible for her to actively go to such a place to be watched like a monkey, unless... she had been forcibly captured by some irresistible external force!

"That's not even the worst of it." Chu Weiwei bit her lip, her tone becoming increasingly heavy. "Those Loose Cultivators also said that the combat power and eerie Demonic Technique she displayed have already attracted the attention of several top factions in Tianhai City."

"I heard that the behind-the-scenes boss of the Blood Arena, a powerhouse at the half-step Heavenly Immortal Realm, has personally given the word to arrange ten Death Soldiers at the Late Stage of the Earth Immortal Realm to besiege her in a public grand competition three days from now.

Bang!

The corner of the ten-thousand-year warm jade table beside Su Lin silently turned into a pile of fine powder at that moment.

There was no violent leakage of spiritual power, only a suffocating, absolute coldness that compressed Killing Intent to the extreme.

Su Lin slowly stood up, his green robes fluttering without any wind. His originally deep eyes were now like two abyssal black holes capable of swallowing all light.

"It seems this bunch of fools in the Taihuang Immortal Domain have truly lived too comfortably."

Su Lin walked to the window and pushed it open, his gaze piercing through the bustling streets to lock onto the shadow-shrouded area deep within Tianhai City.

"Go call Hong Ling and Rusi over."

Su Lin's voice was as cold as if it came from the Nine Serenities of Hell, every word filled with decisive slaughter.

"Since they want to watch a show, then I will personally build a stage for them. And while I'm at it..."

"I'll bury that Blood Arena, along with everyone behind them."

Looking at Su Lin's terrifying back, Chu Weiwei felt no fear in the depths of her eyes; instead, an extremely pathological infatuation and fanaticism emerged.

She licked her moist red lips and bowed respectfully to accept the order. "As you command, Revered Master. Weiwei will go prepare the most potent poisons. I will surely turn that Blood Arena into a true city of the dead."

Before long, Su Hongling pushed open the door and entered, carrying her great sword and filled with Killing Intent. Yan Rusi followed closely behind, her face somewhat pale from tension.

"Old Man, Third Sister told me everything! Those blind bastards actually dared to capture Junior Sister to be a gladiator?!"